Yojiro Uetake (81)
January 12th, 1943

Olympic wrestler – Yojiro Uetake was born in Tatebayashi (City in Gunma Prefecture, Japan) on January 12th, 1943 and is 81 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 12

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

67

Joe Frazier

American boxer (1944–2011)

*January 12th, 1944, Beaufort †November 7th, 2011, Philadelphia

70

Guy Fischer

Member of the Senate of France (1944-2014)

*January 12th, 1944, Décines-Charpieu †November 1st, 2014, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

79

Maggie Bell

Scottish singer

*January 12th, 1945, Glasgow

68

Jim Gray

American computer scientist

*January 12th, 1944, San Francisco †January 28th, 2012, sea

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

76

William Nicholson

British screenwriter, playwright and novelist (1948-)

*January 12th, 1948, Lewes

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

*January 12th, 1928, Portsmouth †November 17th, 2006, Las Vegas

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

74

Sheila Jackson Lee

U.S. Representative from Texas

*January 12th, 1950, Queens

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

68

Nikolai Noskov

Soviet and Russian singer and song writer

*January 12th, 1956, Gagarin

82

Hedayat Amin Arsala

Afghan economist and politician (born 1942)

*January 12th, 1942, Kabul

51

Hande Yener

Turkish singer

*January 12th, 1973, Kadıköy

78

André Labarrère

French politician and Esperantist (1928-2006)

*January 12th, 1928, Pau †May 16th, 2006, Pau

81

Erik Martin

German writer, songwriter and composer of songs (1936-2017)

*January 12th, 1936, Neuss †April 25th, 2017

77

Marie Dubois

French actress (1937-2014)

*January 12th, 1937, 15th arrondissement of Paris †October 15th, 2014, Lescar

64

Guido Bontempi

Road bicycle racer

*January 12th, 1960, Gussago

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

64

Long John Baldry

British musician (1941–2005)

*January 12th, 1941, East Haddon †July 21st, 2005, Vancouver

74

Bob McEwen

American politician

*January 12th, 1950, Hillsboro

66

Christiane Amanpour

English-Iranian news anchor and international correspondent

*January 12th, 1958, Ealing

Also born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

27

Jim Morrison

American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)

*December 8th, 1943, Melbourne †July 3rd, 1971, Paris

81

Holland Taylor

American actress

*January 14th, 1943, Philadelphia

73

Sam Shepard

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

*November 5th, 1943, Fort Sheridan †July 27th, 2017, Midway

67

Lynn Redgrave

British actress (1943–2010)

*March 8th, 1943, Marylebone †May 2nd, 2010, Kent

80

Valerie Perrine

American actress

*September 3rd, 1943, Galveston

80

Jerry Bruckheimer

American film and television producer (born 1943)

*September 21st, 1943, Detroit

81

Kay Granger

American politician

*January 18th, 1943, Greenville

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

80

Leslie Uggams

American actress and singer

*May 25th, 1943, New York City

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