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

Martin Ziguélé
politician
69 years old
February 12 · 1957
No external source identified
Alex Kuznetsov
tennis player
39 years old
February 5 · 1987
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Antonio Giolitti
politician, partisan
1915–2010 · aged 94
February 12 · 1915
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Claude Onesta
handball player, handball coach
69 years old
February 6 · 1957
No external source identified
Héctor Valer
politician, lawyer
67 years old
February 4 · 1959
Source: infobae.com
Ján Plachetka
coach, chess player
1945–2026 · aged 81
February 18 · 1945
No external source identified
Pierre Louis Roederer
economist, diplomat
1754–1835 · aged 81
February 15 · 1754
Source: SNAC
Jan Wils
furniture designer, graphic designer
1891–1972 · aged 80
February 22 · 1891
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
writer, literary scholar
1892–1955 · aged 63
February 9 · 1892
Source: Dictionary of African Biography
Masahiro Makino
child actor, film producer
1908–1993 · aged 85
February 29 · 1908
Source: BnF authorities
Roya Nonahali
actor
63 years old
February 13 · 1963
No external source identified
Ksenija Atanasijević
philosopher, editor
1894–1981 · aged 87
February 5 · 1894
Source: BnF authorities
Franz Böhm
jurist, politician
1895–1977 · aged 82
February 16 · 1895
Source: BnF authorities
Rachid Daoudi
association football player, association football coach
60 years old
February 21 · 1966
Source: FBref
John Veldman
association football player
58 years old
February 24 · 1968
Source: Transfermarkt
Ertem Eğilmez
screenwriter, writer
1929–1989 · aged 60
February 18 · 1929
No external source identified
Juanma López Iturriaga
television presenter, basketball player
67 years old
February 4 · 1959
Source: ACB.com
Joseph Hardtmuth*
architect, industrialist
Date disputed
February 13 · 1758
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Mitrofan Belyayev
businessperson, musician
1836–1904
February 22 · 1836
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
Korbinian Holzer
ice hockey player
38 years old
February 16 · 1988
Source: iihf.com
Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen
competitive diver
1931–2017 · aged 86
February 11 · 1931
No external source identified
Steve Woolgar
university teacher, sociologist
76 years old
February 14 · 1950
Source: Integrated Authority File
Claude Piron
interpreter, essayist
1931–2008 · aged 76
February 26 · 1931
No external source identified
Alain Poiré
screenwriter, producer
1917–2000 · aged 82
February 13 · 1917
Source: BnF authorities
Jean-François Regnard
playwright, poet
1655–1709 · aged 54
February 7 · 1655
Source: Roglo
Jackie Silva
volleyball player, beach volleyball player
64 years old
February 13 · 1962
No external source identified
Cassiel Rousseau
acrobatic gymnast, competitive diver
25 years old
February 4 · 2001
Source: omegatiming.com
Karinna Moskalenko
lawyer, human rights defender
72 years old
February 9 · 1954
No external source identified
Jan Jakob Maria de Groot
sinologist, university teacher
1854–1921 · aged 67
February 18 · 1854
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
John Lingard
Catholic theologian, historian
1771–1851 · aged 80
February 5 · 1771
Source: SNAC
Frederic Eugene Ives
photographer, physicist
1856–1937 · aged 81
February 17 · 1856
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Carlotta Ferlito
artistic gymnast
31 years old
February 15 · 1995
No external source identified
Stephanie Brunner
alpine skier
32 years old
February 20 · 1994
No external source identified
Bartolomea Capitanio
founder of Catholic religious community, teacher
1807–1833 · aged 26
February 13 · 1807
Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
Žarko Tomašević
association football player
36 years old
February 22 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Shmuel Agmon
mathematician, university teacher
1922–2025 · aged 103
February 2 · 1922
Source: BnF authorities
Vijay Seshadri
writer, poet
72 years old
February 13 · 1954
