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

  1. Mohammad Sanad

    handball player

    35 years old

    January 16 · 1991

    No external source identified

  2. Torsten Amft

    fashion designer, designer

    55 years old

    January 14 · 1971

    No external source identified

  3. Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong

    consultant, politician

    68 years old

    January 8 · 1958

    Source: parliament.gh

  4. Masaya Matsumoto

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 25 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  5. François Rozier

    Catholic priest, botanist

    1734–1793 · aged 59

    January 23 · 1734

    Source: Base biographique

  6. Gaetano Latilla

    composer

    1711–1788 · aged 77

    January 12 · 1711

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  7. Rita Sacchetto

    screenwriter, dancer

    1880–1959 · aged 79

    January 15 · 1880

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Pavel Arsyonov

    screenwriter, film director

    1936–1999 · aged 63

    January 5 · 1936

    No external source identified

  9. Mohamed Hassan Ouazzani

    editing staff, politician

    1910–1978 · aged 68

    January 17 · 1910

    No external source identified

  10. Tormod Knutsen

    ski jumper, Nordic combined skier

    1932–2021 · aged 89

    January 7 · 1932

    No external source identified

  11. Adam Pynacker*

    merchant, printmaker

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1620

    Source: RKDartists

  12. Leonid Dimov

    poet, translator

    1926–1987 · aged 61

    January 11 · 1926

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  13. Anatoly Sofronov

    journalist, playwright

    1911–1990

    January 19 · 1911

    Source: IMDb

  14. Dinah Pfizenmaier

    tennis player

    34 years old

    January 13 · 1992

    Source: WTA website

  15. Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz

    politician, lawyer

    1762–1838 · aged 76

    January 25 · 1762

    Source: Find a Grave

  16. Jan Blockx

    music teacher, teacher

    1851–1912 · aged 61

    January 25 · 1851

    Source: BnF authorities

  17. Cameron Stones

    bobsledder, rugby union player

    34 years old

    January 5 · 1992

    No external source identified

  18. Clement Reid

    paleontologist, geologist

    1853–1916 · aged 63

    January 6 · 1853

    Source: SNAC

  19. Husain Al-Sayyad

    handball player

    38 years old

    January 14 · 1988

    No external source identified

  20. Teodoro García Egea

    telecommunications engineer

    41 years old

    January 27 · 1985

    Source: congreso.es

  21. Pablo Lastras

    sport cyclist

    50 years old

    January 20 · 1976

    No external source identified

  22. Pentti Eskola

    geologist, university teacher

    1883–1964 · aged 81

    January 8 · 1883

    Source: SNAC

  23. Iván Erőd

    musician, pianist

    1936–2019 · aged 83

    January 2 · 1936

    Source: Musicalics

  24. Stephanie A. Burns

    chemist

    71 years old

    January 24 · 1955

    No external source identified

  25. Mudather El Tahir*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1988

    No external source identified

  26. Otmane El Assas

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 30 · 1979

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  27. Gaetano de Ruggiero

    Catholic priest

    1816–1896 · aged 80

    January 12 · 1816

    No external source identified

  28. Carles Marc Martínez Embuena

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 3 · 1988

    Source: As

  29. Wilhelm Zimmermann

    revolutionary, politician

    1807–1878 · aged 71

    January 2 · 1807

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  30. Sabrina Viguier

    association football coach, association football player

    45 years old

    January 4 · 1981

    Source: Soccerdonna

  31. Gian Girolamo Albani

    jurist, politician

    1509–1591 · aged 82

    January 13 · 1509

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  32. Leszek Drogosz

    actor, boxer

    1933–2012 · aged 79

    January 6 · 1933

    No external source identified

  33. Sebastián de Covarrubias

    writer, lexicographer

    1539–1613 · aged 74

    January 17 · 1539

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  34. Abd al-Latif Dayfallah

    civil servant, politician

    1930–2019 · aged 89

    January 1 · 1930

    No external source identified

  35. Iwan Knorr

    composer, pianist

    1853–1916 · aged 63

    January 3 · 1853

    Source: SNAC

  36. Manasseh Ishiaku

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 9 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Ivan Karabyts

