Historical Archives & Public Figures

Markos Vamvakaris

Greece

1905 – 1972 (66 years old)

Patriarch of Rebetiko music, singer, and bouzouki composer who created the classic Piraeus style and wrote 'Frangosyriani'.

Nikaia, Athens, Greece

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Arts & Music

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Zahir Raihan

জহির রায়হান

Bangladesh

1935-08-19 – 1972-01-30 (36 years old)

Visionary filmmaker and novelist whose legendary documentary 'Stop Genocide' alerted the world to the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide, martyred on January 30, 1972, while searching for his abducted brother.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Religion

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Sidi Muhammad ibn al-Habib al-Amghari

محمد بن الحبيب الأمغاري الفاسي

Morocco

1876 – 1972 (96 years old)

Revered 20th-century Moroccan spiritual guide of the Shadhili-Darqawi order based in Meknes, whose mystical poetry compilation (Diwan) is sung and studied globally.

Meknes, Morocco

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Education

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Eyo Ita

Nigeria

1903-01-01 – 1972-01-01 (69 years old)

Distinguished Nigerian philosopher and educator who led the Nigerian Youth Movement in the East, founded the West African Peoples' Institute, and was first Leader of Government Business in Eastern Nigeria.

Calabar, Nigeria

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Arts & Music

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Cheikh Zouzou (Joseph Kabache)

الشيخ زوزو (جوزيف قباش)

Algeria

1890 – 1972 (82 years old)

Virtuoso Jewish-Algerian violinist and master of Constantine Malouf, whose orchestra accompanied the greatest vocalists of eastern Algeria in the 1920s and 1930s.

Constantine, Algeria

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Sciences & Discovery

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Vikram Sarabhai

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai

India

1919 – 1971 (52 years old)

Visionary Indian physicist and industrialist recognized as the 'Father of the Indian Space Programme', who founded the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and launched satellite television education for rural villages.

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India

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Sports & Athletics

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Robert Tyre Jones Jr.

United States

1902 – 1971 (69 years old)

American golfer, the most successful amateur in golf history, won the Grand Slam in 1930 and co-founded the Augusta National Golf Club and Masters Tournament.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Ralph Johnson Bunche

Ralph Bunche

United States

1904 – 1971 (67 years old)

Diplomate américain, médiateur de l'ONU au Proche-Orient et premier Afro-Américain à recevoir le prix Nobel de la paix en 1950.

Bronx, New York, United States

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Religious Figures & Theologians

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Shunryu Suzuki

鈴木俊隆

Japan

1904 – 1971 (67 years old)

Soto Zen monk who moved to California in 1959, founded the San Francisco Zen Center and Tassajara, and authored the modern spiritual classic 'Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind'.

Carmel Valley, California, United States

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Politics

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Sir Grantley Adams

Sir Grantley Herbert Adams

Barbados

1898-04-28 – 1971-11-28 (73 years old)

Barbadian national hero, labor advocate, and statesman who served as the first Premier of Barbados, sole Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation, and founder of the Barbados Labour Party.

Bridgetown, Barbados

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Politics

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Wasfi al-Tal

وصفي التل

Turkey

19 January 1919 – 28 November 1971 (52 years old)

Formidable three-time Prime Minister of Jordan who defended state sovereignty and spearheaded forestry and agricultural development.

Amman, Jordan

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Education

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Alvan Ikoku

Alvan Azinna Ikoku

Nigeria

1900-08-01 – 1971-11-18 (71 years old)

Eminent Nigerian educator and statesman who established Aggrey Memorial College, led the Nigeria Union of Teachers, and is commemorated on the Nigerian ten naira banknote.

Arochukwu, Nigeria

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Science

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Arne Tiselius

Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius

Sweden

1902-08-10 – 1971-10-29 (69 years old)

Swedish biochemist awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, which isolated blood serum proteins.

Uppsala, Sweden

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Sports & Athletics

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Jo Siffert

Joseph Siffert

Switzerland

1936 – 1971 (35 years old)

Charismatic Swiss racing hero 'Seppi' who won two Formula One Grands Prix for Rob Walker Racing and BRM and led Porsche's iconic 917 sports car program to consecutive World Sportscar Championships.

Fribourg, Switzerland

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Dean Gooderham Acheson

United States

1893 – 1971 (78 years old)

Truman's Secretary of State and chief architect of the Cold War order, who created the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, NATO, and authored Present at the Creation.

Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), United States

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Sciences & Discovery

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Bernardo Houssay

Bernardo Alberto Houssay

Argentina

1887 – 1971 (84 years old)

Argentine physiologist who discovered the role of anterior pituitary hormones in regulating blood sugar metabolism, winning the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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History

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George Seferis

Greece

1900 – 1971 (71 years old)

Nobel Prize-winning Greek poet and diplomat whose austere modernist verse captured the tragedy and enduring light of Hellenism.

Athens, Greece

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Politics

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Germain Mba

Gabon

1932 – 1971 (38 years old)

Brilliant young diplomat and pan-African intellectual who served as Secretary-General of the Afro-Malagasy Union (UAM) and Ambassador to Tokyo, abducted and murdered in Libreville in 1971 for his democratic opposition.

Oyem, Woleu-Ntem, Gabon

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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries