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

  1. Olof Svebilius

    Lutheran pastor, archbishop

    1624–1700 · aged 76

    January 1 · 1624

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  2. Anne-Marie Berglund

    photographer, novelist

    1952–2020 · aged 68

    January 31 · 1952

    No external source identified

  3. Nelson Díaz

    association football player

    1942–2018 · aged 76

    January 12 · 1942

    Source: Transfermarkt

  4. Matteo Martino

    beach volleyball player, volleyball player

    39 years old

    January 28 · 1987

    No external source identified

  5. Choi Kyu-baek

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 23 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  6. Willem Slijkhuis

    athletics competitor, long-distance runner

    1923–2003 · aged 80

    January 13 · 1923

    No external source identified

  7. José Toledo

    handball player

    32 years old

    January 11 · 1994

    Source: olympedia.org

  8. Raúl Noriega

    association football coach, association football player

    56 years old

    January 4 · 1970

    Source: FBref

  9. David Kopp

    sport cyclist

    47 years old

    January 5 · 1979

    No external source identified

  10. Georgi Georgiev

    judoka

    50 years old

    January 30 · 1976

    No external source identified

  11. Evdokiya Rostopchina*

    salonnière, translator

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1812

    Source: BnF authorities

  12. Igor Portnyagin

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 7 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  13. Rúben Bareño

    association football player

    82 years old

    January 23 · 1944

    Source: Transfermarkt

  14. Herbert Feurer

    association football player

    72 years old

    January 14 · 1954

    Source: FBref

  15. Tomás Jofresa

    basketball player

    56 years old

    January 25 · 1970

    Source: FIBA database

  16. Lívia Gyarmathy

    screenwriter, film screenwriter

    1932–2022 · aged 90

    January 8 · 1932

    Source: filmportal.de

  17. Jesper Drost

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 11 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  18. Frederick Humphreys

