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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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William V. S. Tubman

William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia
1895-11-29 โ€“ 1971-07-23 (75 years old)

Longest-serving President of Liberia (1944โ€“1971) who modernized the nation's economy through the Open Door Policy and introduced the National Unification Policy granting equal voting rights to indigenous Liberians.

Monrovia, Liberia
Mak Dizdar
Literature & Poetry
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Mak Dizdar

Mehmedalija Mak Dizdar
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina
1917-10-17 โ€“ 1971-07-14 (53 years old)

Preeminent 20th-century Bosnian poet whose 1966 masterpiece 'Kameni spavaฤ' ('Stone Sleeper') drew upon medieval steฤ‡ci tombstone inscriptions to express the tragic, defiant spirit of Bosnia.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abdelaziz El Aroui
Literature & Poetry
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Abdelaziz El Aroui

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุนุฒูŠุฒ ุงู„ุนุฑูˆูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1898 โ€“ 1971 (73 years old)

Beloved dean of Tunisian folklorists, journalist, and radio pioneer whose Sunday evening broadcasts Hikayat El Aroui preserved thousands of oral tales, proverbs, and philosophical allegories.

Tunis, Tunisia
Pedro Rodriguez
Sports & Athletics
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Pedro Rodriguez

Pedro Rodriguez de la Vega
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
1940 โ€“ 1971 (31 years old)

Mexico's greatest racing driver, who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, two Formula One Grands Prix, and multiple World Sportscar Championships in the Gulf-Porsche 917, celebrated as the peerless rainmaster of his generation.

Mexico City, Mexico
Louis Daniel Armstrong
Arts & Music
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Louis Daniel Armstrong

Louis Armstrong
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
4 August 1901 โ€“ 6 July 1971 (69 years old)

Founding father of jazz whose brilliant cornet/trumpet virtuosity, rhythmic swing, gravelly baritone vocals, and joyful charisma transformed jazz from collective folk improvisation into an individual soloist's art in West End Blues and What a Wonderful World.

Queens (New York City), United States
Dolores Cacuango
Politics
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Dolores Cacuango

Dolores Cacuango Quilo
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador
1881-10-26 โ€“ 1971-04-23 (89 years old)

Legendary indigenous leader known as 'Mama Dulu' who co-founded the Federaciรณn Ecuatoriana de Indios (FEI) in 1944 and founded Ecuador's first clandestine bilingual Quichua-Spanish schools for rural children.

Cayambe, Pichincha, Ecuador
Igor Tamm
Sciences & Discovery
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Igor Tamm

ะ˜ะณะพั€ัŒ ะ•ะฒะณะตะฝัŒะตะฒะธั‡ ะขะฐะผะผ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1895 โ€“ 1971 (75 years old)

Soviet theoretical physicist who co-developed the electrodynamic theory of Cherenkov radiation and co-invented the Tokamak magnetic fusion confinement system with Andrei Sakharov.

Moscow, Russia
Jilali Gharbaoui
Arts & Music
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Jilali Gharbaoui

ุงู„ุฌูŠู„ุงู„ูŠ ุงู„ุบุฑุจุงูˆูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1930 โ€“ 1971 (41 years old)

Tragic genius celebrated as Morocco's first purely non-figurative abstract painter, whose electrifying gestural brushstrokes and violent search for light anticipated European Informel painting.

Fez, Morocco
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
Arts & Music
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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky

ะ˜ะณะพั€ัŒ ะคั‘ะดะพั€ะพะฒะธั‡ ะกั‚ั€ะฐะฒะธะฝัะบะธะน
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
17 June 1882 โ€“ 6 April 1971 (88 years old)

Russian-born composer whose groundbreaking ballets for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russesโ€”The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Springโ€”exploded traditional rhythm and harmony, redefining 20th-century music.

New York City, United States
Arne Jacobsen
Art
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Arne Jacobsen

Arne Emil Jacobsen
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
1902-02-11 โ€“ 1971-03-24 (69 years old)

Legendary Danish architect and furniture designer whose holistic modernist works include the SAS Royal Hotel, St Catherine's College Oxford, and iconic chairs like The Egg, The Swan, and Series 7.

Gentofte, Denmark
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