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

  1. Steven Da Costa

    karateka

    29 years old

    January 23 · 1997

    Source: olympedia.org

  2. Francisca Josefa of Portugal

    aristocrat

    1699–1736 · aged 37

    January 30 · 1699

    No external source identified

  3. Leo Gullotta

    actor, film actor

    80 years old

    January 9 · 1946

    No external source identified

  4. Paul Robert Magocsi

    historian

    81 years old

    January 26 · 1945

    Source: rusynacademy.sk

  5. Joe Cannon

    association football coach, association football player

    51 years old

    January 1 · 1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  6. Nerilia Mondesir

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 17 · 1999

    Source: FBref

  7. Manuel Preciado Rebolledo*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1957

    No external source identified

  8. Maria Rosaria Omaggio

    actor, film director

    1954–2024 · aged 70

    January 11 · 1954

    Source: spettacolo.eu

  9. Nathaniel Coleman

    rock climber, competition climber

    29 years old

    January 1 · 1997

    Source: petzl.com

  10. Jean François Carteaux

    painter, military personnel

    1751–1813 · aged 62

    January 31 · 1751

    Source: GeneaStar

  11. Peter Stamm

    playwright, translator

    63 years old

    January 18 · 1963

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  12. Gim Yujeong

    novelist, writer

    1908–1937 · aged 29

    January 11 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  13. Elizabeth Zarubina

    spy

    1900–1987 · aged 87

    January 1 · 1900

    No external source identified

  14. Claudia Dell

    dancer, stage actor

    1910–1977 · aged 67

    January 10 · 1910

    No external source identified

  15. Alexandros Othonaios

    military personnel, politician

    1879–1970 · aged 91

    January 1 · 1879

    No external source identified

  16. Alex Fiva

    alpine skier, freestyle skier

    40 years old

    January 29 · 1986

    No external source identified

  17. Lindsey Coffey

    model

    34 years old

    January 8 · 1992

    No external source identified

  18. Owen Lovejoy

    abolitionist, politician

    1811–1864 · aged 53

    January 6 · 1811

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  19. Ado Gwanja

    film producer, singer

    36 years old

    January 22 · 1990

    No external source identified

  20. Toke Talagi

    politician, diplomat

    1951–2020 · aged 69

    January 9 · 1951

    Source: forumsec.org

  21. Mordechai Maklef

    army officer

    1920–1978 · aged 58

    January 19 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  22. Réver Humberto Alves Araújo

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 4 · 1985

    Source: As

  23. Denys Boyko

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 29 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  24. Stepan Tarabalka

