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

  1. Ivana Rudelić

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 25 · 1992

    Source: worldfootball.net

  2. Romano Denneboom

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 29 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  3. Simon Njami

    art critic, writer

    64 years old

    January 4 · 1962

    No external source identified

  4. Roland Ries

    teacher, pensioner

    81 years old

    January 11 · 1945

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

  5. Stjepan Lamza

    association football player

    1940–2022 · aged 81

    January 23 · 1940

    Source: Transfermarkt

  6. Gregorio Peces-Barba

    university teacher, jurist

    1938–2012 · aged 74

    January 13 · 1938

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  7. Danilo Napolitano

    sport cyclist

    45 years old

    January 31 · 1981

    No external source identified

  8. Friedrich Grünanger*

    architect

    Date disputed

    January 24 · 1856

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Sava II Petrović-Njegoš*

    Eastern Orthodox priest

    Date disputed

    January 18 · 1702

    Source: Find a Grave

  10. Pak Li-sup

    association football player

    82 years old

    January 6 · 1944

    Source: FBref

  11. Markus Berger

    association football player, association football coach

    41 years old

    January 21 · 1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  12. Pepe Soares

    association football player

    1908–1931 · aged 23

    January 30 · 1908

    No external source identified

  13. Émile Prisse d'Avennes

    archaeologist, Egyptologist

    1807–1879 · aged 71

    January 27 · 1807

    Source: Babelio

  14. Bronisław Pawlik

    actor, television actor

    1926–2002 · aged 76

    January 8 · 1926

    Source: BnF authorities

  15. Meri Avidzba

    aircraft pilot, military personnel

    1917–1986 · aged 69

    January 24 · 1917

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  16. Maria Luísa Mendonça

    actor, film director

    56 years old

    January 30 · 1970

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  17. Bernd Heynemann

    politician, association football referee

    72 years old

    January 22 · 1954

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  18. Adrienne Lyle

    dressage rider

    41 years old

    January 2 · 1985

    No external source identified

  19. Nacerdine Drid

    association football player, association football coach

    69 years old

    January 22 · 1957

    Source: FBref

  20. Marcel Schuhen

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 13 · 1993

    Source: As

  21. Frank Erne

    boxer

    1875–1954 · aged 79

    January 8 · 1875

    Source: BnF authorities

  22. Liselotte Landbeck

    figure skater, speed skater

    1916–2013 · aged 97

    January 13 · 1916

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  23. Manish Kaushik

    boxer

    30 years old

    January 11 · 1996

    No external source identified

  24. Stéphan Buckland

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    49 years old

    January 12 · 1977

    No external source identified

  25. Arben Imami

    politician

    68 years old

    January 21 · 1958

    No external source identified

  26. František Junek

    association football player

    1907–1970 · aged 63

    January 17 · 1907

    Source: FBref

  27. Anna Syberg

    painter, artist

    1870–1914 · aged 44

    January 7 · 1870

    Source: api.smk.dk

  28. Mario Bergamaschi

    association football player

    1929–2020 · aged 91

    January 7 · 1929

    Source: Transfermarkt

  29. Karl II Prince of Schwarzenberg

    military commander, military officer

    1802–1858 · aged 56

    January 21 · 1802

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  30. Giuseppe Mazzuoli

    sculptor

    1644–1725 · aged 81

    January 5 · 1644

    Source: RKDartists

  31. Teofilo Spasojević

    association football coach, association football player

    1909–1970 · aged 61

    January 21 · 1909

    No external source identified

  32. Eugen Roth

    editing staff, librettist

    1895–1976 · aged 81

    January 24 · 1895

    Source: SNAC

  33. Tommy Samuelsson

    ice hockey player

    66 years old

    January 12 · 1960

    No external source identified

  34. Christoph Moritz

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 27 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Pieter Timmers

