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

  1. Leonid Lytvynenko

    athletics competitor

    77 years old

    January 28 · 1949

    No external source identified

  2. Kevin Geniets

    sport cyclist

    29 years old

    January 9 · 1997

    Source: uci.org

  3. Washington César Santos

    association football player

    1960–2014 · aged 54

    January 3 · 1960

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  4. Félix Sienra Castellanos

    sailor

    1916–2023 · aged 107

    January 21 · 1916

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  5. Peter Taylor

    rower

    42 years old

    January 3 · 1984

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  6. Mokhtar Belkhiter

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 15 · 1992

    Source: FBref

  7. Iosefo Verevou

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 5 · 1996

    Source: FBref

  8. Job Bicknell Ellis

    mycologist, botanist

    1829–1905 · aged 76

    January 21 · 1829

    Source: SNAC

  9. Bolotbek Shamshiyev

    film director, screenwriter

    1941–2019 · aged 78

    January 12 · 1941

    No external source identified

  10. Dick Garrard

    amateur wrestler

    1911–2003 · aged 92

    January 21 · 1911

    No external source identified

  11. Laëtitia Tonazzi

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 31 · 1981

    Source: Soccerdonna

  12. Felipe Menezes

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 20 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  13. Sergey Malov*

    linguist, Turkologist

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1880

    Source: NLR Employees

  14. Stepan Charnetsky

    poet, theatre director

    1881–1944 · aged 63

    January 21 · 1881

    Source: WorldCat Entities

  15. Luca Sacchi

    swimmer, journalist

    58 years old

    January 10 · 1968

    No external source identified

  16. Wellington Aparecido Martins

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 28 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  17. Sarah Thomas

    field hockey player

    45 years old

    January 12 · 1981

    No external source identified

  18. Duncan Gillis

    athletics competitor, discus thrower

    1883–1963 · aged 80

    January 3 · 1883

    No external source identified

  19. Vyacheslav Tsvetayev

    military officer

    1893–1950 · aged 57

    January 17 · 1893

    No external source identified

  20. Marian Brandys

    writer, journalist

    1912–1998 · aged 86

    January 25 · 1912

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  21. Hasse Börjes

    speed skater

    78 years old

    January 25 · 1948

    No external source identified

  22. Katrina Hanse-Himarwa

    teacher, politician

    1967–2024 · aged 57

    January 22 · 1967

    No external source identified

  23. Raymond Bass

    artistic gymnast

    1910–1997 · aged 87

    January 15 · 1910

    No external source identified

  24. Filip Adamski

    rower

    43 years old

    January 5 · 1983

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  25. Apollon Kutateladze*

    artist, painter

    Date disputed

    January 6 · 1900

    Source: artinvestment.ru

  26. Jeroen Meijers

    sport cyclist

    33 years old

    January 12 · 1993

    Source: uci.org

  27. Finn Salomonsen

    ornithologist

    1909–1983 · aged 74

    January 31 · 1909

    Source: SNAC

  28. Teimuraz Tsiklauri

    singer, film actor

    1946–2021 · aged 75

    January 22 · 1946

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  29. Adnan Erkan

    association football player

    58 years old

    January 15 · 1968

    Source: Transfermarkt

  30. Arnis Līcītis

    actor, film actor

    1946–2022 · aged 76

    January 8 · 1946

    No external source identified

  31. Alberto Frison

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 22 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Yao Fen

    badminton player

    59 years old

    January 2 · 1967

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  33. Albert Victor Bäcklund

    university teacher, mathematician

    1845–1922 · aged 77

    January 11 · 1845

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  34. Zinken Hopp

    writer, playwright

    1905–1987 · aged 82

    January 9 · 1905

    Source: Merkedager : fødselsdager, stiftelsesdatoer, begivenheter

  35. Jorgelina Cravero

    tennis player

    44 years old

    January 23 · 1982

    Source: WTA website

  36. Vasyl Kardash

    association football coach, association football player

    53 years old

    January 14 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Friedrich Schmidt

    paleontologist, botanist

    1832–1908 · aged 76

    January 27 · 1832

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  38. Osman Nuri-Asan oğlu Aqçoqraqlı

