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

Lennarth Pettersson
military personnel, modern pentathlete
75 years old
February 1 · 1951
No external source identified
Masayuki Matsubara
amateur wrestler
87 years old
February 7 · 1939
No external source identified
Nestor Colonia
weightlifter
34 years old
February 16 · 1992
No external source identified
Olga Antonova
athletics competitor
66 years old
February 16 · 1960
Source: World Athletics database
Peter Thiede
coxswain
58 years old
February 13 · 1968
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Awet Gebremedhin
sport cyclist
34 years old
February 5 · 1992
Source: uci.org
Takashi Uchino
association football player
38 years old
February 15 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Yusuke Tanaka
association football player
40 years old
February 3 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Ulrich Eicke
canoeist
74 years old
February 18 · 1952
No external source identified
Peter of Portugal
consort, politician
1187–1258 · aged 71
February 23 · 1187
No external source identified
Henry Hoobin
lacrosse player
1879–1921 · aged 42
February 15 · 1879
No external source identified
Elisabeth Charlotte of Anhalt-Harzgerode
aristocrat
1647–1723 · aged 75
February 11 · 1647
Source: The Peerage
Nadezhda Kibardina
sport cyclist
70 years old
February 8 · 1956
No external source identified
Igor Nikitin
coach, weightlifter
74 years old
February 29 · 1952
No external source identified
Greg Dayman
field hockey player
79 years old
February 21 · 1947
No external source identified
Hans Brandner
luger
77 years old
February 19 · 1949
No external source identified
Manfred Möck
television actor, stage actor
67 years old
February 14 · 1959
Source: Integrated Authority File
Stefan Nutz
association football player
34 years old
February 15 · 1992
Source: FBref
Erik Torba
amateur wrestler
30 years old
February 1 · 1996
No external source identified
Kamoliddin Murzoev
association football player
39 years old
February 17 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Atsuki Wada
association football player
33 years old
February 9 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Stephan Mølvig
rower
47 years old
February 13 · 1979
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Heidemarie Reineck
swimmer
74 years old
February 15 · 1952
No external source identified
Axel Möller
astronomer
1830–1896 · aged 66
February 16 · 1830
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Helma Seitz
film actor, actor
1913–1995 · aged 82
February 23 · 1913
Source: filmportal.de
Luz Machado
poet, writer
1916–1999 · aged 83
February 3 · 1916
No external source identified
Hans Edmund Wolters
biologist, ornithologist
1915–1991 · aged 76
February 11 · 1915
No external source identified
János Kardos
parson, writer
1801–1873 · aged 72
February 13 · 1801
Source: obrazislovenskihpokrajin.si
Antonio Bruna
association football player
1895–1976 · aged 81
February 14 · 1895
No external source identified
Carlo Buscaglia
association football player
1909–1981 · aged 72
February 9 · 1909
No external source identified
Eli Urbanová
Esperantist, writer
1922–2012 · aged 89
February 8 · 1922
Source: Integrated Authority File
Francesco Loi
artistic gymnast
1891–1977 · aged 86
February 21 · 1891
No external source identified
Erich Campe
boxer
1912–1977 · aged 65
February 1 · 1912
No external source identified
Alma Dolens
journalist, suffragette
1869–1948 · aged 79
February 18 · 1869
No external source identified
Richard Gariseb
association football player
46 years old
February 3 · 1980
Source: Transfermarkt
Georg Weber
historian, classical philologist
1808–1888 · aged 80
February 10 · 1808
Source: Find a Grave
Wojciech Kurpiewski
canoeist, kayaker
1966–2016 · aged 50
February 16 · 1966
No external source identified
William Exshaw
sailor
1866–1927 · aged 61
February 15 · 1866
Source: The Peerage
Léonce Quentin
archer
1880–1957 · aged 77
February 16 · 1880
No external source identified
John Jackson
sport shooter
1885–1971 · aged 86
February 14 · 1885
No external source identified
Jeannette Lewin
field hockey player
54 years old
February 27 · 1972
No external source identified
Dieter Elsneg
association football coach, association football player
36 years old
February 4 · 1990
Source: FBref
Éva Karakas
chess player
1922–1995 · aged 73
February 15 · 1922
No external source identified
Maurice Maindron
entomologist
1857–1911 · aged 54
February 7 · 1857
Source: SNAC
Petar Đurković
astronomer
1908–1981 · aged 72
February 20 · 1908
No external source identified
Song Jae-ho
fencer
36 years old
February 19 · 1990
Source: olympedia.org
François Virgile Dubillard
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1845–1914 · aged 69
February 16 · 1845
Source: GeneaStar
Alexander Symonenko
sport cyclist
52 years old
February 14 · 1974
No external source identified
Emilio Bulgarelli
swimmer, water polo player
1917–1993 · aged 75
February 15 · 1917
No external source identified
Māris Urtāns
athletics competitor
45 years old
February 9 · 1981
Source: World Athletics database
Kim Chang-Hee
weightlifter
1921–1990 · aged 68
February 14 · 1921
No external source identified
Patricia Herrera Fernández
water polo player
33 years old
February 9 · 1993
No external source identified
Ferdinand Josef Schmidt
merchant, entomologist
1791–1878 · aged 86
February 20 · 1791
Source: Schmidt, Ferdinand Joseph (BLKÖ)
Yuya Takazawa
association football player
29 years old
February 19 · 1997
Source: Transfermarkt
Pierre Lewden
high jumper
1901–1989 · aged 88
