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

  1. Uroš Predić*

    painter

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1857

    No external source identified

  2. César Yanis

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 28 · 1996

    Source: FBref

  3. Phillip Gaimon

    sport cyclist

    40 years old

    January 28 · 1986

    No external source identified

  4. Dina Babbitt*

    animator, sculptor

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1923

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  5. Antonio Prohías

    comics artist, cartoonist

    1921–1998 · aged 77

    January 17 · 1921

    Source: Find a Grave

  6. Ibrahima Sonko

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 22 · 1981

    Source: FBref

  7. Alfred W. Crosby

    historian, non-fiction writer

    1931–2018 · aged 87

    January 15 · 1931

    Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

  8. Wojciech Smarzowski

    film director, director

    63 years old

    January 18 · 1963

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Brian Garfield*

    musician, screenwriter

    Date disputed

    January 26 · 1939

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  10. Ville Koski

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 27 · 2002

    No external source identified

  11. Isidore Isou

    poet, director

    1925–2007 · aged 82

    January 29 · 1925

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  12. Denis Menshov

    sport cyclist

    48 years old

    January 25 · 1978

    No external source identified

  13. Dean Fredericks

    film actor, television actor

    1924–1999 · aged 75

    January 21 · 1924

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Cai Yun

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    46 years old

    January 19 · 1980

    Source: bbc.co.uk

  15. Louise Weiss

    journalist, documentary filmmaker

    1893–1983 · aged 90

    January 25 · 1893

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  16. Piotr Żyła

    ski jumper, student

    39 years old

    January 16 · 1987

    No external source identified

  17. Kawin Thamsatchanan

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 26 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  18. Nikolai Marr*

