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

  1. Nikolai Solodukhin

    judoka

    71 years old

    January 3 · 1955

    No external source identified

  2. Franz Schrader

    cartographer, mountaineer

    1844–1924 · aged 80

    January 11 · 1844

    Source: Léonore database

  3. Alberto Rendo

    association football player, association football coach

    86 years old

    January 3 · 1940

    Source: Transfermarkt

  4. Zviad Izoria

    chess player

    42 years old

    January 6 · 1984

    No external source identified

  5. Gerard Aafjes

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 27 · 1985

    Source: transfermarkt.co.uk

  6. Yuta Baba

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 22 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  7. Antonio Maspes

    sport cyclist

    1932–2000 · aged 68

    January 14 · 1932

    No external source identified

  8. Hermes Ramírez

    physical education teacher, strength and conditioning coach

    1948–2024 · aged 76

    January 7 · 1948

    Source: World Athletics database

  9. Gur Shelef

    basketball player

    52 years old

    January 10 · 1974

    Source: FIBA database

  10. Ludwik Solski

    theatre manager, actor

    1855–1954 · aged 99

    January 20 · 1855

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  11. Zainab Biisheva

    writer, playwright

    1908–1996 · aged 88

    January 15 · 1908

    No external source identified

  12. Oleh Lisohor

    swimmer

    47 years old

    January 17 · 1979

    No external source identified

  13. Sami El-Sheshini

    association football player

    54 years old

    January 23 · 1972

    Source: Transfermarkt

  14. Harry Mitchell

    boxer

    1898–1983 · aged 85

    January 5 · 1898

    No external source identified

  15. Jane Elizabeth Waterston

    missionary, physician

    1843–1932 · aged 89

    January 18 · 1843

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  16. Alessandro Fantini

    sport cyclist, athlete

    1932–1961 · aged 29

    January 1 · 1932

    No external source identified

  17. Panna Naik

    bibliographer, writer

    93 years old

    January 1 · 1933

    No external source identified

  18. Valery Glivenko

    university teacher, mathematician

    1897–1940 · aged 43

    January 2 · 1897

    Source: Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine

  19. Szabolcs Hajdu

    screenwriter, film actor

    54 years old

    January 26 · 1972

    Source: IMDb

  20. Marceli Nencki

    chemist, physician

    1847–1901 · aged 54

    January 15 · 1847

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  21. Sophia Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

    1634–1663 · aged 29

    January 7 · 1634

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  22. Shadmehr Aghili

    singer, film actor

    53 years old

    January 27 · 1973

    No external source identified

  23. Stélvio Rosa da Cruz

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 24 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  24. Basile Gras

    engineer, military personnel

    1836–1901 · aged 65

    January 2 · 1836

    Source: Léonore database

  25. François Thureau-Dangin

    assyriologist, epigrapher

    1872–1944 · aged 72

    January 3 · 1872

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  26. Gregor Hradetzky

    canoeist, organ builder

    1909–1984 · aged 75

    January 31 · 1909

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  27. Liu Xiaobo

    taekwondo athlete

    42 years old

    January 16 · 1984

    No external source identified

  28. Philibert Smellinckx

    association football player

    1911–1977 · aged 66

    January 17 · 1911

    Source: Transfermarkt

  29. Khaled Habib

    actor, record producer

    56 years old

    January 24 · 1970

    No external source identified

  30. Max Kalbeck

    translator, writer

    1850–1921 · aged 71

    January 4 · 1850

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  31. Joseph Albert Sullivan