    music educator, conductor

    1945–2002 · aged 57

    January 17 · 1945

    No external source identified

  38. Vasily Vladimirov

    university teacher, mathematician

    1923–2012 · aged 89

    January 9 · 1923

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  39. Eugen Kumičić

    politician, writer

    1850–1904 · aged 54

    January 11 · 1850

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Louis Carré

    association football coach, association football player

    1925–2002 · aged 77

    January 7 · 1925

    No external source identified

  41. Noël Ott

    beach soccer player, association football player

    32 years old

    January 15 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  42. Vivi Gioi

    actor

    1914–1975

    January 2 · 1914

    No external source identified

  43. Marina Rossell

    singer, musician

    72 years old

    January 17 · 1954

    Source: BnF authorities

  44. Darwin Atapuma

    sport cyclist

    38 years old

    January 15 · 1988

    No external source identified

  45. Céline Deville

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 24 · 1982

    Source: Soccerdonna

  46. Bruno Heck

    politician

    1917–1989 · aged 72

    January 20 · 1917

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  47. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem

    academic, human rights defender

    1961–2009 · aged 48

    January 6 · 1961

    No external source identified

  48. Ivo Rudić

    association football player

    1942–2009 · aged 67

    January 24 · 1942

    Source: FBref

  49. Valeriya Korotenko

    volleyball player, beach volleyball player

    42 years old

    January 29 · 1984

    No external source identified

  50. Marius Ebbers

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 4 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  51. Pape Ibnou Bâ

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 5 · 1993

    Source: FBref

  52. Odile Ahouanwanou

    athletics competitor

    35 years old

    January 5 · 1991

    Source: World Athletics database

  53. Pierre Dervaux

    musician, music educator

    1917–1992 · aged 75

    January 3 · 1917

    Source: BnF authorities

  54. Irina Lashko

    competitive diver

    53 years old

    January 25 · 1973

    No external source identified

  55. Kazys Petkevičius

    basketball coach, basketball player

    1926–2008 · aged 82

    January 1 · 1926

    Source: FIBA database

  56. Kotomi Ishizaki

    curler, sports commentator

    47 years old

    January 4 · 1979

    No external source identified

  57. Sergey Fesikov

    swimmer

    37 years old

    January 21 · 1989

    No external source identified

  58. Joseph Hilarius Eckhel

    university teacher, numismatist

    1737–1798 · aged 61

    January 13 · 1737

    Source: Eckhel, Johann Joseph Hilarius (BLKÖ)