    Turkologist, translator

    1879–1938 · aged 59

    January 15 · 1879

    No external source identified

  39. Louis Maimbourg

    cleric, historian

    1610–1686 · aged 76

    January 10 · 1610

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Leandro Marín

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 22 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  41. Rolf Järmann

    sport cyclist

    60 years old

    January 31 · 1966

    No external source identified

  42. Ahmed Al-Mousa

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 27 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  43. John Forbes

    sailor

    56 years old

    January 29 · 1970

    No external source identified

  44. Pavle Nenadović

    metropolitan, Eastern Orthodox priest

    1703–1768 · aged 65

    January 14 · 1703

    No external source identified

  45. Dario Khan*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 24 · 1981

    Source: Soccerway

  46. Dico Koppers*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  47. Ferdinand Minding

    university teacher, mathematician

    1806–1885

    January 11 · 1806

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  48. Evaldo Silva dos Santos

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 4 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  49. Nereo Champagne

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 20 · 1985

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  50. Ludwig Helmbold

    parson, university teacher

    1532–1598 · aged 66

    January 31 · 1532

    No external source identified

  51. Jan Piotrowski

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    73 years old

    January 5 · 1953

    No external source identified

  52. Luiz Carlos Nascimento Júnior

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 3 · 1987

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  53. Beverly Kinch

    athletics competitor

    62 years old

    January 14 · 1964

    Source: World Athletics database

  54. Josef Max*

    sculptor

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1804

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  55. Zbigniew Romaszewski

    trade unionist, political activist

    1940–2014 · aged 74

    January 2 · 1940

    Source: SNAC

  56. Milutin Knežević

    Eastern Orthodox priest

    1949–2020 · aged 71

    January 10 · 1949

    No external source identified

  57. Tsuyaka Uchino

    sport cyclist

    24 years old

    January 13 · 2002

    No external source identified

  58. Rudolf Medek

    opinion journalist, poet

    1890–1940

    January 8 · 1890

    Source: Database of the Military Historical Archive

  59. Mihaela Ciobanu

    handball player, handball coach

    53 years old

    January 30 · 1973

    Source: European Handball Federation

  60. Francisco Hernández*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1924

    No external source identified

  61. Menato Boffa

    Formula One driver, racing automobile driver

    1930–1996 · aged 66

    January 4 · 1930

    No external source identified

  62. Yorgelis Rodríguez

    heptathlete

    31 years old

    January 25 · 1995

    Source: World Athletics database

  63. Pedro Gamarro

    boxer, boxing trainer

    1955–2019 · aged 64

    January 8 · 1955

    No external source identified

  64. Tyra Lundgren

    artist, sculptor

    1897–1979 · aged 82

    January 9 · 1897

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  65. Brock Trotter

    ice hockey player

    39 years old

    January 16 · 1987

    Source: tradingcarddb.com

  66. John Emery

    bobsledder

    1932–2022 · aged 90

    January 4 · 1932

    No external source identified

  67. Andrei Karpovich

    association football player, association football coach

    45 years old

    January 18 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  68. Salvatore Esposito

    association football player, association football coach

    78 years old

    January 3 · 1948

    No external source identified

  69. Vazgen Azrojan

    ice dancer, figure skating coach

    49 years old

    January 22 · 1977

    No external source identified

  70. Amri Wandel*

    Esperantist, astrophysicist

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1954

    No external source identified

  71. Gabriele Possanner

    physician

    1860–1940 · aged 80

    January 27 · 1860

    Source: Frauen in Bewegung 1848–1938

  72. Hudson Rodrigues dos Santos

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 30 · 1988

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  73. Tadas Labukas

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 10 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  74. Thyrsus González de Santalla

    missionary, Catholic theologian

    1624–1705 · aged 81

    January 18 · 1624

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  75. Ismael Rodríguez

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 10 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Alfred Barton Rendle

    botanist

    1865–1938 · aged 72

    January 19 · 1865

    Source: SNAC

  77. Barış Ermiş

    basketball player

    41 years old

    January 3 · 1985

    Source: TBLStat.net

  78. Virgilio Ferreira

    association football player

    53 years old

    January 28 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  79. Julián Ruete

