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

  1. John Richmond

    fashion designer

    66 years old

    January 8 · 1960

    No external source identified

  2. Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    aristocrat

    1724–1802 · aged 78

    January 24 · 1724

    No external source identified

  3. Christian Sinding

    classical composer, academic musician

    1856–1941 · aged 85

    January 11 · 1856

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  4. Michael McGlinchey

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 7 · 1987

    Source: FBref

  5. Chano Pozo*

    jazz musician, percussionist

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1915

    Source: Find a Grave

  6. Jagdish Sharan Verma

    judge

    1933–2013 · aged 80

    January 18 · 1933

    No external source identified

  7. Enrique Ballestrero

    association football player

    1905–1969 · aged 64

    January 18 · 1905

    Source: Transfermarkt

  8. Im Ho

    film actor, television actor

    56 years old

    January 27 · 1970

    No external source identified

  9. Zac Stubblety-Cook

    swimmer

    27 years old

    January 4 · 1999

    No external source identified

  10. Domenico Morfeo

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 16 · 1976

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  11. Federico Bessone

    association football player, association football coach

    42 years old

    January 23 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  12. Pete Geren

    lawyer, assistant

    74 years old

    January 29 · 1952

    Source: SNAC

  13. Wes

    singer, musician

    1964–2021 · aged 57

    January 15 · 1964

    Source: Discogs

  14. Emeka Anyaoku

    diplomat, minister

    93 years old

    January 18 · 1933

    No external source identified

  15. Marília Pêra

    actor, film actor

    1943–2015 · aged 72

    January 22 · 1943

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Alexander Vovin

    translator, philologist

    1961–2022 · aged 61

    January 27 · 1961

    Source: AlKindi

  17. Pawan Negi

    cricketer

    33 years old

    January 6 · 1993

    No external source identified

  18. Sharon Lechter

    businessperson, writer

    72 years old

    January 12 · 1954

    No external source identified

  19. Felix M. Warburg

    banker, patron of the arts

    1871–1937 · aged 66

    January 14 · 1871

    Source: Find a Grave

  20. Jonathan Fabbro

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 16 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  21. Josef Kainz

    stage actor, director

    1858–1910 · aged 52

    January 2 · 1858

    Source: SNAC

  22. Eddie Barclay

    music publisher, jazz pianist

    1921–2005 · aged 84

    January 26 · 1921

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  23. Ken Sailors

    basketball player

    1921–2016 · aged 95

    January 14 · 1921

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  24. José Argüelles

    historian, writer

    1939–2011 · aged 72

    January 24 · 1939

    Source: SNAC

  25. Adam Campbell

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 1 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  26. Anne Marivin

    actor, film actor

    52 years old

    January 23 · 1974

    Source: lesgensducinema.com

  27. Fang Bo

    table tennis player

    34 years old

    January 9 · 1992

    No external source identified

  28. Nana Dzagnidze

    chess player

    39 years old

    January 1 · 1987

    No external source identified

  29. Malachi Richardson

    basketball player

    30 years old

    January 5 · 1996

    Source: FIBA database

  30. Keagan Dolly

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 22 · 1993

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  31. Máirtín Ó Cadhain

    prose writer, translator

    1906–1970 · aged 64

    January 4 · 1906

    Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography

  32. Cory Gibbs

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 14 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  33. Princess Margarete Karola of Saxony

    1900–1962 · aged 62

    January 24 · 1900

    Source: The Peerage

  34. Jade North

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 7 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Horace Lindrum

    snooker player

    1912–1974 · aged 62

    January 15 · 1912

    Source: SNAC

  36. Gordon Holmes MacMillan

    military personnel, politician

    1897–1986 · aged 89

    January 7 · 1897

    No external source identified

  37. Nicholas Wolterstorff

    theologian, university teacher

    94 years old

    January 21 · 1932

    Source: Internet Philosophy Ontology project

  38. Vitaly Vorotnikov

    diplomat, politician

    1926–2012 · aged 86

    January 20 · 1926

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  39. Milton Sills

    actor, film actor

    1882–1930 · aged 48

    January 12 · 1882

    Source: SNAC

  40. Anuar Tuhami

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 15 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  41. Marina Orsini

