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

  1. François Coppée*

    novelist, playwright

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1842

    Source: Léonore database

  2. Vitaliy Zakharchenko

    politician, police officer

    63 years old

    January 20 · 1963

    No external source identified

  3. Claudio Capéo

    singer, accordionist

    41 years old

    January 10 · 1985

    No external source identified

  4. Joseph B. Kershaw

    lawyer, politician

    1822–1894

    January 5 · 1822

    Source: Find a Grave

  5. Louis François, duc de Boufflers

    military personnel

    1644–1711 · aged 67

    January 10 · 1644

    Source: SNAC

  6. Ismael Blanco

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 19 · 1983

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  7. Charles Gore

    Anglican theologian, Anglican priest

    1853–1932 · aged 78

    January 22 · 1853

    Source: SNAC

  8. Matteo Tramoni

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 20 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  9. Frank Carlson

    farmer, politician

    1893–1987 · aged 94

    January 23 · 1893

    Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

  10. Yohann Diniz

    athletics competitor

    48 years old

    January 1 · 1978

    Source: World Athletics database

  11. Yuri Ozerov

    director, military officer

    1921–2001

    January 26 · 1921

    Source: filmportal.de

  12. Françoise Brion

    actor

    1933–2025 · aged 92

    January 29 · 1933

    Source: IMDb

  13. John McKenna

    association football coach, businessperson

    1855–1936 · aged 81

    January 3 · 1855

    No external source identified

  14. Julian Leow Beng Kim

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    62 years old

    January 3 · 1964

    No external source identified

  15. Merlin Hummel

    athletics competitor

    24 years old

    January 4 · 2002

    No external source identified

  16. Richard Upjohn

    architect

    1802–1878

    January 22 · 1802

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  17. Gaston Monnerville

    jurist, politician

    1897–1991 · aged 94

    January 2 · 1897

    Source: GeneaStar

  18. Maksym Kalynychenko

    association football coach, association football player

    47 years old

    January 26 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  19. Valeska Gert

    humorist, choreographer

    1892–1978 · aged 86

    January 11 · 1892

    Source: BnF authorities

  20. Zoltán Varga

    association football player, association football coach

    1945–2010 · aged 65

    January 1 · 1945

    No external source identified

  21. Theo Robinson

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 22 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  22. William Edmunds*

    stage actor, actor

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1885

    Source: IMDb

  23. Elie Kedourie

    university teacher, historian

    1926–1992 · aged 66

    January 25 · 1926

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  24. Johan Clarey

    alpine skier

    45 years old

    January 8 · 1981

    No external source identified

  25. Dmitry Gudkov

    politician

    46 years old

    January 19 · 1980

    No external source identified

  26. Bert Konterman

    association football coach, association football player

    55 years old

    January 14 · 1971

    Source: Transfermarkt

  27. Cuco Valoy

    composer, singer

    89 years old

    January 6 · 1937

    Source: universalmusic.fr

  28. Liam Reilly

    singer-songwriter

    1955–2021 · aged 65

    January 29 · 1955

    Source: Discogs

  29. Alan Badoev

    traveler, film actor

    45 years old

    January 10 · 1981

    No external source identified

  30. Sarah Chauncey Woolsey

    children's writer, writer

    1835–1905 · aged 70

    January 29 · 1835

    Source: SNAC

  31. Ádám Lang

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 17 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Boris Shakhlin

    artistic gymnast, professor

    1932–2008 · aged 76

    January 27 · 1932

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  33. Jan Arnald

    journalist, crime fiction writer

    63 years old

    January 11 · 1963

    Source: Babelio

  34. Nazri Nasir

    association football player, association football coach

    55 years old

    January 17 · 1971

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Marián Šťastný

    ice hockey player

    73 years old

    January 8 · 1953

    Source: Records of persons of interest

  36. Éric Woerth

    politician

    70 years old

    January 29 · 1956

    Source: data.gouv.fr

  37. Helmut Hirsch

    resistance fighter, lyricist

    1916–1937 · aged 21

    January 27 · 1916

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  38. Edward Ullendorff

    linguist, Semitist

    1920–2011 · aged 91

    January 25 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  39. Emil Lang

    aircraft pilot

    1909–1944 · aged 35

    January 14 · 1909

    Source: TracesOfWar

  40. Antonino Gallo

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 5 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  41. Anne Northup

