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

  1. Nurmakhan Tinaliyev

    amateur wrestler

    38 years old

    January 10 · 1988

    No external source identified

  2. Kazuto Kushida*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  3. Agnieszka Czopek

    swimmer

    62 years old

    January 9 · 1964

    No external source identified

  4. Barbora Závadová

    swimmer

    33 years old

    January 23 · 1993

    No external source identified

  5. Rifat Hadžiselimović

    geneticist

    82 years old

    January 7 · 1944

    No external source identified

  6. Danilo Neco

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 27 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  7. Vlado Petković

    volleyball player, beach volleyball player

    43 years old

    January 6 · 1983

    No external source identified

  8. Dino Barsotti

    rower

    1903–1985 · aged 82

    January 1 · 1903

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  9. Georgi Karaslavov

    politician, teacher

    1904–1980 · aged 76

    January 12 · 1904

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. Birte Weigang

    swimmer

    58 years old

    January 31 · 1968

    No external source identified

  11. Mubarak Marzouq

    association football player

    65 years old

    January 1 · 1961

    Source: Transfermarkt

  12. Erik Abrahamsson

    ice hockey player, bandy player

    1898–1965 · aged 67

    January 28 · 1898

    No external source identified

  13. John Pearson

    association football referee, association football player

    1868–1931 · aged 63

    January 25 · 1868

    No external source identified

  14. Timo Susi

    ice hockey player

    67 years old

    January 25 · 1959

    No external source identified

  15. Erminio Azzaro*

    athletics competitor, track and field coach

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1948

    Source: Les-Sports.info

  16. Felix Bryk

    scientific collector, entomologist

    1882–1957 · aged 74

    January 21 · 1882

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  17. Adelaïde Ehrnrooth

    editor, writer

    1826–1905

    January 17 · 1826

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  18. Paulo César Rocha Rosa

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 5 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  19. Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz

    botanist, botanical collector

    1804–1876 · aged 72

    January 3 · 1804

    Source: Schultz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ADB)

  20. Katri Lylynperä

    cross-country skier

    32 years old

    January 3 · 1994

    No external source identified

  21. José Manuel Rueda

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 30 · 1988

    Source: As

  22. Agnese Possamai

    athletics competitor, middle-distance runner

    73 years old

    January 17 · 1953

    Source: World Athletics database

  23. Benjamín Maldonado

    association football player, association football coach

    98 years old

    January 4 · 1928

    Source: FBref

  24. Hjördis Töpel

    swimmer, competitive diver

    1904–1987 · aged 83

    January 4 · 1904

    No external source identified

  25. Rosa Kellner

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    1910–1984 · aged 74

    January 21 · 1910

    No external source identified

  26. Umberto Zanotti Bianco

    social activist, politician

    1889–1963 · aged 74

    January 22 · 1889

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  27. Älfiä Äfzalova

    singer

    1933–2017 · aged 84

    January 15 · 1933

    No external source identified

  28. Kita

    association football player

    1958–2015 · aged 57

    January 6 · 1958

    No external source identified

  29. Basrief Arief

    lawyer

    1947–2021 · aged 74

    January 23 · 1947

    No external source identified

  30. Stefano Pavesi

    composer

    1779–1850 · aged 71

    January 22 · 1779

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  31. Philip Richardson

    sport shooter, politician

    1865–1953 · aged 88

    January 26 · 1865

    No external source identified

  32. Jorge Aguilera

    athletics competitor

    60 years old

    January 16 · 1966

    Source: World Athletics database

  33. Keith Wayne

    film actor, executive producer

    1945–2010 · aged 65

    January 16 · 1945

    Source: Find a Grave

  34. Iosif Vitebskiy

    fencer

    1938–2024 · aged 86

    January 9 · 1938

    No external source identified

  35. Jean Taillandier

    association football player

    88 years old

    January 22 · 1938

    No external source identified

  36. Vyacheslav Gorpishin

    handball player

    56 years old

    January 20 · 1970

    No external source identified

  37. Ivan Ivanov

    athletics competitor

    34 years old

    January 3 · 1992

    Source: World Athletics database

  38. Helena Araújo

    writer, novelist

    1934–2015 · aged 81

    January 20 · 1934

    Source: SNAC

  39. Kristaps Blanks*

    association football player, association football coach

    Date disputed

    January 30 · 1986

    Source: worldfootball.net

  40. Arsène Millocheau

    sport cyclist

    1867–1948 · aged 81

    January 21 · 1867

    Source: birth certificate

  41. Beykan Şimşek

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 1 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  42. Antón Lamazares

