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

  1. Kubilay Aktaş

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 29 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  2. Hugh Wardell-Yerburgh

    rower

    1938–1970 · aged 32

    January 11 · 1938

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  3. Victor Feddersen

    rower

    58 years old

    January 31 · 1968

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  4. Caetano N'Tchama

    politician, minister

    1955–2007 · aged 52

    January 23 · 1955

    No external source identified

  5. Marina Sidorova

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    76 years old

    January 16 · 1950

    Source: olympic.org

  6. Jack Hickey

    rugby league player, rugby union player

    1887–1950 · aged 63

    January 4 · 1887

    No external source identified

  7. Hryhoriy Yarmash

    association football coach, association football player

    41 years old

    January 4 · 1985

    Source: FBref

  8. Konstantin Yudin

    film director

    1896–1957 · aged 61

    January 8 · 1896

    No external source identified

  9. Matthias Wahls

    author, chess player

    58 years old

    January 25 · 1968

    Source: matthias-wahls.com

  10. Jacobine Veenhoven

    rower

    42 years old

    January 30 · 1984

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  11. Elias Durand

    botanical collector, botanist

    1794–1873

    January 25 · 1794

    Source: SNAC

  12. Zaid Al-Bawardi

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 26 · 1997

    No external source identified

  13. Urho Peltonen

    athletics competitor, javelin thrower

    1893–1950 · aged 57

    January 15 · 1893

    No external source identified

  14. Karol Machata

    actor, stage actor

    1928–2016 · aged 88

    January 13 · 1928

    Source: Discogs

  15. Jean Reboul

    poet, baker

    1796–1864 · aged 68

    January 23 · 1796

    Source: GeneaStar

  16. Edoardo Anton

    writer, comedy writer

    1910–1986

    January 7 · 1910

    Source: BnF authorities

  17. Andreana Družina

    partisan, political commissar

    1920–2021 · aged 101

    January 26 · 1920

    No external source identified

  18. Jan Mertl

    tennis player

    44 years old

    January 3 · 1982

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  19. Wang Fang

    basketball player

    59 years old

    January 14 · 1967

    Source: FIBA database

  20. Jerome Steever

    water polo player, swimmer

    1880–1957 · aged 76

    January 7 · 1880

    No external source identified

  21. Alexander Batyuk

    cross-country skier

    66 years old

    January 14 · 1960

    No external source identified

  22. Maciej Czyżowicz

    modern pentathlete

    64 years old

    January 28 · 1962

    No external source identified

  23. Carlo Laurenzi

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1821–1893 · aged 72

    January 12 · 1821

    No external source identified

  24. Victor Correia

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 12 · 1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  25. Nilson André

    athletics competitor

    40 years old

    January 30 · 1986

    Source: World Athletics database

  26. Hiroshi Hara

    university teacher, botanical collector

    1911–1986 · aged 75

    January 5 · 1911

    No external source identified

  27. Maria Guida

    athletics competitor

    60 years old

    January 23 · 1966

    Source: World Athletics database

  28. Guy Clarkson

    ice hockey player

    1891–1974 · aged 83

    January 1 · 1891

    No external source identified

  29. Vasilka Stoeva

    athletics competitor

    86 years old

    January 14 · 1940

    No external source identified

  30. Jan Bártů

    modern pentathlete

    71 years old

    January 16 · 1955

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  31. Kazuhiro Murakami

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 20 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Kamila Augustyn

