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

  1. Ricardo Frederico Rodrigues Antunes

    association football coach, association football player

    52 years old

    January 1 · 1974

    No external source identified

  2. Simon Chikovani*

    poet, politician

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1902

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  3. Wanda Capodaglio

    film actor

    1889–1980 · aged 91

    January 1 · 1889

    Source: IMDb

  4. Torun Eriksen

    singer, lyricist

    49 years old

    January 8 · 1977

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  5. Yukiyo Mine

    softball player

    38 years old

    January 26 · 1988

    No external source identified

  6. Hilma Caldeira

    volleyball player

    54 years old

    January 5 · 1972

    Source: worldofvolley.com

  7. Charles Grandmougin

    writer, librettist

    1850–1930 · aged 80

    January 17 · 1850

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  8. Ekaterina Tyryškina

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 31 · 1996

    Source: FBref

  9. Carsten Hansen

    politician

    69 years old

    January 10 · 1957

    Source: ft.dk

  10. Hamid Merakchi

    association football player, association football coach

    1976–2024 · aged 48

    January 28 · 1976

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  11. Vladimir Osokin

    sport cyclist

    72 years old

    January 8 · 1954

    No external source identified

  12. Ottavio Alessi

    actor, film director

    1919–1978 · aged 59

    January 1 · 1919

    Source: IMDb

  13. Christina Wassen

    competitive diver

    27 years old

    January 12 · 1999

    No external source identified

  14. Vera Barbosa

    athletics competitor

    37 years old

    January 13 · 1989

    Source: World Athletics database

  15. Jonathan Midol

    freestyle skier, alpine skier

    38 years old

    January 13 · 1988

    No external source identified

  16. Dagnė Čiukšytė

    chess player

    49 years old

    January 1 · 1977

    No external source identified

  17. Anders Arrebo

    poet, writer

    1587–1637 · aged 50

    January 2 · 1587

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  18. Turgut Aykaç

    boxer

    68 years old

    January 1 · 1958

    No external source identified

  19. Álvaro Gaxiola

    competitive diver

    1937–2003 · aged 66

    January 26 · 1937

    No external source identified

  20. Ernest Hilliard

    actor

    1890–1947 · aged 57

    January 31 · 1890

    Source: BnF authorities

  21. Sergio Galdós

    tennis player

    36 years old

    January 2 · 1990

    Source: InterSportStats

  22. Manuel Faißt

    military athlete, Nordic combined skier

    33 years old

    January 11 · 1993

    Source: International Ski and Snowboard Federation database

  23. Kristopher Da Graca

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 16 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  24. Nils Vibe Stockfleth

    parson, lexicographer

    1787–1866 · aged 79

    January 11 · 1787

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  25. Mohd Fadzli Saari

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 1 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  26. Athanasios Tsakiris

    biathlete, cross-country skier

    61 years old

    January 15 · 1965

    No external source identified

  27. Anton Ingolič

    translator, writer

    1907–1992 · aged 85

    January 5 · 1907

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  28. Valentina Borisenko

    chess player

    1920–1993 · aged 73

    January 28 · 1920

    No external source identified

  29. Christiane Soeder

    physician, sport cyclist

    51 years old

    January 15 · 1975

    No external source identified

  30. Jörg Lucke

    rower

    84 years old

    January 7 · 1942

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  31. Paul Smart

    sailor

    1892–1979 · aged 87

    January 13 · 1892

    No external source identified

  32. Stanton Heck

    actor

    1877–1929 · aged 52

    January 8 · 1877

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  33. Ivan Vasil'evich Mushketov

    explorer, university teacher

    1850–1902 · aged 52

    January 22 · 1850

    No external source identified

  34. Yusuke Hayashi

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 23 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Arnold Kadlec

    ice hockey player

    67 years old

    January 8 · 1959

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  36. Yordan Ivanov

    romanist, philologist

    1872–1947 · aged 75

    January 6 · 1872

    Source: BnF authorities

  37. László Sáry

    pianist, university teacher

    86 years old

    January 1 · 1940

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  38. Félix Sellier

    sport cyclist

    1893–1965 · aged 72

    January 2 · 1893

    Source: BnF authorities

  39. Arnold Jeannesson

    sport cyclist

    40 years old

    January 16 · 1986

    No external source identified

  40. August Lehmann*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 26 · 1909

    Source: Transfermarkt

  41. Orhan Delibaş

    boxer

    55 years old

    January 28 · 1971

    No external source identified

  42. Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 19 · 1988

    No external source identified

  43. Ever Alvarado

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 30 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  44. Alfred Delcourt

