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October 12th

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577 Notable birthdays

Francesco Florimo

Italian music historian and composer.

Born October 12th, 1800 in San Giorgio Morgeto.

Died December 18th, 1888 at 88 years old in Naples.

Alexander Wittek

Austrian chess player (1852–1894).

Born October 12th, 1852 in Sisak.

Died May 11th, 1894 at 41 years old in Graz.

Iskandar Khatloni

Tajikistani politician (1954-2000).

Born October 12th, 1954 in Kulob.

Died September 21st, 2000 at 45 years old in Moscow.

Rogelio Delgado

Paraguayan footballer.

Born October 12th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Asunción.

József Révai

Hungarian politician (1898-1959).

Born October 12th, 1898 in Budapest.

Died August 4th, 1959 at 60 years old in Budapest.

Jonathan Tamimi

Swedish football player.

Born October 12th, 1994 (age 31 years) in Sweden.

Amin-Salim Jarjora

Palestinian-israeli politician and poet.

Born October 12th, 1886 in Nazareth.

Died August 20th, 1975 at 88 years old in Nazareth.

Friedrich Frey-Herosé

Member of the swiss federal council.

Born October 12th, 1801 in Aarau, Lindau.

Died September 22nd, 1873 at 71 years old in Bern.

Miguel Oviedo

Argentine footballer.

Born October 12th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Córdoba.

Indriði Sigurðsson

Icelandic footballer.

Born October 12th, 1981 (age 44 years) in Reykjavík.

Willy Hess

Swiss musician (1906–1997).

Born October 12th, 1906 in Winterthur.

Died May 9th, 1997 at 90 years old in Winterthur.

Michael Roiz

Israeli chess player.

Born October 12th, 1983 (age 42 years) in Saratov.

Jerzy Semkow

Polish conductor (1928–2014).

Born October 12th, 1928 in Radomsko.

Died December 23rd, 2014 at 86 years old in Lausanne.

Adriaan Paulen

Dutch athlete and president of the iaaf (1902-1985).

Born October 12th, 1902 in Haarlem.

Died May 9th, 1985 at 82 years old in Eindhoven.

Bo Karlsson

Swedish football referee.

Born October 12th, 1949 (age 76 years) in Sweden.

Josiah P. Cooke

Harvard mineralogist and chemist (1827–1894).

Born October 12th, 1827 in Boston.

Died September 3rd, 1894 at 66 years old in Newport.

Lajos Parti Nagy

Hungarian poet and writer (1953-).

Born October 12th, 1953 (age 72 years) in Szekszárd. [ref]

Jacques Perrier

French basketball player (1924–2015).

Born October 12th, 1924 in Bagnolet.

Died June 23rd, 2015 at 90 years old in Gassin.

Hryhorii Kravchenko

Soviet aviator (1912–1943).

Born October 12th, 1912 in Holubivka.

Died February 23rd, 1943 at 30 years old in Putilovskoye rural settlement.

Hans von Greiffenberg

German general and knight's cross recipients (1893–1951).

Born October 12th, 1893. [ref]

Died June 30th, 1951 at 57 years old in Königstein im Taunus.

Uladzislaŭ Marozaŭ

Belarusian association football player.

Born October 12th, 2000 (age 25 years) in Brest. [ref]

Charles Maurice Donnay

French dramatist (1859–1945).

Born October 12th, 1859 in former 1st arrondissement of Paris.

Died March 31st, 1945 at 85 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]

Félix Sesúmaga

Spanish footballer (1898-1925).

Born October 12th, 1898 in Leioa.

Died August 24th, 1925 at 26 years old in Leioa (tuberculosis).

Gualberto do Rosário

Cape verdean politician and former prime minister of cape verde.

Born October 12th, 1950 (age 75 years) in Mindelo.

Beate Peters

German javelin thrower.

Born October 12th, 1959 (age 66 years) in Marl.

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