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22,879 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

David Zakaliani
official, diplomat
58 years old
February 27 · 1968
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Ken Takeuchi
seiyū
48 years old
February 20 · 1978
No external source identified
Mesila Doda
philosopher, economist
55 years old
February 6 · 1971
No external source identified
Ilinka Mitreva
politician, philologist
1950–2022
February 11 · 1950
No external source identified
Vickie Orr*
basketball player
Date disputed
February 25 · 1967
Source: FIBA database
Chung Nam-sik
association football player, association football coach
1917–2005 · aged 88
February 16 · 1917
Source: sports-reference.com
Laszlo Bellak
table tennis player
1911–2006 · aged 95
February 12 · 1911
No external source identified
Scott Durant
rower
38 years old
February 12 · 1988
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Samuel Krauss
rabbi, archaeologist
1866–1948 · aged 82
February 18 · 1866
Source: BnF authorities
Yumileidi Cumbá
athletics competitor
51 years old
February 11 · 1975
Source: World Athletics database
Georg Milbradt
university teacher, politician
81 years old
February 23 · 1945
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Martin Fillo
association football player
40 years old
February 7 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Antony Dupuis
tennis player
53 years old
February 24 · 1973
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Milan Neralić
fencing master, military officer
1875–1918 · aged 42
February 26 · 1875
Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon
Bruno Bolchi
association football coach, association football player
1940–2022 · aged 82
February 21 · 1940
Source: primocanale.it
Frederick William of Saxe-Meiningen
aristocrat
1679–1746 · aged 67
February 16 · 1679
Source: The Peerage
Taras Burlak
association football player
36 years old
February 22 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Mohammad Massad
association football player
43 years old
February 17 · 1983
No external source identified
Willi Holdorf
track and field coach, representative
1940–2020 · aged 80
February 17 · 1940
No external source identified
Pyotr Baranovsky*
restorer, architectural historian
Date disputed
February 14 · 1892
Source: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine
Gulraiz Akhtar
field hockey player
1943–2021 · aged 78
February 2 · 1943
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Silje Øyre Slind
cross-country skier
38 years old
February 9 · 1988
Source: fis-ski.com
Aleksandr Askoldov*
screenwriter, film director
Date disputed
February 17 · 1932
Source: Integrated Authority File
Urszula Modrzyńska
film actor, stage actor
1928–2010 · aged 82
February 23 · 1928
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Anastasius Hartmann
Catholic bishop, missionary
1803–1866 · aged 63
February 14 · 1803
No external source identified
Jack Turner
racing driver, engineer
1920–2004 · aged 84
February 12 · 1920
No external source identified
Johan Fransson
ice hockey player
41 years old
February 18 · 1985
Source: hockeydb.com
Rauf Aliyev
association football player, poet
37 years old
February 12 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Kemi Nelson
politician
1956–2022 · aged 66
February 9 · 1956
No external source identified
Elke Erb
translator, writer
1938–2024 · aged 85
February 18 · 1938
Source: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartsliteratur
Fethi Heper
association football player
1944–2025 · aged 81
February 3 · 1944
Source: Transfermarkt
Wojciech Marczewski
director, film director
82 years old
February 28 · 1944
Source: SNAC
Katja Lange-Müller
novelist, writer
75 years old
February 13 · 1951
Source: Discogs
Dušan Đokić
association football player, association football coach
46 years old
February 20 · 1980
Source: fbref.com
Gisèle Prassinos
writer, poet
1920–2015 · aged 95
February 26 · 1920
Source: BnF authorities
Cecil Sandford
motorcycle racer
1928–2023 · aged 95
February 21 · 1928
No external source identified
Malachia Ormanian
opinion journalist, presbyter
1841–1918 · aged 77
February 23 · 1841
Source: Q50861923
Jorge Francisco Vargas
association football coach, association football player
50 years old
February 8 · 1976
Source: FBref
William Townsend Aiton
botanist, horticulturist
1766–1849 · aged 83
February 2 · 1766
Source: Integrated Authority File
Achilles Papapetrou
university teacher, physicist
1907–1997 · aged 90
February 2 · 1907
No external source identified
Andjar Asmara
playwright, film director
1902–1961 · aged 59
February 26 · 1902
No external source identified
Diana Riba i Giner
politician, bookseller
51 years old
February 21 · 1975
No external source identified
Alfred Agache
architect, Esperantist
1875–1959 · aged 84
February 24 · 1875
Source: BnF authorities
Franz Josef Gerstner*
teacher, railway engineer
Date disputed
February 22 · 1756
Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno
Anima Choudhury
singer
73 years old
February 28 · 1953
No external source identified
Maite Carranza
author, screenwriter
68 years old
February 25 · 1958
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Sima Lozanić
diplomat, chemist
1847–1935 · aged 88
February 24 · 1847
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Henri Fauconnier
writer
1879–1973
February 26 · 1879
Source: Open Library
Konstantin Biebl
poet, prose writer
1898–1951 · aged 53
February 26 · 1898
