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

  1. Frank D. Robinson

    entrepreneur, engineer

    1930–2022 · aged 92

    January 1 · 1930

    No external source identified

  2. Jaime Garza

    writer, actor

    1954–2021 · aged 67

    January 28 · 1954

    No external source identified

  3. Sō Yoshitoshi

    samurai

    1568–1615 · aged 47

    January 11 · 1568

    No external source identified

  4. Uroš Zorman

    handball player

    46 years old

    January 9 · 1980

    No external source identified

  5. Yoshinori Shirakawa

    military personnel

    1869–1932 · aged 63

    January 24 · 1869

    No external source identified

  6. Dieter Henrich

    philosopher, university teacher

    1927–2022 · aged 95

    January 5 · 1927

    Source: SNAC

  7. Peter-Lukas Graf

    editor, musician

    1929–2025 · aged 96

    January 5 · 1929

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Luigi Moretti

    architectural theoretician, urban planner

    1907–1973 · aged 66

    January 2 · 1907

    Source: arch-pavouk.cz

  9. Nicole Fontaine

    politician, lawyer

    1942–2018 · aged 76

    January 16 · 1942

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  10. Frank Orren Lowden

    lawyer, jurist

    1861–1943 · aged 82

    January 26 · 1861

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  11. Elias Murr

    businessperson, politician

    64 years old

    January 30 · 1962

    No external source identified

  12. Climax Lawrence

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 16 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  13. Rickard Sandler

    translator, school teacher in the Swedish school system

    1884–1964 · aged 80

    January 29 · 1884

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  14. Manu Morlanes

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 12 · 1999

    Source: FBref

  15. Peter Eggers

    actor, television actor

    46 years old

    January 14 · 1980

    No external source identified

  16. Louis Carey

    association football player

    49 years old

    January 22 · 1977

    Source: FBref

  17. Paweł Cibicki

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 9 · 1994

    Source: As

  18. Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri

    resistance fighter, military personnel

    1920–1942 · aged 22

    January 9 · 1920

    No external source identified

  19. Giorgio La Pira

    lawyer, politician

    1904–1977 · aged 73

    January 9 · 1904

    Source: BeWeB

  20. Jędrzej Moraczewski

    railway engineer, socialist

    1870–1944 · aged 74

    January 13 · 1870

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  21. Michaił Żyźniewski

    journalist

    1988–2014 · aged 25

    January 26 · 1988

    No external source identified

  22. Sonny Bupp

    actor

    1928–2007 · aged 79

    January 10 · 1928

    Source: Find a Grave

  23. Ferdinand von Schill

    military officer

    1776–1809 · aged 33

    January 6 · 1776

    Source: Saxon Biography

  24. António Veloso

    association football player, association football coach

    69 years old

    January 31 · 1957

    Source: Transfermarkt

  25. Aleksandar Petrović

    screenwriter, film director

    1929–1994 · aged 65

    January 14 · 1929

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  26. Anaukpetlun

    monarch

    1578–1628 · aged 50

    January 31 · 1578

    No external source identified

  27. Thomas Broich

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 29 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  28. Biram Dah Abeid

    human rights defender, lawyer

    61 years old

    January 12 · 1965

    No external source identified

  29. John Knowles Paine

    organist, composer

    1839–1906 · aged 67

    January 9 · 1839

    Source: SNAC

  30. Masahiro Matsuoka

    singer, actor

    49 years old

    January 11 · 1977

    No external source identified

  31. Daniil Shafran

    music arranger, music educator

    1923–1997 · aged 74

    January 13 · 1923

    Source: SNAC

  32. Charles Blé Goudé

    politician

    54 years old

    January 1 · 1972

    No external source identified

  33. Marcellin Boule

    geologist, paleoanthropologist

    1861–1942 · aged 81

    January 1 · 1861

    Source: SNAC

  34. Harry Harvey

    actor, television actor

    1901–1985 · aged 84

    January 10 · 1901

    Source: Find a Grave

  35. Emilio Pericoli

    recording artist, singer

    1928–2013 · aged 85

    January 7 · 1928

    Source: Find a Grave

  36. Danuše Nerudová

    politician, economist

    47 years old

    January 4 · 1979

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  37. Alexander Chayanov

    writer, anthropologist

    1888–1937 · aged 49

    January 29 · 1888

    Source: Russian literature of the 20th century. Volume 3, 2005

  38. Vance McAllister

    politician, businessperson

    52 years old

    January 7 · 1974

    No external source identified

  39. Philippe Douste-Blazy

    cardiologist, diplomat

    73 years old

    January 1 · 1953

    Source: Sycomore

  40. Mario Merz

    visual artist, artist

    1925–2003

    January 1 · 1925

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  41. Hamdi Salihi

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 19 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  42. Milan Tepić

