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

  1. Nermedin Selimov

    amateur wrestler

    72 years old

    January 3 · 1954

    No external source identified

  2. Andriy Fedorenko

    association football coach, association football player

    42 years old

    January 9 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  3. Alberto Vitoria

    association football player

    1956–2010 · aged 54

    January 11 · 1956

    Source: Transfermarkt

  4. Olga Gulazyan

    actor

    1886–1970 · aged 84

    January 8 · 1886

    Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

  5. Agnes Steineger

    painter

    1863–1965 · aged 102

    January 21 · 1863

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  6. Hideki Uchidate

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 15 · 1974

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  7. Johan Sætre

    ski jumper

    74 years old

    January 5 · 1952

    No external source identified

  8. Nadim Sabagh*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1985

    No external source identified

  9. Giovanni Battista de Toni

    physician, mycologist

    1864–1924 · aged 60

    January 2 · 1864

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  10. Akira Higashi

    ski jumper

    54 years old

    January 7 · 1972

    No external source identified

  11. Ro Hak-su

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 19 · 1990

    Source: FBref

  12. Abdulkader Dakka

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 10 · 1985

    Source: FBref

  13. İlhan Eker

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 1 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  14. Lionel Plumenail

    fencer

    59 years old

    January 22 · 1967

    No external source identified

  15. Vasily Zhdanov

    sport cyclist

    63 years old

    January 12 · 1963

    Source: cyclingbase.com

  16. Juan Elía

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 24 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  17. Pandolfo Collenuccio

    poet, Renaissance humanist

    1444–1504 · aged 60

    January 16 · 1444

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  18. Prospero Colonna di Sciarra

    Catholic bishop, Catholic deacon

    1707–1765 · aged 58

    January 17 · 1707

    No external source identified

  19. András Beck

    sculptor, medalist

    1911–1985 · aged 74

    January 13 · 1911

    Source: BnF authorities

  20. Hripsime Simonyan

    sculptor, ceramicist

    1916–1998

    January 15 · 1916

    Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10

  21. Elzéar Abeille de Perrin

    entomologist, lawyer

    1843–1910 · aged 67

    January 3 · 1843

    Source: La France savante

  22. Yelena Migunova

    sprinter

    42 years old

    January 4 · 1984

    Source: World Athletics database

  23. Mariana Rossi

    field hockey player

    47 years old

    January 2 · 1979

    No external source identified

  24. David Granger

    bobsledder

    1903–2002 · aged 99

    January 26 · 1903

    No external source identified

  25. Jarmila Machačová

    sport cyclist

    40 years old

    January 9 · 1986

    No external source identified

  26. Josef Anton Schobinger

    politician

    1849–1911 · aged 62

    January 30 · 1849

    Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland

  27. Bob Maertens

    association football player, association football coach

    1930–2003 · aged 72

    January 24 · 1930

    Source: FBref

  28. Adalbert Marksteiner*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1919

    Source: National-Football-Teams.com

  29. Vyacheslav Lykho

    athletics competitor

    59 years old

    January 16 · 1967

    Source: World Athletics database

  30. Jan Nolten

    sport cyclist

    1930–2014 · aged 84

    January 20 · 1930

    Source: firstcycling.com

  31. Sergei Gimayev

    ice hockey player, coach

    1955–2017 · aged 62

    January 1 · 1955

    No external source identified

  32. Mircea Fulger

    boxer

    67 years old

    January 26 · 1959

    No external source identified

  33. Sven Israelsson

    cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier

    1920–1989 · aged 69

    January 17 · 1920

    No external source identified

  34. Nailä Ğiläcevä

    fencer

    73 years old

    January 2 · 1953

    No external source identified

  35. Antoni Karmany

    sport cyclist

    1934–2017

    January 21 · 1934

    No external source identified

  36. Erik Dyreborg

    association football player

    1940–2013 · aged 73

    January 20 · 1940

    No external source identified

  37. Karl-Erik Andersson

    bandy player, association football player

    1927–2005 · aged 78

    January 16 · 1927

    Source: Olympedia

  38. Dale Stevenson

    athletics competitor

    38 years old

    January 1 · 1988

    Source: World Athletics database

  39. Théophile Marion Dumersan

    novelist, numismatist

    1780–1849 · aged 69

    January 4 · 1780

    Source: CESAR - Calendrier électronique des spectacles sous l'Ancien Régime et la Révolution

