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

  1. Liv Køltzow

    biographer, prose writer

    1945–2025 · aged 80

    January 14 · 1945

    Source: fembio.org

  2. Andrea Cassarà

    fencer

    42 years old

    January 3 · 1984

    No external source identified

  3. Aníbal Fernández

    lawyer, economist

    69 years old

    January 9 · 1957

    No external source identified

  4. Esmee Visser

    speed skater

    30 years old

    January 27 · 1996

    Source: pantheon.world

  5. Laura Solari

    film actor, actor

    1913–1984 · aged 71

    January 5 · 1913

    Source: filmportal.de

  6. Hatice Akbaş

    boxer

    24 years old

    January 1 · 2002

    No external source identified

  7. Arcibiskup Rastislav

    archbishop, Eastern Orthodox priest

    48 years old

    January 25 · 1978

    No external source identified

  8. Mihail Ganev

    amateur wrestler

    41 years old

    January 5 · 1985

    No external source identified

  9. Hans-Ekkehard Bob

    military personnel, aircraft pilot

    1917–2013 · aged 96

    January 24 · 1917

    No external source identified

  10. Johann Caspar Füssli

    writer, art historian

    1706–1782 · aged 76

    January 3 · 1706

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  11. Aleksandr Uvarov

    association football player, association football coach

    66 years old

    January 13 · 1960

    Source: Transfermarkt

  12. Neville Godwin

    tennis player

    51 years old

    January 31 · 1975

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  13. Jean-Antoine Dubois*

    missionary, Catholic priest

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1766

    Source: BnF authorities

  14. Giorgio Colli

    university teacher, philosopher

    1917–1979 · aged 61

    January 16 · 1917

    Source: AlKindi

  15. Seki Sano

    choreographer, actor

    1905–1966 · aged 61

    January 14 · 1905

    No external source identified

  16. Mario Bianchi

    film director, screenwriter

    1939–2022

    January 7 · 1939

    No external source identified

  17. Pau Gargallo

    visual artist, painter

    1881–1934 · aged 53

    January 5 · 1881

    Source: Great Aragonese Encyclopedia

  18. Gernot Böhme

    university teacher, philosopher

    1937–2022 · aged 85

    January 3 · 1937

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  19. Juan José de Amézaga*

    politician, jurist

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1881

    Source: authority file of the National Library of Uruguay

  20. Monique Adamczak

    tennis player

    43 years old

    January 21 · 1983

    Source: WTA website

  21. Amalie Henriette Charlotte zu Solms-Baruth

    1768–1847 · aged 79

    January 30 · 1768

    Source: The Peerage

  22. Stephen Neale

    philosopher, university teacher

    68 years old

    January 9 · 1958

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  23. Ion Nunweiller

    association football player, association football coach

    1936–2015 · aged 79

    January 9 · 1936

    Source: Transfermarkt

  24. Peter Cornelius

    singer, guitarist

    75 years old

    January 29 · 1951

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  25. Solvi Stubing

    television presenter, journalist

    1941–2017 · aged 76

    January 19 · 1941

    Source: Find a Grave

  26. Avedis Aharonyan

    politician, writer

    1866–1948 · aged 82

    January 4 · 1866

    Source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

  27. Róbert Švehla

    ice hockey player

    57 years old

    January 2 · 1969

    Source: iihf.com

  28. Eric Pianka

    zoologist, herpetologist

    1939–2022 · aged 83

    January 23 · 1939

    Source: SNAC

  29. James Young

    director, screenwriter

    1872–1948 · aged 76

    January 1 · 1872

    Source: archives.nypl.org

  30. Charles Eliot

    botanist, malacologist

    1862–1931 · aged 69

    January 8 · 1862

    Source: SNAC

  31. Yasmine Belmadi

    film director, television actor

    1976–2009 · aged 33

    January 26 · 1976

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  32. David Elm

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 10 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  33. Frederic Lamond

    pianist, conductor

    1868–1948 · aged 80

    January 28 · 1868

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  34. Maxine Doyle

    actor, film actor

    1915–1973

    January 1 · 1915

    Source: IMDb

  35. Egzon Bejtullai

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 7 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  36. Joanna Jóźwik

