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Alvar Cawรฉn

Frans Alvar Cawรฉn
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
1886 โ€“ 1935 (48 years old)

Leading expressionist painter and co-founder of the avant-garde November Group (Marraskuun ryhmรค) whose muted earthy tones and geometric cubist structures depicted deep spiritual contemplation and rural Finnish life.

Helsinki, Finland
Chiquinha Gonzaga
Arts & Music
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Chiquinha Gonzaga

Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
1847 โ€“ 1935 (87 years old)

Afro-Brazilian composer, pianist, and conductor who became the first female orchestral conductor in Brazil, composed the first carnival march (O Abre Alas), and founded Brazil's society of theatrical authors.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Politics
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Hajj Abdeslam Bennouna

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุณู„ุงู… ุจู†ูˆู†ุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1888 โ€“ 1935 (46 years old)

Revered as the 'Father of Northern Moroccan Nationalism', pioneer of modern Arab-Islamic education in Tetouan, diplomat who established ties with the League of Nations, and mentor to Abdelkhalek Torres.

Tetouan, Morocco
Military
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Fatima Taghbaloute

ูุงุทู…ุฉ ุชุงุบุจุงู„ูˆุช
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1890 โ€“ c. 1935 (~45 years old)

Legendary Amazigh combatant from the Aรฏt Ouirra tribe of El Ksiba who fought alongside Moha Ou Said against French colonial invading columns in the Middle Atlas.

El Ksiba, Morocco
Dassine Oult Yemma
Arts & Music
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Dassine Oult Yemma

โดทโดฐโต™โต‰โต โต“โตโตœ โตขโตŽโตŽโดฐ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1875 โ€“ c. 1935 (60 years old)

The supreme poetess and virtuoso of the sacred single-string violin (Imzad) in Tuareg culture, whose artistic salon (Ahal) shaped the cultural soul of the Hoggar.

Tamanrasset, Algeria
Adrien de Gerlache
Science
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Adrien de Gerlache

Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache de Gomery
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1866-08-02 โ€“ 1934-12-04 (68 years old)

Belgian naval officer who led the historic 1897โ€“1899 'Belgica' expedition, conducting the first-ever scientific overwintering in the Antarctic pack ice alongside Roald Amundsen and Frederick Cook.

Evere, Brussels, Belgium
Abou el Kacem Chebbi
Literature & Poetry
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Abou el Kacem Chebbi

ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ู‚ุงุณู… ุงู„ุดุงุจูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1909 โ€“ 1934 (25 years old)

Immortal national poet of Tunisia whose fiery romantic and revolutionary verses in 'The Will of Life' (Iradat al-Hayat) and 'To the Tyrants of the World' inspired generations of Arab anti-colonial struggles and the 2011 Arab Spring.

Tozeur, Tunisia
Edgeworth David
Science
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Edgeworth David

Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
1858-01-28 โ€“ 1934-08-28 (76 years old)

Celebrated geologist and explorer who discovered the massive Hunter Valley coal seams, led the climbing team that reached the South Magnetic Pole in 1909, and commanded military tunneling at Messines.

North Ryde, Sydney, Australia
Marie Dressler
Art
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Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
9 November 1868 โ€“ 28 July 1934 (65 years old)

Cobourg-born stage and screen star who staged an astonishing career comeback in her sixties to become Hollywood's number-one box-office star and Oscar winner.

Glendale, United States
Ahmad al-Alawi
Religious Figures & Theologians
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Ahmad al-Alawi

ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ู…ุตุทูู‰ ุงู„ุนู„ุงูˆูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1869 โ€“ 1934 (65 years old)

Venerated 20th-century Algerian Sufi master who founded the worldwide Alawiyya tariqa in Mostaganem, published reformist newspapers, and whose spiritual depth was celebrated by European philosophers including Martin Lings.

Mostaganem, Algeria
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