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

  1. Jordi Masip

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 3 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  2. Prince Emmanuel d’Orléans

    1872–1931 · aged 59

    January 18 · 1872

    Source: BnF authorities

  3. Marko Bošnjak

    singer

    22 years old

    January 10 · 2004

    No external source identified

  4. Lounès Matoub

    poet, singer

    1956–1998 · aged 42

    January 24 · 1956

    Source: Babelio

  5. Liam Kirk

    ice hockey player

    26 years old

    January 3 · 2000

    Source: iihf.com

  6. Amitai Etzioni

    sociologist, university teacher

    1929–2023 · aged 94

    January 4 · 1929

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  7. Lee Seung-hoon

    songwriter, singer

    34 years old

    January 11 · 1992

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  8. Henrik Galeen

    film director, stage actor

    1881–1949 · aged 68

    January 7 · 1881

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Fredrik Nordström

    composer, guitarist

    59 years old

    January 5 · 1967

    No external source identified

  10. Emmanuel Pahud

    classical flautist, principal flute

    56 years old

    January 27 · 1970

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  11. Prunella Ransome

    film actor

    1943–2002 · aged 59

    January 18 · 1943

    Source: BnF authorities

  12. Aino Aalto

    designer, architect

    1894–1949 · aged 54

    January 25 · 1894

    Source: DACS register

  13. Princess Friederike, Baroness of Pawel-Rammingen

    1848–1926 · aged 78

    January 9 · 1848

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  14. Fridolin Ambongo Besungu

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    66 years old

    January 24 · 1960

    Source: GCatholic.org

  15. Stojko Vranković

    basketball player

    62 years old

    January 22 · 1964

    Source: FIBA database

  16. Bruno Coulais

    musician, film score composer

    72 years old

    January 13 · 1954

    Source: SNAC

  17. Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann

    dog breeder

    1834–1894 · aged 60

    January 2 · 1834

    No external source identified

  18. Enrique Rocha

    actor, film actor

    1940–2021 · aged 81

    January 5 · 1940

    No external source identified

  19. Wang Qiang

    tennis player

    34 years old

    January 14 · 1992

    No external source identified

  20. Eva Asderaki

    tennis umpire

    44 years old

    January 27 · 1982

    No external source identified

  21. Jack Burke

    golfer

    1923–2024 · aged 100

    January 29 · 1923

    No external source identified

  22. Theuns Jordaan

    singer-songwriter, guitarist

    1971–2021 · aged 50

    January 10 · 1971

    No external source identified

  23. Kaheem Parris

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 6 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  24. Pascal Zuberbühler