  40. Matteo Pelucchi

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    37 years old

    January 21 · 1989

    No external source identified

  41. René Duverger

    weightlifter

    1911–1983 · aged 72

    January 30 · 1911

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  42. Yury Rudov

    fencer

    1931–2013 · aged 82

    January 17 · 1931

    Source: sports-reference.com

  43. Hendrik Reiher

    coxswain

    64 years old

    January 25 · 1962

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  44. Amalie Mánesová

    draftsperson, painter

    1817–1883

    January 21 · 1817

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  45. Fatih Avan

    javelin thrower

    37 years old

    January 1 · 1989

    Source: World Athletics database

  46. Laban Rotich

    middle-distance runner, athletics competitor

    57 years old

    January 20 · 1969

    Source: World Athletics database

  47. Guido Romano

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1916 · aged 28

    January 31 · 1888

    No external source identified

  48. Géry Leuliet

    university teacher, Catholic priest

    1910–2015 · aged 104

    January 12 · 1910

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  49. Duane Da Rocha

    flight attendant, swimmer

    38 years old

    January 7 · 1988

    No external source identified

  50. Werner Rathmayr

    ski jumper

    54 years old

    January 26 · 1972

    No external source identified

  51. Tetsumasa Kimura

    association football player, association football coach

    54 years old

    January 24 · 1972

    No external source identified

  52. Evan Noel

    tennis player

    1879–1928 · aged 49

    January 23 · 1879

    Source: The Peerage

  53. Irina Litvinenko Ektova

    triple jumper

    39 years old

    January 8 · 1987

    Source: World Athletics database

  54. George Hamilton Pearce

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1921–2015 · aged 94

    January 9 · 1921

    No external source identified

  55. Andrei Skabelka

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    55 years old

    January 20 · 1971

    No external source identified

  56. Edwin Cheel

    botanist, botanical collector

    1872–1951 · aged 79

    January 14 · 1872

    No external source identified

  57. Stéphane Noro*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1979

    No external source identified

  58. Dick MacNeill

    association football player

    1898–1963 · aged 65

    January 7 · 1898

    Source: Transfermarkt

  59. Aleksey Reunkov

    marathon runner, athletics competitor

    42 years old

    January 28 · 1984

    Source: World Athletics database

  60. Ara Khachatryan

    weightlifter

    44 years old

    January 1 · 1982

    No external source identified

  61. Yūya Oikawa

    speed skater

    45 years old

    January 16 · 1981

    No external source identified

  62. Cherifa Kersit

    singer

    59 years old

    January 1 · 1967

    No external source identified

  63. Alexander Bergström

    ice hockey player

    40 years old

    January 18 · 1986

    No external source identified

  64. Giovanni Antonelli

    scientist, mathematician

    1818–1872 · aged 54

    January 10 · 1818

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  65. Fructuós Gelabert

    inventor, screenwriter

    1874–1955

    January 15 · 1874

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  66. Maimouna Diarra

    basketball player

    35 years old

    January 30 · 1991

    Source: FIBA database

  67. Olesya Belugina

    rhythmic gymnast

    42 years old

    January 2 · 1984

    No external source identified

  68. Attila Keresztes

    taxi driver, fencer

    1928–2002 · aged 74

    January 18 · 1928

    No external source identified

  69. Alcides Peña

    association football coach, association football player

    37 years old

    January 14 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  70. Ana Iliuță

    rower

    68 years old

    January 10 · 1958

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  71. Leijn Loevesijn

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    77 years old

    January 2 · 1949

    No external source identified

  72. Axel Persson

    sport cyclist

    1888–1955 · aged 67

    January 23 · 1888

    Source: sok.se

  73. Torkil Veyhe

    sport cyclist

    36 years old

    January 9 · 1990

    Source: uci.org

  74. Jack Guittet

    fencer

    1930–2025 · aged 95

    January 12 · 1930

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  75. Jack Taylor

    aircraft pilot, swimmer

    1931–1955 · aged 24

    January 31 · 1931

    No external source identified

  76. Georges Claes sr.

    sport cyclist

    1920–1994 · aged 74

    January 7 · 1920

    No external source identified

  77. Ernst Good

    alpine skier

    76 years old

    January 14 · 1950

    No external source identified

  78. Yuriy Burlakov

    cross-country skier

    66 years old

    January 31 · 1960

    No external source identified

  79. Laura Abril

    sport cyclist

    36 years old

    January 28 · 1990

    No external source identified

  80. Masafumi Miyagi

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 19 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  81. Xi Aihua

