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

  1. Gonzalo Melero

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 2 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  2. David Fleay

    ornithologist

    1907–1993 · aged 86

    January 6 · 1907

    Source: SNAC

  3. Paul Léautaud

    theatre critic, poet

    1872–1956 · aged 84

    January 18 · 1872

    Source: Babelio

  4. Élodie Nakkach

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 20 · 1995

    Source: Soccerdonna

  5. Dragan Malešević Tapi

    painter, economist

    1949–2002 · aged 53

    January 22 · 1949

    Source: Records of persons of interest

  6. Friedrich Clemens Gerke

    journalist, musician

    1801–1888 · aged 87

    January 22 · 1801

    No external source identified

  7. Carmelo Gómez

    actor, film actor

    64 years old

    January 2 · 1962

    Source: Catalog of the German National Library

  8. Carlos Latre

    film actor, screenwriter

    47 years old

    January 30 · 1979

    No external source identified

  9. Sebastian Svärd

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 15 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  10. Riyu Kosaka

    actor, singer

    41 years old

    January 17 · 1985

    No external source identified

  11. Mai Jia

    writer

    62 years old

    January 5 · 1964

    No external source identified

  12. Carlos de Haes

    draftsperson, landscape painter

    1826–1898 · aged 72

    January 27 · 1826

    Source: IdRef

  13. Vilhelm Pedersen

    illustrator, naval officer

    1820–1859 · aged 39

    January 28 · 1820

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  14. Arkadiusz Jakubik

    film director, theatre director

    57 years old

    January 14 · 1969

    Source: Freebase Data Dumps

  15. Igor Ashmanov

    businessperson, programmer

    64 years old

    January 9 · 1962

    No external source identified

  16. Joe Hayes

    association football player

    1936–1999 · aged 63

    January 20 · 1936

    No external source identified

  17. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    62 years old

    January 10 · 1964

    No external source identified

  18. Daniel Colindres

    association football player, futsal player

    41 years old

    January 10 · 1985

    Source: FBref

  19. Vasiliy Grabin

    military personnel, engineer

    1900–1980 · aged 80

    January 9 · 1900

    No external source identified

  20. Sakura Hauge

    handball player

    39 years old

    January 7 · 1987

    Source: Ligue féminine de handball

  21. Anne Queffélec

    music educator, classical pianist

    78 years old

    January 17 · 1948

    Source: SNAC

  22. Johann Friedrich Agricola

    music theorist, singer

    1720–1774 · aged 54

    January 4 · 1720

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  23. Dashni Morad

    actor, singer

    40 years old

    January 1 · 1986

    No external source identified

  24. Mariette Hansson

    singer, songwriter

    43 years old

    January 23 · 1983

    Source: Sveriges befolkning 2000

  25. Anthony van den Hurk

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 9 · 1993

    Source: worldfootball.net

  26. Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur

    politician

    1724–1801 · aged 77

    January 20 · 1724

    Source: SNAC

  27. Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya

    land owner, painter

    1908–1994 · aged 86

    January 8 · 1908

    No external source identified

  28. Jumber Patiashvili*

    official, politician

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1940

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  29. José Arribas

    association football coach, association football player

    1921–1989 · aged 68

    January 16 · 1921

    No external source identified

  30. Abu-Shama al-Maqdissí*

    muhaddith, historian

    Date disputed

    January 17 · 1203

    No external source identified

  31. Metin Erksan

    journalist, film director

    1929–2012 · aged 83

    January 1 · 1929

    No external source identified

  32. Sondre Nordstad Moen

    long-distance runner, marathon runner

    35 years old

    January 12 · 1991

    Source: European Athletics database

  33. Peter de Cruz

    curler

    36 years old

    January 4 · 1990

    No external source identified

  34. Warren Hughes

    racing automobile driver

    57 years old

    January 19 · 1969

    No external source identified

  35. William Conway

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1913–1977 · aged 64

    January 22 · 1913

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  36. Geeta Chandran

    dancer

    64 years old

    January 14 · 1962

    Source: sangeetnatak.gov.in

  37. Hélio José de Souza Gonçalves

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 31 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  38. Aksel Kankaanranta

