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Passed away Feb 09, 2026

Charles Bailleul

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

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Passed away Jan 29, 2026

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.

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Passed away Jan 23, 2026

Paul Glynn

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

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Passed away Jan 21, 2026

Sondra Gotlieb

Sondra Gotlieb was a Canadian journalist and novelist who lived in Toronto, Ontario.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

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Passed away Jan 16, 2026

Yury Yemelyanov

Yury Vasilyevich Yemelyanov was a Soviet-Russian historian and author, who was a Candidate of History Sciences (1979). Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

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Passed away Jan 16, 2026

Robert Macklin

Robert Victor Macklin was an Australian author and journalist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

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Passed away Jan 16, 2026

Olena Hrechanina

Olena Yakovlevna Hrechanina was a Ukrainian geneticist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 16, 2026

Gregory Gregoriadis

Gregory Gregoriadis was a Greek-born British biochemist who pioneered the use of liposomes in drug targeting and vaccine development. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 15, 2026

Abdullahi Abubakar

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

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Passed away Jan 14, 2026

Aroha Awarau

Aroha Edward Awarau was a New Zealand journalist and playwright. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

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Passed away Jan 14, 2026

Jean Rossier

Jean Rossier was a Belgian biologist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 14, 2026

Mieczysław Mąkosza

Mieczysław Józef Mąkosza was a Polish chemist who specialised in organic synthesis and investigation of organic mechanisms. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 13, 2026

Indira Devi Dhanrajgir

Indirā Dēvi Dhanarājgīr, better known as Rajkumari Indira Devi, was an Indian-English poet, painter, socialite and photography enthusiast from Hyderabad. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

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Passed away Jan 12, 2026

Mario Rigutti

Mario Rigutti was an Italian astronomer and science communicator. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 11, 2026

Louis E. Brus

Louis Eugene Brus was an American chemist, and the Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

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Passed away Jan 10, 2026

Robert Wolgemuth

Robert David Wolgemuth was an American author who was the chairman of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

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Passed away Jan 10, 2026

Karl Riha

Karl Riha was a German poet, writer and literary scholar.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

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Passed away Jan 10, 2026

Erich von Däniken

Erich Anton Paul von Däniken was a Swiss author of several pseudoscientific books which made claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

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