Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Abbas Bahri

Switzerland

c. 1955 – 2016 (61 years old)

Abbas Bahri was a Tunisian mathematician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Yusuf Zuayyin

Switzerland

c. 1932 – 2016 (84 years old)

Yusuf Zuayyin was a Syrian politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Zelimkhan Yaqub

Switzerland

c. 1951 – 2016 (65 years old)

Zelimkhan Yaqub was an Azerbaijani Turkish poet and also politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Gianni Rondolino

Italy

c. 1933 – 2016 (83 years old)

Gianni Rondolino was an Italian film critic and historian.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Rome, Italy

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Sciences & Discovery

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Lawrence H. Cohn

United States

c. 1938 – 2016 (78 years old)

Lawrence H. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Resistance & Human Rights

Merab Chigoev

Switzerland

c. 1951 – 2016 (65 years old)

Merab Ilyich Chigoev was a Georgian South Ossetian politician and former Prime Minister, from August 1998 until June 2001. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Diana Mitchell

Switzerland

c. 1933 – 2016 (83 years old)

Diana Mary Mitchell was a Zimbabwean political activist and writer, who was an outspoken critic of the governments of Ian Smith and Robert Mugabe.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Philosophy & Thought

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Horst Boog

Germany

c. 1928 – 2016 (88 years old)

Horst Boog was a German historian who specialised in the history of Nazi Germany and World War II. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Berlin, Germany

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Piet Steenkamp

Netherlands

c. 1926 – 2016 (90 years old)

Petrus Antonius Josephus Maria "Piet" Steenkamp was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Resistance & Human Rights

Alessandro Ghinami

Italy

c. 1924 – 2016 (92 years old)

Alessandro Ghinami was an Italian civil servant and politician from Sardinia. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Rome, Italy

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Paddy Doherty

Ireland

c. 1927 – 2016 (89 years old)

Patrick Laurence Doherty, better known as Paddy 'Bogside' Doherty, was a Northern Irish activist from Derry, known for his activism in rebuilding the city after The Troubles.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.

Dublin, Ireland

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Philosophy & Thought

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János György Szilágyi

Switzerland

c. 1919 – 2016 (97 years old)

János György Szilágyi was a Hungarian historian who was a specialist in ancient drama and Greek art. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Jewel Kats

United States

c. 1979 – 2016 (37 years old)

Michelle Meera Katyal was a Canadian children's author who wrote under the pen name Jewel Kats. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

India

c. 1937 – 2016 (79 years old)

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir twice from November 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2015 until his death on January 7, 2016. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

New Delhi, India

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Ashraf Pahlavi

Switzerland

c. 1920 – 2016 (96 years old)

Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi was the twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the late Shah of Iran (Persia), and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Philosophy & Thought

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Nancy Abelmann

United States

c. 1960 – 2016 (56 years old)

Nancy Abelmann was an American anthropologist and Harry E. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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