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

  1. Hermes Desio

    association football player

    56 years old

    January 20 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  2. Edel Therese Høiseth

    speed skater

    60 years old

    January 27 · 1966

    No external source identified

  3. Adolfo Calisto

    association football coach, association football player

    1944–2024 · aged 80

    January 1 · 1944

    Source: Transfermarkt

  4. Albert Kanene Obiefuna

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1930–2011 · aged 81

    January 30 · 1930

    No external source identified

  5. Benjamin Goller

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 1 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  6. Oh Ha-na

    fencer

    41 years old

    January 8 · 1985

    No external source identified

  7. Marco Koch

    swimmer

    36 years old

    January 25 · 1990

    No external source identified

  8. Ytalo

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 12 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  9. Antonio Schinella Conti

    writer, mathematician

    1677–1749 · aged 72

    January 22 · 1677

    Source: SNAC

  10. Julio Herrera y Obes*

    jurist, journalist

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1841

    Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay

  11. Per Lundqvist

    ice hockey player

    75 years old

    January 24 · 1951

    No external source identified

  12. Andrea Blackett

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    50 years old

    January 24 · 1976

    Source: World Athletics database

  13. Neelam Jaswant Singh

    athletics competitor

    55 years old

    January 8 · 1971

    Source: World Athletics database

  14. Paolo Mascagni

    university teacher, anatomist

    1755–1815 · aged 60

    January 25 · 1755

    Source: La France savante

  15. Wilhelm Ramsay

    university teacher, politician

    1865–1928

    January 20 · 1865

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Bronwyn Thompson

    athletics competitor

    48 years old

    January 29 · 1978

    Source: Athletics Australia

  17. Sharaf al-Zaman al-Marwazi*

    physician, zoologist

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1056

    No external source identified

  18. Alina Zmushko

    swimmer

    29 years old

    January 5 · 1997

    No external source identified

  19. Duwayne Kerr

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 16 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  20. Wolfgang Peters

    association football player

    1929–2003 · aged 74

    January 8 · 1929

    No external source identified

  21. Nadja Michael

    musician, performing artist

    57 years old

    January 3 · 1969

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  22. Eduard Kolmanovsky

    film score composer, music publicist

    1923–1994 · aged 71

    January 9 · 1923

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  23. Evelin Hagoel

    stage actor, actor

    65 years old

    January 27 · 1961

    No external source identified

  24. Hendrick Zwaardecroon

    politician

    1667–1728 · aged 61

    January 26 · 1667

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  25. Eduardo Toda y Güell

    diplomat, bibliographer

    1855–1941 · aged 86

    January 9 · 1855

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  26. Friedrich Küchenmeister

    mycologist, physician

    1821–1890 · aged 69

    January 22 · 1821

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  27. William Chapman Hewitson

    lepidopterist, naturalist

    1806–1878 · aged 72

    January 9 · 1806

    No external source identified

  28. Wilkinson Call

    politician, jurist

    1834–1910 · aged 76

    January 9 · 1834

    Source: SNAC

  29. Maria Leissner

    politician, diplomat

    70 years old

    January 21 · 1956

    Source: Unicameral Riksdag 1971-1993/94

  30. Calvin Watson

    sport cyclist

    33 years old

    January 6 · 1993

    No external source identified

  31. Jakob Ahlmann Nielsen

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 18 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Sergey Lebedev

    association football coach, association football player

    57 years old

    January 31 · 1969

    Source: Transfermarkt

  33. Veniamin Basner

    film score composer, composer

    1925–1996 · aged 71

    January 1 · 1925

    Source: SNAC

  34. Gennady Kuzmin

    chess player

    1946–2020 · aged 74

    January 19 · 1946

    No external source identified

  35. Mohammed Hameed Farhan

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 24 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  36. Trude Dybendahl

