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

Vincenzo Pucitta
composer
1778–1861 · aged 83
February 17 · 1778
Source: SNAC
Milan Šperl
cross-country skier, ski jumper
46 years old
February 26 · 1980
Source: Olympedia
Sándor Katona
association football player
1943–2009 · aged 66
February 21 · 1943
Source: Transfermarkt
Thomas Grøgaard
association football player
32 years old
February 8 · 1994
Source: FBref
Giuseppe Caron
politician
1904–1998 · aged 94
February 24 · 1904
Source: BnF authorities
Astrid Suurbeek
tennis player
79 years old
February 15 · 1947
Source: ITF website
Laura Oprea
rower
32 years old
February 19 · 1994
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Karl Kreutzberg
handball player, butcher
1912–1977 · aged 65
February 15 · 1912
No external source identified
Silvio Giobellina
bobsledder
72 years old
February 28 · 1954
No external source identified
Takashi Fujisawa
Nordic combined skier, ski jumper
83 years old
February 7 · 1943
No external source identified
Dilshod Vasiev
association football player, association football coach
38 years old
February 12 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Farid Talhaoui
association football player
44 years old
February 10 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Elena Pirrone
sport cyclist
27 years old
February 21 · 1999
Source: uci.org
Antonina Makhina*
rower
Date disputed
February 18 · 1958
Source: Olympic.org athletes database
Aleksandr Makarov
javelin thrower, athletics competitor
75 years old
February 11 · 1951
No external source identified
Helmut Wechselberger
sport cyclist
73 years old
February 12 · 1953
No external source identified
Richard Meili
psychologist, university teacher
1900–1991 · aged 91
February 28 · 1900
Source: Integrated Authority File
Barbara Szabó
athletics competitor
36 years old
February 17 · 1990
Source: World Athletics database
Albert Taillandier
sport cyclist
1879–1945 · aged 66
February 8 · 1879
Source: GeneaStar
Heinz Schuster-Šewc
linguist, slavist
1927–2021 · aged 94
February 8 · 1927
Source: BnF authorities
Lyubov Rusanova
swimmer
72 years old
February 2 · 1954
No external source identified
Otto Christman
association football player
1880–1963 · aged 83
February 20 · 1880
No external source identified
Yutaka Demachi
volleyball player
91 years old
February 17 · 1935
No external source identified
Kathrine Harsem
cross-country skier
37 years old
February 7 · 1989
No external source identified
Paul ten Bruggencate
astrophysicist, astronomer
1901–1961 · aged 60
February 24 · 1901
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Norbert Trandafir
swimmer
38 years old
February 8 · 1988
No external source identified
Karim Benounes
association football coach, association football player
42 years old
February 9 · 1984
Source: FBref
Ni Hong
fencer
40 years old
February 28 · 1986
Source: sports-reference.com
Théry Schir
sport cyclist
33 years old
February 18 · 1993
No external source identified
Heinz Steinmann
association football player
1938–2023 · aged 85
February 1 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Athanasia Perra
athletics competitor
43 years old
February 2 · 1983
Source: World Athletics database
William Dally
rower
1908–1996 · aged 88
February 22 · 1908
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Charles January
association football player
1888–1970 · aged 82
February 1 · 1888
Source: Roglo
Eiji Gaya
association football player
57 years old
February 8 · 1969
No external source identified
Zakia Mrisho Mohamed
long-distance runner, athletics competitor
42 years old
February 19 · 1984
Source: World Athletics database
Krystyna Radzikowska
correspondence chess player, chess player
1931–2006 · aged 75
February 5 · 1931
No external source identified
Ante Katalinić
rower
1895–1981 · aged 86
February 11 · 1895
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Eduard Hambardzumyan
boxing trainer, boxer
40 years old
February 23 · 1986
No external source identified
Júlio César de Oliveira
athletics competitor
40 years old
February 4 · 1986
Source: World Athletics database
Bohdan Zadura
translator, literary critic
81 years old
February 18 · 1945
No external source identified
An Young-su
boxer
62 years old
February 20 · 1964
No external source identified
Romolo Bizzotto
association football player, association football coach
1925–2017 · aged 92
February 16 · 1925
Source: Transfermarkt
Bülent Cevahir
association football player
34 years old
February 13 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Leland Cunningham
astronomer
1904–1989 · aged 85
February 19 · 1904
No external source identified
Jim Storm
rower
85 years old
February 2 · 1941
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Ayato Hasebe
association football player
36 years old
February 6 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Paul Usteri
publisher, botanist
1768–1831 · aged 63
February 14 · 1768
Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
Chong Yong-de
association football player
48 years old
February 4 · 1978
Source: FBref
Walter Ewing
sport shooter
1878–1945 · aged 67
February 11 · 1878
Source: Canadian Encyclopedia
George Gaidzik
competitive diver
1885–1938 · aged 53
February 22 · 1885
