William Pleeth

British cellist (1916–1999).

Born January 12th, 1916 in London.

Died April 6th, 1999 at 83 years old in London.

Yojiro Uetake

Olympic wrestler.

Born January 12th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Tatebayashi.

Mikhail Evstafiev

Russian artist.

Born January 12th, 1963 (age 63 years) in Moscow.

Edred John Henry Corner

English botanist and mycologist (1906-1996).

Born January 12th, 1906 in London.

Died September 14th, 1996 at 90 years old in Cambridge.

Ryszard Szurkowski

Polish road bicycle racer (1946-2021).

Born January 12th, 1946 in Świebodów. ^[ref]

Died February 1st, 2021 at 75 years old in Radom. ^[ref]

Albion Avdijaj

Albanian association football player.

Born January 12th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Zurich.

Jimmy Douglas

American soccer player (1898–1972).

Born January 12th, 1898 in Newark.

Died March 5th, 1972 at 74 years old in Point Pleasant.

Jennifer Johnston

Irish writer.

Born January 12th, 1930 in Dublin.

Died February 25th, 2025 at 95 years old in Dún Laoghaire. ^[ref]

Cai Chusheng

Chinese film director (1906-1968).

Born January 12th, 1906 in Chaoyang District.

Died July 15th, 1968 at 62 years old

Pierre Bernac

French singer (1899-1979).

Born January 12th, 1899 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Died October 17th, 1979 at 80 years old in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. ^[ref]

Vidya Bal

Indian writer (1937–2020).

Born January 12th, 1937.

Died January 30th, 2020 at 83 years old in Pune.

Viktoria Postnikova

Russian pianist.

Born January 12th, 1944 (age 82 years) in Moscow.

Teoberto Maler

German mesoamericanist (1842–1917).

Born January 12th, 1842 in Rome.

Died November 22nd, 1917 at 75 years old in Mérida.

F. Percy Smith

British nature documentary pioneer (1880-1945).

Born January 12th, 1880 in London.

Died March 24th, 1945 at 65 years old in Southgate.

Solveig Gulbrandsen

Norwegian footballer.

Born January 12th, 1981 (age 45 years) in Oslo. ^[ref]

Milen Petkov

Bulgarian footballer.

Born January 12th, 1974 (age 52 years) in General Toshevo.

Valeri Sarychev

Korean footballer.

Born January 12th, 1960 (age 66 years) in Dushanbe.

Claire Donahue

American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, world champion.

Born January 12th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Dallas.

Cynthia Bolingo

Belgian athlete.

Born January 12th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Uccle.

Jenny Schmidgall-Potter

Ice hockey player.

Born January 12th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Saint Paul.

Grigory Gurkin

Painter (1870-1937).

Born January 12th, 1870 in Gorno-Altaysk.

Died October 11th, 1937 at 67 years old

Burdette Haldorson

American basketball player (1934–2023).

Born January 12th, 1934 in Austin.

Died October 13th, 2023 at 89 years old in Colorado Springs. ^[ref]

Sofia Shapatava

Georgian female tennis player.

Born January 12th, 1989 (age 37 years) in Tbilisi.

Franz von Soxhlet

German agricultural chemist (1848–1926).

Born January 12th, 1848 in Brno.

Died May 5th, 1926 at 78 years old in Munich.

Łukasz Koszarek

Polish basketball player.

Born January 12th, 1984 (age 42 years) in Września.