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

Józef Sebastian Pelczar
Catholic priest, university teacher
1842–1924 · aged 82
January 17 · 1842
Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny
Simon Episcopius
theologian, university teacher
1583–1643 · aged 60
January 8 · 1583
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Pierre-Marie Gerlier*
Catholic priest, Catholic deacon
Date disputed
January 14 · 1880
Source: La France savante
Tomás Alarcón
association football player
27 years old
January 19 · 1999
Source: Transfermarkt
Rodney Kongolo
association football player
28 years old
January 9 · 1998
Source: Transfermarkt
Alaa Wardi
singer, composer
39 years old
January 13 · 1987
No external source identified
Flavio Maestri
association football coach, association football player
53 years old
January 21 · 1973
Source: Transfermarkt
Vladimir Orlov
military personnel, equestrian
1869–1927 · aged 58
January 12 · 1869
No external source identified
Ku Bon-chan
archer
33 years old
January 31 · 1993
No external source identified
Joanna Brodzik
actor
53 years old
January 11 · 1973
Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze
Thomas Murner
university teacher, poet
1476–date unavailable
January 2 · 1476
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Roberto Speranza
politician
47 years old
January 4 · 1979
No external source identified
Yu Genwei
association football player, association football coach
52 years old
January 7 · 1974
Source: FBref
Anton Aškerc
Catholic priest, writer
1856–1912 · aged 56
January 9 · 1856
Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia
John Ireland*
judge, lawyer
Date disputed
January 1 · 1827
Source: SNAC
Billy Armstrong
film actor, actor
1891–1924 · aged 33
January 14 · 1891
Source: BnF authorities
Jean-Michel Damase
pianist, choreographer
1928–2013 · aged 85
January 27 · 1928
Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror
Mauricio Soler
sport cyclist
43 years old
January 14 · 1983
No external source identified
Chelsie Giles
judoka
29 years old
January 25 · 1997
Source: olympics.com
Sextil Pușcariu
politician, philologist
1877–1948 · aged 71
January 4 · 1877
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Atomu Mizuishi
actor
30 years old
January 1 · 1996
No external source identified
Rudolph Loewenstein
physician, psychoanalyst
1898–1976 · aged 78
January 17 · 1898
Source: BnF authorities
Jan Hirt
sport cyclist
35 years old
January 21 · 1991
No external source identified
Żaklin Nastić
slavist, politician
46 years old
January 29 · 1980
Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag
Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach
1721–1794 · aged 73
January 17 · 1721
Source: CERL Thesaurus
Lopamudra Bhattacharji
cricketer
66 years old
January 31 · 1960
No external source identified
Dobriša Cesarić
translator, poet
1902–1980 · aged 78
January 10 · 1902
Source: BnF authorities
Marie Louise de Rohan
aristocrat, lady-in-waiting
1720–1803 · aged 83
January 7 · 1720
No external source identified
Miriam Hyde
music educator, writer
1913–2005 · aged 91
January 15 · 1913
Source: BnF authorities
Muhammad Shaban*
association football player
Date disputed
January 11 · 1998
Source: int.soccerway.com
Lena Stojković
taekwondo athlete
24 years old
January 3 · 2002
No external source identified
Jessy Deminguet
association football player
28 years old
January 7 · 1998
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Joan Brossa
playwright, visual poet
1919–1998 · aged 79
January 19 · 1919
Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
politician
1790–1851 · aged 61
January 2 · 1790
Source: CERL Thesaurus
Giuseppe Gibilisco
bobsledder, athletics competitor
47 years old
January 5 · 1979
Source: World Athletics database
Murali Nair
screenwriter, film director
60 years old
January 10 · 1966
No external source identified
Bryan Carrasco
association football player
35 years old
January 31 · 1991
Source: FBref
Oliver T. Marsh
cinematographer
1892–1941 · aged 49
January 30 · 1892
Source: IMDb
