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

Edward Nowak
Catholic priest, Catholic theologian
86 years old
February 21 · 1940
No external source identified
Stella Akakpo
athletics competitor
32 years old
February 28 · 1994
Source: World Athletics database
Samson Mbingui
association football player
34 years old
February 9 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Anna Maria Rückerschöld
writer
1725–1805 · aged 80
February 16 · 1725
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Cyril Dumoulin
handball player
42 years old
February 2 · 1984
Source: BnF authorities
Luketz Swartbooi
long-distance runner, marathon runner
60 years old
February 7 · 1966
Source: World Athletics database
Semyon Bogatyrev
musicologist, composer
1890–1960 · aged 70
February 15 · 1890
No external source identified
William Ferreira
association football player
43 years old
February 25 · 1983
Source: As
Wojciech Trąmpczyński
jurist, lawyer
1860–1953 · aged 93
February 8 · 1860
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Ren-Chang Ching
botanist, politician
1898–1986 · aged 88
February 15 · 1898
No external source identified
Zdeněk Pecka
rowing coach, athlete
1954–2024 · aged 69
February 6 · 1954
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Oliver Taylor
boxer
1938–2000 · aged 62
February 19 · 1938
No external source identified
Akseli Pelvas
association football player
37 years old
February 8 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Frigyes Puja
politician, non-fiction writer
1921–2008 · aged 87
February 2 · 1921
No external source identified
Marian Dudziak
athletics competitor, sprinter
85 years old
February 2 · 1941
No external source identified
Ladislaus Weinek*
astronomer
Date disputed
February 13 · 1848
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Hamid Arasly
literary scholar
1909–1983 · aged 74
February 23 · 1909
No external source identified
Nassira Belloula
activism, journalist
65 years old
February 13 · 1961
Source: BnF authorities
Vasileios Polymeros
rower
50 years old
February 20 · 1976
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Kristaps Zvejnieks
alpine skier
34 years old
February 15 · 1992
No external source identified
Marcos Gullón
association football player
37 years old
February 20 · 1989
Source: As
Cyril Barthe
sport cyclist
30 years old
February 14 · 1996
Source: uci.org
Robert Chef d’Hôtel
middle-distance runner, sprinter
1922–2019 · aged 97
February 2 · 1922
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Nikolay Mordvinov
theatre director, actor
1901–1966 · aged 64
February 15 · 1901
Source: Chuvash encyclopedia
Marina Shmonina
athletics competitor
61 years old
February 9 · 1965
Source: World Athletics database
Josef Eichheim
stage actor, actor
1888–1945 · aged 57
February 23 · 1888
Source: filmportal.de
Lyudmil Stoyanov
translator, literary critic
1886–1973 · aged 87
February 6 · 1886
No external source identified
Antonio Lucibello
Catholic bishop, theologian
84 years old
February 25 · 1942
No external source identified
Julius Kollmann
zoologist, university teacher
1834–1918 · aged 84
February 24 · 1834
Source: Base biographique
Piet van Katwijk
sport cyclist
1950–2025 · aged 74
February 27 · 1950
Source: gelderlander.nl
Banou Diawara
association football player
34 years old
February 13 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Ulrich Karger
religious education teacher, writer
69 years old
February 3 · 1957
No external source identified
David Barnes
archer
40 years old
February 22 · 1986
No external source identified
David Lowe
swimmer
66 years old
February 28 · 1960
No external source identified
Javier Ros
association football player
36 years old
February 16 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Simone Assemani*
librarian, orientalist
Date disputed
February 19 · 1752
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Vítor Hugo dos Santos
athletics competitor
30 years old
February 1 · 1996
Source: World Athletics database
Mohammed Achik
boxer
61 years old
February 1 · 1965
No external source identified
Ekaterina Korbut
chess player
41 years old
February 9 · 1985
No external source identified
Seiji Honda
association football player
50 years old
February 25 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Janne Korpi
harness racer, snowboarder
40 years old
February 5 · 1986
No external source identified
Hermann Allmers
historian, geographer
1821–1902 · aged 81
February 11 · 1821
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Marina Wilke
coxswain
68 years old
February 28 · 1958
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Vilmos Fraknói
cleric, archivist
1843–1924 · aged 81
February 27 · 1843
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Oscar Zubía
association football player, association football coach
80 years old
February 8 · 1946
Source: Transfermarkt
Junior Ross
association football player, association football coach
40 years old
February 19 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Sergey Samodin
association football player
41 years old
February 14 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Alfred Bohrmann
discoverer of asteroids, astronomer
1904–2000 · aged 95
February 28 · 1904
No external source identified
Alexandra Wenk
swimmer
31 years old
February 7 · 1995
No external source identified
