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

  1. Gunnar Berggren

    boxer

    1908–1983 · aged 75

    January 26 · 1908

    No external source identified

  2. Thomas Goyard

    windsurfer

    34 years old

    January 15 · 1992

    Source: olympics.com

  3. Josafá Menezes da Silva

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    67 years old

    January 2 · 1959

    No external source identified

  4. Elisabeth Büchsel

    painter

    1867–1957 · aged 90

    January 29 · 1867

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  5. Franco Agostinelli

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    82 years old

    January 1 · 1944

    No external source identified

  6. Rasim Ramaldanov

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 24 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  7. Mikhail Vergeyenko

    association football coach, association football player

    1950–2024 · aged 74

    January 12 · 1950

    No external source identified

  8. Roberto Tancredi

    association football player

    82 years old

    January 30 · 1944

    Source: Transfermarkt

  9. Axel Graatkjær

    film director, cinematographer

    1885–1969

    January 19 · 1885

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  10. Rachid Maatar*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 27 · 1959

    Source: National-Football-Teams.com

  11. Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano

    partisan, politician

    1921–2023 · aged 102

    January 21 · 1921

    Source: senato.it

  12. Josep Franch

    basketball player

    35 years old

    January 28 · 1991

    Source: FIBA database

  13. Antonio Felice Zondadari

    Catholic deacon, archbishop

    1740–1823 · aged 83

    January 14 · 1740

    No external source identified

  14. Giacomo Cattani

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1823–1887 · aged 64

    January 13 · 1823

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  15. Anatoli Fedyukin

    handball player

    1952–2020 · aged 68

    January 26 · 1952

    No external source identified

  16. Gonzalo Porras

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 31 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  17. Thomas Frei

    sport cyclist

    41 years old

    January 19 · 1985

    No external source identified

  18. Léon Devos

    sport cyclist

    1896–1963 · aged 67

    January 17 · 1896

    No external source identified

  19. Frederico Paredes

    fencer

    1889–1972 · aged 83

    January 31 · 1889

    No external source identified

  20. Francesco Oliva

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    75 years old

    January 14 · 1951

    No external source identified

  21. Pericles de Oliveira Ramos

    association football player

    51 years old

    January 2 · 1975

    No external source identified

  22. Daniel Tynell

    cross-country skier

    50 years old

    January 6 · 1976

    No external source identified

  23. Łukasz Rutkowski

    ski jumper

    38 years old

    January 22 · 1988

    No external source identified

  24. Marcelo Rosa

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 29 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  25. Bianka Schwede

    rower

    73 years old

    January 9 · 1953

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  26. Raffaele Fornari*

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    January 23 · 1787

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Daichi Matsuoka

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 23 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  28. Sylvain Moniquet

    sport cyclist

    28 years old

    January 14 · 1998

    Source: uci.org

  29. Emanuel Trípodi

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 8 · 1981

    Source: As

  30. Rico Freiermuth

    bobsledder

    68 years old

    January 1 · 1958

    No external source identified

  31. Serge Demierre

    sport cyclist

    70 years old

    January 16 · 1956

    No external source identified

  32. Oleksandr Marchenko

    rower

    58 years old

    January 12 · 1968

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  33. Hironori Ishikawa

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 6 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  34. Sai Kanakubo

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 11 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Adolph Hausrath