No external source identified
Brett McClure
artistic gymnast
45 years old
February 19 · 1981
No external source identified
Princess Marilène of Orange-Nassau
businessperson
56 years old
February 4 · 1970
Source: Genealogics
Cassiano dal Pozzo
scientist, classical scholar
1588–1657 · aged 69
February 21 · 1588
Source: BnF authorities
Plamen Kralev
businessperson, racing automobile driver
53 years old
February 22 · 1973
No external source identified
Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen
chemist, businessperson
1826–1909 · aged 82
February 16 · 1826
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
Gillis van Coninxloo
painter, draftsperson
1544–1607 · aged 62
February 3 · 1544
Source: RKDartists
Sammy Chapman
association football coach, association football player
1938–2019 · aged 81
February 16 · 1938
Source: FBref
Mary Ewing Outerbridge
tennis player
1852–1886 · aged 34
February 16 · 1852
No external source identified
Jean-Michel Bismut
mathematician
78 years old
February 26 · 1948
Source: Integrated Authority File
Pierre Naville
psychologist, journalist
1904–1993 · aged 89
February 1 · 1904
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
David Addy
association football player
36 years old
February 21 · 1990
Source: As
Manuel Sandoval Vallarta
university teacher, physicist
1898–1976
February 11 · 1898
Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Laura Gómez-Lacueva
actor, stage actor
1975–2023 · aged 48
February 24 · 1975
No external source identified
Michael Ansley
basketball player
59 years old
February 8 · 1967
Source: TBLStat.net
S.P. Sethuraman
chess player
33 years old
February 25 · 1993
No external source identified
Efkan Âlâ
politician
61 years old
February 21 · 1965
No external source identified
Issachar Ber Ryback
ceramicist, painter
1897–1935
February 2 · 1897
Source: BnF authorities
Boris Piotrovsky
archaeologist, art historian
1908–1990 · aged 82
February 14 · 1908
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia
Bojan Zulfikarpašić
pianist, jazz pianist
58 years old
February 2 · 1968
Source: universalmusic.fr
Shawky Gharib
association football player, association football coach
67 years old
February 26 · 1959
Source: Transfermarkt
Harry Everts
motocross rider
74 years old
February 6 · 1952
No external source identified
Alexei Fridman
astronomer, physicist
1940–2010 · aged 70
February 17 · 1940
No external source identified
Jean-Manuel Mbom
association football player
26 years old
February 24 · 2000
Source: Transfermarkt
Richard Mühlfeld
musician, music director
1856–1907 · aged 51
February 28 · 1856
Source: BnF authorities
Valdomiro
association football player
80 years old
February 17 · 1946
Source: Transfermarkt
Martin Boakye
association football player
31 years old
February 10 · 1995
Source: fbref.com
Elias Parish Alvars
composer
1808–1849 · aged 40
February 28 · 1808
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Zelig Eshhar
immunologist, university teacher
1941–2025 · aged 84
February 25 · 1941
No external source identified
Jan Nagórski
engineer, explorer
1888–1976 · aged 88
February 20 · 1888
No external source identified
Simon Falette
association football player
34 years old
February 19 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Fred Apostoli
boxer
1913–1973 · aged 60
February 2 · 1913
Source: Find a Grave
Juozas Urbšys
politician, diplomat
1896–1991 · aged 95
February 29 · 1896
Source: BnF authorities
Henny Moan
politician, actor
1936–2024 · aged 88
February 22 · 1936
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Pieter de Carpentier
governor, colonial administrator
1586–1659 · aged 73
February 19 · 1586
Source: Onsland.nl
Mabrouk Zaid
association football player
47 years old
February 11 · 1979
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Artur Mkrtchyan
politician
1959–1992 · aged 33
February 16 · 1959
No external source identified
Boris Bystrov
actor, voice actor
1945–2024 · aged 79
February 12 · 1945
No external source identified
Roza Papo
physician
1914–1984
February 6 · 1914
