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

  1. Ryang Yong-gi

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 7 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  2. Mona Malm

    actor

    1935–2021 · aged 85

    January 24 · 1935

    Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000

  3. Bozhidar Andreev

    weightlifter

    29 years old

    January 17 · 1997

    No external source identified

  4. Marko Bijač

    swimmer, water polo player

    35 years old

    January 12 · 1991

    No external source identified

  5. William Pleeth

    music educator, cellist

    1916–1999 · aged 83

    January 12 · 1916

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  6. Leonardo Pisculichi

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 18 · 1984

    Source: FBref

  7. Wang Liuyi

    swimmer, synchronized swimmer

    29 years old

    January 16 · 1997

    No external source identified

  8. Valiko Jugheli

    politician

    1887–1924 · aged 37

    January 1 · 1887

    No external source identified

  9. William English

    engineer, computer engineer

    1929–2020 · aged 91

    January 27 · 1929

    Source: The New York Times

  10. Jayne Ludlow

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 7 · 1979

    Source: Soccerdonna

  11. Cihan Çanak

    association football player

    21 years old

    January 24 · 2005

    Source: nl.soccerway.com

  12. Lyes Houri

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 19 · 1996

    Source: As

  13. Maurice Jaubert

    lawyer, musician

    1900–1940 · aged 40

    January 3 · 1900

    Source: filmportal.de

  14. Marta Traba*

    literary critic, art historian

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1930

    Source: Third World Women's Literatures

  15. Mansaku Itami

    screenwriter, illustrator

    1900–1946 · aged 46

    January 2 · 1900

    No external source identified

  16. Jan Burgers

    university teacher, physicist

    1895–1981 · aged 86

    January 13 · 1895

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  17. Jorge Otero

    association football player, association football coach

    57 years old

    January 28 · 1969

    No external source identified

  18. David George Kendall

    mathematician, statistician

    1918–2007 · aged 89

    January 15 · 1918

    Source: Scientific Legacy Database

  19. Mario Rodríguez Cobos

    philosopher, writer

    1938–2010 · aged 72

    January 6 · 1938

    Source: SNAC

  20. Volodymyr Horbulin

    engineer, politician

    87 years old

    January 17 · 1939

    No external source identified

  21. John Sullivan

    real estate agent, politician

    61 years old

    January 1 · 1965

    No external source identified

  22. Igor Ivanov

    chess player, pianist

    1947–2005 · aged 58

    January 8 · 1947

    No external source identified

  23. Alois Negrelli

    engineer, architect

    1799–1858 · aged 59

    January 23 · 1799

    Source: Structurae

  24. Mike McLeod

    long-distance runner

    74 years old

    January 25 · 1952

    Source: World Athletics database

  25. Reinhold Lopatka

    politician

    66 years old

    January 27 · 1960

    No external source identified

  26. Li Ming

    association football coach, association football player

    55 years old

    January 26 · 1971

    Source: Transfermarkt

  27. Fátima Pinto

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 16 · 1996

    Source: Soccerdonna

  28. Marcus Vinicius D'Almeida

    archer

    28 years old

    January 30 · 1998

    Source: olympedia.org

  29. Winrich Behr

    official, military officer

    1918–2011 · aged 93

    January 22 · 1918

    Source: IMDb

  30. Colin Munro MacLeod

    university teacher, geneticist

    1909–1972 · aged 63

    January 28 · 1909

    Source: MacLeod, Colin Munro (28 January 1909–11 or 12 Feb. 1972), medical scientist

  31. Lu Ning

    snooker player

    32 years old

    January 1 · 1994

    Source: tntsports.co.uk

  32. Anvita Abbi

    docent, linguist

    77 years old

    January 9 · 1949

    No external source identified

  33. Alan Benítez

    association football player, association football coach

    32 years old

    January 25 · 1994

    Source: As

  34. Jean-Louis Koszul

    mathematician

    1921–2018 · aged 97

    January 3 · 1921

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  35. Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet

    polo player, aircraft pilot

    1867–1934 · aged 67

    January 17 · 1867

    Source: Roglo

  36. Vyacheslav Zudov

    astronaut, aircraft pilot

    1942–2024 · aged 82

    January 8 · 1942

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  37. Christopher Clarke

    athletics competitor

    36 years old

    January 25 · 1990

    Source: World Athletics database

  38. Jesse Hibbs

    American football player, director

    1906–1985 · aged 79

    January 11 · 1906

    Source: BnF authorities

  39. Joe Albany

    jazz musician, musician

    1924–1988 · aged 63

    January 24 · 1924

    Source: BnF authorities

  40. Steven Squyres

    astronomer, university teacher

    69 years old

    January 9 · 1957

    No external source identified

  41. Charles Webster Hawthorne

    painter, artist

    1872–1930 · aged 58

    January 8 · 1872

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  42. Samuel Schmid

    politician

    79 years old

    January 8 · 1947

    Source: admin.ch

  43. Dhimitër Anagnosti

    politician, screenwriter

    1936–2025 · aged 89

    January 23 · 1936

    No external source identified

  44. María Ellingsen

    actor, film actor

    62 years old

    January 22 · 1964

    Source: IMDb

  45. Cho-liang Lin

    violinist, musician

    66 years old

    January 29 · 1960

    Source: SNAC

  46. Tommie Hoban

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 24 · 1994

    Source: As

  47. Jan Wayne

    singer, disc jockey

    52 years old

    January 11 · 1974

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  48. Rick Sanders

    amateur wrestler

    1945–1972 · aged 27

    January 20 · 1945

    No external source identified

  49. Ryszard Szurkowski

    athlete, sport cyclist

    1946–2021 · aged 75

    January 12 · 1946

    Source: filmportal.de

  50. Adolf Seger

    mail carrier, amateur wrestler

    1945–2026 · aged 81

    January 2 · 1945

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  51. José de Gálvez

    lawyer, politician

    1720–1787 · aged 67

    January 2 · 1720

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  52. Koloman Gögh

    association football coach, association football player

    1948–1995 · aged 47

    January 7 · 1948

    Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno

  53. Rudolf Lehmann

    soldier, military personnel

    1914–1983 · aged 69

    January 30 · 1914

    Source: SNAC

  54. Jean Ranc

    painter

    1674–1735 · aged 61

    January 28 · 1674

    Source: BnF authorities

  55. Michael Jakobsen

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 2 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  56. Jalal Huseynov

