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

  1. Dov Khenin

    jurist, lawyer

    68 years old

    January 10 · 1958

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  2. Madeline Hartog-Bel*

    beauty pageant contestant, model

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1946

    No external source identified

  3. Darren Helm

    ice hockey player

    39 years old

    January 21 · 1987

    No external source identified

  4. Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron*

    military personnel, military officer

    Date disputed

    January 15 · 1763

    Source: Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne

  5. Finn Malmgren

    explorer, polar explorer

    1895–1928 · aged 33

    January 9 · 1895

    No external source identified

  6. Siegfried Knappe

    autobiographer, soldier

    1917–2008 · aged 91

    January 15 · 1917

    No external source identified

  7. Svenja Huth

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 25 · 1991

    Source: Soccerdonna

  8. Anna Morandi Manzolini*

    sculptor, ceroplastician

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1714

    Source: Artists of the World

  9. Jude Thadaeus Ruwa’ichi

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    72 years old

    January 30 · 1954

    No external source identified

  10. Mikheil Meskhi

    association football player, association football coach

    1937–1991

    January 12 · 1937

    Source: FBref

  11. John Naisbitt

    author, prognostician

    1929–2021 · aged 92

    January 15 · 1929

    No external source identified

  12. Rika Ishikawa

    tarento, singer

    41 years old

    January 19 · 1985

    Source: IMDb

  13. Werner Liebrich

    association football player, association football coach

    1927–1995 · aged 68

    January 18 · 1927

    Source: Find a Grave

  14. Katarzyna Kobro

    artist, painter

    1898–1951

    January 26 · 1898

    Source: Kobro, Katarzyna

  15. Charles Bass

    politician

    74 years old

    January 8 · 1952

    No external source identified

  16. Stepan Topal

    engineer, politician

    1938–2018 · aged 80

    January 18 · 1938

    No external source identified

  17. Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao

    writer, politician

    1886–1950 · aged 63

    January 29 · 1886

    Source: El País

  18. Judy Minx

    pornographic film actor, translator

    37 years old

    January 4 · 1989

    Source: Adult Film Index

  19. Feridun Sinirlioğlu

    beamter, diplomat

    70 years old

    January 30 · 1956

    No external source identified

  20. Samuele Longo

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 12 · 1992

    Source: As

  21. Gaspard Bauhin

    university teacher, physician

    1560–1624 · aged 64

    January 27 · 1560

    Source: BnF authorities

  22. Diana Barnato Walker

    aircraft pilot

    1918–2008 · aged 90

    January 15 · 1918

    Source: SNAC

  23. Simonne Mathieu

    military commander, tennis player

    1908–1980 · aged 71

    January 31 · 1908

    Source: Roglo

  24. Augustine Birrell

    lawyer, minister

    1850–1933 · aged 83

    January 19 · 1850

    Source: BnF authorities

  25. Heinrich Nordhoff

    industrialist, entrepreneur

    1899–1968 · aged 69

    January 6 · 1899

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas

    politician, military personnel

    1519–1593 · aged 74

    January 11 · 1519

    No external source identified

  27. Vlastimil Hort

    chess player

    1944–2025 · aged 81

    January 12 · 1944

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  28. Kiyoshi Kobayashi

    narrator, actor

    1933–2022 · aged 89

    January 11 · 1933

    No external source identified

  29. Lee Bontecou

    sculptor, printmaker

    1931–2022 · aged 91

    January 15 · 1931

    Source: CLARA

  30. Paula Ingabire

    minister, politician

    43 years old

    January 24 · 1983

    Source: imvahonshya.co.rw

  31. Martim Neto

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 14 · 2003

    No external source identified

  32. Glen Moss

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 19 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  33. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

    boxer

    1878–1942 · aged 64

    January 17 · 1878

    Source: Find a Grave

  34. Dani de Wit

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 28 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Jane Marcet

