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

  1. Koosje van Voorn

    swimmer

    1935–2018 · aged 83

    January 15 · 1935

    No external source identified

  2. Rozalia Oros

    fencer

    62 years old

    January 28 · 1964

    No external source identified

  3. Willi Horn

    canoeist

    1909–1989 · aged 80

    January 17 · 1909

    No external source identified

  4. Kosei Numata

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 12 · 2002

    No external source identified

  5. Anna Catharina Materna

    playwright, stage actor

    1731–1757 · aged 26

    January 25 · 1731

    No external source identified

  6. Hermine Stindt

    swimmer

    1888–1974 · aged 86

    January 3 · 1888

    No external source identified

  7. Valeri Stolyarov

    cross-country skier, Nordic combined skier

    55 years old

    January 18 · 1971

    No external source identified

  8. Theodor Černý

    sport cyclist

    69 years old

    January 18 · 1957

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  9. Alphonse Burnand

    sailor

    1896–1981 · aged 85

    January 21 · 1896

    No external source identified

  10. Pierpaolo Cristofori

    modern pentathlete, pentathlete

    70 years old

    January 4 · 1956

    No external source identified

  11. Joseph Perotaux

    fencer

    1883–1967 · aged 84

    January 8 · 1883

    Source: GeneaStar

  12. Franco Nenci

    boxer

    1935–2020 · aged 85

    January 25 · 1935

    No external source identified

  13. Erk Sens-Gorius

    fencer

    80 years old

    January 25 · 1946

    No external source identified

  14. Silvio Confortola

    cross-country skier, ski mountaineer

    1910–2003 · aged 93

    January 20 · 1910

    No external source identified

  15. Fritz Messner

    field hockey player

    1912–1945 · aged 33

    January 18 · 1912

    No external source identified

  16. Raymond Fee

    boxer

    1903–1983 · aged 80

    January 12 · 1903

    No external source identified

  17. Romain Zingle

    sport cyclist

    39 years old

    January 29 · 1987

    No external source identified

  18. Witold Skaruch

    theatre director, television actor

    1930–2010 · aged 80

    January 11 · 1930

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  19. Encarna Granados

    athletics competitor

    54 years old

    January 30 · 1972

    Source: World Athletics database

  20. Aurélien Passeron

    sport cyclist

    42 years old

    January 19 · 1984

    No external source identified

  21. Carlo Cristofori

    Catholic priest, Catholic deacon

    1813–1891 · aged 78

    January 5 · 1813

    No external source identified

  22. Antar Zerguelaïne

    athletics competitor

    41 years old

    January 4 · 1985

    Source: World Athletics database

  23. Frode Sørensen

    bank teller, politician

    80 years old

    January 21 · 1946

    Source: ft.dk

  24. Tor Lund

    artistic gymnast

    1888–1972 · aged 84

    January 20 · 1888

    Source: historical register of persons

  25. Tove Søby

    kayaker

    93 years old

    January 23 · 1933

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  26. Adílson Luíz Anastácio

    association football player

    67 years old

    January 10 · 1959

    No external source identified

  27. Stefano Luongo

    water polo player

    36 years old

    January 5 · 1990

    No external source identified

  28. Monica Ungureanu

    judoka

    38 years old

    January 9 · 1988

    No external source identified

  29. Tobias Buck-Gramcko

    sport cyclist

    25 years old

    January 1 · 2001

    No external source identified

  30. Göran Flodström

    fencer

    73 years old

    January 27 · 1953

    No external source identified

  31. Takehiro Hayashi

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 23 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Aleksandr Krupskiy

