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

  1. Antonio Albacete

    racing automobile driver, engineer

    61 years old

    January 15 · 1965

    No external source identified

  2. Dries Wouters

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 28 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  3. Francesca Lo Schiavo

    production designer, painter

    78 years old

    January 11 · 1948

    Source: IMDb

  4. Marcelo Cirino

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 22 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  5. Levan Varshalomidze

    politician, director

    54 years old

    January 17 · 1972

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  6. Abel Posse

    politician, essayist

    1934–2023 · aged 89

    January 7 · 1934

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  7. Augusta Webster

    poet, translator

    1837–1894 · aged 57

    January 30 · 1837

    Source: BnF authorities

  8. Hossein Tavakkoli

    weightlifter

    48 years old

    January 10 · 1978

    No external source identified

  9. Kinji Imanishi

    entomologist, university teacher

    1902–1992 · aged 90

    January 6 · 1902

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. Sylvester Shchedrin*

    painter

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1791

    Source: Artists of the World

  11. Osmar Ferreyra

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 9 · 1983

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  12. Marat Bikmaev

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 1 · 1986

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  13. John V. Evans

    politician

    1925–2014 · aged 89

    January 18 · 1925

    Source: Find a Grave

  14. Gabriela Orvošová

    volleyball player

    25 years old

    January 28 · 2001

    No external source identified

  15. Bruno Kastner*

    stage actor, film actor

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1891

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Nicolas Haas

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 23 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  17. Charles-Guillaume Étienne*

    writer, journalist

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1777

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Alfred Barye

    sculptor

    1839–1895

    January 21 · 1839

    Source: Artnet

  19. Joycelyn Tetteh

    politician, manager

    38 years old

    January 10 · 1988

    Source: parliament.gh

  20. Axel Rodrigues de Arruda

    association football coach, association football player

    56 years old

    January 9 · 1970

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  21. Wangay Dorji

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 9 · 1974

    Source: FBref

  22. Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic

    writer, art critic

    1871–1951 · aged 80

    January 24 · 1871

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  23. Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck

    military personnel, military officer

    1897–1979 · aged 82

    January 10 · 1897

    No external source identified

  24. Veikko Karvonen

    marathon runner, long-distance runner

    1926–2007 · aged 81

    January 5 · 1926

    No external source identified

  25. Heinz Zemanek

    computer scientist, university teacher

    1920–2014 · aged 94

    January 1 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Bertus de Harder

    association football coach, association football player

    1920–1982 · aged 62

    January 14 · 1920

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  27. Svein Oddvar Moen

    association football referee

    47 years old

    January 22 · 1979

    No external source identified

  28. Iyayi Atiemwen

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 24 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  29. Pavel Snurnitsyn

    ice hockey player

    1992–2011 · aged 19

    January 10 · 1992

    No external source identified

  30. Erwann Le Péchoux

    fencer, fencing coach

    44 years old

    January 13 · 1982

    No external source identified

  31. Pavel Liška*

    screenwriter, stage actor

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1972

    Source: host.divadlo.cz

  32. Ilma Rakusa

    slavist, playwright

    80 years old

    January 2 · 1946

    Source: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartsliteratur

  33. Rogério Moraes Ferreira

    handball player

    32 years old

    January 11 · 1994

    Source: THW Kiel

  34. Ryan Thompson

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 7 · 1985

    Source: uslchampionship.com

  35. Dmitri Galiamin

    association football coach, association football player

    63 years old

    January 8 · 1963

    Source: FBref

  36. Mario Capanna

    writer, politician

    81 years old

    January 10 · 1945

    No external source identified

  37. Florian Jungwirth

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 27 · 1989

    Source: As

  38. António Frasco

    association football coach, association football player

    71 years old

    January 16 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  39. Igor Astapkovich

    hammer thrower

    63 years old

    January 4 · 1963

    Source: World Athletics database

  40. Hildegard Burjan

    politician

    1883–1933 · aged 50

    January 30 · 1883

    Source: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950

  41. Raphaël Confiant

    professor, writer

    75 years old

    January 25 · 1951

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  42. Vicente Guterres

    university teacher, politician

    71 years old

    January 22 · 1955

    No external source identified

  43. Ida Holz

    researcher, engineer

    91 years old

    January 30 · 1935

    No external source identified

  44. Alexey Gribov

    pedagogue, actor

    1902–1977 · aged 75

    January 31 · 1902

    No external source identified

  45. José Francisco Bermúdez

    revolutionary, military personnel

    1782–1831 · aged 49

    January 23 · 1782

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  46. Carl Gottlieb Reissiger

    violinist, conductor

    1798–1859 · aged 61

    January 31 · 1798

    Source: SNAC

  47. Victor Westerholm

    painter

    1860–1919 · aged 59

    January 4 · 1860

    Source: Westerholm, Victor

  48. Marfa Rabkova

    human rights defender, political prisoner

    31 years old

    January 6 · 1995

    Source: prisoners.spring96.org

  49. Aleksander Świętochowski

    dramaturge, philosopher

    1849–1938 · aged 89

    January 18 · 1849

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  50. Bibi Johns

    singer, film actor

    97 years old

    January 21 · 1929

    Source: filmportal.de

  51. Odile van Aanholt

    sailor

    28 years old

    January 14 · 1998

    Source: World Sailing

  52. Omar Midani

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 26 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. William McMillan

    sport shooter, military officer

    1929–2000 · aged 71

    January 29 · 1929

    No external source identified

  54. Thomas Jaggar

    geologist, volcanologist

    1871–1953 · aged 81

    January 24 · 1871

    Source: SNAC

  55. Sylvie Bernier

    competitive diver

    62 years old

    January 31 · 1964

    Source: Roglo

  56. María Payá Acevedo

    human rights defender

    37 years old

    January 10 · 1989

    No external source identified

  57. Robin Wood

    comics writer, screenwriter

    1944–2021 · aged 77

    January 24 · 1944

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  58. Yuliya Chermoshanskaya

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    40 years old

    January 6 · 1986

    Source: World Athletics database

  59. Elizaveta Kruglikova

    printmaker, painter

    1865–1941 · aged 76

    January 31 · 1865

    Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century

  60. Daniil Lesovoy

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 12 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  61. Anna Golubkina

    sculptor

    1864–1927 · aged 63

    January 28 · 1864

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

  62. Erwin Frink Smith

    botanical collector, microbiologist

    1854–1927 · aged 73

    January 21 · 1854

    Source: SNAC

  63. Jens Esmark

    mineralogist, geologist

    1763–1839 · aged 75

    January 31 · 1763

    Source: Q23297102

  64. Giorgio Frezzolini

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 21 · 1976

    Source: As

  65. Sebastian Schindzielorz

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 21 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  66. Francesco Panetta

    athletics competitor, long-distance runner

    63 years old

    January 10 · 1963

    Source: World Athletics database

  67. Ushangi Kokauri

    judoka

    34 years old

    January 10 · 1992

    Source: olympedia.org

  68. Demetrius Ferreira

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 19 · 1974

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  69. Princess Katharina of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst

    1817–1893 · aged 76

    January 19 · 1817

    No external source identified

  70. Jules Lapierre

    cross-country skier

    30 years old

    January 2 · 1996

    No external source identified

  71. Reinhard Sorge

    poet, playwright

    1892–1916 · aged 24

    January 29 · 1892

    Source: BnF authorities

  72. Trevor Edwards

    association football player, association football coach

    1937–2024 · aged 87

    January 24 · 1937

    No external source identified

  73. Jordy Monroy

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 3 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  74. Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg*

    painter

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1833

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  75. Mariusz Zaruski

    painter, military officer

    1867–1941 · aged 74

    January 31 · 1867

    No external source identified

  76. Amadou Dia Ndiaye

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 2 · 2000

    Source: FBref

  77. Stefan Stratimirović*

    historian, archbishop

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1758

    Source: Stratimirovic, Stephan von (BLKÖ)