    children's writer, writer

    1769–1858 · aged 89

    January 1 · 1769

    Source: FemBio database

  36. Tatiana Proskouriakoff

    historian, archaeologist

    1909–1985 · aged 76

    January 23 · 1909

    Source: SNAC

  37. María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero Palafox y Kirkpatrick de Closeburn

    1825–1860 · aged 35

    January 29 · 1825

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  38. Gurdial Singh

    writer, short story writer

    1933–2016 · aged 83

    January 10 · 1933

    No external source identified

  39. Bud Shuster

    politician

    1932–2023 · aged 91

    January 23 · 1932

    No external source identified

  40. William Prout

    physician, chemist

    1785–1850 · aged 65

    January 15 · 1785

    Source: Munk's Roll

  41. Moritz von Schwind

    university teacher, graphic artist

    1804–1871 · aged 67

    January 21 · 1804

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  42. Patrícia Pillar

    film director, model

    62 years old

    January 11 · 1964

    Source: IMDb

  43. Patrik Carlgren

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 8 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  44. Jessica Warner-Judd

    athletics competitor

    31 years old

    January 7 · 1995

    Source: World Athletics database

  45. Maartin Allcock

    guitarist

    1957–2018 · aged 61

    January 5 · 1957

    Source: Discogs

  46. Cobhams Asuquo

    composer, musician

    45 years old

    January 6 · 1981

    Source: owogram.com

  47. Anatoly Marchenko

    dissident, memoirist

    1938–1986 · aged 48

    January 23 · 1938

    Source: SNAC

  48. Jason Mayélé

    association football player

    1976–2002 · aged 26

    January 4 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  49. Pedro Contreras

    association football player

    54 years old

    January 7 · 1972

    Source: Transfermarkt

  50. Alex Auld

    ice hockey player

    45 years old

    January 7 · 1981

    No external source identified

  51. Berl Katznelson

    journalist, writer

    1887–1944 · aged 57

    January 25 · 1887

    Source: BnF authorities

  52. Stojan Protić

    politician, historian

    1857–1923 · aged 66

    January 28 · 1857

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  53. Paul Frère

    Formula One driver, writer

    1917–2008 · aged 91

    January 30 · 1917

    Source: BD Gest'

  54. Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky*

    politician

    Date disputed

    January 31 · 1778

    Source: Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky, Franz Anton Graf (BLKÖ)

  55. Pierre Rosanvallon

    politician, professor

    78 years old

    January 1 · 1948

    Source: college-de-france.fr

  56. Etienne Schneider

    politician, economist

    55 years old

    January 29 · 1971

    No external source identified

  57. Andrei Skoch

    businessperson, politician

    60 years old

    January 30 · 1966

    No external source identified

  58. Paulo Thiago

    judoka, mixed martial arts fighter

    45 years old

    January 25 · 1981

    No external source identified

  59. Fumiyo Kohinata

    actor

    72 years old

    January 23 · 1954

    No external source identified

  60. Karoline Knotten

    biathlete, cross-country skier

    31 years old

    January 6 · 1995

    Source: teamnor.no

  61. Michelle Larcher de Brito

    tennis player

    33 years old

    January 29 · 1993

    Source: WTA website

  62. Christopher Memminger

    politician

    1803–1888 · aged 85

    January 9 · 1803

    Source: SNAC

  63. Sebastián Eguren

    association football coach, association football player

    45 years old

    January 8 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  64. Julian Rijkhoff

    association football player

    21 years old

    January 25 · 2005

    Source: Transfermarkt

  65. Alonso Pérez de Guzmán

    warrior

    1256–1309 · aged 53

    January 31 · 1256

    Source: Royal Academy of History

  66. Romain Grégoire

    sport cyclist

    23 years old

    January 21 · 2003

    Source: uci.org

  67. José Luis Palomino

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 5 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  68. Ralph Ince

    director, actor

    1887–1937 · aged 50

    January 16 · 1887

    Source: Find a Grave

  69. Cave Johnson

    jurist, judge

    1793–1866 · aged 73

    January 11 · 1793

    Source: SNAC

  70. Patrick Lefevere

    sporting director, sport cyclist

    71 years old

    January 6 · 1955

    No external source identified

  71. Laurynas Kasčiūnas

    politician, political scientist

    44 years old

    January 8 · 1982

    Source: lrs.lt

  72. Pablo Andújar

    tennis player

    40 years old

    January 23 · 1986

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  73. Tygo Land

    association football player

    20 years old

    January 11 · 2006

    No external source identified

  74. Rajeshwari Chatterjee*

    university teacher, scientist

    Date disputed

    January 24 · 1922

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  75. Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 1 · 1999

