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25,206 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Hugh Anderson

    rugby league player, motorcycle racer

    90 years old

    January 18 · 1936

    No external source identified

  2. Martin Haug

    university teacher, iranologist

    1827–1876 · aged 49

    January 30 · 1827

    Source: BnF authorities

  3. Michal Pivoňka

    ice hockey player

    60 years old

    January 28 · 1966

    Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno

  4. Jiro Yoshihara

    artist, painter

    1905–1972

    January 1 · 1905

    Source: Yoshihara, Jirō

  5. Greg Ryan

    association football coach, association football player

    69 years old

    January 21 · 1957

    Source: PlaymakerStats.com

  6. Philip J. Davis

    mathematician

    1923–2018 · aged 95

    January 2 · 1923

    Source: IdRef

  7. Fernando Peres

    association football coach, association football player

    1943–2019 · aged 76

    January 8 · 1943

    No external source identified

  8. Zhang Jiewen

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    45 years old

    January 4 · 1981

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  9. Mootez Zaddem

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 5 · 2001

    Source: Transfermarkt

  10. Judy Winter

    stage actor, musician

    82 years old

    January 4 · 1944

    Source: filmportal.de

  11. Benedikt Livshits

    writer, translator

    1887–1938 · aged 51

    January 6 · 1887

    Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century

  12. Jenny Lou Carson

    singer, songwriter

    1915–1978 · aged 63

    January 13 · 1915

    Source: BnF authorities

  13. Warner Richmond

    actor

    1886–1948 · aged 62

    January 11 · 1886

    Source: mymovies.it

  14. Kikuko Tsumura

    writer, novelist

    48 years old

    January 23 · 1978

    No external source identified

  15. Prince Karl Friedrich I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

    aristocrat

    1724–1785 · aged 61

    January 9 · 1724

    Source: The Peerage

  16. Moana Carcasses Kalosil

    politician, diplomat

    63 years old

    January 28 · 1963

    No external source identified

  17. Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg

    politician, aristocrat

    1653–1707 · aged 54

    January 6 · 1653

    Source: The Peerage

  18. Angelo Parisi

    judoka

    73 years old

    January 3 · 1953

    Source: Who's Who in France

  19. Victor Ismael Sosa

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 18 · 1987

    Source: FBref

  20. Michele Piccirillo

    boxer

    56 years old

    January 29 · 1970

    No external source identified

  21. Leyla Badirbeyli

    actor, stage actor

    1920–1999 · aged 79

    January 8 · 1920

    Source: IMDb

  22. Julia Lermontova

    chemist

    1847–1919 · aged 72

    January 2 · 1847

    No external source identified

  23. Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc

    ichthyologist, naturalist

    1759–1828 · aged 69

    January 29 · 1759

    Source: www.academie-medecine.fr

  24. Søren Andersen*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  25. Martin Kree

    association football player

    61 years old

    January 27 · 1965

    Source: Transfermarkt

  26. Victor Brooke*

    naturalist

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1843

    Source: The Peerage

  27. Alain Payet

    pornographic film actor, film director

    1947–2007 · aged 60

    January 17 · 1947

    Source: SNAC

  28. Ivan Vyshnegradsky

    engineer, university teacher

    1832–1895 · aged 63

    January 1 · 1832

    No external source identified

  29. Eduard Künneke

    composer, film score composer

    1885–1953 · aged 68

    January 27 · 1885

    Source: filmportal.de

  30. Agustín Stahl

    biologist, botanist

    1842–1917 · aged 75

    January 21 · 1842

    Source: Find a Grave

  31. Nemanja Mihajlović

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 19 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Yannis Dragasakis