    cross-country skier, author

    1966–2024 · aged 58

    January 8 · 1966

    Source: olympics.com

  37. Ljubo Benčić

    association football coach, association football player

    1905–1992 · aged 87

    January 2 · 1905

    Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon

  38. Rosa María Mateo*

    journalist, television presenter

    Date disputed

    January 6 · 1942

    No external source identified

  39. Miguel Ángel Nieto

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 12 · 1986

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  40. Pehr Henrik Nordgren

    composer

    1944–2008 · aged 64

    January 19 · 1944

    Source: Musicalics

  41. Valérie Garnier

    basketball coach, basketball player

    61 years old

    January 9 · 1965

    Source: FIBA database

  42. Oskar Morawetz

    pianist, composer

    1917–2007 · aged 90

    January 17 · 1917

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  43. Sebastian Langeveld

    sport cyclist

    41 years old

    January 17 · 1985

    No external source identified

  44. Marco Bonamico

    basketball player

    1957–2025 · aged 68

    January 18 · 1957

    Source: FIBA database

  45. Siegfried Jacobsohn

    journalist, writer

    1881–1926 · aged 45

    January 28 · 1881

    Source: SNAC

  46. Alexandre Dechet

    writer, poet

    1801–1830 · aged 29

    January 27 · 1801

    No external source identified

  47. Edimo Ferreira Campos

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 15 · 1983

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  48. George Bridgewater

    rower

    43 years old

    January 18 · 1983

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  49. Akiko Ōmae

    tennis player

    33 years old

    January 29 · 1993

    No external source identified

  50. Bogdan Ivanovich Khanenko

    archaeologist, judge

    1849–1917 · aged 68

    January 23 · 1849

    No external source identified

  51. Lars Forssell

    poet, writer

    1928–2007 · aged 79

    January 14 · 1928

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  52. Liz Stephen

    cross-country skier

    39 years old

    January 12 · 1987

    No external source identified

  53. Józef Andrzej Załuski*

    patron of the arts, librarian

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1702

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  54. Berthe Bovy

    stage actor, film actor

    1887–1977 · aged 90

    January 6 · 1887

    Source: Léonore database

  55. Marianne Werner

    athletics competitor, athlete

    1924–2023 · aged 99

    January 4 · 1924

    No external source identified

  56. Valeria Parrella

    writer

    52 years old

    January 20 · 1974

    Source: IMDb

  57. Ritvars Suharevs

    weightlifter

    27 years old

    January 11 · 1999

    No external source identified

  58. Łukasz Koszarek

    basketball player

    42 years old

    January 12 · 1984

    Source: FIBA database

  59. Antoni Łomnicki

    mathematician, university teacher

    1881–1941 · aged 60

    January 17 · 1881

    Source: The Peerage

  60. Norman C. Armitage

    fencer

    1907–1972 · aged 65

    January 1 · 1907

    No external source identified

  61. Meir Jacob Kister

    orientalist, translator

    1914–2010 · aged 96

    January 16 · 1914

    Source: AlKindi

  62. Scott Brennan

    rower

    43 years old

    January 9 · 1983

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  63. Virginia Brooks

    suffragette, writer

    1886–1929 · aged 43

    January 11 · 1886

    No external source identified

  64. Pierre Allemane

    association football player

    1882–1956 · aged 74

    January 19 · 1882

    No external source identified

  65. Hsu Chieh-yu

    tennis player

    34 years old

    January 14 · 1992

    No external source identified

  66. Tomas Ražanauskas

    association football player, association football coach

    50 years old

    January 7 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  67. Natalya Morozova

    volleyball player

    53 years old

    January 28 · 1973

    No external source identified

  68. David Motiuk

    Greek-Catholic priest

    64 years old

    January 13 · 1962

    Source: GCatholic.org

  69. Friedrich Kasimir Medikus

    curator, physician

    1736–1808 · aged 72

    January 6 · 1736

    Source: BnF authorities

  70. Sergi Pàmies

    screenwriter, translator

    66 years old

    January 26 · 1960

    Source: lacauselitteraire.fr

  71. Louis d'Aurelle de Paladines

    military personnel, politician

    1804–1877

    January 9 · 1804

    Source: Sycomore

  72. Regina Agyare

    computer scientist

    43 years old

    January 1 · 1983

    Source: limitlessmotivation1.wordpress.com

  73. Johanita Scholtz

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    26 years old

    January 25 · 2000

    Source: results.gc2018.com

  74. Julia Biryukova

    sport cyclist

    28 years old

    January 24 · 1998

    Source: uci.org

  75. Lisa Post

    field hockey player

    27 years old

    January 27 · 1999

    No external source identified

  76. Mindaugas Griškonis

    rower

    40 years old

    January 17 · 1986

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  77. Roberto Ardigò

    politician, sociologist

    1828–1920 · aged 92

    January 28 · 1828

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  78. Fernando Quiroga y Palacios

