Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Sylvain Ghrenassia

سيلفان غريناسيا

Algeria

1914 – 1984 (70 years old)

Eminent Jewish-Algerian violinist who was the primary solo instrumentalist in the legendary orchestra of Cheikh Raymond in Constantine.

Constantine, Algeria

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Joan Miró

Joan Miró i Ferrà

Spain

1893 – 1983 (90 years old)

Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist whose whimsical Surrealist dreamscapes and biomorphic forms redefined modern art.

Barcelona, Spain

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

Bechir Khraief

البشير خريف

Tunisia

1917 – 1983 (66 years old)

Pioneering Tunisian novelist and educator acclaimed as the 'Father of the Modern Tunisian Novel', who daringly introduced spoken vernacular dialogue into literature in his masterwork 'Degla fi Arajiniha' (Dates on their Bunches).

Tunis, Tunisia

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Haruna Ishola

Haruna Ishola Bello

Nigeria

1919-01-01 – 1983-11-09 (64 years old)

Undisputed monarch of Apala music whose deep baritone, philosophical Yoruba proverbs, and talking drum polyrhythms transformed traditional music into an acoustic art form.

Ijebu-Igbo, Nigeria

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Yves Thériault

Canada

1915 – 1983 (67 years old)

One of Canada's most widely translated novelists whose 1958 Arctic masterpiece Agaguk brought Inuit culture and survival into world literature, published in millions of copies across twenty languages.

Rawdon (Quebec), Canada

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History

Unison Whiteman

Grenada

1939 – 1983 (44 years old)

Grenadian economist, diplomat, co-founder of the New Jewel Movement, and Minister of Foreign Affairs under Maurice Bishop.

St. George's, Grenada

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History

Jacqueline Creft

Grenada

1946 – 1983 (37 years old)

Grenadian educator, political leader, and Minister of Education who revolutionized public schooling and literacy during the PRG.

St. George's, Grenada

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History

Statesmanship & Statesmen

Maurice Bishop

Grenada

1944 – 1983 (39 years old)

Revolutionary leader and Prime Minister of Grenada from 1979 to 1983 who led the People's Revolutionary Government.

St. George's, Grenada

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Ahmed Tewfik El Madani

أحمد توفيق المدني

Tunisia

1898 – 1983 (84 years old)

Eminent Algerian nationalist historian, founding member of the Association of Ulema, and Minister of Cultural Affairs in the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA).

Algiers, Algeria

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Christophe Soglo

Benin

1909-06-28 – 1983-10-07 (74 years old)

Distinguished military officer and President of Dahomey who intervened repeatedly in the 1960s to prevent ethnic civil war among regional political triumvirs and drafted the 1964 Constitution.

Abomey, Benin

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Yusuf Dadoo

Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

South Africa

1909 – 1983 (74 years old)

Physician and leader of the South African Indian Congress who signed the 1947 'Three Doctors' Pact' forging the historic alliance between Black and Indian freedom fighters.

London, United Kingdom

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Michael Scott

Guthrie Michael Scott

Great Britain

1907 – 1983 (76 years old)

Anglican priest and civil rights champion who served as the official petitioner for the Herero people at the United Nations, bringing Namibian independence to the world stage.

London, United Kingdom

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Pentti Saarikoski

Pentti Ilmari Saarikoski

Finland

1937 – 1983 (45 years old)

Wild bohemian genius and icon of the Finnish 1960s cultural revolution whose collection 'What Is Really Going On' modernized Finnish verse, and who translated Homer's 'Odyssey' and James Joyce's 'Ulysses'.

Heinävesi, South Savo, Finland

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Musine Kokalari

Turkey

1917-02-10 – 1983-08-14 (66 years old)

First female published author in Albanian history who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1943, survived thirty-seven years of communist prison and internal exile, and died an unbroken martyr.

Rrëshen, Albania

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Raymond Massey

Canada

30 August 1896 – 29 July 1983 (86 years old)

Celebrated Toronto-born actor whose commanding voice and Lincoln portrayal in Abe Lincoln in Illinois earned Oscar and Tony acclaim, later starring in Dr. Kildare.

New Haven, United States

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Politics

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Michel Micombero

Burundi

1940-01-01 – 1983-07-16 (43 years old)

Army officer who overthrew the ancient Burundian monarchy in November 1966 to establish the Republic of Burundi, serving as its inaugural President until 1976.

Bururi, Burundi

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