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

  1. Maxie Wander

    writer

    1933–1977

    January 3 · 1933

    Source: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartsliteratur

  2. Claudia Amengual

    writer, teacher

    57 years old

    January 7 · 1969

    Source: Autores.uy

  3. Edera Cordiale

    athletics competitor

    1920–1993 · aged 73

    January 30 · 1920

    No external source identified

  4. Ken André Olimb

    ice hockey player

    37 years old

    January 21 · 1989

    Source: iihf.com

  5. Anders Andersson

    ice hockey player

    1937–1989 · aged 52

    January 2 · 1937

    Source: SOK database

  6. Marius Barnard

    tennis player

    57 years old

    January 20 · 1969

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  7. Əli Abbasov

    computer scientist, politician

    73 years old

    January 1 · 1953

    Source: Davos 2014 Participant List

  8. Dora del Hoyo

    domestic worker

    1914–2004 · aged 89

    January 11 · 1914

    No external source identified

  9. Oleg Kiselyov

    handball player

    59 years old

    January 11 · 1967

    No external source identified

  10. Lucas Mareque

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 12 · 1983

    Source: FBref

  11. Gustave Lefrançais

    teacher, communard

    1826–1901 · aged 75

    January 30 · 1826

    Source: BnF authorities

  12. Noël Alexandre

    theologian, church historian

    1639–1724 · aged 85

    January 19 · 1639

    Source: BnF authorities

  13. William Jacob Baer

    painter

    1860–1941 · aged 81

    January 29 · 1860

    Source: SNAC

  14. Manfred Pranger

    alpine skier

    48 years old

    January 25 · 1978

    No external source identified

  15. Antón Arieta

    association football player

    1946–2022 · aged 76

    January 6 · 1946

    Source: Transfermarkt

  16. Kirsten Hansteen

    journalist, politician

    1903–1974 · aged 71

    January 5 · 1903

    Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1973)

