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

Tomáš Vlasák
coach, manager
51 years old
February 1 · 1975
Source: regional database of the Pilsen City Library
Yoshihiro Nakano
association football player
33 years old
February 24 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Petar Gligorovski
comics artist, animator
1938–1995 · aged 57
February 3 · 1938
Source: maccinema.com
Svenn Stray
lawyer, politician
1922–2012 · aged 90
February 11 · 1922
Source: Munzinger Personen
Olabiyi Durojaiye
politician, lawyer
1933–2021 · aged 88
February 8 · 1933
No external source identified
Ludwig Dill
painter
1848–1940 · aged 92
February 2 · 1848
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Tom Buckingham
screenwriter, film director
1895–1934 · aged 39
February 25 · 1895
No external source identified
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen
biathlete
48 years old
February 9 · 1978
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Irina Chelushkina
chess player
65 years old
February 1 · 1961
No external source identified
Geert Omloop
sport cyclist
52 years old
February 12 · 1974
No external source identified
Fulcran Vigouroux
Hebraist, exegete
1837–1915 · aged 78
February 13 · 1837
Source: BnF authorities
Hayley Bowden
association football player
42 years old
February 13 · 1984
Source: FBref
Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville
geologist, meteorologist
1814–1876 · aged 62
February 26 · 1814
Source: GeneaStar
Clara Woltering
handball player, association football player
43 years old
February 3 · 1983
No external source identified
Serge Mimpo
association football player
52 years old
February 6 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Hanna Rydh
archaeologist, politician
1891–1964 · aged 73
February 12 · 1891
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Wawrzyniec Żuławski
mountaineer, music critic
1916–1957 · aged 41
February 14 · 1916
Source: Integrated Authority File
José María Medina
association football player
1921–2005 · aged 84
February 13 · 1921
No external source identified
Alberto Escassi
association football player
37 years old
February 28 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
José Tapia
association football player, association football coach
Born 1905
February 19 · 1905
No external source identified
Mercedes Abad
writer, journalist
65 years old
February 3 · 1961
Source: NUKAT
Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich
inventor, aircraft construction
1883–1938 · aged 55
February 6 · 1883
Source: parish register
George Karrys
curler
59 years old
February 15 · 1967
No external source identified
Edvard Westerlund
amateur wrestler
1901–1982 · aged 81
February 1 · 1901
No external source identified
Eugeni Redkine
biathlete
56 years old
February 2 · 1970
No external source identified
Karl Fritsch
mycologist, botanist
1864–1934 · aged 69
February 24 · 1864
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Oļegs Karavajevs
association football player
1961–2020 · aged 59
February 13 · 1961
Source: Transfermarkt
Hannah Ludwig
sport cyclist
26 years old
February 15 · 2000
Source: uci.org
Nedžad Fazlija
sport shooter
58 years old
February 25 · 1968
No external source identified
António da Cunha Telles
screenwriter, film producer
1935–2022 · aged 87
February 26 · 1935
Source: filmportal.de
Gösta Andersson
amateur wrestler
1917–1975 · aged 58
February 15 · 1917
No external source identified
Burton Downing
sport cyclist
1885–1929 · aged 43
February 5 · 1885
No external source identified
Agustín García-Gasco Vicente
Catholic priest, theologian
1931–2011 · aged 80
February 12 · 1931
Source: Find a Grave
Valeri Zykov
association football player, association football coach
82 years old
February 24 · 1944
Source: FBref
Marilee Stepan
swimmer
1935–2021 · aged 86
February 2 · 1935
Source: olympedia.org
Heikki Suolahti
composer
1920–1936 · aged 16
February 2 · 1920
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Peder Lunde Jr.
