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

  1. Benjamin Robert

    athletics competitor

    28 years old

    January 4 · 1998

    Source: bases.athle.fr

  2. Pablo Maqueda

    association football player

    55 years old

    January 18 · 1971

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  3. Khalifa Jabbie

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 20 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  4. Stanka Gjurić

    poet, film director

    60 years old

    January 20 · 1966

    No external source identified

  5. Kristaps Sotnieks

    ice hockey player

    39 years old

    January 29 · 1987

    Source: iihf.com

  6. Ilaria Bianchi

    swimmer

    36 years old

    January 6 · 1990

    No external source identified

  7. Yang Li*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1991

    Source: Soccerdonna

  8. Giuseppe Scurto

    association football coach, association football player

    42 years old

    January 5 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  9. Kylie Wheeler

    athletics competitor

    46 years old

    January 17 · 1980

    Source: World Athletics database

  10. Saleh Al-Saqri

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 23 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  11. Kabelo Kgosiemang

    athletics competitor

    40 years old

    January 7 · 1986

    Source: World Athletics database

  12. Federico Sforza

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1603–1676 · aged 73

    January 20 · 1603

    No external source identified

  13. Walter Mahlendorf

    athlete, sprinter

    91 years old

    January 4 · 1935

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. Johann David Köhler

    numismatist, university teacher

    1684–1755 · aged 71

    January 18 · 1684

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  15. Alik L. Alik

    politician, diplomat

    1953–2020 · aged 67

    January 26 · 1953

    No external source identified

  16. Yoanka González

    track cyclist

    50 years old

    January 9 · 1976

    No external source identified

  17. Tranquilo Cappozzo*

    rower

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1918

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  18. Zhang Jiawei

    boxer

    37 years old

    January 8 · 1989

    No external source identified

  19. Antoine Portal

    physician, professor

    1742–1832 · aged 90

    January 5 · 1742

    Source: Base biographique

  20. George Rudolf of Liegnitz*

    composer, politician

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1595

    Source: The Peerage

  21. Alexandru Donici

    translator, linguist

    1806–1865 · aged 59

    January 19 · 1806

    No external source identified

  22. Alaattin Baydar

    association football player

    1901–1990 · aged 89

    January 1 · 1901

    No external source identified

  23. Alex Bolaños

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 22 · 1985

    Source: FBref

  24. Émerson Carvalho da Silva

    association football player

    51 years old

    January 5 · 1975

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  25. Dunja Zdouc

    biathlete

    32 years old

    January 3 · 1994

    No external source identified

  26. Christoffer Remmer

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 16 · 1993

    Source: FBref

  27. Lorenzo Burnet

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 11 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  28. Maria Rosa Coccia

    musicologist, composer

    1759–1833 · aged 74

    January 4 · 1759

    Source: Musicalics

  29. Nils Axelsson

    association football player

    1906–1989 · aged 83

    January 18 · 1906

    Source: FBref

  30. Leri Abuladze

    amateur wrestler

    27 years old

    January 19 · 1999

    Source: iat.uni-leipzig.de

  31. Hugo Gastulo

    association football player, association football coach

    68 years old

    January 9 · 1958

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Zoltán Blum

    association football coach, association football player

    1892–1959 · aged 67

    January 3 · 1892

    No external source identified

  33. Vladimir Kazantsev

    athletics competitor, steeplechase runner

    1923–2007 · aged 84

    January 6 · 1923

    No external source identified

  34. Claude Vigée

    translator, writer

    1921–2020 · aged 99

    January 3 · 1921

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées

  35. František Lobkowicz

    theologian, Premonstratensians

    1948–2022 · aged 74

    January 5 · 1948

    Source: Register of registered legal entities maintained by the Ministry of Culture

