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January 2nd

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618 Notable birthdays

Henry Kingsley

British writer (1830-1876).

Born January 2nd, 1830 in Peterborough.

Died May 24th, 1876 at 46 years old in Cuckfield (laryngeal cancer).

Víctor García de la Concha

Spanish philologist.

Born January 2nd, 1934 (age 92 years) in Villaviciosa.

Zhang Juanjuan

Chinese archer.

Born January 2nd, 1981 (age 45 years) in Laixi.

Hienadź Navicki

5th prime minister of belarus 2001–2003.

Born January 2nd, 1949 (age 77 years) in Mogilev.

Gerónimo Poblete

Argentinian association football player.

Born January 2nd, 1993 (age 33 years) in Tupungato.

Nodar Akhalkatsi

Georgian football manager (1938–1998).

Born January 2nd, 1938 in Tbilisi.

Died January 25th, 1998 at 60 years old in Tbilisi.

Georg Morgenstierne

Norwegian linguist (1892–1978).

Born January 2nd, 1892 in Christiania. [ref]

Died March 3rd, 1978 at 86 years old in Oslo.

Janet Akyüz Mattei

Turkish astronomer (1943–2004).

Born January 2nd, 1943 in Bodrum.

Died March 22nd, 2004 at 61 years old in Boston (leukemia).

Amela Terzić

Serbian middle distance runner.

Born January 2nd, 1993 (age 33 years) in Priboj.

Elise Ottesen-Jensen

Norwegian-swedish journalist (1886-1973).

Born January 2nd, 1886 in Høyland. [ref]

Died September 4th, 1973 at 87 years old in Kungsholm parish.

Ömer Ali Şahiner

Turkish association football player (born 1992).

Born January 2nd, 1992 (age 34 years) in Ereğli.

Athanasia Tsoumeleka

Greek racewalker.

Born January 2nd, 1982 (age 44 years) in Preveza.

Vitaly Anikeyenko

Russian ice hockey player (1987–2011).

Born January 2nd, 1987 in Kyiv.

Died September 7th, 2011 at 24 years old in Tunoshna (traffic collision).

Veronika Dolina

Soviet and russian singer, poet, bard.

Born January 2nd, 1956 (age 70 years) in Moscow.

Dana Ulery

American computer scientist.

Born January 2nd, 1938 (age 88 years) in East St. Louis.

George Herbig

American astronomer (1920–2013).

Born January 2nd, 1920 in Wheeling.

Died October 12th, 2013 at 93 years old in Honolulu. [ref]

Fanny Roos

Swedish female shot putter.

Born January 2nd, 1995 (age 31 years). [ref]

Duncan Stewart

Uruguayan politician (1833-1923).

Born January 2nd, 1833 in Buenos Aires.

Died October 13th, 1923 at 90 years old in Montevideo.

Atiye Sultan

Daughter of ottoman sultan mahmud ii.

Born January 2nd, 1824 in Istanbul.

Died August 11th, 1850 at 26 years old in Istanbul.

Alberto Zedda

Italian conductor (1928-2017).

Born January 2nd, 1928 in Milan.

Died March 6th, 2017 at 89 years old in Pesaro. [ref]

Igor Bobkov

Russian ice hockey goaltender.

Born January 2nd, 1991 (age 35 years) in Surgut.

Edward Klosinski

Polish cinematographer (1943–2008).

Born January 2nd, 1943 in Warsaw.

Died January 5th, 2008 at 65 years old in Milanówek (lung cancer). [ref]

Rylan Wiens

Canadian diver (2002-).

Born January 2nd, 2002 (age 24 years) in Calgary. [ref]

Johannes Schmidt

Danish botanist and marine biologist (1877-1933).

Born January 2nd, 1877 in Jægerspris.

Died February 21st, 1933 at 56 years old in Copenhagen (influenza).

Marko Simonovski

Macedonian footballer.

Born January 2nd, 1992 (age 34 years) in Skopje.

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