    physician, politician

    1901–1988 · aged 87

    January 8 · 1901

    Source: Find a Grave

  32. Harry Merkel

    engineer, racing automobile driver

    1918–1995 · aged 77

    January 10 · 1918

    No external source identified

  33. Margaret Mayall

    astronomer

    1902–1995 · aged 93

    January 27 · 1902

    Source: aas.org

  34. Otto Heinrich Fugger, Count of Kirchberg

    military personnel

    1592–1644 · aged 52

    January 12 · 1592

    No external source identified

  35. Adam Bahdaj

    translator, children's writer

    1918–1985 · aged 67

    January 2 · 1918

    Source: e-teatr.pl

  36. Rudolf Krause

    association football coach, association football player

    1927–2003 · aged 76

    January 21 · 1927

    No external source identified

  37. Eduardo Mingas

    basketball player

    47 years old

    January 29 · 1979

    Source: FIBA database

  38. Jan Filip Libicki

    politician

    55 years old

    January 17 · 1971

    Source: pace.coe.int

  39. Oscar Olivera

    trade unionist

    71 years old

    January 10 · 1955

    No external source identified

  40. Regina Silveira

    graphic artist, photographer

    87 years old

    January 18 · 1939

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  41. Tolga Seyhan

    association football player

    49 years old

    January 17 · 1977

    Source: Transfermarkt

  42. Luis Gianneo

    composer, pianist

    1897–1968

    January 9 · 1897

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  43. Chamseddine Dhaouadi*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1987

    Source: Soccerway

  44. Tomáš Zíb

    tennis player

    50 years old

    January 31 · 1976

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  45. Theodor Kramer

    writer, bookseller

    1897–1958 · aged 61

    January 1 · 1897

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  46. Fumiya Hayakawa

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 12 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  47. József Bajza

    editor, poet

    1804–1858 · aged 54

    January 31 · 1804

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  48. Tomáš Zohorna

    ice hockey player

    38 years old

    January 3 · 1988

    Source: Olympedia

  49. Hadi Taqtaş

    poet

    1901–1931 · aged 30

    January 1 · 1901

    No external source identified

  50. Teodoro Fernandes Sampaio

    writer, historian

    1855–1937 · aged 82

    January 7 · 1855

    No external source identified

  51. Mohamed Kharbouch

    association football player

    49 years old

    January 22 · 1977

    Source: Transfermarkt

  52. Jean Lucienbonnet

    racing automobile driver, Formula One driver

    1923–1962 · aged 39

    January 7 · 1923

    No external source identified

  53. Jun Jung-lin

    bobsledder

    37 years old

    January 27 · 1989

    No external source identified

  54. Tom Ponting

    swimmer

    61 years old

    January 28 · 1965

    No external source identified

  55. Kévin Mayi

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 14 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  56. David Bernabeu

    sport cyclist

    51 years old

    January 9 · 1975

    No external source identified

  57. Yannis Drymonakos

    swimmer

    42 years old

    January 18 · 1984

    No external source identified

  58. Christian Eigler

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 1 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  59. Alfred Lindley*

    rower, mountaineer

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1904

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  60. Bo Linde

    pianist, composer

    1933–1970 · aged 37

    January 1 · 1933

    Source: SNAC

  61. Rustam Kazakov

    amateur wrestler

    79 years old

    January 2 · 1947

    No external source identified

  62. Sherif Ashraf

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 1 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  63. Marcos Ana

    writer, poet

    1920–2016 · aged 96

    January 20 · 1920

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  64. Katharina Rutschky

    author, journalist

    1941–2010 · aged 68

    January 25 · 1941

    Source: BnF authorities

  65. Félix Couchoro

    lecturer, writer

    1900–1969

    January 30 · 1900

    Source: BnF authorities

  66. Petr Hannig

    Liedermacher, composer

    1946–2025 · aged 79

    January 20 · 1946

    Source: mujrozhlas.cz

  67. Christian Scriver

    hymnwriter, parson

    1629–1693 · aged 64

    January 2 · 1629

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  68. Gerrit Voorting

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    1923–2015 · aged 92

    January 18 · 1923

    No external source identified

  69. André Barsacq

    translator, screenwriter

    1909–1973 · aged 64

    January 24 · 1909

    Source: death certificate

  70. Annie Gorassini

    actor, singer-songwriter

    85 years old

    January 8 · 1941

    No external source identified

  71. Ulrike Mai

    stage actor, film actor

    66 years old

    January 6 · 1960

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  72. Vicente de la Mata

    association football player, association football coach

    1918–1980 · aged 62

    January 15 · 1918

    Source: Transfermarkt

  73. Mattia de Rossi

    engineer, executive

    1637–1695 · aged 58

    January 14 · 1637

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  74. Sigfrid Siwertz

    writer, poet

    1882–1970 · aged 88

    January 24 · 1882

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  75. Clemens August von Droste-Vischering