sailor
84 years old
February 9 · 1942
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Ulrich Pinner
tennis player
72 years old
February 7 · 1954
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Elena Golovina
biathlete
65 years old
February 16 · 1961
No external source identified
Lauro Rossi*
music educator, conductor
Date disputed
February 19 · 1812
Source: BnF authorities
Alfred Ost
illustrator, poet
1884–1945 · aged 61
February 14 · 1884
Source: SNAC
Isaac Mintz
historian
1896–1991 · aged 95
February 3 · 1896
No external source identified
Victor Carlund
association football coach, association football player
1906–1985 · aged 79
February 5 · 1906
Source: EU-Football.info
Marion Wagner
athletics competitor, bank teller
48 years old
February 1 · 1978
Source: World Athletics database
Valdemaras Novickis
handball player
1956–2022 · aged 65
February 22 · 1956
No external source identified
Hermann von Strantz
military officer
1853–1936 · aged 83
February 13 · 1853
No external source identified
Gordon McDonald
association football player
1878–1938 · aged 60
February 2 · 1878
No external source identified
Daigo Araki
association football player
32 years old
February 17 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Thomas Hall
canoeist
44 years old
February 21 · 1982
No external source identified
Johannes Baptista von Albertini
botanical collector, mycologist
1769–1831 · aged 62
February 17 · 1769
Source: Nachrichten aus der Brüder-Gemeine
Clemente Villaverde Huelga
association football player
67 years old
February 8 · 1959
Source: Transfermarkt
Fatoumata Dembélé Diarra
judge, jurist
77 years old
February 15 · 1949
No external source identified
Habib Achour
trade unionist, politician
1913–1999 · aged 86
February 25 · 1913
No external source identified
Tone Haugen
association football player
62 years old
February 6 · 1964
Source: Soccerdonna
Sergey Pritytsky
terrorist, politician
1913–1971 · aged 58
February 1 · 1913
No external source identified
Mario Cotelo*
association football player
Date disputed
February 10 · 1975
No external source identified
Ivan Goi
motorcycle racer
46 years old
February 29 · 1980
No external source identified
Fanny Clar
journalist, children's writer
1875–1944 · aged 69
February 17 · 1875
Source: BnF authorities
Wang Lei
chess player
51 years old
February 4 · 1975
No external source identified
Antonín Kachlík
theatre director, film screenwriter
1923–2022 · aged 99
February 26 · 1923
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Yves Pouliquen
ophthalmologist, researcher
1931–2020 · aged 88
February 17 · 1931
Source: www.academie-medecine.fr
Rajko Aleksić
association football player
79 years old
February 19 · 1947
Source: Transfermarkt
Aron Kifle
athletics competitor
28 years old
February 20 · 1998
Source: World Athletics database
Alban Stolz
Catholic theologian, pedagogue
1808–1883 · aged 75
February 3 · 1808
Source: Integrated Authority File
Walter Werginz
association football player
1913–1944 · aged 31
February 18 · 1913
No external source identified
Alireza Ghashghaean
association football player
72 years old
February 27 · 1954
Source: FBref
Frans Peeraer
association football player
1913–1988 · aged 75
February 15 · 1913
Source: Transfermarkt
Anna Nazarova
athletics competitor, long jumper
40 years old
February 3 · 1986
Source: World Athletics database
Pape Habib Sow*
association football player
Date disputed
February 12 · 1985
Source: worldfootball.net
Aron Pollitz
association football player
1896–1977 · aged 81
February 11 · 1896
No external source identified
Pertti Purhonen
boxer
1942–2011 · aged 68
February 14 · 1942
No external source identified
Ladislav Hučko
editing staff, Catholic priest
1948–2025 · aged 76
February 16 · 1948
Source: Register of registered legal entities maintained by the Ministry of Culture
Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin
bishop, Catholic bishop
1732–1804 · aged 72
February 27 · 1732
Source: GeneaStar
Karim Fegrouche
association football player
44 years old
February 14 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Chris Butler
