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

  1. Otto Herschmann

    fencer, swimmer

    1877–1942 · aged 65

    January 4 · 1877

    No external source identified

  2. Joseph of Leonessa

    missionary, preacher

    1556–1612 · aged 56

    January 8 · 1556

    Source: GCatholic.org

  3. Matéo Maximoff

    writer

    1917–1999 · aged 82

    January 17 · 1917

    Source: BnF authorities

  4. Sabin Merino

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 4 · 1992

    Source: As

  5. Carmelo Algarañaz

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 27 · 1996

    Source: FBref

  6. Zhanar Dugalova

    actor, songwriter

    39 years old

    January 17 · 1987

    No external source identified

  7. Rockwell Blake

    opera singer

    75 years old

    January 10 · 1951

    Source: Discogs

  8. Sergei Melgunov

    historian, politician

    1880–1956 · aged 76

    January 6 · 1880

    No external source identified

  9. Augustus C. Dodge

    diplomat, politician

    1812–1883 · aged 71

    January 2 · 1812

    Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa

  10. Khalil al-Sakakini

    teacher, pedagogue

    1878–1953 · aged 75

    January 23 · 1878

    Source: jadaliyya.com

  11. Kim Yu-song*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 24 · 1994

    No external source identified

  12. Kazuya Kato

    mathematician, university teacher

    74 years old

    January 17 · 1952

    Source: asiapacific-mathnews.com

  13. Kiril Milov

    amateur wrestler

    29 years old

    January 27 · 1997

    Source: olympedia.org

  14. Karen Holmgaard

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 28 · 1999

    Source: FBref

  15. Paweł Bochniewicz

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 30 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  16. Hüseyin Özkan

    judoka

    54 years old

    January 20 · 1972

    No external source identified

  17. Carlos Ponck

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 13 · 1995

    Source: FBref

  18. Fernando Cornejo

    association football coach, association football player

    1969–2009 · aged 39

    January 28 · 1969

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  19. Jean Nicolas Houchard*

    Commander, military personnel

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1738

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  20. Jet Bussemaker

    political scientist, university teacher

    65 years old

    January 15 · 1961

    Source: Parlement.com

  21. Anderson Daronco

    association football referee, physical education teacher

    45 years old

    January 5 · 1981

    No external source identified

  22. Irvine Lenroot

    politician, lawyer

    1869–1949 · aged 79

    January 31 · 1869

    Source: Find a Grave

  23. Ahn Jae-Hyung

    table tennis player

    61 years old

    January 8 · 1965

    No external source identified

  24. Devon Van Oostrum

    basketball player

    33 years old

    January 24 · 1993

    Source: ACB.com

  25. Pietro Torrisi

    stunt performer, actor

    86 years old

    January 20 · 1940

    Source: ssl.ofdb.de

  26. Gianfranco Contini

    translator, romanist

    1912–1990 · aged 78

    January 4 · 1912

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  27. Oleksandr Tkachenko

    media manager, manufacturer

    60 years old

    January 22 · 1966

    No external source identified

  28. Joseph Fiorenza

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1931–2022 · aged 91

    January 25 · 1931

    No external source identified

  29. Murilo de Almeida

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 21 · 1989

    Source: FBref

  30. Václav Marhoul

    director, actor

    66 years old

    January 30 · 1960

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  31. Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof