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1773–1845 · aged 72

    January 21 · 1773

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  76. Allen Stack

    lawyer, swimmer

    1928–1999 · aged 71

    January 23 · 1928

    No external source identified

  77. Johann Ignaz von Felbiger

    pedagogue, Catholic theologian

    1724–1788

    January 6 · 1724

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  78. Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc

    rower

    31 years old

    January 3 · 1995

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  79. Assmaa Niang

    judoka

    43 years old

    January 4 · 1983

    No external source identified

  80. Takahiro Sunada

    marathon runner, athletics competitor

    53 years old

    January 19 · 1973

    Source: World Athletics database

  81. Yared Shegumo

    long-distance runner, middle-distance runner

    43 years old

    January 10 · 1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  82. Ann-Sofi Pettersson

    artistic gymnast

    94 years old

    January 1 · 1932

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  83. Anastasia Grebenkina

    ice dancer

    47 years old

    January 18 · 1979

    No external source identified

  84. Zeffiro Furiassi

    association football player, association football coach

    1923–1974 · aged 51

    January 19 · 1923

    Source: FBref

  85. John Porter

    ice hockey player

    1904–1997 · aged 93

    January 21 · 1904

    Source: tradingcarddb.com

  86. Justin Harvey Smith

    historian

    1857–1930 · aged 73

    January 13 · 1857

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  87. Leonardo Renan Simões de Lacerda

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 30 · 1988

    Source: As

  88. Paola Pisano

    politician

    49 years old

    January 4 · 1977

    Source: Openpolis

  89. Vasyl Ellan-Blakytny

    revolutionary, journalist

    1894–1925 · aged 31

    January 9 · 1894

    Source: parish register

  90. Mary Strong Clemens*

    botanical collector, botanist

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1873

    Source: Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

  91. Emma Ihrer

    union member, trade unionist

    1857–1911 · aged 54

    January 3 · 1857

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  92. Eugène André Oudiné

    numismatist, medalist

    1810–1887 · aged 77

    January 1 · 1810

    Source: SNAC

  93. Mauricio Cuero

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 28 · 1993

    Source: FBref

  94. Viktor Losev

    association football coach, association football player

    67 years old

    January 25 · 1959

    Source: Transfermarkt

  95. Des Abbott

    field hockey player

    40 years old

    January 10 · 1986

    No external source identified

  96. Mauricio Affonso

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 26 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  97. Daria Khaltourina

    sociologist, demographer

    47 years old

    January 4 · 1979

    No external source identified

  98. Raphael Martinho*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1988

    No external source identified

  99. Ivanna Madruga

    tennis player

    65 years old

    January 27 · 1961

    Source: WTA website

  100. Christian Puggioni

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 17 · 1981

    Source: As

  101. Shi Jinglin

    swimmer

    33 years old

    January 3 · 1993

    No external source identified

  102. Arthur Ayrault

    rower

    1935–1990 · aged 55

    January 21 · 1935

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  103. Klaus Täuber

    association football player, association football coach

    1958–2023 · aged 65

    January 17 · 1958

    Source: Transfermarkt

  104. Salomon Hermann Mosenthal

    writer, poet

    1821–1877 · aged 56

    January 14 · 1821

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  105. Hilde Schrader

    swimmer

    1910–1966 · aged 56

    January 4 · 1910

    Source: Magdeburger Biographisches Lexikon

  106. Frank Baum*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 30 · 1956

    Source: Transfermarkt

  107. Shohei Yabiku

    amateur wrestler

    31 years old

    January 4 · 1995

    Source: iat.uni-leipzig.de

  108. Vegard Opaas

    ski jumper

    64 years old

    January 11 · 1962

    No external source identified

  109. Jason Turner

    sport shooter

    51 years old

    January 31 · 1975

    No external source identified

  110. João Carlos

    association football coach, association football player

    70 years old

    January 15 · 1956

    No external source identified

  111. Anne Karin Elstad

    1938–2012 · aged 74

    January 19 · 1938

    Source: historical register of persons

  112. Ferdinando Fontana

    librettist, translator

    1850–1919 · aged 69

    January 30 · 1850

    Source: SNAC

  113. Yvonne Hirdman

    university teacher, historian

    83 years old

    January 18 · 1943

    No external source identified

  114. Lucy Weston Pickett

    chemist

    1904–1997 · aged 93

    January 19 · 1904

    Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science

  115. Frano Vićan

    water polo player

    50 years old

    January 24 · 1976

    No external source identified

  116. Mario Occhiuto

    architect, politician

    62 years old

    January 6 · 1964

    No external source identified

  117. Minke Booij

    field hockey player, association football player

    49 years old

    January 24 · 1977

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  118. Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