St. Teresa of Jesus Jornet
founder of Catholic religious community, religious
1843–1897 · aged 54
January 9 · 1843
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Bjørn Magnussen
speed skater
28 years old
January 2 · 1998
Source: SpeedSkatingStats
Asha Haji Elmi
politician, peace activist
64 years old
January 1 · 1962
No external source identified
Sandro Altunashvili*
association football player
Date disputed
January 14 · 1997
No external source identified
Walther Bauersfeld
engineer, physicist
1879–1959 · aged 80
January 23 · 1879
Source: Integrated Authority File
August Gailit
writer, caricaturist
1891–1960 · aged 69
January 9 · 1891
Source: Estonian biographical database
Lindsay Burns
rower
61 years old
January 6 · 1965
Source: World Rowing athlete database
John Shae Perring
engineer, archaeologist
1813–1869 · aged 55
January 24 · 1813
Source: Virtual International Authority File
Li Xirui
actor
36 years old
January 30 · 1990
No external source identified
John Henry Hayes
association football player
1891–1976 · aged 85
January 20 · 1891
Source: uacdra.com.ar
Masatoshi Nei
geneticist, biologist
1931–2023 · aged 92
January 2 · 1931
Source: Integrated Authority File
Jugurtha Hamroun
association football player
37 years old
January 27 · 1989
Source: legifrance.gouv.fr
Park Jeong-hwan
Go professional
33 years old
January 11 · 1993
No external source identified
William M. Butler
politician, lawyer
1861–1937 · aged 76
January 29 · 1861
Source: SNAC
Edwin B. Willis
film editor, scenographer
1893–1963 · aged 70
January 28 · 1893
No external source identified
André Bjerke
translator, prose writer
1918–1985 · aged 66
January 30 · 1918
Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1973)
Dušan Mugoša
political commissar
1914–1973 · aged 59
January 7 · 1914
No external source identified
Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
tennis player
25 years old
January 17 · 2001
No external source identified
Roberto Bordin
association football player, association football coach
61 years old
January 10 · 1965
Source: Transfermarkt
Josip Sesar
basketball player, basketball coach
48 years old
January 17 · 1978
Source: FIBA database
Johannes Buxtorf
Hebraist, bibliographer
1565–1629 · aged 64
January 4 · 1565
Source: BnF authorities
James Key Caird
entrepreneur, mathematician
1837–1916
January 7 · 1837
Source: The Peerage
Andrzej Józwowicz
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
61 years old
January 14 · 1965
No external source identified
Hilde Krahl
film actor, director
1917–1999 · aged 82
January 10 · 1917
Source: BnF authorities
Stephen Schwartz
pathologist, university teacher
1942–2020 · aged 78
January 1 · 1942
No external source identified
Sven Schwarz
swimmer
24 years old
January 31 · 2002
No external source identified
Silke Rottenberg
association football player, association football coach
54 years old
January 25 · 1972
Source: Soccerdonna
Erika Morini
musician, violinist
1904–1995
January 5 · 1904
Source: Discogs
Jorge Tadeo Lozano
botanist, journalist
1771–1816 · aged 45
January 30 · 1771
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Elias Simojoki
priest, fascist
1899–1940 · aged 40
January 28 · 1899
Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland
Guido Fanconi
pediatrician
1892–1979 · aged 87
January 1 · 1892
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Prince Bojidar Karageorgevitch*
artist, translator
Date disputed
January 11 · 1861
Source: BnF authorities
Jamil Hasanli
politician, historian
74 years old
January 15 · 1952
No external source identified
Claude Favre de Vaugelas
lexicographer, grammarian
1585–1650 · aged 65
January 6 · 1585
Source: BnF authorities
Ljubomir Kerekeš
actor, film actor
66 years old
January 16 · 1960
No external source identified
Michelle Lang
journalist
1975–2009 · aged 34
January 31 · 1975
No external source identified
Diana López
taekwondo athlete
42 years old
January 7 · 1984
No external source identified
Daniel Oss
sport cyclist
39 years old
January 13 · 1987
No external source identified
