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

  1. Shoshana Arbeli-Almozlino

    politician, trade unionist

    1926–2015 · aged 89

    January 26 · 1926

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  2. Christian von Steven

    botanist, physician

    1781–1863 · aged 82

    January 30 · 1781

    Source: SNAC

  3. Abel Camará

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 6 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  4. Vira Vovk

    painter, university teacher

    1926–2022 · aged 96

    January 2 · 1926

    No external source identified

  5. Carlo Reguzzoni

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–1996 · aged 88

    January 18 · 1908

    No external source identified

  6. Yefim Karskiy*

    dialectologist, linguist

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1861

    Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century

  7. Gladys Lehman

    screenwriter, television writer

    1892–1993 · aged 101

    January 24 · 1892

    Source: BnF authorities

  8. Lidia Yermoshina

    jurist, politician

    73 years old

    January 29 · 1953

    No external source identified

  9. Mike Davies

    tennis player, entrepreneur

    1936–2015 · aged 79

    January 9 · 1936

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  10. Robert John Tillyard

    entomologist, paleontologist

    1881–1937 · aged 55

    January 31 · 1881

    Source: SNAC

  11. Danilo Moreno Asprilla

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 12 · 1989

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  12. Hannah Eurlings

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 1 · 2003

    Source: Soccerdonna

  13. Stanislav Gustavovich Strumilin

    economist, statistician

    1877–1974 · aged 96

    January 29 · 1877

    Source: isaran.ru

  14. Maria Yakunchikova

    handicrafter, artist

    1870–1902 · aged 32

    January 31 · 1870

    No external source identified

  15. Olga Anisimova

    biathlete

    54 years old

    January 28 · 1972

    No external source identified

  16. Enyu Valchev

    amateur wrestler

    1936–2014 · aged 78

    January 4 · 1936

    No external source identified

  17. Manfred Kokot

    athletics competitor

    78 years old

    January 3 · 1948

    Source: World Athletics database

  18. Donald M. Dickinson

    politician, jurist

    1846–1917 · aged 71

    January 17 · 1846

    Source: SNAC

  19. Shōji Ueda

    cinematographer

    1938–2025 · aged 87

    January 1 · 1938

    Source: IMDb

  20. Carlos Johnson

    singer, musician

    73 years old

    January 17 · 1953

    No external source identified

  21. Felka Płatek

    painter

    1899–1944 · aged 45

    January 3 · 1899

    Source: National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File

  22. John J. Becker

    composer, pianist

    1886–1961 · aged 74

    January 22 · 1886

    Source: SNAC

  23. Emilio Kovačić

    basketball player

    58 years old

    January 11 · 1968

    Source: FIBA database

  24. Percy John Daniell

    mathematician

    1889–1946 · aged 57

    January 9 · 1889

    No external source identified

  25. Simone Vergassola

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 24 · 1976

    Source: As

  26. Nell Rankin*

    singer, musician

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1924

    Source: IMDb

  27. Joseph Alcazar

    association football player

    1910–1987 · aged 77

    January 1 · 1910

    Source: dopagedemondenard.com

  28. Acácio da Silva

    sport cyclist

    65 years old

    January 2 · 1961

    No external source identified

  29. John H. Clifford

    politician, lawyer

    1809–1876 · aged 66

    January 16 · 1809

    Source: Find a Grave

  30. Aleksey Adzhubey*

    politician, author

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1924

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. Sergei Gavrilov

    economist, politician

    60 years old

    January 27 · 1966

    No external source identified

  32. Lasse Sobiech

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 18 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  33. Taavi Aas