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    44 years old

    January 14 · 1982

    Source: bbc.co.uk

  33. Gilles Corrozet

    publisher, printer

    1510–1568 · aged 58

    January 14 · 1510

    Source: Censimento nazionale delle edizioni italiane del XVI secolo

  34. Don Cowie

    sailor

    64 years old

    January 5 · 1962

    No external source identified

  35. Suzuka Hasegawa

    swimmer

    26 years old

    January 25 · 2000

    No external source identified

  36. Ramaz Kharshiladze

    judoka, athlete

    1951–2017

    January 16 · 1951

    Source: sports-reference.com

  37. Abdelghani Demmou

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 29 · 1989

    Source: FBref

  38. Tauqeer Dar

    field hockey player

    62 years old

    January 31 · 1964

    No external source identified

  39. Hisayoshi Sato

    swimmer

    39 years old

    January 12 · 1987

    No external source identified

  40. Carl Reinhold Sahlberg

    zoologist, farmer

    1779–1860 · aged 81

    January 22 · 1779

    Source: Biographies of the Entomologists of the World

  41. Guilherme Almeida

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 29 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  42. Petrus Johannes Blok

    librarian, historian

    1855–1929 · aged 74

    January 10 · 1855

    Source: KNAW Past Members

  43. André Luiz Silva do Nascimento

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 27 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  44. Andrey Khramov

    orienteer, athletics competitor

    45 years old

    January 17 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  45. Samuel Mbugua

    boxer

    80 years old

    January 1 · 1946

    No external source identified

  46. Arthur Frank McKinlay

    rower

    1932–2009 · aged 77

    January 20 · 1932

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  47. Vitaliy Balashov

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 15 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  48. Mariano de la Paz Graells y de la Agüera

    botanist, entomologist

    1809–1898 · aged 89

    January 24 · 1809

    No external source identified

  49. Auguste Charpentier

    lithographer, painter

    1813–1880 · aged 67

    January 29 · 1813

    Source: RKDartists

  50. Francisco Adolfo Coelho

    philologist, romanist

    1847–1919 · aged 72

    January 15 · 1847

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  51. Nils Ramm

    boxer

    1903–1986 · aged 83

    January 1 · 1903

    Source: Swedish church birth records

  52. Kensuke Sato

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 19 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. Yoshihiro Nishida

    association football player

    53 years old

    January 30 · 1973

    Source: FBref

  54. José Gregorio Vargas

    basketball player

    44 years old

    January 23 · 1982

    Source: FIBA database

  55. Peng Ping

    basketball player

    59 years old

    January 14 · 1967

    Source: FIBA database

  56. Katharina Baunach

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 18 · 1989

    Source: Soccerdonna

  57. Birgit Radochla

    artistic gymnast

    81 years old

    January 31 · 1945

    Source: Olympedia

  58. Abdukhamidullo Rasulov

    association football referee, association football assistant referee

    50 years old

    January 10 · 1976

    No external source identified

  59. Vladimir Čonč

    association football player

    1928–2012 · aged 84

    January 13 · 1928

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  60. Erik Ågren

    boxer

    1916–1985 · aged 69

    January 3 · 1916

    No external source identified

  61. Carlo Duse

    actor, film actor

    1899–1956 · aged 57

    January 5 · 1899

    Source: BnF authorities

  62. Raymond Fellay

    alpine skier

    1932–1994 · aged 62

    January 16 · 1932

    No external source identified

  63. Nancy Contreras

    sport cyclist

    48 years old

    January 20 · 1978

    No external source identified

  64. Fethi Missaoui

    boxer

    52 years old

    January 8 · 1974

    No external source identified

  65. Yōko Shinozaki

    volleyball player

    81 years old

    January 29 · 1945

    No external source identified

  66. Jan Derksen

    track cyclist, sport cyclist

    1919–2011 · aged 92

    January 23 · 1919

    No external source identified

  67. Alpin Gallo

    association football player, association football coach

    52 years old

    January 12 · 1974

    Source: FBref

  68. Norbert Ozimek

    weightlifter

    81 years old

    January 24 · 1945

    No external source identified

  69. Israel José Rubio

    weightlifter

    45 years old

    January 11 · 1981

    No external source identified

  70. Charles Alain, Prince of Guéméné

    military officer, military personnel

    1764–1836 · aged 72

    January 18 · 1764

    Source: Q129176764

  71. Darius Kampa

    association football player

    49 years old

    January 16 · 1977

    Source: Transfermarkt

  72. Jie Schöpp

    table tennis player

    58 years old

    January 25 · 1968

    Source: munzinger.de

  73. Sédonoudé Abouta

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 1 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  74. Clara Aguilera García