    graphic artist, painter

    72 years old

    January 2 · 1954

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  43. Ana Gallay

    volleyball player, beach volleyball player

    40 years old

    January 16 · 1986

    Source: coarg.org.ar

  44. Galina Stepanskaya

    speed skater

    77 years old

    January 27 · 1949

    No external source identified

  45. Bunki Bankaitis-Davis

    sport cyclist

    1958–2021 · aged 63

    January 2 · 1958

    No external source identified

  46. Kornél Havasi

    chess player

    1892–1945 · aged 53

    January 10 · 1892

    No external source identified

  47. Jordi Pablo Ripollés

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 1 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  48. Tonje Angelsen

    athletics competitor

    36 years old

    January 17 · 1990

    Source: World Athletics database

  49. Tatiana Gorbunova

    rhythmic gymnast

    36 years old

    January 23 · 1990

    No external source identified

  50. Ergin Keleş

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 1 · 1987

    Source: FBref

  51. Ximena Galarza

    journalist

    54 years old

    January 14 · 1972

    No external source identified

  52. Salvatore Masiello

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 31 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. Dashnor Bajaziti

    association football player, association football coach

    71 years old

    January 4 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  54. Blaoui Houari

    singer-songwriter

    1926–2017 · aged 91

    January 23 · 1926

    Source: Discogs

  55. Antonio Vázquez

    archer

    65 years old

    January 26 · 1961

    No external source identified

  56. Saara Kivenmäki

    ice hockey executive, ice hockey coach

    40 years old

    January 1 · 1986

    No external source identified

  57. Bezunesh Bekele*

    athletics competitor, marathon runner

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  58. Liu Jianjun

    Olympic competitor, badminton player

    57 years old

    January 5 · 1969

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  59. Vicentia Boco

    minister, politician

    77 years old

    January 22 · 1949

    Source: library.fes.de

  60. Joseph P. Iddings

    geologist

    1857–1920 · aged 63

    January 21 · 1857

    Source: books.google.com

  61. Rubén Soria

    association football player

    1935–2020 · aged 85

    January 23 · 1935

    No external source identified

  62. Daniel Frank

    athletics competitor

    1882–1965 · aged 83

    January 4 · 1882

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  63. Aimi Kunitake

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 10 · 1997

    No external source identified

  64. Kassim al-Rimawi

    politician

    1918–1982 · aged 64

    January 11 · 1918

    No external source identified

  65. Yuki Morikawa

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 7 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  66. Boris Stenin

    skating coach, speed skater

    1935–2001 · aged 66

    January 17 · 1935

    No external source identified

  67. Sadney Urikhob

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 19 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  68. Karl Honz

