Died On January 12th
Discover the most famous people who died on January 12. The list includes people like Agatha Christie, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Pierre de Fermat, Hermann Minkowski, ?udovít Štúr. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, mathematicians, emperors & kings and philosophers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & India and many more countries.
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Agatha Christie(English Author Known for Her Detective Novels and Short Stories)
Birthdate: September 15, 1890
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Torquay, Devon, England
Died: 1976
Birthdate: February 1, 1968
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: 2023
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Maurice Gibb(Member of Disco Group the "Bee Gees", One of the Most Successful Pop-Rock Groups of All Time.)
Birthdate: December 22, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Douglas, Isle of Man
Died: 2003
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: June 22, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nawanshahr, Jullundur, Punjab, British India
Died: 2005
5
Pierre de Fermat(French Mathematician and Founder of the Modern Theory of Numbers)
Birthdate: December 6, 1607
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France
Died: 1665
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Lorraine Hansberry
(Writer, Theatre director, Screenwriter, Playwright, Human rights activist)
Birthdate: May 19, 1930
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 1965
Birthdate: August 27, 1937
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: 2007
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Bobby Phills
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: December 20, 1969
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2000
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Hermann Minkowski(German Mathematician and Professor Who Created and Developed the Geometry of Numbers)
Birthdate: June 22, 1864
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania
Died: 1909
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Tongzhi Emperor
(9th Emperor of the Qing dynasty)
Birthdate: April 27, 1856
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Forbidden City, Beijing, China
Died: 1875
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Bill Hewlett
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: May 20, 1913
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Died: 2001
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William Peter Blatty
(Novelist)
Birthdate: January 7, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City, U.S.
Died: 2017
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: March 22, 1459
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Died: 1519
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Kinji Fukasaku
(Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer)
Birthdate: July 3, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mito
Died: 2003
15
Gerrie Coetzee
(South African Former Professional Boxer)
Birthdate: April 8, 1955
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Boksburg, South Africa
Died: 2023
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: November 28, 1864
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Leicester, England
Died: 1912
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Surya Sen(Bengali Revolutionary Who Took Part in Indian Independence Movement and Led the 1930 Chittagong Armoury Raid)
Birthdate: March 22, 1894
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Raozan Upazila, Bangladesh
Died: 1934
Birthdate: April 20, 1882
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Alabama
Died: 1967
Birthdate: March 30, 1913
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bakersfield, California
Died: 2000
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Sam Langford
(One of the Greatest Boxes of All Time)
Birthdate: March 4, 1883
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Weymouth Falls, Canada
Died: 1956
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Ľudovít Štúr(Revolutionary Politician and an Important Figure in Slovak History)
Birthdate: October 28, 1815
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Uhrovec, Slovakia
Died: 1856
Birthdate: January 27, 1912
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Slemdal, Oslo, Norway
Died: 2009
23
Tony Garnett
(Film producer)
Birthdate: April 3, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Died: 2020
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Henri-Georges Clouzot
(French Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter)
Birthdate: November 20, 1907
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Niort, France
Died: 1977
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Henry Gauthier-Villars
(Writer)
Birthdate: August 8, 1859
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Villiers-sur-Orge, France
Died: 1931
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John Bayley
(Literary critic)
Birthdate: March 27, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lahore, Pakistan
Died: 2015
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Saint Aelred of Rievaulx
(Cistercian Monk)
Birthdate: 1110 AD
Birthplace: Hexham, England
Died: 1167
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Jayalath Manoratne
(Actor)
Birthdate: June 12, 1948
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dehipe, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Died: 2020
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Marie-Antoine Carême
(French Chef)
Birthdate: June 8, 1784
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1833
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Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
(Princess)
Birthdate: November 2, 1709
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hanover, Germany
Died: 1759
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William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
(Former British Prime Minister)
Birthdate: October 25, 1759
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England
Died: 1834
Birthdate: September 25, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1914
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Burhan Asaf Belge
(Turkish Politician Who Was the First Husband of Zsa Zsa Gabor)
Birthdate: February 1, 1899
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: İstanbul, Turkey
Died: 1967
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Nell Arthur
(Chester A. Arthur's wife)
Birthdate: August 30, 1837
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Died: 1880
35
Benedict Biscop
(Anglo-Saxon Abbot and Founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory)
Birthdate: 0628 AD
Birthplace: Northumbria, England
Died: 0690
36
Charles Brenton Huggins(Canadian-American Physician Who Discovered that Hormones Could be Used to Control the Spread of Some Cancers)
Birthdate: September 22, 1901
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada
Died: 1997
Birthdate: April 18, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: 1986
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Howard Atwood Kelly
(Surgeon, Writer, Gynaecologist, University teacher)
Birthdate: February 20, 1858
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Camden
Died: 1943
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Victor Starffin
(Baseball pitcher in Japan to win 300 games)
Birthdate: May 1, 1916
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Died: 1957
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Giacomo Carissimi
(Composer)
Birthdate: April 18, 1605
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Marino, Italy
Died: 1674
Birthdate: April 8, 1924
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sulebhavi, Belgaum District, Karnataka, India
Died: 1992
Birthdate: July 29, 1922
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2014
Birthdate: March 10, 1772
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hannover, Germany
Died: 1829
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Alan Nunn May
(British Physicist and the Person Convicted for Supplying Atomic-Bomb Secrets to the Soviet Union)
Birthdate: May 2, 1911
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bedruthan, Park Hill, Moseley, Birmingham, England
Died: 2003
45
Richard Challoner
(Priest)
Birthdate: September 29, 1691
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lewes, England
Died: 1781
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Adalia Rose(American Social Media Star Afflicted With a Rare Genetic Disorder Called Progeria)
Birthdate: December 10, 2006
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Round Rock, Texas, United States
Died: 2022
47
Claude Berri
(Film Producer, Director and Actor)
Birthdate: July 1, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2009
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Kunisada
(Japanese Portrait Painter)
Birthdate: 1786 AD
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1865
Birthdate: April 23, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
Died: 2016
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Adhemar da Silva
(Brazilian Triple Jumper Who Won Two Olympic Gold Medals)
Birthdate: September 29, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
Died: 2001
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)