    civil engineer, Esperantist

    1925–2019 · aged 94

    January 23 · 1925

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  32. Walley Barnes

    sports commentator, association football coach

    1920–1975 · aged 55

    January 16 · 1920

    No external source identified

  33. Antonio Marin

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 9 · 2001

    Source: Transfermarkt

  34. Aureliano Chaves

    politician, engineer

    1929–2003 · aged 74

    January 13 · 1929

    No external source identified

  35. Danuta Kozák

    kayaker

    39 years old

    January 11 · 1987

    Source: bbc.co.uk

  36. Slobodan Nikić

    water polo player, water polo coach

    43 years old

    January 25 · 1983

    No external source identified

  37. Karim Guédé

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 7 · 1985

    Source: As

  38. Ernest Malinowski

    engineer

    1818–1899 · aged 81

    January 5 · 1818

    Source: Prabook

  39. Tess Olofsson

    association football referee, association football assistant referee

    38 years old

    January 24 · 1988

    Source: nyheter24.se

  40. Sayan Sanya

    actor, singer

    1953–2013 · aged 60

    January 31 · 1953

    Source: pantheon.world

  41. Édouard Vaillant

    communard, writer

    1840–1915 · aged 75

    January 29 · 1840

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  42. Fernando Romboli

    tennis player

    37 years old

    January 4 · 1989

    No external source identified

  43. Germaine Mason

    athletics competitor

    1983–2017 · aged 34

    January 20 · 1983

    Source: World Athletics database

  44. Diego Arismendi

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 25 · 1988

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  45. Edna Wallace Hopper*

    stage actor, Ziegfeld girl

    Date disputed

    January 17 · 1872

    No external source identified

  46. Álvaro Santos Pereira

    economist, politician

    54 years old

    January 7 · 1972

    No external source identified

  47. Rafael Núñez

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 25 · 2002

    Source: olympics.com

  48. Indy Boonen

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 4 · 1999

    Source: FBref

  49. Balthasar van der Pol

    physicist, university teacher

    1889–1959 · aged 70

    January 27 · 1889

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  50. Mattias Norström

    ice hockey player

    54 years old

    January 2 · 1972

    No external source identified

  51. Alexander Karpinsky

    professor, mining engineer

    1847–1936 · aged 89

    January 7 · 1847

    Source: ras.ru

  52. Vilmos Huszár

    stained-glass artist, industrial designer

    1884–1960 · aged 76

    January 5 · 1884

    Source: Huszár, Vilmos

  53. Akua Kuenyehia

    university teacher, lawyer

    79 years old

    January 1 · 1947

    No external source identified

  54. Franchinus Gaffurius

    composer, music theorist

    1451–1522 · aged 71

    January 23 · 1451

    Source: SNAC

  55. Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg

    aristocrat

    1656–1686 · aged 30

    January 14 · 1656

    Source: The Peerage

  56. David Mitrany

    journalist, political scientist

    1888–1975 · aged 87

    January 1 · 1888

    Source: lex.dk

  57. Hans Sedlmayr

    art historian, university teacher

    1896–1984 · aged 88

    January 18 · 1896

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  58. David Charbonneau

    astronomer, physicist

    52 years old

    January 1 · 1974

    No external source identified

  59. Anne Heggtveit

    alpine skier

    87 years old

    January 11 · 1939

    No external source identified

  60. Tom Gorman

    tennis player, tennis coach

    80 years old

    January 19 · 1946

    No external source identified

  61. Richard Easterlin

    university teacher, economist

    1926–2024 · aged 98

    January 12 · 1926

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  62. Zoran Erceg

    basketball player

    41 years old

    January 11 · 1985

    Source: TBLStat.net

  63. Jean Coralli

    ballet master, choreographer

    1779–1854 · aged 75

    January 15 · 1779

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  64. Alex Boraine

    politician, lawyer

    1931–2018 · aged 87

    January 10 · 1931

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  65. Wolfgang Sobotka

    music teacher, teacher

    70 years old

    January 5 · 1956

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  66. Alexander Vlasov

    politician, mining engineer

    1932–2002 · aged 70

    January 20 · 1932

    No external source identified

  67. Pierre Jean Robiquet

    chemist

    1780–1840 · aged 60

    January 13 · 1780

    Source: www.academie-medecine.fr

  68. Hysni Milloshi

    politician, writer

    1946–2012 · aged 66

    January 1 · 1946

    No external source identified

  69. José Vicente de Freitas

    politician

    1869–1952 · aged 83

    January 22 · 1869

    No external source identified

  70. Baba Diawara

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 5 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  71. Mohammed Aman

