Historical Archives & Public Figures

Osman Saleh Sabbe

Eritrea

1932 – 1987 (54 years old)

Visionary diplomat and intellectual who established the global diplomatic missions of the Eritrean revolution across the Arab world and authored foundational historical works defending Eritrean statehood.

Harkiko, Semenawi Keyih Bahri, Eritrea

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Sports & Athletics

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Henri Jean Cochet

France

1901 – 1987 (85 years old)

French tennis player, world No. 1 from 1928 to 1931, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion celebrated for his effortless half-volley mastery.

Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

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Sciences & Discovery

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Louis de Broglie

Louis Victor Pierre Raymond, 7th Duc de Broglie

France

1892 – 1987 (94 years old)

French aristocratic physicist who discovered the wave nature of matter, founding wave mechanics.

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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Arts & Music

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Ammar Farhat

عمار فرحات

Tunisia

1911 – March 2, 1987 (76 years old)

Self-taught Tunisian master painter of the École de Tunis whose deeply empathetic, vibrant canvases documented the celebrations, labor, and spiritual traditions of Tunisia's working classes and bedouin communities.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Arts & Music

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Andy Warhol

Andrew Warhola

United States

1928 – 1987 (58 years old)

American Pop Art icon whose silk-screens of Campbell's soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, and consumer culture redefined the boundaries of art.

Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, United States

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Art

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Norman McLaren

Great Britain

11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987 (72 years old)

Visionary National Film Board animator whose innovations in cameraless animation, graphical sound, and pixilation culminated in the Oscar-winning anti-war masterpiece Neighbours.

Montreal, Canada

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Arts & Music

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Edgar P. Jacobs

Edgard Félix Pierre Jacobs

Belgium

1904 – 1987 (82 years old)

Belgian comic strip master and operatic baritone who collaborated with Hergé on Tintin and created the landmark science-fiction series Blake and Mortimer, author of The Yellow 'M'.

Lasne (Walloon Brabant), Belgium

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Literature & Poetry

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Margaret Laurence

Jean Margaret Wemyss Laurence

Canada

1926 – 1987 (60 years old)

Preeminent novelist of the Canadian literary renaissance whose iconic Manawaka sequence, culminating in The Stone Angel and The Diviners, powerfully voiced female resilience and prairie heritage.

Neepawa (Manitoba), Canada

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton

Maurice Harold Macmillan

Great Britain

1894 – 1986 (92 years old)

British Conservative Prime Minister who restored British prosperity ('You've never had it so good'), delivered the 'Wind of Change' speech, and rebuilt the Special Relationship with the US.

Horsted Keynes (West Sussex), United Kingdom

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

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Sylvanus Melea Otieno

Kenya

1931-01-01 – 1986-12-20 (55 years old)

Eminent Nairobi criminal defense advocate whose sudden death sparked Kenya's most famous constitutional trial: Virginia Wambui Otieno vs. the Umira Kager clan on customary versus common law.

Alego, Kenya

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Ella Baker

Ella Josephine Baker

United States

13 December 1903 – 13 December 1986 (83 years old)

Visionary African American civil rights and human rights activist who served as a primary strategist of the modern movement, mentoring young organizers and nurturing the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

New York City, New York, United States

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Wanis al-Qaddafi

ونيس القذافي

Libya

1922 – 1986 (64 years old)

Last Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Libya under King Idris I, who served as Foreign Minister, Minister of the Interior, and ambassador to West Germany during the formative constitutional era.

Benghazi, Libya

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Politics

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Don Jamieson

Canada

30 April 1921 – 19 November 1986 (65 years old)

Gifted Newfoundland broadcaster and federal cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau who led external affairs diplomacy and later served as High Commissioner in London.

St. John's, Canada

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Sports & Athletics

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King Clancy

Canada

25 February 1903 – 10 November 1986 (83 years old)

Irrepressible Hall of Fame defenseman and Maple Leafs icon whose fighting spirit, wit, and three Stanley Cups inspired the King Clancy Memorial Trophy.

Toronto, Canada

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