No external source identified
Arsen Beglaryan
association football player
33 years old
February 18 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Jovan Vraniškovski
Eastern Orthodox priest, archbishop
60 years old
February 28 · 1966
No external source identified
Fritz Diez
stage actor, director
1901–1979 · aged 78
February 27 · 1901
Source: Theaterlexikon der Schweiz
Marko Stanković
association football player, association football coach
40 years old
February 17 · 1986
Source: As
Akofa Edjeani Asiedu
actor, entrepreneur
57 years old
February 20 · 1969
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Francelia Billington
actor, film actor
1895–1934 · aged 39
February 1 · 1895
Source: SNAC
Sō Yamamura
actor, film actor
1910–2000 · aged 90
February 24 · 1910
Source: BnF authorities
Bernard Lyot
astronomer
1897–1952 · aged 55
February 27 · 1897
Source: SNAC
Juan Joya
association football player, association football coach
1934–2007 · aged 73
February 25 · 1934
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Aleksandra Ursulyak
actor
43 years old
February 4 · 1983
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Heinz Drache
dub actor, film actor
1923–2002 · aged 79
February 9 · 1923
Source: BnF authorities
Foluke Daramola
film actor, film producer
48 years old
February 15 · 1978
Source: pmnewsnigeria.com
Habiba Sarābi*
teacher, physician
Date disputed
February 15 · 1958
Source: The International Who's Who of Women 2006
Momčilo Đokić
association football player, association football coach
1911–1983 · aged 72
February 27 · 1911
No external source identified
Anton Chupkov
swimmer
29 years old
February 22 · 1997
No external source identified
Julio Álvarez del Vayo
jurist, writer
1891–1975 · aged 84
February 9 · 1891
Source: BnF authorities
Friedel Rausch
association football coach, association football player
1940–2017 · aged 77
February 27 · 1940
Source: Transfermarkt
Maurice Bloomfield
classical philologist, university teacher
1855–1928 · aged 73
February 23 · 1855
Source: SNAC
António de Almeida Santos
politician, writer
1926–2016 · aged 89
February 15 · 1926
Source: Munzinger Personen
Christian Frederik Hansen
university teacher, architect
1756–1845 · aged 89
February 29 · 1756
Source: BnF authorities
Antonio Razzi
politician
78 years old
February 22 · 1948
Source: storia.camera.it
Marisa Sannia
basketball player, musician
1947–2008 · aged 61
February 15 · 1947
Source: BnF authorities
Hamdou Elhouni
association football player
32 years old
February 12 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Marie Noël*
writer, diarist
Date disputed
February 16 · 1883
Source: Printemps des poètes
Raúl Magaña
association football player, association football coach
1940–2009 · aged 69
February 24 · 1940
No external source identified
Astrid Kumbernuss
athlete, athletics competitor
56 years old
February 5 · 1970
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Evelyn Miralles
engineer, computer scientist
60 years old
February 19 · 1966
Source: globalinfluence.world
Rudolf Jakob Camerarius
entomologist, university teacher
1665–1721 · aged 56
February 12 · 1665
Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World
Marko Kiprusoff*
ice hockey player
Date disputed
February 6 · 1972
Source: Elite Prospects
Adolfo Machado
association football player
41 years old
February 14 · 1985
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Joseph Boze*
painter
Date disputed
February 7 · 1745
Source: Integrated Authority File
Dorothea Maria Graff
artist, scientific illustrator
1678–1743 · aged 65
February 2 · 1678
Source: RKDartists
Michelangelo Cerquozzi*
painter, artist
Date disputed
February 12 · 1602
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Léon van Hove
physicist, university teacher
1924–1990 · aged 66
February 10 · 1924
Source: KNAW Past Members
Tricky Sam Nanton
jazz musician
1904–1946 · aged 42
February 1 · 1904
Source: SNAC
Nikolaus von Üxküll-Gyllenband
military personnel, military officer
1877–1944 · aged 67
February 14 · 1877
No external source identified
César Navas
association football player
