Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Sciences & Discovery

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Gerty Cori

Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori

Czech Republic

1896 – 1957 (61 years old)

First American woman to win a Nobel Prize in science, discovering the Cori cycle of carbohydrate metabolism with Carl Cori.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

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Architecture

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Henry van de Velde

Henry Clemens van de Velde

Belgium

1863 – 1957 (94 years old)

Pioneering Belgian architect, interior designer, and theorist who co-founded Art Nouveau, founded the Weimar Grand-Ducal School of Arts and Crafts (precursor to the Bauhaus), and designed Ghent's iconic 'Boekentoren'.

Tervuren (Flemish Brabant), Belgium

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Zoulikha Oudai

زوخيخة عدي

Algeria

1911 – 1957 (46 years old)

Legendary intelligence officer and logistical coordinator for the FLN in the Cherchell region, who endured brutal torture without breaking and was thrown from a military helicopter.

Cherchell, Algeria

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Literature & Poetry

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Avetik Isahakyan

Ավետիք Իսահակյան

Armenia

1875-10-31 – 1957-10-17 (81 years old)

Master lyric poet and academician whose philosophical epic 'Abul Ala Al-Ma'arri' and melancholic folk verses captured the eternal longing and sorrows of the Armenian people.

Yerevan, Armenia

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Ali La Pointe

علي عمار

Algeria

1930 – 1957 (27 years old)

Algerian urban guerrilla commander whose daring exploits during the 1957 Battle of Algiers turned the labyrinthine alleys of the Casbah into an unyielding bastion of revolutionary defiance.

Algiers, Algeria

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Hassiba Ben Bouali

حسيبة بن بوعلي

Algeria

1938 – 1957 (19 years old)

Algerian freedom fighter and iconic martyr of the Battle of Algiers who abandoned university studies to transport explosives and coordinate clandestine networks in the Casbah of Algiers.

Algiers, Algeria

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Politics

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King Haakon VII

Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel

Denmark

1872-08-03 – 1957-09-21 (85 years old)

Beloved monarch of Norway who reigned for 52 years, adopted the motto 'Alt for Norge', and became the ultimate symbol of national resistance by defying Hitler's ultimatum in 1940.

Oslo, Norway

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Arts & Music

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Jean Sibelius

Johan Julius Christian Sibelius

Finland

1865 – 1957 (91 years old)

Finland's greatest composer whose monumental symphonies and tone poem Finlandia galvanized Finnish national identity.

Järvenpää, Finland

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Politics

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Hajj Muhammad ibn Abd al-Salam al-Muqri

محمد بن عبد السلام المقري

Morocco

1854 – 1957 (103 years old)

Morocco's famous centenarian Grand Vizier who served six successive Moroccan Sultans from Hassan I to Mohammed V, representing Morocco at the Algeciras Conference of 1906.

Rabat, Morocco

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Science

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Peter Freuchen

Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen

Denmark

1886-02-20 – 1957-09-02 (71 years old)

Towering Danish Arctic explorer, author, and filmmaker who co-founded the Thule Trading Post with Knud Rasmussen, survived being trapped in an avalanche, and championed Inuit culture.

Thule, Greenland

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Science

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Joseph Burr Tyrrell

J. B. Tyrrell

Canada

1 November 1858 – 26 August 1957 (98 years old)

Legendary Canadian explorer and geologist who discovered Alberta's dinosaur fossils (Albertosaurus) in 1884 and the vast coal seams of Drumheller.

Toronto, Canada

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Resistance & Human Rights

33

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Ourida Meddad

وريدة مداد

Algeria

1938 – 1957 (19 years old)

Eighteen-year-old Algerian revolutionary courier and intelligence operative in the Casbah of Algiers, whose unbreakable silence under extreme torture made her an immortal symbol of youth resistance.

Algiers, Algeria

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Malika Gaïd

مليكة قايد

Algeria

1933 – 1957 (23 years old)

Algerian combat nurse and ALN militant who treated wounded guerrillas under heavy bombardment in the mountains of Kabylie and died weapon in hand defending her field hospital.

Béjaïa, Algeria

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Art

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František Kupka

František Kupka

Austria

1871-09-23 – 1957-06-24 (85 years old)

Visionary painter who alongside Kandinsky and Mondrian created modern abstract art, exhibiting the revolutionary non-representational canvas 'Amorpha, Fugue in Two Colors' at the 1912 Salon d'Automne.

Paris, France

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Sciences & Discovery

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Maurice Audin

موريس أودان

Tunisia

1932 – 1957 (25 years old)

Brilliant 25-year-old mathematician and assistant lecturer at the University of Algiers whose torture and murder by French paratroopers led to a worldwide campaign against state torture.

Algiers, Algeria

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Sports & Athletics

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Gichin Funakoshi

船越 義珍

Japan

1868 – 1957 (88 years old)

Revered as the 'Father of Modern Karate' who introduced Okinawan karate to mainland Japan and founded Shotokan Karate.

Kamakura, Japan

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Larbi Tébessi

العربي التبسي

Algeria

1891 – 1957 (66 years old)

Eminent Algerian Islamic scholar, educator, and president of the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulema who fiercely defended Algerian national and linguistic identity against French colonial assimilation.

Tébessa, Algeria

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Ali Mellah

علي ملاح

Algeria

1924 – 1957 (33 years old)

Historic Colonel of the ALN who was entrusted with establishing Wilaya VI (the Saharan front), expanding the Algerian armed revolution into the vast Southern territories.

Laghouat, Algeria

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