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

  1. Ma Se-geon

    fencer

    32 years old

    January 24 · 1994

    Source: olympedia.org

  2. Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze

    polo player, politician

    1869–1937 · aged 68

    January 14 · 1869

    Source: BnF authorities

  3. Werner Camichel

    bobsledder

    1945–2006 · aged 61

    January 26 · 1945

    No external source identified

  4. Gerard Koel

    track cyclist, sport cyclist

    85 years old

    January 16 · 1941

    No external source identified

  5. František Ševčík

    ice hockey player

    1942–2017 · aged 75

    January 11 · 1942

    No external source identified

  6. Leo Duyndam

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    1948–1990 · aged 42

    January 2 · 1948

    No external source identified

  7. Ivan Dovgodko

    rower

    37 years old

    January 15 · 1989

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  8. Paul Feierstein

    association football coach, association football player

    1903–1963 · aged 60

    January 27 · 1903

    No external source identified

  9. Niklas Eg

    sport cyclist

    31 years old

    January 6 · 1995

    Source: uci.org

  10. Cesare Poli

    association football player

    1945–2024 · aged 79

    January 6 · 1945

    Source: Transfermarkt

  11. Patricia Djaté-Taillard

    middle-distance runner

    55 years old

    January 3 · 1971

    Source: World Athletics database

  12. Youssof Tolba

    archer

    25 years old

    January 30 · 2001

    Source: olympedia.org

  13. Silvino Bercellino

    association football coach, association football player

    80 years old

    January 31 · 1946

    Source: Transfermarkt

  14. Mateusz Bernatek

    amateur wrestler

    32 years old

    January 12 · 1994

    No external source identified

  15. Mai Nakamura

    swimmer, synchronized swimmer

    37 years old

    January 13 · 1989

    No external source identified

  16. Enrico Martino

    journalist, photographer

    78 years old

    January 16 · 1948

    No external source identified

  17. Sigismund Freyer

    athlete, police officer

    Born 1881

    January 22 · 1881

    No external source identified

  18. Karin Roten Meier

    alpine skier

    50 years old

    January 27 · 1976

    No external source identified

  19. Péter Holoda

    swimmer

    30 years old

    January 9 · 1996

    Source: swimswam.com

  20. John Bissinger

    athletics competitor, artistic gymnast

    1879–1941 · aged 62

    January 7 · 1879

    No external source identified

  21. Emmie Charayron

    triathlete, athletics competitor

    36 years old

    January 17 · 1990

    No external source identified

  22. Ossie Stewart

    sailor

    72 years old

    January 31 · 1954

    No external source identified

  23. Azmeraw Bekele

    marathon runner

    40 years old

    January 22 · 1986

    Source: World Athletics database

  24. Henry Boardman Conover

    ornithologist, zoologist

    1892–1950 · aged 58

    January 18 · 1892

    No external source identified

  25. Robert Lechner

    sport cyclist

    59 years old

    January 22 · 1967

    Source: Munzinger Sport

  26. Mary Frizzell

    sprinter

    1913–1972 · aged 59

    January 27 · 1913

    No external source identified

  27. Tsukasa Masuyama

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 25 · 1990

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  28. Harriet van Ettekoven

    rower

    65 years old

    January 6 · 1961

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  29. Luisa Kiala

    handball player

    44 years old

    January 25 · 1982

    No external source identified

  30. Emili Vicente

    association football player, association football coach

    1965–2017 · aged 52

    January 2 · 1965

    No external source identified

  31. Sigfrid Öberg

    ice hockey player

    1907–1949 · aged 42

    January 22 · 1907

    No external source identified

  32. Abdesselem Ben Mohammed*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1926

    Source: worldfootball.net

  33. Matteo Pelliciari

    swimmer

    47 years old

    January 22 · 1979

    No external source identified

  34. Karine Kazinian

    politician, diplomat

    1955–2012 · aged 57

    January 8 · 1955

    No external source identified

  35. Taisei Fujita

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 31 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  36. Juhan Jaik

    journalist, writer

    1899–1948 · aged 49

    January 13 · 1899

    Source: Estonian biographical database

  37. Dragutin Friedrich

    association football player, tennis player

    1897–1980 · aged 83

    January 5 · 1897

    Source: Croatian Biographical Lexicon

  38. Ivan Temnikov

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 28 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  39. Yuta Tsunami*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1992

