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

Deng Wei
weightlifter
33 years old
February 14 · 1993
No external source identified
Ariel Harush*
association football player
Date disputed
February 8 · 1988
Source: Soccerway
Wilhelm Magnus
university teacher, mathematician
1907–1990 · aged 83
February 5 · 1907
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Ioan Mircea Pașcu
political scientist, politician
77 years old
February 17 · 1949
No external source identified
Jack Sharp
association football player, cricketer
1878–1938 · aged 59
February 15 · 1878
No external source identified
Jaan Einasto
astronomer, university teacher
97 years old
February 23 · 1929
Source: Estonian Research Portal
Mher Grigoryan
jurist, politician
54 years old
February 15 · 1972
Source: gov.am
Hulda Garborg*
dancer, poet
Date disputed
February 22 · 1862
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Viktor Dubynin
military leader
1943–1992 · aged 49
February 1 · 1943
No external source identified
Louis Sclavis
saxophonist, composer
73 years old
February 2 · 1953
Source: SNAC
Antoine-Joseph Pernety
archaeologist, alchemist
1716–1801
February 23 · 1716
Source: IdRef
Harry Cameron
ice hockey player
1890–1953 · aged 63
February 6 · 1890
Source: Find a Grave
Emmanuel Scheffer
association football coach, association football player
1923–2012
February 11 · 1923
Source: Integrated Authority File
Per Sandberg
politician
66 years old
February 6 · 1960
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Renato Polselli
film director, director
1922–2006 · aged 84
February 24 · 1922
Source: BnF authorities
Jair Rodrigues*
musician, songwriter
Date disputed
February 6 · 1939
Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
Feliks Nowowiejski
composer, music educator
1877–1946
February 7 · 1877
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Kevin Dallman
ice hockey player
45 years old
February 26 · 1981
Source: iihf.com
Stjepan Andrijašević
association football coach, association football player
59 years old
February 7 · 1967
Source: FBref
Selma Rıza
novelist, journalist
1872–1931 · aged 59
February 5 · 1872
No external source identified
Nina Haver-Løseth
alpine skier
37 years old
February 27 · 1989
No external source identified
Svetlana Koroleva
beauty pageant contestant, model
43 years old
February 12 · 1983
No external source identified
Jessica Breland
basketball player
38 years old
February 23 · 1988
Source: FIBA database
Harry Keller
film editor, film director
1913–1987 · aged 73
February 22 · 1913
No external source identified
Kirill Yevstigneyev
aircraft pilot, military personnel
1917–1996 · aged 79
February 17 · 1917
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia
Can Atilla
composer, film score composer
57 years old
February 26 · 1969
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Harald Genzmer
university teacher, musicologist
1909–2007 · aged 98
February 9 · 1909
Source: SNAC
Andrzej Szczypiorski
opinion journalist, politician
1928–2000 · aged 72
February 3 · 1928
Source: Integrated Authority File
Carmela Corren
schlager singer, actor
1938–2022 · aged 83
February 13 · 1938
Source: filmportal.de
Kurt Asle Arvesen
sporting director, sport cyclist
51 years old
February 9 · 1975
Source: procyclingstats.com
Jozef Michal Poniatowski*
conductor, diplomat
Date disputed
February 20 · 1816
Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi
Takashi Kiyama
association football player, association football coach
54 years old
February 18 · 1972
No external source identified
Laura Valenzuela
television presenter, model
1931–2023 · aged 92
February 18 · 1931
Source: IMDb
Cristian Pellerano
association football player
44 years old
February 1 · 1982
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Csaba Hende
lawyer, jurist
66 years old
February 5 · 1960
No external source identified
Randy Krummenacher
motorcycle racer
36 years old
February 24 · 1990
Source: As
