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

  1. Cyril of Bulgaria

    patriarch

    1901–1971 · aged 70

    January 3 · 1901

    Source: The Righteous Among the Nations Database

  2. Prince Carlo, Duke of Calabria

    aristocrat

    1775–1778 · aged 3

    January 4 · 1775

    No external source identified

  3. Jonathan Meese*

    performance artist, sculptor

    Date disputed

    January 23 · 1970

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  4. Anjum Moudgil

    sport shooter

    32 years old

    January 5 · 1994

    No external source identified

  5. Werner Olk

    association football coach, association football player

    88 years old

    January 18 · 1938

    Source: Transfermarkt

  6. Hieu Van Le

    accountant, governor

    72 years old

    January 1 · 1954

    No external source identified

  7. Laura Christensen

    voice actor, actor

    42 years old

    January 26 · 1984

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  8. Luigi Ambrosio

    mathematician, university teacher

    63 years old

    January 27 · 1963

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Aleksandar Tišma

    translator, writer

    1924–2003 · aged 79

    January 16 · 1924

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  10. Abdelwahab Meddeb

    cultural critic, university teacher

    1946–2014 · aged 68

    January 17 · 1946

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  11. Maria Guzenina

    politician, model

    57 years old

    January 12 · 1969

    Source: Finnish MP database

  12. Anna of Brandenburg

    aristocrat

    1507–1567 · aged 60

    January 11 · 1507

    No external source identified

  13. Georg Christoph Wagenseil

    musician, harpsichordist

    1715–1777 · aged 62

    January 29 · 1715

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  14. Nabila Ebeid

    actor

    81 years old

    January 21 · 1945

    Source: IMDb

  15. Ferdinand Gregorovius

    journalist, writer

    1821–1891 · aged 70

    January 19 · 1821

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  16. Brendan Dooling

    stage actor, voice actor

    36 years old

    January 27 · 1990

    No external source identified

  17. Martin Zandvliet

    screenwriter, film director

    55 years old

    January 7 · 1971

    Source: danskefilm.dk

  18. Isaac Cooper

    swimmer

    22 years old

    January 7 · 2004

    Source: olympedia.org

  19. Mihael Mikić

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 6 · 1980

    Source: As

  20. Agus Martowardojo

    economist, banker

    70 years old

    January 24 · 1956

    Source: Davos 2014 Participant List

  21. Duke Robert of Württemberg

    military officer

    1873–1947 · aged 74

    January 14 · 1873

    Source: The Peerage

  22. Simeón Cuba-Sanabria

    miner, trade unionist

    1935–1967 · aged 32

    January 5 · 1935

    No external source identified

  23. Ihsan Abdel Quddous

    lawyer, novelist

    1919–1990 · aged 71

    January 1 · 1919

    Source: BnF authorities

  24. Walter Boyd

    association football player

    54 years old

    January 1 · 1972

    Source: Transfermarkt

  25. Robert Roswell Palmer

    university teacher, historian

    1909–2002 · aged 93

    January 11 · 1909

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Ruslan Neshcheret

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 22 · 2002

    Source: FBref

  27. Johannes Virolainen

    politician, diplomat

    1914–2000 · aged 86

    January 31 · 1914

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  28. Albert Mathiez

    university teacher, historian

    1874–1932 · aged 58

    January 10 · 1874

    Source: Léonore database

  29. Ernst von Hoeppner

    military officer, writer

    1860–1922

    January 14 · 1860

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  30. Mitar Mirić

    singer

    69 years old

    January 16 · 1957

    No external source identified

  31. Fidel Pagés

    founder, physician

    1886–1923 · aged 37

    January 26 · 1886

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  32. Stephan Burián von Rajecz

    diplomat, politician

    1851–1922 · aged 71

    January 16 · 1851

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  33. Kiki Kogelnik

    painter, graphic artist

    1935–1997 · aged 62

    January 22 · 1935

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  34. Nabil Fahmi

    diplomat, politician

    75 years old

    January 5 · 1951

    Source: Davos 2014 Participant List

  35. Victoria Mxenge

    nurse, midwife

    1942–1985 · aged 43

    January 1 · 1942

    No external source identified

  36. Badr El Kaddouri

    association football player, association football coach

    45 years old

    January 31 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Gottfried von Einem

