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23,166 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

Ristananna Tracey
athletics competitor
34 years old
May 9 · 1992
Source: World Athletics database
Rodica Arba
rower
64 years old
May 5 · 1962
Source: Sports-Reference.com
Austin Smith
field hockey player
41 years old
May 20 · 1985
No external source identified
Charles Bruck
conductor
1911–1995 · aged 84
May 2 · 1911
Source: Discogs
Sebastián Taborda
association football player
45 years old
May 22 · 1981
Source: As
Anton Kanibolotskiy
association football player
38 years old
May 16 · 1988
Source: As
Maurice Lehmann
theatre director, film director
1895–1974 · aged 79
May 14 · 1895
Source: Léonore database
Fabrizio Costa
television director, film director
72 years old
May 31 · 1954
Source: filmportal.de
Angelo Maria Durini
bibliophile, inquisitor
1725–1796 · aged 70
May 29 · 1725
No external source identified
Erling Jepsen
screenwriter, playwright
70 years old
May 14 · 1956
Source: IMDb
Tita*
association football player
Date disputed
May 20 · 1981
Source: worldfootball.net
Libuše Havelková
stage actor, actor
1924–2017 · aged 92
May 11 · 1924
Source: The Fine Art Archive
Yang Ling*
sport shooter
Date disputed
May 24 · 1972
No external source identified
Cäsar Flaischlen
poet, writer
1864–1920 · aged 56
May 12 · 1864
Source: SNAC
Vesna Bajkuša*
basketball player
Date disputed
May 21 · 1968
Source: FIBA database
Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, 2nd Baronet
sailor
1878–1954 · aged 75
May 5 · 1878
Source: The Peerage
Agata Tuszyńska
poet, university teacher
69 years old
May 25 · 1957
Source: Babelio
Manuel Fernández Muñiz
association football player
40 years old
May 9 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Sana Na N'Hada
film director, screenwriter
76 years old
May 26 · 1950
No external source identified
Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
tennis player
49 years old
May 29 · 1977
Source: WTA website
Marios Antoniades
association football player
36 years old
May 14 · 1990
Source: Transfermarkt
Nikola Boranijašević
association football player
34 years old
May 19 · 1992
Source: Transfermarkt
Douglas Marques dos Santos
association football player
41 years old
May 18 · 1985
Source: Transfermarkt
Fausto Acke
artistic gymnast, athletics competitor
1897–1967 · aged 69
May 23 · 1897
No external source identified
Ivan Šusteršič
politician, jurist
1863–1925
May 29 · 1863
Source: Integrated Authority File
Aleksei Saltykov
film screenwriter, film director
1934–1993 · aged 58
May 13 · 1934
Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Artur Noga
athletics competitor
38 years old
May 2 · 1988
Source: World Athletics database
Kevin Friesenbichler
association football player
32 years old
May 6 · 1994
Source: FBref
Richard Schuil
volleyball player, beach volleyball player
53 years old
May 2 · 1973
Source: Olympedia
Jimmy Ball
athletics competitor
1903–1988 · aged 85
May 7 · 1903
No external source identified
Philippe Beaussant
musicologist, writer
1930–2016 · aged 86
May 6 · 1930
Source: BnF authorities
José María García Lavilla
association football coach, association football player
84 years old
May 23 · 1942
Source: Catalan Sport Encyclopedia
Rielly Milne
rower
30 years old
May 31 · 1996
No external source identified
Louis Perrier
architect, politician
1849–1913 · aged 63
May 22 · 1849
Source: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
sport cyclist
80 years old
May 25 · 1946
No external source identified
Enrique González Casín*
association football player
Date disputed
May 16 · 1990
Source: Soccerway
Yelena Dendeberova
swimmer
57 years old
May 4 · 1969
No external source identified
Carl Rabl
anatomist, zoologist
1853–1917 · aged 64
May 2 · 1853
Source: Integrated Authority File
Raphael Bouju
athletics competitor
24 years old
May 15 · 2002
No external source identified
Leonardo Cortese*
film critic, film director
Date disputed
May 20 · 1916
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Revaz Lashkhi
amateur wrestler, athlete
38 years old
May 26 · 1988
No external source identified
Sergey von Freymann
chess player
1882–1946 · aged 63
May 7 · 1882
No external source identified
Olga Zimina
chess player
44 years old
May 14 · 1982
No external source identified
Artem Pryma
biathlete, physical education teacher
39 years old
May 30 · 1987
No external source identified
Mario Stojić
basketball player
46 years old
May 6 · 1980
Source: FIBA database
Les O'Connell
rower
68 years old
May 23 · 1958
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Igor Tikhomirov
fencer, athletics competitor
63 years old
May 4 · 1963
No external source identified
Robert Maćkowiak*
athletics competitor, sprinter
Date disputed
May 13 · 1970
Source: World Athletics database
Mary Sears
swimmer
87 years old
May 10 · 1939
No external source identified
Miguel Sebastián Gascón
politician, economist
69 years old
May 13 · 1957