    Source: Soccerway

  40. Richard Louis Duckett

    lacrosse player, lawyer

    1885–1972 · aged 87

    January 30 · 1885

    No external source identified

  41. Walter Steinbauer

    bobsledder

    1945–1991 · aged 46

    January 20 · 1945

    No external source identified

  42. Fatou Kande Senghor

    film director, video artist

    55 years old

    January 9 · 1971

    Source: RKDartists

  43. Holder da Silva*

    athletics competitor

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1988

    No external source identified

  44. Henrique da Silveira

    agronomist, fencer

    1901–1973 · aged 72

    January 26 · 1901

    No external source identified

  45. Tor Heiestad

    sport shooter

    64 years old

    January 13 · 1962

    No external source identified

  46. José Ángel César

    athletics competitor

    48 years old

    January 4 · 1978

    Source: World Athletics database

  47. Patrick Gruber

    luger

    48 years old

    January 31 · 1978

    No external source identified

  48. Franka Magali

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    36 years old

    January 24 · 1990

    Source: World Athletics database

  49. James Gorman

    sport shooter

    1859–1929 · aged 70

    January 30 · 1859

    No external source identified

  50. Elena Giurcă

    coxswain

    1946–2013

    January 11 · 1946

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  51. Daisuke Tonoike

    association football player

    51 years old

    January 29 · 1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  52. Hanifa Mavlianova

    actor, opera singer

    1924–2010 · aged 86

    January 30 · 1924

    No external source identified

  53. Harry Lott

    rower, otolaryngologist

    1880–1949 · aged 69

    January 13 · 1880

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  54. Alexander Corryn

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 3 · 1994

    Source: FBref

  55. Jesús Manzaneque

    sport cyclist

    83 years old

    January 1 · 1943

    No external source identified

  56. Piet Ikelaar

    track cyclist, sport cyclist

    1896–1992 · aged 96

    January 2 · 1896

    No external source identified

  57. Yone Minagawa

    1893–2007 · aged 114

    January 4 · 1893

    No external source identified

  58. Ryota Takasugi

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 10 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  59. Stanley Atani

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 27 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  60. Marcelino Olaechea