    airman, military personnel

    1993–2022 · aged 29

    January 9 · 1993

    Source: Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia

  25. Jack Beresford

    rower

    1899–1977 · aged 78

    January 1 · 1899

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  26. Nikolai Borschevsky

    ice hockey player, ice hockey coach

    61 years old

    January 12 · 1965

    No external source identified

  27. Lev Petrovich Pitaevskii

    theoretical physicist, physicist

    1933–2022 · aged 89

    January 18 · 1933

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  28. Geraldine L. Richmond

    science writer, university teacher

    73 years old

    January 17 · 1953

    Source: web.archive.org

  29. João Ubaldo Ribeiro

    literary scholar, writer

    1941–2014 · aged 73

    January 23 · 1941

    Source: Babelio

  30. Rommel Fernández

    association football player

    1966–1993 · aged 27

    January 15 · 1966

    Source: FBref

  31. Dariush Shayegan

    theorist, iranologist

    1935–2018 · aged 83

    January 24 · 1935

    No external source identified

  32. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly

    politician, minister

    1943–2019 · aged 76

    January 1 · 1943

    No external source identified

  33. Jean Vuarnet

    writer, alpine skier

    1933–2017 · aged 83

    January 18 · 1933

    Source: BnF authorities

  34. William Buford

    basketball player

    36 years old

    January 10 · 1990

    Source: FIBA database

  35. Erkan Can*

    actor

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1958

    Source: IMDb

  36. Mike York

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    48 years old

    January 3 · 1978

    No external source identified

  37. Caspar Friedrich Wolff

    biologist, physician

    1734–1794 · aged 60

    January 18 · 1734

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

  38. Gypsy Abbott

    stage actor

    1896–1952 · aged 56

    January 31 · 1896

    Source: Find a Grave

  39. Faletes

    singer

    48 years old

    January 26 · 1978

    No external source identified

  40. Alen Peternac

    association football player, association football coach

    54 years old

    January 16 · 1972

    Source: Transfermarkt

  41. Brian Bilbray

    lobbyist, tax advisor

    75 years old

    January 28 · 1951

    No external source identified

  42. Hande Kader cinayeti

    LGBTQ rights activist, sex worker

    1993–2016 · aged 23

    January 5 · 1993

    No external source identified

  43. Raymond Griffith

    screenwriter, actor

    1895–1957 · aged 62

    January 23 · 1895

    Source: Find a Grave

  44. Mélanie Bernier

    actor, film actor

    41 years old

    January 5 · 1985

    Source: IMDb

  45. Steve Bennett

    association football referee

    65 years old

    January 17 · 1961

    No external source identified

  46. Selina Egle

    luger

    23 years old

    January 15 · 2003

    Source: lausanne2020.sport

  47. Clärenore Stinnes

    screenwriter, film director

    1901–1990 · aged 89

    January 21 · 1901

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  48. Milan Škoda

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 16 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  49. Joshua Perez

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 21 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  50. Assar Lindbeck

    university teacher, economist

    1930–2020 · aged 90

    January 26 · 1930

    No external source identified

  51. Pepón Nieto

    television actor, actor

    59 years old

    January 20 · 1967

    Source: IMDb

  52. Wu Yu

    boxer

    31 years old

    January 13 · 1995

    No external source identified

  53. Heinrich Matthes

    nurse, politician

    1902–1978 · aged 76

    January 11 · 1902

    No external source identified

  54. John Serry Sr.

    music arranger, teacher

    1915–2003 · aged 88

    January 29 · 1915

    No external source identified

  55. Giuseppe Martucci

    conductor, pianist

    1856–1909 · aged 53

    January 6 · 1856

    Source: BnF authorities

  56. Matthew Wilson

    racing automobile driver, rally driver

    39 years old

    January 29 · 1987

    No external source identified

  57. Ibn al-Banna' al-Marrakushi

    mathematician, astronomer

    1257–1321 · aged 64

    January 5 · 1257

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  58. Larry Smith

    basketball coach, basketball player

    68 years old

    January 18 · 1958

    Source: FIBA database

  59. Vladimir Šeks

    jurist, lawyer

    83 years old

    January 1 · 1943

    No external source identified

  60. Naguib el-Rihani

    theatre manager, writer

    1889–1949 · aged 60

    January 21 · 1889

    No external source identified

  61. Irene Parlby

    politician, suffragette

    1868–1965 · aged 97

    January 9 · 1868

    Source: FemBio database

  62. Lepi Mića

    songwriter, singer

    67 years old

    January 1 · 1959

    No external source identified

  63. Veronika Stepanova

    cross-country skier

    25 years old

    January 4 · 2001

    Source: infosport.ru

  64. Martin Galway

    composer

    60 years old

    January 3 · 1966

    Source: Discogs

  65. Mikhail Elizarov

    writer, man of letters

    53 years old

    January 28 · 1973

    Source: Babelio

  66. Edyta Bartosiewicz

    recording artist, singer-songwriter

    61 years old

    January 11 · 1965

    Source: Discogs

  67. Claude Criquielion

    sport cyclist

    1957–2015 · aged 58

    January 11 · 1957

    Source: Dictionnaire des Wallons

  68. Stanisław Mazur

    mathematician

    1905–1981 · aged 76

    January 1 · 1905

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  69. Jane Novak

    actor, film actor

    1896–1990

    January 12 · 1896

    Source: filmportal.de

  70. Jimmy Quillen

    journalist, business executive

    1916–2003 · aged 87

    January 11 · 1916

    Source: SNAC

  71. Magomed Tolboyev

    astronaut, politician

    75 years old

    January 20 · 1951

    No external source identified

  72. Marjorie Gateson

    stage actor, television actor

    1891–1977 · aged 86

    January 17 · 1891

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  73. Ivan Tomić

    association football coach, association football player

    50 years old

    January 5 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  74. Marla Runyan

