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

Lawrence Daniel Huculak
catholic eparch, Greek-Catholic priest
75 years old
January 25 · 1951
No external source identified
Boy van Poppel
sport cyclist, cyclo-cross cyclist
38 years old
January 18 · 1988
No external source identified
Martin Rueda
association football coach, association football player
63 years old
January 9 · 1963
Source: Transfermarkt
Marlene Weingärtner
tennis player
46 years old
January 30 · 1980
Source: WTA website
Daiki Niwa
association football player
40 years old
January 16 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Ippolit Bogdanovich
writer, linguist
1744–1803 · aged 59
January 3 · 1744
Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia
Cora Berliner
economist, resistance fighter
1890–1942
January 23 · 1890
Source: FemBio database
Jacek Chmielnik
theatre director, stage actor
1953–2007 · aged 54
January 31 · 1953
Source: e-teatr.pl
Françoise Dorin
writer, actor
1928–2018 · aged 89
January 23 · 1928
Source: IMDb
Dito
association football player, association football coach
1962–2020 · aged 58
January 18 · 1962
Source: Transfermarkt
Ludwig Traube
physiologist, internist
1818–1876 · aged 58
January 12 · 1818
Source: Integrated Authority File
Hristo Mladenov
association football coach, association football player
1928–1996 · aged 68
January 7 · 1928
No external source identified
Giovanni della Rovere
condottiero
1457–1501 · aged 44
January 23 · 1457
No external source identified
Filip Johansson
bandy player, association football player
1902–1976 · aged 74
January 21 · 1902
Source: ifkdb
Luise Mühlbach
editor, writer
1814–1873 · aged 59
January 2 · 1814
Source: Integrated Authority File
Teresa Feoderovna Ries*
sculptor, painter
Date disputed
January 30 · 1866
Source: artrz.ru
Rudy Riou
association football player
46 years old
January 22 · 1980
Source: As
Franciszek Ksawery Lampi
painter, pedagogue
1782–1852 · aged 70
January 22 · 1782
Source: RKDartists
Nicole Becker
climate activist, communicator
25 years old
January 4 · 2001
No external source identified
Maya Jribi
human rights defender, politician
1960–2018 · aged 58
January 29 · 1960
No external source identified
Gyula Moravcsik
classical philologist, historian
1892–1972 · aged 80
January 29 · 1892
Source: Munzinger Personen
Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī
muhaddith
826–919
January 20 · 826
No external source identified
José Gonzalvo
association football player, association football coach
1920–1978 · aged 58
January 16 · 1920
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Aleksandr Gusev
ice hockey player, ice hockey coach
1947–2020 · aged 73
January 21 · 1947
No external source identified
Kiyoshi Kodama
tarento, television actor
1934–2011 · aged 77
January 1 · 1934
No external source identified
Vieng Narumon
singer
34 years old
January 11 · 1992
No external source identified
Amjad Hyderabadi
poet, writer
1888–1961 · aged 73
January 1 · 1888
No external source identified
Maithai Huajaisin
singer
58 years old
January 26 · 1968
No external source identified
Joseph Osei Owusu
politician, lawyer
64 years old
January 22 · 1962
Source: parliament.gh
Julián Trujillo Largacha
politician, diplomat
1828–1883 · aged 55
January 28 · 1828
No external source identified
John George, Marquess of Montferrat
ruler
1488–1533 · aged 45
January 20 · 1488
No external source identified
Anastasiya Shkurdai
swimmer
23 years old
January 3 · 2003
No external source identified
Bruce Johnstone
engineer, Formula One driver
1937–2022 · aged 85
January 30 · 1937
No external source identified
Matteo Tagliariol
fencer
43 years old
January 7 · 1983
No external source identified
Ibrahima Camara
association football player
41 years old
January 1 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Javier Weber
beach volleyball player, volleyball coach
60 years old
January 6 · 1966
No external source identified
Serhiy Shyshchenko
association football coach, association football player
50 years old