    amateur wrestler, tug of war competitor

    1878–1954 · aged 76

    January 28 · 1878

    No external source identified

  19. Silvano Contini

    sport cyclist

    68 years old

    January 15 · 1958

    No external source identified

  20. Margaret Nevinson*

    women's rights activist, suffragette

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1858

    No external source identified

  21. Jung Jae-eun

    taekwondo athlete

    46 years old

    January 11 · 1980

    No external source identified

  22. Zhang Liang

    rower

    39 years old

    January 14 · 1987

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  23. Pál Fischer

    association football player

    60 years old

    January 29 · 1966

    Source: FBref

  24. Petra Rampre

    tennis player

    46 years old

    January 20 · 1980

    Source: WTA website

  25. Blaž Gregorc

    ice hockey player

    36 years old

    January 18 · 1990

    Source: mountfieldhk.cz

  26. Pierre Bernard*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 27 · 1932

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  27. Veljko Petković

    beach volleyball player, volleyball player

    49 years old

    January 23 · 1977

    No external source identified

  28. Malik Beyleroğlu

    boxer

    56 years old

    January 21 · 1970

    No external source identified

  29. Dragojla Jarnević

    poet, teacher

    1812–1875 · aged 63

    January 4 · 1812

    Source: Frauen in Bewegung 1848–1938

  30. Huang Shanshan

    trampoline gymnast

    40 years old

    January 18 · 1986

    No external source identified

  31. Bohumil Němeček

    boxer, coach

    1938–2010 · aged 72

    January 2 · 1938

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  32. Margunn Haugenes

    association football player

    56 years old

    January 25 · 1970

    Source: Soccerdonna

  33. Piotr Borys

    politician

    50 years old

    January 11 · 1976

    No external source identified

  34. Ingo Buding

    tennis player

    1942–2003 · aged 61

    January 9 · 1942

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  35. Dieuwke Fetter

    rower

    35 years old

    January 26 · 1991

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  36. Tatyana Karpova

    stage actor, actor

    1916–2018 · aged 102

    January 17 · 1916

    No external source identified

  37. Kadri Mälk

    university teacher, jewelry designer

    1958–2023 · aged 64

    January 27 · 1958

    Source: hedendaagsesieraden.nl

  38. Christian Heinrich Grosch

    architect

    1801–1865 · aged 64

    January 21 · 1801

    Source: Kunstindeks Danmark

  39. Marie Charlotte de la Trémoille

    aristocrat

    1632–1682 · aged 50

    January 26 · 1632

    Source: The Peerage

  40. Arthur Dendy

    scientific collector, botanist

    1865–1925 · aged 60

    January 20 · 1865

    Source: Biographical Database of Southern African Science

  41. Jan Balabán*

    linguist, editing staff

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1961

    Source: BnF authorities

  42. Steve Morabito

    sport cyclist

    43 years old

    January 30 · 1983

    No external source identified

  43. Willians Domingos Fernandes

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 29 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  44. Mary Dresselhuys

    actor, translator

    1907–2004 · aged 97

    January 22 · 1907

    Source: Find a Grave

  45. Sylvia Steiner

    jurist, judge

    73 years old

    January 19 · 1953

    Source: The International Who's Who of Women 2006

  46. François Chabas

    anthropologist, Egyptologist

    1817–1882 · aged 65

    January 2 · 1817

    Source: BnF authorities

  47. James Whitney Young

    astronomer

    85 years old

    January 24 · 1941

    No external source identified

  48. Thierry Gadou

    basketball player

    57 years old

    January 13 · 1969

    Source: FIBA database

  49. Donald Gauf

    ice hockey player

    1927–2014 · aged 87

    January 1 · 1927

    No external source identified

  50. Juan Orrego-Salas

    musicologist, composer

    1919–2019 · aged 100

    January 18 · 1919

    Source: SNAC

  51. Jan Zahradníček

    editing staff, literary critic

    1905–1960 · aged 55

    January 17 · 1905

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  52. Kazushi Mitsuhira

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 13 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. Erik Almgren

    association football player, association football coach

    1908–1989 · aged 81

    January 28 · 1908

    Source: AIK statistics database

  54. Paolo Camossi

    triple jumper, track and field coach

    52 years old

    January 6 · 1974

    Source: World Athletics database

  55. Ľubomír Guldan

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 30 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  56. Volodymyr Pryyomov

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 2 · 1986

    Source: As

  57. Boris Rösner

    actor, television actor

    1951–2006 · aged 55

    January 25 · 1951

    Source: IMDb

  58. Ivan Kulyk

    linguist, poet

    1897–1937 · aged 40

    January 14 · 1897

    No external source identified

  59. Claiton Fontoura dos Santos

    association football coach, association football player

    48 years old

    January 25 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  60. Daniel Godelli

    weightlifter

    34 years old

    January 10 · 1992

    No external source identified

  61. Dzmitry Baha

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 4 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  62. Felipe Flores

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 9 · 1987

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  63. Levan Kharabadze

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 26 · 2000

    Source: FBref

  64. Tiffany James

    athletics competitor

    29 years old

    January 31 · 1997

    Source: World Athletics database

  65. Mukhran Vakhtangadze

    lawyer, politician

    53 years old

    January 22 · 1973

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  66. César Cortés

    association football player, association football coach

    42 years old

    January 9 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  67. Asger Christensen

    farmer, politician

    68 years old

    January 8 · 1958

    No external source identified

  68. Aila Meriluoto

    writer, poet

    1924–2019 · aged 95

    January 10 · 1924

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  69. John Joseph Bennett

    botanist, botanical collector

    1801–1876 · aged 75

    January 8 · 1801

    Source: La France savante

  70. Gonzalo Barreto

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 22 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  71. Michel Bensoussan

    association football player

    72 years old

    January 5 · 1954

    No external source identified

  72. Francis Thomas Hurley

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1927–2016 · aged 88

    January 12 · 1927

    Source: SNAC

  73. Julius Wiesner

    botanist, plant physiologist

    1838–1916 · aged 78

    January 20 · 1838

    Source: Encyclopedia of Brno History

  74. Eshetu Tura

    long-distance runner, athletics competitor

    76 years old

    January 19 · 1950

    Source: World Athletics database

  75. Ilshat Shabaev

    musician

    48 years old

    January 8 · 1978

    No external source identified

  76. Hilana Sedarous

    physician, gynecologist

    1904–1998 · aged 94

    January 13 · 1904

    Source: web.archive.org

  77. Jesús Loroño

    sport cyclist

    1926–1998 · aged 72

    January 10 · 1926

    No external source identified

  78. Graham Webb

    sport cyclist

    1944–2017 · aged 73

    January 13 · 1944

    No external source identified

  79. Mayu Sasaki

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 12 · 1993

    Source: Soccerdonna

  80. Tamás Cseri

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 15 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  81. Bratislav Ristić