  17. Ayasha Rahman

    cricketer

    42 years old

    January 14 · 1984

    No external source identified

  18. Matilde Fernández

    politician, trade unionist

    76 years old

    January 24 · 1950

    Source: asambleamadrid.es

  19. Khaled Al-Eid

    equestrian

    57 years old

    January 2 · 1969

    No external source identified

  20. Charles Mayer

    boxer

    1882–1972 · aged 90

    January 7 · 1882

    Source: birth certificate

  21. Theodor von Schön

    writer, politician

    1773–1856 · aged 83

    January 20 · 1773

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  22. Ernani Pereira

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 22 · 1978

    Source: tff.org

  23. August Englas

    amateur wrestler, military personnel

    1925–2017 · aged 92

    January 15 · 1925

    Source: sport.delfi.ee

  24. Koji Sasaki

    association football player

    90 years old

    January 30 · 1936

    No external source identified

  25. Witold Zglenicki

    philanthropist, engineer

    1850–1904 · aged 54

    January 6 · 1850

    No external source identified

  26. Ernst Hartwig

    university teacher, astronomer

    1851–1923 · aged 72

    January 14 · 1851

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  27. Jerguš Bača

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    61 years old

    January 4 · 1965

    Source: Records of persons of interest

  28. Zhana Todorova

    volleyball player

    29 years old

    January 6 · 1997

    No external source identified

  29. Elis Manolova

    amateur wrestler

    30 years old

    January 17 · 1996

    No external source identified

  30. Nicolás Falero

    association football player

    1921–1986

    January 11 · 1921

    No external source identified

  31. Billy Ohlsson

    association football player, association football coach

    72 years old

    January 13 · 1954

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Georg Adolf Suckow

    physicist, botanist

    1751–1813 · aged 62

    January 28 · 1751

    Source: Heidelberg Scholar Lexicon 1803–1932

  33. Bill Fiedler

    association football player

    1910–1985 · aged 75

    January 10 · 1910

    Source: Transfermarkt

  34. Valery Kozlov

    university teacher, mathematician

    76 years old

    January 1 · 1950

    No external source identified

  35. Serguey Torres

    canoeist

    39 years old

    January 20 · 1987

    No external source identified

  36. Yulii Meitus

    composer, film score composer

    1903–1997 · aged 94

    January 28 · 1903

    Source: BnF authorities

  37. Marta Pagnini

    rhythmic gymnast

    35 years old

    January 21 · 1991

    No external source identified

  38. Guntis Galviņš

    ice hockey player

    40 years old

    January 25 · 1986

    Source: iihf.com

  39. Arturs Alberings*

    politician, head of government

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1877

    No external source identified

  40. Harry Spanjer

    boxer

    1873–1958 · aged 85

    January 9 · 1873

    No external source identified

  41. Fatma Zohra Zamoum

    film director, writer

    59 years old

    January 19 · 1967

    Source: Babelio

  42. Étienne Comar

    screenwriter, film producer

    61 years old

    January 25 · 1965

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  43. Michael Jefferson Nascimento

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 21 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  44. Juan Vicente Herrera Campo

    politician, lawyer

    70 years old

    January 23 · 1956

    No external source identified

  45. Ivan Stoyanov

    association football player

    1949–2017 · aged 68

    January 20 · 1949

    Source: Transfermarkt

  46. Nermina Lukac

    actor, film actor

    36 years old

    January 5 · 1990

    No external source identified

  47. Katharina Hacker

    translator, writer

    59 years old

    January 11 · 1967

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  48. Antonio Tomás

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 19 · 1985

    No external source identified

  49. Samuel C. Bradford

    information scientist, librarian

    1878–1948 · aged 70

    January 10 · 1878

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  50. Herman Adolf van Lippe-Detmold

    aristocrat

    1616–1666 · aged 50

    January 31 · 1616

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  51. Leopold Ludwig

    conductor

    1908–1979

    January 12 · 1908

    Source: filmportal.de

  52. Ana Camila Pirelli

    athletics competitor

    37 years old

    January 30 · 1989

    Source: World Athletics database

  53. Aílton Ferraz

    association football player, association football coach

    60 years old

    January 19 · 1966

    No external source identified

  54. Nikolai Pankin

    swimmer

    1949–2018 · aged 69

    January 2 · 1949

    No external source identified

  55. Mathías Cubero

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 15 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  56. Panas Liubchenko

    statesperson, politician

    1897–1937 · aged 40

    January 14 · 1897

    No external source identified

  57. Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann

    photographer, artist

    1815–1901 · aged 86

    January 25 · 1815

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  58. Ibuki Fujita

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 30 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  59. Joseph Barclay Pentland

    geographer, botanical collector

    1797–1873 · aged 76

    January 17 · 1797

    No external source identified

  60. Edon Hasani

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 9 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  61. Chaker Zouagi

    association football player, association football coach

    41 years old

    January 10 · 1985

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  62. Alicia Dujovne Ortiz

    biographer, journalist

    86 years old

    January 4 · 1940

    Source: Babelio

  63. Erich Zepler

    chess problem, physicist

    1898–1980 · aged 82

    January 27 · 1898

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  64. Ennio Falco

    sport shooter

    58 years old

    January 3 · 1968

    No external source identified

  65. Ramadan Darwish

    judoka

    38 years old

    January 29 · 1988

    No external source identified

  66. Ludwig Lewin Jacobson

    surgeon, anatomist

    1783–1843 · aged 60

    January 10 · 1783

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  67. Luzia Inglês Van-Dúnem

    politician

    78 years old

    January 11 · 1948

    Source: Dictionary of African Biography

  68. Rombout Verhulst

    sculptor, visual artist

    1624–1698 · aged 74

    January 15 · 1624

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  69. Rudolf Fernau

    stage actor, film actor

    1898–1985 · aged 87

    January 7 · 1898

    Source: filmportal.de

  70. Juan Pablo Guzmán

    tennis player

    45 years old

    January 29 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  71. Rubén Oswaldo Díaz