    association football referee

    1929–2012 · aged 83

    January 17 · 1929

    No external source identified

  45. Jean-Paul Delevoye

    business executive, politician

    79 years old

    January 22 · 1947

    Source: Sycomore

  46. Hans Rebele

    association football player

    1943–2023 · aged 79

    January 26 · 1943

    Source: Transfermarkt

  47. Georg Andersen

    athletics competitor, police officer

    63 years old

    January 7 · 1963

    Source: World Athletics database

  48. Waleed Salem Al-Lami*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1992

    Source: FBref

  49. Lambert Schaus

    jurist, diplomat

    1908–1976 · aged 68

    January 18 · 1908

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  50. Christoph Steinert

    handball player

    36 years old

    January 18 · 1990

    No external source identified

  51. Dejan Ajdačić

    literary scholar, folklorist

    67 years old

    January 22 · 1959

    No external source identified

  52. Mubariz Gurbanli

    politician

    72 years old

    January 7 · 1954

    No external source identified

  53. Sumire Kikuchi

    short-track speed skater, speed skater

    30 years old

    January 15 · 1996

    No external source identified

  54. Pavel Sukosyan

    handball coach, handball player

    64 years old

    January 14 · 1962

    No external source identified

  55. Johannes Benzing*

    Turkologist, orientalist

    Date disputed

    January 13 · 1913

    Source: AlKindi

  56. Georgi Zotov

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 12 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  57. Ryutaro Iio

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 30 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  58. Lorentz Dietrichson

    literary historian, writer

    1834–1917 · aged 83

    January 1 · 1834

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  59. Evgeny Shalunov

    sport cyclist

    34 years old

    January 8 · 1992

    No external source identified

  60. Pavelh Ndzila

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 12 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  61. Barbara Kudrycka

    politician

    70 years old

    January 22 · 1956

    No external source identified

  62. Bright Wireko-Brobby

    civil servant

    54 years old

    January 6 · 1972

    Source: parliament.gh

  63. Alexander Fölker

    handball player

    70 years old

    January 28 · 1956

    No external source identified

  64. Bernhard Sinkel

    film producer, writer

    86 years old

    January 19 · 1940

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  65. Gène Hanssen

    association football player

    67 years old

    January 9 · 1959

    Source: FBref

  66. Efrem Forni

    theologian, Catholic priest

    1889–1976 · aged 87

    January 10 · 1889

    Source: Find a Grave

  67. Bengt Eriksson

    ski jumper, Nordic combined skier

    1931–2014 · aged 83

    January 22 · 1931

    Source: Sveriges dödbok 1830–2020

  68. Amelia Piccinini

    athletics competitor

    1917–1979 · aged 62

    January 17 · 1917

    No external source identified

  69. Juan Espil

    basketball player

    58 years old

    January 5 · 1968

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  70. Alexandre Le Roy

    Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon

    1854–1938 · aged 84

    January 19 · 1854

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  71. Doris Löve

    scientific collector, botanical collector

    1918–2000 · aged 82

    January 2 · 1918

    Source: SNAC

  72. Matthias Döschner

    association football coach, association football player

    68 years old

    January 12 · 1958

    Source: Transfermarkt

  73. Volodymyr Borodians'ky

    politician, media proprietor

    52 years old

    January 15 · 1974

    No external source identified

  74. Gitte Lillelund Bech

    politician

    57 years old

    January 21 · 1969

    No external source identified

  75. Ahmed Masbahi

    association football player

    60 years old

    January 17 · 1966

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Pieter Hendrik Schoute

    university teacher, mathematician

    1846–1913

    January 21 · 1846

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  77. Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti

    Catholic priest, historian

    1684–1764 · aged 79

    January 23 · 1684

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  78. Carl Christoffer Gjörwell the Younger

    architect

    1766–1837 · aged 71

    January 19 · 1766

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  79. Hermann Erhardt

    actor, film actor

    1903–1958 · aged 55

    January 9 · 1903

    Source: filmportal.de

  80. Leyla Vakilova

    ballet master, ballet dancer

    1927–1999

    January 29 · 1927

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  81. Rashad Ahmadov

    taekwondo athlete

    45 years old

    January 5 · 1981

    No external source identified

  82. James Halliday

    weightlifter

    1918–2007 · aged 89

    January 19 · 1918

    No external source identified

  83. Pierre-Luc Périchon

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    39 years old

    January 4 · 1987

    No external source identified

  84. Michael Tørnes

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 8 · 1986

    Source: FBref

  85. Tornike Sanikidze

    chess player

    37 years old

    January 1 · 1989

    No external source identified

  86. Élise Delzenne

    sport cyclist

    37 years old

    January 28 · 1989

    Source: dewielersite.be

  87. Władysław Dobrowolski

    sprinter, military officer

    1896–1969 · aged 73

    January 2 · 1896

    No external source identified

  88. Louis Meznarie

    mechanic, engine tuning

    1930–2020 · aged 90

    January 14 · 1930

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées

  89. Aleksei Medvedev

    association football player, association football coach

    49 years old

    January 5 · 1977

    Source: Transfermarkt

  90. Masae Suzuki

    association football coach, association football player

    69 years old

    January 21 · 1957

    Source: Soccerdonna

  91. Koili Devi Mathema

    singer

    1929–2007 · aged 78

    January 1 · 1929

    No external source identified

  92. Miklós Nagy

    association football player

    108 years old

    January 11 · 1918

    No external source identified

  93. Jan Ligthart

    writer, teacher

    1859–1916 · aged 57

    January 11 · 1859

    Source: BnF authorities

  94. László Papp

    judge, athlete

    1905–1989 · aged 84

    January 4 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  95. Dean Butler

    field hockey player

    49 years old

    January 26 · 1977

    No external source identified

  96. Luc Van Hoyweghen

    association football player

    1929–2013 · aged 84

    January 1 · 1929

    No external source identified

  97. Michael Weiss

    triathlete, sport cyclist

    45 years old

    January 17 · 1981

    No external source identified

  98. Robert Darène

    actor, screenwriter

    1914–2016 · aged 102

    January 10 · 1914

    Source: BnF authorities

  99. Yekaterina Larionova

    amateur wrestler

    32 years old

    January 23 · 1994

    No external source identified

  100. Mathieu Hermans

    sporting director, sport cyclist

    63 years old

    January 9 · 1963

    No external source identified

  101. Esma Aydemir*

    athletics competitor, marathon runner

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1992

    No external source identified

  102. Said Najafzade

    athletics competitor

    27 years old

    January 14 · 1999

    No external source identified

  103. Valeri Brainin

    children's writer, writer

    78 years old

    January 27 · 1948

    No external source identified

  104. Tomasz Wylenzek

    kayaker, canoeist

    43 years old

    January 9 · 1983

    Source: Olympedia

  105. Vyacheslav Solovyov

    association football coach, association football player

    1925–1996 · aged 71

    January 14 · 1925

    No external source identified

  106. Johann Jacob Roemer

    university teacher, entomologist

    1763–1819 · aged 56

    January 8 · 1763

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  107. Tom Evenson

    athletics competitor

    1910–1997 · aged 87

    January 9 · 1910

    No external source identified

  108. Yuko Fujimoto

    volleyball player

    83 years old

    January 14 · 1943

    No external source identified

  109. Tommaso Rinaldi

    television personality, competitive diver

    35 years old

    January 18 · 1991

    No external source identified

  110. Aija Putniņa

    basketball player

    38 years old

    January 15 · 1988

    Source: FIBA database

  111. Giuseppe Montanelli

    poet, writer

    1813–1862 · aged 49

    January 1 · 1813

    No external source identified

  112. Michiel de Swaen

    poet, rhetorician

    1654–1707 · aged 53

    January 20 · 1654

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  113. Paweł Januszewski

    athletics competitor

    54 years old

    January 2 · 1972

    Source: World Athletics database

  114. Tang Lingsheng

    weightlifter

    55 years old

    January 10 · 1971

    No external source identified

  115. Dionýz Ilkovič

    pedagogue, university teacher

    1907–1980 · aged 73

    January 18 · 1907

    No external source identified

  116. Berit Nesheim

    screenwriter, film director

    81 years old

    January 28 · 1945

    No external source identified

  117. Robert Cloughen

    athletics competitor

    1889–1930 · aged 41

    January 26 · 1889

    No external source identified

  118. Javi Martos

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 4 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  119. Wang Huifeng