    university teacher, linguist

    Date disputed

    January 6 · 1865

    Source: BnF authorities

  19. Daniel Zhang

    chief executive officer, entrepreneur

    54 years old

    January 11 · 1972

    Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com

  20. Oriol Busquets

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 20 · 1999

    Source: Soccerway

  21. Eva Ras

    writer, actor

    85 years old

    January 1 · 1941

    Source: filmportal.de

  22. Vesa-Matti Loiri

    singer, screenwriter

    1945–2022 · aged 77

    January 4 · 1945

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  23. Franklin Tebo Uchenna

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 15 · 2000

    No external source identified

  24. Prakashi Tomar

    sport shooter

    89 years old

    January 1 · 1937

    No external source identified

  25. Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan

    politician, manager

    78 years old

    January 25 · 1948

    No external source identified

  26. Shim Suk-hee

    short-track speed skater

    29 years old

    January 30 · 1997

    Source: shorttrack.swisstiming.com

  27. Jack Lovelock

    journalist, middle-distance runner

    1910–1949 · aged 39

    January 5 · 1910

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  28. Gene Roth

    television actor, film actor

    1903–1976 · aged 73

    January 8 · 1903

    No external source identified

  29. Giles Milton

    author, non-fiction writer

    60 years old

    January 15 · 1966

    Source: Babelio

  30. Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen

    journalist, ethnologist

    1872–1907 · aged 35

    January 15 · 1872

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  31. Paul-Henri Mathieu

    tennis player

    44 years old

    January 12 · 1982

    Source: Roglo

  32. Dennis Foggia

    motorcycle racer

    25 years old

    January 7 · 2001

    No external source identified

  33. August Heissmeyer

    politician

    1897–1979 · aged 82

    January 11 · 1897

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Valentin Kataev

    children's writer, editing staff

    1897–1986 · aged 89

    January 28 · 1897

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  35. Genichi Taguchi

    engineer, statistician

    1924–2012 · aged 88

    January 1 · 1924

    Source: BnF authorities

  36. Arthur Hugh Clough

    writer, pedagogue

    1819–1861 · aged 42

    January 1 · 1819

    Source: Find a Grave

  37. Olivia Ruiz

    writer, musician

    46 years old

    January 1 · 1980

    Source: Babelio

  38. Olivier Rochus

    tennis player

    45 years old

    January 18 · 1981

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  39. Umang Jain

    television actor, model

    31 years old

    January 8 · 1995

    No external source identified

  40. Ludwig Hahn

    Gestapo employee, parson

    1908–1986 · aged 78

    January 23 · 1908

    No external source identified

  41. Dave McPherson

    association football player, association football coach

    62 years old

    January 28 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  42. Paul Kern

    soldier

    1884–1955 · aged 71

    January 8 · 1884

    No external source identified

  43. Mikhail Svetov

    screenwriter, television producer

    41 years old

    January 4 · 1985

    Source: zona.media

  44. Manolo el del bombo

    entrepreneur, musician

    1949–2025 · aged 76

    January 15 · 1949

    No external source identified

  45. San E

    songwriter, record producer

    41 years old

    January 23 · 1985

    No external source identified

  46. Chaunté Lowe

    athletics competitor

    42 years old

    January 12 · 1984

    Source: World Athletics database

  47. Erik Solheim

    diplomat, politician

    71 years old

    January 18 · 1955

    Source: stortinget.no

  48. Archie Cochrane

    physician, epidemiologist

    1909–1988 · aged 79

    January 12 · 1909

    Source: Base biographique

  49. Christopher Martin-Jenkins

    broadcaster, journalist

    1945–2013 · aged 67

    January 20 · 1945

    Source: Discogs

  50. Antonio Olmo

    association football coach, association football player

    72 years old

    January 18 · 1954

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  51. Luis Aguilar

    actor, singer

    1918–1997 · aged 79

    January 29 · 1918

    Source: MusicBrainz

  52. Antoine Drouot

    politician, military officer

    1774–1847 · aged 73

    January 11 · 1774

    Source: SNAC

  53. Lenny Baker

    stage actor, actor

    1945–1982 · aged 37

    January 17 · 1945

    Source: BnF authorities

  54. Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron

    engineer, university teacher

    1799–1864 · aged 65

    January 26 · 1799

    Source: SNAC

  55. Contessina de' Medici

    aristocrat

    1478–1515 · aged 37

    January 16 · 1478

    No external source identified

  56. Zenon Konopka

    ice hockey player, businessperson

    45 years old

    January 2 · 1981

    No external source identified

  57. Dale DaBone

    film director, pornographic film actor

    54 years old

    January 8 · 1972

    No external source identified

  58. Afriyie Acquah

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 5 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  59. Carlo Ratti

    architect, inventor

    55 years old

    January 7 · 1971

    No external source identified

  60. Dorra Zarrouk

    film actor, television actor

    46 years old

    January 13 · 1980

    Source: bodysize.org

  61. James Heappey

    politician

    45 years old

    January 30 · 1981

    No external source identified

  62. Chrigel Glanzmann

    singer, guitarist

    51 years old

    January 1 · 1975

    No external source identified

  63. Walter Heitler

    university teacher, philosopher

    1904–1981 · aged 77

    January 2 · 1904

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  64. Walter Sedlmayr

    screenwriter, film director

    1926–1990 · aged 64

    January 6 · 1926

    Source: filmportal.de

  65. Karl Ernst Claus

    botanist, pharmacist

    1796–1864 · aged 68

    January 22 · 1796

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  66. Cho Soo-hyang

    film actor, television actor

    35 years old

    January 21 · 1991

    No external source identified

  67. Marcelo Bordon

    association football coach, association football player

    50 years old

    January 7 · 1976

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  68. Jean-Jacques Barthélemy

    archaeologist, epigrapher

    1716–1795 · aged 79

    January 20 · 1716

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  69. Theodore William Richards

    chemist

    1868–1928 · aged 60

    January 31 · 1868

    Source: BnF authorities

  70. Simón Mesa Soto

    screenwriter, director

    40 years old

    January 23 · 1986

    Source: imdb.com

  71. Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

    painter

    1849–1922 · aged 73

    January 20 · 1849

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  72. Tusse

    singer

    24 years old

    January 1 · 2002

    No external source identified

  73. John T. Hoffman

    governor, jurist

    1828–1888 · aged 60

    January 10 · 1828

    Source: Hoffman, John Thompson (10 January 1828–24 March 1888), mayor of New York City and…