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1900–1971 · aged 71

    January 21 · 1900

    Source: BnF authorities

  79. Karl Eduard von Holtei*

    director, playwright

    Date disputed

    January 24 · 1798

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  80. Souleymane Diarra

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 30 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  81. Alfred Wotquenne

    musicologist, librarian

    1867–1939 · aged 72

    January 25 · 1867

    Source: BnF authorities

  82. Massimiliano Cappioli

    association football coach, association football player

    58 years old

    January 17 · 1968

    Source: Transfermarkt

  83. Maxim Tsvetkov

    biathlete

    34 years old

    January 3 · 1992

    No external source identified

  84. Maximilian Wengler

    military personnel

    1890–1945 · aged 55

    January 14 · 1890

    No external source identified

  85. Ludovica Modugno

    voice actor, actor

    1949–2021 · aged 72

    January 12 · 1949

    Source: IMDb

  86. Ido Kozikaro

    basketball player

    48 years old

    January 8 · 1978

    Source: FIBA database

  87. Morton S. Wilkinson

    politician, lawyer

    1819–1894 · aged 75

    January 22 · 1819

    Source: SNAC

  88. Nikolai Fadeyechev

    pedagogue, dancer

    1933–2020 · aged 87

    January 27 · 1933

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  89. Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 25 · 1986

    Source: As

  90. Andreas Klier

    sporting director, sport cyclist

    50 years old

    January 15 · 1976

    No external source identified

  91. Kevin Abbring

    rally driver, engineer

    37 years old

    January 20 · 1989

    Source: ewrc-results.com

  92. Vanderlei Farias da Silva*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1984

    No external source identified

  93. Joan Meredith

    actor, film actor

    1907–1980 · aged 73

    January 28 · 1907

    Source: IMDb

  94. Herma Bauma

    handball player, javelin thrower

    1915–2003 · aged 88

    January 23 · 1915

    No external source identified

  95. Oumar Tchomogo

    association football player, association football coach

    48 years old

    January 7 · 1978

    Source: FBref

  96. Naoshi Nakamura

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 27 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  97. Edda Buding*

    tennis player

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1936

    No external source identified

  98. Favio Álvarez

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 23 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  99. Patrick Huston

    archer

    30 years old

    January 5 · 1996

    No external source identified

  100. Chand Ram

    athletics competitor

    68 years old

    January 26 · 1958

    Source: World Athletics database

  101. Viktor Avdyushko

    film actor, stage actor

    1925–1975 · aged 50

    January 11 · 1925

    Source: filmportal.de

  102. Angelina Acuña

    poet, writer

    1905–2006 · aged 101

    January 31 · 1905

    No external source identified

  103. Alexander von Staël-Holstein

    sinologist, East Asian studies scholar

    1877–1937 · aged 60

    January 1 · 1877

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  104. Fátima Gálvez

    sport shooter

    39 years old

    January 19 · 1987

    No external source identified

  105. Alessandro Lambruschini

    athletics competitor

    61 years old

    January 7 · 1965

    Source: World Athletics database

  106. Fausto Tienza

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 8 · 1990

    Source: FBref

  107. Ronald Rivero

    association football player, association football coach

    46 years old

    January 29 · 1980

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  108. Lado Asatiani

    poet

    1917–1943 · aged 26

    January 14 · 1917

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  109. Alexandre Luiz Fernandes

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 21 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  110. Mohamed Ali Nafkha

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 25 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  111. Khaly Thiam

