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

  1. Khaled Ibrahim

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 17 · 1997

    No external source identified

  2. Szolem Mandelbrojt

    professor, mathematician

    1899–1983 · aged 84

    January 20 · 1899

    Source: La France savante

  3. Irving Chernev

    chess player, non-fiction writer

    1900–1981 · aged 81

    January 29 · 1900

    Source: BnF authorities

  4. Percy Pilcher

    engineer, inventor

    1866–1899 · aged 33

    January 16 · 1866

    Source: Find a Grave

  5. Fritz Leiber

    stage actor, theatre director

    1882–1949 · aged 67

    January 31 · 1882

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  6. Edward Beard

    politician

    1940–2021 · aged 80

    January 20 · 1940

    No external source identified

  7. Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

    painter

    1800–1882 · aged 82

    January 7 · 1800

    Source: RKDartists

  8. Mladen Dolar

    philosopher, university teacher

    75 years old

    January 29 · 1951

    No external source identified

  9. Ludwig Schläfli

    mathematician, theologian

    1814–1895 · aged 81

    January 15 · 1814

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  10. Ryota Ozawa

    actor

    38 years old

    January 25 · 1988

    No external source identified

  11. Paul Gavarni

    illustrator, watercolorist

    1804–1866

    January 13 · 1804

    Source: SNAC

  12. Claudia Mo

    politician, journalist

    69 years old

    January 18 · 1957

    No external source identified

  13. Amy Allen

    recording artist, record producer

    34 years old

    January 31 · 1992

    Source: instagram.com

  14. Pierce Lepage

    athletics competitor

    30 years old

    January 22 · 1996

    Source: World Athletics database

  15. Yefim Fomin

    military personnel

    1909–1941 · aged 32

    January 15 · 1909

    Source: TracesOfWar

  16. Pavel Liprandi

    military officer

    1796–1864 · aged 68

    January 26 · 1796

    No external source identified

  17. Margaret George

    novelist, historian

    83 years old

    January 19 · 1943

    No external source identified

  18. Thomas Alsgaard

    cross-country skier

    54 years old

    January 10 · 1972

    Source: Great Norwegian Encyclopedia

  19. Richard Corbett

    politician, non-fiction writer

    71 years old

    January 6 · 1955

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Stefan Nillessen

    athletics competitor

    23 years old

    January 2 · 2003

    No external source identified

  21. Hans Eppinger

    university teacher, internist

    1879–1946 · aged 67

    January 5 · 1879

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  22. Lee Hong-kum

    actor, opera vocal coach

    1932–2021 · aged 88

    January 13 · 1932

    No external source identified

  23. Aram Tigran

    singer

    1934–2009 · aged 75

    January 15 · 1934

    No external source identified

  24. Lauri Läänemets

    politician

    43 years old

    January 31 · 1983

    No external source identified

  25. Paul Fejos*

    director, university teacher

    Date disputed

    January 24 · 1897

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  26. Vasyl Symonenko

    writer, short story writer

    1935–1963 · aged 28

    January 8 · 1935

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  27. Nina Sublati

    calligrapher, composer

    31 years old

    January 31 · 1995

    Source: Discogs

  28. Edward Ssekandi

    minister, lawyer

    83 years old

    January 19 · 1943

    No external source identified

  29. Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere

    translator, writer

    1800–1857 · aged 57

    January 1 · 1800

    Source: The Peerage

  30. Leonardo Astrada

    association football coach, association football player

    56 years old

    January 6 · 1970

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  31. Staffan de Mistura

    politician, diplomat

    79 years old

    January 25 · 1947

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  32. Mikhail Kerzhakov

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 28 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  33. André Antoine

    director, theatre critic

    1858–1943

    January 31 · 1858

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. Igors Stepanovs

    association football player, association football coach

    50 years old

    January 21 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  35. Senad Hadžifejzović

