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Sally Ride
Sciences & Discovery
15
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Sally Ride

Sally Kristen Ride
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1951 โ€“ 2012 (61 years old)

Pioneering American physicist and NASA astronaut who made history in 1983 as the first American woman in space aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, later founding Sally Ride Science to inspire young girls in STEM.

Santa Monica, United States
Frank Pierson
Arts & Music
12
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Frank Pierson

Frank Romer Pierson
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1925 โ€“ 2012 (87 years old)

Academy Award-winning American screenwriter and director who wrote cinema masterpieces including 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Dog Day Afternoon', and served as president of both the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Los Angeles, United States
Humayun Ahmed
Literature & Poetry
3
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Humayun Ahmed

เฆนเงเฆฎเฆพเฆฏเฆผเง‚เฆจ เฆ†เฆนเฆฎเง‡เฆฆ
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh
1948-11-13 โ€“ 2012-07-19 (63 years old)

Prolific and beloved literary colossus of Bangladesh whose hundreds of bestselling novels, television dramas, and movies (such as 'Aguner Poroshmoni') captivated millions of Bengali readers across generations.

Pirujali, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Celeste Holm
Arts & Music
12
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Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1917 โ€“ 2012 (95 years old)

Charming American actress who originated the role of Ado Annie in Broadway's Oklahoma!, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Gentleman's Agreement, and starred in All About Eve.

New York City, United States
Ernest Borgnine
Arts & Music
12
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Ernest Borgnine

Ermes Effron Borgnino
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1917 โ€“ 2012 (95 years old)

Beloved American character actor and ten-year Navy veteran who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Marty (1955), starred in The Wild Bunch and The Poseidon Adventure, and voiced Mermaid Man in SpongeBob.

Los Angeles, United States
Andy Griffith
Arts & Music
12
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Andy Griffith

Andy Samuel Griffith
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1926 โ€“ 2012 (86 years old)

Legendary American actor and entertainer whose portrayal of Sheriff Andy Taylor in 'The Andy Griffith Show' and defense attorney Ben Matlock in 'Matlock' made him an enduring symbol of American television warmth and integrity.

Manteo, United States
Nora Ephron
Arts & Music
10
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Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1941 โ€“ 2012 (71 years old)

Sharp-witted American journalist, essayist, and three-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter/director who reinvented modern romantic comedy with When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, and You've Got Mail.

New York City, United States
Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Statesmanship & Statesmen
18
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Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

ู†ุงูŠู ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุนุฒูŠุฒ ุขู„ ุณุนูˆุฏ
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia
1934 โ€“ 2012 (77 years old)

Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and powerful Minister of the Interior for thirty-seven years (1975โ€“2012), who defeated the 2003โ€“2006 Al-Qaeda insurgency in the Kingdom through security operations and psychological rehabilitation.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Gitta Sereny
Humanitarian & Peace
39
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Gitta Sereny

Gitta Sereny
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
1921 โ€“ 2012 (91 years old)

Austrian-British investigative author and humanitarian journalist who worked with war-traumatized children following World War II and authored masterwork psychological explorations into the roots of human evil, including 'Into That Darkness'.

Cambridge, United Kingdom
Elinor Ostrom
Sciences & Discovery
14
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Elinor Ostrom

Elinor Claire Awan
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1933 โ€“ 2012 (78 years old)

American political economist who became the first woman to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2009) for demonstrating how local communities successfully govern common-pool resources without state intervention or privatization.

Bloomington, United States
Teรณfilo Stevenson
Sports & Athletics
38
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Teรณfilo Stevenson

Teรณfilo Stevenson Lawrence
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba
29 March 1952 โ€“ 11 June 2012 (60 years old)

Teรณfilo Stevenson was a monumental Cuban heavyweight boxer who became one of only three men in history to win three Olympic boxing gold medals (Munich 1972, Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980). Renowned for his devastating right hand and textbook athletic grace, he famously rejected a $5 million offer from American promoters to turn professional and fight Muhammad Ali, proclaiming: 'What is a million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans?'

Havana, Cuba
Bob Welch
Arts & Music
10
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Bob Welch

Robert Lawrence Welch Jr.
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1945 โ€“ 2012 (66 years old)

American rock musician, singer, and songwriter who played guitar and sang in Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974 bridging their British blues and pop eras, later achieving solo platinum success with 'Sentimental Lady' and 'Ebony Eyes'.

Nashville, United States
Eduard Khil
Arts & Music
10
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Eduard Khil

ะญะดัƒะฐั€ะด ะะฝะฐั‚ะพะปัŒะตะฒะธั‡ ะฅะธะปัŒ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1934 โ€“ 2012 (77 years old)

Acclaimed Russian baritone and People's Artist of the RSFSR whose joyous vocal performances earned immense prestige in the Soviet Union, who achieved global viral fame in 2010 as 'Mr. Trololo' for his 1976 vocalise performance.

Saint Petersburg, Russia
Richard Dawson
Arts & Music
11
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Richard Dawson

Colin Lionel Emm
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1932 โ€“ 2012 (79 years old)

Charismatic British-American actor and television host celebrated as Corporal Peter Newkirk on 'Hogan's Heroes' and the kissing host of 'Family Feud', as well as his iconic villainous turn in 'The Running Man'.

Los Angeles, United States
Andrew Huxley
Sciences & Discovery
31
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Andrew Huxley

Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1917 โ€“ 2012 (94 years old)

English biophysicist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the ionic mechanism of nerve impulses and co-discovered the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction, serving as Master of Trinity College and President of the Royal Society.

Cambridge, United Kingdom
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