Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Luc Antoine Montagnier

Luc Montagnier

France

1932 – 2022 (89 years old)

French virologist awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1983 co-discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) at the Pasteur Institute, enabling early diagnostic blood tests that saved millions of lives.

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

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Lata Mangeshkar

लता मंगेशकर

India

1929 – 2022 (92 years old)

Revered as the "Nightingale of India" and the supreme voice of Indian cinema, whose ethereal playback singing across seven decades recorded tens of thousands of songs in over thirty-six languages, awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Sports & Athletics

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Hamid Zouba

عبد الحميد زوبا

Algeria

1935 – 2022 (86 years old)

Historic member of the FLN football team who went on to become one of Africa's greatest tacticians, guiding MC Alger to their legendary 1976 Continental Treble.

Algiers, Algeria

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Maria Luisa Ceciarelli

Monica Vitti

Italy

1931 – 2022 (90 years old)

Incomparable Italian screen legend and five-time David di Donatello winner who became the muse of Michelangelo Antonioni in modernist cinema milestones L'Avventura and Red Desert, before reigning as the queen of Italian comedy (commedia all'italiana).

Rome, Italy

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Sports & Athletics

Wilhelmus Marinus Anthonius Jansen

Wim Jansen

Netherlands

1946 – 2022 (75 years old)

Dutch football midfielder, tactician, and Total Football stalwart who started in both the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup Finals for the Netherlands, won the 1970 European Cup with Feyenoord, and as Celtic manager signed Henrik Larsson and stopped Rangers' 10-in-a-row.

Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands

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Philosophy & Thought

Olavo Luiz Pimentel de Carvalho

Olavo de Carvalho

Brazil

1947 – 2022 (74 years old)

Influential and polarizing Brazilian conservative philosopher, author, and polemicist whose online philosophy seminars and bestselling books like The Minimum You Need to Know Not to Be an Idiot (2013) intellectually catalyzed modern Brazilian conservatism and the rise of Jair Bolsonaro.

Chester, Virginia, United States

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Thích Nhất Hạnh

Thích Nhất Hạnh (Nguyễn Xuân Bảo)

Vietnam

1926 – 2022 (95 years old)

Maître bouddhiste zen vietnamien, poète et artisan de paix internationale, pionnier du bouddhisme engagé et fondateur du Village des Pruniers.

Huế, Vietnam

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Elza Gomes da Conceição

Elza Soares

Brazil

1930 – 2022 (91 years old)

Towering Afro-Brazilian samba titan and feminist icon named "Singer of the Millennium" by BBC Radio in 1999, whose raspy, guttural scat vocals and fearless resilience triumphed over extreme poverty, racial violence, and military dictatorship.

Sulacap, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Michael Lee Aday

Marvin Lee Aday

United States

1947 – 2022 (74 years old)

Operatic American rock singer and actor whose thunderous theatrical collaboration with composer Jim Steinman, Bat Out of Hell, became one of the best-selling albums in history, and who starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Fight Club.

Nashville, United States

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Gaspard Thomas Ulliel

Gaspard Ulliel

France

1984 – 2022 (37 years old)

Charismatic, two-time César Award-winning French actor renowned for A Very Long Engagement, his hypnotic turn in Saint Laurent, Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World, and Marvel's Moon Knight, who died tragically at age 37.

Paris, France

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Franz Eberhard August Krüger

Hardy Krüger

Germany

1928 – 2022 (93 years old)

One of the first post-war German actors to attain major international stardom, starring in Hollywood and European film classics including The One That Got Away, Sundays and Cybèle, The Flight of the Phoenix, and A Bridge Too Far.

Palm Springs, California, United States

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Sports & Athletics

Francisco Gento López

Paco Gento

Spain

1933 – 2022 (88 years old)

Legendary Spanish outside-left winger for Real Madrid who remains the only football player in history to win six European Cups (1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1966), alongside a record twelve La Liga titles.

Guarnizo, Cantabria, Spain

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

Brijmohan Nath Mishra

पंडित बिरजू महाराज

India

1938 – 2022 (83 years old)

Doyen of Indian classical dance and torchbearer of the Kalka-Bindadin Lucknow Gharana of Kathak, whose expressive storytelling (bhava), rapid pirouettes (chakkars), and rhythmic footwork popularized Kathak globally, awarded the Padma Vibhushan.

New Delhi, India

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Resistance & Human Rights

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta

Mali

1945 – 2022 (76 years old)

President of Mali from 2013 to 2020 who won the presidency following the 2012 northern rebellion, led the signing of the 2015 Algiers Peace Accord, and served as Prime Minister (1994–2000) and President of the National Assembly.

Bamako, Mali

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Athmane Belouizdad

عثمان بلوزداد

Algeria

1929 – 2022 (93 years old)

Founding member of the Historic 22, younger brother of OS founder Mohamed Belouizdad, who was one of the last surviving architects of the November 1954 revolution.

Belouizdad (Algiers), Algeria

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Veronica Yvette Bennett

Ronnie Spector

United States

1943 – 2022 (78 years old)

Charismatic lead singer of the quintessential 1960s girl group The Ronettes, whose powerhouse, vibrato-rich vocals on "Be My Baby" and "Baby, I Love You" defined the girl group sound and influenced generations of rock artists.

Danbury, Connecticut, United States

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Literature & Poetry

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