46 years old
February 14 · 1980
Source: As
Slobodan Dubajić
association football player
63 years old
February 19 · 1963
Source: Transfermarkt
Solvita Āboltiņa
jurist, politician
63 years old
February 19 · 1963
No external source identified
Kjersti Holmen
film actor, actor
1956–2021 · aged 65
February 8 · 1956
Source: IMDb
Andrew C. Fabian
astronomer
78 years old
February 20 · 1948
No external source identified
Charles Godfrey Gunther
politician
1822–1885 · aged 62
February 7 · 1822
Source: Find a Grave
August Palm
trade unionist, politician
1849–1922 · aged 73
February 5 · 1849
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Hiroko Kuniya
news presenter, journalist
69 years old
February 3 · 1957
Source: Davos 2014 Participant List
Michela Cerruti
racing automobile driver, racing driver
39 years old
February 18 · 1987
No external source identified
José Blanco López
civil servant, politician
64 years old
February 6 · 1962
No external source identified
Patrick Kohlmann
association football player
43 years old
February 25 · 1983
Source: footballsquads.co.uk
Anselmo Ramon*
association football player
Date disputed
February 12 · 1988
No external source identified
Hyacinthe Thiandoum
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1921–2004 · aged 83
February 2 · 1921
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
William Henry Preece
engineer, inventor
1834–1913 · aged 79
February 15 · 1834
Source: SNAC
Harmony Hammond
university teacher, painter
82 years old
February 8 · 1944
Source: SNAC
J. P. McGowan
actor, screenwriter
1880–1952 · aged 72
February 24 · 1880
Source: Find a Grave
George Brown Goode
writer, zoologist
1851–1896 · aged 45
February 13 · 1851
Source: SNAC
Jean-Baptiste Djebbari
politician
44 years old
February 26 · 1982
Source: Roglo
Vítor Benite
basketball player
36 years old
February 20 · 1990
Source: FIBA database
Krupabai Satthianadhan
writer
1862–1894 · aged 32
February 14 · 1862
Source: books.google.com
Georg Thomalla
director, cabaret performer
1915–1999 · aged 84
February 14 · 1915
Source: Discogs
Markéta Jeřábková
athlete, handball player
30 years old
February 8 · 1996
Source: regional database of the Pilsen City Library
Anna Puu
singer
44 years old
February 3 · 1982
Source: itunes.apple.com
Christopher Hope
writer, journalist
82 years old
February 26 · 1944
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Caroline von Humboldt
wife, salonnière
1766–1829 · aged 63
February 23 · 1766
Source: FemBio database
Sergey Martinson
actor
1899–1984 · aged 85
February 6 · 1899
No external source identified
Steve De Ridder
association football player
39 years old
February 25 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Reza Shahroudi
association football coach, association football player
54 years old
February 21 · 1972
Source: Transfermarkt
Rudolph Ganz
conductor, pianist
1877–1972 · aged 95
February 24 · 1877
Source: BnF authorities
Gerhard Gundermann
Liedermacher, joiner
1955–1998 · aged 43
February 21 · 1955
Source: Discogs
Emily Lakdawalla
editing staff, scientist
51 years old
February 8 · 1975
No external source identified
Ernst G. Straus*
university teacher, mathematician
Date disputed
February 25 · 1922
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Kyoshi Takahama
writer, poet
1874–1959 · aged 85
February 22 · 1874
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Mansour Barzegar
amateur wrestler
79 years old
February 28 · 1947
No external source identified
Karl Heinzen
poet, independent publisher
1809–1880 · aged 71
February 22 · 1809
Source: SNAC
Carmen Linares
cantaor, composer
75 years old
February 25 · 1951
Source: IMDb
Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł
politician
1734–1790 · aged 56
February 27 · 1734
Source: Wiśniowieccy : monografia rodu
Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau
anatomist, zoologist
1810–1892
February 10 · 1810
Source: SNAC
Carlyle Glean
politician
1932–2021 · aged 89
February 11 · 1932
No external source identified

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