No external source identified
Léon Johnson
sport shooter
1876–1943 · aged 66
February 29 · 1876
Source: birth certificate
Ernest Moreau de Melen
association football player
1879–1968 · aged 88
February 20 · 1879
Source: Olympedia
Edgar Kant
economist, partisan
1902–1978 · aged 76
February 21 · 1902
Source: BnF authorities
Helen Varcoe
swimmer
1907–1995 · aged 88
February 18 · 1907
No external source identified
Nathanael Bonwetsch
university teacher, church historian
1848–1925
February 17 · 1848
No external source identified
Walter Winkler
association football coach, association football player
1943–2014 · aged 71
February 2 · 1943
No external source identified
Daisuke Kanzaki
association football player
41 years old
February 2 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Janet Steinbeck
swimmer
75 years old
February 27 · 1951
No external source identified
Evelyn Insam
ski jumper
32 years old
February 10 · 1994
No external source identified
Agnes Adler
musician, music educator
1865–1935 · aged 70
February 19 · 1865
Source: Q27773814
Oldřich Zábrodský
ice hockey player
1926–2015 · aged 89
February 28 · 1926
No external source identified
Wu Jiaxin
archer, athlete
29 years old
February 28 · 1997
No external source identified
James Moore
modern pentathlete
91 years old
February 20 · 1935
No external source identified
Charles Frédéric Martins
meteorologist, botanist
1806–1889 · aged 83
February 6 · 1806
Source: French Academy of Sciences
Pêr Denez
linguist, romanist
1921–2011 · aged 90
February 3 · 1921
Source: BnF authorities
Helena Erbenová
triathlete, cross-country skier
47 years old
February 6 · 1979
No external source identified
Armen Ambartsumyan
association football player
48 years old
February 18 · 1978
Source: FBref
Frank Cervell
military personnel, fencer
1907–1970 · aged 63
February 22 · 1907
No external source identified
Polydore Veirman
rower
1881–1951
February 23 · 1881
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Ramon Solsona i Sancho
screenwriter, novelist
76 years old
February 7 · 1950
Source: pantheon.world
Maksim Vitus
association football player
37 years old
February 11 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Wilhelm Cohn
chess player
1859–1913 · aged 54
February 6 · 1859
No external source identified
Edwin Retamoso
association football coach, association football player
44 years old
February 23 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Mirko Selvaggi
sport cyclist
41 years old
February 11 · 1985
No external source identified
Cristina Casandra
athletics competitor
49 years old
February 1 · 1977
Source: InterSportStats
Adam Tomasiak
rower
73 years old
February 15 · 1953
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Harry Hay
swimmer
1893–1952 · aged 59
February 5 · 1893
No external source identified
Maria Gugelberg von Moos*
bryologist, botanical illustrator
Date disputed
February 6 · 1836
Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
Serge Hélan
athletics competitor
62 years old
February 24 · 1964
Source: World Athletics database
Alberto Winkler*
rower
Date disputed
February 13 · 1932
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Dieter Speer
biathlete
84 years old
February 24 · 1942
No external source identified
Amor Hakkar
screenwriter, film director
68 years old
February 1 · 1958
Source: port.hu
Eino Purje*
middle-distance runner, athletics competitor
Date disputed
February 2 · 1900
Source: World Athletics database
Xavier Ribas
field hockey player
50 years old
February 16 · 1976
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Sophie Herbrecht
handball player
44 years old
February 13 · 1982
No external source identified
Paul Davis
sailor
68 years old
February 10 · 1958
No external source identified
Osman El-Sayed
amateur wrestler
1930–2013 · aged 83
February 28 · 1930
No external source identified
Alfons Julen
military patrol (sport) runner, cross-country skier
1899–1988 · aged 89
February 20 · 1899
No external source identified
Yevgeny Golubinsky*
historian, history of the Russian Orthodox Church
Date disputed
February 28 · 1834
Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online
Evloghios
Christian minister
1935–2019 · aged 83
February 21 · 1935
No external source identified
Ugo Amoretti
association football player, association football coach
1909–1977 · aged 68
February 6 · 1909
No external source identified
Hiroki Bandai
association football player
40 years old
February 19 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Julius Hermann Schultes
botanist, physician
1804–1840 · aged 36
February 4 · 1804
Source: Integrated Authority File
José Manuel López
sport cyclist
86 years old
February 21 · 1940
No external source identified
Masaki Eto
amateur wrestler
72 years old
February 26 · 1954
No external source identified
Claudio Acosta
association football player
38 years old
February 12 · 1988
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Pino Mercanti
screenwriter, film editor
1911–1986 · aged 75
February 16 · 1911
Source: BnF authorities
François Charpentier
translator, romanist
1620–1702 · aged 82
February 15 · 1620
Source: La France savante
Valeri Kravchenko
volleyball player
1939–1996 · aged 57
February 2 · 1939
No external source identified
