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

  1. Artem Volvich

    beach volleyball player, volleyball player

    36 years old

    January 22 · 1990

    No external source identified

  2. Nemanja Miletić

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 16 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  3. Henry Enfield Roscoe

    university teacher, politician

    1833–1915 · aged 82

    January 7 · 1833

    Source: BnF authorities

  4. Giorgos Dedas

    basketball coach, basketball player

    46 years old

    January 2 · 1980

    Source: FIBA database

  5. Ziyoda Qobilova

    singer, actor

    37 years old

    January 7 · 1989

    No external source identified

  6. Ingo Anderbrügge

    American football player, association football coach

    62 years old

    January 2 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  7. Aliya Garayeva

    rhythmic gymnast

    38 years old

    January 1 · 1988

    No external source identified

  8. Nikolay Urvantsev

    polar explorer, explorer

    1893–1985 · aged 92

    January 29 · 1893

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  9. Azwan Salleh

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 6 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  10. Ben-Zion Dinur

    pedagogue, historian

    1884–1973 · aged 89

    January 14 · 1884

    No external source identified

  11. Marko Perović

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 11 · 1984

    No external source identified

  12. Nedžad Sinanović

    basketball player

    43 years old

    January 29 · 1983

    Source: ACB.com

  13. Pau Claris

    lawyer, politician

    1586–1641 · aged 55

    January 1 · 1586

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  14. Georgy Taratorkin

    film actor, actor

    1945–2017 · aged 72

    January 11 · 1945

    Source: BnF authorities

  15. Jerónimo Barrales

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 28 · 1987

    Source: transfermarkt.com.ar

  16. Oktay Urkal

    boxer

    56 years old

    January 15 · 1970

    Source: filmportal.de

  17. Dimitri Lavalée

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 13 · 1997

    Source: worldfootball.net

  18. Carl Lampert

    resistance fighter, Catholic priest

    1894–1944 · aged 50

    January 9 · 1894

    Source: GCatholic.org

  19. Rodolfo Lanciani*

    politician, art historian

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1845

    Source: LONSEA

  20. Boris Rauschenbach

    physicist, university teacher

    1915–2001 · aged 86

    January 18 · 1915

    No external source identified

  21. Jacques Carrey

    painter

    1649–1726 · aged 77

    January 12 · 1649

    Source: Carrey, Jacques

  22. Tanella Boni

    non-fiction writer, writer

    1954–2026 · aged 72

    January 1 · 1954

    Source: Babelio

  23. Grigoris Makos

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 18 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  24. Christoph Prégardien

