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

  1. Christian August Crusius

    philosopher, theologian

    1715–1775 · aged 60

    January 10 · 1715

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  2. Benjamin Cavet

    freestyle skier

    32 years old

    January 1 · 1994

    No external source identified

  3. Boško Antić

    association football player, association football coach

    1944–2007 · aged 63

    January 7 · 1944

    Source: National-Football-Teams.com

  4. Amadou Moutari

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 19 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  5. Vahram Papazyan

    theatre director, stage actor

    1888–1968 · aged 80

    January 16 · 1888

    Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12

  6. Yassine Benrahou

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 24 · 1999

    Source: worldfootball.net

  7. Fritz Odemar*

    director, film actor

    Date disputed

    January 13 · 1890

    Source: IMDb

  8. Kim Kyeong-ae

    curler

    32 years old

    January 21 · 1994

    No external source identified

  9. Annett Böhm

    judoka

    46 years old

    January 8 · 1980

    Source: Olympedia

  10. Kamal Kamyabinia

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 18 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  11. Guillermo Lovell

    boxer

    1918–1967 · aged 49

    January 14 · 1918

    No external source identified

  12. Juan José Paso

    politician, lawyer

    1758–1833 · aged 75

    January 2 · 1758

    Source: The Peerage

  13. Agitu Ideo Gudeta

    entrepreneur, political activist

    1978–2020 · aged 42

    January 1 · 1978

    Source: lavocedeltrentino.it

  14. Jens Hegeler

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 22 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  15. Armand Gatti

    playwright, journalist

    1924–2017 · aged 93

    January 26 · 1924

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  16. Zhang Juanjuan

    archer

    45 years old

    January 2 · 1981

    No external source identified

  17. Gene Mako

    tennis player, art dealer

    1916–2013 · aged 97

    January 24 · 1916

    Source: Find a Grave

  18. Fazlollah Reza

    politician, literary scholar

    1915–2019 · aged 104

    January 1 · 1915

    No external source identified

  19. Rikke Møller Pedersen

    television presenter, swimmer

    37 years old

    January 9 · 1989

    No external source identified

  20. Edmond Nazaryan

    amateur wrestler

    24 years old

    January 19 · 2002

    Source: boec.bg

  21. Sergei Fedorovtsev

    rower

    46 years old

    January 31 · 1980

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  22. Johann Jakob Heckel

    entomologist, zoologist

    1790–1857 · aged 67

    January 23 · 1790

    Source: Heckel, Johann Jacob (BLKÖ)