    fencer

    58 years old

    January 24 · 1968

    No external source identified

  120. Brendan Canty

    sport cyclist

    34 years old

    January 17 · 1992

    Source: uci.org

  121. Jarosława Jóźwiakowska

    athletics competitor

    89 years old

    January 20 · 1937

    No external source identified

  122. Rosa Lindstedt

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    38 years old

    January 24 · 1988

    No external source identified

  123. Kilian Frankiny

    sport cyclist

    32 years old

    January 26 · 1994

    Source: uci.org

  124. Aliona Dubitskaya

    athletics competitor

    36 years old

    January 25 · 1990

    Source: World Athletics database

  125. Elis Fischer

    chief district judge, politician

    1834–1889 · aged 55

    January 13 · 1834

    Source: Svenskt porträttgalleri : XXV:1. Riksdagens första kammare 1867–1904

  126. Aulis Kallakorpi

    ski jumper

    1929–2005 · aged 76

    January 1 · 1929

    No external source identified

  127. Samuel Merlin

    politician, newspaper editor

    1910–1994 · aged 84

    January 4 · 1910

    No external source identified

  128. William George Maton

    botanist, zoologist

    1774–1835 · aged 61

    January 31 · 1774

    Source: Munk's Roll

  129. Kinga Achruk

    handball player

    37 years old

    January 9 · 1989

    No external source identified

  130. Irma Christenson

    actor

    1915–1993 · aged 78

    January 14 · 1915

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  131. Alphonse Matejka

    Idist, Occidentalist

    1902–1999 · aged 97

    January 9 · 1902

    No external source identified

  132. Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser

    physician, forensic psychiatrist

    1853–1931 · aged 77

    January 24 · 1853

    Source: Who Named It?

  133. Lidiya Alfeyeva

    long jumper

    1946–2022 · aged 76

    January 17 · 1946

    No external source identified

  134. Goro Adachi

    ski jumper

    1913–1999 · aged 86

    January 1 · 1913

    No external source identified

  135. Joanna Worek

    chess player

    40 years old

    January 23 · 1986

    No external source identified

  136. Joseph Van Ingelgem

    association football player

    1912–1989 · aged 77

    January 23 · 1912

    Source: Transfermarkt

  137. Harue Sato

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 1 · 1976

    No external source identified

  138. Peter Nansen

    publisher, playwright

    1861–1918 · aged 57

    January 20 · 1861

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  139. Ettore Maria Fizzarotti

    film director, screenwriter

    1916–1985 · aged 69

    January 3 · 1916

    Source: BnF authorities

  140. Sebastian Stolze

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 29 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  141. Andrzej Stelmachowski

    politician, university teacher

    1925–2009 · aged 84

    January 28 · 1925

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  142. Rodolphe Radau

    mathematician, astronomer

    1835–1911 · aged 76

    January 22 · 1835

    Source: Léonore database

  143. Andreas Moustoxydis

    philologist, politician

    1785–1860

    January 6 · 1785

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  144. Miles Burke

    boxer

    1885–1928 · aged 43

    January 15 · 1885

    No external source identified

  145. Reena Kumari

    archer

    42 years old

    January 15 · 1984

    No external source identified

  146. Miroslav Šimek

    canoeist

    67 years old

    January 27 · 1959

    No external source identified

  147. Aurel Vernescu

    canoeist

    1939–2008 · aged 69

    January 23 · 1939

    No external source identified

  148. Sin Joon-Sik

    taekwondo athlete

    46 years old

    January 13 · 1980

    No external source identified

  149. Małgorzata Handzlik

    Esperantist, politician

    61 years old

    January 1 · 1965

    Source: Members of the European Parliament

  150. Serhii Matvieiev

    sport cyclist

    51 years old

    January 29 · 1975

    No external source identified

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