    military personnel, Major

    1957–1991 · aged 34

    January 26 · 1957

    No external source identified

  43. Vuk Rašović

    association football coach, association football player

    53 years old

    January 3 · 1973

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  44. Yoon Hae-young

    film actor, actor

    54 years old

    January 5 · 1972

    No external source identified

  45. Tony DeMarco

    boxer

    1932–2021 · aged 89

    January 14 · 1932

    Source: SNAC

  46. Ludmila Javorová

    Christian minister, theologian

    1932–2026 · aged 94

    January 31 · 1932

    Source: State Security records

  47. DaJuan Summers

    basketball player

    38 years old

    January 24 · 1988

    Source: FIBA database

  48. Valeria Lynch

    actor, singer

    74 years old

    January 7 · 1952

    Source: MusicBrainz

  49. Ronnie Boyce

    association football player, association football coach

    1943–2025 · aged 82

    January 6 · 1943

    No external source identified

  50. Caesar Augustus Rodney

    politician, lawyer

    1772–1824 · aged 52

    January 4 · 1772

    Source: SNAC

  51. Henri Pélissier

    sport cyclist

    1889–1935 · aged 46

    January 22 · 1889

    Source: Encyclopædia Universalis

  52. Sunday

    actor, singer

    39 years old

    January 12 · 1987

    No external source identified

  53. Idrissa Ouédraogo

    film director, film producer

    1954–2018 · aged 64

    January 21 · 1954

    Source: Babelio

  54. Apostolos Giannou

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 25 · 1990

    Source: FBref

  55. Anssi Suhonen

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 14 · 2001

    No external source identified

  56. Evgeni Aldonin

    association football player, association football coach

    46 years old

    January 22 · 1980

    Source: As

  57. Ramón Corral

    politician, military personnel

    1854–1912 · aged 58

    January 10 · 1854

    No external source identified

  58. Alexander Ivanovich Chernyshev*

    diplomat, politician

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1786

    Source: BnF authorities

  59. Kamel Madouri

    politician

    52 years old

    January 25 · 1974

    Source: africanmanager.com

  60. Becky Kellar-Duke

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    51 years old

    January 1 · 1975

    No external source identified

  61. Ung Huot

    diplomat, politician

    81 years old

    January 1 · 1945

    No external source identified

  62. Alejandro Díaz Liceága

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 27 · 1996

    Source: FBref

  63. Francisco Gallardo

    association football player, association football coach

    46 years old

    January 13 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  64. Maik Zirbes