    politician

    78 years old

    January 22 · 1948

    No external source identified

  42. Nejc Pečnik

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 3 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  43. Corina Morariu

    tennis player, pundit

    48 years old

    January 26 · 1978

    Source: WTA website

  44. Semyon Frank*

    psychologist, university teacher

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1877

    Source: Pedagogues and Psychologists of the World

  45. Lya De Putti*

    silent film actor, actor

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1896

    Source: Új magyar életrajzi lexikon

  46. Todd Clever

    rugby union player

    43 years old

    January 16 · 1983

    No external source identified

  47. Liam Fontaine

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 7 · 1986

    Source: FBref

  48. Maëlle

    singer-songwriter, musician

    25 years old

    January 4 · 2001

    No external source identified

  49. Marie-Dominique Chenu

    medievalist, theologian

    1895–1990 · aged 95

    January 7 · 1895

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  50. Ron Ellis

    ice hockey player

    1945–2024 · aged 79

    January 8 · 1945

    No external source identified

  51. Yoo Gun

    film actor, actor

    43 years old

    January 21 · 1983

    No external source identified

  52. Christopher Maltby

    military personnel

    1891–1980 · aged 89

    January 13 · 1891

    No external source identified

  53. Teoman Alibegović

    basketball coach, basketball player

    59 years old

    January 11 · 1967

    Source: TBLStat.net

  54. Edison Miranda

    boxer

    45 years old

    January 7 · 1981

    No external source identified

  55. Erich Bärenfänger

    major general, military personnel

    1915–1945 · aged 30

    January 12 · 1915

    No external source identified

  56. Edith Hahn Beer

    jurist, writer

    1914–2009 · aged 95

    January 24 · 1914

    Source: Babelio

  57. Jorge Guillén

    writer, university teacher

    1893–1984

    January 18 · 1893

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  58. Mayumi Itsuwa

    singer-songwriter, recording artist

    75 years old

    January 24 · 1951

    No external source identified

  59. Morris Travers

    chemist

    1872–1961 · aged 89

    January 24 · 1872

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  60. Omid Popalzay

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 25 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  61. Mattias Jonson

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 16 · 1974

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  62. Anna Yurievna Kuznetsova

    politician, public figure

    44 years old

    January 3 · 1982

    No external source identified

  63. Ray Eberle

    jazz musician, actor

    1919–1979

    January 19 · 1919

    Source: IMDb

  64. Florence Turner

    film actor, screenwriter

    1885–1946 · aged 61

    January 6 · 1885

    Source: SNAC

  65. Louis Charles Breguet

    aviation, engineer

    1880–1955 · aged 75

    January 2 · 1880

    Source: Roglo

  66. Javi López

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 21 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  67. Nahed Sherif