    association football player, association football coach

    1887–1939 · aged 52

    January 29 · 1887

    No external source identified

  80. Yevhen Hutsalo

    prose writer, poet

    1937–1995 · aged 58

    January 14 · 1937

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  81. Michele Lega

    Catholic priest, bishop

    1860–1935 · aged 75

    January 1 · 1860

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  82. Mufidah Abdul Rahman

    lawyer

    1914–2002

    January 20 · 1914

    No external source identified

  83. Anatoly Eiramdzhan

    screenwriter, writer

    1937–2014 · aged 77

    January 3 · 1937

    No external source identified

  84. Hans Herbjørnsrud

    short story writer, writer

    1938–2023 · aged 85

    January 2 · 1938

    Source: Discogs

  85. Sergei Alifirenko

    sport shooter

    67 years old

    January 21 · 1959

    No external source identified

  86. Ivan Mrázek

    basketball coach, basketball player

    1926–2019 · aged 93

    January 18 · 1926

    Source: State Security records

  87. Zhanna Kolodub

    pianist, public figure

    1930–2025 · aged 95

    January 1 · 1930

    No external source identified

  88. Hideaki Yanagida

    amateur wrestler

    79 years old

    January 1 · 1947

    No external source identified

  89. Mieczysław Pawlikowski

    film actor, airman

    1920–1978 · aged 58

    January 9 · 1920

    Source: e-teatr.pl

  90. Carl Eduard Hellmayr

    botanist, ornithologist

    1878–1944 · aged 66

    January 29 · 1878

    Source: SNAC

  91. Wilhelm Mahlow

    coxswain

    1914–1999 · aged 85

    January 18 · 1914

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  92. Alfons Peeters

    association football coach, association football player

    1943–2015 · aged 71

    January 21 · 1943

    No external source identified

  93. John Merton Aldrich

    botanical collector, zoologist

    1866–1934 · aged 68

    January 28 · 1866

    Source: SNAC

  94. Benjamin Jeannot

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 22 · 1992

    Source: As

  95. Edvard Hagerup Bull

    historian, politician

    1855–1938 · aged 83

    January 23 · 1855

    Source: Stortinget og statsraadet: 1814–1914. B. 1 D. 1 : Biografier A-K

  96. Gotthard Deutsch

    rabbi, director

    1859–1921 · aged 62

    January 31 · 1859

    Source: SNAC

  97. Aleksandr Almetov

    ice hockey player

    1940–1992 · aged 52

    January 18 · 1940

    No external source identified

  98. Jean-Augustin Barral

    chemist, balloonist

    1819–1884 · aged 65

    January 31 · 1819

    Source: SNAC

  99. Alyona Kolesnik

    amateur wrestler

    31 years old

    January 29 · 1995

    No external source identified

  100. Nicolas Saboly

    composer, organist

    1614–1675 · aged 61

    January 30 · 1614

    Source: BnF authorities

  101. Christoph Westerthaler

    association football player, association football coach

    1965–2018 · aged 53

    January 11 · 1965

    Source: FBref

  102. René de Ceccatty

    biographer, preface author

    74 years old

    January 1 · 1952

    Source: BnF authorities

  103. Go Yamamoto

    ski jumper, Nordic combined skier

    31 years old

    January 27 · 1995

    Source: International Ski and Snowboard Federation

  104. Dex Elmont

    judoka

    42 years old

    January 10 · 1984

    No external source identified

  105. Jelena Grubišić

    association football player, handball player

    39 years old

    January 20 · 1987

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  106. Louis d'Albret

    Catholic priest

    1423–1465 · aged 42

    January 1 · 1423

    Source: BnF authorities

  107. Nika Dzalamidze

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 6 · 1992

    Source: tff.org

  108. Dmitri Sokolov

    basketball player

    41 years old

    January 21 · 1985

    Source: FIBA database

  109. Artem Klimenko

    basketball player

    32 years old

    January 10 · 1994

    Source: FIBA database

  110. Francisco de Lersundi y Hormaechea

    minister, politician

    1817–1874 · aged 57

    January 28 · 1817

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  111. Holger Behrendt

    athletics competitor, artistic gymnast

    62 years old

    January 29 · 1964

    No external source identified

  112. Zhang Kailin

    tennis player

    36 years old

    January 28 · 1990

    Source: WTA website

  113. Halina Skibniewska

    urban planner, architect

    1921–2011 · aged 90

    January 10 · 1921

    Source: bs.sejm.gov.pl

  114. Altay Kölginov

    statesperson

    48 years old

    January 15 · 1978

    No external source identified