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Rubén Plaza
sport cyclist
46 years old
February 29 · 1980
No external source identified
Yang Haoran
sport shooter
30 years old
February 22 · 1996
Source: olympedia.org
Guwançmuhammet Öwekow
association football coach, association football player
45 years old
February 2 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Edward MacCabe
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1816–1885 · aged 68
February 14 · 1816
Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography
Metaksia Simonyan
artist, actor
1926–1987 · aged 61
February 21 · 1926
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10
Jesús Iglesias
Formula One driver, racing automobile driver
1922–2005 · aged 83
February 22 · 1922
No external source identified
Sándor Csoóri
screenwriter, politician
1930–2016 · aged 86
February 3 · 1930
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Count Erich Kielmansegg
politician
1847–1923 · aged 75
February 13 · 1847
Source: The Peerage
Zhong Man
fencer
43 years old
February 28 · 1983
No external source identified
Marc Salyers
basketball player
47 years old
February 28 · 1979
Source: TBLStat.net
Bryant Butler Brooks
governor, politician
1861–1944 · aged 83
February 5 · 1861
Source: SNAC
José Moreno Villa
librarian, archivist
1887–1955 · aged 68
February 16 · 1887
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Murat Şahin
association football player, association football coach
50 years old
February 4 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Geoff Aunger
association football player
58 years old
February 4 · 1968
Source: FBref
Zafar Babajanov
association football player
39 years old
February 9 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Roberto Chery
association football player
1896–1919 · aged 23
February 16 · 1896
No external source identified
William Trelease
botanical collector, botanist
1857–1945 · aged 87
February 22 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Karin Miyawaki
fencer
29 years old
February 4 · 1997
Source: fie.org
David Rochela
association football player
36 years old
February 19 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
François Mazet
Formula One driver, racing automobile driver
83 years old
February 24 · 1943
No external source identified
Diego Fernández de Córdoba, Marquis of Guadalcázar
scientist
1578–1630 · aged 52
February 19 · 1578
No external source identified
Yves Cochet
politician
80 years old
February 15 · 1946
Source: Sycomore
Sydney Howard Smith
tennis player, badminton player
1872–1947 · aged 75
February 3 · 1872
Source: 100 years of Wimbledon
György Szepesi
journalist, sports commentator
1922–2018 · aged 96
February 5 · 1922
No external source identified
Betty Apiafi
economist, politician
64 years old
February 16 · 1962
No external source identified
Tadeusz Gajcy
poet
1922–1944 · aged 22
February 8 · 1922
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Yrjö Kilpinen
composer
1892–1959 · aged 67
February 4 · 1892
Source: Munzinger Personen
Lee Kohlmar
stage actor, film actor
1873–1946 · aged 73
February 27 · 1873
Source: Internet Broadway Database
Avtandil Jorbenadze*
physician, official
Date disputed
February 23 · 1951
No external source identified
Giovanni Bovio
jurist, philosopher
1837–1903 · aged 66
February 6 · 1837
Source: storia.camera.it
Topi Raitanen
orienteer, athletics competitor
30 years old
February 7 · 1996
Source: World Athletics database
Vardan Petrosyan
impressionist, screenwriter
67 years old
February 27 · 1959
No external source identified
William Louis Abbott
explorer, ornithologist
1860–1936 · aged 76
February 23 · 1860
Source: SNAC
Darya Chultsova
journalist, reporter
29 years old
February 20 · 1997
Source: prisoners.spring96.org
Tetsuya Asano
association football coach, association football player
59 years old
February 23 · 1967
Source: Transfermarkt
Moïse Brou Apanga
association football player
1982–2017 · aged 35
February 4 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Reggie Davani
association football player
46 years old
February 5 · 1980
Source: Transfermarkt
Semyon Belits-Geiman
speed skater, journalist
81 years old
February 16 · 1945
No external source identified
Islam Magomedov
amateur wrestler
35 years old
February 8 · 1991
No external source identified
Miguel Simão
association football player
53 years old
February 26 · 1973
Source: Transfermarkt
Svilen Rusinov
boxer
62 years old
February 29 · 1964
No external source identified
Lee Kang-seok
speed skater
41 years old
February 28 · 1985
No external source identified
Ovidi Montllor
singer-songwriter, actor
1942–1995 · aged 53
February 4 · 1942
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Petter Vaagan Moen
association football player
42 years old
February 5 · 1984
Source: FBref
Jeanne Carpenter
film actor, actor
1917–1994 · aged 76
February 1 · 1917
Source: Find a Grave
Fyodor Volkov
painter, stage actor
1729–1763
February 20 · 1729
Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia
Ludvík Aškenazy
playwright, science fiction writer
1921–1986 · aged 65
February 24 · 1921
Source: Records of persons of interest
Jenny Byrne
tennis player
59 years old
February 25 · 1967
Source: WTA website
Ivan Vyshnevskyi
association football player, association football coach
1957–1996 · aged 39
February 21 · 1957
Source: transfermarkt.com
Evgeniy Gerasimov
politician, film director
75 years old
February 25 · 1951
No external source identified
José León Bernal
association football player
