Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Joan Guinovart

Spain

c. 1948 – 2025 (77 years old)

Joan Josep Guinovart Cirera was a Spanish biochemist known for research on glycogen and liver glycogen synthase, as well as for work in FEBS, IUBMB and the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Madrid, Spain

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Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes

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Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes

Great Britain

c. 1929 – 2025 (96 years old)

Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes, PC was a British Conservative politician.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

London, United Kingdom

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Sciences & Discovery

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Thomas Eugene Kurtz

Thomas Kurtz

United States

1928 – 2024 (96 years old)

American mathematician and computer science visionary who, alongside John Kemeny at Dartmouth College in 1964, co-invented the BASIC programming language and the Dartmouth Time-Sharing System, democratizing computer programming for the entire world.

Hanover, United States

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Sports & Athletics

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Rachid Mekhloufi

رشيد مخلوفي

Algeria

1936 – 2024 (88 years old)

Legendary Algerian striker and AS Saint-Étienne icon who sacrificed French World Cup stardom in 1958 to co-found the FLN Football Team, returning after independence to win three French league titles and coach Algeria to Gold at the 1975 Mediterranean Games.

Algiers, Algeria

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Quincy Delight Jones Jr.

United States

1933 – 2024 (91 years old)

Colossal musical titan whose legendary 70-year career produced Michael Jackson's Thriller, organized We Are the World, scored The Color Purple, and earned 28 Grammy Awards and an Honorary Academy Award.

Los Angeles, United States

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Sports & Athletics

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Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea

Fernando Valenzuela

Mexico

1960 – 2024 (63 years old)

Legendary Mexican Major League Baseball pitcher whose 1981 rookie season with the Los Angeles Dodgers sparked "Fernandomania", leading the team to a World Series title and making him the only player to win Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young Award in the same season.

Los Angeles, United States

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Liam James Payne

Liam Payne

Great Britain

1993 – 2024 (31 years old)

English singer and songwriter who rose to global superstardom as a member of the boy band One Direction, one of the best-selling pop acts of the 21st century, before pursuing a successful solo career with hits like "Strip That Down".

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

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Tito Titus Mboweni

Tito Mboweni

South Africa

1959 – 2024 (65 years old)

South African economist who served as Nelson Mandela's first Minister of Labour, became the first Black Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (1999–2009), introducing inflation targeting, and served as Minister of Finance.

Tzaneen, South Africa

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Music

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Leif Segerstam

Leif Selim Segerstam

Finland

1944-03-02 – 2024-10-09 (80 years old)

Flamboyant, larger-than-life Finnish conductor and composer who led major European orchestras and set the all-time world record by composing over 350 symphonies using 'free-pulsative' notation.

Helsinki, Finland

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Emily Drinkard Houston

Emily Drinkard

United States

1933 – 2024 (91 years old)

Two-time Grammy-winning American gospel and soul matriarch who founded the backing vocal powerhouse The Sweet Inspirations, sang behind Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, and guided her daughter Whitney Houston to global superstardom.

Westfield, United States

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Dikembe Mutombo Mpolondo Mukamba Jean-Jacques Wamutombo

Humanitarian & Peace

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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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Kristoffer Kristofferson

United States

1936 – 2024 (88 years old)

Poetic giant of American songwriting and acclaimed actor. Author of country music classics Me and Bobby McGee, Sunday Morn' Comin' Down, and Help Me Make It Through the Night. Golden Globe winner for A Star Is Born.

Hana, Maui, Hawaii, United States

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Dame Margaret Natalie Smith

Great Britain

1934 – 2024 (89 years old)

Incomparable British stage and screen titan whose razor-sharp wit and poignant emotional depth won two Oscars, four Emmys, three Golden Globes, and five BAFTAs. Renowned as Minerva McGonagall in Harry Potter and the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey.

London, United Kingdom

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Sports & Athletics

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Salvatore Schillaci

Italy

1964 – 2024 (59 years old)

Beloved Italian football striker whose wide-eyed goal celebrations and fairytale six-goal performance at the 1990 FIFA World Cup won him the Golden Boot and Golden Ball, captivating an entire nation during Italia '90.

Palermo, Italy

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Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan

Pravin Gordhan

South Africa

1949 – 2024 (75 years old)

South African anti-apartheid freedom fighter, underground communist leader, and principled Minister of Finance who transformed the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and courageously defended the National Treasury against state capture.

Durban, South Africa

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Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto

Alberto Fujimori (藤森謙也)

Peru

1938 – 2024 (86 years old)

Peruvian politician, professor, and agricultural engineer who served as President of Peru from 1990 to 2000, known for crushing the Shining Path insurgency and implementing neoliberal "Fujishock" economic reforms while presiding over authoritarian abuses.

Lima, Peru

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