    economist, politician

    79 years old

    January 1 · 1947

    No external source identified

  33. Oleg Ovsyannikov

    ice dancer

    56 years old

    January 23 · 1970

    No external source identified

  34. Thomas Curtis

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    1873–1944 · aged 71

    January 9 · 1873

    No external source identified

  35. Marie-Laure Delie

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 29 · 1988

    Source: Soccerdonna

  36. Ken Hackett

    diplomat

    79 years old

    January 27 · 1947

    No external source identified

  37. Andrew Rock

    sprinter

    44 years old

    January 23 · 1982

    Source: World Athletics database

  38. Frances Brooke

    journalist, novelist

    1724–1789 · aged 65

    January 12 · 1724

    Source: SNAC

  39. Muhammad Farid

    journalist, writer

    1868–1919 · aged 51

    January 20 · 1868

    Source: AlKindi

  40. Benigno Ferreira

    lawyer, politician

    1846–1920 · aged 74

    January 13 · 1846

    Source: SNAC

  41. Shireen Sungkar

    actor, singer

    34 years old

    January 28 · 1992

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  42. Richard L. Hanna

    business executive, businessperson

    1951–2020 · aged 69

    January 25 · 1951

    No external source identified

  43. Blaž Blagotinšek

    handball player

    32 years old

    January 17 · 1994

    No external source identified

  44. Taizo Kawamoto

    journalist, association football player

    1914–1985 · aged 71

    January 17 · 1914

    Source: Transfermarkt

  45. Matt Frattin

    ice hockey player

    38 years old

    January 3 · 1988

    No external source identified

  46. Andreas Voglsammer

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 9 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  47. Ivan Babushkin

    journalist, politician

    1873–1906 · aged 33

    January 15 · 1873

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  48. Gary Lux

    musician, singer

    67 years old

    January 26 · 1959

    Source: Discogs

  49. Shmuel Flatto-Sharon

    businessperson, politician

    1930–2018 · aged 88

    January 18 · 1930

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  50. Floris Jan Bovelander

    field hockey player, columnist

    60 years old

    January 19 · 1966

    No external source identified

  51. Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero y Moscoso

    archbishop, Catholic bishop

    1635–1709 · aged 74

    January 8 · 1635

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  52. Michelangelo Albertazzi

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 7 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. Jean-Bertrand Pontalis

    psychoanalyst, literary editor

    1924–2013 · aged 89

    January 15 · 1924

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  54. Mirahmetjan Muzepper

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 14 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  55. Willis A. Gorman

    lawyer, military officer

    1816–1876 · aged 60

    January 12 · 1816

    Source: Find a Grave

  56. René Guillot

    teacher, writer

    1900–1969 · aged 69

    January 24 · 1900

    Source: BnF authorities

  57. Daniele Bracciali

    tennis player

    48 years old

    January 10 · 1978

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  58. Shohei Matsunaga

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 7 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  59. Nathalie Golitsyn (Chernysheva)

    lady-in-waiting

    1744–1837 · aged 93

    January 28 · 1744

    No external source identified

  60. Henk Badings

    musicologist, music educator

    1907–1987 · aged 80

    January 17 · 1907

    Source: SNAC

  61. Nina Bott

    film actor, stage actor

    48 years old

    January 1 · 1978

    Source: bunte.de

  62. Wilhelm Kienzl

    chapelmaster, conductor

    1857–1941 · aged 84

    January 17 · 1857

    Source: Find a Grave

  63. Mahmut Bakalli

    politician, political commissar

    1936–2006 · aged 70

    January 19 · 1936

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  64. James Beckford

    athletics competitor

    51 years old

    January 9 · 1975

    Source: World Athletics database

  65. Eleanor Hull

    journalist, scholar

    1860–1935 · aged 74

    January 15 · 1860

    Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography

  66. Kel Carruthers

    team manager, motorcycle racer

    88 years old

    January 3 · 1938

    No external source identified

  67. Stefan Reinartz

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 1 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  68. Henry James Byron

    Theaterintendant, writer

    1835–1884 · aged 49

    January 8 · 1835

    Source: SNAC

  69. Manuel Jimenes

    politician

    1808–1854 · aged 46

    January 14 · 1808

    No external source identified

  70. Louis Joseph César Ducornet

    painter

    1806–1856 · aged 50

    January 10 · 1806

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  71. Roland Varga

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 23 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  72. Joseph Paul Gaimard

    physician, botanist

    1793–1858 · aged 65

    January 31 · 1793

    Source: SUDOC

  73. Walter Erbì

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    58 years old

    January 8 · 1968

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  74. Jules-Émile Verschaffelt