    coach, association football player

    55 years old

    January 8 · 1971

    Source: Transfermarkt

  25. Michael Wright

    basketball player

    1980–2015 · aged 35

    January 7 · 1980

    Source: TBLStat.net

  26. Andy Lee

    actor, record producer

    45 years old

    January 21 · 1981

    No external source identified

  27. Roberto Alamo

    actor

    56 years old

    January 1 · 1970

    No external source identified

  28. Brigitte Sy

    film director, screenwriter

    70 years old

    January 26 · 1956

    Source: BnF authorities

  29. Doreen Massey

    geographer, university teacher

    1944–2016 · aged 72

    January 3 · 1944

    Source: SNAC

  30. Kjartan Sveinsson

    composer, pianist

    48 years old

    January 2 · 1978

    Source: Discogs

  31. Harrison Burrows

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 12 · 2002

    Source: FBref

  32. Earl Hooker

    musician

    1929–1970 · aged 41

    January 15 · 1929

    Source: BnF authorities

  33. Max Keiser

    reporter, film producer

    66 years old

    January 23 · 1960

    No external source identified

  34. Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov

    businessperson, entrepreneur

    77 years old

    January 1 · 1949

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  35. Park Won-sook

    television actor, actor

    77 years old

    January 19 · 1949

    Source: movie.douban.com

  36. Ben Wilmot*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1999

    No external source identified

  37. Clara Haskil

    pianist

    1895–1960 · aged 65

    January 7 · 1895

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  38. Tawfik Bentayeb

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 14 · 2002

    No external source identified

  39. Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

    mythologist, marine biologist

    1812–1885 · aged 72

    January 15 · 1812

    Source: Find a Grave

  40. Marine Fauthoux

    basketball player

    25 years old

    January 23 · 2001

    Source: FIBA database

  41. John Baskerville

    editor, type designer

    1706–1775 · aged 68

    January 28 · 1706

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  42. Chris Welp

    basketball coach, basketball player

    1964–2015 · aged 51

    January 2 · 1964

    Source: FIBA database

  43. Derrick Williams

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 17 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  44. Hina Sugita

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 31 · 1997

    Source: Soccerdonna

  45. Grigoris Kastanos

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 30 · 1998

    Source: As

  46. João Moutinho

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 12 · 1998

    No external source identified

  47. Kemi Adetiba

    actor, journalist

    46 years old

    January 8 · 1980

    No external source identified

  48. Doug Robb

    musician, guitarist

    51 years old

    January 2 · 1975

    No external source identified

  49. Arthur Conley

    singer

    1946–2003

    January 4 · 1946

    Source: Find a Grave

  50. James Ehnes

    musician, violinist

    50 years old

    January 27 · 1976

    Source: SNAC

  51. Mark Trumbo

    baseball player

    40 years old

    January 16 · 1986

    No external source identified

  52. Ján Golian*

    writer, military personnel

    Date disputed

    January 26 · 1906

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  53. Lila Tretikov

    software engineer, computer scientist

    48 years old

    January 25 · 1978

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  54. Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger*

    printmaker, art educator

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1805

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  55. Lee Tomlin

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 12 · 1989

    Source: As

  56. Pang Jiaying

    swimmer

    41 years old

    January 6 · 1985

    No external source identified

  57. Emel Mathlouthi

    musician, songwriter

    44 years old

    January 11 · 1982

    Source: BnF authorities

  58. Hicham Zerouali

    association football player

    1977–2004 · aged 27

    January 17 · 1977

    Source: FBref

  59. Justyna Kowalczyk

    sports official, cross-country skier

    43 years old

    January 19 · 1983

    Source: Olympic.org athletes database

  60. Sugathakumari*

    human rights defender, writer

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1934

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  61. Andrija Mohorovičić

    meteorologist, university teacher

    1857–1936 · aged 79

    January 23 · 1857

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  62. Sergey Glazyev

    economist, university teacher

    65 years old

    January 1 · 1961

    No external source identified

  63. Johann Philipp Reis

    physicist, inventor

    1834–1874 · aged 40

    January 7 · 1834

    Source: Frankfurter Personenlexikon

  64. Víctor Vázquez Solsona

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 20 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  65. Yasmine Sabri

