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

  1. Josef Ospelt

    politician

    1881–1962 · aged 81

    January 9 · 1881

    No external source identified

  2. Axel Sparre

    textile artist, general field marshal

    1652–1728 · aged 76

    January 9 · 1652

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  3. Guy Wilks

    rally driver

    45 years old

    January 22 · 1981

    No external source identified

  4. Christophe Riblon

    sport cyclist

    45 years old

    January 17 · 1981

    No external source identified

  5. Osama Orabi

    association football player, association football coach

    64 years old

    January 25 · 1962

    Source: resources.fifa.com

  6. Albion Parris

    governor, mayor

    1788–1857 · aged 69

    January 19 · 1788

    Source: SNAC

  7. Petteri Nokelainen

    ice hockey player

    40 years old

    January 16 · 1986

    No external source identified

  8. Christian Keglevits

    association football player, association football coach

    65 years old

    January 29 · 1961

    Source: Salzburgwiki

  9. Kyle Porter

    association football player, association football coach

    36 years old

    January 19 · 1990

    Source: FBref

  10. Sven Vanthourenhout

    sport cyclist

    45 years old

    January 14 · 1981

    No external source identified

  11. Mihai Marinescu

    racing driver, racing automobile driver

    37 years old

    January 25 · 1989

    No external source identified

  12. Luciano Emmer

    film director, director

    1918–2009 · aged 91

    January 19 · 1918

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  13. Une Bastholm

    politician

    40 years old

    January 14 · 1986

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  14. Leo Willis

    actor

    1890–1952 · aged 62

    January 5 · 1890

    No external source identified

  15. Adalbert Steiner

    association football player

    1907–1984 · aged 77

    January 24 · 1907

    Source: National-Football-Teams.com

  16. Dimitar Makriev

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 7 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  17. Xiao Youmei