    swimmer

    38 years old

    January 21 · 1988

    No external source identified

  36. Beatrice of Baden

    1492–1535 · aged 43

    January 31 · 1492

    No external source identified

  37. Han Pil-hwa

    politician, speed skater

    84 years old

    January 21 · 1942

    No external source identified

  38. Nikolay Beketov

    university teacher, chemist

    1827–1911 · aged 84

    January 13 · 1827

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  39. Giovanni Cagliero

    Catholic priest, missionary

    1838–1926 · aged 88

    January 11 · 1838

    Source: Find a Grave

  40. Ivan Trush

    anthropologist, art critic

    1869–1941 · aged 72

    January 18 · 1869

    Source: umoloda.kiev.ua

  41. Armando Ribeiro de Aguiar

    association football player, association football coach

    55 years old

    January 16 · 1971

    No external source identified

  42. Melek Hu

    table tennis player

    37 years old

    January 27 · 1989

    No external source identified

  43. Harriet Acland

    nurse

    1750–1815 · aged 65

    January 3 · 1750

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  44. Alfredo Trombetti

    philologist, linguist

    1866–1929 · aged 63

    January 16 · 1866

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  45. Alexander Korolyuk

    ice hockey player

    50 years old

    January 15 · 1976

    No external source identified

  46. Josef Zeman

    association football player, association football coach

    1915–1999 · aged 84

    January 23 · 1915

    Source: Transfermarkt

  47. Corona Schröter

    composer, opera singer

    1751–1802 · aged 51

    January 14 · 1751

    Source: BnF authorities

  48. Nikolay Gulyayev

    speed skater, coach

    60 years old

    January 1 · 1966

    No external source identified

  49. Valeria Ciavatta

    lawyer, politician

    67 years old

    January 16 · 1959

    No external source identified

  50. Cenk İldem

    coach, amateur wrestler

    40 years old

    January 5 · 1986

    No external source identified

  51. Saskia Hippe

    volleyball player

    35 years old

    January 16 · 1991

    No external source identified

  52. Guido Schmidt

    politician, diplomat

    1901–1957 · aged 56

    January 15 · 1901

    No external source identified

  53. Amin Nouri

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 10 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  54. Rayan Helal

