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Joan Guinovart
Sciences & Discovery
2
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Joan Guinovart

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
c. 1948 โ€“ 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
Rachid Mekhloufi
Sports & Athletics
6
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Rachid Mekhloufi

ุฑุดูŠุฏ ู…ุฎู„ูˆููŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1936 โ€“ 2024 (88 years old)

Legendary Algerian striker and AS Saint-ร‰tienne 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
Alexei Navalny
Resistance & Human Rights
20
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,850

Alexei Navalny

ะะปะตะบัะตะน ะะฝะฐั‚ะพะปัŒะตะฒะธั‡ ะะฐะฒะฐะปัŒะฝั‹ะน
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
4 June 1976 โ€“ 16 February 2024 (47 years old)

Alexei Navalny was a visionary Russian anti-corruption attorney, opposition leader, and human rights champion who exposed systemic Kremlin kleptocracy through viral investigations watched by hundreds of millions. Surviving an FSB Novichok chemical nerve agent assassination attempt in 2020, he courageously returned to Moscow in 2021, enduring brutal solitary confinement in maximum-security Arctic penal colonies until his death in February 2024.

Kharp, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Franz Beckenbauer
Sports & Athletics
19
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 3,350

Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Anton Beckenbauer
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
11 September 1945 โ€“ 7 January 2024 (78 years old)

Franz Beckenbauer, universally revered as 'Der Kaiser', was a peerless German footballer, tactician, and sporting statesman who revolutionized the sport by creating the modern attacking sweeper (libero) role. He is one of only three men to win the FIFA World Cup as both captain (1974) and manager (1990), and he led Bayern Munich to three consecutive European Cups (1974โ€“1976).

Salzburg, Austria
Mario Zagallo
Sports & Athletics
15
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,650

Mario Zagallo

Mรกrio Jorge Lobo Zagallo
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
9 August 1931 โ€“ 5 January 2024 (92 years old)

Mรกrio Zagallo was a monumental Brazilian football figure and the first person ever to win the FIFA World Cup as both a player and a manager. Winning four World Cups in total (player in 1958 and 1962, manager in 1970, and assistant coordinator in 1994), he orchestrated Brazil's dazzling 1970 team and pioneered the tactically disciplined, box-to-box winger role.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bobby Charlton
Sports & Athletics
22
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,950

Bobby Charlton

Sir Robert Charlton
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
11 October 1937 โ€“ 21 October 2023 (86 years old)

Sir Bobby Charlton was an iconic English footballer and gentleman of the sport renowned for his ferociously powerful long-range strikes, passing vision, and exemplary sportsmanship. A survivor of the 1958 Munich Air Disaster, he rebuilt Manchester United to capture the European Cup in 1968 and led England to its sole World Cup triumph in 1966, winning the Ballon d'Or.

Macclesfield, Cheshire, Great Britain
Jim Brown
Sports & Athletics
17
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 3,380

Jim Brown

James Nathaniel Brown
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
17 February 1936 โ€“ 18 May 2023 (87 years old)

James Nathaniel 'Jim' Brown is widely acclaimed as the greatest football player in NFL history, whose unstoppable combination of 6-foot-2, 230-pound power, speed, and balance dominated the league with the Cleveland Browns (1957โ€“1965). Retiring at the peak of his career at age twenty-nine without ever missing a single game due to injury, he was also an elite lacrosse player, Hollywood actor, and civil rights leader who organized the 1967 Cleveland Summit.

Los Angeles, California, United States
Willis Reed
Sports & Athletics
14
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,650

Willis Reed

Willis Reed Jr.
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
25 June 1942 โ€“ 21 March 2023 (80 years old)

Willis Reed Jr., beloved as 'The Captain', was the revered leader and spiritual heart of the New York Knicks' golden era, captaining the team to two NBA championships in 1970 and 1973. In 1970, he became the first player in NBA history to win the All-Star MVP, regular season MVP, and Finals MVP in the same season, immortalized for his legendary hobbled entrance onto the court in Game 7 of the 1970 Finals.

Houston, Texas, United States
Just Fontaine
Sports & Athletics
16
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,120

Just Fontaine

Just Fontaine
๐ŸŒ French Protectorate in Morocco
18 August 1933 โ€“ 1 March 2023 (89 years old)

Just Fontaine was a legendary French striker who holds the eternal, unbreakable record for the most goals scored in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, netting an astonishing 13 goals in six games at the 1958 tournament in Sweden. A star of Stade de Reims, he scored 30 goals in just 21 international matches for France before injury ended his playing career at age twenty-eight.

Toulouse, France
Pelรฉ
Sports & Athletics
46
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 4,250

Pelรฉ

Edson Arantes do Nascimento
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
23 October 1940 โ€“ 29 December 2022 (82 years old)

Pelรฉ is universally revered as one of the greatest football players in the history of the sport, and the only player ever to win three FIFA World Cups (1958, 1962, 1970). Renowned for his incandescent brilliance, acrobatic athleticism, and more than 1,200 career goals, he transformed the sport into 'The Beautiful Game' (O Jogo Bonito) and became a transcendent cultural icon for Brazil and the globe.

Sรฃo Paulo, Brazil
Hebe de Bonafini
Resistance & Human Rights
15
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,270

Hebe de Bonafini

Hebe Marรญa Pastor de Bonafini
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
4 December 1928 โ€“ 20 November 2022 (93 years old)

Hebe de Bonafini was a world-renowned Argentine human rights crusader and long-serving president of the Association of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Transformed into an unyielding militant following the forced disappearance of her two sons and daughter-in-law during Argentina's military dictatorship, she wore the iconic white headscarf every Thursday in front of the presidential palace, demanding truth, justice, and the prosecution of junta perpetrators.

La Plata, Argentina
Antonio Inoki
Sports & Athletics
3
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Antonio Inoki

ใ‚ขใƒณใƒˆใƒ‹ใ‚ช็Œชๆœจ (็Œชๆœจ ๅฏ›่‡ณ)
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
1943 โ€“ 2022 (79 years old)

Legendary Japanese professional wrestler, founder of New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and pioneer of mixed martial arts who fought Muhammad Ali in the historic 1976 Boxer vs. Wrestler bout.

Yokohama (Kanagawa), Japan
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