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

Alexander Joseph Brunett
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1934–2020 · aged 86
January 17 · 1934
No external source identified
Kiatprawut Saiwaeo
association football player
40 years old
January 24 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Christina Piper*
entrepreneur
Date disputed
January 1 · 1673
Source: Nationalencyklopedin
Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke
romanist, linguist
1861–1936 · aged 75
January 30 · 1861
Source: Integrated Authority File
George Van Biesbroeck
astronomer
1880–1974 · aged 94
January 21 · 1880
Source: SNAC
Alfred Baudrillart
Catholic priest, writer
1859–1942 · aged 83
January 6 · 1859
Source: SNAC
Edvard Persson
screenwriter, film director
1888–1957 · aged 69
January 17 · 1888
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Pedro Benítez
association football coach, association football player
1901–1974 · aged 73
January 12 · 1901
Source: Transfermarkt
Sarah Tait
rower
1983–2016 · aged 33
January 23 · 1983
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Fred Degazon
politician
1913–2008 · aged 95
January 4 · 1913
No external source identified
Vasile Stîngă
handball coach, handball player
69 years old
January 21 · 1957
No external source identified
Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki
minister, military personnel
1778–1846 · aged 68
January 16 · 1778
Source: Integrated Authority File
David García de la Cruz
association football player
45 years old
January 16 · 1981
Source: Transfermarkt
Susi Erdmann
bobsledder, athlete
58 years old
January 29 · 1968
No external source identified
Amadeus William Grabau
university teacher, geologist
1870–1946 · aged 76
January 9 · 1870
Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Giuseppe Bonito
painter
1707–1789 · aged 82
January 11 · 1707
No external source identified
Károly Fogl
association football player, association football coach
1895–1969 · aged 73
January 19 · 1895
Source: Transfermarkt
Tang Yongshu
badminton player, Olympic competitor
51 years old
January 5 · 1975
Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com
Eduard Imhof
geologist, painter
1895–1986 · aged 91
January 25 · 1895
Source: SIKART
Kakichi Mitsukuri
marine biologist, zoologist
1857–1909 · aged 52
January 15 · 1857
Source: nadsdiptera.org
Ivan Lacković Croata
painter
1932–2004 · aged 72
January 1 · 1932
Source: Le Delarge
Svetlana Sorokina
journalist, presenter
69 years old
January 15 · 1957
No external source identified
Charles Hefferon*
marathon runner
Date disputed
January 25 · 1878
No external source identified
George Bellas Greenough
geologist, politician
1778–1855 · aged 77
January 18 · 1778
Source: MAK
Stanislav Moskvin
sport cyclist
1939–2025 · aged 86
January 19 · 1939
No external source identified
Fatih Dönmez
politician
61 years old
January 1 · 1965
No external source identified
Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś
speed skater
46 years old
January 1 · 1980
No external source identified
Pablo Migliore
association football player
44 years old
January 27 · 1982
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Res Jost
university teacher, physicist
1918–1990 · aged 72
January 10 · 1918
Source: SNAC
Walther Leisler Kiep
politician
1926–2016 · aged 90
January 5 · 1926
Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag
Jonathan Copete
association football player
38 years old
January 23 · 1988
Source: Transfermarkt
Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken
politician
1745–1794 · aged 49
January 3 · 1745
Source: lagis-hessen.de
Egide Walschaerts
engineer
1820–1901 · aged 81
January 21 · 1820
Source: odis.be
Iván Pérez Muñoz
association football player
50 years old
January 29 · 1976
Source: FBref
Lou Jones
sprinter
1932–2006 · aged 74
January 15 · 1932
Source: Find a Grave
Thomas Bruns
association football player
34 years old
January 7 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Adam Ledwoń
association football player
1974–2008 · aged 34
January 15 · 1974
Source: FBref
Wolf Gold
rabbi
