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

  1. Zenzō Kasai

    novelist, writer

    1887–1928 · aged 41

    January 16 · 1887

    No external source identified

  2. Wahyt Orazsähedow

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 26 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  3. Lev Arnshtam

    screenwriter, director

    1905–1979 · aged 74

    January 15 · 1905

    No external source identified

  4. Jovan Avakumović

    jurist, lawyer

    1841–1928

    January 1 · 1841

    No external source identified

  5. Jacqueline Seifriedsberger

    military personnel, ski jumper

    35 years old

    January 20 · 1991

    No external source identified

  6. George Bennett

    physician, botanist

    1804–1893 · aged 89

    January 31 · 1804

    Source: SNAC

  7. Davies Nkausu

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 1 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  8. Andrea Holíková

    tennis player

    58 years old

    January 15 · 1968

    Source: WTA website

  9. Dexter Lee

    sprinter

    35 years old

    January 18 · 1991

    Source: World Athletics database

  10. Charles Marion

    military personnel, official

    1887–1944 · aged 57

    January 14 · 1887

    Source: GeneaStar

  11. Marin Dragnea

    association football player, association football coach

    70 years old

    January 1 · 1956

    Source: Transfermarkt

  12. Eduardo Marquina

    writer, poet

    1879–1946 · aged 67

    January 21 · 1879

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  13. Ernst Ludwig Alfred Hegar

    gynecologist, university teacher

    1830–1914 · aged 84

    January 6 · 1830

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  14. José Malcampo, 3rd Marquis of San Rafael

    military personnel, diplomat

    1828–1880 · aged 52

    January 13 · 1828

    Source: datos.bne.es

  15. Ekaterina Vazem

    dancer, ballet dancer

    1848–1937 · aged 89

    January 25 · 1848

    No external source identified

  16. Vladislav Ignatyev

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 20 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  17. Maxime Teixeira

    tennis player

    37 years old

    January 18 · 1989

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  18. Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder

    writer, linguist

    1906–1995 · aged 89

    January 29 · 1906

    Source: BnF authorities

  19. Olga Vasilieva

    religious studies scholar, teacher

    66 years old

    January 13 · 1960

    No external source identified

  20. Jiří Parma

    ski jumper

    63 years old

    January 9 · 1963

    Source: Olomouc City Library regional database

  21. Dennis Alas

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 10 · 1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  22. Michael Ebling

    politician

    59 years old

    January 27 · 1967

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  23. Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai

    boxer

    38 years old

    January 28 · 1988

    No external source identified

  24. Jessy Moulin

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 13 · 1986

    Source: As

  25. Anna Akhsharumova

    chess player

    69 years old

    January 9 · 1957

    No external source identified

  26. Roberto Dias

    association football player

    1943–2007 · aged 64

    January 7 · 1943

    Source: Transfermarkt

  27. Hans Kirk

    writer, literary critic

    1898–1962

    January 11 · 1898

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  28. Massimo Mutarelli

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 13 · 1978

    Source: FBref

  29. Julia Schwaiger

    biathlete

    30 years old

    January 21 · 1996

    Source: olympics.com

  30. Jani Hurme

    ice hockey player

    51 years old

    January 7 · 1975

    No external source identified

  31. Julie Anthony

    tennis player, tennis coach

    78 years old

    January 13 · 1948

    Source: WTA website

  32. Juan Domínguez Lamas

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 8 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  33. Johan Andreas Murray*

    physician, entomologist

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1740

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  34. Rudolf van den Berg

    writer, film director

    1949–2025 · aged 76

    January 6 · 1949

    Source: SNAC

  35. Todor Skalovski

    composer, conductor

    1909–2004 · aged 95

    January 21 · 1909

    No external source identified

  36. Tatjana Sais

    actor, cabaret performer

    1910–1981 · aged 71

    January 28 · 1910

    Source: filmportal.de

  37. José Antonio Montero

    basketball player

    61 years old

    January 3 · 1965

    Source: ACB.com

  38. Georgia Coleman

    competitive diver

    1912–1940 · aged 28

    January 23 · 1912

    Source: SNAC

  39. Sjef van Run*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1904

    Source: FBref

  40. Eduardo Aranda

    association football coach, association football player

    41 years old

    January 28 · 1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  41. Dmitri Torgovanov