    middle-distance runner

    35 years old

    January 30 · 1991

    Source: World Athletics database

  37. Lucien Bodard

    war correspondent, journalist

    1914–1998 · aged 84

    January 9 · 1914

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  38. Lola Maja*

    make-up artist

    Date disputed

    January 23 · 1978

    No external source identified

  39. Khatia Dekanoidze

    official, politician

    49 years old

    January 20 · 1977

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  40. Noël Burch

    film director, film critic

    94 years old

    January 22 · 1932

    No external source identified

  41. Afanasy Beloborodov

    opinion journalist, writer

    1903–1990 · aged 87

    January 31 · 1903

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  42. Johnnie Walker

    film director, film producer

    1894–1949 · aged 55

    January 7 · 1894

    Source: BnF authorities

  43. Madame de Rémusat

    lady-in-waiting, salonnière

    1780–1821 · aged 41

    January 5 · 1780

    Source: BnF authorities

  44. Alfredo Moreno

    association football player

    1980–2021 · aged 41

    January 12 · 1980

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  45. William Ferrel

    astronomer, meteorologist

    1817–1891 · aged 74

    January 29 · 1817

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  46. James Madison Wells

    farmer, governor

    1808–1899 · aged 91

    January 8 · 1808

    Source: SNAC

  47. Tressor Moreno

    association football player

    47 years old

    January 11 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  48. Alberto Arbasino

    journalist, writer

    1930–2020 · aged 90

    January 22 · 1930

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  49. David O'Connor

    jockey, event rider

    64 years old

    January 18 · 1962

    No external source identified

  50. Lydia

    singer

    46 years old

    January 15 · 1980

    Source: IMDb

  51. Gösta Bohman

    advokat, politician

    1911–1997 · aged 86

    January 15 · 1911

    Source: Two-Chamber Parliament 1867–1970.

  52. Lafe McKee

    film director, actor

    1872–1959 · aged 87

    January 23 · 1872

    Source: Find a Grave

  53. Assimiou Touré

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 1 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  54. Giuseppe Prezzolini

    literary critic, publisher

    1882–1982 · aged 100

    January 27 · 1882

    Source: SNAC

  55. John Fleming

    entomologist, writer

    1785–1857 · aged 72

    January 10 · 1785

    Source: SNAC

  56. Willie Anderson

    association football player

    79 years old

    January 24 · 1947

    No external source identified

  57. Stefano Satta Flores

    television actor, film actor

    1937–1985 · aged 48

    January 14 · 1937

    Source: BnF authorities

  58. Louis Gallois

    businessperson, manager

    82 years old

    January 26 · 1944

    Source: Roglo

  59. Riku Handa

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 1 · 2002

    No external source identified

  60. Vlad Munteanu

    association football player

    45 years old

    January 16 · 1981

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  61. Tang Jiaxuan

    diplomat, politician

    88 years old

    January 17 · 1938

    No external source identified

  62. John Quidor

    painter, artist

    1801–1881 · aged 80

    January 26 · 1801

    Source: Quidor, John

  63. Vladimir Lamsdorf

    diplomat, politician

    1845–1907 · aged 62

    January 6 · 1845

    No external source identified

  64. Atiye Sultan

    aristocrat

    1824–1850 · aged 26

    January 2 · 1824

    No external source identified

  65. Etti Ankri

    film actor, songwriter

    63 years old

    January 4 · 1963

    No external source identified

  66. Arturo Labriola*

    politician, journalist

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1873

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  67. Ibrahim Maaroufi

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 18 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  68. Patrick Zwaanswijk*

    association football player, association football coach

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1975

    No external source identified

  69. Raúl Lizoain Cruz

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 27 · 1991

    Source: As

  70. Mai Bhaghi

    singer

    1906–1986 · aged 80

    January 1 · 1906

    No external source identified

  71. Fio Maravilha

    association football coach, association football player

    81 years old

    January 19 · 1945

    No external source identified

  72. Mirosław Żuławski

    writer, journalist

    1913–1995 · aged 82

    January 16 · 1913

    Source: BnF authorities

  73. Anass Achahbar

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 13 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  74. Marko Marić

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 3 · 1996

    Source: As

  75. Sebastian Saucedo

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 22 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  76. Yoshiyuki Kobayashi

    association football coach, association football player

    48 years old

    January 27 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  77. Chisamba Lungu