    rower

    44 years old

    January 27 · 1982

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  82. Launay Saturné

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    62 years old

    January 14 · 1964

    No external source identified

  83. Nicolas Roze

    chapelmaster, librarian

    1745–1819 · aged 74

    January 17 · 1745

    Source: BnF authorities

  84. Omar Bertazzo

    track cyclist, sport cyclist

    37 years old

    January 7 · 1989

    No external source identified

  85. Raffaele Pierotti

    Catholic priest

    1836–1905 · aged 69

    January 1 · 1836

    No external source identified

  86. Noel Mills

    rower

    1944–2004 · aged 60

    January 13 · 1944

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  87. Adam Honory Kirkor*

    historian, opinion journalist

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1818

    Source: tnk.krakow.pl

  88. Karel Dežman

    botanist, politician

    1821–1889 · aged 68

    January 3 · 1821

    No external source identified

  89. Christina Seufert

    competitive diver

    69 years old

    January 13 · 1957

    No external source identified

  90. Megumu Tamura

    association football player

    1927–1986 · aged 59

    January 10 · 1927

    No external source identified

  91. Blanche Wheeler Williams

    art historian, archaeologist

    1870–1936 · aged 66

    January 9 · 1870

    Source: SNAC

  92. Faiza Dahleb

    politician, civil servant

    59 years old

    January 27 · 1967

    No external source identified

  93. Stavroula Kozompoli

    water polo player

    52 years old

    January 14 · 1974

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  94. Anatoly Nedbaylo

    memoirist, aircraft pilot

    1923–2008 · aged 85

    January 28 · 1923

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  95. Robert Leffler

    film actor, opera singer

    1866–1940 · aged 74

    January 9 · 1866

    Source: filmportal.de

  96. Marek Łbik

    canoeist

    68 years old

    January 30 · 1958

    No external source identified

  97. Gisela Morón

    synchronized swimmer, swimmer

    50 years old

    January 25 · 1976

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  98. Wilfred Waters

    sport cyclist

    1923–2006 · aged 83

    January 4 · 1923

    No external source identified

  99. Lee Emanuel

    athletics competitor

    41 years old

    January 24 · 1985

    Source: World Athletics database

  100. Li Duihong

    sport shooter

    56 years old

    January 25 · 1970

    No external source identified

  101. Antonio Petković

    swimmer, water polo player

    40 years old

    January 11 · 1986

    No external source identified

  102. Ole Sæther

    sport shooter

    1870–1946 · aged 76

    January 23 · 1870

    No external source identified

  103. Renny Ribera

    association football coach, association football player

    52 years old

    January 30 · 1974

    Source: Transfermarkt

  104. Evgeny Drattsev

    swimmer

    43 years old

    January 24 · 1983

    No external source identified

  105. Marie-Josée Jacobs

    nurse, politician

    76 years old

    January 22 · 1950

    No external source identified

  106. Abel Albert

    rugby union player

    1873–1919 · aged 46

    January 31 · 1873

    Source: birth certificate

  107. Nobuyuki Kato

    association football player

    106 years old

    January 2 · 1920

    No external source identified

  108. Marita Skammelsrud Lund

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 29 · 1989

    Source: Soccerdonna

  109. Andrei Kazusenok

    judoka

    42 years old

    January 15 · 1984

    Source: JudoInside.com

  110. Ernst Ludwig Taschenberg

    entomologist, university teacher

    1818–1898 · aged 80

    January 10 · 1818

    Source: Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog

  111. Li Wenquan

    archer

    40 years old

    January 18 · 1986

    No external source identified

  112. Florian Vachon

    sport cyclist

    41 years old

    January 2 · 1985

    No external source identified

  113. Mojca Suhadolc

    alpine skier

    51 years old

    January 7 · 1975

    No external source identified

  114. Jakub Šindel

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    40 years old

    January 24 · 1986

    No external source identified

  115. Rikke Petersen-Schmidt

    handball player

    51 years old

    January 14 · 1975

    No external source identified

  116. Kazuki Hara

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 5 · 1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  117. Markus Gier