    middle-distance runner, athletics competitor

    32 years old

    January 10 · 1994

    Source: World Athletics database

  72. Dezső Szentgyörgyi

    military personnel

    1915–1971 · aged 56

    January 16 · 1915

    No external source identified

  73. Elise Ottesen-Jensen

    journalist, politician

    1886–1973 · aged 87

    January 2 · 1886

    Source: Merkedager : fødselsdager, stiftelsesdatoer, begivenheter

  74. Iraj Pezeshkzad*

    diplomat, short story writer

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1927

    Source: The New York Times

  75. Freddy Meyer

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    45 years old

    January 4 · 1981

    No external source identified

  76. Jiří Hrdina

    ice hockey player

    68 years old

    January 5 · 1958

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

  77. Sophie Elkan

    novelist, writer

    1853–1921 · aged 68

    January 3 · 1853

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  78. Virgilio Fossati

    association football coach, association football player

    1891–1916 · aged 25

    January 3 · 1891

    No external source identified

  79. Darryl Monroe

    basketball player

    40 years old

    January 30 · 1986

    Source: TBLStat.net

  80. Maria Parr

    children's writer, young adult author

    45 years old

    January 18 · 1981

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  81. Kaja Grobelna

    volleyball player

    31 years old

    January 4 · 1995

    Source: VBL database

  82. Alexei Marchenko

    ice hockey player

    34 years old

    January 2 · 1992

    No external source identified

  83. Prilidiano Pueyrredón

    engineer, architect

    1823–1870 · aged 47

    January 24 · 1823

    Source: Pueyrredón, Prilidiano

  84. Neha Aggarwal

    table tennis player

    36 years old

    January 11 · 1990

    No external source identified

  85. Joseph M. Carey

    politician, lawyer

    1845–1924 · aged 79

    January 19 · 1845

    Source: SNAC

  86. Nina Proll

    screenwriter, singer

    52 years old

    January 12 · 1974

    Source: Discogs

  87. Juan Carlos Monedero

    political scientist, sociologist

    63 years old

    January 12 · 1963

    Source: BnF authorities

  88. Jan Kopecký

    rally driver

    44 years old

    January 28 · 1982

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  89. Mohamed Rahmat

    politician

    1938–2010 · aged 71

    January 4 · 1938

    No external source identified

  90. Pénélope Bagieu

    illustrator, comics writer

    44 years old

    January 22 · 1982

    Source: BnF authorities

  91. Liu Wei

    basketball player

    46 years old

    January 15 · 1980

    Source: FIBA database

  92. Alfredo Piatti

    composer, cellist

    1822–1901

    January 8 · 1822

    Source: SNAC

  93. William Hall-Jones

    politician, diplomat

    1851–1936 · aged 85

    January 16 · 1851

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  94. Nujeen Mustafa

    disability rights activist, student

    27 years old

    January 1 · 1999

    No external source identified

  95. Pedro Henrique Oliveira

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 17 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  96. Zalman Nechemia Goldberg

    rabbi

    1931–2020 · aged 89

    January 28 · 1931

    No external source identified

  97. Éliette Abécassis

    writer, philosopher

    57 years old

    January 27 · 1969

    Source: IMDb

  98. Walter Tennyson Swingle

    botanical collector, botanist

    1871–1952 · aged 81

    January 8 · 1871

    No external source identified

  99. Mohammad Nosrati*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 11 · 1982

    Source: FBref

  100. Marianne Birthler

    politician

    78 years old

    January 22 · 1948

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  101. Juan Carlos Chávez

    association football player, association football coach

    59 years old

    January 18 · 1967

    Source: Transfermarkt

  102. Jeevan Mendis

    cricketer

    43 years old

    January 15 · 1983

    No external source identified

  103. Lai-Sang Young

    university teacher, mathematician

    74 years old

    January 5 · 1952

    Source: database of academicians and public-body members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