    sport cyclist

    27 years old

    January 21 · 1999

    No external source identified

  55. Ali Atalan

    politician

    58 years old

    January 5 · 1968

    No external source identified

  56. Tim Harden

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    52 years old

    January 27 · 1974

    Source: World Athletics database

  57. Sven-Åke Lundbäck

    cross-country skier

    78 years old

    January 26 · 1948

    No external source identified

  58. William Alonso

    economist

    1933–1999 · aged 66

    January 29 · 1933

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  59. David Macbeth Moir

    writer, physician

    1798–1851 · aged 53

    January 5 · 1798

    Source: SNAC

  60. Emilio Sala

    painter

    1850–1910 · aged 60

    January 20 · 1850

    Source: RKDartists

  61. Yutaka Yoshida*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 17 · 1990

    No external source identified

  62. Shakeel Abbasi

    association football player, field hockey player

    42 years old

    January 5 · 1984

    No external source identified

  63. Michele Mitchell

    competitive diver

    64 years old

    January 10 · 1962

    No external source identified

  64. Pierre Lambert de la Motte

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1624–1679 · aged 55

    January 16 · 1624

    Source: BnF authorities

  65. Sammy Crooks

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–1981 · aged 73

    January 16 · 1908

    Source: Transfermarkt

  66. Rajendra Keshavlal Shah

    writer, poet

    1913–2010 · aged 96

    January 28 · 1913

    No external source identified

  67. Elsa Wagner

    stage actor, film actor

    1881–1975 · aged 94

    January 24 · 1881

    Source: Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital

  68. Michał Witkowski

    opinion journalist, literary critic

    51 years old

    January 17 · 1975

    No external source identified

  69. Daniel Keatings

    artistic gymnast

    36 years old

    January 4 · 1990

    No external source identified

  70. Maki Tsukada

    judoka

    44 years old

    January 5 · 1982

    No external source identified

  71. Aloys Grillmeier

    university teacher, Catholic priest

    1910–1998 · aged 88

    January 1 · 1910

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  72. Agnieszka Suchora

    film actor, actor

    58 years old

    January 10 · 1968

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  73. Sun Yingjie

    long-distance runner, marathon runner

    47 years old

    January 19 · 1979

    Source: World Athletics database

  74. Samuel Zauber

    association football player

    1901–1986 · aged 85

    January 9 · 1901

    Source: worldfootball.net

  75. Geraldo Azevedo

    musician, composer

    81 years old

    January 11 · 1945

    Source: MusicBrainz

  76. Nikolay Pukhov

    military officer, statesperson

    1895–1958 · aged 63

    January 25 · 1895

    No external source identified

  77. George Herbig

    astronomer, university teacher

    1920–2013 · aged 93

    January 2 · 1920

    No external source identified

  78. Oleksandr Marchenko

    politician, military personnel

    1965–2022 · aged 57

    January 14 · 1965

    No external source identified

  79. Elisabeth Järnefelt

    salonnière

    1839–1929 · aged 90

    January 11 · 1839

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  80. Adrian Józef Galbas

    Catholic clergyman, religious

    58 years old

    January 26 · 1968

    Source: press.vatican.va

  81. Kevin Kratz

    association football player, association football coach

    39 years old

    January 21 · 1987

    Source: uslchampionship.com

  82. Mehmet Yozgatlı

    association football player, association football coach

    47 years old

    January 9 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  83. Elzan Bibić

    athletics competitor

    27 years old

    January 8 · 1999

    Source: World Athletics database

  84. Auro Jr.

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 23 · 1996

    Source: As

  85. Sandra Speichert

    stage actor, actor

    55 years old

    January 22 · 1971

    Source: filmportal.de

  86. Alfredo dos Santos

    association football player

    1920–1997 · aged 77

    January 1 · 1920

    Source: Transfermarkt

  87. Priscilla Susan Bury

    botanist, scientific illustrator

    1799–1872 · aged 73

    January 12 · 1799

    Source: RKDartists

  88. Julie Ditty

    tennis player

    1979–2021 · aged 42

    January 4 · 1979

    Source: WTA website

  89. Patricia Mazuy

    film director, director

    66 years old

    January 22 · 1960

    Source: BFI Film & TV Database

  90. Gohar Vartanian

    intelligence officer

    1926–2019 · aged 93

    January 25 · 1926

    No external source identified

  91. Kenny Rocha Santos

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 3 · 2000

    Source: FBref

  92. Natalia Sheremeteva

    writer

    1714–1771 · aged 57

    January 28 · 1714

    No external source identified

  93. Bronisław Grąbczewski

    scientist, military officer

    1855–1926 · aged 71

    January 15 · 1855

    No external source identified

  94. Pia Wunderlich

    association football player

    51 years old

    January 26 · 1975

    Source: Soccerdonna

  95. Anastasia Avramidou

    chess player

    26 years old

    January 29 · 2000

    Source: chessgames.com

  96. Todor Kavaldjiev

    economist, politician

    1934–2019 · aged 85

    January 26 · 1934

    No external source identified

  97. Tituš Brezovački

    prebendary, poet

    1757–1805 · aged 48

    January 4 · 1757

    Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon

  98. Carsten Sieling

    trade unionist, industrial management assistant

    67 years old

    January 13 · 1959

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  99. Valery Goborov

    basketball player

    1966–1989 · aged 23

    January 20 · 1966

    Source: FIBA database

  100. Rose Lokonyen*

    athletics competitor

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1993

    Source: World Athletics database

  101. Utkirbek Haydarov

    boxer

    52 years old

    January 25 · 1974

    No external source identified

  102. Jerry Hoyt

    racing automobile driver, Formula One driver

    1929–1955 · aged 26

    January 29 · 1929

    Source: Find a Grave

  103. Ugo Ukah

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 18 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  104. Viktor Budyanskiy

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 12 · 1984

    No external source identified

  105. Misak Metsarents

    writer, poet

    1886–1908 · aged 22

    January 19 · 1886

    Source: poetry.am

  106. Avdotia Istomina

    ballet dancer, actor

    1799–1848 · aged 49

    January 17 · 1799

    Source: Russian Biographical Dictionary

  107. Aulis Rytkönen

    association football coach, association football player

    1929–2014 · aged 85

    January 5 · 1929

    No external source identified

  108. Hannes Daube

    water polo player

    26 years old

    January 5 · 2000

    Source: olympedia.org

  109. Nuriddin Davronov

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 16 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  110. Albert Niemann

    singer, opera singer

    1831–1917 · aged 85

    January 15 · 1831

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  111. Catherine Wolfe Bruce