    university teacher, opera singer

    70 years old

    January 18 · 1956

    Source: SNAC

  25. John J. McRae

    politician, lawyer

    1815–1868 · aged 53

    January 10 · 1815

    Source: NCpedia

  26. Jane Marken

    film actor, stage actor

    1895–1976 · aged 81

    January 13 · 1895

    Source: filmportal.de

  27. Thomas Godfrey

    glazier, inventor

    1704–1749

    January 10 · 1704

    Source: Godfrey, Thomas (1704-1749), glazier, mathematician, and astronomer

  28. Chieko Matsubara

    actor

    81 years old

    January 6 · 1945

    Source: IMDb

  29. Jeannette Thurber

    patron of the arts, socialite

    1850–1946 · aged 95

    January 29 · 1850

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  30. Silvija Talaja

    tennis player

    48 years old

    January 14 · 1978

    Source: WTA website

  31. Atik İsmail

    association football coach, politician

    69 years old

    January 5 · 1957

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Edward Klosinski

    camera operator, screenwriter

    1943–2008 · aged 65

    January 2 · 1943

    Source: filmportal.de

  33. Lounis Ait Menguellet

    singer, poet

    76 years old

    January 17 · 1950

    No external source identified

  34. Norman Greenwood

    chemist, university teacher

    1925–2012 · aged 87

    January 19 · 1925

    Source: La France savante

  35. Valentina Diouf

    volleyball player

    33 years old

    January 10 · 1993

    Source: Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile

  36. Álex López

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 11 · 1988

    Source: As

  37. Pierre Daru

    diplomat, poet

    1767–1829 · aged 62

    January 12 · 1767

    Source: SNAC

  38. Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov

    astronaut, engineer

    1933–2003 · aged 70

    January 6 · 1933

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  39. Danese Cooper

    engineer, computer scientist

    67 years old

    January 19 · 1959

    No external source identified

  40. Cleopatra Koheirwe

    musician, writer

    44 years old

    January 15 · 1982

    No external source identified

  41. Aika Mitsui

    seiyū, singer

    33 years old

    January 12 · 1993

    No external source identified

  42. Hans Kornberg

    university teacher, biochemist

    1928–2019 · aged 91

    January 14 · 1928

    Source: SNAC

  43. Fifi Young

    actor

    1914–1975 · aged 61

    January 12 · 1914

    No external source identified

  44. Victor Keyru

    basketball player

    42 years old

    January 31 · 1984

    Source: FIBA database

  45. Ranko Despotović

    association football player, association football coach

    43 years old

    January 21 · 1983

    Source: FBref

  46. Aldo Silvani

    voice actor, actor

    1891–1964 · aged 73

    January 21 · 1891

    Source: filmportal.de

  47. Anna Maria Hall

    journalist, philanthropist

    1800–1881 · aged 81

    January 6 · 1800

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  48. Billel Dziri

    association football coach, association football player

    54 years old

    January 21 · 1972

    Source: FBref

  49. Alhierd Bacharevič

    opinion journalist, poet

    51 years old

    January 31 · 1975

    No external source identified

  50. Robert Halperin

    American football player, military officer

    1908–1985 · aged 77

    January 26 · 1908

    No external source identified

  51. Yuri Kovtun

    association football coach, association football player

    56 years old

    January 5 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  52. Kurt Mendelssohn

    physicist, university teacher

    1906–1980 · aged 74

    January 7 · 1906

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  53. Pierre Tornade

    film actor, actor

    1930–2012 · aged 82

    January 21 · 1930

    Source: filmportal.de

  54. Muhammetkaliy Abulgaziyev

    politician

    58 years old

    January 20 · 1968

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  55. Hosoda Eishi

    painter, ukiyo-e artist

    1756–1829 · aged 73

    January 27 · 1756

    Source: ArtCyclopedia

  56. Jack Wilson

    boxer

    1918–1956 · aged 38

    January 17 · 1918

    No external source identified

  57. Raphael Schäfer

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 30 · 1979

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  58. Conny Aerts

    astrophysicist, physicist

    60 years old

    January 26 · 1966

    No external source identified

  59. Girisha Nagarajegowda

    athletics competitor

    38 years old

    January 26 · 1988

    No external source identified

  60. Poul Kjærholm

    furniture designer, designer

    1929–1980 · aged 51

    January 8 · 1929

    Source: SNAC

  61. Benoît Angbwa

    association football coach, association football player

    44 years old

    January 1 · 1982

    Source: As

  62. Bryan Róchez

    association football player, association football coach

    31 years old

    January 1 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  63. Chuang Chia-Jung

    tennis player

    41 years old

    January 10 · 1985

    Source: WTA website

  64. Andris Ambainis

    computer scientist, university teacher

    51 years old

    January 18 · 1975

    No external source identified

  65. Joachim Deckarm

    handball player

    72 years old

    January 19 · 1954

    Source: munzinger.de

  66. Anna Polony

    theatre director, actor

    87 years old

    January 21 · 1939

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  67. Constance Fox Talbot

    photographer

    1811–1880 · aged 69

    January 30 · 1811

    No external source identified

  68. Davlat Boltaev

    boxer

    27 years old

    January 13 · 1999

    No external source identified

  69. Gerónimo Poblete

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 2 · 1993

    Source: Soccerway

  70. Diogo Queirós

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 5 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  71. Rodolfo Orlandini

    association football coach, association football player

    1905–1990 · aged 85

    January 1 · 1905

    Source: FBref

  72. Antoine Houdar de La Motte

    poet, writer

    1672–1731 · aged 59

    January 17 · 1672

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  73. Jack London

    athletics competitor

    1905–1966 · aged 61

    January 13 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  74. Constantine V of Constantinople*

    Christian minister

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1833

    No external source identified

  75. Travis Dodd

    association football coach, association football player

    46 years old

    January 6 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Lucas Ribeiro dos Santos