    university teacher, physicist

    1870–1955 · aged 85

    January 27 · 1870

    Source: SNAC

  75. Yevhen Shcherban

    entrepreneur, politician

    1946–1996 · aged 50

    January 18 · 1946

    No external source identified

  76. Ulrich Jasper Seetzen

    explorer, orientalist

    1767–1811

    January 30 · 1767

    Source: BnF authorities

  77. Iiro Rantala

    pianist, composer

    56 years old

    January 19 · 1970

    Source: iirorantala.fi

  78. Elisabetta Vignotto

    association football player

    72 years old

    January 13 · 1954

    Source: Soccerdonna

  79. Henry Vaca

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 27 · 1998

    Source: FBref

  80. Lydia Field Emmet

    artist, painter

    1866–1952 · aged 86

    January 23 · 1866

    Source: FemBio database

  81. Andreas Wecker

    artistic gymnast

    56 years old

    January 2 · 1970

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  82. Silvia Manríquez

    television actor, film actor

    73 years old

    January 10 · 1953

    No external source identified

  83. Sezai Karakoç

    poet, writer

    1933–2021 · aged 88

    January 22 · 1933

    No external source identified

  84. John Barton Payne

    lawyer, judge

    1855–1935 · aged 79

    January 26 · 1855

    Source: Find a Grave

  85. Oana Ban

    artistic gymnast

    40 years old

    January 11 · 1986

    No external source identified

  86. Eugénio de Andrade

    writer, poet

    1923–2005 · aged 82

    January 19 · 1923

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  87. Thomas Jordan Jarvis

    jurist, captain

    1836–1915

    January 18 · 1836

    Source: NCpedia

  88. Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen

    military officer, soldier

    1746–1818 · aged 72

    January 31 · 1746

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  89. Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria

    aristocrat

    1576–1599 · aged 23

    January 14 · 1576

    No external source identified

  90. Osea Vakatalesau

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 15 · 1986

    Source: FBref

  91. Mike Schloesser

    archer

    32 years old

    January 15 · 1994

    No external source identified

  92. Terenci Moix

    novelist, writer

    1942–2003 · aged 61

    January 5 · 1942

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  93. Edward Dillon

    actor, film director

    1879–1933 · aged 54

    January 1 · 1879

    Source: BnF authorities

  94. Randolph Ross

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    25 years old

    January 1 · 2001

    No external source identified

  95. Jamie Hampton

    tennis player

    36 years old

    January 8 · 1990

    Source: WTA website

  96. Marc Burns

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    43 years old

    January 7 · 1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  97. Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón

    film director, screenwriter

    84 years old

    January 2 · 1942

    Source: IMDb

  98. Frank Arok

    association football coach, association football player

    1932–2021 · aged 88

    January 20 · 1932

    No external source identified

  99. Lee Tae-ho

    association football player, association football coach

    65 years old

    January 29 · 1961

    Source: FBref

  100. Artur Gajdoš

    association football player

    22 years old

    January 20 · 2004

    No external source identified

  101. Nikolai Golovanov

    pianist, conductor

    1891–1953 · aged 62

    January 21 · 1891

    Source: BnF authorities

  102. Margo Glantz

    diplomat, writer

    96 years old

    January 28 · 1930

    Source: Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México

  103. Adolf von Bomhard

    politician

    1891–1976

    January 6 · 1891

    No external source identified

  104. Tatiana Felgenhauer

    radio personality, journalist

    41 years old

    January 6 · 1985

    Source: echofm.online

  105. Fabian Drzyzga

    volleyball player

    36 years old

    January 3 · 1990

    Source: worldofvolley.com

  106. Joachim Lafosse

    screenwriter, director

    51 years old

    January 18 · 1975

    No external source identified

  107. Kemal Ademi

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 23 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  108. Tiago Alves