Elmar Klos
teacher, dramaturge
1910–1993 · aged 83
January 26 · 1910
Source: Encyclopedia of Brno History
Jan Jakub Kolski
film producer, director
70 years old
January 29 · 1956
Source: Integrated Authority File
Raoul Rigault
communard, politician
1846–1871 · aged 25
January 16 · 1846
No external source identified
Albert Bernhard Frank
botanist, university teacher
1839–1900 · aged 61
January 17 · 1839
Source: Integrated Authority File
John Fairfield
jurist, politician
1797–1847 · aged 50
January 30 · 1797
Source: Find a Grave
Carlos Alhinho
association football coach, association football player
1949–2008 · aged 59
January 10 · 1949
Source: Transfermarkt
Jozef Golonka
ice hockey coach, association football player
88 years old
January 6 · 1938
Source: Records of persons of interest
Lucille Wheeler
alpine skier
91 years old
January 14 · 1935
No external source identified
Nicanor Zabaleta
music arranger, harpist
1907–1993
January 7 · 1907
Source: SNAC
Jemyma Betrian
kickboxer, boxer
35 years old
January 24 · 1991
No external source identified
Rasmus Bjørn Anderson
writer, linguist
1846–1936 · aged 90
January 12 · 1846
Source: BnF authorities
William D. Washburn
politician, businessperson
1831–1912 · aged 81
January 14 · 1831
Source: SNAC
Eduard Fuchs
writer, art collector
1870–1940 · aged 69
January 31 · 1870
Source: Integrated Authority File
Aurèle Nicolet
music arranger, flautist
1926–2016 · aged 90
January 22 · 1926
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Bernhard Minetti
director, musician
1905–1998 · aged 93
January 26 · 1905
Source: BnF authorities
Ruth Moufang
pedagogue, mathematician
1905–1977 · aged 72
January 10 · 1905
Source: Frankfurter Personenlexikon
Tullio Lanese
association football referee, association football player
1947–2025 · aged 78
January 10 · 1947
No external source identified
Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg
aristocrat
1570–1649 · aged 79
January 11 · 1570
No external source identified
Horace B. Carpenter
screenwriter, film director
1875–1945 · aged 70
January 31 · 1875
Source: Find a Grave
Givi Nodia
association football coach, association football player
1948–2005 · aged 57
January 2 · 1948
Source: Transfermarkt
Gaspar Fagel
jurist, politician
1634–1688 · aged 54
January 25 · 1634
Source: RKDartists
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett
journalist, lawyer
1811–1856 · aged 45
January 9 · 1811
Source: Integrated Authority File
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan
biologist, university teacher
1879–1967 · aged 88
January 21 · 1879
Source: SNAC
Gavriil Ksenofontov*
ethnologist, historian
Date disputed
January 4 · 1888
Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia
Jerzy Vetulani
pharmacologist, pharmacist
1936–2017 · aged 81
January 21 · 1936
No external source identified
Pierre Ramond
physicist, theoretical physicist
83 years old
January 31 · 1943
Source: Freebase Data Dumps
Renate Dorrestein
journalist, women's rights activist
1954–2018 · aged 64
January 25 · 1954
Source: BnF authorities
İsmail Hakkı Bey
music educator, composer
1865–1927 · aged 62
January 1 · 1865
No external source identified
Fernando Arturo de Meriño
politician, Catholic priest
1833–1906 · aged 73
January 9 · 1833
Source: Find a Grave
Jaime Valdés
association football player
45 years old
January 11 · 1981
Source: FBref
Guidobaldo del Monte
non-fiction writer, military personnel
1545–1607 · aged 61
January 21 · 1545
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Frederick Boland
politician, diplomat
1904–1985 · aged 81
January 16 · 1904
No external source identified
Vassily Maximov
painter
1844–1911 · aged 67
January 29 · 1844
No external source identified
Adolfo Marsillach
writer, theatre director
1928–2002 · aged 73
January 25 · 1928
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Federigo Tozzi
novelist, journalist
1883–1920 · aged 37
January 1 · 1883
Source: BnF authorities
Muhammet Demir
association football player
34 years old
January 10 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