    journalist, writer

    64 years old

    January 7 · 1962

    No external source identified

  36. M'bilia Bel

    musician, songwriter

    67 years old

    January 10 · 1959

    Source: BnF authorities

  37. Luther Halsey Gulick

    political scientist

    1892–1993 · aged 100

    January 17 · 1892

    Source: SNAC

  38. Ernest Lluch

    economist, writer

    1937–2000 · aged 63

    January 21 · 1937

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  39. Pavel Kiselyov

    bretteur, diplomat

    1788–1872 · aged 84

    January 19 · 1788

    Source: Genealogics

  40. Ann Kristin Aarønes

    association football player

    53 years old

    January 19 · 1973

    Source: Soccerdonna

  41. Silviu Brucan

    translator, diplomat

    1916–2006 · aged 90

    January 18 · 1916

    Source: SNAC

  42. Harry Forrester

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 2 · 1991

    Source: uslchampionship.com

  43. Akiko Shikata

    pianist, singer

    38 years old

    January 7 · 1988

    No external source identified

  44. Abdullah Ensour

    politician

    87 years old

    January 20 · 1939

    No external source identified

  45. Shih Ming-teh

    politician, social activist

    1941–2024 · aged 83

    January 15 · 1941

    No external source identified

  46. Karel Lamač*

    camera operator, film producer

    Date disputed

    January 27 · 1897

    Source: Database of members of the Czechoslovak Republic of military units abroad for the …

  47. Eduard Meyer

    assyriologist, historian

    1855–1930 · aged 75

    January 25 · 1855

    Source: www.accademiadellescienze.it

  48. Vladimir Bystrov

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 31 · 1984

    Source: As

  49. Bronwyn Bancroft

    visual artist, artist

    68 years old

    January 23 · 1958

    Source: Union List of Artist Names

  50. Kálmán Mikszáth

    newspaper editor, writer

    1847–1910 · aged 63

    January 16 · 1847

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  51. Christian Carion

    screenwriter, film actor

    63 years old

    January 4 · 1963

    Source: Babelio

  52. Phil Dowd

    association football referee

    63 years old

    January 26 · 1963

    No external source identified

  53. Günter Wand

    conductor, composer

    1912–2002 · aged 90

    January 7 · 1912

    Source: BnF authorities

  54. Mitch Leigh

    theatre director, composer

    1928–2014 · aged 86

    January 30 · 1928

    Source: SNAC

  55. Anthony Zambrano

    athletics competitor

    28 years old

    January 17 · 1998

    Source: World Athletics database

  56. Rita of Armenia

    1278–date unavailable

    January 18 · 1278

    Source: MAK

  57. Sebastián Iradier

    composer

    1809–1865 · aged 56

    January 20 · 1809

    Source: BnF authorities

  58. John Verdon

    writer

    84 years old

    January 1 · 1942

    Source: datos.bne.es

  59. Edward Quinan

    military officer

    1885–1960 · aged 75

    January 9 · 1885

    No external source identified

  60. Marta Minujín

    painter, performance artist

    83 years old

    January 30 · 1943

    Source: Minujín, Marta

  61. Brighton Labeau

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 1 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  62. Édouard Schuré

    playwright, poet

    1841–1929 · aged 88

    January 21 · 1841

    Source: BnF authorities

  63. Ivan Popov

    retired

    51 years old

    January 30 · 1975

    No external source identified

  64. Akira Kaji

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 13 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  65. Jimmy Bond