  78. Lloyd Whitlock

    actor

    1891–1965

    January 2 · 1891

    Source: BnF authorities

  79. Brooke Donoghue

    rower

    31 years old

    January 6 · 1995

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  80. Antti Kalliomäki

    pole vaulter, politician

    79 years old

    January 8 · 1947

    No external source identified

  81. Heiko Schaffartzik

    basketball player

    42 years old

    January 3 · 1984

    Source: FIBA database

  82. Lee Slater Overman

    politician, lawyer

    1854–1930 · aged 76

    January 3 · 1854

    Source: Find a Grave

  83. Leonel Miranda

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 7 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  84. Jacques Ferron

    politician, medic

    1921–1985 · aged 64

    January 20 · 1921

    Source: Babelio

  85. Ricardo Matias Verón

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 22 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  86. Louis Caravaque

    painter

    1684–1754 · aged 70

    January 31 · 1684

    Source: RKDartists

  87. Lawrence Palmer

    ice hockey player

    88 years old

    January 7 · 1938

    No external source identified

  88. Jung Jin-sun

    fencer

    42 years old

    January 24 · 1984

    No external source identified

  89. Alexander Kozlov

    politician

    45 years old

    January 2 · 1981

    No external source identified

  90. Hernán Rodrigo López

    association football coach, association football player

    48 years old

    January 21 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  91. Ken Jones

    association football player, journalist

    1936–2013 · aged 77

    January 2 · 1936

    No external source identified

  92. Masaaki Sawanobori

    association football player

    56 years old

    January 12 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  93. Giovanni Lapentti

    tennis player

    43 years old

    January 25 · 1983

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  94. Daylon Claasen

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 28 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  95. Martin Deutsch*

    university teacher, physicist

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1917

    Source: SNAC

  96. Andrea Norheim

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 30 · 1999

    Source: Soccerdonna

  97. Jeroen Piket

    chess player

    57 years old

    January 27 · 1969

    No external source identified

  98. Arvid Adolf Etholén

    politician, explorer

    1799–1876 · aged 77

    January 9 · 1799

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  99. Timo Rautiainen

    songwriter, singer

    63 years old

    January 25 · 1963

    No external source identified

  100. Jan de Vries

    motorcycle racer

    1944–2021 · aged 77

    January 5 · 1944

    No external source identified

  101. Sanna Nyassi

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 31 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  102. Adriano Vieira Louzada

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 3 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  103. Erica Fischer

    translator, activist

    83 years old

    January 1 · 1943

    Source: Babelio

  104. Matej Mavrič

    association football coach, association football player

    47 years old

    January 29 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  105. Edward Flatau

