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

Oswald Balzer*
jurist, historian
Date disputed
January 23 · 1858
Source: BnF authorities
Luise Krüger
athletics competitor, athlete
1915–2001 · aged 86
January 11 · 1915
No external source identified
Adriano Malori
sport cyclist
38 years old
January 28 · 1988
No external source identified
Edgar Iván Pacheco
association football player
36 years old
January 22 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
José Gómez Mustelier
boxer
67 years old
January 28 · 1959
No external source identified
Daniel da Silva Soares
association football player
44 years old
January 30 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Ismael Hernández
modern pentathlete
36 years old
January 21 · 1990
No external source identified
Fredrik Hasselquist
explorer, botanist
1722–1752 · aged 30
January 3 · 1722
Source: Integrated Authority File
Carmine Abbagnale
rower
64 years old
January 5 · 1962
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Lorenz-Günther Köstner
association football coach, association football player
74 years old
January 30 · 1952
Source: Transfermarkt
Kaarle McCulloch
sport cyclist
38 years old
January 20 · 1988
No external source identified
İlhan Parlak*
association football player
Date disputed
January 18 · 1987
Source: Soccerway
Mohammed Karam*
association football player, association football coach
Date disputed
January 1 · 1954
Source: FBref
Domenico Quaglio the Younger
sculptor, architect
1787–1837 · aged 50
January 1 · 1787
Source: Integrated Authority File
Théophile de Bock
painter
1851–1904 · aged 53
January 14 · 1851
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Rupprecht Geiger
university teacher, painter
1908–2009 · aged 101
January 26 · 1908
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Zsolt Korcsmár
association football player
37 years old
January 9 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Ranko Bugarski
linguist, university teacher
1933–2024 · aged 91
January 1 · 1933
Source: BnF authorities
Cyril Kali
association football player
42 years old
January 21 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Rafael Dieste
journalist, professor
1899–1981 · aged 82
January 29 · 1899
Source: BnF authorities
Albert Louis Wolff
pianist, conductor
1884–1970
January 19 · 1884
Source: birth certificate
Wu Jingbiao
weightlifter
37 years old
January 10 · 1989
No external source identified
George L. Wellington
politician
1852–1927 · aged 75
January 28 · 1852
Source: Find a Grave
Friedrich Blume
university teacher, physician
1893–1975 · aged 82
January 5 · 1893
Source: SNAC
Bogdan Popović
art critic, university teacher
1864–1944 · aged 80
January 1 · 1864
No external source identified
Yvan Mayeur
politician, mayor
66 years old
January 24 · 1960
No external source identified
Anna Ciepielewska
actor, film actor
1936–2006 · aged 70
January 7 · 1936
Source: e-teatr.pl
Arayik Gevorgyan
amateur wrestler
53 years old
January 22 · 1973
No external source identified
Laurence Courtois
tennis player
50 years old
January 18 · 1976
Source: WTA website
Karl von Prantl
philosopher, linguist
1820–1888 · aged 68
January 28 · 1820
Source: BnF authorities
Erica Beer
actor, stage actor
1925–2013 · aged 88
January 19 · 1925
Source: filmportal.de
Larissa Crummer
association football player
30 years old
January 10 · 1996
Source: Soccerdonna
Julieta Castellanos
university teacher, writer
72 years old
January 8 · 1954
No external source identified
Arash Afshin
association football player
37 years old
January 21 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
William Quarter
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1806–1848 · aged 42
January 21 · 1806
Source: Find a Grave
Willem van Enckevoirt
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1464–1534 · aged 70
January 31 · 1464
Source: Biografisch Portaal
Henry Eriksson
athletics competitor, middle-distance runner
1920–2000 · aged 79
January 23 · 1920
Source: World Athletics database
Raoul Loé
association football player
37 years old
January 31 · 1989
Source: Transfermarkt
Juan de Landa
film actor, singer
1894–1968 · aged 74
January 27 · 1894
Source: IMDb
Yuto Nakamura
association football player
39 years old
January 23 · 1987
Source: Transfermarkt
Max Amann
swimmer, water polo player
1905–1945 · aged 40
January 19 · 1905
No external source identified
Ján Botto*
poet, writer
Date disputed
January 25 · 1829
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Tommy Macias
judoka
33 years old
January 20 · 1993
Source: sok.se
Gianfranco Chiarini
domestic worker cook, businessperson
60 years old
January 8 · 1966
No external source identified
Alejandro García Casañas
association football player, association football coach
56 years old
January 14 · 1970
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Tristan Bowen*
association football player
Date disputed
January 30 · 1991
No external source identified
Kurt Marti
poet, theologian
1921–2017 · aged 96
January 31 · 1921
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Ricardo Rojas
association football player
55 years old
January 26 · 1971
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Issam Erraki*
association football player
Date disputed
January 5 · 1981
Source: Soccerway