    handball coach, handball player

    54 years old

    January 5 · 1972

    No external source identified

  42. János Vas

    ice hockey player

    42 years old

    January 29 · 1984

    Source: iihf.com

  43. Andrés González

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 8 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  44. Florian Wilmsmann

    freestyle skier

    30 years old

    January 21 · 1996

    No external source identified

  45. Henryk Mieczyslaw Jagodzinski

    Catholic priest, bishop

    57 years old

    January 1 · 1969

    No external source identified

  46. Keshia Baker

    athletics competitor

    38 years old

    January 30 · 1988

    Source: World Athletics database

  47. Nikol Duman

    freedom fighter, politician

    1867–1914 · aged 47

    January 12 · 1867

    No external source identified

  48. Louis Léger*

    writer, translator

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1843

    Source: Léonore database

  49. Kosma Złotowski

    politician

    62 years old

    January 14 · 1964

    Source: katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl

  50. Ngarmpun Vejjajiva

    children's writer, translator

    63 years old

    January 27 · 1963

    No external source identified

  51. Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold

    1694–1734 · aged 40

    January 25 · 1694

    No external source identified

  52. Zhamila Bakbergenova*

    amateur wrestler

    Date disputed

    January 6 · 1996

    No external source identified

  53. Lidiya Grigoryeva

    athletics competitor

    52 years old

    January 21 · 1974

    Source: World Athletics database

  54. Serginho Baiano*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1978

    No external source identified

  55. Ion Hobana

    literary critic, writer

    1931–2011 · aged 80

    January 25 · 1931

    Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature

  56. Vincenzo Righini

    singer, opera singer

    1756–1812 · aged 56

    January 22 · 1756

    Source: Discogs

  57. Gábor Reisz

    screenwriter, film director

    46 years old

    January 19 · 1980

    Source: cinefest.hu

  58. Olav Aukrust

    teacher, actor

    1883–1929 · aged 46

    January 21 · 1883

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  59. Anne Terpstra

    sport cyclist

    35 years old

    January 5 · 1991

    No external source identified

  60. Zoltán Lévai

    amateur wrestler

    30 years old

    January 30 · 1996

    Source: iat.uni-leipzig.de

  61. Martin Hellberg

    film director, actor

    1905–1999 · aged 94

    January 31 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  62. Gum

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 4 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  63. Yuri Lyapkin

    ice hockey player

    81 years old

    January 21 · 1945

    No external source identified

  64. Heinz Wossipiwo

    ski jumper

    75 years old

    January 25 · 1951

    No external source identified

  65. Lucien Cossou

    association football player

    90 years old

    January 29 · 1936

    Source: Transfermarkt

  66. Marco Rigoni

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 5 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  67. Ralf Loose