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 2 · 2003

    No external source identified

  57. Yılmaz Vural

    association football player, association football coach

    73 years old

    January 1 · 1953

    No external source identified

  58. Grigory Gurkin

    visual artist, painter

    1870–1937 · aged 67

    January 12 · 1870

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  59. Hubert Latham

    military personnel, aircraft pilot

    1883–1912 · aged 29

    January 10 · 1883

    Source: Roglo

  60. Olga Kaniskina

    athletics competitor, racewalker

    41 years old

    January 19 · 1985

    Source: World Athletics database

  61. Frank Stokes

    musician, guitarist

    1888–1955 · aged 67

    January 1 · 1888

    Source: BnF authorities

  62. Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1951–2026 · aged 75

    January 23 · 1951

    No external source identified

  63. Christina Chanée

    composer, singer

    47 years old

    January 6 · 1979

    Source: Discogs

  64. Sergey Prikhodko

    diplomat, politician

    1957–2021 · aged 64

    January 12 · 1957

    No external source identified

  65. Roberto García Parrondo

    handball coach

    46 years old

    January 12 · 1980

    No external source identified

  66. Thomas Weld

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    1773–1837 · aged 64

    January 22 · 1773

    Source: Find a Grave

  67. Wiktor Zborowski

    audiobook narrator, actor

    75 years old

    January 10 · 1951

    Source: BnF authorities

  68. Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet*

    politician, soldier

    Date disputed

    January 7 · 1865

    Source: The Peerage

  69. Hanns Sachs

    psychologist, psychoanalyst

    1881–1947 · aged 66

    January 10 · 1881

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  70. Candice Daly*

    actor, television actor

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1963

    No external source identified

  71. Mykhailo Semenko

    writer, poet

    1893–1937 · aged 44

    January 12 · 1893

    No external source identified

  72. Alain Colmerauer

    university teacher, computer scientist

    1941–2017 · aged 76

    January 24 · 1941

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  73. Milovan Glišić

    linguist, literary historian

    1847–1908 · aged 61

    January 19 · 1847

    No external source identified

  74. Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja*

    professor, mathematician

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1803

    Source: La France savante

  75. Roland Alphonso

    saxophonist

    1931–1998 · aged 67

    January 12 · 1931

    No external source identified

  76. Cássia Kis

    actor, television actor

    68 years old

    January 6 · 1958

    Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural

  77. Bob Feerick

    basketball coach, basketball player

    1920–1976 · aged 56

    January 2 · 1920

    No external source identified

  78. Eugen Alexander Franz, 1st Prince of Thurn and Taxis

    postmaster

    1652–1714 · aged 62

    January 11 · 1652

    No external source identified

  79. Rasim Öztekin

    screenwriter, stage actor

    1959–2021 · aged 62

    January 14 · 1959

    No external source identified

  80. Malina Joshi

    model, beauty pageant contestant

    38 years old

    January 27 · 1988

    No external source identified

  81. Ireti Osayemi

    film producer, actor

    44 years old

    January 14 · 1982

    Source: arealnews.com

  82. Lee Naylor

    athletics competitor

    55 years old

    January 26 · 1971

    Source: Athletics Australia

  83. Joseph Lebeau

    journalist, lawyer

    1794–1865 · aged 71

    January 3 · 1794

    Source: Dictionnaire des Wallons

  84. James Bell

    basketball player

    34 years old

    January 7 · 1992

    Source: villanova.com

  85. Valeriy Didyula

    manufacturer, film producer

    56 years old

    January 24 · 1970

    No external source identified

  86. Pierriá Henry

    basketball player

    33 years old

    January 20 · 1993

    Source: TBLStat.net

  87. Rutland Boughton

    conductor, composer

    1878–1960 · aged 82

    January 23 · 1878

    Source: SNAC

  88. Erik Chisholm

    composer, musicologist

    1904–1965 · aged 61

    January 4 · 1904

    Source: BnF authorities

  89. Viktor Pasulko

    association football coach, association football player

    65 years old

    January 1 · 1961

    Source: Transfermarkt

  90. Gertrude Mary Cox

    statistician, mathematician

    1906–1978 · aged 72

    January 13 · 1906

    Source: Scientific Legacy Database

  91. Wolfgang Loitzl

    ski jumper

    46 years old

    January 13 · 1980

    No external source identified

  92. René Carmille

    French resistance fighter, military personnel

    1886–1945 · aged 59

    January 8 · 1886

    Source: Léonore database

  93. Gavin Edwards

    basketball player

    38 years old

    January 15 · 1988

    Source: FIBA database

  94. Václav Němeček

    association football player

    59 years old

    January 25 · 1967

    Source: FBref

  95. Alexander Stroganov

    politician

    1796–1891 · aged 95

    January 11 · 1796

    No external source identified

  96. Mehdi Ben Slimane

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 1 · 1974

    Source: Transfermarkt

  97. Reinhold Münzenberg

    athlete, architect

    1909–1986 · aged 77

    January 25 · 1909

    Source: Discogs

  98. Şayan Kadın

    aristocrat

    1853–1945 · aged 92

    January 4 · 1853

    No external source identified

  99. Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider

    entomologist, herpetologist

    1750–1822 · aged 71

    January 18 · 1750

    Source: BnF authorities

  100. Archduchess Mechthildis of Austria

    aristocrat

    1891–1966 · aged 75

    January 2 · 1891

    No external source identified

  101. Ernst Wigforss

    finance minister, linguist

    1881–1977 · aged 95

    January 24 · 1881

    Source: Sveriges dödbok

  102. Nora Brockstedt

    jazz musician, recording artist

    1923–2015 · aged 92

    January 20 · 1923

    Source: Sigarett Stomp – Jazz i Norge 1940-1950

  103. Tang Xijing

    artistic gymnast

    23 years old

    January 3 · 2003

    No external source identified

  104. Daniel Huber

    ski jumper

    33 years old

    January 2 · 1993

    Source: Salzburgwiki

  105. Ladislav Vízek*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1955

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  106. Uri Maklev

    politician, rabbi

    69 years old

    January 10 · 1957

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  107. Gérard Hernandez

    television actor, dub actor

    93 years old

    January 20 · 1933

    Source: Discogs

  108. Bernard Williams

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    48 years old

    January 19 · 1978

    Source: World Athletics database

  109. Ted King

    sport cyclist

    43 years old

    January 31 · 1983

    No external source identified

  110. Wolfgang de Beer

    association football player, association football coach

    1964–2024 · aged 60

    January 2 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  111. Remigijus Šimašius

