Jang Sung-ho

South korean judoka.

Born January 12th, 1978 (age 48 years) in Seoul.

Douglas Franco Teixeira

Dutch-brazilian professional footballer.

Born January 12th, 1988 (age 38 years) in Florianópolis.

Vital Bulyga

Belarusian footballer (born 1980).

Born January 12th, 1980 (age 46 years) in Mogilev.

Tooru Fujisawa

Japanese manga artist.

Born January 12th, 1967 (age 59 years) in Hokkaido.

Maksim Khramtsov

Russian taekwondo practitioner.

Born January 12th, 1998 (age 28 years). ^[ref]

Vadim Shefner

Soviet and russian poet and fiction writer (1915-2002).

Born January 12th, 1915 in Saint Petersburg.

Died January 5th, 2002 at 86 years old in Saint Petersburg.

Andriy Fedchuk

Ukrainian boxer (1980–2009).

Born January 12th, 1980 in Kolomyia. ^[ref]

Died November 15th, 2009 at 29 years old in Kolomyia (traffic collision). ^[ref]

Per Karlsson

Swedish footballer.

Born January 12th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Stockholm.

Ercole Dembowski

Italian astronomer (1812-1881).

Born January 12th, 1812 in Milan. ^[ref]

Died January 19th, 1881 at 69 years old in Albizzate. ^[ref]

Pedro Benítez

Paraguayan footballer (1901-1974).

Born January 12th, 1901 in Luque.

Died January 31st, 1974 at 73 years old in Luque.

Youssef Anis Abi-Aad

Maronite archbishop of aleppo (1940–2017).

Born January 12th, 1940 in Dfoun.

Died May 6th, 2017 at 77 years old

James Juvenal

American rower (1874–1942).

Born January 12th, 1874 in Philadelphia.

Died September 1st, 1942 at 68 years old in Philadelphia.

Kaspar Stanggassinger

Bavarian priest (1871–1899).

Born January 12th, 1871 in Berchtesgaden.

Died September 26th, 1899 at 28 years old in Gars (peritonitis).

Floriane Chinsky

French rabbi.

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

José Salazar López

Catholic cardinal (1910–1991).

Born January 12th, 1910 in Ameca Municipality.

Died July 9th, 1991 at 81 years old in Guadalajara.

Ilya Ezhov

Russian ice hockey player.

Born January 12th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Krasnodar.

Nelson Díaz

Uruguayan footballer (1942–2018).

Born January 12th, 1942 in Montevideo.

Died December 4th, 2018 at 76 years old ^[ref]

Enrico Cosenz

Italian patriot and general (1820-1898).

Born January 12th, 1820 in Gaeta.

Died September 28th, 1898 at 78 years old in Rome. ^[ref]

Zinaida Amosova

Cross-country skier.

Born January 12th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Talas District.

Clara Copponi

French racing cyclist.

Born January 12th, 1999 (age 27 years) in Aix-en-Provence. ^[ref]

Hisayoshi Sato

Swimmer.

Born January 12th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Tomakomai.

Kazuo Imanishi

Japanese association football player and manger (1941-2026).

Born January 12th, 1941 in Hiroshima.

Died April 16th, 2026 at 85 years old in Hiroshima (pneumonia). ^[ref]

Jeroen Meijers

Dutch bicycle racer.

Born January 12th, 1993 (age 33 years) in Tilburg. ^[ref]

Pasquale Panella

Italian poet, actor and writer.

Born January 12th, 1950 (age 76 years) in Rome.

Yoshiaki Fujita

Japanese association football player.

Born January 12th, 1983 (age 43 years) in Tochigi, Utsunomiya.