  115. Alfhild Agrell

    playwright, prose writer

    1849–1923 · aged 74

    January 14 · 1849

    Source: Swedish church birth records

  116. Josef Hamerl

    association football player

    1931–2017 · aged 86

    January 22 · 1931

    Source: FBref

  117. Myriam Baverel

    taekwondo athlete

    45 years old

    January 14 · 1981

    No external source identified

  118. Ross MacDonald

    sailor, skipper

    61 years old

    January 27 · 1965

    No external source identified

  119. Felipe Azevedo

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 10 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  120. Darja Vidmanova

    tennis player

    23 years old

    January 9 · 2003

    No external source identified

  121. Benoît Vaugrenard

    sport cyclist, sporting director

    44 years old

    January 5 · 1982

    No external source identified

  122. Norair Sisakian

    chemist, biochemist

    1907–1966 · aged 59

    January 25 · 1907

    No external source identified

  123. Shigeri Yamataka

    journalist, politician

    1899–1977 · aged 78

    January 5 · 1899

    No external source identified

  124. Sidni Hoxha

    swimmer

    34 years old

    January 6 · 1992

    No external source identified

  125. Hassan Ragab

    association football player

    1909–1973 · aged 64

    January 1 · 1909

    Source: FBref

  126. Herbert William Conn

    botanist, university teacher

    1859–1917 · aged 58

    January 10 · 1859

    Source: SNAC

  127. Youri Messen-Jaschin

    sculptor, painter

    85 years old

    January 27 · 1941

    Source: SIKART

  128. Poyfai Malaiporn

    actor, singer

    55 years old

    January 19 · 1971

    No external source identified

  129. Éder Luiz Lima de Souza

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 9 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Gumercindo Gómez

    association football player, association football coach

    1907–1980 · aged 73

    January 21 · 1907

    Source: National-Football-Teams.com

  131. Kajsa Bergström

    curler

    45 years old

    January 3 · 1981

    No external source identified

  132. Jung Hyo-jung

    fencer

    42 years old

    January 26 · 1984

    No external source identified

  133. Ljudevit Farkaš Vukotinović

    botanical collector, botanist

    1813–1893 · aged 80

    January 13 · 1813

    Source: Vukotinović, Ludwig Farkas von (BLKÖ)

  134. David Forbes

    sailor

    1934–2022 · aged 88

    January 26 · 1934

    No external source identified

  135. Ion Echaide

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 5 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  136. Dominique Sourdel

    historian, writer

    1921–2014 · aged 93

    January 31 · 1921

    Source: AlKindi

  137. José Luis Romero

    association football player, association football coach

    81 years old

    January 5 · 1945

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  138. Pietro Rossi

    arachnologist, botanist

    1738–1804 · aged 66

    January 23 · 1738

    No external source identified

  139. Philippe-Jacques van Bree

    painter

    1786–1871 · aged 85

    January 1 · 1786

    Source: RKDartists

  140. Ozora P. Stearns

    politician, judge

    1831–1896 · aged 65

    January 15 · 1831

    Source: GeneaStar

  141. Jeph Howard

    musician

    47 years old

    January 4 · 1979

    No external source identified

  142. Antons Kurakins

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 1 · 1990

    Source: lff.lv

  143. Arjan Dodaj

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    49 years old

    January 21 · 1977

    No external source identified

  144. Alena Kartashova

    amateur wrestler

    44 years old

    January 23 · 1982

    No external source identified

  145. Cheick Oumar Dabo

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 12 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  146. Pablo Ricchetti

    association football coach, association football player

    49 years old

    January 2 · 1977

    Source: FBref

  147. Danny De Bie

    sport cyclist, sporting director

    66 years old

    January 23 · 1960

    No external source identified

  148. Gabriel Mbilingi

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    68 years old

    January 17 · 1958

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  149. Darío Rojas*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1960

    Source: worldfootball.net

  150. Ludwig von Graff

    zoologist, university teacher

    1851–1924 · aged 73

    January 2 · 1851

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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