    actor, radio personality

    59 years old

    January 4 · 1967

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  42. Homa Darabi

    psychiatrist, university teacher

    1940–1994 · aged 54

    January 1 · 1940

    No external source identified

  43. Magomedkhan Magomedov

    amateur wrestler

    28 years old

    January 27 · 1998

    Source: intersportstats.com

  44. Adrián Marín Gómez

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 9 · 1997

    Source: As

  45. Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

    politician

    1850–1922 · aged 72

    January 29 · 1850

    Source: The Peerage

  46. Jack Greenwell

    association football player, association football coach

    1884–1942 · aged 58

    January 2 · 1884

    No external source identified

  47. Omar Gaber

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 30 · 1992

    Source: FBref

  48. Alexander Tcherepnin*

    conductor, film score composer

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1899

    Source: BnF authorities

  49. Charlotte Hennessy

    actor

    1873–1928 · aged 55

    January 1 · 1873

    Source: SNAC

  50. Lawrence Hargrave

    astronomer, military flight engineer

    1850–1915 · aged 65

    January 29 · 1850

    Source: Find a Grave

  51. Mari Possa

    pornographic film actor, actor

    46 years old

    January 21 · 1980

    Source: IMDb

  52. Lepa Lukić

    singer, actor

    86 years old

    January 16 · 1940

    Source: IMDb

  53. Margaretha af Ugglas

    business undergraduate, diplomat

    1939–2026 · aged 87

    January 5 · 1939

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  54. Davide Ballardini

    association football coach, association football player

    62 years old

    January 6 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  55. Lee Hwa-kyum

    singer, actor

    31 years old

    January 23 · 1995

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  56. Maria Theresa of Austria, Queen of Saxony

    aristocrat

    1767–1827 · aged 60

    January 14 · 1767

    Source: Find a Grave

  57. Samuel Hopkins Adams

    journalist, short story writer

    1871–1958 · aged 87

    January 26 · 1871

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  58. Buddy Moss

    musician, guitarist

    1914–1984 · aged 70

    January 16 · 1914

    Source: SNAC

  59. Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

    politician, accountant

    58 years old

    January 7 · 1968

    No external source identified

  60. Percivall Pott

    surgeon, physician

    1714–1788 · aged 74

    January 6 · 1714

    Source: SNAC

  61. Clara Reeve

    writer, translator

    1729–1807 · aged 78

    January 23 · 1729

    Source: BnF authorities

  62. Ryan Spooner

    ice hockey player

    34 years old

    January 30 · 1992

    No external source identified

  63. Edith Márquez

    singer, film actor

    53 years old

    January 27 · 1973

    Source: MusicBrainz

  64. Klaus Janson

    penciller, comics artist

    74 years old

    January 23 · 1952

    Source: BD Gest'

  65. Brent Sopel

    ice hockey player

    49 years old

    January 7 · 1977

    No external source identified

  66. George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington

    diplomat, admiral

    1663–1733 · aged 69

    January 27 · 1663

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  67. Marie Lafarge

    historian, memoirist

    1816–1852 · aged 36

    January 15 · 1816

    Source: SNAC

  68. Lewis Stevenson

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 5 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  69. Chandra Wickramasinghe

    physicist, mathematician

    87 years old

    January 20 · 1939

    Source: SNAC

  70. Juventino Rosas

    violinist, composer

    1868–1894 · aged 26

    January 25 · 1868

    Source: Find a Grave

  71. Paulo Assunção

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 25 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  72. Misha Omar

