Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Arts & Music

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Mohammed Ghani Hikmat

محمد غني حكمت

Iraq

20 April 1929 – 12 September 2011 (82 years old)

Beloved 'Sheikh of Sculptors' whose iconic bronze public monuments—including Kahramana and Baghdad Saving Culture—grace the capital.

Baghdad, Iraq

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Arts & Music

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Andy Whitfield

Andy Whitfield

Great Britain

1971 – 2011 (39 years old)

Welsh-Australian actor and engineer who captured global attention with his fierce and deeply humane performance as the Thracian gladiator in Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

Sydney, Australia

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Arts & Music

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Cliff Robertson

Clifford Parker Robertson III

United States

1923 – 2011 (88 years old)

Academy Award-winning American actor who won Best Actor for Charly (1968), portrayed JFK in PT 109, played Uncle Ben in Spider-Man, and heroically exposed Hollywood studio embezzlement.

East Hampton, United States

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Princess Lalla Aïcha

الأميرة للا عائشة

Morocco

1930 – 2011 (81 years old)

Eldest sister of King Hassan II who delivered the historic unveiled speech in Tangier in 1947 championing girls' education, later serving as Morocco's first female ambassador to London and Rome.

Rabat, Morocco

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

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Mohamed Boudhina

محمد بوذينة

Tunisia

1936 AD – 2011 (75 years old)

Venerated radio broadcaster and historian who authored monumental biographical encyclopedias of Tunisian musicians, artists, and poets, preserving oral memories of the nation's cultural golden age.

Hammamet, Tunisia

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Politics

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Asma Belkhodja-Uqda

أسماء بلخوجة

Tunisia

1930 AD – 2011 (81 years old)

Pioneering nationalist militant arrested for leading women's anti-colonial demonstrations in 1952, who co-founded the National Union of Tunisian Women (UNFT).

La Marsa, Tunisia

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Arts & Music

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René Perez

رينيه بيريز

Algeria

1940 – 2011 (71 years old)

Distinguished Jewish-Algerian tenor and oud virtuoso from Oran who dedicated his career to keeping the classical Tlemcen-Oran Gharnati tradition alive across the Mediterranean.

Oran, Algeria

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Politics

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Jack Layton

John Gilbert Layton

Canada

18 July 1950 – 22 August 2011 (61 years old)

Beloved leader of the New Democratic Party who led the historic 2011 'Orange Wave' to become Leader of the Official Opposition.

Toronto, Canada

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Arts & Music

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Kamal El-Shennawi

كمال الشناوي

Egypt

1918 – 2011 (92 years old)

One of the most celebrated and prolific leading men of the Golden Age of Egyptian cinema, starring in over 200 films opposite Faten Hamama, Shadia, and Soad Hosny across six decades.

6th of October City, Egypt

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Arts & Music

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Hend Rostom

هند رستم

Egypt

1929 – 2011 (81 years old)

Iconic Egyptian actress dubbed 'The Marilyn Monroe of the East', immortalized for her fiery performance as Hanuma in Youssef Chahine's masterpiece Cairo Station (1958).

Cairo, Egypt

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Mark Hatfield

Mark Odom Hatfield

United States

1922 – 2011 (89 years old)

Prominent Oregon statesman who served two terms as governor and thirty years in the U.S. Senate, renowned for his principled Christian pacifism and opposition to the Vietnam War.

Portland, United States

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Arts & Music

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Roman Opałka

Roman Opałka

France

1931 – 2011 (79 years old)

French-born Polish conceptual painter who spent 46 years on a single monumental artistic project: painting consecutive numbers from 1 towards infinity to capture the passing of mortal time.

Paris, France

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Sports & Athletics

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Bubba Smith

Charles Aaron Smith

United States

1945 – 2011 (66 years old)

Towering 6-foot-7 NFL All-Pro defensive end and Super Bowl V champion with the Baltimore Colts, who transitioned into comedy as the gentle giant Moses Hightower in the Police Academy franchise.

Los Angeles, United States

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Arts & Music

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Annette Charles

Annette Cardona

United States

1948 – 2011 (63 years old)

American actress and dancer forever remembered for her show-stopping turn as 'Cha Cha' DiGregorio, the fierce dancer who wins the national dance-off with John Travolta in Grease (1978).

Los Angeles, United States

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

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Amédée Pierre

Amédée Pierre Philippe

Ivory Coast

1937-03-30 – 2011-08-01 (74 years old)

Foundational musician celebrated as 'Le Dopé National' who pioneered modern urban Ivorian popular music, blending indigenous Bété folk songs with guitar orchestration and founding the Ivoiro Star orchestra.

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

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Sports & Athletics

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Andrea Pazzagli

Andrea Pazzagli

Italy

1960 – 2011 (51 years old)

Italian football goalkeeper who guarded the goal for Arrigo Sacchi's legendary AC Milan side, winning the 1990 European Cup, European Super Cup, and Intercontinental Cup.

Florence, Italy

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Sports & Athletics

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Hideki Irabu

伊良部 秀輝

Japan

1969 – 2011 (42 years old)

Flamethrowing Japanese pitcher whose 99 mph fastball dominated Japan's Pacific League before he signed with the New York Yankees, winning two World Series championships.

Los Angeles, United States

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Jacques Fatton

Jacques Fatton

France

1925 – 2011 (85 years old)

Prolific Swiss international striker nicknamed 'Jacky', who scored 274 league goals for Servette FC and famously scored twice against Brazil in the 1950 World Cup.

Geneva, Switzerland

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