    church historian, university teacher

    1837–1909 · aged 72

    January 13 · 1837

    Source: Find a Grave

  36. György Zala

    canoeist

    57 years old

    January 19 · 1969

    No external source identified

  37. Jos Jacobs

    sport cyclist

    73 years old

    January 28 · 1953

    No external source identified

  38. Chioma Wogu

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 28 · 1999

    Source: FBref

  39. Lucie Škrobáková

    athletics competitor

    44 years old

    January 4 · 1982

    Source: World Athletics database

  40. Johann Ernst Hebenstreit

    entomologist, botanist

    1703–1757 · aged 54

    January 15 · 1703

    Source: BnF authorities

  41. László Vadász

    chess player

    1948–2005 · aged 56

    January 27 · 1948

    No external source identified

  42. Giacomo Neri

    association football coach, association football player

    1916–2010 · aged 94

    January 1 · 1916

    No external source identified

  43. Joël Mercier

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    81 years old

    January 5 · 1945

    No external source identified

  44. Albert III, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

    aristocrat

    1537–1605 · aged 68

    January 16 · 1537

    Source: The Peerage

  45. Daniela Jaworska

    javelin thrower

    80 years old

    January 4 · 1946

    No external source identified

  46. James Soutter

    athletics competitor

    1885–1966 · aged 81

    January 1 · 1885

    No external source identified

  47. Enrique Martínez Heredia

    sport cyclist

    73 years old

    January 27 · 1953

    Source: SNAC

  48. Igor Janik

    athletics competitor

    43 years old

    January 18 · 1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  49. Angelo De Martini

    sport cyclist

    1897–1979 · aged 82

    January 24 · 1897

    No external source identified

  50. Carlo Cavagnoli

    boxer

    1907–1990 · aged 83

    January 21 · 1907

    Source: olympedia.org

  51. Heinz Imboden

    sport cyclist

    64 years old

    January 4 · 1962

    No external source identified

  52. George Oliver

    golfer

    1883–1965 · aged 82

    January 18 · 1883

    No external source identified

  53. Carl von Winterfeld

    musicologist, historian

    1784–1852 · aged 68

    January 28 · 1784

    Source: BnF authorities

  54. Janin Lindenberg

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    39 years old

    January 20 · 1987

    Source: World Athletics database

  55. Otto Spiegelberg

    gynecologist, university teacher

    1830–1881 · aged 51

    January 9 · 1830

    Source: Who Named It?

  56. Eric Aghimien

    film director, screenwriter

    44 years old

    January 21 · 1982

    No external source identified

  57. Mikuláš Konopka

    athletics competitor

    47 years old

    January 23 · 1979

    Source: World Athletics database

  58. Joseph Helffrich

    astronomer

    1890–1971 · aged 81

    January 12 · 1890

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  59. Britta Thomsen

    businessperson, politician

    72 years old

    January 23 · 1954

    No external source identified

  60. Alfred Morel-Fatio

    linguist, archaeologist

    1850–1924 · aged 74

    January 9 · 1850

    Source: Léonore database

  61. María Reyes Sobrino

    athletics competitor, coach

    59 years old

    January 6 · 1967

    Source: World Athletics database

  62. Ole Bremseth

    ski jumper

    65 years old

    January 2 · 1961

    No external source identified

  63. Aïcha Macky

    screenwriter, film director

    44 years old

    January 8 · 1982

    No external source identified

  64. Henrietta Ebert

    rower

    72 years old

    January 15 · 1954

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  65. Francisco Risiglione

    boxer

    1917–1999 · aged 82

    January 18 · 1917

    No external source identified

  66. Yuliya Levina

    rower

    53 years old

    January 2 · 1973

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  67. Gabriel Sayaogo

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    64 years old

    January 9 · 1962

    No external source identified

  68. Arcady Aris

    editing staff, literary critic

    1901–1942

    January 29 · 1901

    Source: Chuvash encyclopedia

  69. Charlotte Burgess

    archer

    39 years old

    January 25 · 1987

    No external source identified

  70. Eva Canel

    writer, journalist

    1857–1932 · aged 75

    January 30 · 1857

    Source: BnF authorities

  71. Yana Kirpichenko

    cross-country skier

    30 years old

    January 22 · 1996

    No external source identified

  72. Shigemitsu Egawa

    association football player, association football coach

    60 years old

    January 31 · 1966

    No external source identified

  73. Yuri Kirillov

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 19 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  74. Mehman Azizov