    music teacher, music educator

    1884–1940 · aged 56

    January 7 · 1884

    No external source identified

  18. Salma Amani*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1989

    Source: Soccerway

  19. Roman Brandstaetter

    diplomat, writer

    1906–1987 · aged 81

    January 3 · 1906

    Source: SNAC

  20. Jonas Černius

    head of government, engineer

    1898–1977 · aged 79

    January 6 · 1898

    Source: generals.dk

  21. Johan Davidsson

    ice hockey player

    50 years old

    January 6 · 1976

    No external source identified

  22. Yury Berezhko

    beach volleyball player, volleyball player

    42 years old

    January 27 · 1984

    No external source identified

  23. Johann Jakob Moser

    jurist, lawyer

    1701–1785 · aged 84

    January 18 · 1701

    Source: Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

  24. Johann Ernst Bach

    chapelmaster, jurist

    1722–1777 · aged 55

    January 28 · 1722

    Source: Musicalics

  25. Walter Kollo

    conductor, musician

    1878–1940 · aged 62

    January 28 · 1878

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Rita Williams

    basketball coach, basketball player

    50 years old

    January 14 · 1976

    No external source identified

  27. Georg Wenker*

    university teacher, academic librarian

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1852

    No external source identified

  28. Alexander Salák

    ice hockey player

    39 years old

    January 5 · 1987

    No external source identified

  29. Matthew Stewart

    mathematician

    1717–1785 · aged 68

    January 15 · 1717

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  30. Agnė Bilotaitė

    politician

    44 years old

    January 29 · 1982

    No external source identified

  31. Mike Agostini

    athletics competitor, businessperson

    1935–2016 · aged 81

    January 23 · 1935

    No external source identified

  32. Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein

    physician, naturalist

    1723–1795

    January 30 · 1723

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  33. Heini Hemmi

    alpine skier

    77 years old

    January 17 · 1949

    No external source identified

  34. Faruk Çelik

    leader, politician

    70 years old

    January 17 · 1956

    No external source identified

  35. Kamran Mir Hazar

    human rights defender, journalist

    50 years old

    January 3 · 1976

    Source: forfatterkatalogen.no

  36. Zhao Dayu

    businessperson, association football coach

    1961–2015 · aged 54

    January 17 · 1961

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Gene Milford

    film director, film editor

    1902–1991 · aged 89

    January 19 · 1902

    No external source identified

  38. Charles Mooney

    boxer

    75 years old

    January 27 · 1951

    No external source identified

  39. Leo D. Maloney*

    film actor, film producer

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1888

    Source: SNAC

  40. Julián Gayarre

    stage actor, opera singer

    1844–1890 · aged 45

    January 9 · 1844

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  41. Thit Jensen

    writer, journalist

    1876–1957 · aged 81

    January 19 · 1876

    Source: SNAC

  42. Racheal Nachula*

    association football player, athletics competitor

    Date disputed

    January 14 · 1986

    Source: olympic.org

  43. Svetla Dimitrova

    athletics competitor

    56 years old

    January 27 · 1970

    Source: World Athletics database

  44. Heinz Kuttin

    ski jumper, ski jumping coach

    55 years old

    January 5 · 1971

    Source: munzinger.de

  45. Linda Mūrniece*

    politician, businessperson

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1970

    No external source identified

  46. William Henrique

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 28 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  47. Elizabeth Armstrong

    water polo player, swimmer

    43 years old

    January 31 · 1983

    No external source identified

  48. Axel Bakayoko

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 6 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  49. Aleksei Sutormin

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 10 · 1994

    Source: FBref

  50. Tássia Camargo

    television actor, actor

    65 years old

    January 29 · 1961

    Source: IMDb

  51. Pauls Stradiņš

    physician, university teacher

    1896–1958 · aged 62

    January 17 · 1896

    No external source identified

  52. Freda Akosua Prempeh

    politician, marketer

    60 years old

    January 23 · 1966

    Source: parliament.gh

  53. Julie Piga

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 12 · 1998

    Source: Soccerdonna

  54. Jacob van Schuppen*

    teacher, visual artist

    Date disputed

    January 26 · 1670

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  55. Filippo Bonanni

    numismatist, naturalist

    1638–1725 · aged 87

    January 7 · 1638

    Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World

  56. Precious Dede

    association football player, actor

    46 years old

    January 18 · 1980

    Source: Soccerdonna

  57. Yuval Freilich

    fencer

    31 years old

    January 24 · 1995

    Source: Les-Sports.info

  58. Walton Eller

    sport shooter

    44 years old

    January 6 · 1982

    No external source identified

  59. Matti Kassila

    actor, film director

    1924–2018 · aged 94

    January 12 · 1924

    Source: SNAC

  60. Javier Valle Riestra

    jurist, civil servant

    1932–2024 · aged 92

    January 5 · 1932

    Source: infogob.jne.gob.pe

  61. Samuele Ceccarelli

    athletics competitor, athlete

    26 years old

    January 9 · 2000

    No external source identified

  62. John Bright

    screenwriter, costume designer

    1908–1989

    January 1 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  63. Mieczysława Ćwiklińska

    opera singer, actor

    1879–1972 · aged 93

    January 1 · 1879

    Source: janek.czarnieckiego.pl

  64. Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

    university teacher, screenwriter

    1942–2020 · aged 77

    January 22 · 1942

    Source: filmportal.de

  65. Fritz Künzli

    association football player, restaurateur

    1946–2019 · aged 73

    January 8 · 1946

    Source: FBref

  66. Franka Dietzsch

    athletics competitor

    58 years old

    January 22 · 1968

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  67. Adolf, Duke of Bavaria

    sovereign

    1434–1441 · aged 7

    January 16 · 1434

    No external source identified

  68. Natik Hashim

    association football coach, association football player

    1960–2004 · aged 44

    January 15 · 1960

    Source: FBref

  69. Josef Skupa

    actor, theatre manager

    1892–1957 · aged 64

    January 16 · 1892

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  70. Nora-Eugenie Gomringer