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 31 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  78. Robert L. Park

    physicist

    1931–2020 · aged 89

    January 16 · 1931

    No external source identified

  79. Vittorio Cottafavi

    film director, director

    1914–1998 · aged 84

    January 30 · 1914

    No external source identified

  80. Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens

    composer, musician

    1823–1881 · aged 58

    January 3 · 1823

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  81. Sakurako Ōhara

    actor, singer

    30 years old

    January 10 · 1996

    No external source identified

  82. Stephen Hawkins

    rower

    55 years old

    January 14 · 1971

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  83. Pascal Fabre*

    Formula One driver, engineer

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1960

    No external source identified

  84. Hooley Smith

    ice hockey player

    1903–1963 · aged 60

    January 7 · 1903

    Source: Find a Grave

  85. Yuliya Belorukova

    cross-country skier

    31 years old

    January 21 · 1995

    No external source identified

  86. Adolfo Nef

    association football player

    80 years old

    January 18 · 1946

    Source: Transfermarkt

  87. Süleyman Nazif*

    journalist, politician

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1870

    Source: Open Library

  88. Marilyn Lloyd

    politician

    1929–2018 · aged 89

    January 3 · 1929

    Source: SNAC

  89. Arnold Vanderlyde

    boxer

    63 years old

    January 24 · 1963

    No external source identified

  90. Vincent Strambi

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1745–1824 · aged 79

    January 1 · 1745

    Source: Dictionnaire de spiritualité

  91. Bassek Ba Kobhio

    political scientist, film director

    1957–2026 · aged 69

    January 1 · 1957

    Source: general catalog of BnF

  92. Jacek Majchrowski

    jurist, politician

    79 years old

    January 13 · 1947

    No external source identified

  93. Vitomil Zupan

    playwright, screenwriter

    1914–1987 · aged 73

    January 18 · 1914

    Source: BnF authorities

  94. Rúnar Rúnarsson

    cinematographer, screenwriter

    49 years old

    January 20 · 1977

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  95. James Farley

    actor

    1882–1947 · aged 65

    January 8 · 1882

    Source: BnF authorities

  96. Nico Hernández

    boxer

    30 years old

    January 4 · 1996

    No external source identified

  97. Sergei Nekrasov

    association football player

    1973–2026 · aged 53

    January 29 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  98. Daria Serenko