    mayor, politician

    60 years old

    January 10 · 1966

    No external source identified

  34. Dylan Olsen

    ice hockey player

    35 years old

    January 3 · 1991

    No external source identified

  35. Yannis Salibur

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 24 · 1991

    Source: As

  36. Petra Mandula

    tennis coach, tennis player

    48 years old

    January 17 · 1978

    Source: WTA website

  37. Wilhelm Bacher

    professor, historian

    1850–1913 · aged 63

    January 12 · 1850

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  38. Harold Huth

    film producer, film director

    1892–1967 · aged 75

    January 20 · 1892

    Source: SNAC

  39. Hidemitsu Tanaka

    rower, novelist

    1913–1949 · aged 36

    January 10 · 1913

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  40. Zlatko Papec

    association football player, association football coach

    1934–2013 · aged 79

    January 17 · 1934

    Source: FBref

  41. Reinhard Jirgl

    engineer, novelist

    73 years old

    January 16 · 1953

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  42. Karl Bruckner

    children's writer, writer

    1906–1982 · aged 76

    January 9 · 1906

    Source: NooSFere

  43. Miguel Barnet

    university teacher, politician

    86 years old

    January 28 · 1940

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  44. Li Jiao

    table tennis player

    53 years old

    January 15 · 1973

    No external source identified

  45. Darren Braithwaite

    athletics competitor

    57 years old

    January 20 · 1969

    Source: World Athletics database

  46. Gaetano Koch

    architect

    1849–1910 · aged 61

    January 9 · 1849

    Source: BnF authorities

  47. C. Megan Urry

    astrophysicist, university teacher

    71 years old

    January 1 · 1955

    Source: WorldCat Entities

  48. Julia Cæsar

    actor

    1885–1971 · aged 86

    January 28 · 1885

    Source: Sveriges dödbok 1830–2020

  49. Mallory Burdette

    tennis player

    35 years old

    January 28 · 1991

    Source: WTA website

  50. Vadims Vasiļevskis

    javelin thrower

    44 years old

    January 5 · 1982

    Source: World Athletics database

  51. Stanislava Staša Zajović

    non-fiction writer, women's rights activist

    73 years old

    January 25 · 1953

    No external source identified

  52. Bernhard Rensch

    university teacher, evolutionary biologist

    1900–1990 · aged 90

    January 21 · 1900

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  53. Antonio Seguí

    lithographer, documentarian

    1934–2022 · aged 88

    January 11 · 1934

    Source: Babelio

  54. Camillo di Pietro

    Catholic deacon, nuncio

    1806–1884 · aged 78

    January 10 · 1806

    Source: SNAC

  55. Juan Forlín

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 10 · 1988

    Source: As

  56. Francisco d’Andrade

    opera singer, singer

    1859–1921 · aged 62

    January 11 · 1859

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  57. Aparajita Datta

    ecologist, biologist

    56 years old

    January 5 · 1970

    No external source identified

  58. Micheline Lannoy

    figure skater

    1925–2023 · aged 98

    January 31 · 1925

    Source: olympstats.com

  59. Francis Frederick Reh

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1911–1994 · aged 83

    January 9 · 1911

    No external source identified

  60. Sophy Gray

    architect

    1814–1871 · aged 57

    January 5 · 1814

    No external source identified

  61. Nikolai Korndorf

    composer, film score composer

    1947–2001 · aged 54

    January 23 · 1947

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  62. Franz Eisenhut*

    painter, draftsperson

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1857

    Source: Web umenia

  63. Jonas Vileišis

    diplomat, jurist

    1872–1942 · aged 70

    January 3 · 1872

    No external source identified

  64. Serge Elisséeff

    university teacher, translator

    1889–1975 · aged 86

    January 13 · 1889

    Source: death certificate

  65. Albert Samama-Chikli

    film director, filmmaker

    1872–1934

    January 24 · 1872

    Source: victorian-cinema.net

  66. Glynor Plet

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 30 · 1987

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  67. Stephan Leyhe

    ski jumper

    34 years old

    January 5 · 1992

    No external source identified

  68. Benjamin F. Harding

    lawyer, politician

    1823–1899 · aged 76

    January 4 · 1823

    Source: Find a Grave

  69. Judy Gringer

    actor

    85 years old

    January 23 · 1941

    Source: IMDb

  70. Istok Rodeš

    alpine skier

    30 years old

    January 27 · 1996

    Source: Olympedia

  71. Jovan Miladinović

    association football coach, association football player

    1939–1982 · aged 43

    January 30 · 1939

    No external source identified

  72. Konstantin von Benckendorff*

    military personnel, diplomat

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1785

    No external source identified

  73. Tomasz Kupisz

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 2 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  74. Johannes Staune-Mittet