    actor, model

    38 years old

    January 21 · 1988

    Source: yasminesabri.net

  66. Pak Seung-zin

    association football player

    1941–2011 · aged 70

    January 11 · 1941

    Source: Transfermarkt

  67. Wim Rijsbergen

    association football coach, association football player

    74 years old

    January 18 · 1952

    Source: Transfermarkt

  68. Max Simon

    lieutenant general, military personnel

    1899–1961 · aged 62

    January 6 · 1899

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  69. Wieland Wagner

    director, scenographer

    1917–1966 · aged 49

    January 5 · 1917

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  70. Robert John McClure

    explorer, naturalist

    1807–1873 · aged 66

    January 28 · 1807

    Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography

  71. Marco Storari

    association football player

    49 years old

    January 7 · 1977

    Source: Transfermarkt

  72. Liu Guoliang

    table tennis player

    50 years old

    January 10 · 1976

    No external source identified

  73. Johann Joachim Quantz

    musical instrument maker, composer

    1697–1773 · aged 76

    January 30 · 1697

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  74. Charlotte Best

    film actor, television actor

    32 years old

    January 16 · 1994

    Source: IMDb

  75. Madhu Dandavate

    politician, physicist

    1924–2005 · aged 81

    January 21 · 1924

    No external source identified

  76. Yumi Hara

    singer, seiyū

    41 years old

    January 21 · 1985

    No external source identified

  77. Richard Benedict

    television director, television actor

    1920–1984 · aged 64

    January 8 · 1920

    Source: Find a Grave

  78. Lila Leeds

    film actor, actor

    1928–1999 · aged 71

    January 28 · 1928

    Source: IMDb

  79. Jonas Rouhi

    association football player

    22 years old

    January 7 · 2004

    Source: Transfermarkt

  80. Marcelo Grohe

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 13 · 1987

    Source: As

  81. Jack Alexy

    swimmer

    23 years old

    January 19 · 2003

    No external source identified

  82. Tomokazu Miura

    actor

    74 years old

    January 28 · 1952

    No external source identified

  83. Gavin McCann

    association football player, association football coach

    48 years old

    January 10 · 1978

    Source: FBref

  84. Facundo Colidio

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 4 · 2000

    Source: FBref

  85. Tomáš Galásek

    association football coach, association football player

    53 years old

    January 15 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  86. Francis Scott*

    politician

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1695

    Source: Genealogics

  87. Chris Bourque

    ice hockey player

    40 years old

    January 29 · 1986

    No external source identified

  88. Yorbe Vertessen

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 8 · 2001

    Source: FBref

  89. Arsen Avakov

    entrepreneur, politician

    62 years old

    January 2 · 1964

    No external source identified

  90. Jeffrey Williams

    astronaut, engineer

    68 years old

    January 18 · 1958

    Source: jsc.nasa.gov

  91. Dan Eggen

    association football player, association football coach

    56 years old

    January 13 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  92. Irina Slavina

    journalist, community leader

    1973–2020 · aged 47

    January 8 · 1973

    Source: vk.com

  93. Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev*

    diplomat, politician

    Date disputed

    January 17 · 1832

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  94. Pantelis Hatzidiakos

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 18 · 1997

    Source: FBref

  95. Malena Alterio

    actor

    52 years old

    January 21 · 1974

    Source: IMDb

  96. Rahim Alhassane

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 1 · 2002

    Source: Transfermarkt

  97. Tylel Tati

    association football player

    18 years old

    January 19 · 2008

    No external source identified

  98. Emil Ludwig

    jurist, biographer

    1881–1948 · aged 67

    January 25 · 1881

    Source: AlKindi

  99. Rodolphe Töpffer

    illustrator, teacher

    1799–1846 · aged 47

    January 31 · 1799

    Source: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren

  100. Anthony Hickox

    film actor, actor

    1959–2023 · aged 64

    January 30 · 1959

    No external source identified

  101. Ted MacDougall

    association football player, association football coach

    79 years old

    January 8 · 1947

    Source: Transfermarkt

  102. Bae Yoon-kyung

    television actor, actor

    33 years old

    January 22 · 1993

    No external source identified

  103. J. R. Hildebrand

    racing automobile driver

    38 years old

    January 3 · 1988

    No external source identified

  104. Jung Chanwoo

    actor, singer

    28 years old

    January 26 · 1998

    No external source identified

  105. Shalva Papuashvili

    politician, official

    50 years old

    January 26 · 1976

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  106. Don MacLean

    basketball player

    56 years old

    January 16 · 1970

    Source: FIBA database

  107. Robert Schultzberg

    musician, drummer

    51 years old

    January 3 · 1975

    Source: Discogs

  108. Rose Reilly

    association football player

    71 years old

    January 2 · 1955

    No external source identified

  109. Louis Guss

    television actor, stage actor

    1918–2008 · aged 90

    January 4 · 1918

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  110. Yan Fu

    translator, sociologist

    1854–1921 · aged 67

    January 8 · 1854

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  111. Steven Levy

    writer, journalist

    75 years old

    January 26 · 1951

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  112. Iñigo Calderón

    association football coach, association football player

    44 years old

    January 4 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  113. Barbara Tarbuck

