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

  1. Friedrich Engel

    historian

    1909–2006 · aged 97

    January 3 · 1909

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  2. Peter Jackson

    historian

    78 years old

    January 27 · 1948

    Source: AlKindi

  3. Miki Maya

    film actor, actor

    62 years old

    January 31 · 1964

    Source: IMDb

  4. Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

    association football player, association football coach

    83 years old

    January 15 · 1943

    No external source identified

  5. Gianni Amelio

    director, film director

    81 years old

    January 20 · 1945

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  6. Francisco Aramburu

    association football player

    1922–1997 · aged 75

    January 7 · 1922

    No external source identified

  7. Red Allen

    composer, trumpeter

    1908–1967 · aged 59

    January 7 · 1908

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  8. Alan Williams

    basketball player

    33 years old

    January 28 · 1993

    Source: FIBA database

  9. Anselm von Rothschild

    banker, art collector

    1803–1874 · aged 71

    January 29 · 1803

    Source: BnF authorities

  10. Sheryfa Luna

    singer

    37 years old

    January 25 · 1989

    Source: Babelio

  11. Feras Esmaeel

    association football player

    1983–2026 · aged 43

    January 3 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  12. John H Coates

    university teacher, mathematician

    1945–2022 · aged 77

    January 26 · 1945

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  13. Forrest Gander

    novelist, poet

    70 years old

    January 21 · 1956

    Source: SNAC

  14. Joshua W. Alexander

    judge, politician

    1852–1936 · aged 84

    January 22 · 1852

    Source: SNAC

  15. Gibson Gowland

    film actor, stage actor

    1877–1951 · aged 74

    January 4 · 1877

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  16. Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer

    university teacher, chemist

    1899–1957 · aged 58

    January 13 · 1899

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  17. Melchor Ocampo

    lawyer, diplomat

    1814–1861 · aged 47

    January 5 · 1814

    Source: SNAC

  18. Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough

    politician

    1758–1844 · aged 86

    January 24 · 1758

    Source: The Peerage

  19. Cynthia Olavarría*

    model, beauty pageant contestant

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1982

    Source: IMDb

  20. Hellmuth Karasek

    journalist, actor

    1934–2015 · aged 81

    January 4 · 1934

    Source: Babelio

  21. Mitr Chaibancha

    film actor, film director

    1934–1970 · aged 36

    January 28 · 1934

    No external source identified

  22. Iain Turner

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 26 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  23. Sarah Trimmer

    children's writer, writer

    1741–1810 · aged 69

    January 6 · 1741

    Source: SNAC

  24. Gerard Francisco Timoner III

    theologian, university teacher

    58 years old

    January 26 · 1968

    Source: AlKindi

  25. Dajana Eitberger

    luger, military athlete

    35 years old

    January 7 · 1991

    Source: munzinger.de

  26. Roger Taillibert

    architect

    1926–2019 · aged 93

    January 21 · 1926

    Source: Structurae

  27. Candîce Hillebrand

    actor, songwriter

    49 years old

    January 19 · 1977

    Source: IMDb

  28. Olisa Ndah

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 21 · 1998

    No external source identified

  29. Mohammed Al-Khojali

    association football player

    53 years old

    January 15 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  30. Binayak Sen

    physician, human rights defender

    76 years old

    January 4 · 1950

    No external source identified

  31. Guillaume Lekeu

    composer

    1870–1894 · aged 24

    January 20 · 1870

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  32. Elham Shahin

    actor

    66 years old

    January 3 · 1960

    No external source identified

  33. Violante Beatrice of Bavaria

    politician, patron of the arts

    1673–1731

    January 23 · 1673

    No external source identified

  34. Roy Chipolina

    association football player, futsal player

    43 years old

    January 20 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Luis de la Fuente

    association football player, association football coach

    1914–1972 · aged 58

    January 17 · 1914

    No external source identified

  36. Javi Serrano

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 16 · 2003

    No external source identified

  37. Jon Jerde

    architect

    1940–2015

    January 22 · 1940

    Source: evene.lefigaro.fr

  38. Prithipal Singh

    field hockey player

    1932–1983 · aged 51

    January 28 · 1932

    No external source identified

  39. Hendrik Bonmann

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 22 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  40. Iuliu Hossu