No external source identified
Masaru Kato
association football player
35 years old
May 7 · 1991
Source: Transfermarkt
Zlata Tkach
music educator, composer
1928–2006 · aged 77
May 16 · 1928
No external source identified
Ladislas Douniama
association football player
40 years old
May 24 · 1986
Source: FBref
Jeremy Finello
cross-country skier, biathlete
34 years old
May 13 · 1992
Source: Olympedia
Vitaly Vulf
television presenter, art historian
1930–2011 · aged 80
May 23 · 1930
No external source identified
Elsie Johansson
children's writer, writer
1931–2025 · aged 93
May 1 · 1931
No external source identified
Hu Jianguan
boxer
33 years old
May 11 · 1993
No external source identified
Rikke Hørlykke
handball player
50 years old
May 2 · 1976
No external source identified
Atanáz Orosz
Catholic bishop, Catholic priest
66 years old
May 11 · 1960
No external source identified
Luuc van Opzeeland
windsurfer
27 years old
May 21 · 1999
No external source identified
Tifany Huot-Marchand
short-track speed skater
32 years old
May 10 · 1994
No external source identified
Aulikki Rautawaara
actor, musician
1906–1990 · aged 84
May 2 · 1906
Source: BnF authorities
Benjamin Bailly
racing automobile driver
36 years old
May 22 · 1990
No external source identified
Josef Hassmann
association football player
1910–1969 · aged 59
May 21 · 1910
Source: FBref
Fabio Berardi
politician
67 years old
May 26 · 1959
No external source identified
Henri-René Lenormand
theatre critic, playwright
1882–1951
May 3 · 1882
Source: SNAC
Lisa Jacob
swimmer
52 years old
May 13 · 1974
No external source identified
Patsy Willard
competitive diver
85 years old
May 18 · 1941
No external source identified
Leongino Unzaim
association football player, association football coach
1925–1990 · aged 64
May 16 · 1925
Source: Transfermarkt
Serghei Alexeev
association football player
40 years old
May 31 · 1986
Source: Transfermarkt
Thomas Spencer Cobbold
zoologist, parasitologist
1828–1886 · aged 57
May 26 · 1828
Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Nils Rosén
association football player
1902–1951 · aged 49
May 22 · 1902
Source: EU-Football.info
Chi-Chi Igbo
association football player
40 years old
May 1 · 1986
Source: FBref
Hendrick Dubbels
painter
1621–1707 · aged 86
May 2 · 1621
Source: Dubbels, Hendrik Jacobsz.
Andrei Blaier
screenwriter, film director
1933–2011 · aged 78
May 16 · 1933
No external source identified
Mantas Knystautas
amateur wrestler
32 years old
May 20 · 1994
No external source identified
Pasquale del Pezzo
politician, mathematician
1859–1936 · aged 77
May 2 · 1859
Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Antonio Silio
marathon runner
60 years old
May 9 · 1966
Source: World Athletics database
Bernhard Cossmann
musician, cellist
1822–1910
May 17 · 1822
Source: Cossmann, Bernhard
Marco Antônio da Silva
association football player
60 years old
May 9 · 1966
No external source identified
Antonio Valencia*
association football player
Date disputed
May 5 · 1925
No external source identified
Nicole Koller
mountain biker, sport cyclist
29 years old
May 2 · 1997
Source: firstcycling.com
Sadao Bekku
composer
1922–2012 · aged 89
May 24 · 1922
Source: BnF authorities
Yulián Anchico
association football player
42 years old
May 28 · 1984
Source: As
Arthur Meulemans
musicologist, composer
1884–1966 · aged 82
May 19 · 1884
Source: Integrated Authority File
Leopold von Ledebur
actor, film actor
1876–1955
May 18 · 1876
Source: Integrated Authority File
Antanas Tumėnas
university teacher, politician
1880–1946 · aged 65
May 13 · 1880
No external source identified
Gaby Hauptmann
writer, journalist
69 years old
May 14 · 1957
Source: filmportal.de
Gülşara Äbdıqalyqova
politician
61 years old
May 15 · 1965
No external source identified
Rudolf Felder
entomologist, jurist
1842–1871 · aged 28
May 2 · 1842
No external source identified
Cesare Monti
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1594–1650 · aged 56
May 15 · 1594
No external source identified
Ignatius Paul Pinto
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1925–2023 · aged 97
May 18 · 1925
No external source identified
Óscar Rubio Fauria
association football player
42 years old
May 14 · 1984
Source: As
Friedrich Moritz Brauer
university teacher, scientific illustrator
1832–1904 · aged 72
May 12 · 1832
Source: Geneological database Merkel-Zeller
Bréiner Castillo
association football player
48 years old
May 5 · 1978
Source: As
Jung Bu-kyung
judoka
48 years old
May 26 · 1978
No external source identified
António Ginestal Machado
politician
1874–1940 · aged 66
May 3 · 1874
No external source identified
Johann Baptist von Anzer
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1851–1903 · aged 52
May 16 · 1851
Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
Maya Petrova
handball player
44 years old
May 26 · 1982
No external source identified
Christian Sebastia
pastor, singer-songwriter
52 years old
May 7 · 1974
Source: MusicBrainz