January 13 · 1976
Source: FBref
Stepan Pogosyan
civil servant, party organizer
1932–2012 · aged 80
January 1 · 1932
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9
Ettore Perrone di San Martino
politician, military personnel
1789–1849 · aged 60
January 12 · 1789
Source: GeneaStar
Michael Pilgrim
politician
79 years old
January 3 · 1947
No external source identified
Philipp Oswald
tennis player
40 years old
January 23 · 1986
Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website
Sebastião da Silveira Cintra
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1882–1942 · aged 60
January 20 · 1882
Source: Find a Grave
Lando Fiorini
actor, singer
1938–2017 · aged 79
January 27 · 1938
No external source identified
Charles Berglund
ice hockey player
61 years old
January 18 · 1965
Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000
Josep Vicenç Foix
writer, journalist
1893–1987 · aged 94
January 28 · 1893
Source: BnF authorities
José Manuel Soria
politician, economist
68 years old
January 5 · 1958
Source: Davos 2014 Participant List
Aurora de Albornoz
poet, prose writer
1926–1990 · aged 64
January 22 · 1926
Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary
Francis Ryan
association football player
1908–1977 · aged 69
January 10 · 1908
Source: Transfermarkt
Marwan Hussein*
association football player
Date disputed
January 26 · 1992
No external source identified
Abdusalom Azizov
military personnel, politician
66 years old
January 20 · 1960
No external source identified
Karl Elmendorff*
conductor
Date disputed
January 25 · 1891
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mimi Kok
television actor, radio drama actor
1934–2014 · aged 80
January 25 · 1934
Source: TheaterEncyclopedie
Vicente García González
freedom fighter, politician
1833–1886 · aged 53
January 23 · 1833
Source: BnF authorities
Lal Shah Bokhari
diplomat, field hockey player
1906–1959 · aged 53
January 13 · 1906
No external source identified
Yelena Masyuk
journalist, presenter
60 years old
January 24 · 1966
No external source identified
Yevgeni Lebedev
drama teacher, film actor
1917–1997 · aged 80
January 15 · 1917
No external source identified
Zhantoro Satybaldiyev
politician, head of government
70 years old
January 6 · 1956
No external source identified
Marcelo Baron Polanczyk
association football player
52 years old
January 19 · 1974
Source: Transfermarkt
Edmond Demolins
philosopher, pedagogue
1852–1907
January 23 · 1852
Source: BnF authorities
Guo Jie
athletics competitor, discus thrower
1912–2015 · aged 103
January 16 · 1912
No external source identified
Osamu Hayaishi
university teacher, biochemist
1920–2015 · aged 95
January 8 · 1920
No external source identified
Karen Moe
swimmer
73 years old
January 22 · 1953
No external source identified
Spartaco Landini
association football coach, association football player
1944–2017 · aged 73
January 31 · 1944
Source: FBref
Toea Wisil
athletics competitor
38 years old
January 1 · 1988
Source: World Athletics database
Ellen Vogel
television actor, radio drama actor
1922–2015 · aged 93
January 26 · 1922
Source: IMDb
Giorgio Bassi
Formula One driver, engineer
92 years old
January 20 · 1934
Source: motorsportmagazine.com
Arto Härkönen
javelin thrower
67 years old
January 31 · 1959
No external source identified
Fritz Simrock
music publisher
1837–1901 · aged 64
January 2 · 1837
Source: BnF authorities
Diego León
association football player
42 years old
January 16 · 1984
No external source identified
Alexandr Predke
chess player
32 years old
January 5 · 1994
No external source identified
Nikola Antić
association football player
32 years old
January 4 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Olivia Coffey
rower
37 years old
January 29 · 1989
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Herman Lieberman*
writer, opinion journalist
Date disputed
January 3 · 1870
Source: Q59355418
Norma Nichols
actor
1894–1989 · aged 95
January 7 · 1894
No external source identified
Gunnhild Øyehaug