    sport cyclist, cross-country skier

    24 years old

    January 18 · 2002

    Source: uci.org

  75. Juraj V Zrinski

    military leader

    1599–1626

    January 31 · 1599

    No external source identified

  76. Patricia Moreno

    artistic gymnast

    38 years old

    January 7 · 1988

    No external source identified

  77. Tyler Mason

    athletics competitor

    31 years old

    January 15 · 1995

    No external source identified

  78. Mary Elliott Hill

    chemist

    1907–1969 · aged 62

    January 5 · 1907

    No external source identified

  79. Adriana Hoffmann

    botanist, biologist

    1940–2022 · aged 82

    January 29 · 1940

    No external source identified

  80. Ioana Bulcă

    actor, stage actor

    1936–2025 · aged 89

    January 7 · 1936

    Source: tnb.ro

  81. Dirk De Wolf

    announcer, sport cyclist

    65 years old

    January 16 · 1961

    No external source identified

  82. Beatrice Harraden

    suffragist, suffragette

    1864–1936 · aged 72

    January 24 · 1864

    Source: BnF authorities

  83. Javier Cámpora

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 7 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  84. Kotryna Teterevkova

    swimmer

    24 years old

    January 23 · 2002

    No external source identified

  85. Gaëtan Haas

    ice hockey player

    34 years old

    January 31 · 1992

    Source: iihf.com

  86. Nikolay Rubtsov

    writer, poet

    1936–1971 · aged 35

    January 3 · 1936

    Source: Russian literature of the 20th century. Volume 3, 2005

  87. Paulo Henrique Souza de Oliveira

    association football coach, association football player

    83 years old

    January 5 · 1943

    No external source identified

  88. Jenny Silver

    singer, train driver

    52 years old

    January 22 · 1974

    No external source identified

  89. Ernst Rolf

    film actor, singer

    1891–1932

    January 20 · 1891

    Source: IMDb

  90. Paul Meyer

    university teacher, philologist

    1840–1917 · aged 77

    January 17 · 1840

    Source: SNAC

  91. Gene Hartley

    engineer, racing driver

    1926–1993 · aged 67

    January 28 · 1926

    No external source identified

  92. Pyotr Yakir

    historian

    1923–1982 · aged 59

    January 20 · 1923

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  93. Nini Wacera

    casting director, actor

    48 years old

    January 16 · 1978

    Source: IMDb

  94. Mikhail Stakhovich

    politician, jurist

    1861–1923 · aged 62

    January 20 · 1861

    No external source identified

  95. Ahmad Lawzi

    politician

    1925–2014 · aged 89

    January 1 · 1925

    No external source identified

  96. Eugenio Morel*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1950

    No external source identified

  97. Maria Lenk

    swimmer

    1915–2007

    January 15 · 1915

    Source: Find a Grave

  98. Merja Kyllönen

    politician

    49 years old

    January 25 · 1977

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  99. Piet Dankert

    politician, actor

    1934–2003 · aged 69

    January 8 · 1934

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  100. Eve Stewart

    rower

    28 years old

    January 13 · 1998

    Source: NBC Olympics athlete database

  101. Bertrand de Billy

    conductor, musician

    61 years old

    January 11 · 1965

    Source: filmportal.de

  102. Reinhold Ranftl

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 24 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  103. Nozomi Yamagō

    association football player

    51 years old

    January 16 · 1975

    Source: Soccerdonna

  104. Léon Denis

    philosopher

    1846–1927 · aged 81

    January 1 · 1846

    Source: BnF authorities

  105. Constance Wilson-Samuel

    figure skater

    1908–1953 · aged 45

    January 7 · 1908

    No external source identified

  106. Gretha Smit

    speed skater

    50 years old

    January 20 · 1976

    No external source identified

  107. Helius Eobanus Hessus

    humanist, writer

    1488–1540 · aged 52

    January 15 · 1488

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  108. Imre Ungár

    Esperantist, composer

    1909–1972 · aged 63

    January 23 · 1909

    No external source identified

  109. Kimiko Koyama

    owarai tarento, singer

    47 years old

    January 27 · 1979

    Source: LezWatch.TV

  110. Jenő Károly

    association football coach, association football player

    1886–1926 · aged 40

    January 15 · 1886

    No external source identified

  111. Ezequias*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 27 · 1981

    No external source identified

  112. Pandolfo III Malatesta

    condottiero

    1370–1427 · aged 57

    January 10 · 1370

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  113. Enrico Cosenz

    politician, military officer

    1820–1898 · aged 78

    January 12 · 1820

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  114. Alessandro Gazzi

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 28 · 1983

    Source: FBref

  115. Rafa Jordà

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 1 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  116. Soner Aydoğdu