Hermann Möller
linguist, philologist
1850–1923 · aged 73
January 13 · 1850
Source: Integrated Authority File
Alex Henrique da Silva
association football player
44 years old
January 6 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Ilya Kablukov
ice hockey player
38 years old
January 18 · 1988
Source: iihf.com
Primo Mazzolari
journalist, presbyter
1890–1959 · aged 69
January 13 · 1890
Source: BeWeB
Francesco Colasuonno
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1925–2003 · aged 78
January 2 · 1925
Source: Munzinger Personen
Felix Otto Dessoff
music teacher, composer
1835–1892 · aged 57
January 14 · 1835
Source: International Music Score Library Project
Ugo Fangareggi
film director, film actor
1938–2017 · aged 79
January 30 · 1938
Source: filmportal.de
Quentin Cornette
association football player
32 years old
January 17 · 1994
Source: As
Eric Reissner
university teacher, mathematician
1913–1996
January 5 · 1913
Source: Integrated Authority File
Josef Degeorgi
association football coach, association football player
66 years old
January 19 · 1960
Source: Transfermarkt
Ludwig von Moos
politician
1910–1990 · aged 80
January 31 · 1910
Source: Munzinger Personen
Christian Mayer
alpine skier
54 years old
January 10 · 1972
No external source identified
Theodosius Harnack
cleric, university teacher
1817–1889 · aged 72
January 3 · 1817
Source: Russian Biographical Dictionary
Alexandre Roubtzoff
visual artist, painter
1884–1949 · aged 65
January 24 · 1884
Source: RKDartists
Anton Allemann
association football player, athlete
1936–2008 · aged 72
January 6 · 1936
Source: Transfermarkt
Benjamin Garver Lamme
engineer, electrical engineer
1864–1924 · aged 60
January 12 · 1864
No external source identified
Franco Evangelisti
composer
1926–1980 · aged 54
January 21 · 1926
Source: Musicalics
Stefan Ustorf
ice hockey player
52 years old
January 3 · 1974
No external source identified
Kelvin Arase
association football player
27 years old
January 15 · 1999
Source: FBref
Kārlis Mīlenbahs
linguist, philologist
1853–1916 · aged 63
January 18 · 1853
Source: Integrated Authority File
Artyom Timofeyev
association football player
32 years old
January 12 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Lara Magoni
alpine skier, politician
57 years old
January 29 · 1969
No external source identified
Forges
comics artist, artist
1942–2018 · aged 76
January 17 · 1942
Source: elpais.com
Sembo Almayew
athletics competitor
21 years old
January 24 · 2005
No external source identified
Sérgio Soares
association football coach, association football player
59 years old
January 11 · 1967
No external source identified
François Dumont
painter
1751–1831 · aged 80
January 7 · 1751
Source: RKDartists
Siegfried Schürenberg
film actor, voice actor
1900–1993 · aged 93
January 12 · 1900
Source: IMDb
Francisco Marhuenda García
jurist, journalist
65 years old
January 12 · 1961
No external source identified
Vladimir Gojković
water polo player, water polo coach
45 years old
January 29 · 1981
No external source identified
Edgar Hovhannisyan
music educator, film score composer
1930–1998 · aged 68
January 14 · 1930
Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Gerhard Bienert
film actor, actor
1898–1986 · aged 88
January 8 · 1898
Source: filmportal.de
Konstantin Jovanović
architect
1849–1923 · aged 74
January 13 · 1849
Source: Structurae
Alina Makarenko
rhythmic gymnast
31 years old
January 14 · 1995
No external source identified
Josip Vandot
children's writer, poet
1884–1944 · aged 60
January 15 · 1884
Source: Slovenska biografija
Ernst Rudorff
environmentalist, music educator
1840–1916 · aged 76
January 18 · 1840
Source: BnF authorities
Albrecht Wilhelm Roth
botanist, physician
1757–1834 · aged 77
January 6 · 1757
No external source identified
Juan José Haedo
sport cyclist
45 years old
January 26 · 1981
No external source identified
Awa Ly
singer, actor
49 years old
January 4 · 1977
Source: IMDb
Maurice Rheims
writer, art historian
1910–2003 · aged 93
January 4 · 1910
Source: BnF authorities
Renjith Maheshwary
triple jumper
40 years old
January 30 · 1986
Source: iaaf.org
Zelimxan Yaqub
politician, poet
1950–2016 · aged 65
January 21 · 1950
No external source identified
Vidya Bal
journalist, writer
1937–2020 · aged 83
January 12 · 1937
Source: Sankshipt Marathi Vangmayakosh Khand 1 to 3
Jazmon Gwathmey
basketball player
33 years old
January 24 · 1993
Source: FIBA database
Ayşenur İslam
politician, writer
68 years old
January 16 · 1958
No external source identified
Carlos Ariel Luna Balmaceda
association football player
44 years old
January 17 · 1982
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Jonathan Cochet
racing automobile driver
49 years old
January 4 · 1977
No external source identified
Hannah Stockbauer
swimmer
44 years old
January 7 · 1982
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Eşref Apak
hammer thrower, athletics competitor
44 years old
January 3 · 1982
Source: World Athletics database
Aleksandar Kovačević
association football player
34 years old
January 9 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Wilhelm Morgner
graphic designer, painter
1891–1917
January 27 · 1891
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Fernando Fernández
association football referee, association football coach