February 21 · 1901
Source: Roglo
Arkady Bochkaryov
basketball player
1931–1988 · aged 57
February 24 · 1931
Source: FIBA database
Leon Barszczewski
scientist, archaeologist
1849–1910 · aged 61
February 20 · 1849
Source: Sejm-Wielki.pl
Hroar Stjernen
ski jumper, ski jumping coach
65 years old
February 11 · 1961
No external source identified
Geoffrey Taylor
rower
1890–1915 · aged 25
February 4 · 1890
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Donald Stockton
amateur wrestler
1904–1978 · aged 74
February 22 · 1904
No external source identified
Jules Combarieu
musicologist, music critic
1859–1916 · aged 57
February 4 · 1859
Source: Babelio
Yared Asmerom
athletics competitor, marathon runner
46 years old
February 4 · 1980
Source: World Athletics database
Bill Denton
artistic gymnast
1911–1946 · aged 35
February 1 · 1911
No external source identified
Eladio Herrera
boxer
1930–2014 · aged 84
February 9 · 1930
No external source identified
Teppei Nishiyama*
association football player
Date disputed
February 2 · 1975
No external source identified
Karl Weltzien
university teacher, chemist
1813–1870 · aged 57
February 8 · 1813
Source: BnF authorities
Manuela Secolo
volleyball player
49 years old
February 22 · 1977
No external source identified
Gladys Carson
swimmer
1903–1987 · aged 84
February 8 · 1903
No external source identified
Jan-Ole Sievers
association football player
31 years old
February 16 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Yoshihiko Ōsaki
swimmer
1939–2015 · aged 76
February 27 · 1939
No external source identified
Barnabás Berzsenyi
fencer
1918–1993 · aged 75
February 12 · 1918
No external source identified
Armand Parmentier
athletics competitor
72 years old
February 15 · 1954
Source: World Athletics database
Elmira Hüseynova
sculptor
1933–1995 · aged 61
February 9 · 1933
No external source identified
Roger Plaxton
ice hockey player
1904–1963 · aged 59
February 6 · 1904
No external source identified
Piet de Zwarte
water polo player
78 years old
February 16 · 1948
No external source identified
Stefan Turchak
music educator, conductor
1938–1988 · aged 50
February 28 · 1938
Source: Find a Grave
Rodolfo Choperena
basketball player
1905–1969 · aged 64
February 11 · 1905
Source: FIBA database
Anna Maria Tarantola
media manager, economist
81 years old
February 3 · 1945
No external source identified
Xaver Hörmann
canoeist
1910–1943 · aged 33
February 21 · 1910
No external source identified
Markus Eichler
sport cyclist
44 years old
February 18 · 1982
No external source identified
Panos Beglitis
politician, diplomat
69 years old
February 25 · 1957
No external source identified
Giampaolo Calanchini
fencer
1937–2007 · aged 70
February 4 · 1937
No external source identified
Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden
sovereign
1763–1830 · aged 67
February 9 · 1763
Source: The Peerage
Zibeyda Sadigova
human rights defender, lawyer
41 years old
February 26 · 1985
No external source identified
Franz Buxbaum
botanical collector, botanist
1900–1979 · aged 78
February 25 · 1900
No external source identified
Pierre-Célestin Tshitoko Mamba
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
70 years old
February 23 · 1956
No external source identified
Fritz Ewert
association football player
1937–1990 · aged 53
February 9 · 1937
Source: Transfermarkt
Freek van der Wart
short-track speed skater, speed skater
38 years old
February 1 · 1988
No external source identified
Georcy-Stéphanie Thiffeault Picard
archer
35 years old
February 8 · 1991
No external source identified
William Bentsen
sailor, skipper
1930–2020 · aged 90
February 18 · 1930
Source: Olympedia
Walter Flinsch
rower
1903–1943 · aged 39
February 7 · 1903
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Jožef Smej
poet, Catholic bishop
1922–2020 · aged 98
February 15 · 1922
No external source identified
Geir Andersen
Nordic combined skier
62 years old
February 21 · 1964
Source: munzinger.de
Dmitri Trush
artistic gymnast
53 years old
February 8 · 1973
No external source identified
Friedrich Pinter
military athlete, biathlete
48 years old
February 22 · 1978
No external source identified
Choi Im-jeong
handball player
45 years old
February 14 · 1981
No external source identified
Nicol Gastaldi
alpine skier
36 years old
February 16 · 1990
No external source identified
Damaskinos Papandreou
theologian, Eastern Orthodox priest
1936–2011 · aged 75
February 23 · 1936
No external source identified
Özgür Özata
actor, television actor
49 years old
February 17 · 1977
Source: filmportal.de
Miroslav Gradinarov
beach volleyball player, volleyball player
41 years old
February 10 · 1985
No external source identified
Joseph Crockett
sport shooter
1905–2001 · aged 96
February 16 · 1905
No external source identified
Giacomo Antonio Morigia
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1633–1708 · aged 75
February 23 · 1633
No external source identified
Ryoji Isaoka
weightlifter
64 years old
February 18 · 1962
No external source identified
Aramby Emizh
judoka
73 years old
February 9 · 1953
No external source identified
Wagih El-Kashef
association football player
1909–1973
February 5 · 1909
No external source identified
David Hauss
triathlete, ultramarathon runner
42 years old
February 1 · 1984
No external source identified
Michael Kauter
fencer
47 years old
February 18 · 1979
No external source identified
Flavio Roberto Carraro
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1932–2022 · aged 90
February 3 · 1932
Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org
Wolfram Waibel Jr.