    Greek-Catholic priest, cleric

    1885–1970 · aged 85

    January 30 · 1885

    No external source identified

  41. Richard von Metternich

    politician, diplomat

    1829–1895 · aged 66

    January 7 · 1829

    Source: BnF authorities

  42. Llorenç Riera Ortega

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 5 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  43. Charles Tournemire

    organist, music educator

    1870–1939

    January 22 · 1870

    Source: birth certificate

  44. Mikhail Murashko

    civil servant, politician

    59 years old

    January 9 · 1967

    No external source identified

  45. Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset

    politician

    1688–1765 · aged 77

    January 18 · 1688

    Source: Dictionary of Irish Biography

  46. Tobias Rieder

    ice hockey player

    33 years old

    January 10 · 1993

    Source: nhl.com

  47. Eloy de la Iglesia

    screenwriter, film director

    1944–2006 · aged 62

    January 1 · 1944

    Source: Find a Grave

  48. Tom Ricketts

    film director, stage actor

    1853–1939 · aged 86

    January 15 · 1853

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  49. Alice Catherine Evans

    microbiologist, bacteriologist

    1881–1975 · aged 94

    January 29 · 1881

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  50. Zhang Guoli

    actor, television director

    71 years old

    January 17 · 1955

    No external source identified

  51. Abraham Serfaty

    activist, engineer

    1926–2010 · aged 84

    January 16 · 1926

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  52. Kristall Máni Ingason

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 18 · 2002

    No external source identified

  53. Hermann Boehm

    university teacher, Marineoffizier

    1884–1972 · aged 88

    January 18 · 1884

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  54. Karl Staaff

    politician, advokat

    1860–1915 · aged 55

    January 21 · 1860

    Source: Two-Chamber Parliament 1867–1970.

  55. Luka Mkheidze

    judoka

    30 years old

    January 5 · 1996

    Source: olympedia.org

  56. Ezra Hendrickson

    association football player, association football coach

    54 years old

    January 16 · 1972

    Source: Transfermarkt

  57. Hulusi Kentmen

    non-commissioned officer, television actor

    1911–1993 · aged 82

    January 20 · 1911

    No external source identified

  58. Lou Deprijck

    composer, record producer

    1946–2023 · aged 77

    January 11 · 1946

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  59. Sasalak Haiprakhon*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1995