    television actor, stage actor

    1942–2016 · aged 74

    January 15 · 1942

    Source: Find a Grave

  114. Denise Bauer

    television producer, diplomat

    63 years old

    January 30 · 1963

    No external source identified

  115. Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily

    queen

    1779–1849 · aged 70

    January 17 · 1779

    Source: The Peerage

  116. Eduardo Mendoza Garriga

    linguist, translator

    83 years old

    January 11 · 1943

    Source: Babelio

  117. David Ochoa

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 16 · 2001

    Source: uslchampionship.com

  118. Frigyes Riesz

    university teacher, mathematician

    1880–1956 · aged 76

    January 22 · 1880

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  119. Lachlan Morton

    sport cyclist

    34 years old

    January 2 · 1992

    No external source identified

  120. Gilbert Murray

    university teacher, playwright

    1866–1957 · aged 91

    January 2 · 1866

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  121. Unai Núñez

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 30 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  122. Julie Christensen

    singer

    70 years old

    January 21 · 1956

    No external source identified

  123. Alberto Errera

    military personnel, photographer

    1913–1944

    January 15 · 1913

    No external source identified

  124. Magnus Cort Nielsen

    sport cyclist

    33 years old

    January 16 · 1993

    No external source identified

  125. Ungku Abdul Aziz

    mathematician, economist

    1922–2020 · aged 98

    January 28 · 1922

    No external source identified

  126. Hindi Zahra

    actor, musician

    47 years old

    January 20 · 1979

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  127. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría

    economist, politician

    86 years old

    January 9 · 1940

    No external source identified

  128. Francisco Filho

    karateka, kickboxer

    55 years old

    January 10 · 1971

    No external source identified

  129. Sleepy John Estes

    recording artist, blues musician

    1899–1977 · aged 78

    January 25 · 1899

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  130. Takeo Takagi

    military personnel

    1892–1944 · aged 52

    January 25 · 1892

    Source: Onsland.nl

  131. Marc Jackson

    basketball player

    51 years old

    January 16 · 1975

    Source: ACB.com

  132. Matthew Stover

    playwright, novelist

    64 years old

    January 29 · 1962

    Source: Babelio

  133. Elif Şahin

    volleyball player

    25 years old

    January 19 · 2001

    Source: cev.eu

  134. Lord George Gordon*

    member of parliament, politician

    Date disputed

    January 6 · 1752

    Source: Gordon, George (1751-1793) (DNB00)

  135. Florin Piersic

    television actor, stage actor

    90 years old

    January 27 · 1936

    No external source identified

  136. Mikio Ikemoto

    mangaka, illustrator

    49 years old

    January 13 · 1977

    No external source identified

  137. Vic Mizzy

    composer, songwriter

    1916–2009 · aged 93

    January 9 · 1916

    Source: BnF authorities

  138. Rubén Olivares

    boxer

    79 years old

    January 14 · 1947

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  139. Anirudh Thapa

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 15 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  140. Patrik Sjöberg

    athletics competitor

    61 years old

    January 5 · 1965

    Source: World Athletics database

  141. José María Iglesias Inzárruga

    lawyer, jurist

    1823–1891 · aged 68

    January 5 · 1823

    Source: SNAC

  142. Robert Maynard Hutchins

    pedagogue, university teacher

    1899–1977 · aged 78

    January 17 · 1899

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  143. Roy Welensky

    engineer, train driver

    1907–1991 · aged 84

    January 20 · 1907

    Source: Find a Grave

  144. Christine of Saxony

    politician

    1506–1549 · aged 43

    January 4 · 1506

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  145. Yvette Guilbert

    stage actor, chansonnier

    1865–1944 · aged 79

    January 20 · 1865

    Source: BnF authorities

  146. Neil Johnson

    cricketer

    56 years old

    January 24 · 1970

    No external source identified

  147. Aura Dione

    musician, pop singer

    41 years old

    January 21 · 1985

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  148. John Luther Adams

    composer

    73 years old

    January 23 · 1953

    Source: SNAC

  149. Filipe Neri Ferrão

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    73 years old

    January 20 · 1953

    No external source identified

  150. Gudaf Tsegay

    athletics competitor

    29 years old

    January 23 · 1997

    Source: World Athletics database

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