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

Franck Gava
association football player
56 years old
February 3 · 1970
Source: Transfermarkt
Leif Wager
stage actor, actor
1922–2002 · aged 80
February 11 · 1922
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Pär Arvidsson
swimmer
66 years old
February 27 · 1960
No external source identified
Kenneth Sitzberger
competitive diver
1945–1984 · aged 38
February 13 · 1945
No external source identified
George Kocherry
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
81 years old
February 4 · 1945
No external source identified
Eduard Soghomonyan
amateur wrestler
36 years old
February 19 · 1990
No external source identified
Elisabeth Erm
model
33 years old
February 1 · 1993
No external source identified
Halina Górecka
athletics competitor, sprinter
88 years old
February 4 · 1938
No external source identified
Harriet Löwenhjelm
poet, draftsperson
1887–1918 · aged 31
February 18 · 1887
Source: GeneaStar
Sébastien Rouault
swimmer
40 years old
February 24 · 1986
No external source identified
Tamás Wichmann
actor, canoeist
1948–2020 · aged 72
February 4 · 1948
Source: nemzetisport.hu
Torey Thomas
basketball player
41 years old
February 26 · 1985
Source: FIBA database
Hans Junkermann
stage actor, film actor
1872–1943 · aged 71
February 24 · 1872
Source: Integrated Authority File
Isaak "Tjaak" Pattiwael
association football player
1914–1987 · aged 73
February 23 · 1914
Source: Transfermarkt
Denisa Chládková
tennis player
47 years old
February 8 · 1979
Source: WTA website
Karl Ferdinand Wimar
painter
1828–1862 · aged 34
February 20 · 1828
Source: Find a Grave
Ilya Byakin
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
63 years old
February 2 · 1963
No external source identified
Kosi Saka
association football player
40 years old
February 4 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Dumitru Țepeneag
essayist, translator
89 years old
February 14 · 1937
No external source identified
Tricarico
singer-songwriter
55 years old
February 1 · 1971
No external source identified
Jack Metcalfe
athletics competitor, javelin thrower
1912–1994 · aged 81
February 3 · 1912
Source: Athletics Australia
Ernesto Calindri
stage actor, screenwriter
1909–1999 · aged 90
February 5 · 1909
Source: BnF authorities
Éder Lima
association football player
40 years old
February 5 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Piero Vivarelli
composer, film director
1927–2010 · aged 83
February 26 · 1927
Source: filmportal.de
Ulrik Jansson
association football player
58 years old
February 2 · 1968
Source: Transfermarkt
Marta López
handball player
36 years old
February 4 · 1990
No external source identified
Uwe Daßler
swimmer, athletics competitor
59 years old
February 11 · 1967
No external source identified
Garry Manuel
association football player
76 years old
February 20 · 1950
Source: Transfermarkt
Radosław Piwowarski
film screenwriter, film director
78 years old
February 20 · 1948
No external source identified
Guillaume Courtois
draftsperson, graphic artist
1628–1679 · aged 51
February 12 · 1628
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Džore Držić
Catholic priest, writer
1461–1501 · aged 40
February 24 · 1461
No external source identified
Ryu Ji-Hae
table tennis player
50 years old
February 10 · 1976
No external source identified
David Karako
association football coach, association football player
1945–2025 · aged 80
February 11 · 1945
Source: FBref
Antonella Ponziani
film director, film actor
62 years old
February 29 · 1964
No external source identified
Cheng Wen-Hsing
Olympic competitor, badminton coach
44 years old
February 24 · 1982
Source: badmintonlink.com
Anna Sundström
chemist
1785–1871 · aged 86
February 26 · 1785
No external source identified
Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski
prose writer, musician
1885–1944 · aged 59
February 24 · 1885
Source: BnF authorities
Jonathan Bourne Jr.
