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Mohamed Zinet
Arts & Music
15
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Mohamed Zinet

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุฒูŠู†ุงุช
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1932 โ€“ 1995 (63 years old)

Visionary Algerian filmmaker and actor whose poetic 1971 cinematic masterpiece 'Tahia Ya Didou!' is celebrated worldwide as one of the most innovative and lyrical films ever made in North Africa.

Paris, France
Morarji Desai
Statesmanship & Statesmen
38
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Morarji Desai

เชฎเซ‹เชฐเชพเชฐเชœเซ€ เชฆเซ‡เชธเชพเชˆ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1896 โ€“ 1995 (99 years old)

Fourth Prime Minister of India (1977โ€“1979) and first non-Congress Prime Minister, staunch Gandhian ascetic who led the Janata Party to victory restoring Indian democracy following the 21-month Emergency, only person awarded both India and Pakistan's highest civilian honors.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India
Emmanuel Roblรจs
Literature & Poetry
16
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Emmanuel Roblรจs

ุฅูŠู…ุงู†ูˆูŠู„ ุฑูˆุจู„ูŠุณ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1914 โ€“ 1995 (80 years old)

Acclaimed Algerian-born novelist and dramatist, close friend of Albert Camus, whose plays like 'Montserrat' and novels like 'The Heights of the City' explored human dignity and anti-fascist struggle.

Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Zair Azgur
Arts & Music
3
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Zair Azgur

ะ—ะฐั–ั€ ะ†ัะฐะบะฐะฒั–ั‡ ะะทะณัƒั€
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus
1908-01-15 โ€“ 1995-02-18 (87 years old)

Master monumental sculptor of the twentieth century whose expressive portrait sculptures of national figures (Kupala, Kolas) and vast monuments shaped the monumental cityscape of Minsk.

Minsk, Belarus
Rachid Baba Ahmed
Arts & Music
6
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Rachid Baba Ahmed

ุฑุดูŠุฏ ุจุงุจุง ุฃุญู…ุฏ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1946 โ€“ 1995 (48 years old)

Visionary Tlemcenian music producer who revolutionized Raรฏ with synthesizers and drum machines, producing early hits for Cheb Khaled, Cheb Mami, and Chaba Zahouania.

Tlemcen, Algeria
Ould Abderrahmane Kaki
Arts & Music
20
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Ould Abderrahmane Kaki

ูˆู„ุฏ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ู† ูƒุงูƒูŠ (ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏุฑ ูˆู„ุฏ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ู†)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1934 โ€“ 1995 (60 years old)

Visionary Algerian playwright and theatrical director from Mostaganem who synthesized traditional popular storytelling (Meddah) with Brechtian epic theater in classics like '132 Years'.

Mostaganem, Algeria
Azzedine Medjoubi
Arts & Music
14
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Azzedine Medjoubi

ุนุฒ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† ู…ุฌูˆุจูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1945 โ€“ 1995 (49 years old)

Giant of Algerian stage and cinema, director of the National Theatre of Algiers (TNA), assassinated outside his theater during the Dark Decade for defending free artistic expression.

Algiers, Algeria
Rachid Mimouni
Literature & Poetry
17
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Rachid Mimouni

ุฑุดูŠุฏ ู…ูŠู…ูˆู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1945 โ€“ 1995 (49 years old)

One of Algeria's greatest post-independence novelists whose daring allegorical works, including 'The Honor of the Tribe' and 'The Damned', boldly scrutinized bureaucratic decay and religious extremism.

Boumerdรจs, Algeria
Cheikh Sadek El Bรฉjaoui
Arts & Music
6
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Cheikh Sadek El Bรฉjaoui

ุตุงุฏู‚ ุงู„ุจุฌุงูˆูŠ (ุจูˆุญูŠ ุจู† ุงู„ุณุนูŠุฏ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1907 โ€“ 1995 (87 years old)

Master and educator of the Andalusian and Hawzi musical school of Bejaรฏa, composer of 'Ya Qalbi Isbar', who trained El Hachemi Guerouabi and Djamel Allam.

Bejaรฏa, Algeria
Prince Souphanouvong
Statesmanship & Statesmen
36
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Prince Souphanouvong

เบชเบธเบžเบฒเบ™เบธเบงเบปเบ‡ (The Red Prince)
๐ŸŒ Laos
1909 โ€“ 1995 (85 years old)

Royal prince of Laos known as 'The Red Prince' who renounced aristocratic privilege to lead the Pathet Lao liberation movement and became the first President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975.

Vientiane, Laos
Carlos Monzรณn
Sports & Athletics
35
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Carlos Monzรณn

Carlos Roque Monzรณn
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
7 August 1942 โ€“ 8 January 1995 (52 years old)

Carlos Monzรณn was an Argentine boxing titan who reigned as the undisputed World Middleweight Champion for seven dominant years (1970โ€“1977), completing 14 consecutive title defenses and never losing a championship fight. Renowned for his piercing left jab, icy cold-blooded composure, and devastating right hand, he retired as champion with an astonishing record of 87 wins and only 3 career defeats.

near Santa Rosa de Calchines, Santa Fe, Argentina
Joe Slovo
Resistance & Human Rights
48
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Joe Slovo

Yossel Mashel Slovo
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
23 May 1926 โ€“ 6 January 1995 (68 years old)

Lithuanian-born South African politician and anti-apartheid leader who was chief of staff of the ANC's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe and formulated the crucial 'sunset clauses' enabling the peaceful transition to multiracial democracy.

Johannesburg, South Africa
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