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

  1. Karim Alami

    tennis player

    53 years old

    May 24 · 1973

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  2. Grete Stern

    designer, photographer

    1904–1999 · aged 95

    May 9 · 1904

    Source: SNAC

  3. Sanja Doležal

    television presenter, actor

    63 years old

    May 9 · 1963

    Source: IMDb

  4. Dominique Lavanant

    actor, stage actor

    82 years old

    May 24 · 1944

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  5. Andries Bonger

    art collector

    1861–1936 · aged 74

    May 20 · 1861

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  6. Ruslan Karaev

    kickboxer, boxer

    43 years old

    May 19 · 1983

    No external source identified

  7. Ami Faku

    singer

    33 years old

    May 28 · 1993

    No external source identified

  8. John Frink*

    screenwriter, executive producer

    Date disputed

    May 5 · 1959

    Source: IMDb

  9. Dmitry Demushkin

    politician

    47 years old

    May 7 · 1979

    No external source identified

  10. Sonny Ramadhin

    cricketer

    1929–2022 · aged 92

    May 1 · 1929

    No external source identified

  11. Ivan Wyschnegradsky

    composer, music theorist

    1893–1979 · aged 86

    May 16 · 1893

    Source: BnF authorities

  12. Blake Ahearn

    basketball player, basketball coach

    42 years old

    May 27 · 1984

    Source: FIBA database

  13. Theodor Reik

    psychoanalyst, psychologist

    1888–1969 · aged 81

    May 12 · 1888

    Source: SNAC

  14. Helen Craig

    stage actor, film actor

    1912–1986 · aged 74

    May 13 · 1912

    Source: BnF authorities

  15. Stephen Heller

    teacher, pianist

    1813–1888 · aged 74

    May 15 · 1813

    Source: Musicalics

  16. Josh Leivo

    ice hockey player

    33 years old

    May 26 · 1993

    No external source identified

  17. Benedikt Erlingsson

    actor, film actor

    57 years old

    May 31 · 1969

    Source: BnF authorities

  18. Tawfiq Ziad

    writer, poet

    1929–1994 · aged 65

    May 7 · 1929

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  19. William Tenn

    science fiction writer, writer

    1920–2010 · aged 89

    May 9 · 1920

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  20. Henry Vandyke Carter

    surgeon, illustrator

    1831–1897 · aged 65

    May 22 · 1831

    Source: Base biographique

  21. José Gómez Ortega

    bullfighter, matador

    1895–1920 · aged 25

    May 8 · 1895

    Source: Find a Grave

  22. Tachibana Dōsetsu

    samurai

    1513–1585 · aged 72

    May 2 · 1513

    No external source identified

  23. Kosei Inoue

    judoka

    48 years old

    May 15 · 1978

    Source: MAK

  24. Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie

    military officer, astronaut

    69 years old

    May 2 · 1957

    No external source identified

  25. Dave Wolverton*

    novelist, science fiction writer

    Date disputed

    May 15 · 1957

    Source: NooSFere

  26. Leo Gudas

    ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

    61 years old

    May 20 · 1965

    Source: Elite Prospects

  27. Yūki Yoda

    actor, Japanese idol

    26 years old

    May 5 · 2000

    Source: nogizaka46.com

  28. Daiya Seto

    swimmer

    32 years old

    May 24 · 1994

    No external source identified

  29. Richard Rober

    film actor, actor

    1910–1952 · aged 42

    May 14 · 1910

    Source: BnF authorities

  30. Falaye Sacko

    association football player

    31 years old

    May 1 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  31. James Rachels

    university teacher, philosopher

    1941–2003 · aged 62

    May 30 · 1941

    Source: SNAC

  32. Rudolf Spielmann

    chess player, writer

    1883–1942 · aged 59

    May 5 · 1883

    Source: Find a Grave

  33. Quincy Douby

    basketball player

    42 years old

    May 16 · 1984

    Source: TBLStat.net

  34. Marina Leonidovna Kravets

    comedian, singer

    42 years old

    May 18 · 1984

    No external source identified

  35. Affandi

    artist, painter

    1907–1990 · aged 83

    May 18 · 1907

    Source: RKDartists

  36. Jasmi Joensuu

    athletics competitor, cross-country skier

    30 years old

    May 7 · 1996

    Source: fis-ski.com

  37. Horst Frank

    actor, film actor

    1929–1999 · aged 69

    May 28 · 1929

    Source: BnF authorities

  38. Richard J. Bernstein

    university teacher, philosopher

    1932–2022 · aged 90

    May 14 · 1932

    No external source identified

  39. Willem van Aelst