    university teacher, classical composer

    1918–1996 · aged 78

    January 24 · 1918

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  38. Osip Piatnitsky

    writer, politician

    1882–1938 · aged 56

    January 29 · 1882

    No external source identified

  39. Carl Klingberg

    ice hockey player

    35 years old

    January 28 · 1991

    Source: iihf.com

  40. Mons Røisland

    snowboarder

    29 years old

    January 28 · 1997

    Source: teamnor.no

  41. Paul Thümmel

    spy, double agent

    1902–1945 · aged 43

    January 15 · 1902

    Source: Database of the Terezín Memorial

  42. Basilio Ndong

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 17 · 1999

    Source: FBref

  43. Leslie Orgel

    non-fiction writer, chemist

    1927–2007 · aged 80

    January 12 · 1927

    Source: SNAC

  44. Vladimir Chagin

    coach, racing automobile driver

    56 years old

    January 5 · 1970

    No external source identified

  45. James Woods

    freestyle skier

    34 years old

    January 19 · 1992

    No external source identified

  46. Vlado Ilievski

    basketball player

    46 years old

    January 19 · 1980

    Source: FIBA database

  47. Igor M. Diakonoff

    historian, philologist

    1915–1999 · aged 84

    January 12 · 1915

    No external source identified

  48. Mohamad Ghaddar

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 1 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  49. Liu Kunyi

    politician

    1830–1902 · aged 72

    January 21 · 1830

    No external source identified

  50. Federico Vairo

    association football player, association football coach

    1930–2010 · aged 80

    January 27 · 1930

    Source: FBref

  51. Andrii Rusol

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 16 · 1983

    Source: FBref

  52. Felix Mambimbi

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 18 · 2001

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. Françoise David

    politician

    78 years old

    January 13 · 1948

    No external source identified

  54. Paco Cabezas*

    film producer, film director

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1978

    No external source identified

  55. Boy Waterman

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 24 · 1984

    Source: As

  56. GDRN

    singer, actor

    30 years old

    January 8 · 1996

    Source: mosfellingur.is

  57. Mathieu Perreault

    ice hockey player

    38 years old

    January 5 · 1988

    No external source identified

  58. Katharina Truppe

    alpine skier

    30 years old

    January 15 · 1996

    No external source identified

  59. Danny Cruz

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 3 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  60. Allysha Chapman

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 25 · 1989

    Source: FBref

  61. Henry Frederick, Hereditary Prince of the Palatinate

    1614–1629 · aged 15

    January 1 · 1614

    Source: CERL Thesaurus

  62. Lew Fields

    performing artist, film actor

    1867–1941 · aged 74

    January 1 · 1867

    Source: SNAC

  63. Karl Allgöwer

    association football player

    69 years old

    January 5 · 1957

    Source: Transfermarkt

  64. Panagiotis Gionis

    dentist, table tennis player

    46 years old

    January 7 · 1980

    No external source identified

  65. Pontus Dahlberg

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 21 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  66. Ángela Cervantes Sorribas

    actor

    33 years old

    January 2 · 1993

    No external source identified

  67. Daniel Taradash

    screenwriter, film director

    1913–2003 · aged 90

    January 29 · 1913

    Source: SNAC

  68. Paul Steiner

    association football player

    69 years old

    January 23 · 1957

    Source: Transfermarkt

  69. Yū Mizushima

    actor, tarento

    70 years old

    January 18 · 1956

    No external source identified

  70. Agathonas Iakovidis

    soloist, musician

    1955–2020 · aged 65

    January 2 · 1955

    No external source identified

  71. Zhang Xizhe

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 23 · 1991

    Source: As

  72. Frank Shuman

    engineer, inventor

    1862–1918 · aged 56

    January 23 · 1862

    No external source identified

  73. Mark Dempsey

    association football player, association football coach

    62 years old

    January 14 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  74. Elmer Flick