  74. Kamal Ganzouri

    politician, economist

    1933–2021 · aged 88

    January 12 · 1933

    No external source identified

  75. Horia Tecău

    tennis player

    41 years old

    January 19 · 1985

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  76. Else Ernestine Neuländer-Simon

    fashion photographer, model

    1900–1944 · aged 44

    January 26 · 1900

    Source: stolpersteine-berlin.de

  77. Curtis Edwards

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 12 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  78. Georges Catroux

    diplomat, military personnel

    1877–1969 · aged 92

    January 29 · 1877

    Source: BnF authorities

  79. Waldir Peres

    association football coach, association football player

    1951–2017 · aged 66

    January 2 · 1951

    No external source identified

  80. Andrew Jack

    actor, adviser

    1944–2020 · aged 76

    January 28 · 1944

    No external source identified

  81. Rupert Mayer

    Catholic theologian, theologian

    1876–1945 · aged 69

    January 23 · 1876

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  82. Luvo Manyonga

    long jumper, athletics competitor

    35 years old

    January 8 · 1991

    Source: World Athletics database

  83. Ivan Yakubovsky

    politician, soldier

    1912–1976 · aged 64

    January 7 · 1912

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  84. Annemarie Heinrich

    photographer

    1912–2005 · aged 93

    January 9 · 1912

    Source: Discogs

  85. Petar Živković

    military officer, politician

    1879–1947 · aged 68

    January 1 · 1879

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  86. Thomas Eisfeld

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 18 · 1993

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  87. Maitê Proença

    writer, journalist

    68 years old

    January 28 · 1958

    Source: IMDb

  88. Wang Yung-ching

    entrepreneur

    1917–2008 · aged 91

    January 18 · 1917

    No external source identified

  89. Arnoldas Kulboka

    basketball player

    28 years old

    January 4 · 1998

    Source: ACB.com

  90. Suchitra Bhattacharya

    novelist, author

    1950–2015 · aged 65

    January 10 · 1950

    No external source identified

  91. Diadie Samassékou

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 11 · 1996

    Source: Salzburgwiki

  92. Gustav Otto

    engineer, military flight engineer

    1883–1926 · aged 43

    January 12 · 1883

    No external source identified

  93. Marcelo Saragosa

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 22 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  94. Hadi Fayyadh

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 22 · 2000

    No external source identified

  95. Katya Wyeth

    actor, model

    78 years old

    January 1 · 1948

    Source: IMDb

  96. İlyas Salman*

    film actor, screenwriter

    Date disputed

    January 14 · 1949

    No external source identified

  97. Mehisti Hanim

    1892–1964

    January 27 · 1892

    No external source identified

  98. Gökdeniz Karadeniz

    association football player, association football coach

    46 years old

    January 11 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  99. Laura Basuki

    film actor, television actor

    38 years old

    January 9 · 1988

    Source: viva.co.id

  100. Adrian Przyborek

    association football player

    19 years old

    January 1 · 2007

    No external source identified

  101. Ryoka Yuzuki

    actor, erotic photography model

    52 years old

    January 10 · 1974

    Source: IMDb

  102. Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally

    military officer, military personnel

    1702–1766 · aged 64

    January 13 · 1702

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  103. Grace Nichols

    journalist, poet

    76 years old

    January 18 · 1950

    Source: Third World Women's Literatures

  104. Aygün Kazimova

    actor, record producer

    55 years old

    January 26 · 1971

    Source: Discogs

  105. Amadou Bakayoko

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 1 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Wolfgang Paul

    association football player, watchmaker

    1940–2026 · aged 86

    January 25 · 1940

    Source: Transfermarkt

  107. Attila Mesterházy

    politician, economist

    52 years old

    January 30 · 1974

    No external source identified

  108. Carol Leigh

    writer, sex workers' rights activist

    1951–2022 · aged 71

    January 11 · 1951

    No external source identified

  109. Alfred Saalwächter

    submariner, military personnel

    1883–1945 · aged 62

    January 10 · 1883

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  110. Pupetta Maresca

    actor

    1935–2021 · aged 86

    January 19 · 1935

    No external source identified

  111. José Luis de Vilallonga

    screenwriter, actor

    1920–2007 · aged 87

    January 29 · 1920

    Source: Roglo

  112. Max Bauer

    author, military personnel

    1869–1929 · aged 60

    January 31 · 1869

    No external source identified

  113. Nicole-Reine Lepaute

    mathematician, astronomer

    1723–1788 · aged 65

    January 5 · 1723

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  114. Cyril Davies

    singer, harmonicist

    1932–1964 · aged 31

    January 23 · 1932

    Source: SNAC

  115. Michael R. Matz

    horse trainer, show jumper

    75 years old

    January 23 · 1951

    No external source identified

  116. Eugène Carrière*

    draftsperson, painter

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1849

    Source: Léonore database

  117. Zé Luís

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 24 · 1991

    Source: As

  118. Baihakki Khaizan

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 31 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  119. Adinia Wirasti