poet, writer
51 years old
January 9 · 1975
Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
Marcel Tyberg
composer, conductor
1893–1944 · aged 51
January 27 · 1893
Source: Integrated Authority File
Michelangelo Celesia
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1814–1904 · aged 90
January 13 · 1814
Source: BnF authorities
Paul Gerber
physicist
1854–1909 · aged 55
January 1 · 1854
Source: Integrated Authority File
Lotte Stam-Beese
urban planner, graphic designer
1903–1988 · aged 85
January 28 · 1903
Source: bauhaus.community
Alessandro Benvenuti
film actor, screenwriter
76 years old
January 31 · 1950
Source: IMDb
Ryoff Karma
rapper, voice actor
43 years old
January 7 · 1983
No external source identified
Joseph Lagrange
politician, military personnel
1763–1836 · aged 73
January 10 · 1763
Source: SNAC
Léon van Bon
sport cyclist, track cyclist
54 years old
January 28 · 1972
No external source identified
Carl Friedrich von Rumohr
economist, gourmet
1785–1843 · aged 58
January 6 · 1785
Source: Kunstindeks Danmark
Per Egil Flo
association football player
37 years old
January 18 · 1989
Source: As
Ivan Bubnov
marine engineer, mathematician
1872–1919 · aged 47
January 18 · 1872
No external source identified
Joseph Héliodore Garcin de Tassy
translator, orientalist
1794–1878 · aged 84
January 20 · 1794
Source: BnF authorities
Vicente Asensi
association football player, association football coach
1919–2000 · aged 81
January 28 · 1919
Source: Transfermarkt
Frank Wieneke
judoka
64 years old
January 31 · 1962
No external source identified
Jüri Jaakson
manager, lawyer
1870–1942 · aged 72
January 16 · 1870
Source: Estonian biographical database
Gianni Di Marzio
association football player, association football coach
1940–2022 · aged 82
January 8 · 1940
No external source identified
Louis-René des Forêts*
literary critic, writer
Date disputed
January 28 · 1916
Source: birth certificate
Aleksandr Bezymensky*
writer, journalist
Date disputed
January 18 · 1898
Source: BnF authorities
Joe Martinelli*
association football player
Date disputed
January 1 · 1916
No external source identified
Glyn Smallwood Jones
politician
1908–1992 · aged 84
January 9 · 1908
Source: BnF authorities
Hendrik Frans van Lint
painter, artist
1684–1763
January 26 · 1684
Source: RKDartists
José Luis Borbolla
association football coach, association football player
1920–2001 · aged 81
January 31 · 1920
Source: FBref
Belding Hibbard Scribner
physician, inventor
1921–2003 · aged 82
January 18 · 1921
Source: SNAC
Gianluigi Trovesi
musician, pedagogue
82 years old
January 10 · 1944
Source: Integrated Authority File
Francisco Pineda
association football player
67 years old
January 31 · 1959
No external source identified
Labid Khalifa
association football player
71 years old
January 1 · 1955
Source: Transfermarkt
Helm Glöckler
Formula One driver
1909–1993 · aged 84
January 13 · 1909
No external source identified
Cosme Spessotto
Catholic priest
1923–1980 · aged 57
January 28 · 1923
No external source identified
Edzard I, Count of East Frisia
aristocrat
1462–1528 · aged 66
January 15 · 1462
Source: Google Arts & Culture
Bira Maciel
basketball player
1944–2002 · aged 58
January 18 · 1944
Source: FIBA database
Manfred Wolke
coach, boxer
1943–2024 · aged 81
January 14 · 1943
No external source identified
Franz Wüllner
composer, university teacher
1832–1902 · aged 70
January 28 · 1832
Source: SNAC
Chen Xinhua
table tennis player
66 years old
January 30 · 1960
No external source identified
Valérie Tétreault
tennis player
38 years old
January 21 · 1988
Source: WTA website
Louis Awad
writer, literary critic
1915–1990 · aged 75
January 5 · 1915
Source: AlKindi
Hendrik Isemborghs
association football player
1914–1973 · aged 59
January 30 · 1914
Source: FBref
Gunnar Eriksson*
cross-country skier
Date disputed
January 3 · 1921
Source: sports-reference.com
Helmut Weiss
film director, director
1907–1969 · aged 61
January 25 · 1907
Source: Integrated Authority File
Line Røddik Hansen