    athletics competitor

    66 years old

    January 4 · 1960

    Source: World Athletics database

  33. Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

    aristocrat

    1748–1820 · aged 71

    January 30 · 1748

    Source: The Peerage

  34. Bineta Diedhiou

    taekwondo athlete

    40 years old

    January 8 · 1986

    No external source identified

  35. Massimo Donati

    sport cyclist

    59 years old

    January 18 · 1967

    No external source identified

  36. Ian Scott

    sport cyclist

    1915–1980 · aged 65

    January 9 · 1915

    No external source identified

  37. José Dinarés

    field hockey player

    86 years old

    January 5 · 1940

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  38. Anthony Sanusi

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1911–2009 · aged 98

    January 2 · 1911

    No external source identified

  39. Andrew Libano

    sailor

    1903–1935 · aged 32

    January 19 · 1903

    No external source identified

  40. Aleksandra Pankina

    rower

    54 years old

    January 2 · 1972

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  41. Carlotta Case Hall

    botanist, scientific collector

    1880–1949 · aged 69

    January 19 · 1880

    Source: documents.alexanderstreet.com

  42. Kari Skjønsberg

    writer, translator

    1926–2003 · aged 76

    January 19 · 1926

    Source: begravdeioslo.no

  43. Timofey Kritsky

    sport cyclist

    39 years old

    January 24 · 1987

    No external source identified

  44. Albert Vandeplancke

    swimmer, water polo player

    1911–1939 · aged 28

    January 2 · 1911

    Source: birth certificate

  45. Miguel de Paz

    field hockey player

    65 years old

    January 31 · 1961

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  46. Alyaksey Hawrylovich

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 5 · 1990

    Source: FBref

  47. Antonio Molina

    sport cyclist

    35 years old

    January 4 · 1991

    Source: uci.org

  48. Elena Ornella Paciotti

    magistrate, politician

    85 years old

    January 9 · 1941

    Source: SIUSA

  49. Adam Lisewski

    fencer

    1944–2023 · aged 79

    January 20 · 1944

    Source: olympedia.org

  50. Agusti Pol

    association football player

    49 years old

    January 13 · 1977

    Source: Transfermarkt

  51. Rafał Sarnecki

    sport cyclist

    36 years old

    January 8 · 1990

    No external source identified

  52. Kaijiro Fujiyoshi

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 11 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. Hendrik Jan Kooijman

    field hockey player

    66 years old

    January 17 · 1960

    No external source identified

  54. Serhiy Breus

    swimmer

    43 years old

    January 30 · 1983

    No external source identified

  55. Enrico Poggi

    sailor, skipper

    1908–1976 · aged 68

    January 30 · 1908

    No external source identified

  56. Conrad Brunkman

    rower

    1887–1925 · aged 38

    January 20 · 1887

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  57. Mauri Nyberg-Noroma

    artistic gymnast

    1908–1939 · aged 31

    January 31 · 1908

    No external source identified

  58. Claus Erhorn

    event rider

    67 years old

    January 18 · 1959

    No external source identified

  59. Éric Berthou

    sport cyclist

    46 years old

    January 23 · 1980

    No external source identified

  60. Alexander Hall

    director, actor

    1894–1968 · aged 74

    January 11 · 1894

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  61. Wataru Noguchi

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 18 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  62. Olaf B. Bjørnstad

    ski jumper

    1931–2013 · aged 82

    January 10 · 1931

    No external source identified

  63. Maurits Raes

    sport cyclist

    1907–1992 · aged 85

    January 17 · 1907

    No external source identified

  64. Marcio Teles

    athletics competitor

    32 years old

    January 27 · 1994

    Source: World Athletics database

  65. Aino Puronen

    sport cyclist

    90 years old

    January 20 · 1936

    No external source identified

  66. Frode Løberg

    biathlete

    63 years old

    January 23 · 1963

    No external source identified

  67. Polina Seronosova

    cross-country skier

    33 years old

    January 22 · 1993

    No external source identified

  68. Olivia Gallay Bertrand

    alpine skier

    37 years old

    January 2 · 1989

    No external source identified

  69. Takeo Hatanaka

    astronomer

    1914–1963 · aged 49

    January 1 · 1914

    No external source identified

  70. Hilding Ekman

    athletics competitor

    1893–1966 · aged 73

    January 10 · 1893

    No external source identified

  71. Gyula Petrikovics

    canoeist

    1943–2005 · aged 62

    January 12 · 1943

    No external source identified

  72. Jan Hin

    sailor, filmmaker

    1899–1957 · aged 58

    January 3 · 1899

    Source: RKDartists

  73. Rino Pucci

    sport cyclist

    1922–1986 · aged 64

    January 29 · 1922

    No external source identified

  74. Väinö Penttala

    amateur wrestler

    1897–1976 · aged 79

    January 16 · 1897

    No external source identified

  75. Roman Novotný

    athletics competitor

    40 years old

    January 5 · 1986

    Source: World Athletics database

  76. Elżbieta Katolik*

    athletics competitor

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1949

    Source: Tilastopaja

  77. Weslley Silva Santos Rodrigues

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 16 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  78. Samuli Piippo