    singer, actor

    44 years old

    January 6 · 1982

    No external source identified

  73. Ellen Wood

    writer, novelist

    1814–1887 · aged 73

    January 17 · 1814

    Source: Find a Grave

  74. Tucker Barnhart

    baseball player

    35 years old

    January 7 · 1991

    No external source identified

  75. Bănel Nicoliță

    association football player, association football coach

    41 years old

    January 7 · 1985

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Yvonne Loriod

    composer, pianist

    1924–2010

    January 20 · 1924

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  77. Joey Adams

    comedian, filmmaker

    1911–1999 · aged 88

    January 6 · 1911

    Source: SNAC

  78. Carmen Aristegui

    journalist

    62 years old

    January 18 · 1964

    Source: elem.mx

  79. Sydney Chapman

    mathematician, earth scientist

    1888–1970 · aged 82

    January 29 · 1888

    Source: adw-goe.de

  80. Veikka Gustafsson

    mountaineer

    58 years old

    January 14 · 1968

    No external source identified

  81. Fred Uhlman

    artist, jurist

    1901–1985 · aged 84

    January 19 · 1901

    Source: Babelio

  82. Nathaniel Rochester

    computer scientist

    1919–2001 · aged 82

    January 14 · 1919

    Source: SNAC

  83. Michael Cherney

    businessperson, philanthropist

    74 years old

    January 16 · 1952

    No external source identified

  84. Stanisław Tymiński

    entrepreneur, politician

    78 years old

    January 27 · 1948

    No external source identified

  85. David Wilmot

    politician, lawyer

    1814–1868 · aged 54

    January 20 · 1814

    Source: Find a Grave

  86. Richard Münch

    stage actor, actor

    1916–1987

    January 10 · 1916

    Source: Discogs

  87. Gennadiy Bogolyubov

    entrepreneur, businessperson

    64 years old

    January 20 · 1962

    No external source identified

  88. Raúl González Gutiérrez

    handball player, handball coach

    56 years old

    January 8 · 1970

    Source: SNAC

  89. Jacques-Émile Blanche*

    lithographer, painter

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1861

    Source: RKDartists

  90. Wu Den-yih

    politician, historian

    78 years old

    January 30 · 1948

    No external source identified

  91. Qishan

    politician

    1786–1864

    January 18 · 1786

    No external source identified

  92. Phoumi Nosavan

    military personnel, politician

    1920–1985 · aged 65

    January 27 · 1920

    No external source identified

  93. Vasily Shulgin

    politician, opinion journalist

    1878–1976 · aged 98

    January 13 · 1878

    No external source identified

  94. Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

    director, musicologist

    1876–1948 · aged 72

    January 12 · 1876

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  95. Govert Flinck

    art collector, draftsperson

    1615–1660 · aged 45

    January 25 · 1615

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  96. Milo Rau

    film director, director

    49 years old

    January 25 · 1977

    Source: filmportal.de

  97. Mathias Ross

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 15 · 2001

    Source: Transfermarkt

  98. Marko Šimić

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 23 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  99. Stephen Dunne

    actor, disc jockey

    1918–1977 · aged 59

    January 13 · 1918

    Source: Find a Grave

  100. William Collum

    association football referee

    47 years old

    January 18 · 1979

    No external source identified

  101. Candelaria Molfese

    writer, singer

    35 years old

    January 3 · 1991

    Source: MusicBrainz

  102. Jacobo Timerman

    writer, journalist

    1923–1999 · aged 76

    January 6 · 1923

    Source: SNAC

  103. Elisabeth Pähtz

    chess player

    41 years old

    January 8 · 1985

    Source: chessgames.com

  104. Edmund Baidoo

    association football player

    20 years old

    January 30 · 2006

    Source: Transfermarkt

  105. Jiro Sato

    tennis player

    1908–1934 · aged 26

    January 5 · 1908

    Source: The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.)

  106. Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen

    aristocrat

    1794–1825 · aged 31

    January 28 · 1794

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  107. David Templeton

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 7 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  108. Oana Pellea