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 19 · 1999

    No external source identified

  77. Muhammad Kurd Ali

    journal editor, linguist

    1876–1953

    January 1 · 1876

    Source: Jara'id: A Chronology of Arabic Periodicals

  78. Fred Hansen*

    athletics competitor, pole vaulter

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1940

    No external source identified

  79. Arthur Berry

    playwright, association football player

    1888–1953 · aged 65

    January 3 · 1888

    No external source identified

  80. Hanno Balitsch

    association football coach, association football player

    45 years old

    January 2 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  81. Debora Vogel

    writer, poet

    1900–1942

    January 4 · 1900

    Source: nzz.ch

  82. Pierre Darmon

    tennis coach, tennis player

    92 years old

    January 14 · 1934

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  83. Debbie McCormick

    curler

    52 years old

    January 8 · 1974

    No external source identified

  84. Francis de Croisset

    librettist, playwright

    1877–1937 · aged 60

    January 28 · 1877

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  85. Ward Pétré

    short-track speed skater

    29 years old

    January 30 · 1997

    Source: shorttrack.swisstiming.com

  86. Javier Ignacio Maroto Aranzábal

    economist, politician

    54 years old

    January 6 · 1972

    No external source identified

  87. William Spottiswoode

    physicist, mathematician

    1825–1883 · aged 58

    January 11 · 1825

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  88. Oscar Beregi

    actor, director

    1876–1965 · aged 89

    January 24 · 1876

    Source: BnF authorities

  89. Luiz Carlos Winck

    association football player, association football coach

    63 years old

    January 5 · 1963

    Source: Transfermarkt

  90. Luca Carlevarijs

    painter

    1663–1730

    January 20 · 1663

    Source: Carlevaris [Carlevarijs], Luca

  91. Petar Dobrović

    art critic, politician

    1890–1942

    January 14 · 1890

    Source: Web umenia

  92. Pauline Tallen

    minister, politician

    67 years old

    January 8 · 1959

    No external source identified

  93. Kuzebay Gerd

    journalist, linguist

    1898–1937 · aged 39

    January 14 · 1898

    No external source identified

  94. Liu Cheng

    badminton player

    34 years old

    January 4 · 1992

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  95. Muriel Day

    singer

    84 years old

    January 11 · 1942

    Source: IMDb

  96. Jacques Duphly

    harpsichordist, organist

    1715–1789 · aged 74

    January 12 · 1715

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  97. Eduard Vogel von Falckenstein

    politician, topographer

    1797–1885 · aged 88

    January 5 · 1797

    No external source identified

  98. Mohamed Nassoh

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 26 · 2003

    No external source identified

  99. Tom Mackintosh

    rower

    29 years old

    January 30 · 1997

    Source: worldrowing.com

  100. Yoriko Kawaguchi

    diplomat, politician

    85 years old

    January 20 · 1941

    No external source identified

  101. Maximilian Schachmann

    sport cyclist

    32 years old

    January 9 · 1994

    No external source identified

  102. Liz Lynne

    politician, actor

    78 years old

    January 22 · 1948

    No external source identified

  103. Anton von Maron*

    teacher, painter

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1731

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  104. Robert Gardos

    table tennis player

    47 years old

    January 16 · 1979

    No external source identified

  105. Alexander Bek*

    novelist, prose writer

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1903

    Source: BnF authorities

  106. Kim Yoo-bin

    actor, film actor

    21 years old

    January 14 · 2005

    No external source identified

  107. Kundanika Kapadia

    novelist, writer

    1927–2020 · aged 93

    January 11 · 1927

    No external source identified

  108. Grigore Gafencu

    journalist, politician

    1892–1957 · aged 65

    January 30 · 1892

    Source: SNAC

  109. Leon Jessel

    screenwriter, composer

    1871–1942

    January 22 · 1871

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  110. Alex Forbes

    association football player, ice hockey player

    1925–2014 · aged 89

    January 21 · 1925

    No external source identified

  111. Don Beck

    academic, psychologist

    1937–2022 · aged 85

    January 31 · 1937

    Source: Find a Grave

  112. Ruth Hiatt

    film actor, actor

    1906–1994 · aged 88

    January 6 · 1906

    Source: BnF authorities

  113. Ruben Alves

    screenwriter, film actor

    46 years old

    January 9 · 1980

    No external source identified

  114. Stepan Khalturin

    terrorist, politician

    1857–1882 · aged 25

    January 2 · 1857

    No external source identified

  115. Naomi Van Den Broeck

    athletics competitor

    30 years old

    January 3 · 1996

    Source: olympic.be

  116. Ernesto Halffter

    composer, conductor

    1905–1989 · aged 84

    January 16 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  117. Atena Farghadani

