List of Famous people who died in 1912

Jules Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist", since he excelled in all fields of the discipline as it existed during his lifetime.

Edward Adrian Wilson was an English polar explorer, ornithologist, natural historian, physician and artist.

Franz Skutsch was a German classical philologist and linguist born in Neisse. He was the father of classical philologist Otto Skutsch (1906-1990).

Ṣubḥ-i-Azal (Morning of Eternity) was a Persian religious leader of Azali Bábism also known as the Bayání Faith. He held the fourth place in the Babi hierarchy.

John Willock Noble was a U.S. lawyer and brevet brigadier general in the Civil War. He served as the Secretary of the Interior between 1889 and 1893.

Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo, the Viscount of Ouro Preto was a Brazilian politician, and the last Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil.

Henry Augustus "Gus" Mears was an English businessman, most notable for founding Chelsea Football Club.

Pierre-Hector Coullié was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and was Archbishop of Lyon.

Otto Seitz, was a 19th-century German painter; born 3 September 1846 in Munich. As a professor with the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, he was the mentor of many major artists.