    judoka

    50 years old

    January 1 · 1976

    No external source identified

  75. Alfons Dorfner

    canoeist

    1911–1982 · aged 70

    January 27 · 1911

    No external source identified

  76. Yuko Morimoto

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 6 · 1974

    Source: pantheon.world

  77. Claes Egnell

    sport shooter, alpine skier

    1916–2012 · aged 95

    January 29 · 1916

    No external source identified

  78. P.D. Orton

    botanist, mycologist

    1916–2005 · aged 89

    January 28 · 1916

    No external source identified

  79. Nikolai van der Heyde

    film director, screenwriter

    1936–2020 · aged 84

    January 23 · 1936

    Source: parool.nl

  80. Tomonori Hirayama

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 9 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  81. Amedeo Ambron

    water polo player

    87 years old

    January 23 · 1939

    No external source identified

  82. Laura Beatrice Mancini

    librettist, educator

    1821–1869 · aged 48

    January 17 · 1821

    Source: FemBio database

  83. Žoržs Tikmers

    rower

    69 years old

    January 22 · 1957

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  84. Renaud Dion

    sport cyclist

    48 years old

    January 6 · 1978

    No external source identified

  85. Snezhana Mikhaylova

    basketball player

    72 years old

    January 29 · 1954

    Source: FIBA database

  86. Shiro Ichinoseki

    weightlifter

    82 years old

    January 24 · 1944

    No external source identified

  87. Andrea Gioannetti

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1722–1800 · aged 78

    January 6 · 1722

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  88. François Noël

    translator, literary scholar

    1756–1841 · aged 85

    January 12 · 1756

    Source: BnF authorities

  89. Andrei Zintchenko

    sport cyclist

    54 years old

    January 5 · 1972

    No external source identified

  90. Michael Jakosits

    sport shooter

    56 years old

    January 21 · 1970

    No external source identified

  91. Michal Broš

    ice hockey player

    50 years old

    January 25 · 1976

    Source: Elite Prospects

  92. Wilhelm Arwe

    association football player, ice hockey player

    1898–1980 · aged 82

    January 28 · 1898

    Source: sok.se

  93. Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein*

    herpetologist, zoologist

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1833

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  94. Ioana Papuc

    rower

    42 years old

    January 4 · 1984

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  95. Jaroslav Walter*

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1939

    Source: Records of persons of interest

  96. Nilay Kartaltepe

    basketball player

    47 years old

    January 13 · 1979

    Source: FIBA database

  97. William Dodge

    bobsledder

    1925–1987 · aged 62

    January 7 · 1925

    No external source identified

  98. Dumitru Berbece

    handball player

    65 years old

    January 2 · 1961

    No external source identified

  99. Leo Klein Gebbink

    field hockey player

    58 years old

    January 9 · 1968

    No external source identified

  100. Atsuhiro Iwai

    association football player

    59 years old

    January 31 · 1967

    No external source identified

  101. Tecla Marinescu

    canoeist, kayaker

    66 years old

    January 4 · 1960

    No external source identified

  102. Aitor Hernández

    sport cyclist

    44 years old

    January 24 · 1982

    No external source identified

  103. Angelo Mottola

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1935–2014 · aged 79

    January 10 · 1935

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  104. Nathan Edwin Brill

    physician, lecturer

    1860–1925 · aged 65

    January 3 · 1860

    No external source identified

  105. Max Unger

    sculptor

    1854–1918 · aged 64

    January 26 · 1854

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  106. Óscar Linton

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 29 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  107. Dirk Meier

    sport cyclist

    62 years old

    January 28 · 1964

    No external source identified

  108. Johan Carp

    skipper, sailor

    1897–1962 · aged 65

    January 30 · 1897

    No external source identified

  109. Koichi Hashimoto

    association football player

    57 years old

    January 13 · 1969

    No external source identified

  110. Pedro Leal

    association football coach, association football player

    37 years old

    January 31 · 1989

    Source: FBref

  111. Mehmet Boztepe

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 16 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  112. Francesca Segat

