Yojiro Uetake

Olympic wrestler.

Born January 12th, 1943 (age 82 years) in Tatebayashi.

Aziz Duwaik

Speaker of the palestinian legislative council.

Born January 12th, 1947 (age 78 years) in Cairo.

Ilya Smirin

Israeli chess player.

Born January 12th, 1968 (age 57 years) in Vitebsk.

Cai Chusheng

Chinese film director (1906-1968).

Born January 12th, 1906 in Chaoyang District.

Died July 15th, 1968 at 62 years old

Bas Nijhuis

Dutch football referee.

Born January 12th, 1977 (age 48 years) in Enschede.

Sofia Shapatava

Georgian female tennis player.

Born January 12th, 1989 (age 36 years) in Tbilisi.

Valeri Sarychev

Footballer.

Born January 12th, 1960 (age 65 years) in Dushanbe.

Rababe Arafi

Moroccan distance runner.

Born January 12th, 1991 (age 34 years) in Khouribga.

Walter Hendl

American conductor.

Born January 12th, 1917 in West New York.

Died April 10th, 2007 at 90 years old in Harborcreek Township (lung disease). ^[ref]

Milen Petkov

Bulgarian footballer.

Born January 12th, 1974 (age 51 years) in General Toshevo.