    actor

    1942–1981 · aged 39

    January 1 · 1942

    Source: IMDb

  68. Stephen Moore

    rugby union player

    43 years old

    January 20 · 1983

    No external source identified

  69. Ivana

    recording artist, singer

    57 years old

    January 31 · 1969

    No external source identified

  70. Kamelia

    musician, singer

    55 years old

    January 10 · 1971

    Source: Discogs

  71. Sergei Kiriakov

    association football player, beach soccer player

    56 years old

    January 1 · 1970

    Source: FBref

  72. Ricky Subagja

    Olympic competitor, badminton player

    55 years old

    January 27 · 1971

    Source: pemiluAPI

  73. Sherwin Wine

    rabbi

    1928–2007 · aged 79

    January 25 · 1928

    Source: SNAC

  74. Abdullah al-Thani

    politician

    72 years old

    January 7 · 1954

    No external source identified

  75. Didier Dinart

    coach, handball player

    49 years old

    January 18 · 1977

    No external source identified

  76. Evgenia Obraztsova

    film actor, choreographer

    42 years old

    January 14 · 1984

    No external source identified

  77. Henry Burr

    radio personality, recording artist

    1882–1941 · aged 59

    January 15 · 1882

    No external source identified

  78. Fusako Kitashirakawa

    priestess, miko

    1890–1974 · aged 84

    January 28 · 1890

    Source: BnF authorities

  79. Ozaki Kōyō

    novelist, poet

    1868–1903 · aged 35

    January 10 · 1868

    Source: Find a Grave

  80. Gyula Benczúr

    artist, painter

    1844–1920 · aged 76

    January 28 · 1844

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  81. Dainius Adomaitis

    basketball coach, basketball player

    52 years old

    January 19 · 1974

    Source: FIBA database

  82. Scott Yanow

    music critic, music journalist

    69 years old

    January 4 · 1957

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  83. Robert S. Brookings

    entrepreneur, philanthropist

    1850–1932 · aged 82

    January 22 · 1850

    Source: SNAC

  84. Michiyo Kogure

    actor

    1918–1990 · aged 72

    January 31 · 1918

    Source: BnF authorities

  85. Anthony Hecht

    poet, writer

    1923–2004 · aged 81

    January 16 · 1923

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  86. Tryggve Gran

    author, discoverer

    1888–1980 · aged 91

    January 20 · 1888

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  87. Tim Foster

    rower

    56 years old

    January 19 · 1970

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  88. Teseo Tesei

    soldier, inventor

    1909–1941 · aged 32

    January 3 · 1909

    No external source identified

  89. Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie

    patron of the arts, cartographer

    1810–1897 · aged 87

    January 3 · 1810

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  90. Manuela Vellés

    singer, actor

    39 years old

    January 16 · 1987

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  91. Fushimi Hiroaki

    businessperson

    94 years old

    January 26 · 1932

    No external source identified

  92. Laza Ristovski

    record producer, composer

    1956–2007 · aged 51

    January 23 · 1956

    Source: BnF authorities

  93. Kevin McKenna

    association football coach, association football player

    46 years old

    January 21 · 1980

    Source: FBref

  94. Günter Lamprecht

    screenwriter, television actor

    1930–2022 · aged 92

    January 21 · 1930

    Source: filmportal.de

  95. Herbie Nichols

    pianist, composer

    1919–1963 · aged 44

    January 3 · 1919

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  96. Rudolf Bing

    Theaterintendant, impresario

    1902–1997 · aged 95

    January 9 · 1902

    Source: SNAC

  97. Charles Allston Collins

    writer, illustrator

    1828–1873 · aged 45

    January 25 · 1828

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  98. Frederick Varley

    painter, visual artist

    1881–1969 · aged 88

    January 2 · 1881

    Source: RKDartists

  99. Hamid Estili*

    association football player, association football coach

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1971

    Source: Football Federation of Iran

  100. Vincent Siew

    vice president, politician

    87 years old

    January 3 · 1939

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  101. Suzanne Jackson

    academic, scenographer

    82 years old

    January 30 · 1944

    Source: artforum.com

  102. Marcos Júnior

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 19 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  103. Rebecca Romero

    track cyclist, rower

    46 years old

    January 24 · 1980

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  104. Zhou Xiaochuan

    businessperson, politician

    78 years old

    January 29 · 1948

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  105. James Petras

    Hispanicamericanist, sociologist

    1937–2026 · aged 89

    January 17 · 1937

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  106. Ralph Gibson

    musician, journalist

    87 years old

    January 16 · 1939

    Source: Gibson, Ralph

  107. Antoine Conte

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 29 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  108. Lucia Migliaccio*

    aristocrat

    Date disputed

    January 18 · 1770

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  109. Joubert Araújo Martins

    association football player

    51 years old

    January 7 · 1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  110. Bojan Križaj