  36. Sebastián Alarcón

    screenwriter, actor

    1949–2019 · aged 70

    January 14 · 1949

    Source: BnF authorities

  37. Milena Rosner

    volleyball player, beach volleyball player

    46 years old

    January 4 · 1980

    No external source identified

  38. Giuseppe Leanza

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    83 years old

    January 2 · 1943

    No external source identified

  39. Francisco de São Luís Saraiva

    Catholic bishop, historian

    1766–1845 · aged 79

    January 26 · 1766

    No external source identified

  40. Hideki Nagai

    association football player, association football coach

    55 years old

    January 26 · 1971

    Source: Transfermarkt

  41. Tuija Brax

    politician

    61 years old

    January 6 · 1965

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  42. Rossana Ghessa

    actor

    83 years old

    January 24 · 1943

    Source: IMDb

  43. Shinobu Ikeda

    association football player, association football coach

    64 years old

    January 5 · 1962

    No external source identified

  44. Franz Keller

    ski jumper, Nordic combined skier

    81 years old

    January 19 · 1945

    No external source identified

  45. Léon Frapié

    journalist, civil servant

    1863–1949 · aged 86

    January 27 · 1863

    Source: BnF authorities

  46. Lilly Becher

    editing staff, writer

    1901–1978 · aged 77

    January 27 · 1901

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  47. Yu Hexin

    swimmer

    30 years old

    January 1 · 1996

    No external source identified

  48. Joseph Déchelette

    Esperantist, prehistorian

    1862–1914

    January 8 · 1862

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  49. Alyaksandr Yermakovich

    association football player, association football coach

    51 years old

    January 21 · 1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  50. József Moravetz

    association football player

    1911–1990 · aged 79

    January 14 · 1911

    Source: Transfermarkt

  51. Joanna Atkins

    athletics competitor

    37 years old

    January 31 · 1989

    Source: World Athletics database

  52. Viktor Reneysky

    national team coach, kayaker

    59 years old

    January 24 · 1967

    No external source identified

  53. Loo Hardy

    actor, film actor

    1898–1938 · aged 40

    January 11 · 1898

    Source: filmportal.de

  54. Julius Bauschinger

    astronomer, university teacher

    1860–1934 · aged 73

    January 28 · 1860

    No external source identified

  55. Markus Larsson

    alpine skier, cross-country skier

    47 years old

    January 9 · 1979

    No external source identified

  56. Alex Jany

    water polo player, swimmer

    1929–2001 · aged 72

    January 5 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  57. Kristina Rangelova