    artist, painter

    33 years old

    January 23 · 1993

    No external source identified

  99. Tomislav Pucar

    table tennis player

    30 years old

    January 26 · 1996

    No external source identified

  100. Mercedes Sampietro

    screenwriter, actor

    79 years old

    January 24 · 1947

    Source: filmportal.de

  101. Jan Johansen

    singer, recording artist

    60 years old

    January 9 · 1966

    Source: IMDb

  102. Antonín Mrkos

    astronomer, discoverer of asteroids

    1918–1996 · aged 78

    January 27 · 1918

    Source: Records of persons of interest

  103. Nando Rafael

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 10 · 1984

    Source: As

  104. Bernardin Frankopan

    diplomat, soldier

    1453–1529 · aged 76

    January 1 · 1453

    No external source identified

  105. Paula Pequeno

    volleyball player, beach volleyball player

    44 years old

    January 22 · 1982

    Source: cob.org.br

  106. Song Yoo-hyun

    actor

    43 years old

    January 8 · 1983

    No external source identified

  107. Fabio McNamara

    actor, artist

    69 years old

    January 8 · 1957

    No external source identified

  108. Maxi Rolón

    association football player

    1995–2022 · aged 27

    January 19 · 1995

    Source: FBref

  109. Grace Hartman

    actor, film actor

    1907–1955 · aged 48

    January 7 · 1907

    Source: IMDb

  110. Alfonso Brescia

    film director, director

    1930–2001 · aged 71

    January 6 · 1930

    Source: BnF authorities

  111. Miklós Perényi

    composer, musician

    78 years old

    January 5 · 1948

    No external source identified

  112. Letitia Obeng

    zoologist, botanist

    1925–2023 · aged 98

    January 10 · 1925

    No external source identified

  113. Lima

    association football player

    1942–2025 · aged 83

    January 18 · 1942

    No external source identified

  114. C. George Boeree

    linguist, psychologist

    1952–2021 · aged 68

    January 15 · 1952

    No external source identified

  115. Johann Cochlaeus

    music theorist, Catholic theologian

    1479–1552

    January 19 · 1479

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  116. Semen Korsakov

    physician, inventor

    1787–1853 · aged 66

    January 25 · 1787

    No external source identified

  117. Herbert Runge

    boxer

    1913–1986 · aged 73

    January 23 · 1913

    No external source identified

  118. Mikhail Budyko

    geophysicist, climatologist

    1920–2001 · aged 81

    January 20 · 1920

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  119. Henry Lawes*

    composer

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1596

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  120. Ou Yushan

    gymnast, artistic gymnast

    22 years old

    January 13 · 2004

    Source: olympedia.org

  121. Ryan Sproul

    ice hockey player

    33 years old

    January 13 · 1993

    No external source identified

  122. Daisuke Sakata

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 16 · 1983

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  123. Harry Huskey

    computer scientist, engineer

    1916–2017 · aged 101

    January 19 · 1916

    Source: historygreatest.com

  124. Elvira Saadi

    artistic gymnast

    74 years old

    January 2 · 1952

    No external source identified

  125. Atul Dodiya

    artist, painter

    67 years old

    January 20 · 1959

    No external source identified

  126. Nino Ramishvili

    ballet master, ballet dancer

    1910–2000 · aged 90

    January 19 · 1910

    No external source identified

  127. Chun Lee-Kyung

    short-track speed skater

    50 years old

    January 6 · 1976

    No external source identified

  128. Wayne Stephenson

    ice hockey player

    1945–2010 · aged 65

    January 29 · 1945

    Source: Find a Grave

  129. Edgar Bruno da Silva

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 3 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Um Won-sang

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 6 · 1999

    No external source identified

  131. Edward Turner Bennett

    zoologist, ichthyologist

    1797–1836 · aged 39

    January 6 · 1797

    Source: SNAC

  132. Reinhard Bütikofer

    politician

    73 years old

    January 26 · 1953

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  133. Anders Gustaf Ekeberg*

    chemist, university teacher

    Date disputed

    January 15 · 1767

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  134. Nicky Gooch

    short-track speed skater

    53 years old

    January 30 · 1973

    No external source identified

  135. Adiss Harmandian

    singer, composer

    1945–2019 · aged 74

    January 14 · 1945

    No external source identified

  136. Edred John Henry Corner

    mycologist, botanical collector

    1906–1996 · aged 90

    January 12 · 1906

    Source: SNAC

  137. Gilberto Pichetto Fratin

    politician

    72 years old

    January 4 · 1954

    No external source identified

  138. Louis-Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry*

    politician, printer

    Date disputed

    January 13 · 1750

    Source: Sycomore

  139. Ariane Friedrich

    athletics competitor

    42 years old

    January 10 · 1984

    Source: World Athletics database

  140. Anna Alminova

    middle-distance runner, athletics competitor

    41 years old

    January 17 · 1985

    Source: World Athletics database

  141. Horst Caspar

    actor, film actor

    1913–1952 · aged 39

    January 20 · 1913

    Source: Discogs

  142. Delfim Peixoto

    lawyer, sports official

    1941–2016 · aged 75

    January 3 · 1941

    Source: historygreatest.com

  143. Arben Xhaferi

    journalist, politician

    1948–2012 · aged 64

    January 25 · 1948

    No external source identified

  144. Eloge Enza Yamissi

    association football player, association football coach

    43 years old

    January 23 · 1983

    No external source identified

  145. Evgeny Lovchev

    futsal coach, association football player

    77 years old

    January 29 · 1949

    No external source identified

  146. Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul

    military officer, politician

    1789–1865 · aged 76

    January 4 · 1789

    Source: Léonore database

  147. Robert Lamoureux

    director, actor

    1920–2011 · aged 91

    January 4 · 1920

    Source: BnF authorities

  148. John Alsop King

    jurist, lawyer

    1788–1867 · aged 79

    January 3 · 1788

    Source: archive.org

  149. Albin Egger-Lienz

    illustrator, painter

    1868–1926

    January 29 · 1868

    Source: Le Delarge

  150. Kōjirō Matsukata

    art collector, businessperson

    1865–1950 · aged 85

    January 17 · 1865

    No external source identified

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