    No external source identified

  76. Isser Be'eri

    intelligence agent, spy

    1901–1958

    January 30 · 1901

    No external source identified

  77. Abdelkrim Merry

    association football player

    71 years old

    January 13 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  78. Francisco González Bocanegra

    poet, writer

    1824–1861 · aged 37

    January 8 · 1824

    Source: Find a Grave

  79. Caio Castro

    model, actor

    37 years old

    January 22 · 1989

    No external source identified

  80. Andrew Marton

    director, film editor

    1904–1992 · aged 87

    January 26 · 1904

    Source: SNAC

  81. Juan Familia Castillo

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 13 · 2000

    No external source identified

  82. Aya Kamikawa

    politician

    58 years old

    January 25 · 1968

    No external source identified

  83. Gökhan Gönül

    association football coach, association football player

    41 years old

    January 4 · 1985

    Source: As

  84. Georges Mathieu

    painter, designer

    1921–2012 · aged 91

    January 27 · 1921

    Source: Mathieu, Georges

  85. Alex Grant

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 23 · 1994

    Source: FBref

  86. Johanna Hiedler

    peasant, housewife

    1830–1906 · aged 76

    January 19 · 1830

    No external source identified

  87. Miquel Barceló

    sculptor, ceramicist

    69 years old

    January 8 · 1957

    Source: RKDartists

  88. Tom Henderson

    basketball player

    74 years old

    January 26 · 1952

    Source: FIBA database

  89. Silva Kaputikyan

    writer, poet

    1919–2006 · aged 87

    January 20 · 1919

    Source: Armenian Concise Encyclopedia

  90. Ewa Demarczyk

    actor, recording artist

    1941–2020 · aged 79

    January 16 · 1941

    Source: SNAC

  91. Markus Baur

    handball player

    55 years old

    January 22 · 1971

    Source: filmportal.de

  92. Armand Jean Le Bouthillier Rancé

    theologian, founder of Catholic religious community

    1626–1700 · aged 74

    January 9 · 1626

    Source: Roglo

  93. Lucia Moholy

    opinion journalist, editing staff

    1894–1989 · aged 95

    January 18 · 1894

    Source: SIKART

  94. Roosevelt Sykes

    pianist, singer

    1906–1983

    January 31 · 1906

    Source: SNAC

  95. Eddie Läck

    ice hockey player

    38 years old

    January 5 · 1988

    Source: iihf.com

  96. Wyatt Crockett

    rugby union player

    43 years old

    January 24 · 1983

    No external source identified

  97. Koichi Tohei

    aikidoka

    1920–2011 · aged 91

    January 20 · 1920

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  98. Françoise Prévost

    screenwriter, film actor

    1929–1997 · aged 68

    January 13 · 1929

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  99. Jesús María Zamora

    association football player

    71 years old

    January 1 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  100. Francesca Lia Block*

    writer, poet

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1962

    Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature

  101. William P. Gottlieb

    journalist, photographer

    1917–2006 · aged 89

    January 28 · 1917

    Source: BnF authorities

  102. Irving Saladino

    long jumper

    43 years old

    January 23 · 1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  103. Artur Moraes

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 25 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  104. Florentin Petre

    association football coach, association football player

    50 years old

    January 15 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  105. Friedrich-Georg Eberhardt

    military personnel, judge

    1892–1964 · aged 72

    January 15 · 1892

    Source: TracesOfWar

  106. Anna Abrikosova

    linguist, translator

    1882–1936 · aged 54

    January 23 · 1882

    No external source identified

  107. Harry Kümel

    theatre director, screenwriter

    86 years old

    January 27 · 1940

    Source: IMDb

  108. Vikramjit Singh

    cricketer

    23 years old

    January 9 · 2003

    No external source identified

  109. Dante Giacosa

    engineer, designer

    1905–1996 · aged 91

    January 3 · 1905

    Source: RKDartists

  110. Kennedy McKinney

    boxer

    60 years old

    January 10 · 1966

    No external source identified

  111. John-Patrick Strauß

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 28 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  112. Anatoly Kornukov