    Source: Soccerway

  60. Rob Waddell

    rugby union player, rower

    51 years old

    January 7 · 1975

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  61. Hanne Krogh

    actor, singer

    70 years old

    January 24 · 1956

    Source: IMDb

  62. Frank Launder

    film director, film producer

    1906–1997 · aged 91

    January 28 · 1906

    Source: BnF authorities

  63. Sergio León

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 6 · 1989

    Source: As

  64. Emika

    disc jockey, singer

    40 years old

    January 8 · 1986

    No external source identified

  65. Peter Ludlow

    linguist, university teacher

    69 years old

    January 16 · 1957

    Source: SNAC

  66. Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe

    politician

    1868–1945 · aged 77

    January 30 · 1868

    Source: The Peerage

  67. Francesco Caracciolo

    military officer, admiral

    1752–1799 · aged 47

    January 18 · 1752

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  68. Ewa Strömberg

    film actor, actor

    1940–2013 · aged 73

    January 13 · 1940

    Source: Swedish Film Database

  69. Sergey Kolesnikov

    film actor, dub actor

    1955–2023 · aged 68

    January 4 · 1955

    No external source identified

  70. Tom Kühnhackl

    ice hockey player

    34 years old

    January 21 · 1992

    No external source identified

  71. Paula Pareto

    traumatologist, judoka

    40 years old

    January 16 · 1986

    No external source identified

  72. Louis de Wohl

    astrologer, science fiction writer

    1903–1961

    January 24 · 1903

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  73. Bartol Franjić

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 14 · 2000

    Source: FBref

  74. Courtney Frerichs

    athletics competitor

    33 years old

    January 18 · 1993

    Source: World Athletics database

  75. Daniel Davari

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 6 · 1988

    Source: As

  76. Jordy Croux

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 15 · 1994

    Source: FBref

  77. Georgi Glouchkov

    minister of youth, politician

    66 years old

    January 10 · 1960

    Source: ACB.com

  78. Elisha M. Pease

    politician, lawyer

    1812–1883 · aged 71

    January 3 · 1812

    Source: SNAC

  79. Shlomo Sternberg*

    mathematician, topologist

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1936

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  80. Bhanurangsi Savangwongse

    newspaper editor

    1859–1928 · aged 69

    January 11 · 1859

    No external source identified

  81. Marie Dorval

    stage actor, actor

    1798–1849 · aged 51

    January 6 · 1798

    Source: Find a Grave

  82. João Peglow

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 7 · 2002

    Source: transfermarkt.com

  83. Iñigo Vicente

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 6 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  84. Nadezhda Kosintseva

    chess player

    41 years old

    January 14 · 1985

    No external source identified

  85. Arnold Geulincx

    philosopher, university teacher

    1624–1669

    January 31 · 1624

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  86. Vasili Eroshenko

    pedagogue, writer

    1890–1952 · aged 62

    January 12 · 1890

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  87. Mauricio Serna

    association football player

    58 years old

    January 22 · 1968

    Source: FBref

  88. Miha Fontaine

    freestyle skier

    22 years old

    January 3 · 2004

    No external source identified

  89. Julian Steward

    anthropologist, archaeologist

    1902–1972 · aged 70

    January 31 · 1902

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  90. Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople

    Eastern Orthodox priest, patriarch

    1834–1912 · aged 78

    January 30 · 1834

    No external source identified

  91. Mariam Habach

    psychologist, actor

    30 years old

    January 26 · 1996

    No external source identified

  92. Benoît-Constant Coquelin*

    actor, film actor

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1842

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  93. Jānis Krūmiņš

    basketball player

    1930–1994 · aged 64

    January 30 · 1930

    No external source identified

  94. Steve Paxton

    dancer, choreographer

    1939–2024 · aged 85

    January 21 · 1939

    No external source identified

  95. Pavel Filonov

    poet, illuminator

    1883–1941 · aged 58

    January 20 · 1883

    Source: Le Delarge

  96. Joe Petagno

    artist

    78 years old

    January 1 · 1948

    Source: Lambiek Comiclopedia

  97. Sam Winnall

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 19 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  98. Kia Vaughn

    basketball player

    39 years old

    January 24 · 1987

    Source: FIBA database

  99. Waltraud Meier

    singer, performing artist

    70 years old

    January 9 · 1956

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  100. Matte Smets

    association football player

    22 years old

    January 4 · 2004

    Source: Transfermarkt

  101. Mirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-Sultan

    politician

    1858–1907 · aged 49

    January 6 · 1858

    Source: academia.edu

  102. Yulia Khlynina

    actor

    34 years old

    January 11 · 1992

    No external source identified

  103. Giuseppe Materazzi

    association football player, association football coach

    80 years old

    January 5 · 1946

    Source: Transfermarkt

  104. Vladimir Screciu

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 13 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  105. Damaris Cudworth Masham

    philosopher

    1659–1708 · aged 49

    January 18 · 1659

    Source: Internet Philosophy Ontology project

  106. Enrico Mentana

    television presenter, journalist

    71 years old

    January 15 · 1955

    Source: IMDb

  107. Guillaume Guillon-Lethière*

    professor, painter

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1760

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  108. Edmundo Suárez

    association football player, association football coach

    1916–1978 · aged 62

    January 22 · 1916

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  109. Ove Andersson

    team manager, motorcycle racer

    1938–2008 · aged 70

    January 3 · 1938

    No external source identified

  110. Ohi Omoijuanfo

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 10 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  111. Peter Davis*

