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

Wojciech Nowicki
hammer thrower
37 years old
February 22 · 1989
Source: World Athletics database
Leandro González Pirez
association football player
34 years old
February 26 · 1992
Source: FBref
Richard Brauer
mathematician, university teacher
1901–1977 · aged 76
February 10 · 1901
Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Gianni Guigou
association football player
51 years old
February 22 · 1975
Source: Transfermarkt
Christine Boutin
politician
82 years old
February 6 · 1944
Source: Babelio
Salvatore Cuffaro
physician, politician
68 years old
February 21 · 1958
No external source identified
Henk Veerman
association football player
35 years old
February 26 · 1991
No external source identified
Aleksei Kruchenykh
writer, bibliophile
1886–1968 · aged 82
February 21 · 1886
Source: BnF authorities
Andre Barrett
basketball player
44 years old
February 21 · 1982
Source: FIBA database
Rowen Fernández
association football player
48 years old
February 28 · 1978
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Mikel Balenziaga
association football player
38 years old
February 29 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Ernst Biberstein
military personnel, pastor
1899–1986 · aged 87
February 15 · 1899
Source: Nuremberg Trials Project
Albert Frère
business magnate
1926–2018 · aged 92
February 4 · 1926
Source: Dictionnaire des Wallons
Đorđe Jovanović
association football player
27 years old
February 15 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
John Wansbrough
university teacher, historian
1928–2002 · aged 74
February 19 · 1928
No external source identified
Davide Lanzafame
association football coach, association football player
39 years old
February 9 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Kali-Svala Björgvinsdóttir
singer, songwriter
49 years old
February 8 · 1977
No external source identified
Omar al-Ali
association football referee
38 years old
February 16 · 1988
No external source identified
Mikhail Katkov*
literary critic, politician
Date disputed
February 13 · 1818
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jan Tratnik
sport cyclist
36 years old
February 23 · 1990
No external source identified
Chiara Iezzi
film director, actor
53 years old
February 27 · 1973
No external source identified
Dan Fante
writer, playwright
1944–2015 · aged 71
February 19 · 1944
Source: BnF authorities
Thomas Cochrane
naval officer, politician
1789–1872 · aged 83
February 5 · 1789
Source: The Peerage
Florence Gilbert
film actor, actor
1904–1991 · aged 87
February 20 · 1904
No external source identified
Hans Erni
lithographer, graphic artist
1909–2015 · aged 106
February 21 · 1909
Source: Le Delarge
Khellven
association football player
25 years old
February 25 · 2001
No external source identified
Nicki Bille Nielsen
association football player
38 years old
February 7 · 1988
Source: FBref
Oscar Cullmann
theologian, university teacher
1902–1999 · aged 96
February 25 · 1902
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Salama Musa
journal editor, film editor
1887–1958 · aged 71
February 4 · 1887
Source: Jara'id: A Chronology of Arabic Periodicals
Sam Edwards
physicist, editor
1928–2015
February 1 · 1928
Source: Integrated Authority File
Chelsea Cain
novelist, journalist
54 years old
February 5 · 1972
No external source identified
Wilson José Witzel
university teacher, lawyer
58 years old
February 19 · 1968
No external source identified
Marin Sorescu
painter, playwright
1936–1996 · aged 60
February 29 · 1936
Source: SNAC
Frederick James Furnivall
man of letters, grammarian
1825–1910 · aged 85
February 4 · 1825
Source: BnF authorities
Galo Plaza
land owner, diplomat
1906–1987
February 17 · 1906
Source: Roglo
Matija Nenadović
historian, writer
1777–1854 · aged 77
February 26 · 1777
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Tommy Milone
baseball player
39 years old
February 16 · 1987
No external source identified
Ramón J. Sender
novelist, journalist
1901–1982 · aged 80
February 3 · 1901
Source: SNAC
Sergei Shtemenko
military personnel
1907–1976 · aged 69
February 20 · 1907
No external source identified
Princess Marie Eleonore of Albania
1909–1956 · aged 47
February 19 · 1909
Source: The Peerage
Liam Grimshaw
association football player
31 years old
February 2 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Sascha Zacharias
model, actor
47 years old
February 23 · 1979
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Timmy Mayer
racing automobile driver, engineer
1938–1964 · aged 26
February 22 · 1938
No external source identified
Denjirō Ōkōchi
actor
1898–1962
February 5 · 1898
Source: BnF authorities
Alba Rico
actor, singer
37 years old
February 26 · 1989
Source: Discogs
Honoré d'Urfé
writer, poet
1568–1625 · aged 57
February 21 · 1568
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica
Knut Frænkel
polar explorer, adventurer
1870–1897
February 14 · 1870
Source: Find a Grave
Rudolf Dreikurs
psychiatrist, psychologist
1897–1972 · aged 75
February 8 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Ali Nassirian
director, screenwriter
91 years old
February 4 · 1935
No external source identified