    athletics competitor

    36 years old

    January 20 · 1990

    Source: World Athletics database

  119. Andrzej Zgutczyński

    association football player

    68 years old

    January 1 · 1958

    Source: Transfermarkt

  120. Eduardo Reyes Ortíz

    association football coach, association football player

    1907–1955 · aged 48

    January 1 · 1907

    Source: worldfootball.net

  121. Vitaliy Mandzyuk

    association football coach, association football player

    40 years old

    January 24 · 1986

    Source: As

  122. Antonina Ordina

    cross-country skier

    64 years old

    January 24 · 1962

    No external source identified

  123. Ioannis Nikolaidis

    chess player

    55 years old

    January 4 · 1971

    No external source identified

  124. Péter Prohászka

    chess player

    34 years old

    January 13 · 1992

    No external source identified

  125. Andrzej Adamczyk

    politician

    67 years old

    January 4 · 1959

    No external source identified

  126. Hubert Lyman Clark

    university teacher, science writer

    1870–1947 · aged 77

    January 9 · 1870

    Source: SNAC

  127. Wedgwood Nowell

    composer, screenwriter

    1878–1957 · aged 79

    January 24 · 1878

    No external source identified

  128. Antonio Ruberti

    engineer, politician

    1927–2000 · aged 73

    January 24 · 1927

    Source: BnF authorities

  129. Vasja Bajc

    cross-country skier, ski jumper

    64 years old

    January 19 · 1962

    Source: olympijskytym.cz

  130. Boris Mirkin-Getsevich

    jurist, academic

    1892–1955 · aged 63

    January 1 · 1892

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  131. Balázs Étienne

    sinologist, university teacher

    1905–1963 · aged 58

    January 24 · 1905

    Source: BnF authorities

  132. Ernest Joy

    stage actor, film actor

    1878–1924 · aged 46

    January 20 · 1878

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  133. Valentina Rodini

    rower

    31 years old

    January 28 · 1995

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  134. Bill Lienhard

    basketball player

    1930–2022 · aged 92

    January 14 · 1930

    No external source identified

  135. Lucas Achtschellinck

    painter

    1626–1699 · aged 73

    January 16 · 1626

    Source: RKDartists

  136. Jens Zetlitz

    writer, poet

    1761–1821 · aged 59

    January 26 · 1761

    No external source identified

  137. Melchior Goldast

    historian, chancellor

    1578–1635 · aged 57

    January 16 · 1578

    Source: BnF authorities

  138. Cecília Esztergályos

    actor, ballet dancer

    83 years old

    January 26 · 1943

    Source: IMDb

  139. Hjalmar Johansson

    swimmer, athletics competitor

    1874–1957 · aged 83

    January 20 · 1874

    No external source identified

  140. Nataliya Pyhyda

    athletics competitor

    45 years old

    January 30 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  141. Vitali Dyakov

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 31 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  142. Thomas Longosiwa

    long-distance runner, athletics competitor

    44 years old

    January 14 · 1982

    Source: World Athletics database

  143. Tsonyo Vasilev

    association football player, association football coach

    1952–2015 · aged 63

    January 7 · 1952

    Source: FBref

  144. François-Henri Hallopeau

    dermatologist

    1842–1919 · aged 77

    January 17 · 1842

    Source: La France savante

  145. Darío Jara Saguier

    athlete, association football player

    1930–2023 · aged 92

    January 27 · 1930

    Source: Transfermarkt

  146. Lars Patrick Berg

    politician

    60 years old

    January 22 · 1966

    Source: Members of the European Parliament

  147. József Mészáros

    association football player, association football coach

    1923–1997 · aged 74

    January 16 · 1923

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  148. Ylenia Scapin

    judoka

    51 years old

    January 8 · 1975

    Source: JudoInside.com

  149. Leonidas Proaño

    Catholic theologian, teacher

    1910–1988 · aged 78

    January 29 · 1910

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  150. Toshiyuki Igarashi

    boxer

    42 years old

    January 17 · 1984

    No external source identified

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