    Catholic priest, politician

    1889–1972 · aged 83

    January 9 · 1889

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  61. Stefan Schäfer

    sport cyclist

    40 years old

    January 6 · 1986

    No external source identified

  62. Ottavio Dazzan

    sport cyclist

    1958–2024 · aged 66

    January 2 · 1958

    No external source identified

  63. Matthew Kia Yen-wen

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1925–2017 · aged 92

    January 17 · 1925

    No external source identified

  64. Håkan Lidman

    athletics competitor

    1915–2000 · aged 85

    January 31 · 1915

    No external source identified

  65. Kirill Lyamin

    ice hockey player

    40 years old

    January 13 · 1986

    No external source identified

  66. Félix Lecomte

    sculptor

    1737–1817 · aged 80

    January 16 · 1737

    Source: Nationalmuseum

  67. Carlos de Cárdenas

    sailor

    1904–1994 · aged 90

    January 2 · 1904

    No external source identified

  68. Anne Helin

    ice hockey player

    39 years old

    January 28 · 1987

    Source: Elite Prospects

  69. Massimiliano Mori*

    sport cyclist

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1974

    Source: cyclingarchives.com

  70. Alberto Loddo

    sport cyclist

    47 years old

    January 5 · 1979

    No external source identified

  71. György Gurics

    coach, amateur wrestler

    1929–2013 · aged 84

    January 27 · 1929

    No external source identified

  72. Olexiy Lukashevych

    athletics competitor

    49 years old

    January 11 · 1977

    Source: World Athletics database

  73. Michele Antonioli

    short-track speed skater, figure skating coach

    49 years old

    January 31 · 1977

    No external source identified

  74. Nicole Flagothier

    judoka

    60 years old

    January 9 · 1966

    No external source identified

  75. Julien Loubet

    sport cyclist

    41 years old

    January 11 · 1985

    No external source identified

  76. Yuki Tsuchihashi

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 16 · 1980

    Source: Soccerdonna

  77. Jan Hrbatý

    coach, ice hockey player

    1942–2019 · aged 77

    January 20 · 1942

    Source: Olomouc City Library regional database

  78. Maja Grønbæk

    handball player

    55 years old

    January 30 · 1971

    No external source identified

  79. Karl-Heinz Luck

    Nordic combined skier

    1945–2024 · aged 79

    January 28 · 1945

    Source: web.archive.org

  80. Gianuario Carta

    politician, lawyer

    1931–2017 · aged 86

    January 1 · 1931

    No external source identified

  81. Dag Jostein Fjærvoll

    head teacher, politician

    1947–2021 · aged 74

    January 20 · 1947

    No external source identified

  82. Jürgen Koch

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    53 years old

    January 1 · 1973

    Source: badminton-club-dueren.de

  83. Philippe Monfils

    lawyer, politician

    87 years old

    January 4 · 1939

    Source: Dictionnaire des Wallons

  84. Leo Honkala

    amateur wrestler, police officer

    1933–2015 · aged 82

    January 8 · 1933

    No external source identified

  85. Stefania Elfutina

    windsurfer

    29 years old

    January 27 · 1997

    No external source identified

  86. Francesco Boncompagni*

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1592

    Source: Find a Grave

  87. Andrea Barnó

    handball player

    46 years old

    January 4 · 1980

    No external source identified

  88. Igor Tselovalnikov

    sport cyclist

    1944–1986 · aged 42

    January 2 · 1944

    No external source identified

  89. Aleksander Sewruk

    film actor, actor

    1912–1974 · aged 62

    January 17 · 1912

    No external source identified

  90. Maggie Borg

    environmentalist, pedagogue

    1952–2004 · aged 52

    January 14 · 1952

    No external source identified

  91. Luigina Bissoli

    sport cyclist

    70 years old

    January 21 · 1956

    No external source identified

  92. Robert George Wardlaw Ramsay*

    ornithologist, naturalist

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1852

    No external source identified

  93. Alexander Khakhanov*

    orientalist, historian

    Date disputed

    January 15 · 1864

    No external source identified

  94. Pamela Girimbabazi

    swimmer

    41 years old

    January 10 · 1985

    No external source identified

  95. Boris Tishin

    boxer

    1929–1980 · aged 51

    January 2 · 1929

    No external source identified

  96. Iosu Goñi Leoz

    handball player

    36 years old

    January 4 · 1990

    No external source identified

  97. Nikolay Avkhimovich

    politician

    1907–1996 · aged 89

    January 14 · 1907

    No external source identified

  98. Roman Yegorov

    swimmer

    52 years old

    January 25 · 1974

    No external source identified

  99. Marco Geisler

    rower

    52 years old

    January 18 · 1974

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  100. Hiroaki Zakōji

    pianist, composer

    1958–1987 · aged 29

    January 20 · 1958

    No external source identified

  101. Youssef Anis Abi-Aad

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1940–2017 · aged 77

    January 12 · 1940

    No external source identified

  102. Bernadett Baczkó

    judoka

    40 years old

    January 8 · 1986

    No external source identified

  103. Takumi Hashimoto

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 5 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  104. Karl Volkmar Stoy

