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

Nathalie Makoma
singer
44 years old
February 24 · 1982
No external source identified
Wikelman Carmona
association football player
23 years old
February 24 · 2003
Source: fbref.com
Pierre Fatou
mathematician, astronomer
1878–1929 · aged 51
February 28 · 1878
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Kinryū Arimoto
actor, seiyū
1940–2019 · aged 78
February 11 · 1940
No external source identified
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi
athletics competitor, sprinter
58 years old
February 3 · 1968
Source: World Athletics database
Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio
Catholic deacon, Catholic bishop
76 years old
February 28 · 1950
No external source identified
Evair Aparecido Paulino
association football player, association football coach
61 years old
February 21 · 1965
Source: Transfermarkt
Sami Al-Najei
association football player
29 years old
February 7 · 1997
Source: Transfermarkt
Charles Manners-Sutton
Anglican priest
1755–1828 · aged 73
February 17 · 1755
Source: The Peerage
James Tredwell
cricketer
44 years old
February 27 · 1982
No external source identified
Svetlana Alpers
university teacher, art historian
90 years old
February 10 · 1936
No external source identified
Nicolas Minassian
racing automobile driver
53 years old
February 28 · 1973
No external source identified
Robert Atkins
politician
80 years old
February 5 · 1946
No external source identified
Magnus Mattsson
association football player
27 years old
February 25 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
Eshkol Nevo
writer, university teacher
55 years old
February 28 · 1971
Source: OPAC SBN
Adrian Gaxha
songwriter, manufacturer
42 years old
February 13 · 1984
No external source identified
Eleanor of Portugal
aristocrat
1328–1348 · aged 20
February 3 · 1328
Source: Kindred Britain
Jacques Doucet
fashion designer, grand couturier
1853–1929 · aged 76
February 19 · 1853
Source: Doucet, Jacques(-Antoine)
Almeda Abazi
actor, model
34 years old
February 13 · 1992
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Friedrich Koncilia
association football coach, association football player
78 years old
February 25 · 1948
Source: Transfermarkt
William McDonough
writer, university teacher
75 years old
February 20 · 1951
Source: Davos 2014 Participant List
Gjoko Zajkov
association football player
31 years old
February 10 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Maxime Le Forestier
singer, singer-songwriter
77 years old
February 10 · 1949
Source: BD Gest'
Tsai Chih-chung
film director, cartoonist
78 years old
February 2 · 1948
No external source identified
Ekrem Libohova
diplomat, politician
1882–1948 · aged 66
February 24 · 1882
No external source identified
Afshin Ellian
writer, university teacher
60 years old
February 27 · 1966
No external source identified
Rodolphus Agricola*
university teacher, philosopher
Date disputed
February 26 · 1444
Source: Contemporaries of Erasmus (vol. 1)
Damião de Góis*
writer, Bible translator
Date disputed
February 12 · 1502
Source: Integrated Authority File
Judith Rich Harris
psychologist
1938–2018 · aged 80
February 10 · 1938
Source: nytimes.com
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
architect, painter
1699–1753 · aged 54
February 17 · 1699
Source: Knobelsdorff, Georg Wenceslaus von
Natalia Linichuk
figure skating coach, figure skating choreographer
70 years old
February 6 · 1956
No external source identified
Mavis Fan
actor, singer
49 years old
February 27 · 1977
Source: Discogs
George Fitzmaurice
film director, director
1885–1940
February 13 · 1885
Source: archives.paris.fr
Pablo Martínez Andrés
association football player
28 years old
February 22 · 1998
No external source identified
Johan Walem
association football player, association football coach
54 years old
February 1 · 1972
Source: FBref
Stephan Brunner
economist, politician
65 years old
February 28 · 1961
No external source identified
Ignacio Piatti