34 years old
January 8 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Iosif Adamovich
politician
1897–1937 · aged 40
January 7 · 1897
Source: Encyclopaedia of the History of Belarus
Simone Bitton
documentarian, writer
71 years old
January 3 · 1955
Source: mronline.org
Serghei Dadu
association football player
45 years old
January 23 · 1981
Source: FBref
Sanja Radosavljević
handball player
32 years old
January 15 · 1994
No external source identified
Chan Chin-wei
tennis player
41 years old
January 8 · 1985
Source: WTA website
Truman Henry Safford
astronomer
1836–1901 · aged 65
January 6 · 1836
Source: SNAC
Red Amick
engineer, Formula One driver
1929–1995 · aged 66
January 19 · 1929
No external source identified
Silvana Stanco
sport shooter
33 years old
January 6 · 1993
No external source identified
Daniel Cambronero
association football coach, association football player
40 years old
January 8 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Giovanni D'Anzi
composer, songwriter
1906–1974 · aged 68
January 1 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Tatiana Búa
tennis player
36 years old
January 19 · 1990
Source: ITF website
Jimmy Martínez
association football player
29 years old
January 26 · 1997
Source: As
Cemil Can Ali Marandi
chess player
28 years old
January 17 · 1998
No external source identified
Jørgen Niclasen
businessperson, politician
57 years old
January 17 · 1969
No external source identified
José Garibi y Rivera
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
1889–1972 · aged 83
January 30 · 1889
Source: Find a Grave
Sebastián Pardo
association football player, association football coach
44 years old
January 1 · 1982
Source: Transfermarkt
Karl Reinhardt
university teacher, mathematician
1895–1941 · aged 46
January 27 · 1895
Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Shi Ke
association football player
33 years old
January 8 · 1993
No external source identified
Alphonso Portugal
association football coach, association football player
1934–2016 · aged 82
January 21 · 1934
Source: FBref
Jovan Belimarković
diplomat, politician
1827–1906 · aged 79
January 1 · 1827
No external source identified
Anhelina Lysak
amateur wrestler
28 years old
January 12 · 1998
Source: nbcolympics.com
Adolf Paul
writer, screenwriter
1863–1943
January 6 · 1863
Source: filmportal.de
Giovanni Giacomazzi
association football player
1928–1995 · aged 67
January 18 · 1928
Source: Transfermarkt
Mariia Fedosiivna Vetrova
teacher, politician
1870–1897 · aged 27
January 3 · 1870
No external source identified
Reginald Stuart Poole
Egyptologist, orientalist
1832–1895 · aged 63
January 27 · 1832
Source: BnF authorities
Spiros Livathinos
association football coach, association football player
71 years old
January 8 · 1955
Source: Transfermarkt
Ștefan Procopiu
physicist, university teacher
1890–1972 · aged 82
January 19 · 1890
No external source identified
Zhao Zhongxiang
television presenter, announcer
1942–2020 · aged 78
January 16 · 1942
Source: NetEase
León Villa
association football coach, association football player
66 years old
January 12 · 1960
Source: FBref
Abraham Ravitz
rabbi, politician
1934–2009 · aged 75
January 13 · 1934
Source: knesset.gov.il
Ikrom Aliboyev
association football player
32 years old
January 9 · 1994
Source: Transfermarkt
Slavko Luštica
association football player, association football coach
1923–1992
January 11 · 1923
No external source identified
Grégory Rast
sport cyclist
46 years old
January 17 · 1980
No external source identified
Anna Murray Vail
librarian, editor
1863–1955 · aged 92
January 7 · 1863
No external source identified
Daniela Alves Lima
association football player
42 years old
January 12 · 1984
Source: Soccerdonna
Anna Langfus*
playwright, prose writer
Date disputed
January 1 · 1920
Source: The Fine Art Archive Db
Mark Arndt
Eastern Orthodox priest, metropolitan
85 years old
January 29 · 1941
Source: Integrated Authority File
Qian Hong
swimmer
55 years old
January 30 · 1971
No external source identified
Wojciech Golla
association football player
34 years old
January 12 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Hu Jia
competitive diver
43 years old
January 10 · 1983
No external source identified
Stéphane Stoecklin
handball player
57 years old
January 12 · 1969
No external source identified
Nancy Carrillo
volleyball player, beach volleyball player
40 years old
January 11 · 1986
No external source identified
Hong Kexin
amateur wrestler
23 years old
January 6 · 2003
No external source identified
Anson Rainey
orientalist, archaeologist
1930–2011 · aged 81
January 11 · 1930
Source: BnF authorities
Quentin Pacher
sport cyclist
34 years old
January 6 · 1992
Source: uci.org
Marta Maggetti
windsurfer
30 years old
January 10 · 1996
Source: olympedia.org
Syarhei Alyeinik
politician, diplomat
61 years old
January 28 · 1965
No external source identified
Israel Yinon
musician, conductor
1956–2015 · aged 59
January 11 · 1956
Source: Discogs
Piet Kruiver
association football player
1938–1989 · aged 51
January 5 · 1938
Source: Transfermarkt
Johann von Sporck*
military personnel, general field marshal
Date disputed
January 6 · 1601
Source: Integrated Authority File

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