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Mehran Karimi Nasseri
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Mehran Karimi Nasseri

مهران کریمی ناصری
🇮🇷 Iran
1945 – 2022 (77 years old)

Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport for eighteen continuous years (1988–2006) due to diplomatic limbo, inspiring Steven Spielberg's film The Terminal starring Tom Hanks.

Thiais, France
Marie Louise Cruz
Humanitarian & Peace
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Marie Louise Cruz

Sacheen Littlefeather
🇺🇸 United States
1946 – 2022 (75 years old)

Native American civil rights activist and actress who made history at the 1973 Academy Awards by declining Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather to protest Hollywood's portrayal of Indigenous people and draw attention to Wounded Knee.

Novato, United States
Aïcha Chenna
Humanitarian & Peace
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Aïcha Chenna

عائشة الشنا
🇲🇦 Morocco
1941 – 2022 (81 years old)

Revered Moroccan humanitarian pioneer, known affectionately as 'Mama Aïcha', who founded the Association Solidarité Féminine in 1985 to rescue and empower single mothers and abandoned children.

Casablanca, Morocco
Sir Thomas Moore
Humanitarian & Peace
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Sir Thomas Moore

Captain Sir Tom Moore
🇬🇧 Great Britain
1920 – 2021 (100 years old)

Centenarian British Army World War II officer who captured global hearts during the COVID-19 pandemic by walking 100 laps of his garden ahead of his 100th birthday, raising a record £38.9 million for NHS charities and receiving a knighthood.

Keighley, United Kingdom
John Hume
Humanitarian & Peace
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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
John Robert Lewis
Humanitarian & Peace
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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
Betty Williams
Humanitarian & Peace
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Betty Williams

Betty Williams
🇬🇧 Great Britain
1943 – 2020 (76 years old)

Militante de la paix nord-irlandaise, cofondatrice du mouvement Community of Peace People après le drame des enfants Maguire, prix Nobel de la paix 1976.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Frederick R. Koch
Humanitarian & Peace
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Frederick R. Koch

🇺🇸 United States
c. 1934 – 2020 (86 years old)

Frederick Robinson Koch was an American collector and philanthropist, the eldest of the four sons born to American industrialist Fred Chase Koch, founder of what is now Koch Industries, and Mary Clementine Koch.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Washington, D.C., United States
Tony Beddison
Humanitarian & Peace
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Tony Beddison

🇦🇺 Australia
c. 1949 – 2020 (71 years old)

Anthony John Beddison was an Australian businessman and philanthropist, who was founder and chairman of the Beddison Group, a workforce recruitment and consultancy service.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Canberra, Australia
Jack Baskin
Humanitarian & Peace
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Jack Baskin

🇺🇸 United States
c. 1920 – 2020 (100 years old)

Jack Baskin was an American philanthropist, engineer, and businessman in California, especially near Silicon Valley. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Washington, D.C., United States
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