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Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Humanitarian & Peace
37
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Carlos Saavedra Lamas

Carlos Saavedra Lamas
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
1 November 1878 โ€“ 5 May 1959 (80 years old)

Carlos Saavedra Lamas was an Argentine jurist, diplomat, and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1932โ€“1938) who drafted the historic 1933 Anti-War Treaty of Non-Aggression and Conciliation. He mediated the end of the devastating Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay and served as President of the Assembly of the League of Nations, becoming the first Latin American recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1936.

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mohamed Touri
Arts & Music
12
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Mohamed Touri

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุชูˆุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1914 โ€“ 1959 (44 years old)

Brilliant early comedic playwright and actor whose satirical plays dismantled colonial corruption, dying prematurely in 1959 after suffering brutal mistreatment in colonial prisons.

Algiers, Algeria
Music
1
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Edward Johnson

Edward Johnson
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1878 โ€“ 1959 (80 years old)

Internationally renowned operatic tenor who conquered La Scala in Milan under the name Edoardo Di Giovanni and governed New York's Metropolitan Opera as General Manager for fifteen transformative years.

Guelph (Ontario), Canada
Benjamin Christensen
Art
1
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Benjamin Christensen

Benjamin Christensen
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
1879-09-28 โ€“ 1959-04-02 (79 years old)

Innovative Danish silent film director and visual pioneer who created Hรคxan (Witchcraft Through the Ages, 1922), an extraordinary semi-documentary horror masterpiece exploring superstition and hysteria.

Copenhagen, Denmark
Barthรฉlemy Boganda
Politics
1
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Barthรฉlemy Boganda

Barthelemy Boganda
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic
1910-04-04 โ€“ 1959-03-29 (48 years old)

National hero and founding father of the Central African Republic who formulated the motto 'Zo Kwe Zo' (Every human is a person) and championed the United States of Latin Africa.

Bobangui, Central African Republic
Si El Haouรจs
Resistance & Human Rights
27
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Si El Haouรจs

ุณูŠ ุงู„ุญูˆุงุณ (ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุฑุฒุงู‚)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1923 โ€“ 1959 (36 years old)

Legendary Colonel of the National Liberation Army (ALN) who commanded Wilaya VI, securing the vast expanse of the Algerian Sahara against colonial partition.

Algiers, Algeria
Lester Young
Arts & Music
39
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Lester Young

Lester Willis Young
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1909 โ€“ 1959 (49 years old)

American jazz tenor saxophonist dubbed 'Pres', whose relaxed, airy tone, floating rhythmic phrasing, and hipster slang provided the foundational inspiration for cool jazz and bebop.

New York City, United States
Music
0
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Yrjรถ Kilpinen

Yrjรถ Henrik Kilpinen
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
1892 โ€“ 1959 (67 years old)

Internationally acclaimed master of modern Lieder who composed nearly eight hundred art songs setting Finnish, Swedish, and German poetry, celebrated alongside Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss.

Helsinki, Finland
Mike Hawthorn
Sports & Athletics
39
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Mike Hawthorn

John Michael Hawthorn
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1929 โ€“ 1959 (29 years old)

First British Formula One World Champion (1958) and 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, famed for racing in his trademark bow tie and flat cap, who tragically died in a road crash months after retiring.

Farnham (Surrey), United Kingdom
Saliha
Arts & Music
26
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Saliha

ุตู„ูŠุญุฉ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1914 โ€“ November 26, 1958 (44 years old)

Incomparable Tunisian vocalist whose velvety, melancholy voice and deep mastery of Bedouin desert melodies and classical malouf made her the uncontested sovereign diva of Tunisian traditional music.

Tunis, Tunisia
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