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

  1. Felix Maria Davídek*

    writer, bishop

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1921

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  2. Asuka Hinoi

    singer, actor

    35 years old

    January 8 · 1991

    No external source identified

  3. Katsuya Nagato

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 15 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  4. Boris Gnedenko

    mathematician, historian of mathematics

    1912–1995 · aged 83

    January 1 · 1912

    Source: Scientific Legacy Database

  5. George Eliava

    biologist, university teacher

    1892–1937 · aged 45

    January 25 · 1892

    No external source identified

  6. Danijel Miličević

    association football player, association football coach

    40 years old

    January 5 · 1986

    Source: As

  7. Sergiu Toma

    judoka

    39 years old

    January 29 · 1987

    Source: JudoInside.com

  8. Yuriy Horlis-Horskyi

    writer, soldier

    1898–1946 · aged 48

    January 14 · 1898

    No external source identified

  9. Karel Traxler

    chess player, chess composer

    1866–1936 · aged 70

    January 17 · 1866

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  10. Florencio Amarilla*

    association football player, film actor

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1935

    No external source identified

  11. Matej Jonjić

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 29 · 1991

    Source: FBref

  12. Gino Watkins

    explorer

    1907–1932

    January 29 · 1907

    Source: The Peerage

  13. Knut Nordahl

    association football player

    1920–1984 · aged 64

    January 13 · 1920

    Source: FBref

  14. Karim Zaza

    association football player

    51 years old

    January 9 · 1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  15. Aino-Kaisa Pekonen

    politician, social and health care assistant

    47 years old

    January 24 · 1979

    Source: eduskunta.fi

  16. Edina Alves Batista

    association football referee

    46 years old

    January 10 · 1980

    Source: goioere.cidadeportal.com.br

  17. Walter Forward

    diplomat, judge

    1786–1852 · aged 66

    January 24 · 1786

    Source: SNAC

  18. Claire Donahue

    swimmer

    37 years old

    January 12 · 1989

    No external source identified

  19. Laurent Bateau

    stage actor, film actor

    62 years old

    January 1 · 1964

    No external source identified

  20. Carlos Garfias Merlos

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1951–2026 · aged 75

    January 1 · 1951

    No external source identified

  21. Gerard Granollers

    tennis player

    37 years old

    January 30 · 1989

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  22. Guillaume-Antoine Olivier

    arachnologist, botanist

    1756–1814 · aged 58

    January 19 · 1756

    Source: Base biographique

  23. Davit Mujiri

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 2 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  24. Wahidin Soedirohoesodo

    physician

    1852–1917 · aged 65

    January 7 · 1852

    No external source identified

  25. Grégoire Puel*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1992

    No external source identified

  26. Roberto Cravero

    association football player

    62 years old

    January 3 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  27. Nazlı Ecevit

    painter

    1900–1985 · aged 85

    January 4 · 1900

    No external source identified

  28. Vojislav Melić

    association football coach, association football player

    1940–2006 · aged 66

    January 5 · 1940

    Source: reprezentacija.rs

  29. Hub van Doorne

    inventor, entrepreneur

    1900–1979 · aged 79

    January 1 · 1900

    No external source identified

  30. John Douglas Deshotel

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    74 years old

    January 6 · 1952

    No external source identified

  31. Guy Moussi

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 23 · 1985

    No external source identified

  32. Chris Warren

    basketball player

    45 years old

    January 19 · 1981

    Source: ACB.com

  33. Dawid Drachal

    association football player

    21 years old

    January 31 · 2005

    No external source identified

  34. Susanne Uhlen

    actor, director

    71 years old

    January 17 · 1955

    Source: Discogs

  35. Ken Henry

    golfer, speed skater

    1929–2009 · aged 80

    January 7 · 1929

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  36. Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    68 years old