    swimmer

    43 years old

    January 21 · 1983

    No external source identified

  113. Marieke van den Ham

    water polo player

    43 years old

    January 21 · 1983

    No external source identified

  114. Loretta McNeil

    athletics competitor

    1907–1988 · aged 81

    January 10 · 1907

    No external source identified

  115. Tane Ikai

    1879–1995 · aged 116

    January 18 · 1879

    No external source identified

  116. Glenn Graham

    athletics competitor

    1904–1986 · aged 82

    January 17 · 1904

    No external source identified

  117. Christian Birch-Reichenwald

    jurist, embetsperson

    1814–1891 · aged 77

    January 4 · 1814

    Source: Stortinget og statsraadet: 1814–1914. B. 1 D. 1 : Biografier A-K

  118. Angéline Nadié

    actor

    1968–2021 · aged 53

    January 1 · 1968

    Source: linfodrome.com

  119. Leila Piccard

    alpine skier

    55 years old

    January 11 · 1971

    No external source identified

  120. Anders Ekström

    sailor

    45 years old

    January 16 · 1981

    No external source identified

  121. Luis Belló

    association football player, association football coach

    1929–2021 · aged 92

    January 7 · 1929

    Source: Transfermarkt

  122. Antonio Negrini

    sport cyclist

    1903–1994 · aged 91

    January 28 · 1903

    Source: BnF authorities

  123. Boško Vuksanović

    water polo player

    1928–2011 · aged 83

    January 4 · 1928

    No external source identified

  124. Edwin Frazier

    ice hockey player

    1907–1971 · aged 64

    January 21 · 1907

    No external source identified

  125. Ibtissam Bouharat

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 2 · 1990

    Source: Soccerdonna

  126. Mykhailo Tyshko

    fencer

    67 years old

    January 15 · 1959

    No external source identified

  127. Kjell Opseth

    politician

    1936–2017 · aged 81

    January 2 · 1936

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  128. Anatoliy Polishchuk

    volleyball player

    1950–2016 · aged 66

    January 11 · 1950

    No external source identified

  129. Kotaro Tachikawa

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 4 · 1997

    No external source identified

  130. Jean Kickx

    mycologist, botanist

    1803–1864 · aged 61

    January 17 · 1803

    Source: Biographie Nationale de Belgique

  131. Tatjana Mannima

    cross-country skier

    46 years old

    January 10 · 1980

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  132. Bruce Ibbetson

    rower

    73 years old

    January 13 · 1953

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  133. Ashley Grace

    singer-songwriter, pianist

    39 years old

    January 27 · 1987

    No external source identified

  134. Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho

    ethnographer, anthropologist

    1910–1968 · aged 58

    January 31 · 1910

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  135. Jasna Ptujec

    handball player

    67 years old

    January 19 · 1959

    No external source identified

  136. Franz Buchenau

    philologist, botanist

    1831–1906 · aged 75

    January 12 · 1831

    Source: SNAC

  137. Adama Sawadogo

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 20 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  138. Richard McClure

    rower

    1935–2024 · aged 89

    January 20 · 1935

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  139. Marcel Gobillot

    sport cyclist

    1900–1981 · aged 81

    January 3 · 1900

    Source: GeneaStar

  140. Josef Barák

    writer, poet

    1833–1883 · aged 50

    January 26 · 1833

    Source: regional database of the Pilsen City Library

  141. Rohan Wight

    sport cyclist

    29 years old

    January 30 · 1997

    Source: uci.org

  142. Reinhard Skricek

    boxer

    78 years old

    January 4 · 1948

    No external source identified

  143. Artur Gavrus

    ice hockey player

    32 years old

    January 3 · 1994

    Source: iihf.com

  144. Georges Renaud

    chess player

    1893–1975 · aged 82

    January 8 · 1893

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  145. Hermann Köhler

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    76 years old

    January 12 · 1950

    No external source identified

  146. Giorgos Theodotou

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 1 · 1974

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  147. Hasso Krull

    essayist, poet

    62 years old

    January 31 · 1964

    Source: MEHI – Media Art Database

  148. Luzia Zberg

    sport cyclist

    56 years old

    January 18 · 1970

    No external source identified

  149. Fardin Hakimi*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 15 · 1995

    Source: Soccerway

  150. Pedro Llompart

    basketball player

    44 years old

    January 9 · 1982

    Source: FIBA database

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