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 7 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  112. Bahruz Kangarli

    painter

    1892–1922 · aged 30

    January 22 · 1892

    No external source identified

  113. Georgeta Gabor

    artistic gymnast

    64 years old

    January 10 · 1962

    Source: Olympedia

  114. Rolando Uríos

    handball player

    55 years old

    January 27 · 1971

    Source: eurohandball.com

  115. Friedrich Blass

    university teacher, classical philologist

    1843–1907 · aged 64

    January 22 · 1843

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  116. Tanel Sokk

    basketball player

    41 years old

    January 20 · 1985

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  117. George Hungerford

    lawyer, rower

    82 years old

    January 2 · 1944

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  118. Jang Sung-ho

    judoka

    48 years old

    January 12 · 1978

    Source: JudoInside.com

  119. Håvard Vad Petersson

    curler

    42 years old

    January 5 · 1984

    No external source identified

  120. Margaret Bailes

    athletics competitor

    75 years old

    January 23 · 1951

    Source: World Athletics database

  121. Johann Reinhard II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

    1628–1666 · aged 38

    January 23 · 1628

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  122. Ademir Roque Kaefer

    association football player

    66 years old

    January 6 · 1960

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  123. Lee Parry*

    film actor, actor

    Date disputed

    January 14 · 1901

    No external source identified

  124. Jesús Landáburu

    association football player

    71 years old

    January 24 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  125. Leonardo de Deus

    swimmer

    35 years old

    January 18 · 1991

    No external source identified

  126. Anna Blaman*

    teacher, dramaturge

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  127. Niilo Mäenpää

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 14 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  128. Aleksey Konsovsky

    actor

    1912–1991 · aged 79

    January 28 · 1912

    No external source identified

  129. Bianca Maria Piccinino

    author, science communicator

    1924–2025 · aged 101

    January 29 · 1924

    No external source identified

  130. Walkiria Terradura

    partisan

    1924–2023 · aged 99

    January 9 · 1924

    No external source identified

  131. Nikolina Shtereva

    athletics competitor, middle-distance runner

    71 years old

    January 21 · 1955

    No external source identified

  132. Clyde Sefton

    sport cyclist

    75 years old

    January 20 · 1951

    Source: cyclingarchives.com

  133. Cayo Lara

    farmer, politician

    74 years old

    January 29 · 1952

    No external source identified

  134. Andrei Boltnev

    actor

    1946–1995 · aged 49

    January 5 · 1946

    Source: filmportal.de

  135. Allan Schofield

    field hockey player

    69 years old

    January 26 · 1957

    No external source identified

  136. Lina Kačiušytė

    swimmer

    63 years old

    January 1 · 1963

    No external source identified

  137. Tatiana Salem Levy

    film director, translator

    47 years old

    January 24 · 1979

    Source: BnF authorities

  138. Bose Alao

    actor

    41 years old

    January 6 · 1985

    No external source identified

  139. Georges Michel

    painter

    1763–1843 · aged 80

    January 12 · 1763

    Source: BnF authorities

  140. Adolph, Prince of Nassau-Schaumburg

    aristocrat

    1629–1676 · aged 47

    January 23 · 1629

    Source: The Peerage

  141. Mikhail Kalik

    director, screenwriter

    1927–2017 · aged 90

    January 29 · 1927

    Source: IMDb

  142. Ramon Iglesias i Navarri

    Catholic bishop, politician

    1889–1972 · aged 83

    January 28 · 1889

    No external source identified

  143. Jacques-François Ancelot*

    poet, writer

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1794

    Source: La France savante

  144. John Treloar

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    1928–2012 · aged 84

    January 19 · 1928

    Source: Athletics Australia

  145. Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach

    politician

    1493–1525 · aged 32

    January 9 · 1493

    No external source identified

  146. Anna Schaffelhuber

    athlete, alpine skier

    33 years old

    January 26 · 1993

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  147. Bengt Westerlund

    astrophysicist, astronomer

    1921–2008 · aged 87

    January 17 · 1921

    Source: Vem är det 1993

  148. Autran Dourado

    writer, novelist

    1926–2012 · aged 86

    January 18 · 1926

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  149. Montagu Toller*

    cricketer

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1871

    Source: espncricinfo.com

  150. Yoko Tanabe

    judoka

    60 years old

    January 28 · 1966

    No external source identified

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