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

  1. Bartosz Jurecki

    handball player

    47 years old

    January 31 · 1979

    Source: pantheon.world

  2. Paola Tiziana Cruciani

    actor, stage actor

    68 years old

    January 20 · 1958

    Source: IMDb

  3. Ignacio Merino

    painter

    1817–1876 · aged 59

    January 30 · 1817

    Source: BnF authorities

  4. Santiago Copello

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1880–1967 · aged 87

    January 7 · 1880

    Source: Find a Grave

  5. Francisco Ginella

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 21 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  6. Johann Arnold Nering

    architect

    1659–1695 · aged 36

    January 13 · 1659

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  7. Barak Sopé

    politician

    71 years old

    January 19 · 1955

    No external source identified

  8. Claude Buckenham

    association football player, cricketer

    1876–1937 · aged 61

    January 16 · 1876

    No external source identified

  9. Hermann Zotenberg

    librarian, orientalist

    1834–1909 · aged 75

    January 26 · 1834

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. Elmer Diktonius

    translator, writer

    1896–1961 · aged 65

    January 20 · 1896

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  11. Jean Antoine Letronne

    philologist, geographer

    1787–1848 · aged 61

    January 25 · 1787

    Source: KNAW Past Members

  12. İbrahim Akın

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 4 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  13. Wilhelm Klingenberg

    mathematician, university teacher

    1924–2010 · aged 86

    January 28 · 1924

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  14. Rochus Gliese

    film director, production designer

    1891–1978 · aged 87

    January 6 · 1891

    Source: SNAC

  15. Yandro Quintana

    amateur wrestler

    46 years old

    January 30 · 1980

    No external source identified

  16. Kjersti Buaas

    snowboarder

    44 years old

    January 5 · 1982

    No external source identified

  17. Winifred Greenwood

    actor, film actor

    1885–1961 · aged 76

    January 1 · 1885

    No external source identified

  18. Vittorio Rieti

    composer, choreographer

    1898–1994

    January 28 · 1898

    Source: SNAC

  19. Alexander Dalgarno

    astrophysicist, university teacher

    1928–2015

    January 5 · 1928

    No external source identified

  20. Rolands Freimanis

    basketball player

    38 years old

    January 21 · 1988

    Source: FIBA database

  21. Edmund Oscar von Lippmann

    naturalist, chemist

    1857–1940 · aged 83

    January 9 · 1857

    Source: SNAC

  22. Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh

    judoka

    34 years old

    January 25 · 1992

    Source: pantheon.world

  23. Radivoje Manić

    association football player, association football coach

    54 years old

    January 16 · 1972

    No external source identified

  24. Elise Rechichi

    sailor

    40 years old

    January 11 · 1986

    No external source identified

  25. Egor Krimets

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 27 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  26. Peter Žonta

    ski jumper

    47 years old

    January 9 · 1979

    No external source identified

  27. Dankler Luis de Jesus Pedreira

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 24 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  28. Teng Haibin