    singer

    28 years old

    January 28 · 1998

    No external source identified

  39. Ernst Stojaspal

    association football coach, association football player

    1925–2002

    January 14 · 1925

    Source: FBref

  40. Moses Gill

    judge, jurist

    1734–1800 · aged 66

    January 18 · 1734

    Source: SNAC

  41. Renato Caccioppoli

    mathematician, university teacher

    1904–1959 · aged 55

    January 20 · 1904

    Source: BnF authorities

  42. Álvaro Magalhães

    association football coach, association football player

    65 years old

    January 3 · 1961

    Source: Transfermarkt

  43. Orkan Çınar

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 29 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  44. Jamil al-Elshi

    politician

    1883–1951 · aged 68

    January 17 · 1883

    No external source identified

  45. Ján Chryzostom Korec

    writer, bishop

    1924–2015 · aged 91

    January 22 · 1924

    Source: Records of persons of interest

  46. Francisco Higuera*

    association football player, association football coach

    Date disputed

    January 3 · 1965

    No external source identified

  47. Sammy Carlson

    freestyle skier

    37 years old

    January 11 · 1989

    No external source identified

  48. Fatma Toptaş

    actor, model

    44 years old

    January 1 · 1982

    No external source identified

  49. Sofya Yanovskaya

    historian, philosopher

    1896–1966 · aged 70

    January 31 · 1896

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  50. Fabiola Zuluaga

    journalist, tennis player

    47 years old

    January 7 · 1979

    Source: WTA website

  51. Juan Antonio Villacañas

    literary critic, writer

    1922–2001 · aged 79

    January 10 · 1922

    No external source identified

  52. Esteban Vigo

    association football player, association football coach

    71 years old

    January 17 · 1955

    Source: Transfermarkt

  53. Ilya Musin

    music educator, university teacher

    1904–1999 · aged 95

    January 6 · 1904

    No external source identified

  54. Saša Ćirić

    association football player, association football coach

    58 years old

    January 11 · 1968

    Source: Transfermarkt

  55. Sofija Jovanović

    military personnel

    1892–1979 · aged 87

    January 26 · 1892

    Source: casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs

  56. Nhial Deng Nhial

    politician, lawyer

    74 years old

    January 1 · 1952

    No external source identified

  57. Billy McCracken

    association football coach, association football player

    1883–1979 · aged 95

    January 29 · 1883

    No external source identified

  58. Manuel de Brito Filho

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 31 · 1983

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  59. Cătălin Munteanu

    association football player, association football coach

    47 years old

    January 26 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  60. Edwin Hewitt

    mathematician, university teacher

    1920–1999 · aged 79

    January 20 · 1920

    Source: SNAC

  61. William Curtis

    lepidopterist, mycologist

    1746–1799 · aged 53

    January 11 · 1746

    Source: Find a Grave

  62. Asma al-Ghul

    journalist

    44 years old

    January 17 · 1982

    No external source identified

  63. Benjamin Azamati

    athletics competitor

    28 years old

    January 14 · 1998

    Source: olympedia.org

  64. Archduchess Maria Henrietta of Austria

    aristocrat

    1883–1956 · aged 73

    January 10 · 1883

    Source: The Peerage

  65. Sarojini Sahoo

    writer, journalist

    70 years old

    January 4 · 1956

    Source: odishanewsnitidin.com

  66. Roberto González Bayón*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 2001

    Source: udlaspalmas.es

  67. Lanny Bassham

    sport shooter

    79 years old

    January 2 · 1947

    No external source identified

  68. Seiji Ogawa

    neuroscientist, biologist

    92 years old

    January 19 · 1934

    No external source identified

  69. Heinrich von Stephan

    beamter

    1831–1897 · aged 66

    January 7 · 1831

    Source: Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog

  70. Joseph Cordeiro

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1918–1994 · aged 76

    January 19 · 1918

    Source: Find a Grave

  71. Viktoria Schnaderbeck

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 4 · 1991

    Source: FBref

  72. Yemi Shodimu

    actor

    66 years old

    January 29 · 1960

    No external source identified

  73. Anthusa of Constantinople

    nun

    757–date unavailable

    January 5 · 757

    No external source identified

  74. Gérald Passi

    association football player

    62 years old

    January 21 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  75. Marcello Pagliero