    writer, poet

    46 years old

    January 26 · 1980

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  71. Ladislav Maier

    association football player

    60 years old

    January 4 · 1966

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  72. Xhanfize Keko

    film editor, film director

    1928–2007 · aged 79

    January 27 · 1928

    No external source identified

  73. Ole Erevik

    handball player

    45 years old

    January 9 · 1981

    No external source identified

  74. Rasmus Jönsson

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 27 · 1990

    Source: As

  75. Alaba Lawson

    writer, business magnate

    1951–2023 · aged 72

    January 18 · 1951

    No external source identified

  76. Danny Bejarano

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 3 · 1994

    Source: FBref

  77. Vsevolod Nestaiko

    young adult author, children's writer

    1930–2014 · aged 84

    January 30 · 1930

    No external source identified

  78. Oscar Möller

    ice hockey player

    37 years old

    January 22 · 1989

    No external source identified

  79. Katarzyna Nowak

    tennis player

    57 years old

    January 13 · 1969

    Source: WTA website

  80. Shōshi-naishinnō

    1027–1105 · aged 78

    January 25 · 1027

    No external source identified

  81. Stefani Kiryakova

    rhythmic gymnast

    25 years old

    January 5 · 2001

    Source: olympedia.org

  82. Marie-Therese Obst

    athletics competitor

    30 years old

    January 7 · 1996

    Source: magasinetfriidrett.no

  83. Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten*

    aristocrat, general field marshal

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1661

    No external source identified

  84. Eugène Brieux

    playwright, journalist

    1858–1932 · aged 74

    January 19 · 1858

    Source: SNAC

  85. Maximilian Riedmüller

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 4 · 1988

    Source: As

  86. Sandro Viletta

    alpine skier

    40 years old

    January 23 · 1986

    No external source identified

  87. Lena Hjelm-Wallén

    diplomat, politician

    83 years old

    January 14 · 1943

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  88. Gert Weil

    coach, athletics competitor

    66 years old

    January 3 · 1960

    Source: World Athletics database

  89. Ihor Shevchenko

    politician, lawyer

    55 years old

    January 10 · 1971

    No external source identified

  90. Huang Sui

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    44 years old

    January 8 · 1982

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  91. Charles B. Cory

    scientific collector, ornithologist

    1857–1921 · aged 64

    January 31 · 1857

    Source: SNAC

  92. Branislav Pokrajac

    handball coach, handball player

    1947–2018 · aged 71

    January 27 · 1947

    No external source identified

  93. Mario Riva

    television presenter, film actor

    1913–1960 · aged 47

    January 26 · 1913

    Source: IMDb

  94. Marco Torsiglieri

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 12 · 1988

    Source: FBref

  95. Bohumil Váňa

    table tennis player

    1920–1989 · aged 69

    January 17 · 1920

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  96. Jean-Michel Atlan

    philosopher, lithographer

    1913–1960 · aged 47

    January 23 · 1913

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  97. Ildar Hafizov

    amateur wrestler

    38 years old

    January 30 · 1988

    No external source identified

  98. Thomas T. Moulton

    engineer, audio engineer

    1896–1967 · aged 71

    January 1 · 1896

    Source: SNAC

  99. Astrid Cleve

    biologist, chemist

    1875–1968 · aged 93

    January 22 · 1875

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  100. Onat Kutlar

    poet, journalist

    1936–1995 · aged 58

    January 25 · 1936

    Source: IMDb

  101. Valeriy Andriytsev

    amateur wrestler

    39 years old

    January 27 · 1987

    No external source identified

  102. Guido Bontempi

    sport cyclist

    66 years old

    January 12 · 1960

    No external source identified

  103. Francisco José Sánchez Rodríguez

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 3 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  104. Léon Halévy