Giuseppe Gabrielli
military flight engineer, mechanical engineer
1903–1987 · aged 84
February 26 · 1903
Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it
William Peel
civil servant
1875–1945 · aged 69
February 27 · 1875
Source: Who's Who
Vojin Lazarević
association football coach, association football player
84 years old
February 22 · 1942
Source: Transfermarkt
John Walter Smith
politician
1845–1925 · aged 80
February 5 · 1845
Source: SNAC
Joseph Bache
association football player
1880–1960 · aged 80
February 8 · 1880
No external source identified
Karl Weigl
musicologist, répétiteur
1881–1949 · aged 68
February 6 · 1881
Source: SNAC
Havana Solaun
association football player
33 years old
February 23 · 1993
Source: Soccerdonna
Nicolas Ritz
ice hockey player
34 years old
February 26 · 1992
Source: iihf.com
Gijsbert van Tienhoven
patron of the arts, politician
1841–1914 · aged 73
February 12 · 1841
Source: Online Begraafplaatsen
Albert Černý
guitarist, singer
37 years old
February 17 · 1989
Source: Discogs
Þórarinn B. Þorláksson
painter
1867–1924 · aged 57
February 14 · 1867
Source: þorláksson, þórarinn B(enedikt)
Zoltan Kluger
photographer
1896–1977 · aged 81
February 8 · 1896
No external source identified
Susan Shabangu
politician, minister
70 years old
February 28 · 1956
No external source identified
Mario Mola
athletics competitor, triathlete
36 years old
February 23 · 1990
No external source identified
Jan Adam Kruseman
painter, draftsperson
1804–1862 · aged 58
February 12 · 1804
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Grete Berger
film actor, stage actor
1883–1944 · aged 61
February 11 · 1883
No external source identified
Clifford Darling
politician
1922–2011 · aged 89
February 6 · 1922
No external source identified
Henriette Catherine of Nassau
politician
1637–1708 · aged 71
February 10 · 1637
Source: The Peerage
Paul Margueritte
writer
1860–1918 · aged 58
February 20 · 1860
Source: Roglo
Alexandre Mnouchkine
film director, producer
1908–1993 · aged 85
February 10 · 1908
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées
Hugo Claudio Vallejo Avilés
association football player
26 years old
February 15 · 2000
Source: FBref
Samar Nassar
swimmer, association football player
48 years old
February 16 · 1978
No external source identified
Adelina Domingues
missionary
1888–2002 · aged 114
February 19 · 1888
No external source identified
John Cary
publisher, merchant
1755–1835 · aged 80
February 23 · 1755
Source: BnF authorities
James Pier Mason
actor
1889–1959 · aged 70
February 3 · 1889
Source: BnF authorities
Luan Cândido
association football player
25 years old
February 2 · 2001
Source: Transfermarkt
Esko Seppänen
journalist, politician
1946–2025 · aged 79
February 15 · 1946
Source: BnF authorities
Nevin Yanıt
athletics competitor
40 years old
February 16 · 1986
Source: World Athletics database
Ivan Leonidov
painter, designer
1902–1959 · aged 57
February 22 · 1902
No external source identified
Maxime Dufour-Lapointe
freestyle skier
37 years old
February 9 · 1989
Source: Roglo
Egerton Marcus
boxer
61 years old
February 2 · 1965
No external source identified
Johann Friedrich Naumann
botanist, painter
1780–1857 · aged 77
February 14 · 1780
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Brendan Moore
snooker referee
54 years old
February 17 · 1972
Source: cuestarsacademy.co.uk
John Edward Bouligny
lawyer, politician
1824–1864 · aged 40
February 5 · 1824
Source: Find a Grave
Ogdo Aksyonova
writer, poet
1936–1995 · aged 59
February 8 · 1936
No external source identified
Ethel Lackie
swimmer
1907–1979 · aged 72
February 10 · 1907
No external source identified
Antti Ruuskanen
javelin thrower
42 years old
February 21 · 1984
Source: World Athletics database
Salvador Mejía Alejandre
television producer, television director
65 years old
February 12 · 1961
No external source identified
Arman Adamian
judoka
29 years old
February 14 · 1997
Source: Les-Sports.info