Vasiliy Rakov
military leader, military personnel
1909–1996
February 8 · 1909
No external source identified
Curtis J. Humphreys
physicist
1898–1986 · aged 88
February 17 · 1898
No external source identified
Amanda Hopmans
tennis player
50 years old
February 11 · 1976
Source: web.archive.org
Konrad Winkler
Nordic combined skier
71 years old
February 17 · 1955
No external source identified
Səkinə İsmayılova
opera singer, actor
70 years old
February 24 · 1956
No external source identified
Ives Roqueta
writer, teacher
1936–2015 · aged 78
February 29 · 1936
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Konstanty Jelski*
zoological collector, curator
Date disputed
February 17 · 1837
Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World
Donald Rope
ice hockey player
1929–2009 · aged 80
February 2 · 1929
No external source identified
Joy Kabatsi
lawyer, politician
72 years old
February 1 · 1954
No external source identified
Cristina Alberdi
lawyer, jurist
1946–2024 · aged 78
February 22 · 1946
No external source identified
Vladyslav Tretiak
fencer
46 years old
February 21 · 1980
No external source identified
Kim Dong-ju
baseball player
50 years old
February 3 · 1976
No external source identified
Ines Geissler
swimmer
63 years old
February 16 · 1963
No external source identified
Rebecca Jasontek
synchronized swimmer
51 years old
February 26 · 1975
No external source identified
Ignacio Conte
association football player
57 years old
February 21 · 1969
Source: Transfermarkt
Gösta Carlsson
sport cyclist
1906–1992 · aged 86
February 2 · 1906
No external source identified
Kjell Bäckman
speed skater
1934–2019 · aged 84
February 21 · 1934
Source: familjesidan.se
Julián Baldomero Acuña Galé
taxonomist, professor
1900–1973 · aged 73
February 27 · 1900
No external source identified
Erika Burkart
pedagogue, author
1922–2010 · aged 88
February 8 · 1922
Source: Integrated Authority File
Luisa Wensing
association football player
33 years old
February 8 · 1993
Source: Soccerdonna
Edward James Stone
astronomer
1831–1897 · aged 66
February 28 · 1831
Source: Biographical Database of Southern African Science
Rok Urbanc
ski jumper
41 years old
February 28 · 1985
No external source identified
Hamid Tibouchi
painter, writer
75 years old
February 12 · 1951
Source: Babelio
José Antonio González Linares
politician, sport cyclist
80 years old
February 25 · 1946
No external source identified
Takashi Mitsukuri
artistic gymnast
87 years old
February 19 · 1939
No external source identified
Václav Beneš Třebízský
Catholic priest, writer
1849–1884 · aged 35
February 27 · 1849
Source: Olomouc City Library regional database
Bernd Martin
athlete, association football player
1955–2018 · aged 63
February 10 · 1955
Source: Transfermarkt
Kostiantyn Simchuk
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
52 years old
February 26 · 1974
No external source identified
Blandine Dancette
handball player
38 years old
February 14 · 1988
Source: Ligue féminine de handball
Friedrich von Schubert
surveyor, geographical engineer (military cartographer)
1789–1865 · aged 76
February 12 · 1789
Source: Catalog of the German National Library
György Gerendás
coach, water polo player
72 years old
February 23 · 1954
No external source identified
Leopold Pfaundler
chemist, university teacher
1839–1920 · aged 81
February 14 · 1839
Source: Integrated Authority File
José María Barreda
school teacher, historian
73 years old
February 4 · 1953
Source: SNAC
Wilma de Faria
university teacher, politician
1945–2017 · aged 72
February 17 · 1945
Source: divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br
Galina Vishnevskaya
biathlete
32 years old
February 10 · 1994
No external source identified
Zamira Zaytseva
athletics competitor
73 years old
February 16 · 1953
Source: World Athletics database
Marisa Barros
marathon runner, athletics competitor
46 years old
February 25 · 1980
Source: World Athletics database
Nikolai Korzhenevskiy
military personnel, explorer
1879–1958 · aged 79
February 6 · 1879
No external source identified
Boubacar Mansaly
association football player
38 years old
February 4 · 1988
Source: FBref
Svetlana Babanina
swimmer
83 years old
February 4 · 1943
No external source identified
Sara Gambetta
athletics competitor
33 years old
February 18 · 1993
Source: World Athletics database
Antoine Duquesne
jurist, politician
1941–2010 · aged 69
February 3 · 1941
Source: Dictionnaire des Wallons
Amir Hadj Massaoued
association football player
45 years old
February 8 · 1981
No external source identified
Konrad Ernst Ackermann*
actor, stage actor
Date disputed
February 1 · 1710
No external source identified
Manuel Castellano
photographer, painter
1826–1880 · aged 54
February 3 · 1826
Source: Répertoire des artistes
Siko Dolidze
film director, filmmaker
1903–1983 · aged 80
February 6 · 1903
No external source identified
Yulia Kozik
basketball player
29 years old
February 17 · 1997
Source: FIBA database
Kim Sam-soo
association football player
63 years old
February 8 · 1963
Source: FBref
Boaz Kiplagat Lalang
athletics competitor
37 years old
February 8 · 1989
Source: World Athletics database
Vadim Kapranov
basketball coach, basketball player
1940–2021 · aged 81
February 26 · 1940
Source: FIBA database
Paolo Conte Bonin
swimmer
24 years old
February 9 · 2002
No external source identified
