Died On January 12th
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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
2
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: February 1, 1968
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Died: 2023
Birthdate: June 22, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Nawanshahr, Jullundur, Punjab, British India
Died: 2005
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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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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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Bobby Phills
(Basketball player)
Birthdate: December 20, 1969
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Died: 2000
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
Birthdate: March 22, 1459
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Died: 1519
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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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William Peter Blatty
(Novelist)
Birthdate: January 7, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York City, U.S.
Died: 2017
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Bill Hewlett
(Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: May 20, 1913
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Died: 2001
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
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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)
Birthdate: March 30, 1913
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bakersfield, California
Died: 2000
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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
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Tony Garnett
(Film producer)
Birthdate: April 3, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Birmingham, England
Died: 2020
Birthdate: January 27, 1912
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Slemdal, Oslo, Norway
Died: 2009
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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
Birthdate: April 20, 1882
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Alabama
Died: 1967
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Kinji Fukasaku
(Film director, Screenwriter, Film producer)
Birthdate: July 3, 1930
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mito
Died: 2003
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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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Henry Gauthier-Villars
(Writer)
Birthdate: August 8, 1859
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Villiers-sur-Orge, France
Died: 1931
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Jayalath Manoratne
(Actor)
Birthdate: June 12, 1948
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dehipe, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Died: 2020
Birthdate: September 25, 1847
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Died: 1914
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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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Benedict Biscop
(Anglo-Saxon Abbot and Founder of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory)
Birthdate: 0628 AD
Birthplace: Northumbria, England
Died: 0690
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Marcelino Manuel da Graça
(American Preacher)
Birthdate: January 25, 1881
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brava, Cape Verde
Died: 1960
Birthdate: April 18, 1925
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: 1986
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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
Birthdate: April 8, 1924
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Sulebhavi, Belgaum District, Karnataka, India
Died: 1992
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Giacomo Carissimi
(Composer)
Birthdate: April 18, 1605
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Marino, Italy
Died: 1674
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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
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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)
Birthdate: January 5, 1943
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Porto do Son, Galicia, Spain
Died: 1998
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
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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
Birthdate: July 29, 1922
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2014
Birthdate: April 23, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Essen, Germany
Died: 2016
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Bill Janklow
(Lawyer, Politician)
Birthdate: September 13, 1939
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2012
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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)
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Joseph Anton Koch
(Painter)
Birthdate: July 27, 1768
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Elbigenalp, Austria
Died: 1839
Birthdate: September 6, 1925
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Oviedo, Spain
Died: 2008
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John B. Jervis
(American Cvil Engineer who Helped Build Canals, Railroads, and Water-Supply Systems in the United States. )
Birthdate: December 14, 1795
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Huntington, New York, United States
Died: 1885
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Susanne Wenger
(Artist, illustrator, comics artist)
Birthdate: July 4, 1915
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Graz, Austria
Died: 2009