Raphaelle Peale
painter
1774–1825
February 17 · 1774
Source: SNAC
Homer S. Ferguson
teacher, lawyer
1889–1982 · aged 93
February 25 · 1889
Source: Munzinger Personen
William B. Campbell
politician, governor
1807–1867 · aged 60
February 1 · 1807
Source: SNAC
Vladimir Resin
politician, economist
90 years old
February 21 · 1936
No external source identified
Oqil Oqilov
head of government, politician
82 years old
February 2 · 1944
No external source identified
Alexandre Brongniart
zoologist, chemist
1770–1847 · aged 77
February 5 · 1770
Source: SNAC
Georg von Bismarck
military personnel
1891–1942 · aged 51
February 15 · 1891
Source: Find a Grave
Russell Drysdale
painter
1912–1981 · aged 69
February 7 · 1912
Source: BnF authorities
Gerhard Marcks
illustrator, artist
1889–1981 · aged 92
February 18 · 1889
Source: RKDartists
Kosta Perović
basketball player
41 years old
February 19 · 1985
Source: FIBA database
Pavlos Kontides
sailor
36 years old
February 11 · 1990
No external source identified
Pierre Chambon
geneticist, molecular biologist
1931–2026 · aged 95
February 7 · 1931
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Diego Pozo
association football coach, association football player
48 years old
February 16 · 1978
Source: FBref
Radoje Domanović
writer, satirist
1873–1908 · aged 35
February 16 · 1873
Source: Integrated Authority File
Zoran Mušič
artist, draftsperson
1909–2005
February 12 · 1909
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Martin Marinčin
ice hockey player
34 years old
February 18 · 1992
No external source identified
Yves Ciampi
film director, screenwriter
1921–1982
February 9 · 1921
Source: SNAC
Remus von Woyrsch
soldier, military personnel
1847–1920 · aged 73
February 4 · 1847
No external source identified
Kate Roberts
writer, children's writer
1891–1985 · aged 94
February 13 · 1891
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Raúl López Gómez
association football player
33 years old
February 23 · 1993
Source: As
Styopa Mkrtchyan
association football player
23 years old
February 17 · 2003
Source: Transfermarkt
Maeda Toshinaga
samurai
1562–1614 · aged 52
February 25 · 1562
No external source identified
Vladimir Petrovich Filatov
politician, ophthalmologist
1875–1956 · aged 81
February 27 · 1875
No external source identified
James Guillaume
writer, pedagogue
1844–1916 · aged 72
February 16 · 1844
Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
Heinz Dieterich
sociologist, university teacher
1943–2026 · aged 83
February 11 · 1943
Source: trauer.kreiszeitung.de
Carlos Carmona
association football player
39 years old
February 21 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Tornike Okriashvili
association football player
34 years old
February 12 · 1992
Source: worldfootball.net
Aïcha Ben Ahmed
actor
37 years old
February 7 · 1989
Source: nessma.tv
François Bizot
anthropologist, scientist
86 years old
February 8 · 1940
Source: BnF authorities
Christophe Hansen
politician
44 years old
February 21 · 1982
No external source identified
Ellen van Langen
athletics competitor, middle-distance runner
60 years old
February 9 · 1966
Source: World Athletics database
Dušan Uhrin
association football coach, association football player
83 years old
February 5 · 1943
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Médine
rapper
43 years old
February 24 · 1983
Source: BnF authorities
Song Yo-chan
military officer, business executive
1918–1980 · aged 62
February 13 · 1918
No external source identified
Ed Banach
amateur wrestler
66 years old
February 6 · 1960
No external source identified
J. S. Fletcher
novelist, journalist
1863–1935 · aged 71
February 7 · 1863
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
José Cid
composer, songwriter
84 years old
February 4 · 1942
Source: MusicBrainz
Louis-François, Baron Lejeune
politician, lithographer
1775–1848 · aged 73
February 3 · 1775
Source: Léonore database
Tenshō-in
1836–1883 · aged 47
February 5 · 1836
No external source identified
Pietro Ferraris
association football player
1912–1991 · aged 79
February 15 · 1912
Source: FBref
Stephen Hammond
politician, economist
64 years old
February 4 · 1962
No external source identified
Yoshinori Kanada
animator, film director
1952–2009 · aged 57
February 5 · 1952
No external source identified
Louis Schmeisser
inventor
1848–1917 · aged 69
February 5 · 1848
No external source identified
Deng Adel*
basketball player
Date disputed
February 1 · 1996
No external source identified
Giuseppe Bertolucci*
film director, screenwriter
Date disputed
February 27 · 1947
Source: filmportal.de
Reem Abdullah
film actor, actor
39 years old
February 20 · 1987
Source: filmportal.de
Émile Nouguier
civil engineer
1841–1897 · aged 56
February 17 · 1841
Source: Structurae
Friedrich Panzinger
lawyer
1903–1959 · aged 56
February 1 · 1903
Source: TracesOfWar
Claude Giraud
stage actor, actor
1936–2020 · aged 84
February 5 · 1936
Source: Who's Who in France
Jakub Zboril
ice hockey player
29 years old
February 21 · 1997
Source: tradingcarddb.com
Federico Chávez*
diplomat, judge
Date disputed
February 15 · 1882
Source: Integrated Authority File
Park So-hyun
actor, film actor
55 years old
February 11 · 1971