    archer

    46 years old

    January 1 · 1980

    No external source identified

  79. Auguste Garrebeek

    sport cyclist

    1912–1973 · aged 61

    January 10 · 1912

    No external source identified

  80. Carl Ludwig Kirschbaum

    zoologist, teacher

    1812–1880 · aged 68

    January 31 · 1812

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  81. Félix Goethals

    sport cyclist

    1891–1962 · aged 71

    January 14 · 1891

    Source: birth certificate

  82. Yuki Matsumoto

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 22 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  83. Angela Brodtka

    sport cyclist

    45 years old

    January 15 · 1981

    No external source identified

  84. Hans Mehlhorn

    bobsledder

    1900–1983 · aged 83

    January 16 · 1900

    No external source identified

  85. Otto Schubiger

    ice hockey player

    1925–2019 · aged 94

    January 6 · 1925

    No external source identified

  86. Anna Barbara van Meerten-Schilperoort

    editor, women's rights activist

    1778–1853 · aged 75

    January 3 · 1778

    Source: RKDartists

  87. Salvador Esquer

    handball player

    57 years old

    January 8 · 1969

    No external source identified

  88. Roland Losert

    fencer

    81 years old

    January 6 · 1945

    No external source identified

  89. Jean Jacques Kickx

    botanist

    1842–1887 · aged 45

    January 27 · 1842

    Source: WorldCat Entities

  90. Fulvio Balatti

    rower

    1938–2001 · aged 63

    January 3 · 1938

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  91. Volger Andersson

    cross-country skier

    1896–1969 · aged 73

    January 19 · 1896

    No external source identified

  92. Børre Næss

    cross-country skier

    44 years old

    January 23 · 1982

    No external source identified

  93. Lavinia Gianoni

    artistic gymnast

    1911–2005 · aged 94

    January 31 · 1911

    Source: coni.it

  94. Gustav Schürger

    physician, water polo player

    1908–1969

    January 4 · 1908

    No external source identified

  95. Valentina Mishak

    volleyball player

    1942–2022 · aged 80

    January 16 · 1942

    No external source identified

  96. Mitch Dielemans

    archer

    33 years old

    January 6 · 1993

    No external source identified

  97. Diéné Diawara

    basketball player

    38 years old

    January 29 · 1988

    Source: FIBA database

  98. Hrvoje Stević

    chess player

    46 years old

    January 8 · 1980

    No external source identified

  99. Inara Luigas

    rural municipality mayor, politician

    67 years old

    January 13 · 1959

    Source: ekspress.delfi.ee

  100. Pierre Thiolon

    basketball player

    1927–2014 · aged 87

    January 17 · 1927

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  101. Edward Wennerholm

    artistic gymnast

    1890–1943 · aged 53

    January 22 · 1890

    No external source identified

  102. Jindřich Maudr

    amateur wrestler

    1906–1990 · aged 84

    January 10 · 1906

    No external source identified

  103. Jan van Reede

    dressage rider, military officer

    1878–1956 · aged 78

    January 12 · 1878

    No external source identified

  104. Walter Brugna

    sport cyclist

    61 years old

    January 28 · 1965

    No external source identified

  105. Jean-Marie Grezet

    sport cyclist

    67 years old

    January 16 · 1959

    No external source identified

  106. Hugh Alessandroni

    fencer

    1908–1989 · aged 81

    January 15 · 1908

    No external source identified

  107. Jörn Borowski

    sailor

    67 years old

    January 15 · 1959

    No external source identified

  108. Severino Canavesi

    sport cyclist

    1911–1990 · aged 79

    January 27 · 1911

    No external source identified

  109. Andrey Paryvaew

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 3 · 1982

    Source: As

  110. Shane Kelly

    sport cyclist

    54 years old

    January 7 · 1972

    No external source identified

  111. George Yod Phimphisan

    Catholic bishop, theologian

    1933–2017 · aged 84

    January 19 · 1933

    No external source identified

  112. Mária Vadász

    handball player

    1950–2009 · aged 59

    January 1 · 1950

    No external source identified

  113. Vladislav Yuzhakov

    luger

    40 years old

    January 25 · 1986

    No external source identified

  114. Dominik Roels

    track cyclist, sport cyclist

    39 years old

    January 21 · 1987

    No external source identified

  115. Boris Vasilyev

    sport cyclist

