Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Bob McCullough

Australia

c. 1932 – 2017 (85 years old)

Robert McCullough OAM was a leading Australian sport administrator particularly in the area of disability sport. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Canberra, Australia

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Ulf Dinkelspiel

Sweden

c. 1940 – 2017 (77 years old)

Ulf Adolf Roger Dinkelspiel was a Swedish Moderate Party politician and financier.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Stockholm, Sweden

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Politics

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James Mancham

James Richard Marie Mancham

Seychelles

1939-08-11 – 2017-01-08 (77 years old)

First President of the Republic of Seychelles (1976–1977), international peace crusader, and author whose vision transformed the archipelago into a world-renowned eco-tourism paradise.

Victoria, Seychelles

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Roy Innis

United States

c. 1935 – 2017 (82 years old)

Roy Emile Alfredo Innis was an American activist and politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Philosophy & Thought

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Svennik Høyer

Norway

c. 1932 – 2017 (85 years old)

Svennik Høyer was a Norwegian political scientist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Oslo, Norway

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Sciences & Discovery

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Eli Zelkha

United States

c. 1951 – 2017 (66 years old)

Elias "Eli" Zelkha was an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and professor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Switzerland

c. 1935 – 2017 (82 years old)

Ali Akbar Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani was an Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was the president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Philosophy & Thought

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Lech Trzeciakowski

Poland

c. 1932 – 2017 (85 years old)

Lech Trzeciakowski was a Polish historian who served as director of the Western Institute in Poznań from 1974 to 1978. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Warsaw, Poland

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Philosophy & Thought

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Marvin Gettleman

United States

c. 1934 – 2017 (83 years old)

Marvin E. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Philosophy & Thought

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John Deely

United States

c. 1943 – 2017 (74 years old)

John Deely was an American philosopher and semiotician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

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Nat Hentoff

United States

c. 1926 – 2017 (91 years old)

Nathan Irving Hentoff was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

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Refik Erduran

Turkey

c. 1929 – 2017 (88 years old)

Ahmet Refik Erduran was a Turkish playwright, columnist and writer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Ankara, Turkey

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Sciences & Discovery

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Roger Parsons

Great Britain

c. 1927 – 2017 (90 years old)

Roger Parsons was a British chemist (electrochemist).. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Mário Soares

Switzerland

c. 1925 – 2017 (92 years old)

Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares was a Portuguese statesman who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985 and subsequently as the president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Dan Porter

United States

c. 1931 – 2017 (86 years old)

Daniel Edward Porter was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Carlos Fernández Gondín

Switzerland

c. 1939 – 2017 (78 years old)

Carlos Fernández Gondín was a Cuban politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws

Netherlands

c. 1930 – 2017 (87 years old)

Lucina Elena da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws was a Dutch Antillean politician for the National People's Party (PNP). Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Audrey Grevious

United States

c. 1931 – 2017 (86 years old)

Audrey Louise Grevious became one of the central leaders in the local civil rights movement in Lexington and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.

Washington, D.C., United States

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