sport cyclist
38 years old
February 16 · 1988
No external source identified
Erika Glässner
film actor, dancer
1890–1959 · aged 69
February 28 · 1890
Source: Integrated Authority File
Perianne Jones
cross-country skier
41 years old
February 18 · 1985
No external source identified
Patrik Carnbäck
ice hockey player
58 years old
February 1 · 1968
No external source identified
Benedicto Antonio Angeli
association football coach, association football player
1939–2021 · aged 82
February 10 · 1939
Source: Transfermarkt
Pablo de La Llave
ornithologist, painter
1773–1833 · aged 60
February 11 · 1773
No external source identified
Jorge Cazulo
association football coach, association football player
44 years old
February 14 · 1982
Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay
Giovanni Fabbroni
naturalist, agronomist
1752–1822 · aged 70
February 13 · 1752
Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World
Xenophon Kasdaglis
tennis player, businessperson
1880–1943 · aged 63
February 27 · 1880
Source: Roglo
Alfonso Capecelatro
librarian, Catholic bishop
1824–1912
February 5 · 1824
Source: BnF authorities
Sanda Toma
rower
70 years old
February 24 · 1956
Source: Sports-Reference.com
David Smith
kayaker
39 years old
February 13 · 1987
No external source identified
Carl Auen
film actor
1892–1972 · aged 80
February 16 · 1892
Source: filmportal.de
Claudio Maniago
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
67 years old
February 8 · 1959
No external source identified
Kenneth Moore
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
1910–1981 · aged 71
February 17 · 1910
Source: olympedia.org
Irina Karpova
athletics competitor
46 years old
February 13 · 1980
Source: World Athletics database
John S. Spence
politician
1788–1840 · aged 52
February 29 · 1788
Source: Find a Grave
Yelena Grudneva
artistic gymnast
52 years old
February 21 · 1974
No external source identified
Gunnar Seidenfaden
diplomat, botanical collector
1908–2001 · aged 92
February 24 · 1908
No external source identified
Voitto Hellstén
politician, athletics competitor
1932–1998 · aged 66
February 15 · 1932
No external source identified
Nicolas Dessum
ski jumper
49 years old
February 20 · 1977
No external source identified
Micah Wilkinson
sailor
30 years old
February 6 · 1996
Source: olympedia.org
Lauri Siering
swimmer
69 years old
February 23 · 1957
No external source identified
Alfredo Martini
athlete, coach
1921–2014 · aged 93
February 18 · 1921
No external source identified
Diana Rasimovičiūtė-Brice
cross-country skier, biathlete
42 years old
February 25 · 1984
No external source identified
André Pierre Louis Dupuy
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
86 years old
February 13 · 1940
Source: BnF authorities
Jambyl Akhmetbekov
politician
65 years old
February 11 · 1961
No external source identified
Ryan Sclater
volleyball player
32 years old
February 10 · 1994
Source: volleyball-bundesliga.de
Jonathan Lacerda
association football player
39 years old
February 7 · 1987
Source: As
Rahel Sanzara
stage actor, dancer
1894–1936 · aged 41
February 9 · 1894
Source: FemBio database
Albin Vidović
handball player
1943–2018 · aged 75
February 11 · 1943
Source: THW Kiel
Giovanni Poggio
Catholic priest, diplomat
1493–1556 · aged 63
February 4 · 1493
No external source identified
Dragutin Ilić
novelist, writer
1858–1926 · aged 68
February 14 · 1858
Source: BnF authorities
Edmond Agius
association football player
39 years old
February 23 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Sir George Harpur Crewe, 8th Baronet
politician
1795–1844 · aged 48
February 1 · 1795
No external source identified
Yevgeni Konstantinovich Frolov
association football player
38 years old
February 5 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Sebastian Sailer
librettist, Catholic theologian
1714–1777 · aged 63
February 12 · 1714
Source: BnF authorities
Hrystyna Stuy
athletics competitor, sprinter
38 years old
February 3 · 1988
Source: World Athletics database
Joaquín Albareda y Ramoneda