    rhythmic gymnast

    41 years old

    January 24 · 1985

    No external source identified

  58. Michael Thelvén

    ice hockey player

    65 years old

    January 7 · 1961

    Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000

  59. Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente

    racing automobile driver, sport shooter

    1917–1956 · aged 39

    January 25 · 1917

    No external source identified

  60. Alberto Rossel

    boxer

    51 years old

    January 26 · 1975

    Source: olympedia.org

  61. Christopher Oualembo

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 31 · 1987

    Source: As

  62. Oskari Friman

    amateur wrestler

    1893–1933 · aged 40

    January 27 · 1893

    No external source identified

  63. Anton Maria Salviati

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1537–1602 · aged 65

    January 31 · 1537

    No external source identified

  64. Lily May Perry

    botanical collector, botanist

    1895–1992 · aged 97

    January 5 · 1895

    No external source identified

  65. Leif Øgaard

    chess player

    74 years old

    January 5 · 1952

    No external source identified

  66. Maurice Brocco

    French resistance fighter, sport cyclist

    1883–1965 · aged 82

    January 28 · 1883

    Source: birth certificate

  67. Pavle Jurina

    handball player

    1954–2011 · aged 57

    January 2 · 1954

    No external source identified

  68. Agostino Todaro

    botanist, pteridologist

    1818–1892 · aged 74

    January 14 · 1818

    Source: notes9.senato.it

  69. Jonás Fernández

    politician, economist

    47 years old

    January 8 · 1979

    Source: Members of the European Parliament

  70. Walter Edwards

    screenwriter, actor

    1870–1920 · aged 50

    January 8 · 1870

    Source: BnF authorities

  71. Sheyla Gutiérrez

    sport cyclist

    32 years old

    January 1 · 1994

    No external source identified

  72. Santiago Cortéz

    association football player

    1945–2011 · aged 66

    January 19 · 1945

    No external source identified

  73. Pavlo Honcharuk

    Catholic priest, Catholic deacon

    48 years old

    January 16 · 1978

    Source: MAK

  74. Tibor Berczelly

    fencer

    1912–1990 · aged 78

    January 3 · 1912

    No external source identified

  75. Juhani Wahlsten

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    1938–2019 · aged 81

    January 13 · 1938

    No external source identified

  76. Samipaşazade Sezai*

    writer

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1859

    No external source identified

  77. Giacomo Rho*

    mathematician, astronomer

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1592

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  78. Yulia Ryabchinskaya

    canoeist, kayaker

    1947–1973 · aged 25

    January 21 · 1947

    No external source identified

  79. Lien Chen-Ling

    judoka

    38 years old

    January 31 · 1988

    No external source identified

  80. Antoine Alexandre Barbier

    bibliographer, librarian

    1765–1825 · aged 60

    January 11 · 1765

    Source: Léonore database

  81. Paul Reedy

    rower

    65 years old

    January 21 · 1961

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  82. Merel Smulders

    sport cyclist

    28 years old

    January 23 · 1998

    Source: olympedia.org

  83. Alex Rafael

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 1 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  84. Vrinda Bhagat

    cricketer

    67 years old

    January 26 · 1959

    No external source identified

  85. Ana Santos Aramburo

    librarian

    69 years old

    January 22 · 1957

    No external source identified

  86. Merab Gagunashvili

    chess player, athlete

    41 years old

    January 3 · 1985

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  87. Miklos von Konkoly-Thege

    politician, physicist

    1842–1916 · aged 74

    January 20 · 1842

    Source: BnF authorities

  88. Satoko Suetsuna

    badminton player

    45 years old

    January 30 · 1981

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  89. Ali Fathy

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 2 · 1992

    Source: FBref

  90. Louis-Pierre Anquetil*

    historian, Catholic priest

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1723

    Source: La France savante

  91. Florent Willems

    painter, genre painter

    1823–1905

    January 8 · 1823

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  92. Lukáš Magera

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 17 · 1983

    Source: FBref

  93. August Lanner

    composer, conductor

    1835–1855 · aged 20

    January 23 · 1835

    No external source identified

  94. Xavier Samin

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 1 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  95. Anke Wischnewski

    luger

    48 years old

    January 5 · 1978

    No external source identified

  96. Commodore Cochran

    athletics competitor

    1902–1969 · aged 66

    January 20 · 1902

    No external source identified

  97. Jan Jansson

    association football player

    58 years old

    January 26 · 1968

    Source: Transfermarkt

  98. Yannick Szczepaniak

    amateur wrestler

    46 years old

    January 29 · 1980

    No external source identified

  99. Michael Hillardt

    athletics competitor

    65 years old

    January 22 · 1961

    Source: sports-reference.com

  100. Marina Trandenkova

    athletics competitor

    59 years old

    January 7 · 1967

    Source: World Athletics database

  101. Mario Nuzzi

    painter

    1603–1673 · aged 70

    January 19 · 1603

    Source: RKDartists

  102. Natalya Morskova

    handball player

    60 years old

    January 17 · 1966

    Source: Milar L'Eliana 20 años 40 títulos

  103. Ercole Dembowski

    astronomer

    1812–1881 · aged 69

    January 12 · 1812

    Source: link.springer.com

  104. Roger Vaughan

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1834–1883

    January 9 · 1834

    No external source identified

  105. Kirill Orlovsky

    politician

    1895–1968 · aged 72

    January 30 · 1895

    No external source identified

  106. Shoko Mikami

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 8 · 1981

    No external source identified

  107. Gustav Hertzberg

    classical philologist, university teacher

    1826–1907 · aged 81

    January 19 · 1826

    Source: SNAC

  108. Edwin Chapin Starks

    zoologist, ichthyologist

    1867–1932 · aged 65

    January 25 · 1867

    Source: BnF authorities

  109. Josip Mihalović

    Catholic priest, Catholic deacon

    1814–1891 · aged 77

    January 16 · 1814

    No external source identified

  110. Zygmunt Kęstowicz

    actor, television actor

    1921–2007 · aged 86

    January 24 · 1921

    Source: e-teatr.pl

  111. Antonio Tartaglia

    bobsledder

    58 years old

    January 13 · 1968

    No external source identified

  112. Hugo Almeida

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 6 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  113. Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire

    politician, sculptor

    1798–1880 · aged 82

    January 9 · 1798

    Source: Lemaire, (Philippe-Joseph-)Henri

  114. Gary Abraham

    swimmer

    67 years old

    January 8 · 1959

    No external source identified

  115. Andrzej Niemczyk

    volleyball coach, volleyball player

    1944–2016 · aged 72

    January 16 · 1944

    Source: munzinger.de

  116. Antonio Veneziano

    writer, poet

    1543–1593 · aged 50

    January 17 · 1543

    No external source identified

  117. Dina Gralla

    actor, film actor

    1905–1994 · aged 89

    January 15 · 1905

    Source: filmportal.de

  118. Beatrice Hill-Lowe

    archer

    1868–1951 · aged 83

    January 26 · 1868

    Source: Olympedia

  119. Luigi Jacobini

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1832–1887 · aged 55

    January 6 · 1832

    No external source identified

  120. Čestmír Císař

    functionary, opinion journalist

    1920–2013 · aged 93

    January 2 · 1920

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  121. Hryhorii Epik

    journalist, writer

    1901–1937 · aged 36

    January 17 · 1901

    No external source identified

  122. Anton Gubankov

    journalist, television presenter

    1965–2016 · aged 51

    January 29 · 1965

    No external source identified

  123. Jorge Rojas

    association football player, association football coach

    33 years old

    January 7 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  124. Charles Baker Adams

    geologist, naturalist

    1814–1853 · aged 39

    January 11 · 1814

    Source: SNAC

  125. Johann Georg Theodor Grässe

    bibliographer, philologist

    1814–1885 · aged 71

    January 31 · 1814

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  126. Mykola Musolitin

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 21 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  127. Abrar Osman

    long-distance runner

    32 years old

    January 1 · 1994

    Source: World Athletics database

  128. Brenner Alves Sabino*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1999

    Source: Soccerway

  129. Sophia Goudstikker

    suffragist, entrepreneur

    1865–1924 · aged 59

    January 15 · 1865

    Source: RKDartists

  130. Abdul Aziz Ayaba

    politician

    40 years old

    January 1 · 1986

    Source: parliament.gh

  131. Gheorghiță Ștefan

    amateur wrestler

    40 years old

    January 17 · 1986

    Source: Olympedia

  132. Evgenia Romanyuta

    sport cyclist

    38 years old

    January 22 · 1988

    No external source identified

  133. Kazimierz Lis*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1910

    No external source identified

  134. Ernst Dümmler

    literary historian, historian

    1830–1902 · aged 72

    January 2 · 1830

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  135. Frans Kellendonk

    writer, translator

    1951–1990 · aged 39

    January 7 · 1951

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  136. Vladimir Kirillin

    thermophysicist, politician

    1913–1999 · aged 86

    January 20 · 1913

    No external source identified

  137. Andreas Bauer

    ski jumper

    62 years old

    January 21 · 1964

    No external source identified

  138. Nik Welter

    literary critic, politician

    1871–1951 · aged 80

    January 2 · 1871

    Source: Dictionnaire des auteurs luxembourgeois

  139. Thomas Scully

    sport cyclist

    36 years old

    January 14 · 1990

    No external source identified

  140. Ellen King

    swimmer

    1909–1994 · aged 85

    January 16 · 1909

    No external source identified

  141. José Domínguez Bécquer

    lithographer, painter

    1805–1841

    January 22 · 1805

    Source: ABC Sevilla

  142. Giuseppe Beltrami

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1889–1973 · aged 84

    January 17 · 1889

    Source: Find a Grave

  143. Nicola Conci

    sport cyclist

    29 years old

    January 5 · 1997

    Source: uci.org

  144. Marco Leto

    screenwriter, television director

    1931–2016 · aged 85

    January 18 · 1931

    Source: filmportal.de

  145. Zhao Ermi

    zoologist, herpetologist

    1930–2016 · aged 86

    January 30 · 1930

    No external source identified

  146. Nannie de Villiers

    tennis player

    50 years old

    January 5 · 1976

    Source: WTA website

  147. Natassha McDonald

    sprinter

    29 years old

    January 27 · 1997

    Source: World Athletics database

  148. Luis Hierro López

    journalist, politician

    79 years old

    January 6 · 1947

    Source: Autores.uy

  149. Dick Southwood

    rower

    1906–1986 · aged 80

    January 18 · 1906

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  150. Baldassarre Negroni

    film director, film editor

    1877–1948 · aged 71

    January 21 · 1877

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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