Louis Gauchat

Swiss linguist (1866-1942).

Born January 12th, 1866 in Les Brenets. ^[ref]

Died August 22nd, 1942 at 76 years old in Lenzerheide. ^[ref]

Felix Maria Davídek

Bishop of the roman catholic church.

Born January 12th, 1921 in Brno, Horní Štěpánov, Brno-Chrlice. ^[ref]

Died August 18th, 1988 at 67 years old in Brno. ^[ref]

Nelson Díaz

Uruguayan footballer.

Born January 12th, 1942 (age 83 years) in Montevideo.

Vadim Shefner

Russian poet and fiction writer (1915-2002).

Born January 12th, 1915 in Saint Petersburg. ^[ref]

Died January 5th, 2002 at 86 years old in Saint Petersburg. ^[ref]

Hrvoje Kačić

Croatian water polo player.

Born January 12th, 1932 in Dubrovnik.

Died February 14th, 2023 at 91 years old

Sjef van Run

Dutch footballer (1904-1973).

Born January 12th, 1904 in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Died December 17th, 1973 at 69 years old in Eindhoven.

Ilya Ezhov

Russian ice hockey player.

Born January 12th, 1987 (age 38 years) in Krasnodar.

Jang Sung-ho

South korean judoka.

Born January 12th, 1978 (age 47 years) in Seoul.

James Juvenal

American rower.

Born January 12th, 1874 in Philadelphia.

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

Yoshiaki Fujita

Japanese association football player.

Born January 12th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Tochigi, Utsunomiya.