    actor, model

    39 years old

    January 19 · 1987

    Source: sumber.com

  120. Song Chang-ui

    stage actor, television actor

    47 years old

    January 24 · 1979

    No external source identified

  121. Mendele Mocher Sforim

    novelist, rabbi

    1836–1917 · aged 81

    January 2 · 1836

    No external source identified

  122. Alan Mak

    film director, screenwriter

    61 years old

    January 1 · 1965

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  123. Mariam Mukhtar*

    fighter pilot, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1992

    No external source identified

  124. César Baldaccini

    designer, painter

    1921–1998 · aged 77

    January 1 · 1921

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  125. Marek Hłasko

    writer, screenwriter

    1934–1969 · aged 35

    January 14 · 1934

    Source: BnF authorities

  126. Kenneth McKellar

    politician, lawyer

    1869–1957 · aged 88

    January 29 · 1869

    Source: Find a Grave

  127. Susi Pudjiastuti

    businessperson

    61 years old

    January 15 · 1965

    No external source identified

  128. Simón Andreu

    actor, film actor

    85 years old

    January 1 · 1941

    Source: IMDb

  129. Malik Azmani

    politician, lawyer

    50 years old

    January 20 · 1976

    No external source identified

  130. Fritz Bracht

    mechanical technician, politician

    1899–1945 · aged 46

    January 18 · 1899

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  131. Zineb El Rhazoui

    journalist

    44 years old

    January 19 · 1982

    Source: Zineb El Rhazoui, Charlie à dos

  132. Nicholas Walters

    boxer

    40 years old

    January 4 · 1986

    No external source identified

  133. Sally Morgan

    biographer, artist

    75 years old

    January 18 · 1951

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  134. Aaryn Doyle

    singer, film actor

    33 years old

    January 4 · 1993

    No external source identified

  135. Ilija Garašanin

    statesperson, politician

    1812–1874 · aged 62

    January 28 · 1812

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  136. Pauline Grabosch

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    28 years old

    January 14 · 1998

    Source: Cycling Archives

  137. Darlene Hard

    tennis player

    1936–2021 · aged 85

    January 6 · 1936

    Source: 100 years of Wimbledon

  138. Sarah Helen Whitman

    writer, poet

    1803–1878 · aged 75

    January 19 · 1803

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  139. Fernando Di Leo

    film director, director

    1932–2003 · aged 71

    January 11 · 1932

    Source: BnF authorities

  140. Rick MacLeish

    ice hockey player

    1950–2016 · aged 66

    January 3 · 1950

    Source: Find a Grave

  141. Tord Grip

    association football coach, association football player

    88 years old

    January 13 · 1938

    Source: Transfermarkt

  142. Madge Gill

    psychic, painter

    1882–1961 · aged 79

    January 19 · 1882

    No external source identified

  143. Edita Vilkevičiūtė

    model

    37 years old

    January 1 · 1989

    No external source identified

  144. Roger Guillemin

    physiologist, neuroscientist

    1924–2024 · aged 100

    January 11 · 1924

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  145. Jacqueline van Maarsen

    bookbinder, writer

    1929–2025 · aged 96

    January 30 · 1929

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  146. Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

    cartoonist, painter

    1872–1945 · aged 73

    January 25 · 1872

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  147. Timofey Skatov

    tennis player

    25 years old

    January 21 · 2001

    No external source identified

  148. Urs Meier

    author, association football referee

    67 years old

    January 22 · 1959

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  149. Chris Wideman

    ice hockey player

    36 years old

    January 7 · 1990

    No external source identified

  150. Davy Spillane

    film score composer, composer

    67 years old

    January 6 · 1959

    No external source identified

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