    artistic gymnast

    41 years old

    January 2 · 1985

    Source: Olympedia

  29. Kelci Bryant

    competitive diver, swimmer

    37 years old

    January 15 · 1989

    No external source identified

  30. Simon Asta

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 25 · 2001

    Source: Transfermarkt

  31. Grigory Sergeyevich Golitsyn

    military personnel

    1839–1907 · aged 68

    January 1 · 1839

    No external source identified

  32. Tripy Makonda

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 24 · 1990

    Source: As

  33. Petra Behle

    biathlete

    57 years old

    January 5 · 1969

    No external source identified

  34. Cassie Patten

    swimmer

    39 years old

    January 1 · 1987

    No external source identified

  35. Ruhama Abraham

    politician

    62 years old

    January 29 · 1964

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  36. Louis Klein

    politician, military personnel

    1761–1845 · aged 84

    January 24 · 1761

    Source: GeneaStar

  37. Andreas Ekberg

    association football referee

    41 years old

    January 2 · 1985

    No external source identified

  38. Jean-Marie Trappeniers

    association football player

    1942–2016 · aged 74

    January 13 · 1942

    No external source identified

  39. Willem Aantjes

    politician, jurist

    1923–2015 · aged 92

    January 16 · 1923

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Davis Elkins

    politician, businessperson

    1876–1959 · aged 82

    January 24 · 1876

    Source: Find a Grave

  41. Paul Hofhaimer

    organist, composer

    1459–1537

    January 25 · 1459

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  42. Yuriy Kuzubov

    chess player

    36 years old

    January 26 · 1990

    No external source identified

  43. Volodymyr Biletskyy

    editing staff, Wikipedian

    76 years old

    January 26 · 1950

    No external source identified

  44. Sergey Lagutin

    sport cyclist

    45 years old

    January 14 · 1981

    No external source identified

  45. Nikolai Pokrovsky

    minister, politician

    1865–1930 · aged 65

    January 27 · 1865

    No external source identified

  46. Peter Elfelt

    film producer, photographer

    1866–1931 · aged 65

    January 1 · 1866

    Source: BnF authorities

  47. Pablo Birger

    racing automobile driver, Formula One driver

    1924–1966 · aged 42

    January 7 · 1924

    No external source identified

  48. Tang Jinhua

    badminton player

    34 years old

    January 8 · 1992

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  49. William Robinson

    composer, politician

    1834–1897 · aged 63

    January 14 · 1834

    Source: The Peerage

  50. Michael Neumayer

    ski jumper, tax consultant

    47 years old

    January 15 · 1979

    No external source identified

  51. Nuno André Coelho

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 7 · 1986

    Source: As

  52. Pierre Veuillot

    prelate, Catholic bishop

    1913–1968 · aged 55

    January 5 · 1913

    Source: GeneaStar

  53. Mark Berger

    judoka

    72 years old

    January 3 · 1954

    No external source identified

  54. František Udržal

    politician

    1866–1938

    January 3 · 1866

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  55. Ahmet Suat Özyazıcı*

    association football player, association football coach

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1936

    Source: tff.org

  56. Jerko Marinic Kragic

    water polo player

    35 years old

    January 24 · 1991

    No external source identified

  57. Sue Williamson

    photographer, graphic artist

    85 years old

    January 21 · 1941

    Source: SNAC

  58. Mitja Leskovar

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    56 years old

    January 3 · 1970

    No external source identified

  59. Tatyana Marinenko

    partisan, teacher

    1920–1942 · aged 22

    January 25 · 1920

    Source: TracesOfWar

  60. Vasily Botkin

    journalist, art critic

    1812–1869 · aged 57

    January 8 · 1812

    Source: Q20747179

  61. Kyoko Nakayama

    diplomat, politician

    86 years old

    January 26 · 1940

    No external source identified

  62. Léo Gadola Gamalho

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 30 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  63. Jacob Breyne

    botanical collector, zoologist

    1637–1697 · aged 60

    January 14 · 1637

    No external source identified

  64. Tsogtbaatar Damdin

    politician

    56 years old

    January 14 · 1970

    No external source identified

  65. Peter Patzak

    musician, actor

    1945–2021 · aged 76

    January 2 · 1945

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  66. Wei Wei

    journalist, poet

    1920–2008 · aged 88

    January 16 · 1920

    No external source identified

  67. Heinrich Gomperz

    art historian, philosopher

    1873–1942 · aged 69

    January 18 · 1873

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  68. María Rivas Castro

    composer, musician

    1960–2019 · aged 59

    January 26 · 1960

    Source: MusicBrainz

  69. Xavier García

    water polo player

    42 years old

    January 5 · 1984

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  70. Paul MacDonald

    canoeist, kayaker

    66 years old

    January 8 · 1960

    No external source identified

  71. Linh Nga

    news presenter, film director

    44 years old

    January 3 · 1982

    No external source identified

  72. Vasile Maftei*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1981

    No external source identified

  73. Ciro Ippolito

    film editor, director

    79 years old

    January 27 · 1947

    Source: IMDb

  74. Bahodirjon Sultonov

    boxer

    41 years old

    January 15 · 1985

    No external source identified

  75. Bruce Harlan

    competitive diver

    1926–1959 · aged 33

    January 2 · 1926

    No external source identified

  76. Carlo III, Duke of Parma

    monarch

    1823–1854 · aged 31

    January 14 · 1823

    Source: The Peerage

  77. Romeo Surdu

    association football player, association football coach

    42 years old

    January 12 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  78. Fotios Papoulis