Tomás De Vincenti
association football player
37 years old
February 9 · 1989
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Jean de Labadie
pietist, Catholic priest
1610–1674 · aged 64
February 13 · 1610
Source: Integrated Authority File
Hans Bertram
line producer, writer
1906–1993 · aged 86
February 26 · 1906
Source: SNAC
Jean Amrouche
poet, opinion journalist
1906–1962 · aged 56
February 7 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Lillian Lawrence
stage actor, actor
1868–1926 · aged 58
February 17 · 1868
Source: IMDb
Marian Aliuță
association football player
48 years old
February 4 · 1978
Source: Transfermarkt
Paolo de Matteis
painter
1662–1728
February 9 · 1662
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Sergei Kapustin
ice hockey player
1953–1995 · aged 42
February 13 · 1953
No external source identified
Per Christian Ellefsen
actor
72 years old
February 14 · 1954
Source: sceneweb.no
Maria Hellwig
presenter, musician
1920–2010 · aged 90
February 22 · 1920
Source: Munzinger Personen
Franny Armstrong*
photographer, screenwriter
Date disputed
February 3 · 1972
No external source identified
Francisco X. Alarcón
poet
1954–2016 · aged 61
February 21 · 1954
Source: SNAC
Alla Tarasova
actor, politician
1898–1973 · aged 75
February 6 · 1898
No external source identified
Rui Águas
engineer, racing automobile driver
54 years old
February 29 · 1972
No external source identified
Raymond Kévorkian
historian, university teacher
73 years old
February 22 · 1953
Source: BnF authorities
Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus
politician, cultural manager
54 years old
February 8 · 1972
Source: katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl
Roger-Pol Droit
researcher, journalist
77 years old
February 6 · 1949
No external source identified
Raphael Holzhauser
association football player
33 years old
February 16 · 1993
Source: As
Kevin Ingreso
association football player
33 years old
February 10 · 1993
Source: Transfermarkt
Yuki Naito
tennis player
25 years old
February 16 · 2001
No external source identified
Mademoiselle Mars
stage actor
1779–1847 · aged 68
February 9 · 1779
Source: SNAC
Jean Cruveilhier
professor, anatomist
1791–1874 · aged 83
February 9 · 1791
Source: SNAC
Jale İnan
archaeologist, classical archaeologist
1914–2001 · aged 87
February 1 · 1914
Source: BnF authorities
Kenjirō Shōda
university teacher, mathematician
1902–1977 · aged 75
February 25 · 1902
Source: Integrated Authority File
Asya
singer
61 years old
February 24 · 1965
No external source identified
Nico Mantl
association football player
26 years old
February 6 · 2000
Source: Transfermarkt
Hedwig Conrad-Martius
philosopher
1888–1966 · aged 77
February 27 · 1888
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Mariya Pinigina
athletics competitor
68 years old
February 9 · 1958
Source: World Athletics database
Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan
politician, entrepreneur
1871–1940 · aged 69
February 28 · 1871
Source: BnF authorities
Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson
politician, economist
87 years old
February 21 · 1939
Source: Integrated Authority File
Néstor Calderón*
association football player
Date disputed
February 14 · 1989
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
William J. Harris
politician
1868–1932 · aged 64
February 3 · 1868
Source: GeneaStar
Waleed Al Hayam
association football player
35 years old
February 3 · 1991
Source: Soccerway
Emma Nevada*
actor, stage actor
Date disputed
February 7 · 1859
Source: SNAC
Ángel Pestaña
journalist, anarcho-syndicalist
1886–1937 · aged 51
February 14 · 1886
Source: BnF authorities
August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
aristocrat, military personnel
1652–1689 · aged 37
February 13 · 1652
Source: CERL Thesaurus
Lucas Eguibar
snowboarder
32 years old
February 9 · 1994
No external source identified
Joseph Duncan
politician
1794–1844 · aged 49
February 22 · 1794