    association football coach, association football player

    1946–2018 · aged 72

    January 8 · 1946

    No external source identified

  72. Wilhelm Schäfer

    editor, editing staff

    1868–1952 · aged 83

    January 20 · 1868

    Source: The Peerage

  73. Ichiro Hosotani

    association football player

    80 years old

    January 21 · 1946

    No external source identified

  74. Vicente Arraya

    association football player, association football coach

    1922–1992

    January 25 · 1922

    Source: FBref

  75. György Kulin

    science fiction writer, astronomer

    1905–1989 · aged 84

    January 28 · 1905

    No external source identified

  76. Sargis Mubayeajian

    editing staff, public figure

    1860–1937

    January 31 · 1860

    Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia

  77. Hans Christoph Ernst von Gagern

    politician, writer

    1766–1852 · aged 86

    January 25 · 1766

    Source: SNAC

  78. Antonio Bernocchi

    politician, inventor

    1859–1930 · aged 71

    January 17 · 1859

    No external source identified

  79. Elfi Eder

    alpine skier

    56 years old

    January 5 · 1970

    No external source identified

  80. Björn Lindemann

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 23 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  81. Heleieth Saffioti

    sociologist, philosopher

    1934–2010 · aged 76

    January 4 · 1934

    No external source identified

  82. Oscar Gatto

    sport cyclist

    41 years old

    January 1 · 1985

    No external source identified

  83. Zdravko Hebel

    water polo player, sports official

    1943–2017 · aged 74

    January 21 · 1943

    Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon

  84. Sebastian Stalder

    biathlete, cross-country skier

    28 years old

    January 19 · 1998

    Source: Olympedia

  85. Yury Krymov*

    writer, engineer

    Date disputed

    January 19 · 1908

    Source: Russian literature of the 20th century. Volume 2, 2005

  86. Emma Ciardi

    artist, painter

    1879–1933 · aged 54

    January 13 · 1879

    Source: BnF authorities

  87. Jean Talairach

    French resistance fighter, psychiatrist

    1911–2007 · aged 96

    January 15 · 1911

    Source: GeneaStar

  88. Jürgen Haase

    long-distance runner

    81 years old

    January 19 · 1945

    Source: World Athletics database

  89. Sarah Josephson

    synchronized swimmer, swimmer

    62 years old

    January 10 · 1964

    No external source identified

  90. Séraphin Couvreur

    missionary, translator

    1835–1919 · aged 84

    January 14 · 1835

    Source: BnF authorities

  91. Claire Etcherelli

    writer, poet

    1931–2023 · aged 92

    January 11 · 1931

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  92. Wolfgang Gunkel

    rower

    1948–2020 · aged 72

    January 15 · 1948

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  93. Marvin Baudry

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 26 · 1990

    Source: FBref

  94. Mohsen Labidi

    association football player

    72 years old

    January 15 · 1954

    Source: Transfermarkt

  95. Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann

    astronomer, meteorologist

    1796–1840 · aged 44

    January 31 · 1796

    No external source identified

  96. André Bloch

    musicologist, composer

    1873–1960 · aged 87

    January 14 · 1873

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

  97. Masaaki Yanagishita

    association football player, association football coach

    66 years old

    January 1 · 1960

    No external source identified

  98. Julio Rey

    athletics competitor, marathon runner

    54 years old

    January 13 · 1972

    Source: World Athletics database

  99. Alire Raffeneau Delile

    diplomat, scientific collector

    1778–1850 · aged 72

    January 23 · 1778

    Source: BnF authorities

  100. Kike Burgos

    association football player, association football coach

    55 years old

    January 20 · 1971

    Source: FBref

  101. John Caspar of Ampringen

    Landeshauptmann, military commander

    1619–1684 · aged 65

    January 19 · 1619

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  102. Friedrich Arnold

    physician, anatomist

    1803–1890 · aged 87

    January 8 · 1803

    Source: Base biographique

  103. Morten Madsen

    ice hockey player

    39 years old

    January 16 · 1987

    Source: iihf.com

  104. Carlos António Gomes

    association football player, association football coach

    1932–2005 · aged 73

    January 18 · 1932

    No external source identified

  105. Wang Yongpo

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 19 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Maguito Vilela

