1912 births

English computer scientist (1912–1954)

American economist and statistician (1912–2006)

pope of the Catholic Church in 1978

American painter (1912–1956)

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)

former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)

English-born Australian writer

former prime minister of the United Kingdom (1912–2005)

American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer (1912–1996)

Italian film director and screenwriter (1912–2007)

Brazilian writer (1912-2001)

American chemist (1912–1999)

American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)

American physicist (1912-1997)

military dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989

American chef

Head of the House of Habsburg and German politician

Russian mathematician (1912-1986)

former General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party

American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)

Chinese-American physicist (1912–1997) (death at 85 years)

First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974

Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian (1912-1947)

Romanian cell biologist, physician and Nobel laureate

Norwegian figure skater and actress (1912–1969)

First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969

American chemist (1912–2004)

German American biochemist (1912–2000)

American biochemist (1912–2004)

American actor (1912–2009)

Italian American microbiologist (1912–1991)

American historian and author (1912–1989)

British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer (1912–1990)

Soviet academic (1912-1992)

American actor and director (1912–1992)

mistress of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1912–1948)

French novelist (1912–1994)

German physicist (1912–2007)

Italian novelist (1912–1985)

American singer, actor, television personality (1912-2001)

Last remaining survivor of Titanic disaster

Japanese and South Korean association football player (1912-1984)

American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982)

KGB mole for the Soviet Union (1912–1988)

English film and stage actress (1912-2003)

Hungarian author and explorer (1912–1988)

French Catholic priest, founder of the Emmaus movement, subject of sexual abuse scandals

Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)

Hungarian-British conductor (1912–1997)

German World War II Luftwafffe general and fighter pilot (1912-1996)

American film director (1912–1991)

President of Peru from 1963 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1985 (1912-2002)

King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq (1912-1939) (ruled 1933-1939)

First President of Madagascar (1959-1972)

Indian politician (1912-2002)

Welsh actor (1912–1980)

79th Prime Minister of France (1912-1996)

British politician (1912–1998)

Founder of three Soviet Russian all-female air regiments (1912-1943)

Mexican actor (1912-1963)