    athletics competitor, industrial management assistant

    75 years old

    January 28 · 1951

    Source: World Athletics database

  69. Leonor da Silveira e Baldaque

    actor, writer

    49 years old

    January 27 · 1977

    No external source identified

  70. Svein Nyhus

    writer, picture book writer

    64 years old

    January 23 · 1962

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  71. Michele di Pietro

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1747–1821 · aged 74

    January 18 · 1747

    Source: SNAC

  72. Frank Anderson

    chess player

    1928–1980 · aged 52

    January 3 · 1928

    No external source identified

  73. Mary Dignam*

    painter

    Date disputed

    January 13 · 1857

    Source: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

  74. Angela Brunner

    stage actor, actor

    1931–2011 · aged 80

    January 12 · 1931

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  75. Haralabos Papadias

    sprinter

    51 years old

    January 24 · 1975

    Source: World Athletics database

  76. António Cardoso e Cunha

    engineer, politician

    1933–2021 · aged 87

    January 28 · 1933

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  77. Luis Mayanés

    association football player

    1925–1979 · aged 54

    January 15 · 1925

    Source: FBref

  78. Richard Verderber

    military personnel, fencer

    1884–1955 · aged 71

    January 23 · 1884

    Source: sports-reference.com

  79. István Bagyula

    pole vaulter

    57 years old

    January 2 · 1969

    Source: World Athletics database

  80. Dmytro Karyuchenko

    fencer

    46 years old

    January 15 · 1980

    Source: sports-reference.com

  81. Anton Urban

    association football coach, association football player

    1934–2021 · aged 87

    January 16 · 1934

    Source: Transfermarkt

  82. Miloš Alexander Bazovský

    graphic artist, painter

    1899–1968 · aged 69

    January 11 · 1899

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  83. John Cregan

    athletics competitor

    1878–1965 · aged 87

    January 29 · 1878

    No external source identified

  84. Bohuslav Havránek

    editing staff, slavist

    1893–1978 · aged 85

    January 30 · 1893

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  85. Alex Lee

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 15 · 1990

    Source: uslchampionship.com

  86. David Ekholm

    biathlete

    47 years old

    January 16 · 1979

    No external source identified

  87. Günther Happich

    association football player

    1952–1995 · aged 43

    January 28 · 1952

    Source: FBref

  88. Aghabala Ramazanov

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 20 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  89. Elena Bellò

    athletics competitor

    29 years old

    January 18 · 1997

    Source: World Athletics database

  90. Magno Nazaret

    sport cyclist

    40 years old

    January 17 · 1986

    No external source identified

  91. Alfred Schläppi

    bobsledder

    1898–1981 · aged 83

    January 30 · 1898

    No external source identified

  92. Rudolf Eckstein

    rower

    1915–1993 · aged 78

    January 1 · 1915

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  93. Henri Alain Liogier

    scientific collector, botanist

    1916–2009 · aged 93

    January 31 · 1916

    Source: birth certificate

  94. Chiara Rosa

    athletics competitor

    43 years old

    January 28 · 1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  95. Joseph Aziz

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 7 · 1974

    Source: Transfermarkt

  96. Petar Velimirović

    politician, teacher

    1848–1911 · aged 63

    January 16 · 1848

    No external source identified

  97. David Chaladze

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 22 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  98. Barys Pukhouski

    handball player

    39 years old

    January 3 · 1987

    No external source identified

  99. Marek Bajor

    association football coach, association football player

    56 years old

    January 10 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  100. Carl Ferdinand Langhans

    architect

    1782–1869 · aged 87

    January 14 · 1782

    Source: European Theatre Architecture DB

  101. Arkadiusz Bazak

    actor

    87 years old

    January 12 · 1939

    No external source identified

  102. Marta Sanz-Solé

    mathematician, university teacher

    74 years old

    January 19 · 1952

    Source: apmembres3.iec.cat

  103. Giuseppe Bennati

    screenwriter, film director

    1921–2006

    January 4 · 1921

    No external source identified

  104. Martin Šulek

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 15 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  105. Elise Polko

    composer, singer

    1823–1899 · aged 76

    January 31 · 1823

    Source: BnF authorities

  106. Maricica Țăran

    rower

    64 years old

    January 4 · 1962

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  107. Francisco Cámera

    association football player

    1944–2025 · aged 81

    January 1 · 1944

    No external source identified

  108. Petr Frydrych

    coach, javelin thrower

    38 years old

    January 13 · 1988

    Source: World Athletics database

  109. Vanessa Henke

    tennis player

    45 years old

    January 15 · 1981

    Source: WTA website

  110. Eystein Eggen

    sociologist

    1944–2010 · aged 66

    January 5 · 1944

    Source: snl.no

  111. Hovhannes Zardaryan

    painter

    1918–1992 · aged 74

    January 20 · 1918

    Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

  112. Arnaud Art

    athletics competitor

    33 years old

    January 28 · 1993

    Source: World Athletics database

  113. Marisol Romero

    marathon runner, athletics competitor

    43 years old

    January 26 · 1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  114. Zaharije Trnavčević