    astronomer, patron of the arts

    1816–1900 · aged 84

    January 22 · 1816

    Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science

  112. Ben Knapen

    university teacher, member of parliament

    75 years old

    January 6 · 1951

    Source: Parlement.com

  113. Ezequiel Calvente

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 12 · 1991

    Source: As

  114. Rinaldo Alessandrini

    organist, harpsichordist

    66 years old

    January 25 · 1960

    No external source identified

  115. Vladimir Puchkov

    politician

    67 years old

    January 1 · 1959

    No external source identified

  116. René Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt

    translator, playwright

    1773–1844 · aged 71

    January 22 · 1773

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  117. James Millns

    figure skater, ice dancer

    77 years old

    January 13 · 1949

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  118. Jānis Ķipurs

    bobsledder

    68 years old

    January 3 · 1958

    Source: munzinger.de

  119. José Sebastião de Almeida Neto*

    Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1841

    Source: webdept.fiu.edu

  120. Alberto Palacio

    engineer, civil engineer

    1856–1939 · aged 83

    January 24 · 1856

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  121. Blaž Schemua

    military personnel

    1856–1920 · aged 64

    January 2 · 1856

    No external source identified

  122. Numa Droz

    politician, writer

    1844–1899 · aged 55

    January 27 · 1844

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  123. Paul-Eerik Rummo

    translator, children's writer

    84 years old

    January 19 · 1942

    Source: Estonian biographical database

  124. Ermanno Aebi*

    association football referee, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 13 · 1892

    No external source identified

  125. Gerard Unger

    university teacher, type designer

    1942–2018 · aged 76

    January 22 · 1942

    Source: RKDartists

  126. Yevgeny Yufit

    painter, photographer

    1961–2016 · aged 55

    January 17 · 1961

    Source: RKDartists

  127. Louis-Nazaire Bégin

    writer, university teacher

    1840–1925 · aged 85

    January 10 · 1840

    Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography

  128. Benjamin Lees

    university teacher, composer

    1924–2010 · aged 86

    January 8 · 1924

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  129. Ken Laufman

    ice hockey player

    1932–2026 · aged 94

    January 30 · 1932

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  130. David Möller

    luger

    44 years old

    January 13 · 1982

    No external source identified

  131. Allison Randal

    programmer, businessperson

    Born 1950

    January 1 · 1950

    No external source identified

  132. Opoku Nti

    association football player

    65 years old

    January 23 · 1961

    Source: Transfermarkt

  133. Vladimir Fyodorov

    association football coach, association football player

    1955–1979 · aged 24

    January 5 · 1955

    No external source identified

  134. Joseph Galibardy

    field hockey player

    1915–2011 · aged 96

    January 10 · 1915

    Source: Olympedia

  135. Edward Byles Cowell

    translator, university teacher

    1826–1903 · aged 77

    January 23 · 1826

    No external source identified

  136. Pedro Araya Toro

    association football player, association football coach

    84 years old

    January 23 · 1942

    Source: FBref

  137. Tanja Pawollek

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 18 · 1999

    Source: Soccerdonna

  138. Rolf Fringer

    association football player, association football coach

    69 years old

    January 26 · 1957

    No external source identified

  139. Salome Kammer

    singer, film actor

    67 years old

    January 17 · 1959

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  140. Nádson Rodrigues de Souza

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 30 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  141. Ebrahim Ashtiani

    association football player

    1942–2017 · aged 75

    January 4 · 1942

    No external source identified

  142. Khalida Zahir*

    women's rights activist, physician

    Date disputed

    January 18 · 1927

    No external source identified

  143. William Humphrey*

    actor, film producer

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1875

    Source: Stage Deaths: A Biographical Guide to International Theatrical Obituaries, 1850 to…

  144. Igor Bobkov

    ice hockey player

    35 years old

    January 2 · 1991

    No external source identified

  145. Bartolomeo Schedoni*

    painter

    Date disputed

    January 23 · 1578

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  146. Cynthia Mamle Morrison

    director, teacher

    62 years old

    January 17 · 1964

    Source: parliament.gh

  147. Peter Colotka

    lawyer, university teacher

    1925–2019

    January 10 · 1925

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  148. Pierre Decourcelle

    screenwriter, journalist

    1856–1926 · aged 70

    January 25 · 1856

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  149. Louis Ramond de Carbonnières

    explorer, mountaineer

    1755–1827 · aged 72

    January 4 · 1755

    Source: www.academie-medecine.fr

  150. Herman Gesellius

    architect

    1874–1916 · aged 42

    January 16 · 1874

    Source: mfa.fi

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