writer, lawyer
1855–1940 · aged 85
February 23 · 1855
Source: SNAC
Ivan Cotroneo
writer, translator
58 years old
February 21 · 1968
Source: Catalog of the German National Library
Oliver Wolcott Gibbs
chemist, university teacher
1822–1908 · aged 86
February 21 · 1822
Source: SNAC
Bernardo Segura
athletics competitor
56 years old
February 11 · 1970
Source: World Athletics database
Albert Gemmrich
association football coach, association football player
71 years old
February 13 · 1955
Source: Transfermarkt
Jorge Moreira
association football player, association football coach
36 years old
February 1 · 1990
Source: As
Kazimierz Nestor Sapieha
military personnel
1757–1798
February 14 · 1757
Source: Гісторыя Сапегаў : жыццяпісы, маёнткі, фундацыі
Ágoston Trefort
opinion journalist, politician
1817–1888 · aged 71
February 7 · 1817
Source: BnF authorities
Ferenc Fülöp
association football player
71 years old
February 22 · 1955
Source: Transfermarkt
Leslie Laing
sprinter
1925–2021 · aged 95
February 19 · 1925
No external source identified
Julian Sochocki
mathematician
1842–1927 · aged 85
February 2 · 1842
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Giacinto Brandi
painter
1621–1691 · aged 69
February 23 · 1621
Source: BeWeB
Eliza Wigham
suffragist, abolitionist
1820–1899 · aged 79
February 23 · 1820
Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Zygmunt Gorgolewski
restorer, architect
1845–1903 · aged 58
February 14 · 1845
Source: European Theatre Architecture DB
Demofilo Fidani
actor, director
1914–1994 · aged 80
February 8 · 1914
Source: BnF authorities
Štefan Ružička
ice hockey player
41 years old
February 17 · 1985
No external source identified
Osvald Käpp
amateur wrestler
1905–1995 · aged 90
February 17 · 1905
Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport
Mariano Cañardo
sport cyclist
1906–1987 · aged 81
February 5 · 1906
No external source identified
Hinkelien Schreuder
swimmer
42 years old
February 13 · 1984
No external source identified
Johann Michael Fischer
architect
1692–1766 · aged 74
February 18 · 1692
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Hiroshi Ochiai
association football player
80 years old
February 28 · 1946
Source: Transfermarkt
Jens Arne Svartedal
cross-country skier
50 years old
February 14 · 1976
Source: fis-ski.com
Ángeles Álvarez
women's rights activist, politician
65 years old
February 12 · 1961
No external source identified
Ksenia Perova
archer
37 years old
February 8 · 1989
No external source identified
Pierre Jansen
musician, conductor
1930–2015 · aged 85
February 28 · 1930
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Maurice Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
aristocrat
1688–1731 · aged 43
February 5 · 1688
Source: Integrated Authority File
Paul Muratov*
publisher, prose writer
Date disputed
February 9 · 1881
Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century
Trond Olsen
association football player
42 years old
February 5 · 1984
Source: FBref
Fred Goodwins
actor, correspondent
1891–1923
February 26 · 1891
Source: IMDb
Oleksandr Babych
association football player, association football coach
47 years old
February 15 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Raúl González*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
February 29 · 1952
No external source identified
Dumitrița Turner
artistic gymnast
62 years old
February 12 · 1964
No external source identified
Mindaugas Kalonas
association football player
42 years old
February 28 · 1984
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Lennart Svedberg
ice hockey player
1944–1972 · aged 28
February 29 · 1944
No external source identified
Sanasar Oganisyan
amateur wrestler
66 years old
February 5 · 1960
No external source identified
Janusz Pyciak-Peciak
modern pentathlete
77 years old
February 9 · 1949
No external source identified
Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan
playwright, military officer
1589–1670 · aged 80
February 5 · 1589
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Gianfrancesco Gambara*
inquisitor, Catholic priest
Date disputed
February 26 · 1533
Source: webdept.fiu.edu
Mourad Amara
association football player, association football coach
67 years old
February 19 · 1959
Source: Transfermarkt
Étienne Aymonier
colonial administrator, anthropologist
1844–1929 · aged 84
February 26 · 1844
Source: BnF authorities
Ángel Berlanga
association football player
39 years old
February 24 · 1987
Source: As
Helgi Grétarsson
chess player
49 years old
February 18 · 1977
No external source identified
Matthew II of Armenia
Catholicos, Christian minister
1845–1910 · aged 65
February 22 · 1845
No external source identified
Ken Walsh
swimmer
81 years old
February 11 · 1945
No external source identified
Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller
geographer, historian
1813–1894
February 13 · 1813
Source: Integrated Authority File
Woldemar Hau*
painter, artist
Date disputed
February 16 · 1816
Source: WorldCat Entities
Henry Primakoff
physicist, theoretical physicist
1914–1983 · aged 69
February 12 · 1914
Source: Integrated Authority File
Beata Kempa
politician
60 years old
February 11 · 1966
No external source identified
Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder
draftsperson, printmaker
1792–1883 · aged 91
February 12 · 1792
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Ádám Récsey
military officer, politician
1775–1852 · aged 77
February 10 · 1775
No external source identified
Davina Philtjens
association football player
37 years old
February 26 · 1989
Source: FBref
Olena Kryvytska
fencer
39 years old
February 23 · 1987
No external source identified
Boris Vorontsov-Velyaminov
astrophysicist, university teacher
1904–1994 · aged 89
February 14 · 1904
No external source identified
Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg
nun
1420–1491 · aged 70
February 18 · 1420
No external source identified
Jānis Strenga
bobsledder, athletics competitor
40 years old
February 5 · 1986
No external source identified
Francesco Maria Richini*
architect, sculptor
Date disputed
February 13 · 1584
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Larisa Peleshenko