    basketball player

    36 years old

    January 29 · 1990

    Source: FIBA database

  65. Jorne Spileers

    association football player

    21 years old

    January 21 · 2005

    No external source identified

  66. Pedro de Ampudia

    military personnel, politician

    1805–1868 · aged 63

    January 30 · 1805

    No external source identified

  67. Rodrigo Corrales

    handball player

    35 years old

    January 24 · 1991

    No external source identified

  68. Rudolf Koppitz*

    landscape photographer, portrait photographer

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1884

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  69. Ramsey Nasr

    writer, translator

    52 years old

    January 28 · 1974

    No external source identified

  70. Gheorghe Avramescu

    military officer

    1884–1945 · aged 61

    January 26 · 1884

    No external source identified

  71. Prince August of Württemberg

    military personnel

    1813–1885 · aged 71

    January 24 · 1813

    Source: The Peerage

  72. Axel

    pianist, television actor

    49 years old

    January 1 · 1977

    Source: MusicBrainz

  73. Lucy Hutchinson

    translator, writer

    1620–1681

    January 29 · 1620

    Source: SNAC

  74. Heinrich Köselitz

    composer

    1854–1918 · aged 64

    January 10 · 1854

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  75. William Ayache

    association football coach, association football player

    65 years old

    January 10 · 1961

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Markoolio

    songwriter, singer

    51 years old

    January 1 · 1975

    Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000

  77. James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale

    author, politician

    1759–1839 · aged 80

    January 26 · 1759

    Source: Genealogics

  78. Zekiye Sultan

    aristocrat

    1871–1950 · aged 79

    January 12 · 1871

    No external source identified

  79. Stefan Koubek

    tennis player

    49 years old

    January 2 · 1977

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  80. Efthimis Rentzias

    basketball player

    50 years old

    January 11 · 1976

    Source: ACB.com

  81. John Luther Long

    writer, screenwriter

    1861–1927 · aged 66

    January 1 · 1861

    Source: SNAC

  82. Bae Geu-rin

    actor, film actor

    37 years old

    January 1 · 1989

    No external source identified

  83. Ramón Calderé

    association football player, association football coach

    67 years old

    January 16 · 1959

    Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia

  84. Ahmad Muhammad Shakir

    judge, theologian

    1892–1958 · aged 66

    January 29 · 1892

    No external source identified

  85. Kari Jalonen

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    66 years old

    January 6 · 1960

    No external source identified

  86. Théo Lefèvre

    teacher, lawyer

    1914–1973 · aged 59

    January 17 · 1914

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  87. Puggy Pearson

    pool player, poker player

    1929–2006 · aged 77

    January 29 · 1929

    No external source identified

  88. Tadashi Imai

    screenwriter, film director

    1912–1991 · aged 79

    January 8 · 1912

    Source: BnF authorities

  89. Ri Jong-ok

    politician

    1916–1999 · aged 83

    January 10 · 1916

    No external source identified

  90. Zeeshan Ali

    tennis player

    56 years old

    January 1 · 1970

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  91. Ricardo Sousa

    association football coach, association football player

    47 years old

    January 11 · 1979

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  92. Louis Poinsot

    mathematician, university teacher

    1777–1859 · aged 82

    January 3 · 1777

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  93. Rafiq Nishonov

    diplomat, politician

    1926–2023 · aged 96

    January 15 · 1926

    No external source identified

  94. Kevin Magee

    basketball player

    1959–2003 · aged 44

    January 24 · 1959

    Source: ACB.com

  95. Ahmet Baitursynuly*

    politician, journalist

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1872

    No external source identified

  96. Nikolai Panin

    figure skater, figure skating coach

    1874–1956 · aged 82

    January 1 · 1874

    No external source identified

  97. Evgeny Ketov

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    40 years old

    January 17 · 1986

    No external source identified

  98. Adrián Barbón Rodríguez

    politician, lawyer

    47 years old

    January 4 · 1979

    No external source identified

  99. Ludwig Windthorst

    lawyer, politician

    1812–1891 · aged 79

    January 17 · 1812

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  100. Marjorie Scardino

    journalist, businessperson

    79 years old

    January 25 · 1947

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  101. Jan Bořil

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 11 · 1991

    Source: FBref

  102. Scott Hannan

    ice hockey player

    47 years old

    January 23 · 1979

    No external source identified

  103. Celso Bugallo*

    actor

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1947

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  104. Basto

    record producer, disc jockey

    51 years old

    January 8 · 1975

    No external source identified

  105. Erich Kähler

    mathematician, university teacher

    1906–2000 · aged 94

    January 16 · 1906

    Source: BnF authorities

  106. Greg Ballard

    basketball coach, basketball player

    1955–2016 · aged 61