  59. Matias Biljaka

    water polo player

    27 years old

    January 20 · 1999

    No external source identified

  60. Patriarch Christopher II of Alexandria

    Eastern Orthodox priest

    1876–1967 · aged 91

    January 17 · 1876

    No external source identified

  61. George Bonhag

    baseball player, athletics competitor

    1882–1960 · aged 78

    January 31 · 1882

    No external source identified

  62. Dan Beery

    rower

    51 years old

    January 4 · 1975

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  63. Justus Henning Böhmer

    jurist, university teacher

    1674–1749 · aged 75

    January 29 · 1674

    Source: BnF authorities

  64. Domenico Acerenza

    swimmer

    31 years old

    January 19 · 1995

    Source: olympedia.org

  65. Georgy Kondratyev

    association football coach, association football player

    66 years old

    January 7 · 1960

    Source: FBref

  66. Pedro Agustín Girón

    military personnel, politician

    1778–1842 · aged 64

    January 2 · 1778

    No external source identified

  67. Alexander Os

    biathlete

    46 years old

    January 21 · 1980

    No external source identified

  68. Aleksey Voropayev

    artistic gymnast

    1973–2006 · aged 33

    January 23 · 1973

    No external source identified

  69. Robert M. Charlton

    judge, lawyer

    1807–1854 · aged 46

    January 19 · 1807

    Source: SNAC

  70. Victor Ciocâltea

    chess player

    1932–1983 · aged 51

    January 16 · 1932

    No external source identified

  71. Yury Zaitsev

    weightlifter

    1951–2022 · aged 71

    January 17 · 1951

    No external source identified

  72. Natalia Málysheva

    amateur wrestler

    32 years old

    January 2 · 1994

    No external source identified

  73. Claude Delvincourt

    pianist, composer

    1888–1954 · aged 66

    January 12 · 1888

    Source: Musicalics

  74. Laurent Angliviel de la Beaumelle*

    librarian, translator

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1726

    Source: baptismal record

  75. Albert Zürner

    competitive diver

    1890–1920 · aged 30

    January 30 · 1890

    No external source identified

  76. Rafael Lozano

    boxer

    56 years old

    January 25 · 1970

    No external source identified

  77. Mariella Farré

    singer

    63 years old

    January 7 · 1963

    No external source identified

  78. Marleen Jochems

    field hockey player

    26 years old

    January 24 · 2000

    No external source identified

  79. Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius*

    lepidopterist, entomologist

    Date disputed

    January 15 · 1853

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  80. Darío Álvarez

    baseball player

    37 years old

    January 17 · 1989

    No external source identified

  81. Oleh Taran

    association football coach, association football player

    66 years old

    January 11 · 1960

    Source: Transfermarkt

  82. Marcel Wouda

    swimmer

    54 years old

    January 23 · 1972

    No external source identified

  83. Jérôme Jeannet

    fencer

    49 years old

    January 26 · 1977

    No external source identified

  84. Cho-Cho Lin

    actor

    1905–1979 · aged 74

    January 21 · 1905

    No external source identified

  85. Max Fürbringer

    ornithologist, anatomist

    1846–1920 · aged 74

    January 30 · 1846

    Source: Base biographique

  86. Rene Simpson

    tennis player

    1966–2013 · aged 47

    January 14 · 1966

    Source: WTA website

  87. Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1512–1594 · aged 82

    January 23 · 1512

    No external source identified

  88. Laura Nunnink

    field hockey player

    31 years old

    January 26 · 1995

    No external source identified

  89. Kenan Şimşek

    amateur wrestler

    58 years old

    January 1 · 1968

    No external source identified

  90. Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    67 years old

    January 1 · 1959

    No external source identified

  91. Mansur Faqiryar

    association football coach, athlete

    40 years old

    January 3 · 1986

    Source: FBref

  92. Harald Tammer

    athletics competitor, sports journalist

    1899–1942 · aged 43

    January 9 · 1899

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  93. Emilie Demant Hatt

    ethnologist, anthropologist

    1873–1958 · aged 85

    January 21 · 1873

    No external source identified

  94. Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher

    parson, Protestant theologian

    1796–1868 · aged 72

    January 28 · 1796

    Source: Krummacher, Friedrich Wilhelm

  95. Manfred Kaiser

    association football coach, association football player

    1929–2017 · aged 88

    January 7 · 1929

    Source: Transfermarkt

  96. Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni

    violinist, conductor

    1757–1821 · aged 64

    January 28 · 1757

    Source: SNAC

  97. Jason Friedberg

    film producer, illustrator

    56 years old

    January 16 · 1970

    Source: IMDb

  98. Elisso Bolkvadze

    pianist, politician

    59 years old

    January 2 · 1967

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  99. József Batthyány

    Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon

    1727–1799 · aged 72

    January 30 · 1727

    Source: BnF authorities

  100. Otto Maximilian Umbehr

    painter, photographer

    1902–1980 · aged 78

    January 18 · 1902

    Source: RKDartists

  101. Aleksandar Lazevski

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 21 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  102. Karol Irzykowski

    chess player, film scholar

    1873–1944 · aged 71

    January 23 · 1873

    Source: encyklopediateatru.pl

  103. Dan Tichon

    politician, economist

    1937–2024 · aged 87

    January 5 · 1937

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  104. Sunao Tokunaga

    novelist, employee

    1899–1958 · aged 59

    January 20 · 1899

    Source: Find a Grave

  105. Alberto Blanco

    association football player, association football coach

    48 years old

    January 8 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Nina Byers

    university teacher, physicist

    1930–2014 · aged 84

    January 19 · 1930

    Source: SNAC

  107. Roland Szolnoki

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 21 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  108. Carolyn Schuler