    television presenter, politician

    1926–2016 · aged 90

    January 2 · 1926

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  115. Ove Dahl

    botanist, biologist

    1862–1940 · aged 78

    January 29 · 1862

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  116. Antonín Hudeček

    painter, landscape painter

    1872–1941 · aged 69

    January 14 · 1872

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  117. Visvaldis Melderis

    basketball player

    1915–1944 · aged 29

    January 19 · 1915

    Source: FIBA database

  118. Cecilia Biagioli

    swimmer

    41 years old

    January 3 · 1985

    No external source identified

  119. Dinar Xafizullin

    ice hockey player

    37 years old

    January 5 · 1989

    Source: iihf.com

  120. Şanver Göymen

    association football player, association football coach

    59 years old

    January 22 · 1967

    Source: Transfermarkt

  121. Kirill Pozdnyakov

    sport cyclist

    1989–2025 · aged 36

    January 20 · 1989

    No external source identified

  122. Justin McCarthy

    ice hockey player

    1899–1976 · aged 77

    January 25 · 1899

    No external source identified

  123. Sydney Martineau

    fencer

    1863–1945 · aged 82

    January 6 · 1863

    No external source identified

  124. Murad Hüseynov

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 25 · 1989

    Source: FBref

  125. Kiyotaka Matsui

    association football player

    65 years old

    January 4 · 1961

    No external source identified

  126. Charles Magnusson

    film exhibitor, cinematographer

    1878–1948 · aged 69

    January 26 · 1878

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  127. Inesu Emiko Takeoka*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1971

    Source: worldfootball.net

  128. Allisson Ricardo

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 30 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  129. Tatsuro Inui

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 30 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Luisa Carnés

    journalist, writer

    1905–1964 · aged 59

    January 3 · 1905

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  131. Brenda Phillips

    field hockey player

    68 years old

    January 18 · 1958

    Source: SNAC

  132. Mariné Russo

    field hockey player

    46 years old

    January 9 · 1980

    No external source identified

  133. Wilhelm Gustav Franz Herter

    scientific collector, botanist

    1884–1958 · aged 74

    January 10 · 1884

    Source: Autores.uy

  134. Christoph Stephan

    biathlete, police officer

    40 years old

    January 12 · 1986

    No external source identified

  135. Oscar Vílchez

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 21 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  136. Michelle Toro

    swimmer

    35 years old

    January 2 · 1991

    Source: olympic.ca

  137. Gábor Obitz

    association football player, association football coach

    1899–1953 · aged 54

    January 18 · 1899

    No external source identified

  138. Hermann Lingg

    medical officer, physician

    1820–1905 · aged 85

    January 22 · 1820

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  139. Maksym Pashayev

    association football player

    1988–2008 · aged 20

    January 4 · 1988

    Source: FBref

  140. Paulo Emilio

    association football coach, association football player

    1936–2016 · aged 80

    January 3 · 1936

    No external source identified

  141. Pierre Combescot

    writer, journalist

    1940–2017 · aged 77

    January 9 · 1940

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  142. Antonio Scandello

    composer

    1517–1580 · aged 63

    January 27 · 1517

    Source: BnF authorities

  143. Jeanne Bot

    accountant

    1905–2021 · aged 116

    January 14 · 1905

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  144. Tom Søndergaard

    association football player, association football coach

    1944–1997 · aged 53

    January 2 · 1944

    No external source identified

  145. Katie Colclough

    sport cyclist

    36 years old

    January 20 · 1990

    No external source identified

  146. Adalbert Püllöck

    association football player

    1907–1977 · aged 70

    January 6 · 1907

    No external source identified

  147. Nathan Smith

    politician, lawyer

    1770–1835 · aged 65

    January 8 · 1770

    Source: Find a Grave

  148. Petr Janda

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 5 · 1987

    No external source identified

  149. Marie-Adolphe Carnot

    physicist, geologist

    1839–1920

    January 27 · 1839

    Source: GeneaStar

  150. Friedrich Otto Rudolf Sturm

    mathematician

    1841–1919 · aged 78

    January 6 · 1841

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

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