31 years old
February 3 · 1995
Source: As
Li Wenlong
short-track speed skater
25 years old
February 4 · 2001
Source: shorttrack.swisstiming.com
Diego Pérez
tennis player
64 years old
February 9 · 1962
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Person Colby Cheney
governor, politician
1828–1901 · aged 73
February 25 · 1828
Source: Find a Grave
August Musger
physicist, Catholic priest
1868–1929 · aged 61
February 10 · 1868
Source: Integrated Authority File
Wallace L. W. Sargent
astronomer, university teacher
1935–2012 · aged 77
February 15 · 1935
Source: SNAC
Myriam Harry
writer, journalist
1869–1958 · aged 89
February 21 · 1869
Source: BnF authorities
Jeffrey Leiwakabessy
association football player
45 years old
February 23 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Pol García
association football player
31 years old
February 18 · 1995
Source: FBref
Moreto Cassamá
association football player
28 years old
February 16 · 1998
Source: Transfermarkt
Elisabeth Epstein*
painter
Date disputed
February 27 · 1879
Source: RKDartists
Alo Bärengrub
association football player
42 years old
February 12 · 1984
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Tolbert Lanston
inventor
1844–1913 · aged 69
February 3 · 1844
Source: books.google.com
Paul Sébillot
writer, collector of fairy tales
1843–1918 · aged 75
February 6 · 1843
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Jean Babilée
actor, choreographer
1923–2014 · aged 90
February 3 · 1923
Source: Encyclopædia Universalis
Scott Millan
audio engineer, engineer
72 years old
February 2 · 1954
Source: californiabirthindex.org
Viktor Klimenko
artistic gymnast
77 years old
February 25 · 1949
No external source identified
Orshi Drozdik
university teacher, artist
80 years old
February 15 · 1946
Source: RKDartists
Rhys Williams
athletics competitor
42 years old
February 27 · 1984
Source: World Athletics database
Marina de Escobar
Christian mystic, nun
1554–1633 · aged 79
February 8 · 1554
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Tullia Zevi
politician, writer
1919–2011 · aged 91
February 2 · 1919
No external source identified
Petar Petrov
association football player
65 years old
February 20 · 1961
Source: Transfermarkt
Rafael Lapesa Melgar
writer, university teacher
1908–2001 · aged 92
February 8 · 1908
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Leungo Scotch
sprinter
30 years old
February 28 · 1996
Source: World Athletics database
Sanjugo Naoki
film director, writer
1891–1934 · aged 43
February 12 · 1891
No external source identified
Bernard Chiarelli
association football player, association football coach
1934–2024 · aged 90
February 24 · 1934
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Lars Kraume
film director, director
53 years old
February 24 · 1973
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Jean-Marc Mousson
politician, jurist
1776–1861 · aged 85
February 17 · 1776
Source: Integrated Authority File
Fortunato Frezza
exegete, Catholic bishop
84 years old
February 6 · 1942
No external source identified
Alexei Kostrikin
mathematician, university teacher
1929–2000 · aged 71
February 12 · 1929
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Gustav Leberecht Flügel
writer, philologist
1802–1870 · aged 68
February 18 · 1802
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
Joachim Nicolas Eggert
conductor, composer
1779–1813 · aged 34
February 22 · 1779
Source: Musicalics
Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix
mathematician, engineer
1798–1870 · aged 71
February 20 · 1798
No external source identified
Adalbert Seitz
lepidopterist, zoologist
1860–1938 · aged 78
February 24 · 1860
Source: Frankfurter Personenlexikon
Germaine Lubin
opera singer
1890–1979 · aged 89
February 1 · 1890
Source: Discogs
Mikael Harutyunyan
politician, military personnel
80 years old
February 10 · 1946
No external source identified
Christa Williams
singer, schlager singer
1926–2012
February 5 · 1926
Source: IMDb
Nikola Jakimovski
association football player
36 years old
February 26 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Elza Radziņa*
actor
Date disputed
February 10 · 1917
Source: IMDb
Mercy Tagoe
association football coach, association football referee
48 years old
February 5 · 1978
No external source identified
István Ujhelyi
politician
51 years old
February 28 · 1975
No external source identified
Ferit Edgü
poet, painter
1936–2024 · aged 88
February 24 · 1936
Source: filmportal.de
Benjamin Baillaud
university teacher, meteorologist
1848–1934
February 14 · 1848
Source: BnF authorities
Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert
politician, botanist
1773–1847 · aged 74
February 14 · 1773
Source: BnF authorities
Tuula Haatainen
politician
66 years old
February 11 · 1960
Source: eduskunta.fi
Karel Halíř
violinist, concertmaster
1859–1909 · aged 50
February 1 · 1859
Source: Český hudební slovník osob a institucí
Laure Cinti-Damoreau
actor, music educator
1801–1863 · aged 62
February 6 · 1801
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Daniëlle de Bruijn
water polo player
48 years old
February 13 · 1978
No external source identified
Kevin Lalande
ice hockey player
39 years old
February 19 · 1987
Source: iihf.com
Kevin Dawson*
association football player
Date disputed
February 8 · 1992
No external source identified
Luigi Visconti
stage actor, film actor
1913–1971 · aged 57
February 26 · 1913
Source: Discogs

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