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 21 · 1980

    No external source identified

  82. Robert Hay

    traveler, Egyptologist

    1799–1863 · aged 64

    January 6 · 1799

    Source: The Peerage

  83. Vladimir Aleksenko

    aircraft pilot

    1923–1995 · aged 72

    January 27 · 1923

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  84. Tancredi Pasero

    music educator, musician

    1893–1983 · aged 90

    January 11 · 1893

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  85. Ivailo Gabrovski

    sport cyclist

    48 years old

    January 31 · 1978

    No external source identified

  86. František Smolík

    actor

    1891–1972 · aged 81

    January 23 · 1891

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  87. Attila Ara-Kovács

    politician, journalist

    73 years old

    January 14 · 1953

    No external source identified

  88. René Bougnol

    fencer

    1911–1956 · aged 45

    January 7 · 1911

    Source: GeneaStar

  89. Georg Bernhard Bilfinger

    university teacher, writer

    1693–1750 · aged 57

    January 23 · 1693

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  90. Raffaele Viviani

    singer, screenwriter

    1888–1950 · aged 62

    January 10 · 1888

    Source: BnF authorities

  91. Charles Traoré

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 1 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  92. Alexandru Săvulescu

    association football player, association football coach

    1898–1961 · aged 63

    January 8 · 1898

    No external source identified

  93. Tommaso Reggio

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1818–1901 · aged 83

    January 9 · 1818

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  94. Chaim Gvati

    politician

    1901–1990 · aged 89

    January 29 · 1901

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  95. Joseph Bessala

    boxer

    1941–2010 · aged 69

    January 1 · 1941

    No external source identified

  96. Ilya Shkurenyov

    combined track and field event athlete, athletics competitor

    35 years old

    January 11 · 1991

    Source: World Athletics database

  97. Yevgeny Pomazan

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 31 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  98. Paola C

    children's writer, writer

    64 years old

    January 1 · 1962

    No external source identified

  99. Karl-Heinz Narjes

    politician

    1924–2015 · aged 90

    January 30 · 1924

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  100. Percy Beard

    athletics competitor, track and field coach

    1908–1990 · aged 82

    January 26 · 1908

    No external source identified

  101. Julie Kepp Jensen

    swimmer

    26 years old

    January 3 · 2000

    No external source identified

  102. Cythna Letty

    botanist, botanical collector

    1895–1985 · aged 90

    January 1 · 1895

    Source: OBITUARY CYTHNA LINDENBERG LETTY (1895-1985)

  103. Antonio Mira de Amescua

    writer, poet

    1577–1644 · aged 67

    January 17 · 1577

    No external source identified

  104. Gustaf Nyström

    visual artist, professor

    1856–1917 · aged 61

    January 21 · 1856

    Source: Register of the Artists' Association of Finland

  105. Yoann Court

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 14 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Sindre Bjørnestad Skar