    January 3 · 1958

    No external source identified

  37. Alberto Fontana

    association football player

    59 years old

    January 23 · 1967

    Source: Transfermarkt

  38. Princess Karoline Mathilde of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

    duchess

    1860–1932 · aged 72

    January 25 · 1860

    Source: The Peerage

  39. Mehdi Cerbah*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1953

    Source: Liberté

  40. Gerry Gray

    association football coach, association football player

    65 years old

    January 20 · 1961

    Source: FBref

  41. Maria Romero Meneses

    nun

    1902–1977 · aged 75

    January 13 · 1902

    Source: GCatholic.org

  42. Amin Asikainen

    politician, actor

    50 years old

    January 21 · 1976

    No external source identified

  43. Mark Gorski

    sport cyclist

    66 years old

    January 6 · 1960

    No external source identified

  44. Verónica Cepede Royg

    tennis player

    34 years old

    January 21 · 1992

    Source: WTA website

  45. Bernardo Ruiz

    sporting director, sport cyclist

    1925–2025 · aged 100

    January 8 · 1925

    No external source identified

  46. Thomas Fersen

    singer-songwriter, writer

    63 years old

    January 4 · 1963

    Source: Babelio

  47. Siddhi Savetsila

    politician

    1919–2015 · aged 96

    January 7 · 1919

    Source: historygreatest.com

  48. Cliff Barker

    basketball player, basketball coach

    1921–1998 · aged 77

    January 15 · 1921

    Source: FIBA database

  49. David Gallego

    association football coach, association football player

    54 years old

    January 26 · 1972

    Source: FBref

  50. Daniel Hershkowitz

    politician, rabbi

    73 years old

    January 2 · 1953

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  51. Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz*