    actor

    64 years old

    January 29 · 1962

    Source: filmportal.de

  109. Teinosuke Kinugasa

    film director, actor

    1896–1982 · aged 86

    January 1 · 1896

    Source: BnF authorities

  110. Paisius Velichkovsky

    monk

    1723–1794 · aged 71

    January 1 · 1723

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

  111. Alexandra Ripley

    novelist, writer

    1934–2004 · aged 70

    January 8 · 1934

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  112. Peter Prodromou

    engineer, designer

    57 years old

    January 14 · 1969

    No external source identified

  113. Daniel Brandenstein

    aircraft pilot, astronaut

    83 years old

    January 17 · 1943

    No external source identified

  114. Daniel Lindström

    singer

    48 years old

    January 30 · 1978

    No external source identified

  115. Fadi El Khatib

    basketball player

    47 years old

    January 1 · 1979

    Source: FIBA database

  116. Asami Shimoda

    singer, seiyū

    40 years old

    January 30 · 1986

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  117. Esteban Chaves

    sport cyclist

    36 years old

    January 17 · 1990

    No external source identified

  118. Yusuke Shirai

    seiyū

    40 years old

    January 18 · 1986

    No external source identified

  119. Eduardo Escobar

    baseball player

    37 years old

    January 5 · 1989

    No external source identified

  120. Douglas Augusto

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 13 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  121. Erling Kagge

    art collector, explorer

    63 years old

    January 15 · 1963

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  122. Ryan Star

    singer, guitarist

    48 years old

    January 7 · 1978

    No external source identified

  123. Mariko Okada

    film producer, actor

    93 years old

    January 11 · 1933

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  124. Anthony Šerić

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 15 · 1979

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  125. Morten Rasmussen

    association football player, association football coach

    41 years old

    January 31 · 1985

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  126. Leonardo Fioravanti

    designer, entrepreneur

    88 years old

    January 31 · 1938

    No external source identified

  127. Eric Schaeffer

    actor, film actor

    64 years old

    January 22 · 1962

    Source: IMDb

  128. Maria Poonlertlarp

    actor, singer

    34 years old

    January 18 · 1992

    No external source identified

  129. Raymond Keene

    biographer, non-fiction writer

    78 years old

    January 29 · 1948

    No external source identified

  130. Aaron Russell

    volleyball player

    33 years old

    January 4 · 1993

    No external source identified

  131. Margaret Booth*

    screenwriter, manufacturer

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1898

    Source: Find a Grave

  132. Markos Vafiadis

    communist, trade unionist

    1906–1992 · aged 86

    January 28 · 1906

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  133. Borja Jiménez Sáez

    association football coach

    41 years old

    January 21 · 1985

    No external source identified

  134. Nagwa Fouad

    film actor, actor

    87 years old

    January 17 · 1939

    Source: elwatannews.com

  135. Thomas Nuttall

    ornithologist, writer

    1786–1859 · aged 73

    January 5 · 1786

    Source: SNAC

  136. Carl Ritter von Ghega*

    railway engineer, civil engineer

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1802

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  137. F. Matthias Alexander

    pedagogue, musician

    1869–1955 · aged 86

    January 20 · 1869

    Source: SNAC

  138. Frans Krätzig

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 14 · 2003

    Source: Soccerbase

  139. Arthur Holmes

    geophysicist, geologist

    1890–1965 · aged 75

    January 14 · 1890

    Source: Biographical Database of Southern African Science

  140. Juan Ferrando

    association football coach

    45 years old

    January 2 · 1981

    No external source identified

  141. Salem Saleh

    chess player

    33 years old

    January 4 · 1993

    No external source identified

  142. Paula Tsui

    actor, singer

    77 years old

    January 1 · 1949

    No external source identified

  143. Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo

    boxer

    1910–1988 · aged 78

    January 6 · 1910

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  144. Sonia Bergamasco

    director, actor

    60 years old

    January 16 · 1966

    Source: IMDb

  145. Kwon Ki-ok

    aviation writer, aviation pioneer

    1901–1988 · aged 87

    January 11 · 1901

    No external source identified

  146. Shokei Matsui

    karateka, martial artist

    63 years old

    January 15 · 1963

    No external source identified

  147. Prince Carl Bernadotte

    businessperson, aristocrat

    1911–2003 · aged 92

    January 10 · 1911

    Source: BnF authorities

  148. Yevhen Cheberko

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 23 · 1998

    Source: FBref

  149. Rabia Soytürk

    film actor, television actor

    27 years old

    January 26 · 1999

    Source: biyografi.biz

  150. Tervel Pulev

    boxer

    43 years old

    January 10 · 1983

    No external source identified

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