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

  1. Yvonne Schuring

    canoeist

    48 years old

    January 4 · 1978

    No external source identified

  2. Jos Pronk

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    43 years old

    January 13 · 1983

    No external source identified

  3. Pavel Nazarenko

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 20 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  4. Staņislavs Lugailo

    volleyball player

    1938–2021 · aged 83

    January 1 · 1938

    No external source identified

  5. Mitchell Mulhern

    sport cyclist

    35 years old

    January 22 · 1991

    Source: uci.org

  6. Peter Farazijn

    sport cyclist

    57 years old

    January 27 · 1969

    No external source identified

  7. Arnold Schulz

    volleyball player

    1943–2024 · aged 81

    January 25 · 1943

    No external source identified

  8. Nikolai Kovsh

    sport cyclist

    61 years old

    January 22 · 1965

    No external source identified

  9. Nagore Gabellanes

    field hockey player

    53 years old

    January 25 · 1973

    No external source identified

  10. Christina Schmuck

    luger

    82 years old

    January 26 · 1944

    No external source identified

  11. Petr Benčík

    sport cyclist

    50 years old

    January 29 · 1976

    No external source identified

  12. Sergey Cherepanov

    cross-country skier

    40 years old

    January 25 · 1986

    No external source identified

  13. Alexander Dogiel

    histologist, physician

    1852–1922 · aged 70

    January 27 · 1852

    Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online

  14. Wolfgang Boos

    tennis player, ice hockey player

    80 years old

    January 13 · 1946

    No external source identified

  15. Naji Shushan

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 14 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  16. Glauco Pellegrini

    screenwriter, film director

    1919–1991 · aged 72

    January 14 · 1919

    Source: BnF authorities

  17. Elia Favilli

    sport cyclist

    37 years old

    January 31 · 1989

    No external source identified

  18. Jutta Ploch

    rower

    66 years old

    January 13 · 1960

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  19. Cornel Marin

    fencer

    73 years old

    January 19 · 1953

    No external source identified

  20. József Gyuricza

    coach, military officer

    1934–2020 · aged 86

    January 16 · 1934

    No external source identified

  21. Paolo Giglio

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1927–2016 · aged 89

    January 20 · 1927

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  22. Sarah Günther

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 25 · 1983

    Source: Soccerdonna

  23. Roy Clements

    screenwriter, film director

    1877–1948 · aged 71

    January 12 · 1877

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Lyudmila Borozna

    volleyball player

    72 years old

    January 2 · 1954

    No external source identified

  25. Anna Goodman

    alpine skier

    40 years old

    January 23 · 1986

    No external source identified

  26. Jozef Sivák

    politician, writer

    1886–1959 · aged 73

    January 14 · 1886

    Source: Records of persons of interest

  27. Hatten Baratli

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 9 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  28. Jhonatan da Silva Pereira

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 31 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  29. Dieter Lindner

    athletics competitor

    1937–2021 · aged 84

    January 18 · 1937

    Source: Olympedia

  30. John Buchanan

    skipper

    1884–1943 · aged 59

    January 1 · 1884

    No external source identified

  31. Andrea Dettling

    cross-country skier, alpine skier

    39 years old

    January 19 · 1987

    No external source identified

  32. Sonia Álvarez Leguizamón

    sociologist, university teacher

    72 years old

    January 16 · 1954

    Source: BnF authorities

  33. Sven Mende

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 18 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  34. Kosei Ishigami

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 11 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Charles Axtell