Source: Find a Grave
Ferdinand Reich
university teacher, Bergbeamter
1799–1882 · aged 83
February 19 · 1799
Source: SNAC
Yaakov Turner
military personnel, politician
1935–2024 · aged 89
February 27 · 1935
No external source identified
Kayra Özdemir
judoka
38 years old
February 13 · 1988
No external source identified
Gabriel Veyre
photographer, filmmaker
1871–1936 · aged 64
February 1 · 1871
Source: Léonore database
Manuel Ugarte
writer, politician
1875–1951 · aged 76
February 27 · 1875
Source: Catálogo de autoridades BNMM
Alexandra Amuchechukwu Asogwa
film actor, actor
30 years old
February 15 · 1996
No external source identified
Ri Jong-sik
table tennis player
26 years old
February 14 · 2000
Source: olympics.com
Leydi Solís
weightlifter
36 years old
February 17 · 1990
No external source identified
Kayoko Shibata
film actor, actor
46 years old
February 21 · 1980
Source: IMDb
Marian Opania
actor, cabaret performer
83 years old
February 1 · 1943
Source: filmportal.de
Norbert Balogh
association football player
30 years old
February 21 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Daniello Bartoli
Catholic theologian, writer
1608–1685
February 12 · 1608
Source: Integrated Authority File
José Rujano
sport cyclist
44 years old
February 18 · 1982
No external source identified
Tomislav Dujmović
association football player
45 years old
February 26 · 1981
Source: FBref
Louis Handley
water polo coach, swimmer
1874–1956 · aged 82
February 14 · 1874
No external source identified
František Kučera
ice hockey player
58 years old
February 3 · 1968
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Walter Hood Fitch
lithographer, botanist
1817–1892 · aged 74
February 28 · 1817
Source: NMVW-collection website
Vladimir Kovalev
figure skating coach, figure skater
73 years old
February 2 · 1953
No external source identified
Florent Hanin
association football player
36 years old
February 4 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Andrei Volkonsky
musician, composer
1933–2008 · aged 75
February 14 · 1933
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées
Nayeli Rangel
association football player
34 years old
February 28 · 1992
Source: Soccerdonna
Jörg Zander
engineer
62 years old
February 15 · 1964
No external source identified
Smbat Lputian
chess player
68 years old
February 14 · 1958
No external source identified
Niko Anttola
cross-country skier
23 years old
February 13 · 2003
No external source identified
Diogo Viana
association football player
36 years old
February 22 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Yaku Pérez
indigenous leader, environmentalist
57 years old
February 26 · 1969
No external source identified
Isaac Tichenor
judge, lawyer
1754–1838 · aged 84
February 8 · 1754
Source: Find a Grave
Fábio César Montezine
association football player, association football coach
47 years old
February 24 · 1979
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Dieter Braun
motorcycle racer, athlete
83 years old
February 2 · 1943
Source: Integrated Authority File
Dominique Lecourt
university teacher, philosopher
1944–2022 · aged 78
February 5 · 1944
Source: Who's Who in France
Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros
landscape painter, painter
1793–1870 · aged 77
February 8 · 1793
Source: senat.fr
Julian Ochorowicz
inventor, philosopher
1850–1917 · aged 67
February 23 · 1850
Source: BnF authorities
Ernst Põdder
military officer
1879–1932 · aged 53
February 10 · 1879
No external source identified
Fanula Papazoglu
university teacher, historian
1917–2001 · aged 83
February 3 · 1917
No external source identified
Nolan Mbemba
association football player
31 years old
February 19 · 1995
Source: Transfermarkt
Dimitrie Gusti
philosopher, writer
1880–1955 · aged 75
February 13 · 1880
Source: SNAC
Chu Shijian
entrepreneur
1928–2019 · aged 91
February 1 · 1928
No external source identified

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