György Litván
historian, political activist
1929–2006 · aged 77
February 19 · 1929
Source: BnF authorities
Jørgen Rasmussen
association football player
89 years old
February 19 · 1937
No external source identified
Francis De Greef
sport cyclist
41 years old
February 2 · 1985
No external source identified
Marcelle Lagesse
historian, journalist
1916–2011 · aged 95
February 7 · 1916
Source: BnF authorities
Makoto Iijima
sport cyclist
55 years old
February 12 · 1971
No external source identified
Mads Kaggestad
sports commentator, sport cyclist
49 years old
February 22 · 1977
No external source identified
Christiane Weber*
fencer
Date disputed
February 13 · 1962
Source: sports-reference.com
Vasily Yemelin
chess player
50 years old
February 1 · 1976
No external source identified
Roland Mitoraj
association football player
86 years old
February 5 · 1940
Source: Transfermarkt
Claudia Ștef
racewalker, athletics competitor
48 years old
February 25 · 1978
Source: World Athletics database
Cecilia Blanco
judoka
47 years old
February 23 · 1979
Source: JudoInside.com
Volodymyr Synyavskyy
amateur wrestler, coach
1932–2012 · aged 80
February 18 · 1932
No external source identified
Giovanni Francesco Ugolini
politician
73 years old
February 28 · 1953
No external source identified
Elisa Uga
fencer
58 years old
February 27 · 1968
No external source identified
Milko Kazanov
canoeist, kayaker
56 years old
February 11 · 1970
No external source identified
Florian Vogel
sport cyclist
44 years old
February 18 · 1982
No external source identified
Agnieszka Cyl
biathlete, teacher
42 years old
February 28 · 1984
No external source identified
André Barrais
basketball player
1920–2004 · aged 83
February 22 · 1920
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Edi Ziegler
sport cyclist
1930–2020 · aged 90
February 25 · 1930
No external source identified
Michel Bury
sport shooter
74 years old
February 28 · 1952
Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne
Elchin Asadov
sport cyclist
39 years old
February 12 · 1987
Source: uci.org
Riccardo Dei Rossi
rower
57 years old
February 6 · 1969
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Nkechi Egbe
association football player
48 years old
February 5 · 1978
Source: Soccerdonna
Kazuhisa Hamaoka
association football player
45 years old
February 28 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Vincenzo Tineo
university teacher, botanist
1791–1856 · aged 65
February 27 · 1791
No external source identified
George Edwin Cooke
association football player
1883–1969 · aged 86
February 17 · 1883
No external source identified
Ryo Nemoto
association football player
26 years old
February 3 · 2000
No external source identified
Oskar Naegeli
dermatologist, physician
1885–1959 · aged 74
February 25 · 1885
No external source identified
Sadat Ouro-Akoriko
association football player
38 years old
February 1 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Éric Le Chanony
athletics competitor, bobsledder
58 years old
February 28 · 1968
No external source identified
Takeshi Kawaharazuka
association football player, beach soccer player
51 years old
February 1 · 1975
No external source identified
Bengt Nilsson
athletics competitor
1934–2018 · aged 84
February 17 · 1934
No external source identified
Zdeněk Kutlák
ice hockey player
46 years old
February 13 · 1980
Source: Elite Prospects
Didar Khamza
judoka
29 years old
February 15 · 1997
Source: olympedia.org
Hanne Staff
orienteer
54 years old
February 3 · 1972
No external source identified
Cai Tong-Tong
rhythmic gymnast
36 years old
February 7 · 1990
Source: sports-reference.com
Édouard Artigas
fencer
1906–2001 · aged 94
February 26 · 1906
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Adolf Frey
philologist, narrator
1855–1920 · aged 64
February 18 · 1855
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Denis Dimitrov
athletics competitor
32 years old
February 10 · 1994
Source: World Athletics database
Gustavo Suárez Pertierra
lawyer, musician
77 years old
February 27 · 1949
No external source identified
Ulrich Kons
rower
71 years old
February 3 · 1955
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Carlos Toro
association football player, association football coach
50 years old
February 4 · 1976
No external source identified
Ana Maria Dragut
handball player
36 years old
February 24 · 1990
No external source identified
Roman Balashov
water polo player
49 years old
February 9 · 1977
No external source identified
Émile Fisseux
archer
1862–1916
February 20 · 1862
No external source identified
Nigel Barker
rugby union player, athletics competitor
1883–1948 · aged 65
February 26 · 1883
Source: Athletics Australia
Mariano Armellini
historian, anthropologist
1852–1896 · aged 44
February 7 · 1852
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Julián Luque Conde*
association football player
Date disputed
February 27 · 1992
Source: Soccerway
Glafira Martinovich
rhythmic gymnast
37 years old
February 4 · 1989
No external source identified
Kohei Miyazaki
association football player
45 years old
February 6 · 1981
Source: FBref
Thomas Faucheron
archer
36 years old
February 23 · 1990
No external source identified

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