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Charles Bailleul

France

c. 1928 – 2026 (98 years old)

Charles Bailleul was a French linguist and Roman Catholic missionary, a member of the White Fathers.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Paris, France

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René Backmann

France

c. 1945 – 2026 (81 years old)

René Backmann was a French journalist known for international reporting at Le Nouvel Observateur and later for his columns at Mediapart, with work focusing on the Middle East and on questions of rights and humanitarian crises. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Paris, France

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Paul Glynn

Australia

c. 1929 – 2026 (97 years old)

Paul Glynn was an Australian Marist missionary priest and writer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Canberra, Australia

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Abdullahi Abubakar

Nigeria

c. 1936 – 2026 (90 years old)

Abdullahi Abubakar was a Nigerian Islamic cleric and humanitarian. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Abuja, Nigeria

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Nancy Skinner Nordhoff

United States

c. 1933 – 2026 (93 years old)

Nancy Skinner Nordhoff was an American philanthropist and environmentalist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Marshall Rose

United States

c. 1937 – 2025 (88 years old)

Marshall Rose was an American real estate developer and philanthropist who was the founder of the Georgetown Company, which oversaw the renovation of Madison Square Garden and the construction of the IAC Building.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Muhammad bin Fahd Al Saud

Switzerland

c. 1950 – 2025 (75 years old)

Muhammad bin Fahd Al Saud was a Saudi prince, politician, and philanthropist who served as governor of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from 1985 to 2013. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Maruxa Pita

Spain

c. 1931 – 2025 (94 years old)

María Dolores "Maruxa" Pita Lissarrague was a Spanish missionary and teacher who lived most of her life in the Philippines. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Madrid, Spain

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François Ponchaud

France

c. 1940 – 2025 (85 years old)

François Ponchaud was a French Catholic priest and missionary to Cambodia. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Paris, France

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Louis Schittly

France

c. 1939 – 2025 (86 years old)

Louis Schittly was a French physician and humanitarian. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Paris, France

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Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari

Martti Ahtisaari

Finland

1937 – 2023 (86 years old)

Président de la République de Finlande et médiateur diplomatique d'exception de l'ONU en Namibie, au Kosovo et en Indonésie, Nobel de la paix 2008.

Helsinki, Finland

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William David Trimble, Baron Trimble

David Trimble

Great Britain

1944 – 2022 (77 years old)

Homme d'État nord-irlandais, dirigeant du Parti unioniste d'Ulster et Premier ministre d'Irlande du Nord, prix Nobel de la paix 1998.

Newtownards, County Down, United Kingdom

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Paul Edward Farmer

Paul Farmer

United States

1959 – 2022 (62 years old)

Médecin et anthropologue américain, cofondateur de Partners In Health, révolutionnaire de la santé mondiale offrant des soins de pointe aux populations les plus pauvres.

Butaro, Burera, Rwanda

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Thích Nhất Hạnh

Thích Nhất Hạnh (Nguyễn Xuân Bảo)

French Indochina (now 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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Sir Brian Edward Urquhart

Brian Urquhart

United Kingdom

1919 – 2021 (101 years old)

Diplomate britannique légendaire de l'ONU, deuxième fonctionnaire recruté lors de la fondation de l'organisation et cocréateur avec Ralph Bunche des Casques bleus.

Tyringham, Massachusetts, United States

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Pierantonio Costa

Pierantonio Costa

Italy

1939 – 2021 (81 years old)

Italian honorary consul in Kigali who spent his personal wealth to rescue nearly two thousand people, including hundreds of children, during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

Milan, Italy

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John Hume

John Hume

Great Britain

1937 – 2020 (83 years old)

Homme politique nord-irlandais, principal bâtisseur de l'accord de paix du Vendredi saint de 1998 et lauréat du prix Nobel de la paix 1998.

Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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John Robert Lewis

John Lewis

United States

1940 – 2020 (80 years old)

Légende des droits civiques et apôtre du « Bon désordre » (Good Trouble), président du SNCC, sauvagement blessé sur le pont Edmund Pettus lors du Bloody Sunday à Selma.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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