    swimmer

    1943–2024 · aged 81

    January 5 · 1943

    No external source identified

  109. Masakazu Suzuki

    association football coach, association football player

    71 years old

    January 1 · 1955

    No external source identified

  110. Filipp Fortunatov

    linguist, philologist

    1848–1914 · aged 66

    January 14 · 1848

    Source: Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World

  111. Eugène Camara

    minister, politician

    1942–2019 · aged 77

    January 21 · 1942

    No external source identified

  112. Yeo Martial*

    association football player, association football coach

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1944

    No external source identified

  113. Toulou Kiki

    actor, singer

    43 years old

    January 1 · 1983

    Source: BnF authorities

  114. Dox

    painter, playwright

    1913–1978 · aged 65

    January 16 · 1913

    No external source identified

  115. Edgardo Andrada*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1939

    No external source identified

  116. Sandra Pisani

    field hockey player

    1959–2022 · aged 63

    January 23 · 1959

    No external source identified

  117. Henri Royer

    painter

    1869–1938 · aged 69

    January 22 · 1869

    Source: RKDartists

  118. Jenő Barcsay

    painter, graphic artist

    1900–1988 · aged 88

    January 14 · 1900

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  119. Andreas Ostler

    athlete, bobsledder

    1921–1988 · aged 67

    January 21 · 1921

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  120. Vincenzo Mangiacapre

    boxer

    37 years old

    January 17 · 1989

    No external source identified

  121. Dioh Williams*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1984

    Source: Soccerway

  122. Wilhelm Lübke

    art historian, university teacher

    1826–1893 · aged 67

    January 17 · 1826

    Source: SNAC

  123. Paulo Ferrari

    association football coach, association football player

    44 years old

    January 4 · 1982

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  124. Anna Frolina

    biathlete

    42 years old

    January 11 · 1984

    No external source identified

  125. Heribert Rosweyde*

    Catholic theologian, writer

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1569

    Source: BeWeB

  126. Anna Brackett

    philosopher

    1836–1911 · aged 75

    January 1 · 1836

    No external source identified

  127. Kustaa Rovio

    politician, revolutionary

    1887–1938 · aged 51

    January 23 · 1887

    No external source identified

  128. Paolo Quinteros

    basketball player

    47 years old

    January 15 · 1979

    Source: ACB.com

  129. Björn Kopplin

    association football coach, association football player

    37 years old

    January 7 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Gabriel Correa

    association football coach, association football player

    58 years old

    January 13 · 1968

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  131. Bernard Verdcourt

    botanist, scientific collector

    1925–2011 · aged 86

    January 20 · 1925

    Source: SNAC

  132. Rudolf Alexander Schröder

    writer, linguist

    1878–1962

    January 26 · 1878

    Source: Academy of Arts, Berlin

  133. Werknesh Kidane*

    long-distance runner, marathon runner

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  134. Mihály Fazekas

    poet, botanist

    1766–1828

    January 6 · 1766

    Source: BnF authorities

  135. Georgi Kostadinov

    boxing trainer, boxer

    76 years old

    January 16 · 1950

    No external source identified

  136. Klemen Bauer

    physical education teacher, biathlete

    40 years old

    January 9 · 1986

    No external source identified

  137. Rooma Mehra

    poet, journalist

    59 years old

    January 24 · 1967

    No external source identified

  138. Immanuel Löw

    biologist, orientalist

    1854–1944 · aged 90

    January 20 · 1854

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  139. Aslan Kerimov

    association football coach, association football player

    53 years old

    January 1 · 1973

    Source: FBref

  140. Enrico Boselli

    politician

    69 years old

    January 7 · 1957

    No external source identified

  141. Yevgeni Popov

    prose writer, playwright

    80 years old

    January 5 · 1946

    Source: Russian literature of the 20th century. Volume 3, 2005

  142. Nikolai Rasskazov

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 4 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  143. Boris Koretsky

    fencer

    65 years old

    January 1 · 1961

    Source: infosport.ru

  144. Alfonso Leyva

    amateur wrestler, mixed martial arts fighter

    33 years old

    January 6 · 1993

    No external source identified

  145. Maria Antonietta Torriani*

    journalist, philanthropist

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1840

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  146. Jeffrey Thue

    amateur wrestler

    57 years old

    January 25 · 1969

    No external source identified

  147. Vasiliy Khmelevskiy

    athletics competitor, hammer thrower

    1948–2002

    January 14 · 1948

    Source: World Athletics database

  148. James Anderson

    surgeon, physician

    1738–1809 · aged 71

    January 17 · 1738

    Source: BnF authorities

  149. Héctor Marchena

    association football player, association football coach

    61 years old

    January 4 · 1965

    Source: Transfermarkt

  150. Masaru Furukawa

    swimmer

    1936–1993 · aged 57

    January 6 · 1936

    No external source identified

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