    journalist, writer

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1937

    No external source identified

  112. Will Johnson

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 21 · 1987

    No external source identified

  113. Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

    violinist, musician

    65 years old

    January 10 · 1961

    No external source identified

  114. Gu Zhutong

    politician, military personnel

    1893–1987 · aged 94

    January 9 · 1893

    No external source identified

  115. Daniil Sulimov*

    politician

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1891

    No external source identified

  116. Iago Herrerín

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 25 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  117. Volodymyr Brazhko

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 23 · 2002

    Source: Transfermarkt

  118. Hanna Ljungberg

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 8 · 1979

    Source: Soccerdonna

  119. Chukwuebuka Enekwechi

    athletics competitor

    33 years old

    January 28 · 1993

    Source: World Athletics database

  120. David Dean Shulman

    linguist, poet

    77 years old

    January 13 · 1949

    No external source identified

  121. Narhar Vishnu Gadgil

    politician, writer

    1896–1966 · aged 70

    January 10 · 1896

    Source: Sankshipt Marathi Vangmayakosh Khand 1 to 3

  122. Filip Hološko

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 17 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  123. Nicolas Luckner

    military officer, military commander

    1722–1794 · aged 71

    January 12 · 1722

    No external source identified

  124. Osama Rashid*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 13 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  125. Gilles Yapi Yapo

    association football player, association football coach

    44 years old

    January 30 · 1982

    Source: FBref

  126. Mahesh Gawli

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 23 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  127. Werner Hinz

    stage actor, actor

    1903–1985 · aged 82

    January 18 · 1903

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  128. Dmitry Kharatyan

    film actor, singer

    66 years old

    January 21 · 1960

    No external source identified

  129. Cesare Bovo

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 14 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Bilkis Dadi

    activist

    88 years old

    January 1 · 1938

    Source: aljazeera.com

  131. Mathías Villasanti

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 24 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  132. Rupert Julian

    film producer, director

    1879–1943 · aged 64

    January 25 · 1879

    Source: BnF authorities

  133. Kiyoshi Miki

    philosopher

    1897–1945 · aged 48

    January 5 · 1897

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  134. Richard Le Gallienne

    translator, journalist

    1866–1947 · aged 81

    January 20 · 1866

    Source: SNAC

  135. Santha Rama Rau

    writer

    1923–2009 · aged 86

    January 24 · 1923

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  136. Carl F. H. Henry

    theologian, journalist

    1913–2003 · aged 90

    January 22 · 1913

    Source: SNAC

  137. John C. Spencer

    lawyer, judge

    1788–1855 · aged 67

    January 8 · 1788

    Source: Find a Grave

  138. Ese Brume

    sprinter, long jumper

    30 years old

    January 20 · 1996

    Source: World Athletics database

  139. Danny Carvajal

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 8 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  140. Ismaël Bangoura

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 2 · 1985

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  141. Richard Savage*

    satirist, playwright

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1697

    Source: BnF authorities

  142. Phil Miller

    guitarist, jazz musician

    1949–2017 · aged 68

    January 22 · 1949

    Source: BnF authorities

  143. Jimmy Kébé

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 19 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  144. Victor

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 21 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  145. Vlatko Marković

    association football coach, association football player

    1937–2013 · aged 76

    January 1 · 1937

    Source: Transfermarkt

  146. Tsegaye Kebede

    athletics competitor, marathon runner

    39 years old

    January 15 · 1987

    Source: World Athletics database

  147. Nijaz Duraković

    political commissar, writer

    1949–2012 · aged 63

    January 1 · 1949

    Source: BnF authorities

  148. Jacob Mellis*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1991

    Source: worldfootball.net

  149. Kameron Hurley

    writer, feminist

    46 years old

    January 12 · 1980

    Source: NooSFere

  150. Marnie McBean

    writer, athlete

    58 years old

    January 28 · 1968

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

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