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January 1st

822 Notable birthdays

Phil Read

British motorcycle racer.

Born January 1st, 1939 in Luton.

Died October 6th, 2022 at 83 years old in Canterbury. [ref]

Abdoulaye Ba

Senegalese footballer.

Born January 1st, 1991 (age 34 years) in Saint-Louis.

Maurice Béjart

French-born swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007).

Born January 1st, 1927 in Marseille. [ref]

Died November 22nd, 2007 at 80 years old in Lausanne. [ref]

Lakhdar Brahimi

Algerian envoy.

Born January 1st, 1934 (age 91 years) in El Azizia, Médéa.

Mohamed Bazoum

Nigerien politician.

Born January 1st, 1960 (age 65 years) in Bilabrin. [ref]

Frank Onyeka

Nigerian association football player.

Born January 1st, 1998 (age 27 years) in Lagos.

Ichirō Hatoyama

Japanese politician (1883-1959).

Born January 1st, 1883 in Higashi-Gokenchō.

Died March 7th, 1959 at 76 years old in Tokyo.

Philip Mulryne

Northern irish footballer.

Born January 1st, 1978 (age 47 years) in Belfast.

Agner Krarup Erlang

Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer.

Born January 1st, 1878 in Denmark, Lønborg.

Died February 3rd, 1929 at 51 years old in Copenhagen.

Genichi Taguchi

Japanese statistician.

Born January 1st, 1924 in Tōkamachi. [ref]

Died June 2nd, 2012 at 88 years old in Japan. [ref]

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The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been. Madeleine L'Engle