    film actor, literary critic

    1907–1980

    January 15 · 1907

    Source: filmportal.de

  76. Vikenty Veresaev

    physician writer, man of letters

    1867–1945 · aged 78

    January 16 · 1867

    Source: Writers of St. Petersburg. XX century

  77. Marcelina Zawadzka

    model, television presenter

    37 years old

    January 25 · 1989

    No external source identified

  78. Yevhen Levchenko*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 2 · 1978

    Source: FBref

  79. Rajko Žižić

    basketball coach, basketball player

    1955–2003 · aged 48

    January 22 · 1955

    No external source identified

  80. Manuel Gondra*

    diplomat, politician

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1871

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  81. Bo Mya

    politician

    1927–2006

    January 20 · 1927

    No external source identified

  82. Francis Gailey

    swimmer

    1882–1972 · aged 90

    January 21 · 1882

    No external source identified

  83. Charles Sawyers

    university teacher, oncologist

    67 years old

    January 26 · 1959

    No external source identified

  84. Dennis Șerban

    association football coach, association football player

    50 years old

    January 5 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  85. Nicolas Fuss*

    university teacher, mathematician

    Date disputed

    January 30 · 1755

    Source: Q22687917

  86. Tatiana Huezo

    film director, documentarian

    54 years old

    January 9 · 1972

    No external source identified

  87. Drew Moor

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 15 · 1984

    Source: As

  88. Chema Rodríguez

    handball player

    46 years old

    January 5 · 1980

    No external source identified

  89. Giorgi Baramidze

    official, politician

    58 years old

    January 5 · 1968

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  90. Vasili Pervukhin

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    70 years old

    January 1 · 1956

    No external source identified

  91. Albert Aublet

    painter

    1851–1938 · aged 87

    January 18 · 1851

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  92. Evelyn Lear

    film actor, musician

    1926–2012 · aged 86

    January 8 · 1926

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  93. Pierre Boya

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 16 · 1984

    Source: Transfermarkt

  94. Sergey Grankin

    volleyball player

    41 years old

    January 21 · 1985

    Source: cev.eu

  95. Nureddin Nebati

    politician, businessperson

    62 years old

    January 1 · 1964

    Source: en.rayhaber.com

  96. Hossein Kalani

    association football player

    81 years old

    January 23 · 1945

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  97. Charles J. Jenkins

    politician, lawyer

    1805–1883 · aged 78

    January 6 · 1805

    Source: SNAC

  98. Fanny Roos

    athletics competitor

    31 years old

    January 2 · 1995

    Source: World Athletics database

  99. Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel

    revolutionary, poet

    1752–1799 · aged 47

    January 13 · 1752

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  100. Charles Thone

    lawyer, jurist

    1924–2018 · aged 94

    January 4 · 1924

    No external source identified

  101. Tamy Moyo

    film actor, singer

    28 years old

    January 5 · 1998

    No external source identified

  102. Vincent Niclo*

    film actor, actor

    Date disputed

    January 6 · 1969

    No external source identified

  103. Arthur Johnston

    songwriter, composer

    1898–1954 · aged 56

    January 10 · 1898

    Source: Find a Grave

  104. Sarah Crossan

    author, children's writer

    45 years old

    January 4 · 1981

    Source: NooSFere

  105. Cao Wenxuan

    writer, children's writer

    72 years old

    January 9 · 1954

    No external source identified

  106. Néstor Guillén

    lawyer, judge

    1890–1966 · aged 76

    January 28 · 1890

    No external source identified

  107. Antoni Szymanowski

    association football coach, association football player

    75 years old

    January 13 · 1951

    Source: Transfermarkt

  108. Chiaki Itō

    singer, dancer

    39 years old

    January 10 · 1987

    No external source identified

  109. Wolfgang Schmidt

    athlete, athletics competitor

    72 years old

    January 16 · 1954

    Source: Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur - Biographische Datenbanken