    military personnel

    1942–2014 · aged 72

    January 10 · 1942

    No external source identified

  113. Santiago Rodríguez

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 8 · 2000

    No external source identified

  114. John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley

    politician, diplomat

    1826–1902 · aged 76

    January 7 · 1826

    Source: The Peerage

  115. Nathan Outteridge

    sailor

    40 years old

    January 28 · 1986

    No external source identified

  116. Kyle Clifford

    ice hockey player

    35 years old

    January 13 · 1991

    No external source identified

  117. Horst Jankowski

    composer, conductor

    1936–1998 · aged 62

    January 30 · 1936

    Source: Discogs

  118. Luigi Radice

    association football player, association football coach

    1935–2018 · aged 83

    January 15 · 1935

    Source: Transfermarkt

  119. Berkan Kutlu

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 25 · 1998

    Source: FBref

  120. Gustave Trouvé

    inventor, physicist

    1839–1902 · aged 63

    January 2 · 1839

    Source: pantheon.world

  121. Kathryn Kates

    stage actor, actor

    1948–2022 · aged 73

    January 29 · 1948

    No external source identified

  122. Hanafy Bastan

    association football coach, association football player

    1922–1995 · aged 73

    January 6 · 1922

    Source: Transfermarkt

  123. Louis-Mathieu Molé

    politician, writer

    1781–1855 · aged 74

    January 24 · 1781

    Source: Sycomore

  124. David Yallop

    journalist, writer

    1937–2018 · aged 81

    January 27 · 1937

    Source: BnF authorities

  125. Fu Ming

    association football player, association football referee

    43 years old

    January 5 · 1983

    No external source identified

  126. Mary Roos

    singer, musician

    77 years old

    January 9 · 1949

    Source: Discogs

  127. Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir

    politician, poet

    1899–1976 · aged 77

    January 15 · 1899

    No external source identified

  128. M. Carey Thomas

    college head, linguist

    1857–1935 · aged 78

    January 2 · 1857

    Source: SNAC

  129. Johnny Adams

    singer, musician

    1932–1998 · aged 66

    January 5 · 1932

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  130. Kemal Derviş

    politician, academic

    1949–2023 · aged 74

    January 10 · 1949

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  131. Felipe Silva Correa dos Santos

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 3 · 1997

    No external source identified

  132. Gérard Leman

    military officer

    1851–1920 · aged 69

    January 8 · 1851

    Source: Dictionnaire des Wallons

  133. Andrey Chernyshov

    association football player, association football coach

    58 years old

    January 7 · 1968

    Source: FBref

  134. Cedric Teuchert

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 14 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  135. Jun Azumi

    journalist, politician

    64 years old

    January 17 · 1962

    No external source identified

  136. Stewart Hosie

    politician

    63 years old

    January 3 · 1963

    No external source identified

  137. Hans-Dieter Sues

    geologist, paleobiologist

    1956–2026 · aged 70

    January 13 · 1956

    Source: Virtual International Authority File

  138. Tomokazu Myōjin

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 24 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  139. Michiyo Aratama

    actor, film actor

    1930–2001 · aged 71

    January 15 · 1930

    Source: BnF authorities

  140. Carolyn Gold Heilbrun

    literary scholar, non-fiction writer

    1926–2003 · aged 77

    January 13 · 1926

    Source: BnF authorities

  141. Brian Howard

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 23 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  142. Angelin Preljocaj

    film director, musician

    69 years old

    January 19 · 1957

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  143. Per Ahlmark

    politician, writer

    1939–2018 · aged 79

    January 15 · 1939

    Source: Two-Chamber Parliament 1867–1970.

  144. John Stanley

    composer, organist

    1712–1786 · aged 74

    January 17 · 1712

    Source: SNAC

  145. Mario Bertini

    association football player

    82 years old

    January 7 · 1944

    Source: FBref

  146. James Murray*

    civil servant

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1721

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  147. Dorothy Appleby

    film actor, actor

    1906–1990 · aged 84

    January 6 · 1906

    Source: Find a Grave

  148. Louis Paulsen

    chess player

    1833–1891 · aged 58

    January 15 · 1833

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  149. Giuseppe Bonno*

    conductor, composer

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1710

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  150. Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani

    politician

    1841–1927 · aged 86

    January 11 · 1841

    No external source identified

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