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 5 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  117. Harriette Chick

    physiologist, biochemist

    1875–1977 · aged 102

    January 6 · 1875

    Source: FemBio database

  118. Rhydian Cowley

    racewalker, athletics competitor

    35 years old

    January 4 · 1991

    Source: World Athletics database

  119. Patrick Péra

    figure skater

    77 years old

    January 17 · 1949

    Source: Lyon Municipal Archives

  120. Luca Ciriani

    politician

    59 years old

    January 26 · 1967

    No external source identified

  121. Boris Podrecca

    university teacher, architect

    86 years old

    January 30 · 1940

    Source: sazu.si

  122. John Bukovsky

    university teacher, Catholic priest

    1924–2010 · aged 86

    January 18 · 1924

    Source: Records of persons of interest

  123. Valentina Raposo

    field hockey player

    23 years old

    January 28 · 2003

    Source: nbcolympics.com

  124. Hiroshi Kato

    association football coach, association football player

    75 years old

    January 29 · 1951

    No external source identified

  125. Milena Toscano

    model, television actor

    42 years old

    January 11 · 1984

    Source: IMDb

  126. Antonio Marchesano

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 18 · 1991

    Source: As

  127. Marvin Schulz

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 15 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  128. Ural Tansykbayev

    painter, scenographer

    1904–1974 · aged 70

    January 14 · 1904

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  129. AJ Paterson

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 31 · 1996

    Source: FBref

  130. Joahnys Argilagos

    boxer

    29 years old

    January 11 · 1997

    Source: pantheon.world

  131. Hans Erich Apostel

    music theorist, composer

    1901–1972 · aged 71

    January 22 · 1901

    Source: Find a Grave

  132. Mladen Bojinović

    handball player

    49 years old

    January 17 · 1977

    Source: pantheon.world

  133. Víctor Ayala

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 1 · 1988

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  134. Yosyf Semashko

    Eastern Orthodox priest, Catholic bishop

    1799–1868 · aged 69

    January 7 · 1799

    No external source identified

  135. Albert Tyler

    pole vaulter, athletics competitor

    1872–1945 · aged 73

    January 4 · 1872

    Source: Roglo

  136. Ventura Salimbeni

    painter, draftsperson

    1568–1613 · aged 45

    January 20 · 1568

    Source: Nationalmuseum

  137. Lars Johan Hierta

    book printer, wholesaler

    1801–1872 · aged 71

    January 23 · 1801

    Source: Swedish portrait gallery : XXV:2. The second chamber of the Riksdag 1867-1904

  138. Jean de La Hire

    politician, science fiction writer

    1878–1956 · aged 78

    January 28 · 1878

    Source: BD Gest'

  139. Claudia Losch

    athletics competitor

    66 years old

    January 10 · 1960

    Source: World Athletics database

  140. Friedrich Ueberweg

    university teacher, writer

    1826–1871 · aged 45

    January 22 · 1826

    Source: SNAC

  141. Aleksandr Roediger*

    professor, military personnel

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1854

    No external source identified

  142. Gustav de Vries

    mathematician

    1866–1934 · aged 68

    January 22 · 1866

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  143. Agnes Kant

    politician, university teacher

    59 years old

    January 20 · 1967

    No external source identified

  144. Josefine Swoboda

    graphic artist, painter

    1861–1924 · aged 63

    January 29 · 1861

    Source: Swoboda, Josepha (BLKÖ)

  145. Adolph Frank

    engineer, chemist

    1834–1916 · aged 82

    January 29 · 1834

    Source: SNAC

  146. Regina Kulikova

    tennis player

    37 years old

    January 30 · 1989

    Source: WTA website

  147. Đorđe Pantić

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 27 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  148. Meshadi Azizbekov

    politician

    1876–1918 · aged 42

    January 18 · 1876

    No external source identified

  149. Mary Terán de Weiss

    tennis player

    1918–1984 · aged 66

    January 29 · 1918

    No external source identified

  150. Andrea Fischer

    politician, television presenter

    66 years old

    January 14 · 1960

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

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