1889–1956 · aged 67
January 31 · 1889
Source: Orthodox Judaism in America: A Bibliographical Dictionary and Sourcebook
Vilnis Edvīns Bresis
banker, politician
1938–2017 · aged 79
January 30 · 1938
No external source identified
Bojan Tokič
table tennis player
45 years old
January 13 · 1981
No external source identified
Juan Crisóstomo Torrico
diplomat, military personnel
1808–1875 · aged 67
January 21 · 1808
No external source identified
Clint Roberts
politician
1935–2017 · aged 82
January 30 · 1935
Source: Find a Grave
Bruno Arcari
boxer
84 years old
January 1 · 1942
No external source identified
Robert Alexander Hillingford*
painter
Date disputed
January 28 · 1828
Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists
Alexander Kopacz
bobsledder
36 years old
January 26 · 1990
No external source identified
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
director, film critic
1925–1987 · aged 62
January 31 · 1925
No external source identified
Vincenzo Riccati
physicist, mathematician
1707–1775 · aged 68
January 11 · 1707
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Deni Alar
association football player
36 years old
January 18 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Hristo Zlatinski
association football player, association football coach
41 years old
January 22 · 1985
Source: FBref
Lilly Steinschneider
aircraft pilot
1891–1975 · aged 84
January 13 · 1891
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Tobias Steinhauser
sport cyclist
54 years old
January 27 · 1972
No external source identified
Pinkas Braun
film screenwriter, actor
1923–2008 · aged 85
January 7 · 1923
Source: Integrated Authority File
Raimundo Fernández Villaverde
minister, politician
1848–1905 · aged 57
January 20 · 1848
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Jacob Spon
archaeologist, physician
1647–1685 · aged 38
January 7 · 1647
Source: Croatian Encyclopedia
Jean Lhermitte
neurologist, psychiatrist
1877–1959 · aged 82
January 20 · 1877
Source: GeneaStar
Yana Maksimava
athletics competitor
37 years old
January 9 · 1989
Source: World Athletics database
Srđan Andrić
association football player
46 years old
January 5 · 1980
Source: FBref
Lukas Pöstlberger
sport cyclist
34 years old
January 10 · 1992
No external source identified
Vjekoslav Kobešćak
water polo player
52 years old
January 20 · 1974
No external source identified
Javur Jagadeeshappa Shobha
athletics competitor
48 years old
January 14 · 1978
Source: World Athletics database
Ángelo Araos*
association football player
Date disputed
January 6 · 1997
Source: FBref
Ahmed Ben Salah
union member, trade unionist
1926–2020 · aged 94
January 13 · 1926
Source: Munzinger Personen
Mercy Kuttan*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
January 1 · 1960
No external source identified
Amar Benikhlef
judoka
44 years old
January 11 · 1982
Source: JudoInside.com
Senedu Gebru
teacher, writer
1916–2009 · aged 93
January 13 · 1916
No external source identified
William Nylander
zoologist, lichenologist
1822–1899 · aged 77
January 3 · 1822
Source: Integrated Authority File
Pierre Renouvin
historian, author
1893–1974 · aged 81
January 9 · 1893
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Amin al-Hafez
politician
1926–2009 · aged 83
January 28 · 1926
Source: Library of Congress Authorities
Sonchat Ratiwatana
tennis player
44 years old
January 23 · 1982
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Ivan Dvorny
basketball player
1952–2015 · aged 63
January 5 · 1952
No external source identified
Wilfried Wesemael
sport cyclist
1950–2026 · aged 76
January 31 · 1950
No external source identified
Penny Whetton
climatologist, trans activist
1958–2019 · aged 61
January 5 · 1958
No external source identified
Kim Jong-boo*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
January 13 · 1965
Source: Soccerway
Claudio Pätz
curler
39 years old
January 7 · 1987
No external source identified
Joana Hählen
alpine skier
34 years old
January 23 · 1992
No external source identified
Leandro Somoza
association football player, association football coach
45 years old
January 26 · 1981