    politician

    62 years old

    January 3 · 1964

    No external source identified

  75. Rie Azami

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 11 · 1989

    Source: Soccerdonna

  76. Marta Michna

    chess player

    48 years old

    January 30 · 1978

    No external source identified

  77. Carl Giskra*

    pedagogue, university teacher

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1820

    No external source identified

  78. Elisabeth Persson

    curler

    62 years old

    January 21 · 1964

    No external source identified

  79. Matteo Montaguti

    sport cyclist

    42 years old

    January 6 · 1984

    No external source identified

  80. Ryotaro Hironaga

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 9 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  81. Stepan Artemenko

    military personnel

    1913–1977 · aged 64

    January 22 · 1913

    No external source identified

  82. Minoru Shibuya

    screenwriter, film director

    1907–1980 · aged 73

    January 2 · 1907

    Source: IMDb

  83. Vicente Costa

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    79 years old

    January 1 · 1947

    No external source identified

  84. Heinz Schulz

    boxer

    1935–2015 · aged 80

    January 5 · 1935

    No external source identified

  85. Alhassane Issoufou

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 1 · 1981

    Source: Soccerway

  86. Mable Fergerson

    athletics competitor

    71 years old

    January 18 · 1955

    Source: World Athletics database

  87. Annett Neumann

    sport cyclist

    56 years old

    January 31 · 1970

    No external source identified

  88. Siegfried Lehman*

    educator, screenwriter

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1892

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  89. Evariste Ngoyagoye

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    84 years old

    January 3 · 1942

    No external source identified

  90. Valeria Cappellotto

    sport cyclist

    1970–2015 · aged 45

    January 28 · 1970

    No external source identified

  91. Chuichi Date

    politician

    87 years old

    January 20 · 1939

    No external source identified

  92. Miguel Luis Amunátegui

    politician, historian

    1828–1888 · aged 60

    January 11 · 1828

    Source: Memoria Chilena

  93. Natalia Madaj

    rower

    38 years old

    January 25 · 1988

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  94. Tetyana Nadyrova

    basketball player

    75 years old

    January 29 · 1951

    Source: FIBA database

  95. Carl von Heyden

    naturalist, zoologist

    1793–1866 · aged 72

    January 20 · 1793

    Source: Find a Grave

  96. Albert Paulig

    film actor, actor

    1873–1933 · aged 60

    January 14 · 1873

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  97. John Talen

    sport cyclist

    61 years old

    January 18 · 1965

    No external source identified

  98. Andrei Cojocari

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 21 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  99. Tony Heurtebis*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 15 · 1975

    No external source identified

  100. Roxana Scarlat

    fencer

    51 years old

    January 3 · 1975

    No external source identified

  101. Arsen Alakhverdiyev

    amateur wrestler

    77 years old

    January 24 · 1949

    No external source identified

  102. Pensiri Laosirikul

    weightlifter

    42 years old

    January 17 · 1984

    No external source identified

  103. Sakhob Juraev

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 19 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  104. Gennady Gor*

    art historian, children's writer

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1907

    Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century

  105. Adel Abdullah

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 12 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Vera Fischer