    mayor, lawyer

    1949–2021 · aged 71

    January 24 · 1949

    Source: divulgacandcontas.tse.jus.br

  107. Agnete Carlsen

    association football player

    55 years old

    January 15 · 1971

    Source: Soccerdonna

  108. Rok Drakšič

    judo coach, judoka

    39 years old

    January 2 · 1987

    Source: JudoInside.com

  109. Iryna Zhuk

    athletics competitor

    33 years old

    January 26 · 1993

    Source: World Athletics database

  110. Sascha Bigalke

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 8 · 1990

    Source: As

  111. Jānis Akuraters

    poet, playwright

    1876–1937 · aged 61

    January 13 · 1876

    Source: Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays

  112. Yuri Trofimov

    sport cyclist

    42 years old

    January 26 · 1984

    No external source identified

  113. Georgy Mondzolevski

    volleyball player

    1934–2024 · aged 90

    January 26 · 1934

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  114. Daniel Turek

    sport cyclist

    33 years old

    January 19 · 1993

    Source: olympic.cz

  115. Sergey Karyakin

    all-terrain vehicle rider

    35 years old

    January 25 · 1991

    No external source identified

  116. Patiyo Tambwe

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 7 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  117. Rudolf Großmann

    writer, artist

    1882–1941 · aged 59

    January 25 · 1882

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  118. Chris Kempers

    singer, musician

    61 years old

    January 7 · 1965

    Source: IMDb

  119. Guillermo Delgado*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1931

    No external source identified

  120. Vitaly Khlopin

    chemist

    1890–1950 · aged 60

    January 26 · 1890

    No external source identified

  121. Johann Matthias Hase

    geographer, historian

    1684–1742 · aged 58

    January 14 · 1684

    Source: SNAC

  122. Nathan Shaham

    writer, playwright

    1925–2018 · aged 93

    January 29 · 1925

    Source: BnF authorities

  123. Ali Mirzaei

    weightlifter

    1929–2020 · aged 91

    January 28 · 1929

    Source: sports-reference.com

  124. Ali Kayalı

    amateur wrestler

    61 years old

    January 29 · 1965

    No external source identified

  125. Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Zhirov

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 24 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Vincențiu Babeș

    politician, lawyer

    1821–1907 · aged 86

    January 21 · 1821

    No external source identified

  127. Paolo Manna

    missionary, writer

    1872–1952 · aged 80

    January 16 · 1872

    Source: Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

  128. Maurine Dornelles Gonçalves

    association football player, model

    40 years old

    January 14 · 1986

    Source: Soccerdonna

  129. Charles Sydney Smith

    swimmer, water polo player

    1876–1951 · aged 75

    January 26 · 1876

    No external source identified

  130. Lars Roberg*

    physician, botanist

    Date disputed

    January 14 · 1664

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  131. Boyce Budd

    rower

    87 years old

    January 4 · 1939

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  132. Eugène Gaillard

    interior architect, sculptor

    1862–1933

    January 31 · 1862

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  133. Leandro Putaro

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 7 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  134. Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna

    civil servant, art historian

    1789–1868 · aged 79

    January 17 · 1789

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  135. Manuel Chorens

    association football player

    110 years old

    January 22 · 1916

    Source: FBref

  136. Hans Cattini

    ice hockey player

    1914–1987 · aged 73

    January 24 · 1914

    No external source identified

  137. Pyotr Stepanov*

    politician

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1959

    Source: Chuvash encyclopedia

  138. Robert Förster

    sport cyclist

    48 years old

    January 27 · 1978

    Source: CycleBase

  139. Marie Dumesnil

    memoirist, stage actor

    1713–1803 · aged 90

    January 2 · 1713

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  140. Kenji Imai

    architect, university teacher

    1895–1987 · aged 92

    January 11 · 1895

    Source: Imai, Kenji

  141. Igor Marenić

    sailor

    40 years old

    January 2 · 1986

    No external source identified

  142. Tomáš Malec

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 5 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  143. Emiliano Lasa

    athletics competitor

    36 years old

    January 25 · 1990

    Source: World Athletics database

  144. Savyon Liebrecht

    writer, playwright

    78 years old

    January 13 · 1948

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  145. Imre Hollai

    diplomat, politician

    1925–2017 · aged 92

    January 22 · 1925

    No external source identified

  146. Daniel Solà

    rally driver

    50 years old

    January 3 · 1976

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  147. Natan Rakhlin

    musician, music educator

    1906–1979 · aged 73

    January 10 · 1906

    No external source identified

  148. Yago Fernández

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 5 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  149. Renzo Sambo

    rower

    1942–2009 · aged 67

    January 17 · 1942

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  150. Jiří Kratochvil

    journalist, playwright

    86 years old

    January 4 · 1940

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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