    pedagogue, writer

    1815–1885 · aged 70

    January 22 · 1815

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  105. Asar Eppel

    writer, linguist

    1935–2012 · aged 77

    January 11 · 1935

    No external source identified

  106. Louis-Xavier de Ricard

    writer, journalist

    1843–1911 · aged 68

    January 25 · 1843

    Source: birth certificate

  107. Floris De Tier

    sport cyclist

    34 years old

    January 20 · 1992

    Source: uci.org

  108. Esther Obeng Dapaah

    minister, politician

    81 years old

    January 18 · 1945

    No external source identified

  109. Éric Quintin

    handball player

    59 years old

    January 22 · 1967

    No external source identified

  110. Grazyna Miller

    teacher, literary critic

    1957–2009 · aged 52

    January 29 · 1957

    No external source identified

  111. Ivan Saraiva de Souza

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 18 · 1982

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  112. Väinö Tiiri

    artistic gymnast, athletics competitor

    1886–1966 · aged 80

    January 31 · 1886

    No external source identified

  113. Alexander Bodunov*

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1951

    Source: Elite Prospects

  114. Siniša Školneković

    water polo player, politician

    58 years old

    January 18 · 1968

    No external source identified

  115. Belinda Goss

    sport cyclist

    42 years old

    January 6 · 1984

    No external source identified

  116. George Dietz

    rower

    1880–1965 · aged 85

    January 9 · 1880

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  117. Barbara Benkó

    sport cyclist

    36 years old

    January 21 · 1990

    No external source identified

  118. Hans Wallén

    sailor

    65 years old

    January 19 · 1961

    No external source identified

  119. Texier

    sailor

    Born 1848

    January 17 · 1848

    No external source identified

  120. Mohammed Ali El Khider

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 1 · 1985

    No external source identified

  121. Roepie Kruize

    field hockey player

    1925–1992 · aged 67

    January 18 · 1925

    No external source identified

  122. Kazuo Tomita

    swimmer

    87 years old

    January 1 · 1939

    No external source identified

  123. Andrea Maria Erba

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1930–2016 · aged 86

    January 1 · 1930

    Source: catalogo.pusc.it

  124. Choi Su-min

    handball player

    36 years old

    January 9 · 1990

    Source: olympedia.org

  125. Jody Viviani

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 25 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Yuliya Leantsiuk

    athletics competitor

    42 years old

    January 31 · 1984

    Source: World Athletics database

  127. Rodrigo Paraná

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 25 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  128. James Angulo

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 20 · 1974

    No external source identified

  129. Albert Delpit

    playwright, poet

    1849–1893 · aged 43

    January 30 · 1849

    Source: BnF authorities

  130. Francesc Betriu

    film producer, screenwriter

    1940–2020 · aged 80

    January 18 · 1940

    Source: biblioguies.udl.cat

  131. Eduard Tubau

    field hockey player

    45 years old

    January 6 · 1981

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  132. Hartmut Schreiber

    rower

    82 years old

    January 28 · 1944

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  133. Dirceu Wiggers de Oliveira Filho

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 5 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  134. Hryhorii Chubai

    translator, artist

    1949–1982 · aged 33

    January 23 · 1949

    No external source identified

  135. Giovanni D’Alise

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1948–2020 · aged 72

    January 14 · 1948

    No external source identified

  136. João Sassetti

    fencer

    1892–1946 · aged 54

    January 22 · 1892

    No external source identified

  137. Jerry Ahrlin

    cross-country skier

    48 years old

    January 15 · 1978

    No external source identified

  138. Jun Sonoda

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 23 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  139. Charlotte Mühe

    swimmer

    1910–1981 · aged 70

    January 24 · 1910

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  140. Elena Antoci

    athletics competitor

    51 years old

    January 16 · 1975

    Source: World Athletics database

  141. Rita Ináncsi

    athletics competitor

    55 years old

    January 6 · 1971

    Source: World Athletics database

  142. Giorgio Vismara

    judoka

    61 years old

    January 11 · 1965

    No external source identified

  143. Sebastian Siedler

    sport cyclist

    48 years old

    January 18 · 1978

    No external source identified

  144. Igor Gal

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 20 · 1983

    Source: FBref

  145. Alfred Kälin

    cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier

    77 years old

    January 16 · 1949

    No external source identified

  146. Giovanni Coda

    screenwriter, director

    62 years old

    January 19 · 1964

    No external source identified

  147. Anastasia Simanovich

    swimmer, water polo player

    31 years old

    January 23 · 1995

    Source: olympedia.org

  148. Joachim Nshimirimana

    marathon runner, athletics competitor

    53 years old

    January 13 · 1973

    Source: World Athletics database

  149. Henk Steeman

    association football player

    1894–1979 · aged 85

    January 15 · 1894

    Source: Transfermarkt

  150. Ovini Uera

    judoka

    38 years old

    January 18 · 1988

    No external source identified

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