No external source identified
Becca Fitzpatrick
writer, novelist
47 years old
February 3 · 1979
Source: Babelio
Heleno de Freitas*
association football player
Date disputed
February 12 · 1920
Source: FIFA
Blás Riveros
association football player
28 years old
February 3 · 1998
Source: Transfermarkt
Jean-Baptiste Arban
conductor, trumpeter
1825–1889
February 28 · 1825
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Herbert Gintis
university teacher, economist
1940–2023 · aged 82
February 11 · 1940
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jozef Adamec
association football coach, association football player
1942–2018 · aged 76
February 26 · 1942
Source: Transfermarkt
Stefano Nava
association football player, association football coach
57 years old
February 19 · 1969
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Pierre Rode
composer, violinist
1774–1830 · aged 56
February 16 · 1774
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Saukam Khoy
politician
1915–2008 · aged 93
February 2 · 1915
No external source identified
Yakov Protazanov
film director, actor
1881–1945
February 4 · 1881
Source: BnF authorities
Jajá Coelho
association football player
40 years old
February 28 · 1986
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Priscila Perales
actor, author
43 years old
February 24 · 1983
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow
1638–1688 · aged 50
February 13 · 1638
Source: CERL Thesaurus
Velizar Popov
association football player, association football coach
50 years old
February 7 · 1976
Source: Transfermarkt
Massimo Stano
athletics competitor
34 years old
February 27 · 1992
Source: World Athletics database
Leevi Madetoja
choreographer, musicologist
1887–1947 · aged 60
February 17 · 1887
Source: Musicalics
Adem Asil
artistic gymnast
27 years old
February 21 · 1999
Source: olympedia.org
Matteo Fiorini
actor, politician
1978–2026 · aged 48
February 10 · 1978
No external source identified
Princess Eleonora of Savoy
aristocrat
1728–1781 · aged 53
February 28 · 1728
Source: Genealogics
Hamengkubuwono VII
politician
1839–1921 · aged 81
February 4 · 1839
No external source identified
Jung Hye-sun
film actor, actor
84 years old
February 21 · 1942
Source: Freebase Data Dumps
Thomas Killigrew
playwright, writer
1612–1683 · aged 71
February 17 · 1612
Source: Find a Grave
Andrey Kuznetsov
tennis player
35 years old
February 22 · 1991
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Charles, Electoral Prince of Brandenburg
aristocrat, military officer
1655–1674 · aged 19
February 16 · 1655
Source: Integrated Authority File
Choi Hwa-jung
film actor, actor
65 years old
February 10 · 1961
Source: movie.douban.com
Emil Bodnăraș
spy, military officer
1904–1976 · aged 71
February 10 · 1904
Source: Munzinger Personen
Bai Bureh
warrior
1840–1908 · aged 68
February 15 · 1840
No external source identified
Eduard Riedel
architect
1813–1885 · aged 72
February 1 · 1813
Source: Artists of the World Online
Fred-René Buljo
singer, yoiker
38 years old
February 6 · 1988
Source: klikk.no
Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon
writer, novelist
1707–1777 · aged 70
February 13 · 1707
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Ricardo
association football player
33 years old
February 18 · 1993
No external source identified
José María Jiménez
sport cyclist
1971–2003 · aged 32
February 6 · 1971
No external source identified
Albert B. Cummins
politician, governor
1850–1926 · aged 76
February 15 · 1850
Source: SNAC
Juan Sforza
association football player
24 years old
February 14 · 2002
Source: fbref.com
Gustaf Norén
singer
45 years old
February 1 · 1981
Source: Discogs
Johannes Ludwig
luger
40 years old
February 14 · 1986
No external source identified
Jurica Jerković
association football player
1950–2019 · aged 69
February 25 · 1950
Source: Transfermarkt
M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
politician
1891–1978 · aged 87
February 4 · 1891
No external source identified
Stephen D. Krasner
political scientist, university teacher
84 years old
February 15 · 1942
Source: Integrated Authority File
Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
politician, businessperson
1770–1827 · aged 57
February 22 · 1770
Source: The Peerage
Dario Minieri
poker player
41 years old
February 10 · 1985
No external source identified
Pere Pons i Riera
association football player
33 years old
February 20 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Una Marson
political activist, radio program designer
1905–1965 · aged 60
February 6 · 1905
Source: Third World Women's Literatures
John Marshall
explorer
1748–1819
February 15 · 1748
No external source identified
Heidi Sørensen
politician
1970–2026 · aged 56
February 14 · 1970
Source: stortinget.no
Erkki Melartin
exlibrist, composer
1875–1937 · aged 62
February 7 · 1875
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Sumita Devi
actor
1936–2004 · aged 67
February 2 · 1936
No external source identified
Stanley Amuzie
association football player
30 years old
February 28 · 1996
Source: As
Dennis Awtrey
basketball player
78 years old
February 22 · 1948
Source: tradingcarddb.com

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