    association football coach, association football player

    63 years old

    January 5 · 1963

    Source: Transfermarkt

  68. Elmer Niklander

    athletics competitor

    1890–1942 · aged 52

    January 19 · 1890

    No external source identified

  69. Pietro Giordani

    writer, art historian

    1774–1848 · aged 74

    January 1 · 1774

    Source: BnF authorities

  70. Delio Gamboa

    association football player

    1936–2018 · aged 82

    January 28 · 1936

    Source: FBref

  71. Eglė Špokaitė

    artistic director, ballet dancer

    55 years old

    January 15 · 1971

    No external source identified

  72. Luciano Chailly

    composer, critic

    1920–2002 · aged 82

    January 19 · 1920

    Source: theaterencyclopedie.nl

  73. Tommy Holmgren

    association football player

    67 years old

    January 9 · 1959

    Source: Transfermarkt

  74. Nikolai Puchkov

    association football player, ice hockey coach

    1930–2005 · aged 75

    January 30 · 1930

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  75. Adnan Abu Hassan

    record producer, songwriter

    1959–2016 · aged 57

    January 6 · 1959

    No external source identified

  76. Henri Queffélec

    short story writer, screenwriter

    1910–1992 · aged 81

    January 29 · 1910

    Source: BnF authorities

  77. Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    78 years old

    January 16 · 1948

    No external source identified

  78. Serdar Özkan

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 1 · 1987

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  79. Martin Štrbák

    ice hockey player

    51 years old

    January 15 · 1975

    No external source identified

  80. Lola Prusac

    grand couturier, business executive

    1895–1985 · aged 90

    January 18 · 1895

    Source: francetvinfo.fr

  81. Alexandria Anderson

    sprinter

    39 years old

    January 28 · 1987

    Source: World Athletics database

  82. Johann Rudolph Ahle*

    music theorist, independent publisher

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1626

    Source: Musicalics

  83. Gaëtan Huard

    association football player, consultant

    64 years old

    January 12 · 1962

    Source: Transfermarkt

  84. Giorgio Lamberti

    swimmer

    57 years old

    January 28 · 1969

    No external source identified

  85. Konstantin Velichkov

    translator, poet

    1855–1907 · aged 52

    January 1 · 1855

    No external source identified

  86. Hossein Sadaghiani

    association football player, association football coach

    1903–1982 · aged 79

    January 1 · 1903

    No external source identified

  87. Näcip Cihanof

    politician, music educator

    1911–1988 · aged 77

    January 15 · 1911

    Source: Chuvash encyclopedia

  88. Sebastian Bogner

    chess player

    35 years old

    January 17 · 1991

    No external source identified

  89. Nizar Mahrous

    association football player, association football coach

    63 years old

    January 1 · 1963

    No external source identified

  90. Christopher Jacob Boström

    philosopher, writer

    1797–1866 · aged 69

    January 1 · 1797

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  91. Paco Fortes

    association football player, association football coach

    71 years old

    January 4 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  92. Yang Wenlu

    boxer

    35 years old

    January 13 · 1991

    Source: olympics.com

  93. Rimma Kazakova

    singer, poet

    1932–2008 · aged 76

    January 27 · 1932

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  94. Taiki Yamada

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 8 · 2002

    Source: FBref

  95. Meinhard Nehmer

    athletics competitor, bobsledder

    85 years old

    January 13 · 1941

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  96. Juan Carlos Mandiá

    association football player, association football coach

    59 years old

    January 17 · 1967

    Source: Transfermarkt

  97. Eduard Magnus

    university teacher, painter

    1799–1872 · aged 73

    January 7 · 1799

    Source: RKDartists

  98. Nicol Zelikman

    gymnast, rhythmic gymnast

    25 years old

    January 30 · 2001

    No external source identified

  99. Barbara Nwaba

    athletics competitor

    37 years old

    January 18 · 1989

    Source: World Athletics database

  100. Magno Jose da Silva*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 6 · 1992

    No external source identified

  101. Anderson Bamba

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 10 · 1988

    Source: As

  102. Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg

    military officer

    1732–1797 · aged 65

    January 21 · 1732

    Source: The Peerage

  103. Eva Janko

    javelin thrower, athletics competitor

    81 years old

    January 24 · 1945

    No external source identified

  104. Józef Gara

    poet, writer

    1929–2013 · aged 84

    January 29 · 1929

    No external source identified

  105. Antonio Molinari

    graphic artist, artist

    1655–1704 · aged 49

    January 21 · 1655

    Source: Molinari, Antonio

  106. Franciska Clausen

    painter

    1899–1986 · aged 87

    January 7 · 1899

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  107. Marcelino Camacho

    metallurgist, trade unionist

    1918–2010 · aged 92

    January 21 · 1918

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  108. Ferdinand Laub

    music educator, composer

    1832–1875 · aged 43

    January 19 · 1832

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  109. Kerstin Hesselgren