    cross-country skier

    34 years old

    January 22 · 1992

    Source: teamnor.no

  107. Henning Wind

    sailor

    1937–2025 · aged 88

    January 19 · 1937

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  108. Solveig Horne

    politician, butcher

    57 years old

    January 12 · 1969

    Source: stortinget.no

  109. Jesper Juelsgård

    association football coach, association football player

    37 years old

    January 26 · 1989

    Source: As

  110. Toni Ucci

    stage actor, film actor

    1922–2014

    January 13 · 1922

    Source: AlloCiné

  111. Piet Allegaert

    sport cyclist

    31 years old

    January 20 · 1995

    Source: uci.org

  112. Thoralf Strømstad

    cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier

    1897–1984 · aged 86

    January 13 · 1897

    Source: BnF authorities

  113. Alexander Weber

    fencer

    48 years old

    January 4 · 1978

    No external source identified

  114. Tommaso Pio Boggiani

    missionary, Catholic bishop

    1863–1942 · aged 79

    January 19 · 1863

    Source: BnF authorities

  115. Artur Avahimyan

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 16 · 1997

    Source: FBref

  116. Nina Curtis

    skipper

    38 years old

    January 24 · 1988

    No external source identified

  117. Sander Loones

    politician

    47 years old

    January 26 · 1979

    No external source identified

  118. Gordon Pearce

    field hockey player

    92 years old

    January 10 · 1934

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  119. Mitch Booth

    sailor

    63 years old

    January 4 · 1963

    No external source identified

  120. Rafał Omelko

    athletics competitor

    37 years old

    January 16 · 1989

    Source: World Athletics database

  121. Henrik Visnapuu

    journalist, civil servant

    1890–1951 · aged 61

    January 2 · 1890

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  122. Derlis Florentín

    association football coach, association football player

    1984–2010 · aged 26

    January 9 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  123. Bart van Hintum

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 16 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  124. Henrik Anker Bjerregaard

    judge, poet lawyer

    1792–1842 · aged 50

    January 1 · 1792

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  125. Masami Tanaka

    swimmer

    47 years old

    January 5 · 1979

    No external source identified

  126. Hana Vítová*

    translator, actor

    Date disputed

    January 24 · 1914

    Source: filmportal.de

  127. Félicie de Fauveau

    sculptor, painter

    1801–1886 · aged 85

    January 24 · 1801

    Source: general catalog of BnF

  128. Eldar Kuliev

    actor, film director

    1941–2021 · aged 80

    January 18 · 1941

    No external source identified

  129. Anjelina Lohalith

    middle-distance runner

    31 years old

    January 1 · 1995

    Source: worldathletics.org

  130. Clément Russo

    sport cyclist

    31 years old

    January 20 · 1995

    Source: uci.org

  131. Giuseppe Burzio*

    Catholic bishop, nuncio

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1901

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  132. Olabisi Ugbebor

    statistician, mathematician

    75 years old

    January 29 · 1951

    Source: mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk

  133. Walther Graeßner

    military personnel

    1891–1943 · aged 52

    January 31 · 1891

    No external source identified

  134. Étienne Aubry

    visual artist, painter

    1745–1781

    January 10 · 1745

    Source: BnF authorities

  135. Rushlee Buchanan

    sport cyclist

    38 years old

    January 20 · 1988

    No external source identified

  136. Pavel Brutt

    sport cyclist

    44 years old

    January 29 · 1982

    No external source identified

  137. Louise Currey

    athletics competitor, javelin thrower

    57 years old

    January 24 · 1969

    Source: Athletics Australia

  138. Gert Heidler

    association football player, association football coach

    78 years old

    January 30 · 1948

    Source: Transfermarkt

  139. Anatoly Kolesov

    amateur wrestler

    1938–2012 · aged 73

    January 18 · 1938

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  140. Jana Adámková

    association football player, association football referee

    48 years old

    January 27 · 1978

    No external source identified

  141. Junzaburō Ban*

    comedian, owarai tarento

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1908

    Source: IMDb

  142. Edson Rodrigues Farias

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 12 · 1992

    Source: As

  143. Melitta Brunner

    figure skater

    1907–2003 · aged 96

    January 28 · 1907

    No external source identified

  144. Raivis Belohvoščiks

    sport cyclist

    50 years old

    January 21 · 1976

    No external source identified

  145. Anatoly Konev

    basketball player

    1921–1965 · aged 44

    January 10 · 1921

    Source: FIBA database

  146. Manuel Torres Jiménez

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 5 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  147. Frank Heinrich

    theologian, politician

    62 years old

    January 25 · 1964

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  148. Valerian Gaprindashvili

    journalist, poet

    1889–1941 · aged 52

    January 2 · 1889

    No external source identified

  149. Vladislav Bezborodov

    association football player, association football referee

    53 years old

    January 15 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  150. Shigeo Itoh

    table tennis player

    81 years old

    January 21 · 1945

    No external source identified

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