    playwright, poet

    1802–1883 · aged 81

    January 4 · 1802

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  105. Feo Aladag

    film director, actor

    54 years old

    January 13 · 1972

    Source: filmportal.de

  106. Vladimir Fortov

    minister, university teacher

    1946–2020 · aged 74

    January 23 · 1946

    No external source identified

  107. Petras Vileišis

    civil engineer, public figure

    1851–1926 · aged 75

    January 25 · 1851

    Source: BnF authorities

  108. John McLean

    athletics competitor, track and field coach

    1878–1955 · aged 77

    January 10 · 1878

    No external source identified

  109. Narciso Orellana

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 28 · 1995

    Source: FBref

  110. Michelle French

    association football coach, association football player

    49 years old

    January 27 · 1977

    No external source identified

  111. Ghislaine Dupont

    war correspondent, journalist

    1956–2013 · aged 57

    January 13 · 1956

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  112. Elzo Coelho

    association football player

    65 years old

    January 22 · 1961

    Source: Transfermarkt

  113. Howard Cedar

    molecular biologist, biochemist

    83 years old

    January 12 · 1943

    No external source identified

  114. Ruslan Albegov

    weightlifter

    38 years old

    January 26 · 1988

    No external source identified

  115. Avishay Braverman

    politician, economist

    78 years old

    January 15 · 1948

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  116. Alaa Mayhoub

    association football coach, association football player

    64 years old

    January 9 · 1962

    Source: Transfermarkt

  117. Emiliano Armenteros

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 18 · 1986

    Source: FBref

  118. Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah

    politician

    62 years old

    January 23 · 1964

    Source: parliament.gh

  119. Martin Lauer

    singer, mechanical engineer

    1937–2019 · aged 82

    January 2 · 1937

    Source: Discogs

  120. H. Alexander Smith

    lawyer, film editor

    1880–1966 · aged 86

    January 30 · 1880

    Source: SNAC

  121. Matija Čop

    linguist, librarian

    1797–1835 · aged 38

    January 26 · 1797

    Source: Zschop, Matthias (BLKÖ)

  122. Roger Vercel

    writer, novelist

    1894–1957 · aged 63

    January 8 · 1894

    Source: Babelio

  123. Asahi Sasaki

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 26 · 2000

    No external source identified

  124. Alexandra Ovchinnikova

    historian, politician

    1915–2009 · aged 94

    January 7 · 1915

    No external source identified

  125. Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer

    biblical scholar, Protestant theologian

    1800–1873 · aged 73

    January 10 · 1800

    Source: BnF authorities

  126. Mieczysław Jagielski

    politician, economist

    1924–1997 · aged 73

    January 12 · 1924

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  127. Alexey Dushkin

    architect

    1904–1977 · aged 73

    January 6 · 1904

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  128. Bouchaib El Moubarki

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 12 · 1978

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  129. Kauldi Odriozola

    handball player

    29 years old

    January 7 · 1997

    No external source identified

  130. Alberto Gerchunoff

    writer, journalist

    1883–1950 · aged 67

    January 1 · 1883

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  131. Tri Kusharyanto

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    52 years old

    January 18 · 1974

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  132. Dmitri Chistyakov

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 13 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  133. Pablo de Olavide

    politician, writer

    1725–1803 · aged 78

    January 25 · 1725

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  134. Gordon Hollingshead

    film producer, actor

    1892–1952 · aged 60

    January 8 · 1892

    No external source identified

  135. Violet Heming

    actor, film actor

    1895–1981 · aged 86

    January 27 · 1895

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  136. Serena Ortolani

    volleyball player, beach volleyball player

    39 years old

    January 7 · 1987

    Source: Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile

  137. Shelda Bede

    beach volleyball player, volleyball player

    53 years old

    January 1 · 1973

    No external source identified

  138. Sam Kersten

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 30 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  139. Brian Joseph Dunn

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    71 years old

    January 8 · 1955

    Source: GCatholic.org

  140. Yevgeny Babich

    association football player, ice hockey player

    1921–1972 · aged 51

    January 7 · 1921

    No external source identified

  141. Jānis Sprukts

    ice hockey player

    44 years old

    January 31 · 1982

    Source: iihf.com

  142. Johannes Siberechts*

    painter, draftsperson

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1627

    No external source identified

  143. Anna Margolin

    writer, poet

    1887–1952 · aged 65

    January 21 · 1887

    Source: BnF authorities

  144. Rimas Tuminas

    director, theatre director

    1952–2024 · aged 72

    January 20 · 1952

    No external source identified

  145. Aleksander Wojtkiewicz

    chess player

    1963–2006 · aged 43

    January 15 · 1963

    No external source identified

  146. Helen Mack Chang

    human rights defender

    74 years old

    January 19 · 1952

    No external source identified

  147. Zakarya Bergdich

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 7 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  148. Michael Yano

    composer, lyricist

    47 years old

    January 22 · 1979

    No external source identified

  149. Adolfo Hirsch

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 31 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  150. José Francisco Cevallos

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 18 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

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