    politician, labour inspector

    1872–1962 · aged 90

    January 4 · 1872

    Source: Sveriges dödbok 1860–2017

  110. Frans Maassen

    sport cyclist, sporting director

    61 years old

    January 27 · 1965

    No external source identified

  111. Paul Kipkoech

    long-distance runner, athletics competitor

    1963–1995 · aged 32

    January 6 · 1963

    Source: World Athletics database

  112. Mary Brush

    aircraft pilot, engineer

    1866–1949 · aged 83

    January 23 · 1866

    No external source identified

  113. Marcelo Chierighini

    swimmer

    35 years old

    January 15 · 1991

    No external source identified

  114. Diego Vera

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 5 · 1985

    Source: As

  115. Suzanne Berne

    writer, novelist

    65 years old

    January 17 · 1961

    Source: SNAC

  116. Sole Jaimes

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 20 · 1989

    Source: FBref

  117. Hirotada Kachō

    politician, military personnel

    1902–1924 · aged 22

    January 26 · 1902

    No external source identified

  118. José Antonio Salguero García

    association football player

    66 years old

    January 25 · 1960

    Source: FBref

  119. František Šafránek

    association football player, association football coach

    1931–1987 · aged 56

    January 2 · 1931

    Source: FBref

  120. Geovanis Cassiani

    association football player

    56 years old

    January 10 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  121. Kim Do-kyun

    association football player

    49 years old

    January 13 · 1977

    No external source identified

  122. Nikolay Kulchitsky

    physician

    1856–1925 · aged 69

    January 16 · 1856

    No external source identified

  123. Thomas Barthel

    university teacher, ethnologist

    1923–1997 · aged 74

    January 4 · 1923

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  124. Georgina Póta

    table tennis player

    41 years old

    January 13 · 1985

    No external source identified

  125. Yoan Severin

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 24 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Gustav Jonson

    military personnel, military leader

    1880–1942 · aged 62

    January 7 · 1880

    Source: generals.dk

  127. Margaret Ballinger

    university teacher, politician

    1894–1980 · aged 86

    January 11 · 1894

    Source: FemBio database

  128. Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières

    writer, poet

    1638–1694 · aged 56

    January 1 · 1638

    Source: BnF authorities

  129. Nikolay Ilyich Belyaev*

    politician

    Date disputed

    January 19 · 1903

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  130. Laura Ester

    water polo player

    36 years old

    January 20 · 1990

    No external source identified

  131. Nikolaos Platon

    archaeologist, art historian

    1909–1992 · aged 83

    January 8 · 1909

    Source: BnF authorities

  132. Geneviève Asse

    painter, engraver

    1923–2021 · aged 98

    January 24 · 1923

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  133. Cristian Maidana

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 24 · 1987

    Source: FBref

  134. Dmitry Debelka

    amateur wrestler

    1976–2022 · aged 46

    January 7 · 1976

    No external source identified

  135. Zeferino González y Díaz Tuñón*

    philosopher, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1831

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  136. Ruddy Buquet

    association football referee

    49 years old

    January 29 · 1977

    No external source identified

  137. Alfred Philippson

    university teacher, geographer

    1864–1953 · aged 89

    January 1 · 1864

    Source: Database of the Terezín Memorial

  138. Baik Hyun-Man

    boxer

    62 years old

    January 27 · 1964

    No external source identified

  139. Édouard Mathé

    actor, film actor

    1881–1932 · aged 51

    January 25 · 1881

    Source: International Standard Name Identifier

  140. Eduard von Bauernfeld

    writer, poet

    1802–1890 · aged 88

    January 13 · 1802

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  141. Marian Konieczny

    sculptor, university teacher

    1930–2017 · aged 87

    January 13 · 1930

    Source: e-teatr.pl

  142. Kay Williamson

    philologist, linguist

    1935–2005 · aged 69

    January 26 · 1935

    No external source identified

  143. Robert C. Nicholas

    politician

    1787–1856

    January 10 · 1787

    Source: Find a Grave

  144. Paul Rudolph

    mathematician, physicist

    1858–1935 · aged 77

    January 14 · 1858

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  145. María Teresa Andruetto

    pedagogue, writer

    72 years old

    January 26 · 1954

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  146. Alexander Pochinok

    politician, economist

    1958–2014 · aged 56

    January 12 · 1958

    No external source identified

  147. Sven Erik Bystrøm

    sport cyclist

    34 years old

    January 21 · 1992

    No external source identified

  148. Étienne Hirsch

    engineer, mining engineer

    1901–1994 · aged 93

    January 24 · 1901

    Source: BnF authorities

  149. Scott Fortune

    volleyball player

    60 years old

    January 23 · 1966

    No external source identified

  150. Abdullahi Ibrahim

    minister, politician

    1939–2021 · aged 82

    January 14 · 1939

    No external source identified

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