Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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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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Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo

Congo

1966 – 2024 (58 years old)

Towering Congolese-American basketball Hall of Famer, four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year, and monumental humanitarian who personally funded and built the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in Kinshasa.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Paul Richard Alexander

Paul Alexander

United States

1946 – 2024 (78 years old)

American lawyer, author, and disability rights advocate who survived in an iron lung for over 70 years after contracting polio at age six, earning a law degree and practicing in court through extraordinary human fortitude.

Dallas, United States

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Johan Vincent Galtung

Johan Galtung

Norway

1930 – 2024 (93 years old)

Norwegian sociologist, mathematician, and principal founder of the academic discipline of peace and conflict studies, who pioneered the concepts of "structural violence", "negative peace", and "positive peace".

Oslo, Norway

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Eleanor Rosalynn Carter (née Smith)

United States

1927 – 2023 (96 years old)

First Lady of the United States (1977–1981), visionary mental health advocate, and humanitarian co-founder of The Carter Center. Equal partner to Jimmy Carter across 77 years of marriage, fighting disease and advancing global peace.

Plains, Georgia, United States

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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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Daniel Ellsberg

Daniel Ellsberg

United States

1931 – 2023 (92 years old)

American military analyst and courageous whistleblower who in 1971 leaked the top-secret "Pentagon Papers" to The New York Times, exposing decades of US government deception regarding the Vietnam War and precipitating the Watergate scandal.

Kensington, United States

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Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.

United States

1927 – 2023 (96 years old)

Charismatic singer, actor, and towering civil rights champion who popularized Caribbean calypso with Day-O. Close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. and architect of USA for Africa's We Are the World.

New York City, United States

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Dominique Lapierre

Dominique Lapierre

France

1931 – 2022 (91 years old)

Celebrated French author and philanthropist who co-wrote monumental international historical bestsellers Is Paris Burning? and Freedom at Midnight with Larry Collins, and dedicated half of his royalties from City of Joy to rescue children with leprosy and tuberculosis in the slums of Kolkata.

Ramatuelle, Var, France

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