Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Tony Conran

Great Britain

c. 1932 – 2013 (81 years old)

Tony Conran was an Anglo-Welsh poet and translator of Welsh poetry. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

London, United Kingdom

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Yehudith Birk

Switzerland

c. 1927 – 2013 (86 years old)

Yehudith Birk was a Polish-born Israeli biochemist, awarded the 1998 Israel Prize for agricultural research.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Geneva, Switzerland

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José Domingo Posada González, of Galicia, Spain, was a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999 and is the president of Galician Coalition.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Madrid, Spain

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Literature & Poetry

Kari Jormakka

Switzerland

c. 1960 – 2013 (53 years old)

Kari Juhani Jormakka was a Finnish architect, historian, critic and pedagogue.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Philosophy & Thought

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Delilah Jackson

United States

c. 1929 – 2013 (84 years old)

Delilah Jackson was a cultural historian who specialized in collecting the history of black entertainers in Harlem.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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William Andrew MacKay

Canada

c. 1930 – 2013 (83 years old)

William Andrew MacKay was a Canadian lawyer and former judge, civil servant, legal academic, and university president.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Ottawa, Canada

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Resistance & Human Rights

Flor María Chalbaud

Switzerland

c. 1922 – 2013 (91 years old)

Flor de María Chalbaud Castro was First Lady of Venezuela between 2 December 1952 and 23 January 1958 and one of the founders of the Bolivarian Ladies Society.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Aaron Swartz

United States

c. 1987 – 2013 (26 years old)

Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Philosophy & Thought

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Gordon Chavunduka

Switzerland

c. 1932 – 2013 (81 years old)

Gordon Lloyd Chavunduka was a Zimbabwean sociologist and traditional healer.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Tom Parry Jones

Great Britain

c. 1936 – 2013 (77 years old)

Thomas Parry Jones OBE was a Welsh scientist, inventor and entrepreneur, who was responsible for developing and marketing the first handheld electronic breathalyser, winning the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1980 for the work. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Nguyễn Khánh

Switzerland

c. 1928 – 2013 (85 years old)

Nguyễn Khánh was a Vietnamese military officer and politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Ba Mamadou Mbaré

Switzerland

c. 1946 – 2013 (67 years old)

Ba Mamadou dit Mbaré was a Mauritanian politician who served as President of the Senate of Mauritania from 2006 until his death. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Ted Cooke-Yarborough

Great Britain

c. 1919 – 2013 (94 years old)

Edmund Harry Cooke-Yarborough was the lead designer of the Harwell Dekatron, one of the world's early electronic computers and also a pioneer of radar.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Geoffrey Coates

Great Britain

c. 1918 – 2013 (95 years old)

Geoffrey Edward Coates was a British organometallic chemist and academic. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Philosophy & Thought

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Jim Godbolt

Great Britain

c. 1923 – 2013 (90 years old)

Jim Godbolt was a British jazz writer and historian.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

London, United Kingdom

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Literature & Poetry

Peter Carson

Great Britain

c. 1939 – 2013 (74 years old)

Peter Carson was an English publisher, editor and translator of Russian literature.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

London, United Kingdom

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