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January 19th

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617 Notable birthdays

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

5th secretary-general of the united nations (1920-2020).

Born January 19th, 1920 in Lima. [ref]

Died March 4th, 2020 at 100 years old in Lima. [ref]

Rachel Luttrell

Canadian actress.

Born January 19th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Dar es Salaam.

Fritz Weaver

American actor (1926-2016).

Born January 19th, 1926 in Pittsburgh.

Died November 26th, 2016 at 90 years old in Manhattan. [ref]

Hidesaburō Ueno

Japanese agricultural scientist (1872-1925).

Born January 19th, 1872 in Moto.

Died May 21st, 1925 at 53 years old in University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus (intracranial hemorrhage).

Marvelous Nakamba

Zimbabwean association football player.

Born January 19th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Hwange.

William Ragsdale

American film and television actor.

Born January 19th, 1961 (age 65 years) in El Dorado.

Al Joyner

Track and field triple jumper, hurdler, coach flo-jo's husband.

Born January 19th, 1960 (age 66 years) in East St. Louis.

Alfie Mawson

English association football player (born 1994).

Born January 19th, 1994 (age 32 years) in Hillingdon.

Rod Evans

English singer.

Born January 19th, 1947 (age 79 years) in Slough.

Kai Jones

Bahamian basketball player.

Born January 19th, 2001 (age 25 years) in Nassau.

Bianca Bustamante

Filipina racing driver.

Born January 19th, 2005 (age 21 years) in Manila. [ref]

Paolo Borsellino

Italian magistrate killed by the mafia (1940-1992).

Born January 19th, 1940 in Palermo.

Died July 19th, 1992 at 52 years old in Palermo (car bombing).

Frank Caliendo

American stand-up comedian.

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

Joseph Nye

American political scientist.

Born January 19th, 1937 in South Orange.

Died May 6th, 2025 at 88 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Matt Hill

Canadian voice actor.

Born January 19th, 1968 (age 58 years) in North Vancouver.

Princess Margriet of the Netherlands

Dutch princess; third daughter of juliana of the netherlands and prince bernhard (born 1943).

Born January 19th, 1943 (age 83 years) in Ottawa Civic Hospital.

Patsy Rowlands

Actress, singer (1931-2005).

Born January 19th, 1931 in Palmers Green.

Died January 22nd, 2005 at 74 years old in Hove (breast cancer).

Moussa Sow

Senegalese-french footballer (born 1986).

Born January 19th, 1986 (age 40 years) in Mantes-la-Jolie.

Markus Wolf

Head of the east german foreign intelligence service during the cold war (1923–2006).

Born January 19th, 1923 in Hechingen.

Died November 9th, 2006 at 83 years old in Berlin. [ref]

Lysander Spooner

American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, unitarian, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, legal theorist, a member of the socialist first international and entrepreneur of the 19th century (1808–1887).

Born January 19th, 1808 in Athol.

Died May 14th, 1887 at 79 years old in Boston.

Saud Al-Shuraim

Former imam saudi at masjid al-haram.

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

Whitfield Crane

American singer.

Born January 19th, 1968 (age 58 years) in San Francisco Bay Area.

Ricardo Salinas Pliego

Mexican businessman.

Born January 19th, 1965 (age 61 years) in Mexico City.

Petra Martić

Croatian female tennis player.

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

Duško Tošić

Serbian footballer.

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

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