    rower

    56 years old

    January 1 · 1970

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  118. Anatoliy Novikov

    judoka

    1947–2022 · aged 75

    January 17 · 1947

    No external source identified

  119. Natalia Mikhaylovna Goncharova

    competitive diver

    38 years old

    January 29 · 1988

    No external source identified

  120. Jacopo Facciolati

    lexicographer, linguist

    1682–1769 · aged 87

    January 4 · 1682

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  121. Juan Paredes

    boxer

    73 years old

    January 29 · 1953

    No external source identified

  122. Lars Bergendahl

    cross-country skier

    1909–1997 · aged 88

    January 30 · 1909

    Source: Cemeteries in Norway

  123. Frédéric Sy

    astronomer

    1861–1945

    January 13 · 1861

    Source: gw.geneanet.org

  124. Seitaro Ichinohe

    speed skater

    30 years old

    January 25 · 1996

    No external source identified

  125. Kristian Bergström

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 8 · 1974

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Ilse Geisler

    luger

    85 years old

    January 10 · 1941

    No external source identified

  127. Reo Mochizuki

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 18 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  128. Meritxell Mateu i Pi

    politician, diplomat

    60 years old

    January 19 · 1966

    Source: pace.coe.int

  129. Frank Pfütze

    swimmer

    1959–1991 · aged 32

    January 15 · 1959

    No external source identified

  130. John Badcock

    rower

    1903–1976 · aged 73

    January 17 · 1903

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  131. Marlena Zagoni

    rower

    1951–2025 · aged 74

    January 22 · 1951

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  132. Mikhail Lysov

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 29 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  133. Dragoljub Jacimovic

    chess player

    62 years old

    January 10 · 1964

    No external source identified

  134. Mieczysław Batsch

    association football player, mechanical engineer

    1900–1977

    January 1 · 1900

    No external source identified

  135. Ferdinand Hellmesberger

    chapelmaster, composer

    1863–1940 · aged 77

    January 24 · 1863

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  136. Libor Capalini

    modern pentathlete

    53 years old

    January 30 · 1973

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  137. Christian Strohdiek

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 22 · 1988

    Source: As

  138. Liesbet De Vocht

    sport cyclist

    47 years old

    January 5 · 1979

    No external source identified

  139. André Henri Constant van Hasselt

    poet, writer

    1806–1874 · aged 68

    January 5 · 1806

    Source: SNAC

  140. Schuyler Enck

    middle-distance runner

    1900–1970 · aged 70

    January 25 · 1900

    No external source identified

  141. Karl-Heinz Kunde

    athlete, sport cyclist

    1938–2018 · aged 80

    January 6 · 1938

    No external source identified

  142. Dezső Wein

    dentist, artistic gymnast

    1873–1944 · aged 71

    January 19 · 1873

    No external source identified

  143. Torsten Oehrl

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 7 · 1986

    Source: As

  144. Zsuzsa Szabó

    sprinter, middle-distance runner

    86 years old

    January 16 · 1940

    No external source identified

  145. Paul Genevay

    sprinter

    1939–2022 · aged 83

    January 21 · 1939

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  146. Marine Bolliet

    biathlete

    38 years old

    January 14 · 1988

    No external source identified

  147. Henri Maréchal

    composer

    1842–1924 · aged 82

    January 22 · 1842

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  148. Paul Iby

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    91 years old

    January 23 · 1935

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  149. Yulia Morozova

    volleyball player

    41 years old

    January 8 · 1985

    No external source identified

  150. Marian Wróbel

    chess composer, chess player

    1907–1960 · aged 53

    January 1 · 1907

    No external source identified

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