    marathon runner, sport cyclist

    57 years old

    January 4 · 1969

    Source: World Athletics database

  75. Dirk Mudge

    farmer, politician

    1928–2020 · aged 92

    January 16 · 1928

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  76. David Torrence

    stage actor, actor

    1864–1951 · aged 87

    January 17 · 1864

    Source: Find a Grave

  77. Monika Kuszyńska

    composer, singer

    46 years old

    January 14 · 1980

    Source: Discogs

  78. Matthias Pintscher

    composer, conductor

    55 years old

    January 29 · 1971

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  79. Jaydon Hibbert

    athletics competitor

    21 years old

    January 17 · 2005

    No external source identified

  80. Thomas Sommer Arnoldsen

    handball player

    24 years old

    January 11 · 2002

    Source: res.ehf.eu

  81. Efraín Alegre

    lawyer, politician

    63 years old

    January 18 · 1963

    Source: ultimahora.com

  82. Mohammad Ali Najafi

    mathematician, politician

    74 years old

    January 13 · 1952

    No external source identified

  83. Joël Abu Hanna

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 22 · 1998

    Source: As

  84. Oskar Minkowski

    university teacher, astronomer

    1858–1931 · aged 73

    January 13 · 1858

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  85. René Binder

    racing automobile driver

    34 years old

    January 1 · 1992

    No external source identified

  86. Bengt Gustavsson

    association football player, association football coach

    1928–2017 · aged 89

    January 13 · 1928

    Source: SOK database

  87. Kees van Wonderen

    association football player, association football coach

    57 years old

    January 4 · 1969

    Source: Transfermarkt

  88. Wilson Lumpkin

    jurist, politician

    1783–1870 · aged 87

    January 14 · 1783

    Source: SNAC

  89. François-Joseph Talma

    writer, dentist

    1763–1826 · aged 63

    January 15 · 1763

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  90. Yevhen Rudakov

    association football coach, association football player

    1942–2011 · aged 69

    January 2 · 1942

    No external source identified

  91. Matt Simon

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 22 · 1986

    Source: FBref

  92. Yōhei Sasakawa

    philanthropist, entrepreneur

    87 years old

    January 8 · 1939

    No external source identified

  93. Allauddin Siddiqui*

    scholar

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1936

    No external source identified

  94. Jules Supervielle

    poet, writer

    1884–1960 · aged 76

    January 16 · 1884

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  95. Túlio de Melo

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 31 · 1985

    No external source identified

  96. Lee Jae-Dong

    professional gamer

    36 years old

    January 9 · 1990

    No external source identified

  97. Felice Romani

    poet, librettist

    1788–1865 · aged 76

    January 31 · 1788

    Source: Find a Grave

  98. Philippe Vercruysse

    association football player

    64 years old

    January 28 · 1962

    Source: Transfermarkt

  99. Elke Clijsters

    tennis player

    41 years old

    January 18 · 1985

    Source: WTA website

  100. Thomas Burke

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    1875–1929 · aged 54

    January 15 · 1875

    No external source identified

  101. Renato Zaccarelli

    association football player, association football coach

    75 years old

    January 18 · 1951

    Source: Transfermarkt

  102. John Palmer Usher*

    lawyer

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1816

    Source: SNAC

  103. Halit Akçatepe

    actor, television actor

    1938–2017 · aged 79

    January 1 · 1938

    No external source identified

  104. João Miguel Serrano Leonelli

    actor, screenwriter

    56 years old

    January 1 · 1970

    Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural

  105. Dylan Armstrong

    athletics competitor

    45 years old

    January 15 · 1981

    Source: World Athletics database

  106. Miroslav Stević

    association football player

    56 years old

    January 7 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  107. Martin Harlinghausen

    aircraft pilot, lieutenant general

    1902–1986 · aged 84

    January 17 · 1902

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  108. Michael Zigomanis

    ice hockey player

    45 years old

    January 17 · 1981

    No external source identified

  109. Mohammed Tchité

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 31 · 1984

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  110. Deniz Türüç

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 29 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  111. Liz Akama