Source: FBref
Karl Hans Strobl
writer, dramaturge
1877–1946 · aged 69
January 18 · 1877
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Adam Krieger
composer
1634–1666 · aged 32
January 7 · 1634
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Lukijan Mušicki
poet, philosopher
1777–1837 · aged 60
January 27 · 1777
No external source identified
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer*
printmaker, draftsperson
Date disputed
January 12 · 1636
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ítalo Estupiñán
association football player
1952–2016 · aged 64
January 1 · 1952
Source: Transfermarkt
Cristiano Banti
painter
1824–1904 · aged 80
January 4 · 1824
Source: SNAC
Maria Ossowska
sociologist, philosopher
1896–1974 · aged 78
January 16 · 1896
Source: Integrated Authority File
Paul Quilès
politician, engineer
1942–2021 · aged 79
January 27 · 1942
Source: French National Directory of Representatives, 9 April 2019
Guy Henry
event rider, dressage rider
1875–1967 · aged 92
January 28 · 1875
Source: SNAC
Alberto Suárez Inda
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
87 years old
January 30 · 1939
No external source identified
Bianca Schmidt
association football player
36 years old
January 23 · 1990
Source: Soccerdonna
Volha Sitnik
Wikimedian, activist
43 years old
January 24 · 1983
No external source identified
Georgi Kaloyanchev
stage actor, film actor
1925–2012 · aged 87
January 13 · 1925
No external source identified
Jean Kalala N'Tumba
association football player
1949–2021 · aged 72
January 7 · 1949
Source: Transfermarkt
Shinji Hosokawa
judoka
66 years old
January 2 · 1960
No external source identified
Aleksander Walmann
singer
40 years old
January 12 · 1986
Source: pantheon.world
Wilhelm Crisolli
military personnel
1895–1944 · aged 49
January 20 · 1895
No external source identified
Joaquín Ardaiz
association football player
27 years old
January 11 · 1999
No external source identified
Ezequiel Cirigliano
association football player, prisoner
34 years old
January 24 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Zheng Zhengqiu
film director, screenwriter
1889–1935 · aged 46
January 25 · 1889
Source: BnF authorities
Ferdinand von Trauttmansdorff*
minister, politician
Date disputed
January 12 · 1749
Source: Trauttmannsdorff-Weinsberg, Ferdinand Fürst (BLKÖ)
Hans Richter
film director, theatre manager
1919–2008 · aged 89
January 12 · 1919
Source: SNAC
Braulio Rodríguez Plaza
Catholic priest, Latin Catholic bishop
82 years old
January 24 · 1944
No external source identified
Ernestine Augusta of Saxe-Weimar
aristocrat
1740–1786 · aged 46
January 4 · 1740
Source: Integrated Authority File
Hans Traut
military officer
1895–1974 · aged 79
January 25 · 1895
No external source identified
Max Llovera
association football player
29 years old
January 8 · 1997
Source: FBref
Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine
politician, lawyer
1787–1871 · aged 84
January 6 · 1787
No external source identified
Federico Luzzi
tennis player
1980–2008 · aged 28
January 3 · 1980
Source: ITF website
Thomas E. Martin
solicitor, analyst
1893–1971 · aged 78
January 18 · 1893
Source: SNAC
Wilbur de Paris
bandleader, conductor
1900–1973 · aged 72
January 11 · 1900
Source: SNAC
Thibault Moulin
association football player
36 years old
January 13 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Xia Xinyi
beach volleyball player
29 years old
January 14 · 1997
No external source identified
Nicolás Bertolo
association football player
40 years old
January 2 · 1986
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Pedro Martín
association football player
34 years old
January 16 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Moritz Michael Daffinger
draftsperson, porcelain painter
1790–1849 · aged 59
January 25 · 1790
Source: Integrated Authority File
Veikko Kankkonen
athlete, ski jumper
86 years old
January 5 · 1940
No external source identified
Koen Geens
lawyer, university teacher
68 years old
January 22 · 1958
No external source identified
Hugo Obermaier
university teacher, historian
1877–1946 · aged 69