sport shooter
56 years old
February 22 · 1970
No external source identified
Tonka Petrova
athletics competitor
79 years old
February 1 · 1947
No external source identified
Vyugar Ragymov
amateur wrestler
40 years old
February 5 · 1986
Source: web.archive.org
Rafael Llano Cifuentes
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1933–2017 · aged 84
February 18 · 1933
No external source identified
Daniel Barrio
association football player
39 years old
February 10 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Abdulvahab Salamzadeh
architect
1916–1983 · aged 67
February 16 · 1916
No external source identified
Eva Verona
librarian
1905–1996 · aged 91
February 1 · 1905
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Silvia Danekova
athletics competitor
43 years old
February 7 · 1983
Source: World Athletics database
Ivo Štakula
water polo player
1923–1958 · aged 35
February 25 · 1923
No external source identified
Halina Aszkiełowicz
volleyball player
1947–2018 · aged 71
February 4 · 1947
No external source identified
Lars Fredriksen
singer
55 years old
February 8 · 1971
No external source identified
Elizaveta Malashenko
handball player
30 years old
February 26 · 1996
No external source identified
Alessandro Argenton
event rider
1937–2024 · aged 86
February 11 · 1937
No external source identified
Charles-Philippe Place
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1814–1893 · aged 79
February 14 · 1814
Source: Léonore database
Lidiia Sichenikova
archer
33 years old
February 3 · 1993
No external source identified
Mariano Fernández Bermejo
lawyer, politician
78 years old
February 10 · 1948
No external source identified
Heinrich Eduard von Lade
diplomat, consul general
1817–1904 · aged 87
February 24 · 1817
Source: Integrated Authority File
Alexander Khatuntsev
sport cyclist
41 years old
February 11 · 1985
No external source identified
Zhang Xiuyun
rower
50 years old
February 25 · 1976
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Donald Dupree
bobsledder
1919–1993 · aged 74
February 10 · 1919
No external source identified
Archie MacDonald
amateur wrestler
1895–1965
February 23 · 1895
No external source identified
Bert Dietz
sport cyclist
57 years old
February 9 · 1969
No external source identified
Romeu Pereira dos Santos
association football player
41 years old
February 13 · 1985
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Takeyoshi Tanuma
photographer, professor
1929–2022 · aged 93
February 18 · 1929
Source: RKDartists
Håkan Wickberg
ice hockey player
1943–2009 · aged 66
February 3 · 1943
Source: sok.se
Nicolò Carucci
rower
25 years old
February 22 · 2001
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs
association football player
38 years old
February 18 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Takayuki Tanii
racewalker, athletics competitor
43 years old
February 14 · 1983
Source: World Athletics database
Angel Patrick
association football player
34 years old
February 27 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Evert Nyberg*
long-distance runner, marathon runner
Date disputed
February 28 · 1925
No external source identified
Marcos Soares
sailor
65 years old
February 16 · 1961
No external source identified
Karl Emil von Schafhäutl*
geologist, music critic
Date disputed
February 19 · 1803
Source: Integrated Authority File
Paul Maas
university teacher, botanist
87 years old
February 27 · 1939
No external source identified
Ernesto Horacio Boardman
archer
33 years old
February 23 · 1993
No external source identified
Lenka Marušková
sport shooter
41 years old
February 2 · 1985
Source: regional database of the Pilsen City Library
Kristina Reynolds
field hockey player
42 years old
February 18 · 1984
No external source identified
Petr Kop
volleyball coach, volleyball player
1937–2017 · aged 79
February 15 · 1937
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Izumi Yokokawa
association football player
63 years old
February 25 · 1963
Source: Transfermarkt
John Duha
artistic gymnast, athletics competitor
1875–1940 · aged 64
February 16 · 1875
No external source identified
Kristian Riis
association football player
29 years old
February 17 · 1997
Source: FBref
Marius Căta-Chițiga
volleyball player, beach volleyball player
66 years old
February 13 · 1960
Source: Olympedia
Karen Holliday
sport cyclist
60 years old
February 12 · 1966
No external source identified

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