athletics competitor
62 years old
February 29 · 1964
Source: World Athletics database
Gerhard Hirschfelder
Catholic priest, resistance fighter
1907–1942 · aged 35
February 17 · 1907
Source: MAK
Ekaterina Voronina
athletics competitor
34 years old
February 16 · 1992
Source: World Athletics database
Karel Opočenský
opinion journalist, chess player
1892–1975 · aged 83
February 7 · 1892
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Maidarzhavyn Ganzorig
astronaut, Research Cosmonaut
1949–2021 · aged 72
February 5 · 1949
No external source identified
Michalis Mouroutsos
taekwondo athlete
46 years old
February 29 · 1980
No external source identified
Francis Hsu
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1920–1973 · aged 53
February 20 · 1920
No external source identified
Wojciech Rubinowicz
university teacher, physicist
1889–1974 · aged 85
February 22 · 1889
Source: Integrated Authority File
Nikita Bazhenov
association football player
41 years old
February 1 · 1985
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Mario Caserini
screenwriter, actor
1874–1920 · aged 46
February 26 · 1874
Source: Find a Grave
Edyta Jungowska
actor, film actor
60 years old
February 1 · 1966
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Gotthilf Fischer
choir director, conductor
1928–2020 · aged 92
February 11 · 1928
Source: IMDb
Nojim Maiyegun
boxer
1941–2024 · aged 83
February 17 · 1941
No external source identified
Marco Dominguez*
association football player
Date disputed
February 25 · 1996
Source: uslchampionship.com
Stefanie Böhler
cross-country skier, ski jumper
45 years old
February 27 · 1981
No external source identified
Marie-Eve Drolet
short-track speed skater
44 years old
February 3 · 1982
No external source identified
Lucca Borges de Brito
association football player
36 years old
February 14 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
François van Campenhout
opera singer, composer
1779–1848 · aged 69
February 5 · 1779
Source: Integrated Authority File
Joan Peiró
anarchist, editor
1887–1942 · aged 55
February 18 · 1887
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Romanas Brazdauskis
basketball player
62 years old
February 20 · 1964
Source: FIBA database
Luis Maidana*
association football player
Date disputed
February 22 · 1934
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Miklós Szinetár
screenwriter, opera director
94 years old
February 8 · 1932
No external source identified
Bob Beemer
engineer, audio engineer
71 years old
February 8 · 1955
No external source identified
Waraporn Boonsing
association football player
36 years old
February 16 · 1990
Source: Soccerdonna
Katharina Schiechtl
association football player
33 years old
February 27 · 1993
Source: FBref
İbrahim Yılmaz
association football player
32 years old
February 6 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz
writer, military personnel
1692–1775 · aged 83
February 25 · 1692
Source: SNAC
Matthias Heidemann*
association football player
Date disputed
February 7 · 1907
No external source identified
Dobrosav Krstić
association football coach, association football player
1932–2015 · aged 83
February 5 · 1932
Source: web.archive.org
Steff Cras
sport cyclist
30 years old
February 13 · 1996
Source: uci.org
Galina Bukharina
athletics competitor
81 years old
February 14 · 1945
No external source identified
Annika Dries
water polo player, swimmer
34 years old
February 10 · 1992
No external source identified
Julia Hassler
swimmer
33 years old
February 27 · 1993
No external source identified
Yūka Setō
ski jumper
29 years old
February 22 · 1997
Source: the-sports.org
José Leonardo Ribeiro da Silva*
association football player
Date disputed
February 8 · 1988
Source: uslchampionship.com
Günther Schramm
stage actor, singer
97 years old
February 18 · 1929
No external source identified
Christian Müller
organ builder
1690–1763
February 4 · 1690
No external source identified
Friedrich Wilhelm Levi
mathematician, university teacher
1888–1966 · aged 77
February 6 · 1888
Source: Integrated Authority File
Georgina de Albuquerque
draftsperson, painter
1885–1962 · aged 77
February 4 · 1885
Source: RKDartists
Carl Gräbe
chemist, university teacher
1841–1927 · aged 85
February 24 · 1841
Source: SNAC
Gledi Mici
association football player
35 years old
February 6 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Louis François Auguste de Rohan-Chabot
archbishop, politician
1788–1833 · aged 44
February 29 · 1788
Source: GeneaStar
Charles P. Dixon
solicitor, tennis player
1873–1939 · aged 66
February 7 · 1873
Source: BnF authorities
Piero Alva
association football coach, association football player
47 years old
February 14 · 1979
Source: Transfermarkt
Aitor Buñuel
association football player
28 years old
February 10 · 1998
Source: Transfermarkt
Karl Frederick
lawyer, sport shooter
1881–1963 · aged 82
February 2 · 1881
No external source identified
Alexandru Curtianu
association football player, association football coach
52 years old
February 11 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Milan Vader
sport cyclist
30 years old
February 18 · 1996
No external source identified
Asen Zlatarov
chemist
1885–1936 · aged 51
February 4 · 1885
Source: BnF authorities
Giovanni Battista De Rossi
anthropologist, archaeologist
1822–1894 · aged 72
February 23 · 1822
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Aleksander Czekanowski
geologist, explorer
1833–1876 · aged 43
February 24 · 1833
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia
Taro Sugimoto*
association football player
Date disputed
February 12 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Gideon Patt
politician, economist
1933–2020 · aged 87
February 22 · 1933
Source: knesset.gov.il
Tisir Al-Antaif
association football player
52 years old
February 16 · 1974
Source: FBref
Willi Sitte*
draftsperson, politician
Date disputed
February 28 · 1921
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Georges Ulmer
singer-songwriter, film actor
1919–1989 · aged 70
February 16 · 1919
Source: Roglo
Trina Jackson
swimmer
49 years old
February 16 · 1977
No external source identified

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