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 22 · 1985

    Source: As

  79. Sergio Renán

    film actor, film director

    1933–2015

    January 30 · 1933

    Source: cinenacional.com

  80. Marusya Klimova

    writer, translator

    65 years old

    January 14 · 1961

    Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century

  81. Volodymyr Stelmakh

    banker, politician

    87 years old

    January 18 · 1939

    No external source identified

  82. Philip Florinus of Sulzbach

    military officer

    1630–1703 · aged 73

    January 20 · 1630

    No external source identified

  83. Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

    abbess

    1591–1617 · aged 26

    January 7 · 1591

    Source: Genealogics

  84. Oliver Eggimann

    association football player

    1919–2002 · aged 83

    January 28 · 1919

    Source: FBref

  85. Norberto Yácono

    association football player, association football coach

    1919–1985

    January 8 · 1919

    No external source identified

  86. Kelly Massey

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    41 years old

    January 11 · 1985

    Source: World Athletics database

  87. Theo Mackeben

    music arranger, film score composer

    1897–1953 · aged 56

    January 5 · 1897

    Source: Discogs

  88. Saša Zagorac

    basketball player

    42 years old

    January 1 · 1984

    Source: FIBA database

  89. António Feliciano de Castilho

    journalist, linguist

    1800–1875 · aged 75

    January 28 · 1800

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  90. Pietro Carmignani

    association football coach, association football player

    81 years old

    January 22 · 1945

    Source: Transfermarkt

  91. Titus Zeman

    Catholic priest, regular priest

    1915–1969 · aged 54

    January 4 · 1915

    Source: Records of persons of interest

  92. Józef Brudziński

    neurologist, pediatrician

    1874–1917 · aged 43

    January 26 · 1874

    No external source identified

  93. David Morgan

    swimmer

    32 years old

    January 1 · 1994

    No external source identified

  94. Isabel Gemio

    journalist, television presenter

    65 years old

    January 5 · 1961

    Source: IMDb

  95. Kara Kohler

    rower

    35 years old

    January 20 · 1991

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  96. Yuly Aykhenvald

    journalist, literary critic

    1872–1928 · aged 56

    January 24 · 1872

    Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia

  97. Joyce Mpanga

    politician

    1934–2023 · aged 89

    January 22 · 1934

    Source: Dictionary of African Biography

  98. Krešimir Crnković

    cross-country skier, biathlete

    31 years old

    January 4 · 1995

    No external source identified

  99. Anđela Bulatović

    handball player

    39 years old

    January 15 · 1987

    No external source identified

  100. Masahiro Wada

    association football player, association football coach

    61 years old

    January 21 · 1965

    Source: Transfermarkt

  101. Hans Martínez

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 4 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  102. Gus Mortson

    stockbroker, ice hockey player

    1925–2015 · aged 90

    January 24 · 1925

    Source: Find a Grave

  103. Viktor Gusev

    playwright, translator

    1909–1944

    January 30 · 1909

    Source: Russian literature of the 20th century. Volume 1, 2005

  104. Adam Jahn

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 5 · 1991

    Source: As

  105. Alexander Keirincx

    painter

    1600–1652 · aged 52

    January 23 · 1600

    Source: Keirinckx [Carings; Cierings; Cierinx; Keerinckx; Keirincx; Keirings; Keyrincx], A…