association football player
38 years old
January 31 · 1988
Source: Soccerdonna
Johann Baptist Streicher
musical instrument maker, piano maker
1796–1871 · aged 75
January 3 · 1796
Source: BnF authorities
Alberto Rodriguez Larreta
racing automobile driver, engineer
1934–1977 · aged 43
January 14 · 1934
No external source identified
Joe Kennaway
association football player, association football coach
1905–1969 · aged 64
January 25 · 1905
No external source identified
Friedrich Myconius
superintendent, Lutheran theologian
1491–1546 · aged 55
January 4 · 1491
Source: Integrated Authority File
Shunsuke Izumiya
athletics competitor, hurdler
26 years old
January 26 · 2000
No external source identified
Bernard Barton
writer, editor
1784–1849 · aged 65
January 31 · 1784
Source: Find a Grave
Rasheed Dwyer
sprinter
37 years old
January 29 · 1989
Source: World Athletics database
Férébory Doré
association football player
37 years old
January 21 · 1989
Source: FBref
Alessandro
association football player
47 years old
January 10 · 1979
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Agnes Esterhazy
actor, stage actor
1902–1956 · aged 54
January 21 · 1902
Source: foter.ro
Rafael García Cortés
association football player, association football coach
68 years old
January 18 · 1958
Source: Transfermarkt
Douglas Oliveira
association football player
31 years old
January 16 · 1995
No external source identified
Santiago Tréllez
association football player
36 years old
January 17 · 1990
Source: As
Sandra Myers
athletics competitor, politician
65 years old
January 9 · 1961
Source: World Athletics database
François Couchepin
lawyer, jurist
1935–2023 · aged 88
January 19 · 1935
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Henk Duut
association football coach, association football player
62 years old
January 14 · 1964
Source: Transfermarkt
Martín Vázquez
association football referee
57 years old
January 14 · 1969
No external source identified
Bernadette Schild
alpine skier
36 years old
January 2 · 1990
Source: Salzburgwiki
Frederica Henriette of Anhalt-Bernburg
aristocrat
1702–1723 · aged 21
January 24 · 1702
Source: Integrated Authority File
Mikhail Ignatyev
lawyer, politician
1962–2020 · aged 58
January 8 · 1962
Source: Chuvash encyclopedia
Carrie Clark Ward
film actor, actor
1862–1926 · aged 64
January 9 · 1862
Source: Find a Grave
Christian Felix Weiße
translator, children's writer
1726–1804 · aged 78
January 28 · 1726
Source: Saxon Biography
Patricio Camps
association football coach, association football player
54 years old
January 22 · 1972
Source: Transfermarkt
Romualdas Ozolas
philosopher, university teacher
1939–2015 · aged 76
January 31 · 1939
Source: mle.lt
Marie-Louise Lachapelle
midwife, physician
1769–1821 · aged 52
January 1 · 1769
Source: Base biographique
Abha Dawesar
writer, novelist
52 years old
January 1 · 1974
No external source identified
Francesco Vanni*
painter, designer
Date disputed
January 15 · 1564
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Cristian Martínez Borja*
association football player
Date disputed
January 1 · 1988
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Sergey Sosnovsky
film actor, actor
1955–2022 · aged 67
January 1 · 1955
Source: IMDb
Patricia Kihoro
actor, musician
40 years old
January 21 · 1986
No external source identified
Volkmar Groß
association football player
1948–2014 · aged 66
January 31 · 1948
Source: Transfermarkt
Per Hasselberg
sculptor
1850–1894
January 1 · 1850
Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
Audronius Ažubalis
journalist, politician
68 years old
January 17 · 1958
No external source identified
Francis G. Pease
astronomer
1881–1938 · aged 57
January 14 · 1881
No external source identified
Emma Gad
playwright, feminist
1852–1921 · aged 68
January 21 · 1852
Source: Da kvinderne blev journalister
Alice Nellis
film director, translator
55 years old
January 3 · 1971
Source: Czech National Authority Database

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