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 12 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  109. Inga Jankauskaitė

    singer, actor

    45 years old

    January 10 · 1981

    No external source identified

  110. Thomas Fincke

    university teacher, mathematician

    1561–1656 · aged 95

    January 16 · 1561

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  111. Helga Pedersen

    politician

    53 years old

    January 13 · 1973

    Source: dagbladet.no

  112. Marek Borowski

    association football player, politician

    80 years old

    January 4 · 1946

    No external source identified

  113. Mehdi Boukamir

    association football player

    22 years old

    January 26 · 2004

    No external source identified

  114. Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau

    military officer, military personnel

    1823–1878 · aged 55

    January 11 · 1823

    Source: Léonore database

  115. Alessandro Andrei

    athletics competitor

    67 years old

    January 3 · 1959

    Source: World Athletics database

  116. Jakobea of Baden

    aristocrat

    1558–1597 · aged 39

    January 16 · 1558

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  117. Oskar Baum*

    music teacher, music critic

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1883

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  118. Manuel Murillo Toro

    journalist, writer

    1816–1880 · aged 64

    January 1 · 1816

    Source: SNAC

  119. Pavel Mareš

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 18 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  120. Robert Scott

    linguist, classical philologist

    1811–1887 · aged 76

    January 26 · 1811

    Source: BnF authorities

  121. Sanda Ladoși

    singer

    56 years old

    January 2 · 1970

    No external source identified

  122. Eva Klein

    physician, biologist

    1925–2025 · aged 99

    January 22 · 1925

    No external source identified

  123. Christian Ludwig Brehm

    ornithologist, pastor

    1787–1864 · aged 77

    January 24 · 1787

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  124. Abderrahmane Farès

    politician

    1911–1991 · aged 80

    January 30 · 1911

    Source: Sycomore

  125. Marcelo Lipatín

    association football player

    49 years old

    January 28 · 1977

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Li Ting

    tennis player

    46 years old

    January 5 · 1980

    Source: WTA website

  127. Victor Heredia

    composer, writer

    79 years old

    January 24 · 1947

    Source: Discogs

  128. Larry Kissell

    businessperson, politician

    75 years old

    January 31 · 1951

    No external source identified

  129. Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu

    editor-in-chief, journalist

    1879–1945 · aged 66

    January 1 · 1879

    No external source identified

  130. Valiyaveetil Diju

    Olympic competitor, badminton player

    45 years old

    January 4 · 1981

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  131. Hyenadz Navitski

    politician, structural engineer

    77 years old

    January 2 · 1949

    No external source identified

  132. Tadija Kačar

    boxer

    70 years old

    January 5 · 1956

    No external source identified

  133. Rubén González Rocha

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 29 · 1982

    Source: As

  134. José Joaquín Esquivel

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 7 · 1998

    Source: FBref

  135. Niccolò Coscia

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1682–1755 · aged 73

    January 25 · 1682

    Source: Enciclopedia di Roma

  136. Davide Biondini

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 24 · 1983

    Source: As

  137. Amandine Hesse

    tennis player

    33 years old

    January 16 · 1993

    Source: ITF website

  138. Aron Gurwitsch

    university teacher, philosopher

    1901–1973 · aged 72

    January 17 · 1901

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  139. Hugo Riesenfeld

    composer, violinist

    1879–1939 · aged 60

    January 26 · 1879

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  140. Ulyana Gromova

    political activist, resistance fighter

    1924–1943 · aged 19

    January 3 · 1924

    No external source identified

  141. Charles Morton

    actor, stage actor

    1908–1966 · aged 58

    January 28 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  142. Vasyl Hrytsak

    military personnel

    59 years old

    January 14 · 1967

    No external source identified

  143. Obbi Oularé

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 8 · 1996

    Source: As

  144. Kristian Bjørnsen

    handball player

    37 years old

    January 10 · 1989

    Source: pantheon.world

  145. Leny Andrade

    musician, composer

    1943–2023 · aged 80

    January 25 · 1943

    Source: MusicBrainz

  146. Tikvah Alper

    physicist, biologist

    1909–1995 · aged 86

    January 22 · 1909

    No external source identified

  147. Maria

    recording artist, singer

    44 years old

    January 13 · 1982

    No external source identified

  148. José Francisco Rojo

    association football coach, association football player

    1947–2022 · aged 75

    January 28 · 1947

    Source: Transfermarkt

  149. Ali Younesi

    politician

    75 years old

    January 1 · 1951

    No external source identified

  150. Mats Olsson

    handball coach, handball player

    66 years old

    January 12 · 1960

    No external source identified

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