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January 19th

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617 Notable birthdays

Dragotin Kette

Slovene impressionist and neo-romantic poet.

Born January 19th, 1876 in Ilirska Bistrica, Prem.

Died April 26th, 1899 at 23 years old in Ljubljana (tuberculosis).

Magda Tagliaferro

French-brazilian pianist (1893-1986).

Born January 19th, 1893 in Petrópolis.

Died September 9th, 1986 at 93 years old in Rio de Janeiro.

Romica Puceanu

Romanian singer (1927-1996).

Born January 19th, 1927 in Bucharest.

Died October 24th, 1996 at 69 years old in Bucharest.

Carlão

Brazilian footballer and manager.

Born January 19th, 1986 (age 40 years) in São Paulo.

Solvi Stubing

German actress (1941–2017).

Born January 19th, 1941 in Berlin.

Died July 3rd, 2017 at 76 years old in Rome (multiple myeloma). [ref]

François Maspero

French novelist, journalist, publisher, translator (1932–2015).

Born January 19th, 1932 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Died April 12th, 2015 at 83 years old in 11th arrondissement of Paris.

Ernesto Ruffini

Catholic cardinal (1888–1967).

Born January 19th, 1888 in San Benedetto Po.

Died June 11th, 1967 at 79 years old in Palermo (myocardial infarction).

Floris Jan Bovelander

Field hockey player.

Born January 19th, 1966 (age 60 years) in Haarlem.

Fariborz Raisdana

Iranian civil rights activist.

Born January 19th, 1945 in Tehran. [ref]

Died March 16th, 2020 at 75 years old in Tehran (COVID-19). [ref]

Roberto Marcelo Levingston

President of argentina (1920-2015).

Born January 19th, 1920 in San Luis.

Died June 17th, 2015 at 95 years old in Hospital Militar Central. [ref]

Edmond Nazaryan

Bulgarian greco-roman wrestler.

Born January 19th, 2002 (age 24 years) in Sofia. [ref]

Jean Douchet

French film critic (1929–2019).

Born January 19th, 1929 in Arras.

Died November 22nd, 2019 at 90 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Joseph Cordeiro

Indian catholic priest; first pakistani cardinal (1918–1994).

Born January 19th, 1918 in Mumbai.

Died February 11th, 1994 at 76 years old in Karachi.

Paul Weber

German painter (1823-1916).

Born January 19th, 1823 in Darmstadt.

Died October 12th, 1916 at 93 years old in Munich.

Josu Sarriegi

Spanish footballer.

Born January 19th, 1979 (age 47 years) in Lazkao.

İlhan Parlak

Turkish association football player (born 1987).

Born January 19th, 1987 (age 39 years) in Kayseri.

James G. Scrugham

American politician (1880-1945).

Born January 19th, 1880 in Lexington.

Died June 23rd, 1945 at 65 years old in San Diego.

Bilal Bari

Moroccan and french association football player.

Born January 19th, 1998 (age 28 years) in Lens.

Francesco Cozza

Italian footballer.

Born January 19th, 1974 (age 52 years) in Cariati.

Eugénio de Andrade

Portuguese poet (1923-2005).

Born January 19th, 1923 in Fundão.

Died June 13th, 2005 at 82 years old in Porto.

Gerald Tinker

American football player and track athlete (born 1951).

Born January 19th, 1951 (age 75 years) in Miami.

Rami Bedoui

Tunisian association football player.

Born January 19th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Sousse.

Andrei Fetisov

Russian basketball player.

Born January 19th, 1972 (age 54 years) in Novokuznetsk.

Øystein Pettersen

Norwegian cross-country skier.

Born January 19th, 1983 (age 43 years) in Oslo.

Takahiro Sunada

Japanese long-distance runner.

Born January 19th, 1973 (age 53 years) in Osaka.

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