    skateboarder

    17 years old

    January 8 · 2009

    Source: nhk.jp

  112. Vincenza Maria Poloni

    Christian nun, nun

    1802–1855 · aged 53

    January 26 · 1802

    Source: GCatholic.org

  113. Teitur Lassen

    singer, composer

    49 years old

    January 4 · 1977

    Source: Discogs

  114. Seiji Kishi

    director, film director

    57 years old

    January 28 · 1969

    No external source identified

  115. Darya Astakhova

    tennis player

    24 years old

    January 26 · 2002

    No external source identified

  116. Marta García

    athletics competitor

    28 years old

    January 1 · 1998

    Source: World Athletics database

  117. C. W. Ceram

    literary editor, literary critic

    1915–1972 · aged 57

    January 20 · 1915

    Source: BnF authorities

  118. Ross Murdoch

    swimmer

    32 years old

    January 14 · 1994

    Source: swimswam.com

  119. Grigor Parlichev

    writer, copyist

    1830–1893 · aged 63

    January 18 · 1830

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  120. Ebele Okaro

    actor

    62 years old

    January 19 · 1964

    No external source identified

  121. Tobias Slotsager

    association football player

    20 years old

    January 1 · 2006

    No external source identified

  122. Ben Eager

    ice hockey player

    42 years old

    January 22 · 1984

    No external source identified

  123. Sinem Öztürk

    actor

    41 years old

    January 9 · 1985

    No external source identified

  124. Arminas Narbekovas

    association football coach, association football player

    61 years old

    January 28 · 1965

    Source: Transfermarkt

  125. Fabio Rovazzi

    television presenter, YouTuber

    32 years old

    January 18 · 1994

    No external source identified

  126. Li Chan-myung

    association football player

    79 years old

    January 2 · 1947

    Source: Transfermarkt

  127. John Boydell*

    etcher, painter

    Date disputed

    January 19 · 1719

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  128. Murphy J. Foster

    governor, entrepreneur

    1849–1921

    January 12 · 1849

    Source: SNAC

  129. Romário Baró

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 25 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Charles Jenkins Sr.

    athletics competitor

    92 years old

    January 7 · 1934

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  131. James Croll

    climatologist, scientist

    1821–1890 · aged 69

    January 2 · 1821

    Source: SNAC

  132. Dwayne Norris

    ice hockey player

    56 years old

    January 8 · 1970

    No external source identified

  133. Kurt Biedenkopf

    politician, university teacher

    1930–2021 · aged 91

    January 28 · 1930

    Source: Find a Grave

  134. Johanna Westerdijk

    botanist, mycologist

    1883–1961 · aged 78

    January 4 · 1883

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  135. Ivan Golunov

    investigative journalist, correspondent

    43 years old

    January 19 · 1983

    No external source identified

  136. Freya Gregory

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 12 · 2003

    No external source identified

  137. Marek Halter

    television director, screenwriter

    90 years old

    January 27 · 1936

    Source: RKDartists

  138. Yevgeni Bauer

    screenwriter, scenographer

    1865–1917 · aged 52

    January 22 · 1865

    Source: Find a Grave

  139. Alfred Eckhard Zimmern

    political scientist, historian

    1879–1957 · aged 78

    January 26 · 1879

    Source: SNAC

  140. Alexandru Marghiloman

    lawyer, politician

    1854–1925 · aged 71

    January 27 · 1854

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  141. Siegfried Hausner

    1952–1975 · aged 23

    January 24 · 1952

    No external source identified

  142. Erwin Blumenfeld

    fashion photographer, photographer

    1897–1969 · aged 72

    January 26 · 1897

    Source: Discogs

  143. Ondřej Hotárek

    coach, figure skater

    42 years old

    January 25 · 1984

    No external source identified

  144. Ali Habib Mahmud

    military personnel, politician

    1939–2020 · aged 81

    January 1 · 1939

    No external source identified

  145. Juan Manuel Peña

    association football player

    53 years old

    January 17 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  146. Laia Marull

    stage actor, film actor

    53 years old

    January 4 · 1973

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  147. Isaac Delahaye

    guitarist

    44 years old

    January 9 · 1982

    No external source identified

  148. Ion Dumitru

    association football player, association football coach

    76 years old

    January 2 · 1950

    Source: Transfermarkt

  149. James Fergusson

    architect, architectural historian

    1808–1886 · aged 77

    January 22 · 1808

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  150. Sergey Gusev

    revolutionary, military personnel

    1874–1933 · aged 59

    January 1 · 1874

    No external source identified

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