Editing 1912 in science (section)

==Births==
* January 21 – [[Konrad Emil Bloch]] (died [[2000 in science|2000]]), German-born [[biochemist]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].
* January 27 – [[Francis Rogallo]] (died [[2009 in science|2009]]), American [[aeronautical engineer]].
* January 30 – [[Werner Hartmann (physicist)|Werner Hartmann]] (died [[1988 in science|1988]]), German [[physicist]].
* February 13 – [[Natan Yavlinsky]] (died [[1962 in science|1962]]), [[Russian Empire|Russian]] [[nuclear physicist]].
* February 25 – [[Preben von Magnus]] (died [[1973 in science|1973]]), [[Danes|Danish]] [[virologist]].
* March 1 – [[Boris Chertok]] (died [[2011 in science|2011]]), Russian rocket designer.
* March 19 – [[William Frankland (immunologist)|Bill Frankland]] (died [[2020 in science|2020]]), English [[immunologist]].
* March 23 – [[Wernher von Braun]] (died [[1977 in science|1977]]), German-born physicist and engineer.
* April 19 – [[Glenn T. Seaborg]] (died [[1999 in science|1999]]), American physical [[chemist]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].
* May 22 – [[Herbert C. Brown]] (died [[2004 in science|2004]]), English-born chemist, winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]].
* May 28 – [[Ruby Payne-Scott]] (died [[1981 in science|1981]]), Australian radioastronomer.
* May 30 – [[Julius Axelrod]] (died [[2004 in science|2004]]), American biochemist, winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].
* May 31 – [[Chien-Shiung Wu]] (died [[1997 in science|1997]]), Chinese-American nuclear physicist, winner of the [[Wolf Prize in Physics]].
* June 23 – [[Alan Turing]] (died [[1954 in science|1954]]), English [[computer scientist]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Turing {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Education |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |accessdate=14 February 2020 }}</ref>
* June 30 – [[Ludwig Bölkow]] (died [[2003 in science|2003]]), German aeronautical engineer.
* August 11 – [[Norman Levinson]] (died [[1975 in science|1975]]), American [[mathematician]].
* August 13 – [[Salvador Luria]] (died [[1991 in science|1991]]), Italian-born [[biologist]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].
* August 30 – [[Edward Mills Purcell]] (died [[1997 in science|1997]]), American physicist, winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=E.M. Purcell {{!}} American physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/E-M-Purcell |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=17 May 2021 }}</ref>
* September 7 – [[David Packard]] (died [[1996 in science|1996]]), American [[electronics engineer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituary: David Packard|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-david-packard-1344506.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-david-packard-1344506.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|website=The Independent|accessdate=21 February 2018|date=28 March 1996}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* September 22 – [[Herbert Mataré]] (died [[2011 in science|2011]]), German physicist.
* October 1 – [[Kathleen Ollerenshaw]] (died [[2014 in science|2014]]), English mathematician.
* November 14 – [[Tung-Yen Lin]] (died [[2003 in science|2003]]), Chinese-born [[civil engineer]].
* November 19 – [[George Emil Palade]] (died [[2008 in science|2008]]), [[Romania]]n-born [[microbiologist]], winner of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].
* November 22 – [[Paul Zamecnik]] (died [[2009 in science|2009]]), American scientist playing a central role in the early [[history of molecular biology]].