Person in history
Otto Warmbier
Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned in North Korea (died 2017)
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1994 · December 12
- Died
- 2017 · June 19Aged about 23
- Born
- 32nd anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Otto Warmbier, American student imprisoned in North Korea (died 2017)
Why this date
Otto Warmbier appears on our December 12 calendar for 1994 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1994.
- May 17Malawi
- January 1Far-left politics
- November 21994 Durunka floods and lightning strike
- May 241993 World Trade Center bombing
- February 5Markale massacres
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1994Nene MacdonaldMay 11
- 1994Isaah YeoNovember 6
- 1994Denyse TontzSeptember 17
- 1994Brahim DarriSeptember 14
- 1994Krasimir StanoevSeptember 14
- 1994Nicky CaseSeptember 11
- 1994RM (musician)September 12
- 1994Hagos GebrhiwetMay 11
Sources
Cite this page
“Otto Warmbier”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/otto-warmbier, accessed October 28, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Otto Warmbier
When was Otto Warmbier born?
December 12 1994.
When did Otto Warmbier die?
June 19 2017, aged about 23.
How is age at death calculated?
From the birth and death years we hold. Where only years are known the figure can be a year out, so it is given as “about”.
Who else was born on December 12?
Zeli Ismail, T. J. Ward, Pat Calathes and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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