  110. Cristiano da Silva

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 12 · 1987

    Source: Salzburgwiki

  111. Countess Palatine Dorothea of Simmern

    aristocrat

    1581–1631 · aged 50

    January 6 · 1581

    Source: The Peerage

  112. Oto Pestner

    composer, singer

    70 years old

    January 4 · 1956

    Source: obrazislovenskihpokrajin.si

  113. Leo Mol

    stained-glass artist, artist

    1915–2009 · aged 94

    January 15 · 1915

    No external source identified

  114. Hōjō Sadatoki

    samurai

    1272–1311 · aged 39

    January 21 · 1272

    No external source identified

  115. Domenico Battaglia

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    63 years old

    January 20 · 1963

    No external source identified

  116. Dinu Brătianu

    engineer, politician

    1866–1950 · aged 84

    January 13 · 1866

    No external source identified

  117. Mustafa Doğan

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 1 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  118. Julian Ashton

    painter, writer

    1851–1942 · aged 91

    January 27 · 1851

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  119. Horace Ashenfelter

    athletics competitor

    1923–2018 · aged 94

    January 23 · 1923

    No external source identified

  120. Tadeusz Kasprzycki

    Esperantist, military officer

    1891–1978 · aged 87

    January 16 · 1891

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  121. Bohdan Butko

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 13 · 1991

    Source: FBref

  122. Laura Berg

    softball coach, softball player

    51 years old

    January 6 · 1975

    No external source identified

  123. Ilian Stoyanov

    association football player

    49 years old

    January 20 · 1977

    Source: FBref

  124. Sylvain Van de Weyer

    librarian, diplomat

    1802–1874 · aged 72

    January 19 · 1802

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  125. Vasif Talibov

    politician

    66 years old

    January 14 · 1960

    No external source identified

  126. Boris Babochkin

    theatre director, actor

    1904–1975 · aged 71

    January 18 · 1904

    No external source identified

  127. Rafidine Abdullah

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 15 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  128. Jens Todt

    association football player, journalist

    56 years old

    January 5 · 1970

    Source: Transfermarkt

  129. Dimitar Velkovski

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 22 · 1995

    Source: FBref

  130. Vladimir Malakhov

    ballet dancer, choreographer

    58 years old

    January 7 · 1968

    Source: Kryvyi Rih Encyclopedia

  131. Sávio

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 9 · 1974

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  132. Qin Yi

    film actor, actor

    1922–2022 · aged 100

    January 31 · 1922

    No external source identified

  133. Jacob M. Dickinson

    lawyer, politician

    1851–1928 · aged 77

    January 30 · 1851

    Source: Find a Grave

  134. Thomas Kirk

    botanical collector, botanist

    1828–1898 · aged 70

    January 18 · 1828

    No external source identified

  135. Nobuyuki Kojima

    association football player

    60 years old

    January 17 · 1966

    Source: Transfermarkt

  136. Georg Dionysius Ehret

    illustrator, scientific illustrator

    1708–1770 · aged 62

    January 30 · 1708

    Source: BnF authorities

  137. Eugène Lami

    watercolorist, miniaturist

    1800–1890 · aged 90

    January 12 · 1800

    Source: BnF authorities

  138. Alexander Serov

    music critic, music educator

    1820–1871 · aged 51

    January 23 · 1820

    Source: Q27773006

  139. Evripidis Bakirtzis

    politician, military personnel

    1895–1947 · aged 52

    January 16 · 1895

    No external source identified

  140. Yamazaki Ansai

    philosopher, Confucian scholar

    1619–1682 · aged 63

    January 24 · 1619

    No external source identified

  141. Prudence Sekgodiso

    athletics competitor

    24 years old

    January 5 · 2002

    No external source identified

  142. Leyla Erbil

    writer, short story writer

    1931–2013 · aged 82

    January 12 · 1931

    Source: International Standard Name Identifier

  143. Kim Won-gyun

    composer

    1917–2002 · aged 85

    January 2 · 1917

    No external source identified

  144. Shavar Thomas

    association football player, association football coach

    45 years old

    January 29 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  145. Emelia Brobbey

    actor, entrepreneur

    44 years old

    January 6 · 1982

    Source: infoguideafrica.com

  146. García de Silva Figueroa*

    traveler, diplomat

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1551

    Source: Royal Academy of History

  147. Toma Nikiforov

    judoka

    33 years old

    January 25 · 1993

    No external source identified

  148. Li Xuemei*

    sprinter

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1977

    Source: World Athletics database

  149. Helen Flint

    actor, film actor

    1898–1967 · aged 69

    January 14 · 1898

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  150. Hans von Halban

    physicist, nuclear physicist

    1908–1964 · aged 56

    January 26 · 1908

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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