    diplomat, statesperson

    Date disputed

    January 30 · 1609

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  52. Wilhelm Genazino

    novelist, writer

    1943–2018 · aged 75

    January 22 · 1943

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  53. Ruy Ohtake

    painter, architect

    1938–2021 · aged 83

    January 27 · 1938

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  54. Wang Yimei

    volleyball player

    38 years old

    January 11 · 1988

    No external source identified

  55. Ádám György

    composer, pianist

    44 years old

    January 28 · 1982

    No external source identified

  56. Osman Durali

    amateur wrestler

    1939–2011 · aged 72

    January 15 · 1939

    No external source identified

  57. Samuel Gobat

    Anglican priest, Bible translator

    1799–1879 · aged 80

    January 26 · 1799

    Source: BnF authorities

  58. Miguel Abia Biteo

    mining engineer, minister

    1961–2012 · aged 51

    January 11 · 1961

    No external source identified

  59. Epameinondas Deligiorgis

    politician, journalist

    1829–1879 · aged 50

    January 22 · 1829

    No external source identified

  60. Josip Stadler

    university teacher, archbishop

    1843–1918 · aged 75

    January 24 · 1843

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  61. Mamadou Aliou Kéïta

    association football player

    1952–2004 · aged 52

    January 1 · 1952

    No external source identified

  62. Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette

    translator, Protestant theologian

    1780–1849 · aged 69

    January 12 · 1780

    Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

  63. Ender Arslan

    basketball coach, basketball player

    43 years old

    January 13 · 1983

    Source: TBLStat.net

  64. Markos Kyprianou

    politician, lawyer

    66 years old

    January 22 · 1960

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  65. Mattias Bjärsmyr

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 3 · 1986

    Source: FBref

  66. René Vautier

    film director, screenwriter

    1928–2015 · aged 86

    January 15 · 1928

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  67. Mahmut Demir

    amateur wrestler

    56 years old

    January 21 · 1970

    No external source identified

  68. Ross Granville Harrison

    zoologist, biologist

    1870–1959 · aged 89

    January 13 · 1870

    Source: Find a Grave

  69. Alice Mary Robertson

    social worker, politician

    1854–1931 · aged 77

    January 2 · 1854

    Source: Find a Grave

  70. Galina Zybina

    athletics competitor

    1931–2024 · aged 93

    January 22 · 1931

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  71. Caspar Peucer*

    historian, classical scholar

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1525

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  72. Victor Adam

    lithographer, illustrator

    1801–1866

    January 28 · 1801

    Source: RKDartists

  73. Georgia Gould

    cyclo-cross cyclist, sport cyclist

    46 years old

    January 5 · 1980

    Source: Roglo

  74. Viktor Vinogradov

    literary scholar, linguist

    1895–1969 · aged 74

    January 12 · 1895

    Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century

  75. Josef Silný*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 26 · 1902

    Source: Olomouc City Library regional database

  76. Ramūnas Navardauskas

    sport cyclist

    38 years old

    January 30 · 1988

    No external source identified

  77. John Gilbert Baker

    ecologist, scientific collector

    1834–1920 · aged 86

    January 13 · 1834

    Source: SNAC

  78. Aminah Cendrakasih

    actor

    1938–2022 · aged 84

    January 29 · 1938

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  79. Brooks Curry

    swimmer

    25 years old

    January 20 · 2001

    Source: olympedia.org

  80. Sei Ito

    poet, writer

    1905–1969 · aged 64

    January 25 · 1905

    No external source identified

  81. Jamie Perkins

    swimmer

    21 years old

    January 19 · 2005

    Source: worldaquatics.com

  82. Constance Reid

    author, writer

    1918–2010 · aged 92

    January 3 · 1918

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  83. Alexei Eremenko

    association football coach, association football player

    62 years old

    January 17 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  84. Mahmut Tekdemir

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 20 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  85. Hashem Beikzadeh

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 22 · 1984

    Source: As

  86. Richard Antinucci

    racing automobile driver

    45 years old

    January 26 · 1981

    No external source identified

  87. Clara Beranger

    writer, screenwriter

    1886–1956 · aged 70

    January 14 · 1886

    Source: BnF authorities

  88. Hermann of Wied

    Catholic priest

    1477–1552 · aged 75

    January 23 · 1477

    No external source identified

  89. Gian Francesco Giudice

    physicist

    65 years old

    January 25 · 1961

    No external source identified

  90. Yury Bandazhevsky

    pathologist, immunologist

    69 years old

    January 9 · 1957

    No external source identified

  91. Rūta Vanagaitė

    social activist, television producer

    71 years old

    January 25 · 1955

    No external source identified

  92. Abyłajchan Żüsypow

    boxer

    29 years old

    January 10 · 1997

    No external source identified

  93. Berthold Goldschmidt

    conductor, pianist

    1903–1996 · aged 93

    January 18 · 1903

    Source: Discogs

  94. Jesús Moliné Labarta

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    87 years old

    January 29 · 1939

    No external source identified

  95. Ludwig Aschoff

    pathologist, university teacher

    1866–1942 · aged 76

    January 10 · 1866

    Source: BnF authorities

  96. Harri Olli

    cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier

    41 years old

    January 15 · 1985

    No external source identified

  97. Eudokia Komnene

    1094–1129

    January 20 · 1094

    No external source identified

  98. Jean Gaven*

    film actor

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1918

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  99. Meinhard von Gerkan

    architect, university teacher

    1935–2022 · aged 87

    January 3 · 1935

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  100. Vasily Yan*

    teacher, screenwriter

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1875

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

  101. Aleš Loprais

    rally raid automobile driver, truck racing driver

    46 years old

    January 10 · 1980

    No external source identified

  102. Nikola Eterović

    diplomat, archbishop

    75 years old

    January 20 · 1951

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  103. Borden Parker Bowne

    theologian, philosopher

    1847–1910 · aged 63

    January 14 · 1847

    No external source identified

  104. Fausto dos Santos*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1905

    No external source identified

  105. Michel Loève

    mathematician, statistician

    1907–1979 · aged 72

    January 22 · 1907

    Source: Scientific Legacy Database

  106. Louis Dupré

    painter, draftsperson

    1789–1837 · aged 48

    January 9 · 1789

    Source: BnF authorities

  107. Giacomo Nizzolo

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    37 years old

    January 30 · 1989

    No external source identified

  108. Adrian Caceres

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 10 · 1982

    Source: FBref

  109. Steffi Lemke

    agricultural engineer, politician

    58 years old

    January 19 · 1968

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  110. Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard

    regent

    1586–1631 · aged 44

    January 29 · 1586

    Source: The Peerage

  111. Lucas Lingman

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 25 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  112. Jean Carzou