    baseball player

    1876–1971 · aged 94

    January 11 · 1876

    Source: Find a Grave

  75. Rolando Schiavi

    association football coach, association football player

    53 years old

    January 18 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Storm Jameson

    novelist, journalist

    1891–1986 · aged 95

    January 8 · 1891

    Source: BnF authorities

  77. Hamdija Pozderac

    politician, political commissar

    1924–1988 · aged 64

    January 15 · 1924

    No external source identified

  78. Catharine Parr Traill

    scientific illustrator, children's writer

    1802–1899 · aged 97

    January 9 · 1802

    Source: Find a Grave

  79. Ivica Mornar

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 12 · 1974

    Source: Transfermarkt

  80. Ernst Marischka

    director, film director

    1893–1963 · aged 70

    January 2 · 1893

    Source: BnF authorities

  81. Tony P. Hall

    diplomat, politician

    84 years old

    January 16 · 1942

    Source: National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File

  82. M. K. Indira

    writer

    1917–1994 · aged 77

    January 5 · 1917

    Source: BnF authorities

  83. Joaquín Sosa

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 10 · 2002

    No external source identified

  84. Selçuk Şahin

    association football coach, association football player

    45 years old

    January 31 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  85. Feis Ecktuh

    musician, songwriter

    1986–2019 · aged 32

    January 25 · 1986

    Source: facebook.com

  86. Mustafa Ben Halim

    diplomat, politician

    1921–2021 · aged 100

    January 29 · 1921

    No external source identified

  87. Karen Olsen Beck

    sociologist, social worker

    1930–2025 · aged 95

    January 31 · 1930

    No external source identified

  88. Gustavo Munúa

    association football player, association football coach

    48 years old

    January 27 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  89. Desak Made Rita Kusuma Dewi

    competition climber

    25 years old

    January 24 · 2001

    No external source identified

  90. Brunhilde Pomsel

    announcer, secretary

    1911–2017 · aged 106

    January 11 · 1911

    Source: washingtonpost.com

  91. Zdeněk Mácal

    conductor, composer

    1936–2023 · aged 87

    January 8 · 1936

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  92. Clare Winger Harris

    novelist, science fiction writer

    1891–1968 · aged 77

    January 18 · 1891

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  93. Bent Christensen Arensøe

    association football player, association football coach

    59 years old

    January 4 · 1967

    Source: FBref

  94. Kihachirō Kawamoto

    animator, puppet designer

    1925–2010 · aged 85

    January 11 · 1925

    Source: Who's Who in Animated Cartoon

  95. Thomas Olmsted

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    79 years old

    January 21 · 1947

    No external source identified

  96. Bima Sakti

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 23 · 1976

    Source: FBref

  97. Sergei Brylin

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    52 years old

    January 13 · 1974

    No external source identified

  98. Cristina Rota

    screenwriter, film director

    81 years old

    January 30 · 1945

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  99. Simeon ten Holt

    composer

    1923–2012 · aged 89

    January 24 · 1923

    Source: IMDb

  100. Anastasiya Krasovskaya

    fashion model, film actor

    27 years old

    January 2 · 1999

    No external source identified

  101. Yojiro Uetake

    amateur wrestler

    83 years old

    January 12 · 1943

    No external source identified

  102. Lim Jong-hoon

    table tennis player

    29 years old

    January 21 · 1997

    Source: olympics.com

  103. Alexander, Prince of Lippe

    1831–1905 · aged 73

    January 16 · 1831

    No external source identified

  104. François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld

    sociologist, writer

    1747–1827 · aged 80

    January 11 · 1747

    Source: BnF authorities

  105. Laura Kieler

    writer, journalist

    1849–1932 · aged 83

    January 9 · 1849

    Source: Merkedager : fødselsdager, stiftelsesdatoer, begivenheter

  106. Oton Župančič

    literary critic, playwright

    1878–1949 · aged 71

    January 23 · 1878

    Source: Olomouc City Library regional database

  107. Joseph Jackson Lister

    physicist

    1786–1869 · aged 83

    January 11 · 1786

    Source: The Peerage

  108. Dai Qing

    environmentalist, writer

    85 years old

    January 8 · 1941

    No external source identified

  109. Józef Światło

    civil servant, cobbler

    1915–1994 · aged 79

    January 1 · 1915

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  110. Concepción Arenal Ponte