    draftsperson, painter

    1627–1683

    May 16 · 1627

    No external source identified

  40. Lee Wai Sze

    racing driver, sport cyclist

    39 years old

    May 12 · 1987

    Source: sports-reference.com

  41. Christoph, Duke of Württemberg

    1515–1569 · aged 53

    May 22 · 1515

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  42. Ryan Shay

    marathon runner, long-distance runner

    1979–2007 · aged 28

    May 4 · 1979

    Source: World Athletics database

  43. Maximilian Voloshin

    essayist, writer

    1877–1932 · aged 55

    May 28 · 1877

    Source: Concise Literary Encyclopedia

  44. Heinz Reincke

    singer, actor

    1925–2011 · aged 86

    May 28 · 1925

    Source: filmportal.de

  45. Earl Wilson

    writer, journalist

    1907–1987 · aged 79

    May 3 · 1907

    Source: SNAC

  46. Predrag Spasić*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    May 13 · 1965

    No external source identified

  47. Nexhmije Pagarusha

    singer, opera singer

    1933–2020 · aged 86

    May 7 · 1933

    No external source identified

  48. Stephen Henderson

    association football player

    38 years old

    May 2 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  49. Mel Charles

    autobiographer, association football player

    1935–2016 · aged 81

    May 14 · 1935

    Source: FBref

  50. Renate Blume

    film actor, actor

    82 years old

    May 3 · 1944

    Source: Discogs

  51. Chayito Valdez

    television actor, film actor

    1945–2016

    May 28 · 1945

    Source: MusicBrainz

  52. Joakim Soria

    baseball player

    42 years old

    May 18 · 1984

    No external source identified

  53. Katja Woywood

    actor

    55 years old

    May 10 · 1971

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  54. George Leo Thomas

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    76 years old

    May 19 · 1950

    No external source identified

  55. George Ross

    politician, judge

    1730–1779 · aged 49

    May 10 · 1730

    Source: GeneaStar

  56. Dino Attanasio

    illustrator, comics artist

    1925–2026 · aged 100

    May 8 · 1925

    Source: BD Gest'

  57. Zhanna Prokhorenko

    film actor, actor

    1940–2011 · aged 71

    May 11 · 1940

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  58. Benedetto Pistrucci*

    sculptor, medalist

    Date disputed

    May 29 · 1783

    Source: SNAC

  59. Pierre Auger

    physicist

    1899–1993 · aged 94

    May 14 · 1899

    Source: GeneaStar

  60. Oleh Ocheretko*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    May 25 · 2003

    Source: FC Karpaty Lviv

  61. Tim Daggett

    artistic gymnast

    64 years old

    May 22 · 1962

    No external source identified

  62. Nicklas Helenius

    association football player

    35 years old

    May 8 · 1991

    Source: FBref

  63. Giuseppe Mercalli

    geologist, volcanologist

    1850–1914 · aged 63

    May 21 · 1850

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  64. Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

    regent

    1802–1858 · aged 56

    May 20 · 1802

    Source: The Peerage

  65. Eve Kivi

    film actor, actor

    88 years old

    May 8 · 1938

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  66. Momtaz Begum

    politician, singer

    52 years old

    May 5 · 1974

    No external source identified

  67. Benoît Cauet

    association football player, association football coach

    57 years old

    May 2 · 1969

    Source: Transfermarkt

  68. Rui Tanabe

    seiyū

    29 years old

    May 23 · 1997

    No external source identified

  69. Richard von Kühlmann

    diplomat, industrialist

    1873–1948

    May 3 · 1873

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  70. Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev

    politician

    1969–2002 · aged 33

    May 8 · 1969

    No external source identified

  71. Shon Wan-ho

    badminton player, Olympic competitor

    38 years old

    May 17 · 1988

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  72. Adel Bencherif

    television actor, actor

    51 years old

    May 30 · 1975

    Source: adorocinema.com

  73. Ju Xiaowen

    model

    37 years old

    May 19 · 1989

    Source: IMDb

  74. Roman Dzindzichashvili

    chess player

    82 years old

    May 5 · 1944

    No external source identified

  75. Ofir Akunis

    politician, journalist

    53 years old

    May 28 · 1973

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  76. Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet

    politician, inventor

    1772–1828 · aged 55

    May 20 · 1772

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  77. Robert Patrick Murphy

    historian, economist

    50 years old

    May 23 · 1976

    No external source identified

  78. Wieteke van Dort

    radio drama actor, radio personality

    1943–2024 · aged 81

    May 16 · 1943

    Source: hoorspelen.eu

  79. Henri Guillaumet

    Flieger, soldier

    1902–1940 · aged 38

    May 29 · 1902

    Source: GeneaStar

  80. Hugo Friedhofer

    film score composer, composer

    1901–1981 · aged 80

    May 3 · 1901

    Source: filmportal.de

  81. Riyad Mansour

    diplomat

    79 years old

    May 21 · 1947

    No external source identified

  82. Michael Matt

    alpine skier

    33 years old

    May 13 · 1993

    No external source identified

  83. Giuseppe Iachini

    association football player, association football coach

    62 years old

    May 7 · 1964

    Source: Transfermarkt

  84. Thomas Buergenthal

    writer, judge

    1934–2023 · aged 89

    May 11 · 1934

    Source: Babelio

  85. Reizl Bozyk

    actor, stage actor

    1914–1993 · aged 79

    May 13 · 1914

    Source: IMDb

  86. Herbert Selpin*

    writer, film editor

    Date disputed

    May 29 · 1902

    Source: IMDb

  87. Sagi Muki

    judoka

    34 years old

    May 17 · 1992

    Source: ishim.co.il

  88. Alan Kurdi

    2012–2015 · aged 3

    May 4 · 2012

    Source: nationalpost.com

  89. Bolanle Ninalowo

    actor

    46 years old

    May 7 · 1980

    No external source identified

  90. Denil Maldonado

    association football player

    28 years old

    May 26 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  91. James Clarence Mangan

    prose writer, writer

    1803–1849 · aged 46

    May 1 · 1803

    Source: BnF authorities

  92. Svetlana Svetlichnaya

    film actor, actor

    1940–2024 · aged 84

    May 15 · 1940

    No external source identified

  93. Bram Nuytinck

    association football player

    36 years old

    May 4 · 1990

    Source: Transfermarkt

  94. Boban Marković

    bandleader, trumpeter

    62 years old

    May 6 · 1964

    Source: Discogs

  95. Witold Waszczykowski

    university teacher, politician

    69 years old

    May 5 · 1957

    Source: katalog.bip.ipn.gov.pl

  96. Mike McFarlane

    athletics competitor

    1960–2023 · aged 63

    May 2 · 1960

    Source: World Athletics database

  97. Curtis McElhinney

    ice hockey player

    43 years old

    May 23 · 1983

    No external source identified

  98. Hermann Gunkel

    Hebrew Bible scholar, university teacher

    1862–1932 · aged 69

    May 23 · 1862

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  99. Patrick Twumasi

    association football player

    32 years old

    May 9 · 1994

    Source: As

  100. Marie Smith Jones

    linguist

    1918–2008 · aged 89

    May 14 · 1918

    Source: Find a Grave

  101. Eugene Aynsley Goossens

    composer, music educator

    1893–1962 · aged 69

    May 26 · 1893

    Source: SNAC

  102. Gerald Massey

    writer, philosopher

    1828–1907 · aged 79

    May 29 · 1828

    Source: Find a Grave

  103. Klaudia Tanner

    jurist, politician

    56 years old

    May 2 · 1970

    No external source identified

  104. Vasil Kušej

    association football player

    26 years old

    May 24 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  105. Akim Zedadka

    association football player

    31 years old

    May 30 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Gustaw Herling-Grudziński