    theatre designer, painter

    1907–2000

    January 1 · 1907

    Source: RKDartists

  113. Cor van der Hart

    association football player, association football coach

    1928–2006 · aged 78

    January 25 · 1928

    Source: Transfermarkt

  114. Margaret M. Murnane

    university teacher, physicist

    67 years old

    January 23 · 1959

    Source: doi.org

  115. Vladimir Meshchersky

    journalist, opinion journalist

    1839–1914 · aged 75

    January 23 · 1839

    Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia

  116. Tudor Vianu*

    literary critic, philosopher

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1898

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  117. Joseph Bonnel

    association football coach, association football player

    1939–2018 · aged 79

    January 4 · 1939

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  118. Erikson Noguchipinto

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 27 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  119. Andrea Murez

    swimmer

    34 years old

    January 29 · 1992

    No external source identified

  120. Tamás Cseh

    Liedermacher, composer

    1943–2009 · aged 66

    January 22 · 1943

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  121. Nora Kershaw Chadwick

    historian, medievalist

    1891–1972 · aged 81

    January 28 · 1891

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  122. Willie McLean

    association football player

    1904–1977 · aged 73

    January 27 · 1904

    Source: Transfermarkt

  123. Georgy Boos

    politician, businessperson

    63 years old

    January 22 · 1963

    No external source identified

  124. Anatoly Shapiro

    military officer, soldier

    1913–2005 · aged 92

    January 18 · 1913

    No external source identified

  125. Sergei Chetverukhin

    figure skating coach, figure skater

    80 years old

    January 12 · 1946

    No external source identified

  126. Mette Tranborg

    handball player

    30 years old

    January 1 · 1996

    No external source identified

  127. Edmund Rumpler

    design engineer, entrepreneur

    1872–1940 · aged 68

    January 4 · 1872

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  128. Ján Čapkovič

    association football player

    78 years old

    January 11 · 1948

    No external source identified

  129. Lena Lauzemis

    actor, film actor

    43 years old

    January 15 · 1983

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  130. Sōjin Kamiyama

    actor

    1884–1954 · aged 70

    January 30 · 1884

    No external source identified

  131. Akaki Gogia

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 18 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  132. Emmanuel Mas

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 15 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  133. Gilbert Cesbron

    writer, philosopher

    1913–1979

    January 13 · 1913

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  134. Luca Paolini

    sport cyclist

    49 years old

    January 17 · 1977

    No external source identified

  135. Fran Brodić

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 8 · 1997

    Source: FBref

  136. William Louis, Prince of Baden

    ruler

    1732–1788 · aged 56

    January 14 · 1732

    Source: The Peerage

  137. Charles Grafton Page

    inventor, physicist

    1812–1868 · aged 56

    January 25 · 1812

    Source: SNAC

  138. Jerzy Tomaszewski

    journalist, photographer

    1924–2016 · aged 92

    January 20 · 1924

    Source: gwio.pl

  139. Maria Micaela Desmaisieres

    Christian nun

    1809–1865 · aged 56

    January 1 · 1809

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  140. Diego Hartfield

    tennis player

    45 years old

    January 31 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  141. Alma Siedhoff-Buscher

    handicrafter, joiner

    1899–1944 · aged 45

    January 4 · 1899

    Source: FemBio database

  142. John Wolyniec

    association football coach, association football player

    49 years old

    January 24 · 1977

    Source: fifaindex.com

  143. Cláudio Pitbull

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 8 · 1982

    Source: As

  144. Lasse Pöysti

    theatre manager, screenwriter

    1927–2019 · aged 92

    January 24 · 1927

    Source: Elonet

  145. Donald Jones

    dancer, actor

    1932–2004 · aged 72

    January 24 · 1932

    Source: Discogs

  146. Khoren Bayramyan

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 7 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  147. Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen

    head of government, politician

    1803–1890 · aged 87

    January 10 · 1803

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  148. William Francis Malooly

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    82 years old

    January 18 · 1944

    No external source identified

  149. John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg

    aristocrat

    1526–1576

    January 2 · 1526

    No external source identified

  150. Nodar Akhalkatsi

    athlete, association football player

    1938–1998 · aged 60

    January 2 · 1938

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

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