Latin Catholic monk, librarian
1892–1966
February 16 · 1892
Source: Munzinger Personen
Gaston Alibert
fencer
1878–1917 · aged 39
February 22 · 1878
Source: death certificate
Vasily Vasilievsky
classical scholar, Byzantinist
1838–1899 · aged 61
February 2 · 1838
No external source identified
Karl Schönherr
writer, playwright
1867–1943 · aged 76
February 24 · 1867
Source: filmportal.de
Jaime Jiménez Merlo*
association football player
Date disputed
February 2 · 1977
Source: worldfootball.net
Thomas Holenstein
politician
1896–1962 · aged 66
February 7 · 1896
Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
Justin Toshiki Kinjo
association football player
29 years old
February 22 · 1997
Source: Transfermarkt
Lars Kaufmann
handball player
44 years old
February 25 · 1982
Source: Catalog of the German National Library
Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean
cross-country skier, sportsperson
32 years old
February 19 · 1994
Source: Les-Sports.info
Lois Pereiro*
translator, poet
Date disputed
February 16 · 1958
No external source identified
Anna Klein
artist, painter
1883–1941 · aged 58
February 16 · 1883
Source: FemBio database
José Larduet
boxer
36 years old
February 23 · 1990
No external source identified
Mo Youxue
sprinter
30 years old
February 10 · 1996
Source: World Athletics database
Jānis Vucāns
mathematician, politician
70 years old
February 9 · 1956
No external source identified
Xu Lili
judoka
38 years old
February 16 · 1988
No external source identified
George Cosmas Zumaire Lungu
theologian, Catholic priest
66 years old
February 4 · 1960
No external source identified
Matthias Langkamp
association football player
42 years old
February 24 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Ernst Zinner
university teacher, astronomer
1886–1970 · aged 84
February 2 · 1886
Source: SNAC
Vera Timanova
pianist
1855–1942 · aged 87
February 18 · 1855
Source: Q27772052
Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala
javelin thrower
38 years old
February 26 · 1988
Source: World Athletics database
Rene Pauritsch*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
February 4 · 1964
No external source identified
Artur Vader
politician
1920–1978 · aged 58
February 16 · 1920
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Christína Papadáki
tennis player
53 years old
February 24 · 1973
Source: WTA website
Guillaume Lejean
explorer, geographer
1824–1871 · aged 47
February 1 · 1824
Source: BnF authorities
Oleksandr Maksymov
association football coach, association football player
41 years old
February 13 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Michael Raucheisen
pianist, musician
1889–1984 · aged 95
February 10 · 1889
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Karl Sapper
linguist, geologist
1866–1945 · aged 79
February 6 · 1866
Source: BnF authorities
Jakub Holuša
athletics competitor
38 years old
February 20 · 1988
Source: World Athletics database
Salvador Giner
sociologist, university teacher
1934–2019 · aged 85
February 10 · 1934
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Daniel Georg Morhof
librarian, polymath
1639–1691 · aged 52
February 6 · 1639
Source: SNAC
Čeněk Kottnauer
chess player
1910–1996 · aged 85
February 24 · 1910
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Faustino Alonso
association football player
65 years old
February 15 · 1961
Source: Transfermarkt
Hassen Bejaoui
association football player
51 years old
February 14 · 1975
Source: Transfermarkt
Muriel Mussells Seyfert
astronomer
1909–1997 · aged 88
February 3 · 1909
No external source identified
Ronnie Mills
swimmer
75 years old
February 25 · 1951
No external source identified
Felipe Trigo
military personnel, novelist
1864–1916 · aged 52
February 13 · 1864
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Bujor Hălmăgeanu
association football coach, association football player
1941–2018 · aged 77
February 14 · 1941
Source: frf.ro
Craig Victory
field hockey player
46 years old
February 3 · 1980
No external source identified

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