    caricaturist, cartoonist

    39 years old

    January 29 · 1987

    No external source identified

  118. Andriy Purhin

    politician

    54 years old

    January 26 · 1972

    No external source identified

  119. Jaime Hilario

    religious

    1889–1937 · aged 48

    January 2 · 1889

    Source: heiligenlexikon.de

  120. Erhard Krack

    politician

    1931–2000 · aged 69

    January 9 · 1931

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  121. Carl Adolph Agardh

    university teacher, botanist

    1785–1859 · aged 74

    January 23 · 1785

    Source: BnF authorities

  122. Alvise II Mocenigo

    politician

    1628–1709 · aged 81

    January 3 · 1628

    No external source identified

  123. Sofia Shapatava

    tennis player

    37 years old

    January 12 · 1989

    Source: WTA website

  124. Elmer S. Riggs*

    paleontologist

    Date disputed

    January 13 · 1869

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  125. Johanna Helena Herolt

    botanical illustrator, painter

    1668–1723

    January 5 · 1668

    Source: RKDartists

  126. Raymond Kaelbel

    association football coach, association football player

    1932–2007 · aged 75

    January 31 · 1932

    Source: Transfermarkt

  127. William Russell

    lawyer, politician

    1857–1896 · aged 39

    January 6 · 1857

    Source: Find a Grave

  128. Vedat Işıkhan

    politician

    60 years old

    January 20 · 1966

    No external source identified

  129. Roberto Trotta

    association football player, association football coach

    57 years old

    January 28 · 1969

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Rafael Orozco

    pianist, musician

    1946–1996 · aged 50

    January 24 · 1946

    Source: BnF authorities

  131. Roman Shishkin

    association football player, association football coach

    39 years old

    January 27 · 1987

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  132. Michel Kreek

    association football coach, association football player

    55 years old

    January 16 · 1971

    Source: Transfermarkt

  133. Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg

    politician

    1675–1733 · aged 58

    January 21 · 1675

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  134. George Dunlop

    association football player, association football coach

    70 years old

    January 16 · 1956

    Source: Transfermarkt

  135. Krzysztof Globisz

    actor

    69 years old

    January 16 · 1957

    Source: filmportal.de

  136. Christian Settipani

    historian, genealogist

    65 years old

    January 31 · 1961

    Source: Babelio

  137. Logan O'Brien

    television actor, actor

    34 years old

    January 21 · 1992

    No external source identified

  138. Michal Tučný

    songwriter, pianist

    1947–1995 · aged 48

    January 11 · 1947

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  139. Erik Hornung

    Egyptologist, university teacher

    1933–2022 · aged 89

    January 28 · 1933

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  140. Sharmila Biswas

    choreographer

    84 years old

    January 1 · 1942

    No external source identified

  141. Celso Ortiz

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 26 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  142. Huang Sijing

    basketball player

    30 years old

    January 8 · 1996

    Source: FIBA database

  143. Park Young-sun

    journalist, politician

    66 years old

    January 22 · 1960

    No external source identified

  144. Abdumalik Abdullajanov

    politician, diplomat

    77 years old

    January 1 · 1949

    No external source identified

  145. Célestin Gaombalet

    minister, politician

    1942–2017 · aged 75

    January 1 · 1942

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  146. Shahnon Ahmad

    literary scholar, university teacher

    1933–2017 · aged 84

    January 13 · 1933

    No external source identified

  147. Turan Bayramov

    amateur wrestler, judoka

    25 years old

    January 11 · 2001

    Source: olympedia.org

  148. Dean Dixon

    conductor

    1915–1976

    January 10 · 1915

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  149. Amy Barger

    astronomer

    55 years old

    January 18 · 1971

    No external source identified

  150. Carme Riera

    screenwriter, essayist

    78 years old

    January 12 · 1948

    No external source identified

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