Tom Darling
rower
68 years old
May 4 · 1958
Source: World Rowing athlete database
Niklas Axelsson
sport cyclist
54 years old
May 15 · 1972
No external source identified
Victor Schnirelmann
historian, archaeologist
77 years old
May 18 · 1949
Source: iea-ras.ru
Takashi Kuwahara
association football coach, association football player
78 years old
May 5 · 1948
No external source identified
José Clavijo y Fajardo*
writer, journalist
Date disputed
May 19 · 1726
Source: Integrated Authority File
Phyllis Covell
tennis player
1895–1982 · aged 87
May 22 · 1895
Source: ITF website
Sirkka Hämäläinen
economist, banker
87 years old
May 8 · 1939
Source: FemBio database
Dionizy
archbishop, presbyter
1876–1960 · aged 83
May 4 · 1876
No external source identified
Álvaro Enrique Mejía Flórez
athletics competitor
1940–2021 · aged 80
May 15 · 1940
No external source identified
Dennis Stewart
judoka
66 years old
May 12 · 1960
No external source identified
Ryoya Ito
association football player
28 years old
May 2 · 1998
Source: Transfermarkt
Alexander Pusch
fencer
71 years old
May 15 · 1955
Source: munzinger.de
Bertholet Flémal
painter, draftsperson
1614–1675 · aged 61
May 23 · 1614
Source: RKDartists
Jeroen Simaeys
association football player
41 years old
May 12 · 1985
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Soltan Hajibeyov
conductor, composer
1919–1974
May 8 · 1919
Source: BnF authorities
René Pujol*
novelist, screenwriter
Date disputed
May 15 · 1878
Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Estíbaliz Martínez
rhythmic gymnast
46 years old
May 9 · 1980
No external source identified
Koba Jass
ice hockey player
36 years old
May 4 · 1990
No external source identified
Teodósio de Gouveia
Catholic priest, Catholic bishop
1889–1962 · aged 72
May 13 · 1889
Source: Integrated Authority File
Christine Prinsloo
field hockey player
74 years old
May 3 · 1952
No external source identified
Axel Grönberg
amateur wrestler
1918–1988 · aged 69
May 9 · 1918
No external source identified
Selwyn Maister
field hockey player
80 years old
May 24 · 1946
No external source identified
Thekla Resvoll
botanist, suffragist
1871–1948 · aged 77
May 22 · 1871
Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1948)
Fredrikke Marie Qvam
politician
1843–1938 · aged 95
May 31 · 1843
Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon
Jacques-Pierre Amette
writer, literary critic
83 years old
May 18 · 1943
Source: BnF authorities
Lucas Kozeniesky
sport shooter
31 years old
May 31 · 1995
No external source identified
Ihor Matviyenko
sailor
55 years old
May 17 · 1971
No external source identified
Mariano Gago
physicist, politician
1948–2015 · aged 66
May 16 · 1948
No external source identified
Rytis Vaišvila
basketball coach, basketball player
55 years old
May 23 · 1971
Source: FIBA database
Franck Dumoulin
sport shooter
53 years old
May 13 · 1973
No external source identified
Knut Hansson
association football player
1911–1990 · aged 78
May 9 · 1911
No external source identified
Shahab Gordan
association football player
42 years old
May 22 · 1984
Source: Transfermarkt
Caroline Rotich
marathon runner
42 years old
May 13 · 1984
Source: World Athletics database
Ulrike Louise of Solms-Braunfels
politician
1731–1792 · aged 61
May 1 · 1731
Source: The Peerage
Andreas Hyperius
university teacher, pedagogue
1511–1564 · aged 52
May 16 · 1511
Source: Marburger Professorenkatalog
Mikhail Pashnin
ice hockey player
37 years old
May 11 · 1989
No external source identified
Sven Dahlkvist
association football coach, association football player
71 years old
May 30 · 1955
Source: Transfermarkt
Joana Maduka
engineer
85 years old
May 6 · 1941
No external source identified
Moisés Dueñas
sport cyclist
45 years old
May 10 · 1981
No external source identified
Hans Baumgartner*
athletics competitor
Date disputed
May 30 · 1949
Source: Track and Field Statistics
Abdulai Abanga
politician
56 years old
May 25 · 1970
Source: parliament.gh
Darina Mifkova
volleyball player
52 years old
May 24 · 1974
No external source identified
Ömer Asan
ethnologist, photographer
65 years old
May 28 · 1961
No external source identified
Kenji Arai
association football player
48 years old
May 19 · 1978
Source: Transfermarkt
Mounia Gasmi
athletics competitor
36 years old
May 2 · 1990
No external source identified
Mario Kummer
sport cyclist
64 years old
May 6 · 1962
No external source identified
Giuseppe Renato Imperiali
Catholic bishop, librarian
1651–1737 · aged 85
May 1 · 1651
Source: Czech National Authority Database
Alejandro Lanari
association football player
66 years old
May 2 · 1960
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Carlos Adrián Valdez
association football player
43 years old
May 2 · 1983
Source: Argentine Soccer Database
Juana Borrero
poet, writer
1877–1896 · aged 18
May 17 · 1877
Source: Picturing Cuba : art, culture, and identity on the island and in the diaspora

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