    tubist, musician

    1933–2012 · aged 79

    January 27 · 1933

    Source: BnF authorities

  66. Leonardo Cuéllar

    association football player, association football coach

    74 years old

    January 14 · 1952

    Source: National-Football-Teams.com

  67. Artur Rodziński*

    conductor

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1892

    Source: BnF authorities

  68. Abdullah Radif

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 20 · 2003

    No external source identified

  69. Jean de Reszke

    pianist, singer

    1850–1925 · aged 75

    January 14 · 1850

    Source: Find a Grave

  70. Michael Melchior

    rabbi, politician

    72 years old

    January 31 · 1954

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  71. Hot Lips Page

    musician, singer

    1908–1954 · aged 46

    January 27 · 1908

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  72. Maria Arkhipova

    songwriter, singer

    43 years old

    January 9 · 1983

    No external source identified

  73. Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1594–1627 · aged 33

    January 7 · 1594

    No external source identified

  74. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine

    politician, lawyer

    60 years old

    January 6 · 1966

    Source: parliament.gh

  75. Eva Copa

    student leader, politician

    39 years old

    January 3 · 1987

    No external source identified

  76. Arpad Wigand

    military officer, military personnel

    1906–1983 · aged 77

    January 13 · 1906

    No external source identified

  77. Arnau Puigmal

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 10 · 2001

    Source: fbref.com

  78. John Sherrington

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    68 years old

    January 5 · 1958

    No external source identified

  79. Richard Caton Woodville Jr.

    painter, photographer

    1856–1927 · aged 71

    January 7 · 1856

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  80. H. A. R. Gibb

    orientalist, university teacher

    1895–1971 · aged 76

    January 2 · 1895

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  81. Yoshimitsu Morita

    screenwriter, film director

    1950–2011 · aged 61

    January 25 · 1950

    Source: toei.co.jp

  82. Auguste Kerckhoffs

    cryptographer, mathematician

    1835–1903 · aged 68

    January 19 · 1835

    Source: Babelio

  83. Leonid Parfyonov

    television producer, historian

    66 years old

    January 26 · 1960

    No external source identified

  84. Marcelo Demoliner

    tennis player

    37 years old

    January 18 · 1989

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  85. Valeri Gromyko

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 23 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  86. Doris Haddock

    social activist, politician

    1910–2010 · aged 100

    January 24 · 1910

    No external source identified

  87. Neil Franklin

    association football player, association football coach

    1922–1996 · aged 74

    January 24 · 1922

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  88. Joseph Burg

    philosopher, politician

    1909–1999 · aged 90

    January 31 · 1909

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  89. Neville Bowles Chamberlain

    military officer, general field marshal

    1820–1902 · aged 82

    January 10 · 1820

    Source: The Peerage

  90. Howard P. Robertson

    physicist, mathematician

    1903–1961 · aged 58

    January 27 · 1903

    Source: SNAC

  91. Ibrahim Ali

    politician

    69 years old

    January 25 · 1957

    No external source identified

  92. Taha Yassine Khenissi

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 6 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  93. Kurt Albert

    rock climber

    1954–2010 · aged 56

    January 28 · 1954

    No external source identified

  94. Johan August Arfwedson*

    chemist, notary

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1792

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  95. Henrik Shipstead

    dentist, politician

    1881–1960 · aged 79

    January 8 · 1881

    Source: SNAC

  96. Ernest Renshaw

    tennis player

    1861–1899 · aged 38

    January 3 · 1861

    Source: 100 years of Wimbledon

  97. Aritomo Gotō

    military personnel

    1888–1942 · aged 54

    January 23 · 1888

    Source: TracesOfWar

  98. Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi

    king, politician

    844–912 · aged 68

    January 11 · 844

    Source: pantheon.world

  99. Theodore Kosloff

    choreographer, actor

    1882–1956 · aged 74

    January 22 · 1882

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  100. Ed Mann

    jazz musician, vibraphonist

    1954–2024

    January 14 · 1954

    Source: SNAC

  101. Jim Platt

    association football coach, association football player

    74 years old

    January 26 · 1952

    Source: Transfermarkt

  102. Max von der Groeben

    actor, film actor

    34 years old

    January 15 · 1992

    Source: filmportal.de

  103. Dorothe Engelbretsdatter

    poet, writer

    1634–1716 · aged 82

    January 16 · 1634

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  104. Bones McKinney

    basketball player, basketball coach

    1919–1997

    January 1 · 1919

    Source: SNAC

  105. Adolphe Guillaumat

    military officer

    1863–1940 · aged 77

    January 4 · 1863

    Source: BnF authorities

  106. Alan Rees

    racing driver, Formula One driver

    1938–2024 · aged 86

    January 12 · 1938

    No external source identified

  107. Jorge Enríquez

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 8 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  108. Robert Prytz