    poet, social worker

    1820–1893 · aged 73

    January 31 · 1820

    Source: BnF authorities

  111. Sergei Nemchinov

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    62 years old

    January 14 · 1964

    Source: hockeydb.com

  112. Felix Chong

    film screenwriter, actor

    58 years old

    January 1 · 1968

    Source: IMDb

  113. Anna Samokhina

    presenter, singer

    1963–2010 · aged 47

    January 14 · 1963

    Source: IMDb

  114. Ryōtarō Araki

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 29 · 2002

    Source: FBref

  115. Sammie Henson

    amateur wrestler

    55 years old

    January 1 · 1971

    No external source identified

  116. Shigabutdin Marjani

    writer, historian

    1818–1889 · aged 71

    January 25 · 1818

    Source: Chuvash encyclopedia

  117. Felix Claar

    handball player

    29 years old

    January 5 · 1997

    No external source identified

  118. Heinz Heck

    zoologist

    1894–1982 · aged 88

    January 22 · 1894

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  119. Jan Opletal

    university student

    1915–1939 · aged 24

    January 1 · 1915

    Source: SNAC

  120. Conan Osíris

    singer

    37 years old

    January 5 · 1989

    Source: MusicBrainz

  121. Tim Mastnak

    snowboarder

    35 years old

    January 31 · 1991

    No external source identified

  122. Eilhard Mitscherlich

    university teacher, mineralogist

    1794–1863 · aged 69

    January 7 · 1794

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  123. Sammy Angott

    boxer

    1915–1980 · aged 65

    January 17 · 1915

    No external source identified

  124. Nikolas Veratschnig

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 24 · 2003

    No external source identified

  125. Rafi Peretz

    rabbi, military officer

    70 years old

    January 7 · 1956

    No external source identified

  126. Maurice Michael Otunga

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1923–2003 · aged 80

    January 31 · 1923

    No external source identified

  127. Madjer

    association football player, beach soccer player

    49 years old

    January 22 · 1977

    No external source identified

  128. Rob Kiernan

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 13 · 1991

    Source: uslchampionship.com

  129. Isidore Mvouba

    minister, engineer

    72 years old

    January 8 · 1954

    No external source identified

  130. Phan Khac Suu

    politician

    1905–1970 · aged 65

    January 9 · 1905

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  131. Nelvie Tiafack

    boxer

    27 years old

    January 3 · 1999

    No external source identified

  132. Rob van Dijk

    association football player

    57 years old

    January 15 · 1969

    Source: Transfermarkt

  133. Khaled Bahah

    politician, diplomat

    61 years old

    January 1 · 1965

    No external source identified

  134. Anastasia Tikhonova

    tennis player

    25 years old

    January 21 · 2001

    Source: tennisabstract.com

  135. Annius of Viterbo

    orientalist, archaeologist

    1437–1502 · aged 65

    January 14 · 1437

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  136. Luigi d'Este

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1539–1586 · aged 47

    January 4 · 1539

    No external source identified

  137. John the Silent

    priest

    454–558 · aged 104

    January 8 · 454

    No external source identified

  138. Sisi Khampepe

    barrister, judge

    69 years old

    January 8 · 1957

    No external source identified

  139. Louis Couturat

    linguist, philosopher

    1868–1914 · aged 46

    January 17 · 1868

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  140. Angelo Emo

    naval officer, politician

    1731–1792

    January 3 · 1731

    No external source identified

  141. Mike Boit

    university teacher, middle-distance runner

    77 years old

    January 6 · 1949

    Source: World Athletics database

  142. Otto von Gierke

    philosopher, historian

    1841–1921 · aged 80

    January 11 · 1841

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  143. Sachiko Kojima

    child actor, actor

    47 years old

    January 18 · 1979

    No external source identified

  144. Dipsy Selolwane

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 27 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  145. Roberto Citran

    stage actor, television actor

    71 years old

    January 26 · 1955

    Source: IMDb

  146. Franck Riester

    politician

    52 years old

    January 3 · 1974

    Source: data.gouv.fr

  147. Casey FitzRandolph*

    speed skater

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1974

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  148. Muriel Baumeister

    film actor, actor

    54 years old

    January 24 · 1972

    Source: filmportal.de

  149. Ebru Ceylan

    film director, photographer

    50 years old

    January 26 · 1976

    No external source identified

  150. Uday Prakash

    translator, writer

    74 years old

    January 1 · 1952

    No external source identified

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