    1937–2000 · aged 63

    January 15 · 1937

    No external source identified

  116. Hervé Granger-Veyron

    fencer

    68 years old

    January 11 · 1958

    No external source identified

  117. Herman Rouwé

    rower

    83 years old

    January 20 · 1943

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  118. Taichi Nakamura

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 5 · 1993

    No external source identified

  119. Marco Zanotti

    sport cyclist

    52 years old

    January 21 · 1974

    No external source identified

  120. Herbert Drury

    artistic gymnast

    1883–1936 · aged 53

    January 5 · 1883

    No external source identified

  121. Jacky Courtillat

    fencer

    83 years old

    January 8 · 1943

    No external source identified

  122. Giuseppe Campori

    writer, politician

    1821–1887 · aged 66

    January 17 · 1821

    Source: Campori, Giuseppe, Marchese

  123. Coline Varcin

    biathlete, cross-country skier

    33 years old

    January 28 · 1993

    No external source identified

  124. Elia Frosio

    sport cyclist

    1913–2005 · aged 92

    January 22 · 1913

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  125. Jaakko Friman

    speed skater

    1904–1987 · aged 83

    January 13 · 1904

    No external source identified

  126. Celia Corres

    field hockey player

    62 years old

    January 22 · 1964

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  127. Kari Vikhagen Gjeitnes

    cross-country skier

    41 years old

    January 13 · 1985

    No external source identified

  128. Tatsuya Arai

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 14 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  129. Yutaka Tanoue

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 12 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Luis de Grandes Pascual

    lawyer, politician

    81 years old

    January 27 · 1945

    No external source identified

  131. Dzmitry Nabokau

    athletics competitor

    30 years old

    January 20 · 1996

    Source: World Athletics database

  132. Eilert Falch-Lund

    sailor

    1875–1960 · aged 85

    January 27 · 1875

    No external source identified

  133. Ladislav Falta

    sport shooter

    1936–2021 · aged 85

    January 30 · 1936

    Source: State Security records

  134. Antonios Mastoras

    high jumper, athletics competitor

    35 years old

    January 6 · 1991

    Source: World Athletics database

  135. Tayeb Filali

    athletics competitor, marathon runner

    47 years old

    January 16 · 1979

    No external source identified

  136. Kazuma Inoue

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 9 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  137. Ida Ørskov

    bacteriologist, physician

    1922–2007 · aged 85

    January 8 · 1922

    No external source identified

  138. Stefano Brancaccio

    Catholic theologian, archbishop

    1618–1682 · aged 64

    January 18 · 1618

    No external source identified

  139. Jan Kurnakowicz

    actor

    1901–1968 · aged 67

    January 27 · 1901

    Source: janek.czarnieckiego.pl

  140. Kovkab Safaraliyeva

    pedagogue, pianist

    1907–1985 · aged 78

    January 3 · 1907

    No external source identified

  141. Xu Gang

    sport cyclist

    42 years old

    January 28 · 1984

    No external source identified

  142. Libor Hrdlička

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 2 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  143. Maurizio Bidinost

    sport cyclist

    67 years old

    January 10 · 1959

    No external source identified

  144. Hannu Posti

    long-distance runner, biathlete

    1926–2012 · aged 86

    January 15 · 1926

    No external source identified

  145. Grzegorz Cziura

    weightlifter

    1952–2004 · aged 52

    January 3 · 1952

    No external source identified

  146. Renato Barbieri*

    rower

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1903

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  147. Abderrazak Bounour

    athletics competitor

    69 years old

    January 11 · 1957

    Source: World Athletics database

  148. Fred Quine

    field hockey player

    85 years old

    January 3 · 1941

    No external source identified

  149. Teppei Chikaishi

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 31 · 1989

    No external source identified

  150. Olena Holosha

    athletics competitor

    44 years old

    January 26 · 1982

    Source: World Athletics database

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