    association football player

    66 years old

    January 12 · 1960

    Source: Transfermarkt

  109. Colette Carr

    rapper, singer

    35 years old

    January 6 · 1991

    No external source identified

  110. Adam Burish

    ice hockey player

    43 years old

    January 6 · 1983

    No external source identified

  111. Jack Trout

    entrepreneur, economist

    1935–2017 · aged 82

    January 31 · 1935

    No external source identified

  112. Infanta María Amalia of Spain

    aristocrat

    1779–1798 · aged 19

    January 9 · 1779

    No external source identified

  113. Infanta Maria Adelaide of Portugal

    nurse

    1912–2012 · aged 100

    January 31 · 1912

    No external source identified

  114. Johannes Vares

    military physician, gynecologist

    1890–1946 · aged 56

    January 12 · 1890

    Source: Estonian biographical database

  115. Harold Kreis

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    67 years old

    January 19 · 1959

    Source: munzinger.de

  116. Kornelije Kovač

    pianist, songwriter

    1942–2022 · aged 80

    January 1 · 1942

    Source: BNE authority file

  117. Yannick Boli

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 13 · 1988

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  118. Eduard Zeller

    philosophy historian, writer

    1814–1908 · aged 94

    January 22 · 1814

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  119. Mónica Molina

    actor, composer

    58 years old

    January 24 · 1968

    Source: IMDb

  120. Johnny Servoz-Gavin

    Formula One driver, racing automobile driver

    1942–2006 · aged 64

    January 18 · 1942

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  121. Dong Fangxiao*

    artistic gymnast

    Date disputed

    January 23 · 1986

    Source: msn.foxsports.com

  122. Jijé

    painter, inventor

    1914–1980 · aged 66

    January 13 · 1914

    Source: jeugdliteratuur.org

  123. Carl Hans Lody

    spy, soldier

    1877–1914 · aged 37

    January 20 · 1877

    Source: SNAC

  124. Florian Znaniecki

    sociologist, philosopher

    1882–1958 · aged 76

    January 15 · 1882

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  125. Joseph Petzval

    mathematician, inventor

    1807–1891 · aged 84

    January 6 · 1807

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  126. Earl Jones

    basketball player

    65 years old

    January 13 · 1961

    Source: FIBA database

  127. Snitz Edwards*

    actor, stage actor

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1868

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  128. Yōko Honna

    actor, singer

    47 years old

    January 7 · 1979

    No external source identified

  129. Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck

    diplomat, military personnel

    1639–1688 · aged 49

    January 5 · 1639

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  130. Fulton Oursler

    author, journalist

    1893–1952 · aged 59

    January 22 · 1893

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  131. Giorgi Aburjania

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 2 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  132. Óscar Domínguez

    painter, illustrator

    1906–1957 · aged 51

    January 3 · 1906

    Source: SNAC

  133. Günter Litfin

    tailor

    1937–1961 · aged 24

    January 19 · 1937

    No external source identified

  134. José Luis Tejada Sorzano

    lawyer, politician

    1882–1938 · aged 56

    January 12 · 1882

    No external source identified

  135. EeOneGuy

    television producer, vlogger

    30 years old

    January 19 · 1996

    No external source identified

  136. Melissa Barbieri

    association football coach, association football player

    46 years old

    January 20 · 1980

    Source: FBref

  137. Charles Langbridge Morgan

    poet, dramaturge

    1894–1958 · aged 64

    January 22 · 1894

    Source: BnF authorities

  138. Regina Doherty

    politician

    55 years old

    January 26 · 1971

    No external source identified

  139. Moritz Bauer

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 25 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  140. T. N. Chaturvedi

    politician

    1929–2020 · aged 90

    January 18 · 1929

    No external source identified

  141. Ruchira Gupta

    journalist

    62 years old

    January 7 · 1964

    No external source identified

  142. Alexandre Gama

    association football player, association football coach

    58 years old

    January 4 · 1968

    No external source identified

  143. Fabio Baggio

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    61 years old

    January 15 · 1965

    No external source identified

  144. Suh Yun-bok

    athletics competitor

    1923–2017 · aged 94

    January 9 · 1923

    No external source identified

  145. Will McBride

    painter, cinematographer

    1931–2015 · aged 84

    January 10 · 1931

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  146. Arnold Mindell

    psychotherapist, psychologist

    1940–2024 · aged 84

    January 1 · 1940

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  147. Makiko Tanaka

    diplomat, politician

    82 years old

    January 14 · 1944

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  148. Alan Virginius

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 3 · 2003

    No external source identified

  149. Aida Hadzialic

    politician

    39 years old

    January 21 · 1987

    No external source identified

  150. Blaga Dimitrova

    journalist, politician

    1922–2003 · aged 81

    January 2 · 1922

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

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