    poet, journalist

    1919–2000 · aged 81

    May 20 · 1919

    Source: BnF authorities

  107. Helen Quinn

    university teacher, physicist

    83 years old

    May 19 · 1943

    Source: American Institute of Physics

  108. Juliana Pasha

    singer

    46 years old

    May 20 · 1980

    Source: Discogs

  109. Theodore M. Davis*

    art collector, necropolis scholar

    Date disputed

    May 7 · 1838

    Source: Find a Grave

  110. Flora Murray

    physician, suffragette

    1869–1923 · aged 54

    May 8 · 1869

    Source: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

  111. Tabitha Chawinga

    association football player

    30 years old

    May 22 · 1996

    Source: Soccerdonna

  112. Daniel Alfredson

    film producer, actor

    67 years old

    May 23 · 1959

    Source: filmportal.de

  113. Vicente Saldivar

    boxer

    1943–1985 · aged 42

    May 3 · 1943

    No external source identified

  114. Henry M. Teller

    business executive, lawyer

    1830–1914 · aged 83

    May 23 · 1830

    Source: Find a Grave

  115. Alketas Panagoulias

    association football player, association football coach

    1934–2012 · aged 78

    May 30 · 1934

    No external source identified

  116. Zé Maria

    association football coach, association football player

    77 years old

    May 18 · 1949

    Source: Transfermarkt

  117. Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai

    diplomat, politician

    74 years old

    May 14 · 1952

    No external source identified

  118. Cesare Maccari

    printmaker, sculptor

    1840–1919 · aged 79

    May 9 · 1840

    Source: RKDartists

  119. Maksim Surayev

    fighter pilot, aircraft pilot

    54 years old

    May 24 · 1972

    Source: jsc.nasa.gov

  120. Victor Montalvo

    dancer, breakdancer

    32 years old

    May 1 · 1994

    No external source identified

  121. William Lawes

    composer, musician

    1602–1645 · aged 43

    May 1 · 1602

    Source: Musicalics

  122. Loren Alfonso

    boxer

    31 years old

    May 28 · 1995

    No external source identified

  123. Sam Sodje

    association football player

    47 years old

    May 29 · 1979

    Source: Transfermarkt

  124. Jason Queally

    sport cyclist

    56 years old

    May 11 · 1970

    No external source identified

  125. Harry Hines Woodring

    governor, politician

    1890–1967 · aged 77

    May 31 · 1890

    Source: politicalgraveyard.com

  126. Patrick Schnieder

    lawyer, mayor

    58 years old

    May 1 · 1968

    Source: basic data about the members of the Bundestag

  127. Alan Gross

    activist

    77 years old

    May 2 · 1949

    No external source identified

  128. Ricky Tognazzi

    film actor, director

    71 years old

    May 1 · 1955

    Source: IMDb

  129. Adolf Scherer

    association football player

    1938–2023 · aged 85

    May 5 · 1938

    Source: Transfermarkt

  130. Nikifor Krynicki

    draftsperson, painter

    1895–1968 · aged 73

    May 21 · 1895

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  131. Thomas Kinsella

    linguist, editor

    1928–2021 · aged 93

    May 4 · 1928

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  132. Dorcas Affo-Toffey

    politician

    51 years old

    May 4 · 1975

    Source: parliament.gh

  133. Dorothy Christy*

    stage actor, film actor

    Date disputed

    May 26 · 1900

    No external source identified

  134. Jacob Rasmussen

    association football player

    29 years old

    May 28 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  135. Edu Dracena

    association football player

    45 years old

    May 18 · 1981

    Source: Transfermarkt

  136. Louise Peterhoff

    singer, dancer

    49 years old

    May 12 · 1977

    Source: IMDb

  137. François Leterrier

    film actor, director

    1929–2020

    May 26 · 1929

    Source: Roglo

  138. Francis Goya

    songwriter, composer

    80 years old

    May 16 · 1946

    No external source identified

  139. Kim Yong-il

    politician

    82 years old

    May 2 · 1944

    No external source identified

  140. Jane Glover

    woman conductor, musicologist

    77 years old

    May 13 · 1949

    Source: FemBio database

  141. Henri-Pierre Roché

    journalist, writer

    1879–1959 · aged 79

    May 28 · 1879

    Source: SNAC

  142. Michael Rabin

    violinist

    1936–1972 · aged 35

    May 2 · 1936

    Source: SNAC

  143. J-Min

    singer, actor

    38 years old

    May 27 · 1988

    No external source identified

  144. John Pawson

    architect, designer

    77 years old

    May 6 · 1949

    Source: Nieuwe Instituut Data Platform

  145. Tadeusz Jordan-Rozwadowski

    military officer, diplomat

    1866–1928

    May 19 · 1866

    Source: SNAC

  146. Isabel Dean

    actor, film actor

    1918–1997 · aged 79

    May 26 · 1918

    No external source identified

  147. Valdemaras Chomičius

    basketball player, basketball coach

    67 years old

    May 4 · 1959

    Source: ACB.com

  148. Dora Doll

    actor, stage actor

    1922–2015 · aged 93

    May 19 · 1922

    Source: IMDb

  149. Anja Mittag

    coach, association football player

    41 years old

    May 16 · 1985

    Source: Soccerdonna

  150. Álvaro Domínguez*

    association football coach, association football player

    Date disputed

    May 15 · 1989

    Source: Soccerway

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