association football player
41 years old
February 4 · 1985
Source: FBref
Jean-Jacques Eydelie
writer, association football player
60 years old
February 3 · 1966
Source: Transfermarkt
Davide Callà*
association football coach, association football player
Date disputed
February 10 · 1984
No external source identified
Charles Nordhoff
writer, novelist
1887–1947 · aged 60
February 1 · 1887
Source: Nordhoff, Charles Bernard (01 February 1887–11 April 1947), fiction writers
Yunus Mallı
association football player
34 years old
February 24 · 1992
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Amparo Rivelles
film actor, actor
1925–2013 · aged 88
February 11 · 1925
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Hamengkubuwono III
1769–1814 · aged 45
February 20 · 1769
No external source identified
F. M. Cornford
university teacher, classical philologist
1874–1943 · aged 68
February 27 · 1874
Source: BnF authorities
Michael Theoklitos
association football player
45 years old
February 11 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Bernard Courtois
chemist, pharmacist
1777–1838 · aged 61
February 8 · 1777
Source: Roglo
Nicoletta Elmi
actor
62 years old
February 13 · 1964
No external source identified
Pavał Łatuška
politician, cultural manager
53 years old
February 10 · 1973
No external source identified
Felix Weil
art collector, philanthropist
1898–1975 · aged 77
February 8 · 1898
Source: Frankfurter Personenlexikon
Jorge Pombo
association football player
32 years old
February 22 · 1994
Source: As
Piero Pelù
writer, singer-songwriter
64 years old
February 10 · 1962
Source: Discogs
Ferdinand Schaal
military officer, resistance fighter
1889–1962 · aged 73
February 7 · 1889
Source: Integrated Authority File
Philip Graves
journalist, entomologist
1876–1953 · aged 77
February 25 · 1876
Source: SNAC
Mütercim Rüşdü Paşa
politician, jurist
1811–1882
February 1 · 1811
Source: islamansiklopedisi.org.tr
Osvaldo Aranha*
ambassador, politician
Date disputed
February 15 · 1894
No external source identified
Hermann Hankel
mathematician, historian of mathematics
1839–1873
February 14 · 1839
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Boris Andreyev
actor, film actor
1915–1982 · aged 67
February 9 · 1915
No external source identified
George Hardwick
association football coach, association football player
1920–2004 · aged 84
February 2 · 1920
No external source identified
George Band
mountaineer, geologist
1929–2011 · aged 82
February 2 · 1929
No external source identified
Eri Hozumi
tennis player
32 years old
February 17 · 1994
Source: WTA website
Gottfried Heinrich Bach
musician, composer
1724–1763 · aged 38
February 26 · 1724
Source: Integrated Authority File
Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg
aristocrat
1802–1864 · aged 62
February 27 · 1802
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mihri Müşfik Hanım
painter
1886–1954
February 26 · 1886
Source: pantheon.world
Guglielmo Nasi
diplomat, military officer
1879–1971 · aged 92
February 21 · 1879
No external source identified
Jacques Philippe Marie Binet
physicist, professor
1786–1856 · aged 70
February 2 · 1786
Source: SNAC
Oliver Reck
association football player, association football coach
61 years old
February 27 · 1965
Source: Transfermarkt
Salvador Cisneros Betancourt
politician
1828–1914 · aged 86
February 10 · 1828
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Christian Lindberg
composer, trombonist
68 years old
February 15 · 1958
Source: Discogs
Curt Bräuer
military officer, politician
1889–1969 · aged 80
February 24 · 1889
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Henry Hübchen
film director, actor
79 years old
February 20 · 1947
Source: filmportal.de
Grit Breuer
sprinter, athletics competitor
54 years old
February 16 · 1972
Source: World Athletics database
Lung Ying-tai
politician, writer
74 years old
February 13 · 1952
No external source identified
Baddrol Bakhtiar
association football player
38 years old
February 1 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi
politician, gynecologist
67 years old
February 11 · 1959
No external source identified
Çağdaş Atan*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
February 28 · 1980
Source: tff.org
Ermal Kuqo
basketball player
46 years old
February 12 · 1980
Source: FIBA database
George Nissen
artistic gymnast, trampoline gymnast
1914–2010 · aged 96
February 3 · 1914
No external source identified
Olga Preobrajenska*
dance teacher, music educator
Date disputed
February 2 · 1871
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See
mathematician, astronomer
1866–1962 · aged 96
February 19 · 1866
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Ebrima Colley
association football player
26 years old
February 1 · 2000
Source: national-football-teams.com
Sinan Albayrak
stage actor, television actor
53 years old
February 27 · 1973
No external source identified
Javier Mariscal
sculptor, graphic designer
76 years old
February 9 · 1950
Source: RKDartists
Farkas Bolyai
poet, inventor
1775–1856
February 9 · 1775
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Luigi Denza
mandolinist, composer
1846–1922
February 23 · 1846
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Feduk
rapper, songwriter
34 years old
February 9 · 1992
No external source identified
Marius Constant
composer, musician
1925–2004 · aged 79
February 7 · 1925
Source: Discogs
Yoon Jong-hwan
association football player, association football coach
53 years old
February 16 · 1973
Source: FBref
Frank G. Slaughter
physician, physicist
1908–2001 · aged 93
February 25 · 1908
Source: BnF authorities
Fitzroy Simpson
association football player
56 years old
February 26 · 1970
Source: Transfermarkt
Lydia Valentín
weightlifter
41 years old
February 10 · 1985
No external source identified
Zlata Bartl
chemist
1920–2008 · aged 88
February 20 · 1920
No external source identified
Victor Rebengiuc
actor, stage actor
93 years old
February 10 · 1933
Source: filmportal.de
Joan Fontcuberta
photographer, photojournalist
71 years old
February 24 · 1955
Source: RKDartists
Stephen Ross
economist, university teacher
1944–2017 · aged 73
February 3 · 1944
Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Agnes Arber
historian, botanical collector
1879–1960 · aged 81
February 23 · 1879
Source: Integrated Authority File
Zakariyya Kandhlawi*
theologian
Date disputed
February 12 · 1898
Source: Integrated Authority File
Francis I Rákóczi
politician
1645–1676 · aged 31
February 24 · 1645
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Chaz Davies
motorcycle racer
39 years old
February 10 · 1987
No external source identified
Kenti Robles
association football player
35 years old
February 15 · 1991
Source: Soccerdonna
Bastien Vivès
penciller, comics creator
42 years old
February 11 · 1984
Source: BD Gest'
David Parnas
computer scientist, engineer
85 years old
February 10 · 1941
Source: Integrated Authority File
Raymond Mhlaba
anti-apartheid activist, politician
1920–2005 · aged 85
February 12 · 1920
Source: BnF authorities
Nebojša Kosović
association football player
31 years old
February 24 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Unai Bilbao
association football player
32 years old
February 4 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Cayetano Ré*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
February 7 · 1938
Source: worldfootball.net
Léa Casta
alpine skier
20 years old
February 10 · 2006
No external source identified
Al Cervi
basketball player, basketball coach
1917–2009 · aged 92
February 12 · 1917
Source: Find a Grave
Franz Rademacher
diplomat
1906–1973
February 20 · 1906
No external source identified
Muhammad Quraish Shihab
minister, Qur'anic exegete
82 years old
February 16 · 1944
No external source identified
Maciej Rataj
politician, classical philologist
1884–1940 · aged 56
February 19 · 1884
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Wang Rui
curler
31 years old
February 9 · 1995
No external source identified
Pope Macarius III of Alexandria
presbyter