    January 29 · 1955

    Source: FIBA database

  107. Günther Maria Halmer

    film actor, actor

    1943–2026 · aged 83

    January 5 · 1943

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  108. Kalidou Sidibé

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 28 · 1999

    No external source identified

  109. Steve Birnbaum

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 23 · 1991

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  110. Robert L. Bernstein

    manager assistant in publishing, human rights defender

    1923–2019 · aged 96

    January 5 · 1923

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  111. Blanche Friderici

    film actor, actor

    1878–1933 · aged 55

    January 21 · 1878

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  112. Anna de' Medici

    1570–1584 · aged 14

    January 10 · 1570

    No external source identified

  113. Antonio Pietrangeli

    screenwriter, film director

    1919–1968 · aged 49

    January 19 · 1919

    Source: BnF authorities

  114. Henry Arthur Blake

    governor, politician

    1840–1918 · aged 78

    January 8 · 1840

    Source: The Peerage

  115. Benjamin Bok

    chess player

    31 years old

    January 25 · 1995

    Source: Chess.com

  116. Ken Thorne

    musician, composer

    1924–2014 · aged 90

    January 26 · 1924

    Source: SNAC

  117. Richard Herrmann*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1923

    Source: worldfootball.net

  118. Natasha Walter

    writer, non-fiction writer

    59 years old

    January 20 · 1967

    No external source identified

  119. Go-En'yū

    ruler

    1359–1393 · aged 34

    January 19 · 1359

    No external source identified

  120. Tatiana Kashirina

    weightlifter

    35 years old

    January 24 · 1991

    No external source identified

  121. Park Hae-mi

    actor, film actor

    62 years old

    January 28 · 1964

    No external source identified

  122. George McManus

    comics artist, cartoonist

    1884–1954 · aged 70

    January 23 · 1884

    Source: BnF authorities

  123. Xiao Ruoteng

    artistic gymnast

    30 years old

    January 30 · 1996

    Source: olympedia.org

  124. Tavoris Cloud

    boxer

    44 years old

    January 10 · 1982

    No external source identified

  125. Maurice Abravanel

    conductor, musician

    1903–1993 · aged 90

    January 6 · 1903

    Source: BnF authorities

  126. Osama Faisal

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 1 · 2001

    No external source identified

  127. Tommy Milner

    racing automobile driver

    40 years old

    January 28 · 1986

    No external source identified

  128. Han Xue

    actor, recording artist

    43 years old

    January 11 · 1983

    Source: IMDb

  129. Clyde Kluckhohn

    sociologist, ethnologist

    1905–1960 · aged 55

    January 11 · 1905

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  130. Sid Ganis

    film actor, actor

    86 years old

    January 8 · 1940

    Source: acmi.net.au

  131. Tó Zé

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 14 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  132. Maksym Khlan

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 27 · 2003

    Source: Transfermarkt

  133. Peter Boettke

    basketball coach, economist

    66 years old

    January 3 · 1960

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  134. Ricardo Cabanas

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 17 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  135. François Barbé-Marbois

    diplomat, politician

    1745–1837

    January 31 · 1745

    Source: IdRef

  136. Louis Le Breton

    lithographer, painter

    1818–1866 · aged 48

    January 15 · 1818

    Source: BnF authorities

  137. Johann Hermann Schein*

    composer, conductor

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1586

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  138. Shim Hyung-rae

    actor, film actor

    68 years old

    January 3 · 1958

    No external source identified

  139. Christopher Saunders

    Catholic bishop, theologian

    76 years old

    January 15 · 1950

    No external source identified

  140. Hanna

    singer, model

    35 years old

    January 23 · 1991

    Source: MusicBrainz

  141. Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé

    minister, politician

    1948–2021 · aged 73

    January 4 · 1948

    No external source identified

  142. Anna Maria Schwegelin

    domestic worker

    1729–1781 · aged 52

    January 23 · 1729

    No external source identified

  143. John Urry

    university teacher, sociologist

    1946–2016 · aged 70

    January 6 · 1946

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  144. Ahmed Qaid Saleh

    military personnel, politician

    1940–2019 · aged 79

    January 13 · 1940

    No external source identified

  145. Renuka Singh

    politician

    62 years old

    January 5 · 1964

    No external source identified

  146. Yael Bar Zohar

    television presenter, actor

    46 years old

    January 29 · 1980

    Source: IMDb

  147. Vitaly Abalakov

    mountaineer, chemical engineer

    1906–1986 · aged 80

    January 13 · 1906

    No external source identified

  148. Christian Rasmussen

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 19 · 2003

    Source: fbref.com

  149. Ervin Nyiregyházi

    musician, pianist

    1903–1987 · aged 84

    January 19 · 1903

    Source: Franz Liszt Academy of Music

  150. Benedetto Cairoli

    politician, diplomat

    1825–1889 · aged 64

    January 28 · 1825

    Source: BnF authorities

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