  23. Peter Celsing

    university teacher, architect

    1920–1974 · aged 54

    January 29 · 1920

    Source: Arkitekter verksamma i Sverige

  24. Katell Quillévéré

    screenwriter, wardrobe master

    46 years old

    January 30 · 1980

    Source: IMDb

  25. Ryan Millar

    volleyball player, beach volleyball player

    48 years old

    January 22 · 1978

    Source: Lega Pallavolo Serie A

  26. Yevgeny Vesnik

    military officer, screenwriter

    1923–2009 · aged 86

    January 15 · 1923

    No external source identified

  27. Thomas Ebbesen

    university teacher, physicist

    72 years old

    January 30 · 1954

    No external source identified

  28. Erich Linemayr

    association football referee

    1933–2016 · aged 83

    January 24 · 1933

    No external source identified

  29. Kari Hotakainen

    poet, screenwriter

    69 years old

    January 9 · 1957

    Source: 375humanistia.helsinki.fi

  30. Julian Dean

    sport cyclist, sporting director

    51 years old

    January 28 · 1975

    No external source identified

  31. Walter Serner

    critic, editor

    1889–1942

    January 15 · 1889

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  32. Claire Hamilton

    curler

    37 years old

    January 31 · 1989

    No external source identified

  33. Romano Fogli

    association football coach, association football player

    1938–2021 · aged 83

    January 21 · 1938

    Source: Transfermarkt

  34. Bengt Berndtsson

    association football player

    1933–2015 · aged 82

    January 26 · 1933

    Source: ifkdb

  35. Micaela Nevárez

    actor

    54 years old

    January 1 · 1972

    Source: IMDb

  36. Nadezhda Markina

    actor

    67 years old

    January 29 · 1959

    Source: IMDb

  37. Vicente Espinel

    translator, composer

    1551–1624

    January 7 · 1551

    No external source identified

  38. Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder

    writer, poet lawyer

    1741–1796 · aged 55

    January 31 · 1741

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  39. Sara Andersson

    biathlete

    23 years old

    January 13 · 2003

    Source: lausanne2020.sport

  40. Rogelio Cabrera López

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    75 years old

    January 24 · 1951

    No external source identified

  41. Christina Bauer

    volleyball player

    38 years old

    January 1 · 1988

    No external source identified

  42. Emil Rockov

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 27 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  43. Mary Elizabeth Barber

    painter, ornithologist

    1818–1899 · aged 81

    January 5 · 1818

    Source: Biographical Database of Southern African Science

  44. Fabrício dos Santos Silva

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 11 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  45. Marcus Larson

    painter

    1825–1864

    January 5 · 1825

    Source: Larson, (Simon) Marcus

  46. John Campbell-Jones

    racing driver, Formula One driver

    1930–2020 · aged 90

    January 21 · 1930

    No external source identified

  47. Leandro Joaquim Ribeiro

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 13 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  48. Sara Nakayama

    seiyū

    52 years old

    January 29 · 1974

    Source: IMDb

  49. Arthur Christensen

    orientalist, translator

    1875–1945 · aged 70

    January 9 · 1875

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  50. Henry Meynell Rheam

    painter

    1859–1920

    January 13 · 1859

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  51. Edith Anne Stoney

    physicist

    1869–1938 · aged 69

    January 6 · 1869

    No external source identified

  52. Vahan Tekeyan

    poet, writer

    1878–1945 · aged 67

    January 21 · 1878

    Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia

  53. Amela Terzić

    athletics competitor

    33 years old

    January 2 · 1993

    Source: World Athletics database

  54. Coşkun Özarı

    association football player, association football coach

    1931–2011 · aged 80

    January 4 · 1931

    No external source identified

  55. Dixie Dunbar

    film actor, singer

    1919–1991 · aged 72

    January 19 · 1919

    Source: BnF authorities

  56. Victoria Givens

    pornographic film actor, film director

    56 years old

    January 14 · 1970

    Source: IMDb

  57. Keith Greene

    racing driver, Formula One driver

    1938–2021 · aged 83

    January 5 · 1938

    No external source identified

  58. Jonathan Cantwell

    sport cyclist

    1982–2018 · aged 36

    January 8 · 1982

    No external source identified

  59. Boris Verlinsky

    chess player

    1888–1950 · aged 62

    January 8 · 1888

    No external source identified

  60. Gaëtan Poussin

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 13 · 1999

    No external source identified

  61. Fujiwara no Morosuke

    politician

    909–960 · aged 51

    January 16 · 909

    No external source identified

  62. Gejus van der Meulen

    association football player, physician

    1903–1972 · aged 69

    January 23 · 1903

    Source: FBref

  63. Ghazala Javed

    singer

    1988–2012 · aged 24

    January 1 · 1988

    No external source identified

  64. Kirsten Klose

    athletics competitor

    49 years old

    January 21 · 1977

    Source: World Athletics database

  65. Danijel Subotić*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  66. Anne Oldfield

    actor

    1683–1730 · aged 47

    January 1 · 1683

    Source: BnF authorities

  67. Indira Nath

    pathologist, immunologist

    1938–2021 · aged 83

    January 14 · 1938

    Source: Women Scientists in India: Lives, Struggles and Achievements

  68. Rasul Chunayev

    amateur wrestler

    35 years old

    January 7 · 1991

    No external source identified

  69. Raúl Castronovo

    association football player

    1949–2026 · aged 77

    January 11 · 1949

    Source: Transfermarkt

  70. László Deák*

    military officer

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1891

    No external source identified

  71. Albert Lavignac*

    musicologist, university teacher

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1846

    Source: Léonore database

  72. Alex Timossi Andersson

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 19 · 2001

    Source: Transfermarkt

  73. Ousha The Poet

    writer, poet

    1920–2018 · aged 98

    January 1 · 1920

    No external source identified

  74. Albrecht Glaser

    politician, jurist

    84 years old

    January 8 · 1942

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  75. Stuart J. Freedman

    physicist

    1944–2012 · aged 68

    January 13 · 1944

    Source: nasonline.org

  76. Sarkis Kasyan

    statesperson, party organizer

    1876–1937

    January 28 · 1876

    Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

  77. Artūrs Karašausks

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 29 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  78. Erik Pfeifer