    sport shooter

    1859–1932 · aged 73

    January 29 · 1859

    Source: Find a Grave

  36. Mariusz Prudel

    beach volleyball player

    40 years old

    January 21 · 1986

    Source: bvbinfo.com

  37. Ines Vercesi

    artistic gymnast

    1916–1997 · aged 81

    January 5 · 1916

    No external source identified

  38. August Ludwig Follen

    philosopher, poet

    1794–1855 · aged 61

    January 21 · 1794

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  39. Maurice Régamey

    director, screenwriter

    1924–2009 · aged 85

    January 7 · 1924

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Henryk Kukier

    boxer

    1930–2020 · aged 90

    January 1 · 1930

    No external source identified

  41. Pieter Braun

    athletics competitor

    33 years old

    January 21 · 1993

    Source: World Athletics database

  42. Denise Guénard

    sprinter

    1934–2017 · aged 83

    January 13 · 1934

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  43. Hans Rudolf Spillmann

    sport shooter

    1932–2024 · aged 92

    January 7 · 1932

    Source: zunft-riesbach.ch

  44. David Martínez de Aguirre Guinea

    Catholic priest, missionary

    56 years old

    January 10 · 1970

    No external source identified

  45. Hiromi Yano

    volleyball player

    71 years old

    January 5 · 1955

    No external source identified

  46. Vazha Kacharava

    volleyball player, athlete

    89 years old

    January 2 · 1937

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  47. Marcus Jacob Monrad

    theologian, philosopher

    1816–1897 · aged 81

    January 19 · 1816

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  48. Evgeni Kovyrshin

    ice hockey player

    40 years old

    January 25 · 1986

    Source: iihf.com

  49. Vlastibor Konečný

    sport cyclist

    69 years old

    January 2 · 1957

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  50. François Pollen*

    zoologist, explorer

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1842

    No external source identified

  51. Enzo Muzii

    film director, journalist

    1926–2014 · aged 88

    January 13 · 1926

    Source: BnF authorities

  52. Dmitri Barsouk

    beach volleyball player, volleyball player

    46 years old

    January 20 · 1980

    No external source identified

  53. Cornel Durău

    handball player

    69 years old

    January 30 · 1957

    No external source identified

  54. Kim Yung-kil

    association football player

    82 years old

    January 29 · 1944

    Source: FBref

  55. Frédéric Bessy

    sport cyclist

    54 years old

    January 9 · 1972

    Source: uci.org

  56. Jenna Santoromito

    water polo player

    39 years old

    January 21 · 1987

    No external source identified

  57. Zsuzsa Jánosi

    fencer

    63 years old

    January 19 · 1963

    No external source identified

  58. József Csermely*

    rower

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1945

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  59. Inge Wersin-Lantschner

    alpine skier

    1905–1997 · aged 92

    January 26 · 1905

    Source: biografiA: Lexikon österreichischer Frauen

  60. Roni*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 26 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  61. Flavio Anastasia

    sport cyclist

    57 years old

    January 30 · 1969

    No external source identified

  62. Uwe Messerschmidt

    sport cyclist

    64 years old

    January 22 · 1962

    No external source identified

  63. Nataliya Volchek

    rower

    54 years old

    January 6 · 1972

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  64. Émile Deville

    ornithologist, physician

    1824–1853 · aged 28

    January 25 · 1824

    Source: The Stuttgart Database of Scientific Illustrators 1450–1950

  65. Ludo Loos

    sport cyclist

    1955–2019 · aged 64

    January 13 · 1955

    No external source identified

  66. Vicenç Sasot

    association football player, association football coach

    1918–1985 · aged 67

    January 21 · 1918

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  67. Ida von Schulzenheim

    artist

    1859–1940 · aged 81

    January 8 · 1859

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  68. Ivan Pecha

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 23 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  69. Jürgen Simon