  104. Hugh S. Legaré

    diplomat, politician

    1797–1843 · aged 46

    January 2 · 1797

    Source: SNAC

  105. Nils Silfverskiöld

    artistic gymnast, physician

    1888–1957 · aged 69

    January 3 · 1888

    Source: Roglo

  106. Hal Fowler

    poker player

    1927–2000 · aged 73

    January 12 · 1927

    No external source identified

  107. Francisco Júnior

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 18 · 1992

    Source: As

  108. Konstanty Radziwiłł

    physician, politician

    68 years old

    January 9 · 1958

    No external source identified

  109. Abbey Simon

    pianist

    1920–2019 · aged 99

    January 8 · 1920

    Source: Abbey Simon, Masterly Pianist, Dies at 99

  110. Uwe Hünemeier

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 9 · 1986

    No external source identified

  111. Walter James, 4th Baron Northbourne

    agricultural engineer, translator

    1896–1982 · aged 86

    January 18 · 1896

    Source: The Peerage

  112. Hédi Baccouche

    politician

    1930–2020 · aged 90

    January 15 · 1930

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  113. Walter Blume

    engineer, fighter pilot

    1896–1964 · aged 68

    January 10 · 1896

    Source: Find a Grave

  114. Nadezhda Udaltsova

    draftsperson, painter

    1886–1961 · aged 75

    January 10 · 1886

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  115. Sulejman Krpić

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 1 · 1991

    Source: FBref

  116. Juan Manuel Bordeu

    racing automobile driver, engineer

    1934–1990 · aged 56

    January 28 · 1934

    Source: Find a Grave

  117. Hideo Ishiguro

    actor

    37 years old

    January 10 · 1989

    Source: bgm.tv

  118. Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro

    association football player

    1989–2016 · aged 27

    January 20 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  119. Louis Béroud

    painter

    1852–1930 · aged 78

    January 17 · 1852

    Source: BnF authorities

  120. Archbishop Joan of Albania

    Eastern Orthodox priest

    70 years old

    January 1 · 1956

    No external source identified

  121. Viktor Miroshnichenko

    boxer

    1959–2025 · aged 66

    January 1 · 1959

    No external source identified

  122. Jim Nicholson

    politician

    81 years old

    January 29 · 1945

    No external source identified

  123. Adolf Urban*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1914

    Source: Find a Grave

  124. Jordan Galland

    director, actor

    46 years old

    January 2 · 1980

    No external source identified

  125. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus

    carcinologist, botanist

    1835–1899

    January 2 · 1835

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  126. Marjory Stephenson

    microbiologist, biochemist

    1885–1948 · aged 63

    January 24 · 1885

    Source: SNAC

  127. Andrés Salazar

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 15 · 2003

    No external source identified

  128. Mykhaylo Zabrodsky

    lieutenant general, military personnel

    53 years old

    January 24 · 1973

    No external source identified

  129. Valeri Sarychev

    association football player, association football coach

    66 years old

    January 12 · 1960

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Rosita Gandores

    singer, actor

    88 years old

    January 26 · 1938

    No external source identified

  131. Norberto Scoponi

    association football coach, association football player

    65 years old

    January 13 · 1961

    Source: Transfermarkt

  132. Henry Bordeaux

    lawyer, novelist

    1870–1963 · aged 93

    January 25 · 1870

    Source: Roglo

  133. Hassan Bashir

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 7 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  134. Juanma Bajo Ulloa

    film director, cinematographer

    59 years old

    January 1 · 1967

    Source: filmportal.de

  135. Mudar Badran

    politician

    1934–2023 · aged 89

    January 18 · 1934

    No external source identified

  136. Pascal Affi N'Guessan

    minister, politician

    73 years old

    January 1 · 1953

    Source: ivoirepolitique.org

  137. Yu Hung-chun

    politician

    1898–1960 · aged 62

    January 4 · 1898

    No external source identified

  138. Oliver Bleddyn

    sport cyclist

    24 years old

    January 27 · 2002

    No external source identified

  139. Gemma Gibbons

    judoka

    39 years old

    January 6 · 1987

    No external source identified

  140. Paris Pişmiş

    university teacher, astronomer

    1911–1999 · aged 88

    January 30 · 1911

    Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12

  141. Álvaro Santos

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 30 · 1980

    Source: www.fck.dk

  142. Reinhold Platz

    engineer, aerospace engineer

    1886–1966

    January 16 · 1886

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  143. Chidi Nwanu

    association football player

    59 years old

    January 1 · 1967

    Source: Transfermarkt

  144. Zhu Fangyu

    basketball player

    43 years old

    January 5 · 1983

    Source: FIBA database

  145. Marvin Albert

    writer, screenwriter

    1924–1996

    January 22 · 1924

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  146. Raimondas Rumšas

    sport cyclist

    54 years old

    January 14 · 1972

    No external source identified

  147. Alopua Petoa

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 24 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  148. Riza Lushta*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 22 · 1916

    No external source identified

  149. António Vitorino

    lawyer, jurist

    69 years old

    January 12 · 1957

    No external source identified

  150. Antonio Ortega

    military personnel

    1888–1939 · aged 51

    January 17 · 1888

    No external source identified

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