    sculptor

    1925–2009 · aged 84

    January 27 · 1925

    No external source identified

  107. Frederick Winters

    weightlifter

    1873–1915 · aged 42

    January 7 · 1873

    Source: olympedia.org

  108. Renal Ganeyev

    fencer

    41 years old

    January 13 · 1985

    Source: sports-reference.com

  109. Simon d'Artois

    freestyle skier, athlete

    34 years old

    January 26 · 1992

    No external source identified

  110. Carlos Santa

    athletics competitor

    48 years old

    January 7 · 1978

    Source: World Athletics database

  111. Joana Ramos

    judoka

    44 years old

    January 16 · 1982

    Source: olympedia.org

  112. Marcel Hansenne

    middle-distance runner, journalist

    1917–2002 · aged 85

    January 24 · 1917

    Source: BnF authorities

  113. Adzo Kpossi

    swimmer

    27 years old

    January 25 · 1999

    Source: fr.allafrica.com

  114. Lin Yanfen

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    56 years old

    January 4 · 1970

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  115. Evgeny Sedov

    swimmer

    30 years old

    January 29 · 1996

    No external source identified

  116. Luca Devoti

    skipper

    63 years old

    January 2 · 1963

    No external source identified

  117. Eduardo Cubells Ridaura

    association football coach, association football player

    1900–1964 · aged 64

    January 17 · 1900

    No external source identified

  118. Emili García

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 11 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  119. Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

    judoka

    39 years old

    January 5 · 1987

    No external source identified

  120. Francesco Porzio

    water polo player

    60 years old

    January 26 · 1966

    No external source identified

  121. Garry Abelev

    immunologist, professor

    1928–2013 · aged 85

    January 10 · 1928

    No external source identified

  122. Edu Moya

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 3 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  123. Natan Rybak

    writer

    1913–1978 · aged 65

    January 3 · 1913

    No external source identified

  124. Reinier Alcántara

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 14 · 1982

    No external source identified

  125. Marcello Agnoletto

    association football player

    94 years old

    January 2 · 1932

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Marc Bischofberger

    freestyle skier

    35 years old

    January 26 · 1991

    No external source identified

  127. Mehmet Akyüz

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 2 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  128. Jorge Aizkorreta*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 6 · 1974

    No external source identified

  129. Arnaud Bühler

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 17 · 1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Sergei Vyshedkevich

    ice hockey player

    51 years old

    January 3 · 1975

    No external source identified

  131. August Adler

    mathematician, astronomer

    1863–1923 · aged 60

    January 24 · 1863

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  132. Jacques-Marie-Adrien-Césaire Mathieu

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1796–1875 · aged 79

    January 20 · 1796

    Source: BnF authorities

  133. Robert Lane

    association football player

    1882–1940 · aged 58

    January 15 · 1882

    Source: Olympedia

  134. Juan Eduardo Zúñiga

    journalist, humanities scholar

    1919–2020 · aged 101

    January 24 · 1919

    Source: El País

  135. Carl Schäfer

    general contractor, architect

    1844–1908 · aged 64

    January 18 · 1844

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  136. Ğaliäsğar Kamal

    prose writer, journalist

    1879–1933 · aged 54

    January 6 · 1879

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  137. Rene Mandri

    coach, sport cyclist

    42 years old

    January 20 · 1984

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  138. Aaron Egbele

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    47 years old

    January 29 · 1979

    Source: World Athletics database

  139. Marino Morettini

    sport cyclist

    1931–1990 · aged 59

    January 2 · 1931

    Source: Olympedia

  140. Erik Wijmeersch

    athletics competitor

    56 years old

    January 23 · 1970

    Source: World Athletics database

  141. Siranush Andriasian

    chess player

    40 years old

    January 4 · 1986

    No external source identified

  142. Vladislav Ivanov

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 24 · 1986

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  143. Felixberto Camacho Flores

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1921–1985 · aged 64

    January 23 · 1921

    No external source identified

  144. Vasily Likhachyov

    statesperson, politician

    1952–2019 · aged 67

    January 5 · 1952

    No external source identified

  145. Henryk Petrich

    boxer

    67 years old

    January 10 · 1959

    No external source identified

  146. Paul Côté

    sailor, skipper

    1944–2013 · aged 69

    January 28 · 1944

    No external source identified

  147. Sebastián Jaime

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 30 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  148. David Zibung

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 10 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  149. Ivan Dmitriyevich Yakushkin*

    memoirist, writer

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1794

    No external source identified

  150. Agnès Acker

    astrophysicist, professeur des universités

    86 years old

    January 28 · 1940

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

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