    sport cyclist

    1938–2003 · aged 65

    January 10 · 1938

    No external source identified

  70. Francesco Frattini

    sport cyclist

    59 years old

    January 18 · 1967

    No external source identified

  71. Michele Castoro

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1952–2018 · aged 66

    January 14 · 1952

    No external source identified

  72. Yuki Sakai

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 10 · 1989

    Source: Soccerdonna

  73. Patteson Womersley Nickalls*

    polo player

    Date disputed

    January 23 · 1876

    No external source identified

  74. Claud Buchanan Ticehurst

    surgeon, ornithologist

    1881–1941 · aged 60

    January 8 · 1881

    Source: SNAC

  75. Claude Gros de Boze

    numismatist

    1680–1753 · aged 73

    January 28 · 1680

    Source: BnF authorities

  76. Max Britzelmayr

    teacher, lichenologist

    1839–1909 · aged 70

    January 7 · 1839

    Source: ZOBODAT

  77. Lyne Beaumont

    swimmer

    48 years old

    January 23 · 1978

    No external source identified

  78. Ursula Thielemann

    field hockey player

    66 years old

    January 9 · 1960

    No external source identified

  79. Mário Quina

    sailor, physician

    1930–2017 · aged 87

    January 1 · 1930

    No external source identified

  80. Slim Mahfoudh

    film actor, television actor

    1942–2017 · aged 75

    January 19 · 1942

    No external source identified

  81. Max Schirschin

    association football player, association football coach

    1921–2013 · aged 92

    January 29 · 1921

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  82. Xu Dongxiang

    rower

    43 years old

    January 15 · 1983

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  83. Boleslav Jablonský

    writer, poet

    1813–1881 · aged 68

    January 14 · 1813

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  84. Yury Shlyapin

    water polo player

    1932–2009 · aged 77

    January 11 · 1932

    No external source identified

  85. Gonzalo Godoy

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 17 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  86. Yannick Lebherz

    swimmer

    37 years old

    January 13 · 1989

    No external source identified

  87. Alyaksandr Sachywka

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 5 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  88. Stella de Heij

    field hockey player

    58 years old

    January 17 · 1968

    No external source identified

  89. Lilian Jégou

    sport cyclist

    50 years old

    January 20 · 1976

    No external source identified

  90. Arthur Edwin Hill

    swimmer, water polo player

    1888–1966 · aged 78

    January 9 · 1888

    No external source identified

  91. Petr Vampola

    ice hockey player

    44 years old

    January 21 · 1982

    Source: Elite Prospects

  92. Aly Yirango*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  93. Kathryn Johnson

    field hockey player

    59 years old

    January 21 · 1967

    No external source identified

  94. Maree Fish

    field hockey player

    63 years old

    January 23 · 1963

    No external source identified

  95. Kenji Sekido

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 7 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  96. John Walker

    coxswain

    1891–1952 · aged 61

    January 4 · 1891

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  97. Pauline van der Wildt

    swimmer

    82 years old

    January 29 · 1944

    No external source identified

  98. Fernand Guillou*

    basketball player

    Date disputed

    January 6 · 1926

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées

  99. Yoshinori Sembiki

    association football player, association football coach

    62 years old

    January 5 · 1964

    No external source identified

  100. Thomas Frühmann

    show jumper

    75 years old

    January 28 · 1951

    No external source identified

  101. Johan Erikson

    Nordic combined skier, ski jumper

    41 years old

    January 20 · 1985

    No external source identified

  102. Oscar Goerke

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    1883–1934 · aged 51

    January 10 · 1883

    No external source identified

  103. Jochem Verberne

    rower

    48 years old

    January 20 · 1978

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  104. Virginia Balistrieri

    actor, stage actor

    1888–1960

    January 15 · 1888

    Source: IMDb

  105. Kanta Tanaka

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 3 · 1998

    No external source identified

  106. Azmahar Ariano

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 14 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  107. Gino Sciardis