    politician, university teacher

    52 years old

    January 12 · 1974

    No external source identified

  112. Michaël Guigou

    handball player

    44 years old

    January 28 · 1982

    No external source identified

  113. Charley Rogers

    director, screenwriter

    1887–1956 · aged 69

    January 15 · 1887

    Source: BnF authorities

  114. Maame Biney

    short-track speed skater

    26 years old

    January 28 · 2000

    No external source identified

  115. Giuseppe Abbati

    painter, garibaldino

    1836–1868

    January 13 · 1836

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  116. Uto Ughi

    conductor

    82 years old

    January 21 · 1944

    No external source identified

  117. Josef Fischer

    athlete, sport cyclist

    1865–1953 · aged 88

    January 20 · 1865

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  118. Benedict Wallet Vilakazi

    linguist, poet

    1906–1947 · aged 41

    January 6 · 1906

    Source: BnF authorities

  119. Oskar Luts

    humorist, screenwriter

    1887–1953 · aged 66

    January 7 · 1887

    Source: BnF authorities

  120. Ikusaburō Yamazaki

    television actor, actor

    40 years old

    January 18 · 1986

    No external source identified

  121. Regina Bianchi

    stage actor, film actor

    1921–2013 · aged 92

    January 1 · 1921

    Source: BnF authorities

  122. Sébastien Lifshitz

    documentarian, director

    58 years old

    January 22 · 1968

    Source: vodkaster.telerama.fr

  123. Margaret Yorke

    librarian, writer

    1924–2012 · aged 88

    January 30 · 1924

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  124. Yelena Hahn

    writer, novelist

    1814–1843 · aged 29

    January 24 · 1814

    Source: parish register

  125. Tobias Pachonik

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 4 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  126. Alfred A. Tomatis

    otolaryngologist, physician

    1920–2001 · aged 81

    January 1 · 1920

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  127. Brett Aitken

    track cyclist, sport cyclist

    55 years old

    January 25 · 1971

    No external source identified

  128. Attila Molnár

    sprinter

    24 years old

    January 17 · 2002

    No external source identified

  129. Paul Mukairu

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 18 · 2000

    Source: FBref

  130. Princess Elisabeth, Princess Consort of Liechtenstein

    1875–1947 · aged 72

    January 6 · 1875

    No external source identified

  131. Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen

    athletics competitor, cross-country skier

    39 years old

    January 22 · 1987

    Source: International Ski and Snowboard Federation database

  132. Tevita Momoedonu

    politician, diplomat

    1946–2020 · aged 74

    January 13 · 1946

    No external source identified

  133. Randolfo Pacciardi

    resistance fighter, politician

    1899–1991 · aged 92

    January 1 · 1899

    Source: BnF authorities

  134. Karlo Štajner

    writer, opinion journalist

    1902–1992 · aged 90

    January 15 · 1902

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  135. Azadeh Samadi

    stage actor, television actor

    47 years old

    January 7 · 1979

    Source: IMDb

  136. Wolfgang Feiersinger

    association football coach, association football player

    61 years old

    January 30 · 1965

    Source: Transfermarkt

  137. Chérif Touré Mamam

    association football player

    48 years old

    January 13 · 1978

    Source: rediff.com

  138. Ford Konno

    swimmer

    93 years old

    January 1 · 1933

    Source: Oldest Living Olympians

  139. Miki Narahashi

    seiyū

    66 years old

    January 25 · 1960

    Source: IMDb

  140. Horațiu Rădulescu

    musician, conductor

    1942–2008 · aged 66

    January 7 · 1942

    Source: Musicalics

  141. Thijs Libregts

    association football coach, association football player

    85 years old

    January 4 · 1941

    Source: Transfermarkt

  142. Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis*

    entrepreneur

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1733

    Source: Thurn-Taxis, Karl Anselm (BLKÖ)

  143. Indulis Emsis

    head of government, politician

    74 years old

    January 2 · 1952

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  144. Tom Farrell

    middle-distance runner

    82 years old

    January 18 · 1944

    No external source identified

  145. Tio Ellinas

    racing automobile driver

    34 years old

    January 27 · 1992

    No external source identified

  146. Veikko Hakulinen

    orienteer, cross-country skier

    1925–2003 · aged 78

    January 4 · 1925

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  147. İsmail Nezir

    athletics competitor

    23 years old

    January 22 · 2003

    No external source identified

  148. Georges Pichard

    illustrator, comics artist

    1920–2003

    January 7 · 1920

    Source: National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies

  149. Petr Eben

    organist, composer

    1929–2007 · aged 78

    January 22 · 1929

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  150. Lidiya Ivanova

    artistic gymnast

    89 years old

    January 27 · 1937

    No external source identified

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