January 29 · 1877
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Berta Karlik
physicist, physician
1904–1990 · aged 86
January 14 · 1904
Source: Integrated Authority File
Theresa Lardi Awuni
politician
47 years old
January 2 · 1979
No external source identified
Milan Čič
jurist, politician
1932–2012 · aged 80
January 2 · 1932
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Adolf Jülicher
biblical scholar, theologian
1857–1938 · aged 81
January 26 · 1857
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Paul Wayland Bartlett
sculptor
1865–1925 · aged 60
January 24 · 1865
Source: SNAC
Cedric Dubler
athletics competitor
31 years old
January 13 · 1995
Source: Athletics Australia
Johann Heinrich Zedler
bookseller, publisher
1706–1751 · aged 45
January 7 · 1706
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Kazuko Sawamatsu
tennis player
75 years old
January 5 · 1951
Source: 100 years of Wimbledon
Villy Sørensen
opinion journalist, writer
1929–2001 · aged 72
January 13 · 1929
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Simeon Williamson
bobsledder, athletics competitor
40 years old
January 16 · 1986
Source: IBSF database
Rudolf Bauer
athletics competitor
1879–1932 · aged 53
January 2 · 1879
No external source identified
Franz Fühmann
screenwriter, writer
1922–1984 · aged 62
January 15 · 1922
Source: BnF authorities
Hans Bethge
writer, librettist
1876–1946 · aged 70
January 9 · 1876
Source: Munzinger Personen
Margaret Morton
curler
58 years old
January 29 · 1968
No external source identified
Leslie Bassett*
composer, university teacher
Date disputed
January 22 · 1923
No external source identified
Mikko Niskanen
film producer, film director
1929–1990 · aged 61
January 31 · 1929
Source: SNAC
Georgy Chulkov*
literary scholar, literary critic
Date disputed
January 20 · 1879
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia
Ruth Dwyer
film actor, actor
1898–1978 · aged 80
January 25 · 1898
Source: BnF authorities
Countess Sophie Amalie of Nassau-Siegen
1650–1688 · aged 38
January 20 · 1650
Source: l'Allemagne dynastique Tome III: Brunswick-Nassau-Schwarzbourg
Ivan Bošković
association football coach, association football player
44 years old
January 1 · 1982
No external source identified
Eugen Burg
theatre manager, film actor
1871–1944 · aged 73
January 6 · 1871
Source: Integrated Authority File
Florencio Sánchez
politician, dramaturge
1875–1910 · aged 35
January 17 · 1875
Source: Autores.uy
Nicolás Blandi*
association football player
Date disputed
January 13 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Petra Thümer
swimmer
65 years old
January 29 · 1961
No external source identified
Elsa Rendschmidt
figure skater
1886–1969 · aged 83
January 11 · 1886
Source: Integrated Authority File
Georges Périnal
cinematographer
1897–1965 · aged 68
January 6 · 1897
No external source identified
Jan Sandström
music arranger, musician
72 years old
January 25 · 1954
Source: MAK
João Carlos Batista Pinheiro
association football player, association football coach
1932–2011 · aged 79
January 13 · 1932
Source: oexplorador.com.br
Bobana Veličković
sport shooter
1990–2020 · aged 30
January 25 · 1990
No external source identified
Leandro Desábato
association football player, association football coach
47 years old
January 24 · 1979
Source: As
Jerzy Józef Henryk Potocki*
soldier, military officer
Date disputed
January 21 · 1889
Source: The Peerage
Ljubiša Stevanović
association football player, association football coach
1910–1978 · aged 68
January 4 · 1910
No external source identified
Ettore Marchiafava
politician, pathologist
1847–1935
January 3 · 1847
Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World
Florbela Malaquías
lawyer, writer
67 years old
January 26 · 1959
Source: dw.com
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak
association football coach, association football player
42 years old
January 26 · 1984
No external source identified
Milan Begović
dramaturge, playwright
1876–1948 · aged 72
January 19 · 1876
Source: BnF authorities

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