Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Literature & Poetry

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J. D. Salinger

Jerome David Salinger

United States

1919 – 2010 (91 years old)

Legendary American author whose 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye became an enduring touchstone of youth alienation, adolescent angst, and literary brilliance.

Cornish, United States

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Arts & Music

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Roger Pierre

Jean René Jean-Louis Pierre

France

1923 – 2010 (86 years old)

Beloved French comic actor and writer who formed one of France's greatest comedic duos with Jean-Marc Thibault, entertaining millions across stage, film, and television.

Paris, France

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Sciences & Discovery

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Marshall Warren Nirenberg

Marshall Warren Nirenberg

United States

1927 – 2010 (82 years old)

American biochemist and geneticist who shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for breaking the genetic code and showing how RNA translates DNA into proteins.

New York City, United States

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Literature & Poetry

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P. K. Page

P. K. Page

Great Britain

23 November 1916 – 14 January 2010 (93 years old)

Distinguished Canadian poet and visual artist whose glittering metaphysical verse and Brazilian journals earned the highest national honors.

Victoria, Canada

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Literature & Poetry

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Fina de Calderón

Josefina de Attard y Tello

Spain

1927 – 2010 (82 years old)

Spanish writer, poet, and composer who directed celebrated international literary salons and championed Hispanic cultural exchanges across Europe and the Americas.

Madrid, Spain

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Arts & Music

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Eric Rohmer

Jean Marie Maurice Schérer

France

1920 – 2010 (89 years old)

A key architect of the French New Wave and former editor-in-chief of Cahiers du Cinéma, celebrated for his elegant, dialogue-driven film cycles exploring love and morality.

Paris, France

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Arts & Music

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Sandro de América

Roberto Sánchez-Ocampo

Argentina

1945 – 2010 (64 years old)

Legendary Argentine singer and actor considered a founding father of Argentine rock, who evolved into a Latin pop superstar dubbed the 'Elvis of South America'.

Burzaco, Argentina

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Politics

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Habib Bourguiba Jr.

الحبيب بورقيبة الابن

France

1927 – 2009 (82 years old)

Accomplished diplomat and statesman who served as Tunisia's ambassador to Washington, Rome, and Paris, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and key proponent of computer science and technological modernism.

Monastir, Tunisia

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Abdelhadi Boutaleb

عبد الهادي بوطالب

Morocco

1923 – 2009 (85 years old)

Distinguished Moroccan scholar, royal tutor to King Hassan II, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and founding Director-General of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO).

Rabat, Morocco

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Literature & Poetry

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Jaafar Majed

جعفر ماجد

Tunisia

1940 – 2009 (69 years old)

Distinguished poet and scholar from Kairouan who directed the seminal intellectual journal Rihab Al-Ma'rifa and authored influential studies on modern Maghrebi literature and poetic imagery.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Arts & Music

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Meki Megara

المكي مغارة

Morocco

1933 – 2009 (76 years old)

Pioneering modernist painter of the Tetouan School, professor at the National School of Fine Arts of Tetouan, and designer of Bank Al-Maghrib coins, medals, and commemorative currencies.

Tetouan, Morocco

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Philosophy & Thought

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Mustafa Mahmud

مصطفى محمود

Egypt

1921 – 2009 (87 years old)

Renowned Egyptian philosopher, physician, and intellectual who authored over 80 books reconciling modern quantum physics with Islamic metaphysics, hosting 400 episodes of the iconic television program Science and Faith.

6th of October City, Egypt

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Anthropology

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Claude Lévi-Strauss

Claude Lévi-Strauss

Belgium

1908 – 2009 (100 years old)

Centenarian titan of modern thought and father of structural anthropology whose fieldwork in Brazil and masterpiece Tristes Tropiques (1955) transformed twentieth-century understanding of culture, myth, and human universality.

Lignerolles (Côte-d'Or), France

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Queen Fatimah el-Sharif

الملكة فاطمة الشريف

Libya

1911 – 2009 (98 years old)

Beloved and sole Queen Consort of the Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969), daughter of anti-colonial hero Sayyid Ahmad Sharif and wife of King Idris I, celebrated for founding the Libyan Red Crescent and championing girls' schools.

Cairo, Egypt

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Norman Ernest Borlaug

Norman Borlaug

United States

1914 – 2009 (95 years old)

Agronome américain surnommé le père de la Révolution verte, crédité d'avoir sauvé plus d'un milliard d'êtres humains de la famine, prix Nobel de la paix 1970.

College Station, Texas, United States

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Science

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Aage Bohr

Aage Niels Bohr

Denmark

1922-06-19 – 2009-09-08 (87 years old)

Distinguished Danish nuclear physicist awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 for discovering the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei.

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Law

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Gani Fawehinmi

Abdul-Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi

Nigeria

1938-04-22 – 2009-09-05 (71 years old)

Legendary Nigerian lawyer, civil rights titan, and legal publisher who was detained dozens of times by successive military regimes in his relentless defence of the poor and rule of law.

Ondo, Nigeria

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Sports & Athletics

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Anton Engelbert Sailer

Anton Engelbert Sailer

Austria

1935 – 2009 (73 years old)

Austrian alpine ski racer, the first skier to win all three alpine skiing gold medals (downhill, slalom, giant slalom) in a single Winter Olympics (1956).

Kitzbühel, Austria

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