Danielle Woodhouse
water polo player
57 years old
February 23 · 1969
No external source identified
Simone Vanni
fencing coach, fencer
47 years old
February 16 · 1979
No external source identified
Valeriu Bularca
amateur wrestler
1931–2017 · aged 85
February 14 · 1931
Source: Olympedia
Eugenia Rico
writer, novelist
54 years old
February 11 · 1972
No external source identified
Balázs Erdélyi
water polo player
36 years old
February 16 · 1990
No external source identified
Sven Friberg*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
February 7 · 1895
No external source identified
Norma Thrower
athletics competitor
90 years old
February 5 · 1936
Source: Athletics Australia
László Rajcsányi
fencer
1907–1992 · aged 85
February 16 · 1907
No external source identified
Sergio Bianchetto
sport cyclist
87 years old
February 16 · 1939
No external source identified
Pieter Cornelis Boutens
poet, writer
1870–1943 · aged 73
February 20 · 1870
Source: RKDartists
László Fábián
fencer, modern pentathlete
63 years old
February 18 · 1963
No external source identified
Emily Stannard
painter
1802–1885 · aged 82
February 8 · 1802
No external source identified
Sebastián Toro
association football player
36 years old
February 2 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Moni Nilsson-Brännström*
children's writer, writer
Date disputed
February 24 · 1955
Source: Catalog of the German National Library
Mario Vicini
sport cyclist
1913–1995 · aged 82
February 21 · 1913
No external source identified
Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher
swimmer
1925–2014 · aged 88
February 24 · 1925
No external source identified
Jörg Fiedler
fencer
48 years old
February 21 · 1978
No external source identified
Lesya Kalytovska
sport cyclist
38 years old
February 13 · 1988
No external source identified
Roman Petushkov
biathlete
48 years old
February 18 · 1978
No external source identified
Erica Pedretti
writer, painter
1930–2022 · aged 92
February 25 · 1930
Source: SIKART
Radik Zhaparov
ski jumper
42 years old
February 29 · 1984
No external source identified
Frank Kehoe
competitive diver, water polo player
1882–1949 · aged 67
February 8 · 1882
No external source identified
Andrej Hieng
dramaturge, screenwriter
1925–2000 · aged 74
February 17 · 1925
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Tatiana Shchegoleva
basketball player
44 years old
February 9 · 1982
Source: FIBA database
Hippolyte André Jean Baptiste Chélard
conductor, composer
1789–1861 · aged 72
February 1 · 1789
Source: SNAC
Pierre Aubry
musician, archivist
1874–1910 · aged 36
February 14 · 1874
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Igor Țîgîrlaș
association football player
42 years old
February 24 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Marie Hankel
poet, writer
1844–1929 · aged 85
February 2 · 1844
Source: Integrated Authority File
Marica Nadlišek Bartol
editing staff, writer
1867–1940 · aged 72
February 10 · 1867
Source: WeChangEd
Martin Zwicker
field hockey player
39 years old
February 27 · 1987
No external source identified
Ousmane Berthé
association football player
39 years old
February 5 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Satoko Tanaka
swimming coach, swimmer
84 years old
February 3 · 1942
No external source identified
Jonáš Záborský
journalist, playwright
1812–1876 · aged 63
February 3 · 1812
Source: Zaborský, Jonas (BLKÖ)
Bahram Mansurov
pedagogue, musician
1911–1985 · aged 74
February 12 · 1911
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Juan Diego González-Vigil
association football player
41 years old
February 18 · 1985
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Didargylyç Urazow
association football player
1977–2016 · aged 39
February 27 · 1977
Source: Transfermarkt
Barbara Baehr
botanist, arachnologist
73 years old
February 25 · 1953
Source: 150-years-of-discovery-emerging-research.thinkable.org
Mamoutou Coulibaly
association football player
42 years old
February 23 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Jean Hamilius
economist, politician
99 years old
February 5 · 1927
Source: Dictionnaire des auteurs luxembourgeois
Auður Auðuns
lawyer, politician
1911–1999 · aged 88
February 18 · 1911
No external source identified
Charles Joseph Chamberlain
botanist
1863–1943 · aged 79
February 23 · 1863
Source: SNAC
Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling
theologian, opinion journalist
1671–1729 · aged 58
February 25 · 1671
Source: BnF authorities
Jean Petit
association football player, physician
1914–1944 · aged 30
February 25 · 1914
Source: Transfermarkt
Michael Wheeler
athletics competitor
1935–2020 · aged 84
February 14 · 1935
No external source identified
Eszter Mátéfi
handball player, handball coach
60 years old
February 14 · 1966
No external source identified
Petar Popović
chess player
67 years old
February 14 · 1959
No external source identified
Kelly Liggan
tennis player
47 years old
February 5 · 1979
Source: WTA website
Michelle Collins
sprinter
55 years old
February 12 · 1971
Source: World Athletics database
Fayçal Badji
association football player, association football coach
53 years old
February 15 · 1973
Source: Transfermarkt
Nataliya Dovhodko
rower
35 years old
February 7 · 1991
Source: World Rowing athlete database

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