    boxer

    39 years old

    January 22 · 1987

    No external source identified

  79. Edward Palmer

    biologist, explorer

    1831–1911 · aged 80

    January 12 · 1831

    Source: snaccooperative.org

  80. Gustav Flatow

    athlete, commercial clerk

    1875–1945 · aged 70

    January 7 · 1875

    Source: The Database of Victims of the Nazi Persecution

  81. Tadeusz Makowski

    painter, poet

    1882–1932 · aged 50

    January 29 · 1882

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  82. Lenita Airisto

    writer, author

    89 years old

    January 1 · 1937

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  83. Jud Larson

    racing driver, Formula One driver

    1923–1966 · aged 43

    January 21 · 1923

    Source: Find a Grave

  84. Joseph Nelson Rose

    botanist, botanical collector

    1862–1928 · aged 66

    January 11 · 1862

    Source: BnF authorities

  85. Shakira Baker

    rugby union player, rugby sevens player

    34 years old

    January 4 · 1992

    No external source identified

  86. Rodrigo Muñoz

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 22 · 1982

    Source: As

  87. Daniel Høegh

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 6 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  88. Ingrid Andree

    performing artist, voice actor

    95 years old

    January 19 · 1931

    Source: filmportal.de

  89. Nicola White

    field hockey player

    38 years old

    January 20 · 1988

    No external source identified

  90. Martin Unrein

    military officer

    1901–1972 · aged 71

    January 1 · 1901

    Source: TracesOfWar

  91. Luki Botha

    Formula One driver, racing driver

    1930–2006 · aged 76

    January 16 · 1930

    No external source identified

  92. Benjamin Nivet

    color commentator, association football player

    49 years old

    January 2 · 1977

    Source: As

  93. Florica Bagdasar

    physician

    1901–1978 · aged 77

    January 24 · 1901

    No external source identified

  94. Froylán Ledezma

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 2 · 1978

    Source: FBref

  95. Benoît Millot

    association football referee

    44 years old

    January 10 · 1982

    No external source identified

  96. Janko Matúška

    writer, poet

    1821–1877 · aged 56

    January 10 · 1821

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  97. Sebastián Pozas Perea

    police officer, politician

    1876–1946

    January 22 · 1876

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  98. József Kiss

    aircraft pilot

    1896–1918 · aged 22

    January 26 · 1896

    No external source identified

  99. Mika Lehkosuo

    association football player, association football coach

    56 years old

    January 8 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  100. Ole Kristian Furuseth

    ski jumper, alpine skier

    59 years old

    January 7 · 1967

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  101. Jorge García*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 13 · 1984

    Source: sofifa.com

  102. Jules Robert Auguste

    sculptor, painter

    1789–1850 · aged 61

    January 5 · 1789

    Source: BnF authorities

  103. Alysha Corrigan

    rugby sevens player, rugby union player

    29 years old

    January 25 · 1997

    Source: olympics.com

  104. Boris Nevzorov

    film director, actor

    1950–2022 · aged 72

    January 18 · 1950

    No external source identified

  105. Yūko Mochizuki

    politician, film actor

    1917–1977 · aged 60

    January 28 · 1917

    Source: SNAC

  106. Louk Sorensen

    tennis player

    41 years old

    January 7 · 1985

    No external source identified

  107. Chen Yanyan

    actor

    1916–1999

    January 12 · 1916

    Source: IMDb

  108. Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli

    sculptor

    1666–1744 · aged 78

    January 11 · 1666

    No external source identified

  109. Sergej Moya*

    screenwriter, film director

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1987

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  110. Maurício Lima*

    beach volleyball player, volleyball player

    Date disputed

    January 27 · 1968

    No external source identified

  111. Davide Cassani

    journalist, sport cyclist

    65 years old

    January 1 · 1961

    Source: davidecassani.it

  112. Giuliano Bugiardini

    painter

    1475–1554

    January 29 · 1475

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  113. François Habeneck

    conductor, music educator

    1781–1849 · aged 68

    January 22 · 1781

    Source: SNAC

  114. Felitciano Zschusschen*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1992

    No external source identified

  115. Enrique Hormazábal

    association football coach, association football player

    1931–1999 · aged 68

    January 6 · 1931

    No external source identified

  116. Aleksandar Ignjovski

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 27 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  117. Merel Freriks

