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January 19th

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617 Notable birthdays

Ivan Tregubov

Soviet ice hockey player (1930–1992).

Born January 19th, 1930.

Died September 1st, 1992 at 62 years old in Moscow.

Andrea Dettling

Swiss alpine skier.

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

Jan Hauser

Swiss male curler.

Born January 19th, 1985 (age 41 years) in Glarus.

Szvetiszláv Sasics

Modern pentathlete (1948–2025).

Born January 19th, 1948 in Sátoraljaújhely. [ref]

Died May 13th, 2025 at 77 years old in Budapest. [ref]

Hans Moser

Swiss equestrian (1901-1974).

Born January 19th, 1901 in Oberdiessbach, Thun.

Died November 18th, 1974 at 73 years old in Thun.

Anneke Venema

Dutch rower.

Born January 19th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Veendam.

Donald Gollan

British rower (1896-1971).

Born January 19th, 1896 in Paddington.

Died August 13th, 1971 at 75 years old in Worthing.

Angela Cutrone

Short-track speed skater.

Born January 19th, 1969 (age 57 years) in Montreal.

Slim Mahfoudh

Tunisian actor.

Born January 19th, 1942 in Tunis.

Died July 30th, 2017 at 75 years old in Tunis (laryngeal cancer).

Visvaldis Melderis

Latvian basketball player (1915-1944).

Born January 19th, 1915 in Jelgava.

Died July 14th, 1944 at 29 years old in Opochka.

Jean Bogaerts

Belgian cyclist (1925–2017).

Born January 19th, 1925 in Vilvoorde. [ref]

Died January 28th, 2017 at 92 years old in Schaerbeek.

Jasna Ptujec

Croatian handball player.

Born January 19th, 1959 (age 67 years) in Zagreb.

Aleksandr Kurosh

Russian mathematician (1908-1971).

Born January 19th, 1908 in Yartsevo. [ref]

Died May 18th, 1971 at 63 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Volger Andersson

Cross-country skier (1896-1969).

Born January 19th, 1896 in Sundsvall Municipality.

Died October 6th, 1969 at 73 years old in Sundsvall Municipality.

Toshiya Ishii

Japanese association football player.

Born January 19th, 1978 (age 48 years) in Fujieda.

Cornel Marin

Romanian fencer.

Born January 19th, 1953 (age 73 years) in Bucharest.

Mauri Röppänen

Finnish biathlete and shooter.

Born January 19th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Outokumpu.

David Marr

British neuroscientist and psychologist (1945–1980).

Born January 19th, 1945 in Woodford.

Died November 25th, 1980 at 35 years old in Cambridge (cancer).

Dezső Wein

Hungarian gymnast (1873–1944).

Born January 19th, 1873 in Budapest.

Died June 5th, 1944 at 71 years old in Budapest.

Masafumi Miyagi

Japanese association football player.

Born January 19th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Okinawa Prefecture.

Charles Hopper Gibson

American politician (1842-1900).

Born January 19th, 1842 in Centreville.

Died March 31st, 1900 at 58 years old in Washington, D.C..

Joep Packbiers

Dutch archer (1875–1957).

Born January 19th, 1875 in Nuth.

Died December 8th, 1957 at 82 years old in Maastricht.

Marcus Jacob Monrad

Norwegian professor and theologian (1816–1897).

Born January 19th, 1816 in Nøtterøy.

Died December 30th, 1897 at 81 years old in Oslo.

Joseph De Craecker

Fencer (1891–1975).

Born January 19th, 1891 in Antwerp.

Died October 23rd, 1975 at 84 years old

Yuji Funayama

Japanese association football player.

Born January 19th, 1985 (age 41 years) in Narita.

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