1872–1945 · aged 73
February 18 · 1872
No external source identified
Stavros Lambrinidis
politician, diplomat
64 years old
February 6 · 1962
No external source identified
Puran Singh
poet, scientist
1881–1931 · aged 50
February 17 · 1881
Source: Integrated Authority File
Desmond FitzGerald
politician, poet
1888–1947 · aged 59
February 13 · 1888
Source: SNAC
Stuart Burrows
singer, opera singer
1933–2025 · aged 92
February 7 · 1933
Source: SNAC
Lowell Liebermann
composer, musician
65 years old
February 22 · 1961
Source: Integrated Authority File
Gabriel Braga Nunes
television actor, actor
54 years old
February 7 · 1972
Source: natelinha.uol.com.br
Imanol Agirretxe
association football player
39 years old
February 24 · 1987
Source: FBref
Ann Lambton
linguist, historian
1912–2008 · aged 96
February 8 · 1912
Source: AlKindi
Tomita Tsunejirō
judoka
1865–1937 · aged 71
February 28 · 1865
No external source identified
Paavo Talvela
politician, military officer
1897–1973 · aged 76
February 19 · 1897
Source: Uppslagsverket Finland
Andrea Caldarelli
racing automobile driver
36 years old
February 14 · 1990
No external source identified
Isabella Colbran*
composer, opera singer
Date disputed
February 28 · 1784
Source: Integrated Authority File
Omar Ali Saifuddin I of Brunei
politician
1711–1795 · aged 84
February 3 · 1711
No external source identified
Giovanni Morone
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1509–1580 · aged 71
February 4 · 1509
Source: BnF authorities
Judson Harmon
lawyer, politician
1846–1927 · aged 81
February 3 · 1846
Source: SNAC
Norvel Pelle
basketball player
33 years old
February 3 · 1993
Source: FIBA database
Edwin Maxwell
stage actor, film actor
1886–1948 · aged 62
February 9 · 1886
Source: Discogs
Sassa Narimasa
samurai
1536–1588
February 16 · 1536
No external source identified
Louis Bouyer
university teacher, Catholic priest
1913–2004
February 17 · 1913
Source: BnF authorities
Abdallah Jaber
association football player
33 years old
February 17 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Garik Martirosyan*
neurologist, psychotherapist
Date disputed
February 13 · 1974
No external source identified
Janni Thomsen
association football player
26 years old
February 16 · 2000
Source: FBref
Lars Hertervig
watercolorist, painter
1830–1902 · aged 71
February 16 · 1830
Source: Hertervig [Hertervik], Lars
René Muñoz*
television actor, film actor
Date disputed
February 19 · 1934
Source: IMDb
José Ramón Larraz
comics artist, director
1929–2013 · aged 84
February 7 · 1929
No external source identified
Frank Peter Zimmermann
musician, violinist
61 years old
February 27 · 1965
Source: Munzinger Personen
André Kostolany
journalist, stockbroker
1906–1999 · aged 93
February 9 · 1906
Source: Munzinger Personen
Archil Arveladze
association football player, athlete
53 years old
February 22 · 1973
Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon*
botanist, scientific collector
Date disputed
February 1 · 1761
Source: BnF authorities
Kaoru Kurimoto
writer, science fiction writer
1953–2009 · aged 56
February 13 · 1953
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Louis Agassiz Fuertes
illustrator, ornithologist
1874–1927 · aged 53
February 7 · 1874
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Nkechi Blessing Sunday
actor, screenwriter
37 years old
February 14 · 1989
No external source identified
Mohamed Farès
association football player
30 years old
February 15 · 1996
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Richard Mastracchio
physicist, astronaut
66 years old
February 11 · 1960
Source: jsc.nasa.gov
Justin Braun
ice hockey player
39 years old
February 10 · 1987
No external source identified
Perry Kitchen
association football player
34 years old
February 29 · 1992
Source: As
Veronika Aigner
alpine skier
23 years old
February 13 · 2003
Source: results.beijing2022.cn
Kazuo Hasegawa
director, actor
1908–1984 · aged 76
February 27 · 1908
Source: Find a Grave

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