José Gabriel Funes
Latin Catholic priest, astronomer
63 years old
January 31 · 1963
Source: Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
Jorge Claros
association football player
40 years old
January 8 · 1986
Source: As
Raha Moharrak
mountaineer
40 years old
January 25 · 1986
No external source identified
Zohar Manna
university teacher, computer scientist
1939–2018 · aged 79
January 17 · 1939
Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Emanuele Tesauro
writer, philosopher
1592–1675 · aged 83
January 3 · 1592
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Victor Adamson
actor, designer
1890–1972 · aged 82
January 4 · 1890
No external source identified
Leon Kirchner
conductor, pianist
1919–2009 · aged 90
January 24 · 1919
Source: SNAC
Abdeslam Laghrissi
association football player
64 years old
January 5 · 1962
Source: Transfermarkt
Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy
military leader, politician
1571–1621 · aged 50
January 19 · 1571
No external source identified
Roman Wójcicki
association football coach, association football player
68 years old
January 8 · 1958
Source: Transfermarkt
Rosita Forbes*
writer, novelist
Date disputed
January 16 · 1890
Source: BnF authorities
Ivar Lykke*
politician, minister
Date disputed
January 9 · 1872
Source: Stortinget og statsraadet: 1814–1914. B. 1 D. 2 : Biografier L-Ø : samt tillæg
Albert Divo
racing automobile driver
1895–1966 · aged 71
January 24 · 1895
Source: BnF authorities
Barbara Prammer
wedding officiant, civil servant
1954–2014 · aged 60
January 11 · 1954
Source: Integrated Authority File
Sarah Kuttner
voice actor, podcaster
47 years old
January 29 · 1979
Source: Discogs
Ted Allan
writer, children's writer
1916–1995 · aged 79
January 26 · 1916
Source: SNAC
Rewan Amin
association football player
30 years old
January 8 · 1996
Source: Transfermarkt
Kaan Kigen Özbilen
marathon runner, long-distance runner
40 years old
January 15 · 1986
Source: World Athletics database
Ottavio Rinuccini
librettist, writer
1563–1621 · aged 58
January 30 · 1563
Source: BnF authorities
Radmila Živković
actor
1953–2024 · aged 71
January 14 · 1953
Source: IMDb
Nicole Ross
fencer
37 years old
January 15 · 1989
No external source identified
Tristan Gommendy
racing automobile driver
47 years old
January 4 · 1979
No external source identified
Frank J. Cannon
editor, politician
1859–1933 · aged 74
January 25 · 1859
Source: Find a Grave
Aldo Romano
percussionist, music arranger
85 years old
January 16 · 1941
Source: SNAC
Jorge Barrios
association football player, association football coach
65 years old
January 24 · 1961
Source: Transfermarkt
John J. Gumperz
linguist, anthropologist
1922–2013 · aged 91
January 9 · 1922
Source: SNAC
Viktoria Postnikova
pianist, composer
82 years old
January 12 · 1944
No external source identified
Peter Collinson
merchant, botanist
1694–1768 · aged 74
January 28 · 1694
Source: BnF authorities
Mariana Derderian
actor, commercial engineer
46 years old
January 15 · 1980
Source: IMDb
Pierina Morosini
1931–1957 · aged 26
January 7 · 1931
Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
Natsumi Ando
illustrator, comics artist
56 years old
January 27 · 1970
Source: Integrated Authority File
Sheldon Bateau
association football player
35 years old
January 29 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Giuseppe Brotzu
physician, university teacher
1895–1976 · aged 81
January 24 · 1895
No external source identified
Nick Evans
jazz musician, composer
79 years old
January 9 · 1947
Source: Discogs
Heinrich Liebe
submariner, Marineoffizier
1908–1997 · aged 89
January 29 · 1908
Source: Die deutschen U-Boot-Kommandanten (1 ed.)
Xavier Thames
basketball player
35 years old
January 9 · 1991
Source: FIBA database
Ivan Safronov
military personnel, journalist
1956–2007 · aged 51
January 16 · 1956
No external source identified
Camilo Ponce Enríquez*
jurist, university teacher
Date disputed
January 1 · 1912
Source: Integrated Authority File

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