    physician, neurologist

    1869–1932 · aged 63

    January 8 · 1869

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  106. Julie Wolfthorn

    painter, graphic artist

    1864–1944 · aged 80

    January 8 · 1864

    Source: The Database of Victims of the Nazi Persecution

  107. Gladys Kessler

    judge, lawyer

    1938–2023 · aged 85

    January 22 · 1938

    Source: SNAC

  108. Mai Meneses

    singer

    48 years old

    January 4 · 1978

    No external source identified

  109. Riina Sikkut

    politician

    43 years old

    January 12 · 1983

    No external source identified

  110. Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder

    musician, composer

    1543–1588 · aged 45

    January 18 · 1543

    Source: SNAC

  111. Guo Qi

    chess player

    31 years old

    January 27 · 1995

    No external source identified

  112. Richard Vogt

    engineer, boxer

    1913–1988 · aged 75

    January 26 · 1913

    Source: filmportal.de

  113. Waldemar Skrzypczak

    civil servant, military commander

    1956–2025 · aged 69

    January 19 · 1956

    Source: Prabook

  114. Rudolf Mauersberger

    church musician, choir director

    1889–1971 · aged 82

    January 29 · 1889

    Source: BnF authorities

  115. Hamdi Kasraoui

    association football player, association football coach

    43 years old

    January 18 · 1983

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  116. Erich Bloch

    engineer, computer scientist

    1925–2016 · aged 91

    January 9 · 1925

    No external source identified

  117. Colette Guillaumin

    sociologist

    1934–2017 · aged 83

    January 28 · 1934

    Source: BnF authorities

  118. André Gueye

    Catholic priest, Catholic deacon

    59 years old

    January 6 · 1967

    No external source identified

  119. Chen Xiexia

    weightlifter

    43 years old

    January 8 · 1983

    No external source identified

  120. Daniel McLay

    sport cyclist

    34 years old

    January 3 · 1992

    Source: procyclingstats.com

  121. Jesse February

    chess player

    29 years old

    January 28 · 1997

    Source: chessgames.com

  122. Ray Gaddis

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 13 · 1990

    Source: FBref

  123. Lionel Emmett

    field hockey player

    1913–1996 · aged 83

    January 8 · 1913

    No external source identified

  124. Joshua Hill

    lawyer, politician

    1812–1891 · aged 79

    January 10 · 1812

    Source: SNAC

  125. Jamel Aït Ben Idir

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 10 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  126. Hélène Hesters

    sport cyclist

    21 years old

    January 3 · 2005

    No external source identified

  127. Heinrich Albertz

    parson, theologian

    1915–1993 · aged 78

    January 22 · 1915

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  128. Maret Ani

    tennis player

    44 years old

    January 31 · 1982

    Source: WTA website

  129. Pierre Carrier-Belleuse*

    painter

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1851

    Source: Léonore database

  130. Volha Kavalkova

    politician, political scientist

    42 years old

    January 26 · 1984

    No external source identified

  131. Vasco Graça Moura

    poet lawyer, poet

    1942–2014 · aged 72

    January 3 · 1942

    Source: BnF authorities

  132. Xu Shilin

    tennis player

    28 years old

    January 10 · 1998

    Source: WTA website

  133. Monica Wilson

    anthropologist

    1908–1982 · aged 74

    January 3 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  134. Heinrich Hofmann

    pianist, composer

    1842–1902 · aged 60

    January 13 · 1842

    Source: Musicalics

  135. Daniel Gordon

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 16 · 1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  136. Gian-Luca Itter

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 5 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  137. Henrico Drost

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 21 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  138. Murad Umakhanov

    amateur wrestler

    49 years old

    January 3 · 1977

    No external source identified

  139. Zouheir Dhaouadi

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 1 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  140. Bengt Sæternes

    association football coach, association football player

    51 years old

    January 1 · 1975

    Source: FBref

  141. Kariem Hussein

    athletics competitor

    37 years old

    January 4 · 1989

    Source: World Athletics database

  142. Michael Woolfson

    physicist, astronomer

    1927–2019 · aged 92

    January 9 · 1927

    No external source identified

  143. Cynthia Bolingo

    athletics competitor

    33 years old

    January 12 · 1993

    Source: World Athletics database

  144. Reinhard Saftig

    association football player, association football coach

    74 years old

    January 23 · 1952

    No external source identified

  145. Afsaneh Bayegan

    actor

    65 years old

    January 2 · 1961

    Source: IMDb

  146. Arif Yunus

    historian, human rights defender

    71 years old

    January 12 · 1955

    Source: MAK

  147. Rafael Gómez Nieto

    military personnel, cobbler

    1921–2020 · aged 99

    January 21 · 1921

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  148. Sergei Rudenko*

    archaeologist, anthropologist

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1885

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  149. Vega Gimeno

    basketball player

    35 years old

    January 8 · 1991

    Source: FIBA database

  150. Louis Cools-Lartigue

    politician

    1905–1993 · aged 88

    January 18 · 1905

    No external source identified

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