    handball player

    28 years old

    January 6 · 1998

    Source: olympedia.org

  118. Slavko Janevski

    painter, film director

    1920–2000

    January 11 · 1920

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  119. Marcelo González Martín

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1918–2004 · aged 86

    January 16 · 1918

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  120. Frederick Yates

    chess player

    1884–1932 · aged 48

    January 16 · 1884

    Source: SNAC

  121. Abdel Rahman Shalgham

    author, politician

    77 years old

    January 22 · 1949

    No external source identified

  122. Gisela Pulido

    kitesurfer

    32 years old

    January 14 · 1994

    No external source identified

  123. Léo Lima

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 14 · 1982

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  124. José de Jesús Godínez

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 20 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  125. Stephen Mokoka

    athletics competitor, marathon runner

    41 years old

    January 31 · 1985

    Source: World Athletics database

  126. Taras Kacharaba

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 7 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  127. Felipe Aguilar

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 20 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  128. Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde

    jurist, lawyer

    1756–1841 · aged 85

    January 21 · 1756

    Source: Roglo

  129. Elsa Bassermann

    film actor, journalist

    1878–1961 · aged 83

    January 14 · 1878

    Source: filmportal.de

  130. Paulo Vilhena

    actor, model

    47 years old

    January 3 · 1979

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  131. Víctor Bonilla

    association football player

    55 years old

    January 23 · 1971

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  132. Kō Nakahira

    film director, screenwriter

    1926–1978 · aged 52

    January 3 · 1926

    Source: BnF authorities

  133. Andris Liepa

    film producer, ballet master

    64 years old

    January 6 · 1962

    No external source identified

  134. Alessandro Cicognini

    composer, musician

    1906–1995 · aged 89

    January 15 · 1906

    Source: filmportal.de

  135. Abylkhan Kasteev

    painter

    1904–1973 · aged 69

    January 14 · 1904

    No external source identified

  136. Samir Khalil Samir

    Catholic priest, university teacher

    88 years old

    January 10 · 1938

    Source: Babelio

  137. Carl Christian Rafn

    university teacher, translator

    1795–1864 · aged 69

    January 16 · 1795

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  138. Nika Kacharava

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 13 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  139. Tuuli Tomingas

    biathlete

    31 years old

    January 4 · 1995

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  140. Faris Al-Sultan

    triathlete

    48 years old

    January 21 · 1978

    No external source identified

  141. Anatoly Zhabotinsky

    university teacher, physicist

    1938–2008 · aged 70

    January 17 · 1938

    No external source identified

  142. Fahrettin Kerim Gökay

    politician, neurologist

    1900–1987 · aged 87

    January 9 · 1900

    No external source identified

  143. Kevin Korjus

    racing automobile driver

    33 years old

    January 9 · 1993

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  144. Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi

    athletics competitor

    34 years old

    January 13 · 1992

    Source: World Athletics database

  145. Tomáš Jun

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 17 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  146. Alessandro Piccinini

    lutenist, composer

    1567–1638

    January 9 · 1567

    Source: SNAC

  147. Jozef Migaš

    diplomat, politician

    72 years old

    January 7 · 1954

    No external source identified

  148. Jonna Tervomaa

    basketball player, singer

    53 years old

    January 7 · 1973

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  149. Hippolyte Bellangé

    curator, printmaker

    1800–1866 · aged 66

    January 17 · 1800

    Source: BnF authorities

  150. Ralph Pearson

    university teacher, chemist

    1919–2022 · aged 103

    January 12 · 1919

    Source: BnF authorities

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