    sport cyclist

    1917–1968 · aged 50

    January 28 · 1917

    No external source identified

  108. Doungou Camara

    handball player

    31 years old

    January 7 · 1995

    Source: Ligue féminine de handball

  109. Romana Jordan Cizelj

    physicist, politician

    60 years old

    January 8 · 1966

    No external source identified

  110. Erika Belle

    chess player

    70 years old

    January 20 · 1956

    No external source identified

  111. Stefano Agostini

    sport cyclist

    37 years old

    January 3 · 1989

    Source: firstcycling.com

  112. Hjalmar Bergström

    cross-country skier

    1907–2000 · aged 93

    January 19 · 1907

    No external source identified

  113. Olha Zubaryeva

    handball player

    68 years old

    January 27 · 1958

    No external source identified

  114. Kauko Hänninen

    rower

    1930–2013 · aged 83

    January 28 · 1930

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  115. Giovanni Steffè

    rower

    1928–2016 · aged 88

    January 12 · 1928

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  116. Ken Leemans

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 5 · 1983

    Source: FBref

  117. Carlo Schmid

    aircraft pilot

    36 years old

    January 25 · 1990

    No external source identified

  118. Ferdinando Gandolfi

    water polo player

    59 years old

    January 5 · 1967

    No external source identified

  119. Olga Pivovarova

    rower

    70 years old

    January 29 · 1956

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  120. Giordano Corsi

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–1958 · aged 50

    January 9 · 1908

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  121. Francesco Cossu

    rower

    1907–1986 · aged 79

    January 11 · 1907

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  122. Jun Mizukoshi

    association football player

    51 years old

    January 15 · 1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  123. Alessandro Fabian

    triathlete

    38 years old

    January 7 · 1988

    No external source identified

  124. Vakhtang Rcheulishvili

    physicist, businessperson

    1954–2017 · aged 63

    January 1 · 1954

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  125. Sven Schmid

    fencer

    48 years old

    January 21 · 1978

    No external source identified

  126. Henrik Østervold

    sailor, skipper

    1878–1957 · aged 79

    January 13 · 1878

    No external source identified

  127. DeWitt Bristol Brace

    university teacher, physicist

    1859–1905 · aged 46

    January 5 · 1859

    No external source identified

  128. Luboš Hušek

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 26 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  129. Makiko Furukawa

    volleyball player

    79 years old

    January 22 · 1947

    No external source identified

  130. Angélico Sândalo Bernardino

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1933–2025 · aged 92

    January 19 · 1933

    No external source identified

  131. Karl Schrott

    luger

    73 years old

    January 9 · 1953

    No external source identified

  132. Jack Oosterlaak

    athletics competitor

    1896–1968 · aged 72

    January 15 · 1896

    No external source identified

  133. Leonard O'Brien

    field hockey player

    1904–1939 · aged 35

    January 20 · 1904

    No external source identified

  134. Ernst Streng

    police officer, sport cyclist

    1942–1993 · aged 51

    January 21 · 1942

    No external source identified

  135. Hanna Platitsyna

    athletics competitor

    39 years old

    January 1 · 1987

    Source: World Athletics database

  136. Erling Nielsen

    association football player

    1935–1996 · aged 61

    January 2 · 1935

    No external source identified

  137. Ernst Hallberg

    event rider

    1894–1944 · aged 50

    January 5 · 1894

    No external source identified

  138. Savkuz Dzarasov

    amateur wrestler

    1930–1990 · aged 60

    January 5 · 1930

    No external source identified

  139. Thomas Brinkmann

    field hockey player

    58 years old

    January 5 · 1968

    No external source identified

  140. Elena Smurova

    water polo player

    52 years old

    January 18 · 1974

    No external source identified

  141. Oskar Bengtsson

    association football player

    1885–1972 · aged 87

    January 14 · 1885

    Source: Transfermarkt

  142. Irina Mushailova

    athletics competitor

    59 years old

    January 6 · 1967

    Source: World Athletics database

  143. Martin Holt

    fencer

    1881–1956 · aged 75

    January 13 · 1881

    Source: WikiTree

  144. István Molnár

    water polo player

    1913–1983 · aged 70

    January 5 · 1913

    No external source identified

  145. Armand Apell

    boxer

    1905–1990 · aged 85

    January 16 · 1905

    Source: Nouveau dictionnaire de biographie alsacienne

  146. Kaarlo Mikkolainen

    artistic gymnast

    1883–1928 · aged 45

    January 9 · 1883

    No external source identified

  147. Jens Köppen

    rower

    60 years old

    January 6 · 1966

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  148. Yunus Sarı

    taekwondo athlete

    35 years old

    January 21 · 1991

    No external source identified

  149. Stefano Carozzo

    fencer

    47 years old

    January 17 · 1979

    No external source identified

  150. Hella

    musician

    41 years old

    January 2 · 1985

    No external source identified

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