  106. Olive Loughnane

    athletics competitor

    50 years old

    January 14 · 1976

    Source: World Athletics database

  107. Gholam Hossein Mazloumi

    association football player, association football coach

    1950–2014 · aged 64

    January 13 · 1950

    No external source identified

  108. Sulayman Marreh

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 15 · 1996

    Source: As

  109. Marcello Fondato

    film director, screenwriter

    1924–2008 · aged 84

    January 8 · 1924

    Source: SNAC

  110. Roman Filippov

    film actor, stage actor

    1936–1992 · aged 56

    January 24 · 1936

    No external source identified

  111. yamila nizetich ora

    volleyball player

    37 years old

    January 27 · 1989

    No external source identified

  112. Denny Kantono

    Olympic competitor, badminton player

    56 years old

    January 12 · 1970

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  113. Heinrich Friedjung

    editing staff, secondary school teacher

    1851–1920 · aged 69

    January 18 · 1851

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  114. Miles Scotson

    sport cyclist

    32 years old

    January 18 · 1994

    Source: uci.org

  115. Adelina Zagidullina

    fencer

    33 years old

    January 13 · 1993

    No external source identified

  116. Enrique Carreras

    film director, screenwriter

    1925–1995 · aged 70

    January 6 · 1925

    Source: Find a Grave

  117. Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz

    painter, artist

    1861–1917 · aged 56

    January 22 · 1861

    No external source identified

  118. Frank Høj

    sport cyclist

    53 years old

    January 4 · 1973

    Source: Olympedia

  119. Count Christian Frederich I, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode

    aristocrat

    1746–1824 · aged 78

    January 8 · 1746

    Source: The Peerage

  120. Joshua Barnes

    writer, novelist

    1654–1712 · aged 58

    January 10 · 1654

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  121. Reino Kuuskoski

    jurist, head of government

    1907–1965 · aged 58

    January 18 · 1907

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  122. Prince Charles, Duke of Penthièvre

    aristocrat

    1820–1828 · aged 8

    January 1 · 1820

    No external source identified

  123. Ernest Denis

    historian of Eastern Europe, university teacher

    1849–1921

    January 3 · 1849

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  124. Bachana Arabuli

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 5 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  125. Willy Busch

    association football player

    1907–1982 · aged 75

    January 4 · 1907

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Domenico Cotugno

    physician, surgeon

    1736–1822 · aged 86

    January 29 · 1736

    Source: Base biographique

  127. Alfredo Ortuño

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 21 · 1991

    Source: As

  128. Yane Marques

    modern pentathlete

    42 years old

    January 7 · 1984

    No external source identified

  129. Thorleif Schjelderup

    writer, ski jumper

    1920–2006 · aged 86

    January 20 · 1920

    Source: Roglo

  130. Yuri Evseitchik

    amateur wrestler

    55 years old

    January 23 · 1971

    No external source identified

  131. Ray Simons

    politician, activist

    1913–2004 · aged 91

    January 2 · 1913

    No external source identified

  132. Adolf Kirchhoff

    classical philologist, epigrapher

    1826–1908 · aged 82

    January 6 · 1826

    Source: BnF authorities

  133. Evelina Nikolova

    amateur wrestler

    33 years old

    January 18 · 1993

    No external source identified

  134. Laura Närhi

    singer

    48 years old

    January 19 · 1978

    Source: IMDb

  135. Jørgen Roed

    painter, sculptor

    1808–1888 · aged 80

    January 13 · 1808

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  136. Hernán Toledo

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 17 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  137. Mitsuo Kato

    association football player

    73 years old

    January 22 · 1953

    No external source identified

  138. Danny Amankwaa

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 30 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  139. Gabriel Urdaneta

    association football coach, association football player

    50 years old

    January 7 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  140. Christian Bartholomae

    linguist, university teacher

    1855–1925 · aged 70

    January 21 · 1855

    Source: BnF authorities

  141. Frederic Seaman

    field hockey player

    1906–2000 · aged 94

    January 2 · 1906

    No external source identified

  142. Sergio Suárez

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 6 · 1987

    Source: As

  143. Paolo Graziosi

    director, stage actor

    1940–2022 · aged 82

    January 25 · 1940

    Source: BnF authorities

  144. Song Ju-hun

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 13 · 1994

    Source: FBref

  145. Vlatko Grozdanoski

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 30 · 1983

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  146. Salvatore Farina

    writer, journalist

    1846–1918 · aged 72

    January 10 · 1846

    Source: BnF authorities

  147. Raoul Gunsbourg

    writer, composer

    1860–1955 · aged 95

    January 6 · 1860

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  148. Moritz Schiff

    biologist, zoologist

    1823–1896 · aged 73

    January 28 · 1823

    Source: www.academie-medecine.fr

  149. Hans Huber

    boxer

    1934–2024 · aged 90

    January 1 · 1934

    No external source identified

  150. Blaženka Divjak

    politician, mathematician

    59 years old

    January 1 · 1967

    No external source identified

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