    alpine skier, athlete

    69 years old

    January 3 · 1957

    No external source identified

  111. Thies Christophersen

    holocaust denier, non-fiction writer

    1918–1997 · aged 79

    January 27 · 1918

    No external source identified

  112. Florin Bratu*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  113. Filip Zubčić

    alpine skier

    33 years old

    January 27 · 1993

    Source: Olympedia

  114. Mattia Zanotti

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 11 · 2003

    No external source identified

  115. Petros Markaris*

    screenwriter, linguist

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1937

    Source: filmportal.de

  116. El Mehdi El Moubarik

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 22 · 2001

    No external source identified

  117. Søren Gade

    businessperson, politician

    63 years old

    January 27 · 1963

    No external source identified

  118. Rodolfo Rodríguez

    association football player, beach soccer player

    70 years old

    January 20 · 1956

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  119. Cho Kwi-jae

    association football coach, association football player

    57 years old

    January 16 · 1969

    No external source identified

  120. Bill Shuster

    politician, entrepreneur

    65 years old

    January 10 · 1961

    Source: bioguide.congress.gov

  121. Hermann Burmeister

    botanical collector, ornithologist

    1807–1892 · aged 85

    January 15 · 1807

    Source: SNAC

  122. Pavlo Tychyna

    translator, short story writer

    1891–1967 · aged 76

    January 23 · 1891

    Source: parish register

  123. Ludvig Lorenz

    physicist, mathematician

    1829–1891 · aged 62

    January 18 · 1829

    Source: BnF authorities

  124. Jeanne de Salzmann

    screenwriter, translator

    1889–1990 · aged 101

    January 26 · 1889

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  125. Casimir Lefaucheux

    inventor, engineer

    1802–1852 · aged 50

    January 26 · 1802

    No external source identified

  126. Anne Haug

    triathlete, athletics competitor

    43 years old

    January 20 · 1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  127. Anaswara Kumar

    actor, model

    32 years old

    January 1 · 1994

    Source: IMDb

  128. Jan Fedder

    voice actor, musician

    1955–2019 · aged 64

    January 14 · 1955

    Source: Discogs

  129. David Shaltiel

    military personnel, military officer

    1903–1969 · aged 66

    January 16 · 1903

    No external source identified

  130. Marek Čech*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 26 · 1983

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  131. Tatsuyuki Nagai

    animator, film director

    50 years old

    January 24 · 1976

    Source: BnF authorities

  132. Adriana Christian Ocampo Uria

    astronomer, geologist

    71 years old

    January 5 · 1955

    No external source identified

  133. Manuel García

    businessperson, voice teacher

    1775–1832 · aged 57

    January 21 · 1775

    Source: Archivio Storico Ricordi

  134. Geo Milev

    opinion journalist, writer

    1895–1925 · aged 30

    January 27 · 1895

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  135. George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton

    politician

    1760–1844 · aged 84

    January 14 · 1760

    Source: The Peerage

  136. Timi Dakolo

    singer

    45 years old

    January 20 · 1981

    No external source identified

  137. Sileshi Sihine

    long-distance runner, athletics competitor

    43 years old

    January 29 · 1983

    No external source identified

  138. Duke Elimar of Oldenburg

    writer, composer

    1844–1895 · aged 51

    January 23 · 1844

    Source: The Peerage

  139. Dany Dauberson

    singer, actor

    1925–1979 · aged 54

    January 16 · 1925

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  140. Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens

    metropolitan, theologian

    1939–2008 · aged 69

    January 17 · 1939

    No external source identified

  141. Jacqui Cooper

    freestyle skier

    53 years old

    January 6 · 1973

    No external source identified

  142. Viktor Đukanović

    association football player

    22 years old

    January 29 · 2004

    No external source identified

  143. Douglas Hickox

    director, television director

    1929–1988 · aged 59

    January 10 · 1929

    Source: SNAC

  144. Hewlett Johnson

    parson, Anglican priest

    1874–1966 · aged 92

    January 25 · 1874

    Source: BnF authorities

  145. Jimmy Forrest

    jazz musician, musician

    1920–1980 · aged 60

    January 24 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  146. Fred Espenak

    astrophysicist, astronomer

    1952–2025 · aged 73

    January 19 · 1952

    Source: The New York Times

  147. Yang Chen

    association football coach, association football player

    52 years old

    January 17 · 1974

    Source: Transfermarkt

  148. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar

    composer, actor

    63 years old

    January 27 · 1963

    No external source identified

  149. Art Young

    journalist, writer

    1866–1943 · aged 77

    January 14 · 1866

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  150. Sophie Hahn

    athletics competitor

    29 years old

    January 23 · 1997

    No external source identified

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