Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Naftali Temu

Kenya

1945-04-20 – 2003-03-10 (57 years old)

Historic Kenyan long-distance runner who won Kenya's very first Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Nyamira, Kenya

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Politics

Statesmanship & Statesmen

George Anyona

George Moseti Anyona

Kenya

1945-01-01 – 2003-03-01 (58 years old)

Fiery and incorruptible Member of Parliament for Kitutu Masaba who was detained repeatedly without trial for demanding parliamentary accountability and multi-party democracy.

Nyamira, Kenya

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Benyoucef Benkhedda

بن يوسف بن خدة

Algeria

1920 – 2003 (82 years old)

Eminent Algerian nationalist leader and intellectual who succeeded Ferhat Abbas as President of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) in 1961, overseeing the Evian Accords and the proclamation of independence.

Algiers, Algeria

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

Jean-François Zevaco

جان فرانسوا زيفاكو

Morocco

1916 – 2003 (86 years old)

Casablanca-born architect and visionary of Moroccan brutalist modernism who designed the sculptural post-earthquake monuments of Agadir and won the 1980 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Casablanca, Morocco

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Mohamed Lamine Debaghine

محمد الأمين دباغين

Algeria

1917 – 2003 (85 years old)

Doctor of medicine, brilliant parliamentarian, and foundational diplomat who served as the first Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA).

Algiers, Algeria

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Sanaa Gamil

سناء جميل

Egypt

1930 – 2002 (72 years old)

Formidable classical actress of stage, film, and television, immortalized for her heartbreaking role as Nefisah in Naguib Mahfouz's The Beginning and the End (1960).

Cairo, Egypt

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Politics

Ray Hnatyshyn

Canada

16 March 1934 – 18 December 2002 (68 years old)

Beloved Saskatchewan statesman of Ukrainian descent who served as Minister of Justice and became Governor General in 1990, opening Rideau Hall to ordinary citizens.

Ottawa, Canada

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Mustafa al-Hallaj

مصطفى الحلاج

Palestine

1938 – 16 December 2002 (64 years old)

Iconic Palestinian master graphic artist and sculptor who died heroically in a fire in Damascus saving his 114-meter woodcut 'Improvisations of Life'.

Damascus, Syria

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Philip Francis Berrigan

Philip Berrigan

United States

1923 – 2002 (79 years old)

Ancien officier de la Seconde Guerre mondiale devenu prêtre joséphite et apôtre intransigeant du désarmement nucléaire et des droits civiques.

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Philosophy & Thought

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John Rawls

John Bordley Rawls

United States

1921 – 2002 (81 years old)

American political philosopher whose 1971 masterpiece A Theory of Justice revived normative political philosophy, introducing the 'veil of ignorance' and 'justice as fairness'.

Cambridge (Massachusetts), United States

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Roberto Matta

Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren

Chile

1911 – 2002 (91 years old)

Chilean painter and architect who pioneered 'psychological morphologies'—cosmic, iridescent Surrealist landscapes that catalyzed the transition from Surrealism to Abstract Expressionism.

Civitavecchia, Italy

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Hussein Bicar

حسين بيكار

Egypt

1913 – 2002 (89 years old)

Master painter, art critic, and musical virtuoso whose lyrical paintings of Nubian peasants, poetic magazine illustrations in Akhbar El Yom, and children's magazine Sindbad shaped Egyptian visual culture.

Cairo, Egypt

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Sports & Athletics

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Juan Alberto Schiaffino

Uruguay

1925 – 2002 (77 years old)

Uruguayan inside-forward who scored the equalizing goal in the historic 1950 World Cup 'Maracanazo' final against Brazil, later winning three Scudetti with AC Milan.

Montevideo, Uruguay

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Cinema

André Delvaux

Belgium

1926 – 2002 (76 years old)

The father of modern Belgian cinema who pioneered cinematic 'magic realism' in masterpieces including De man die zijn haar kort liet knippen (The Man Who Had His Hair Cut Short) and Rendezvous at Bray.

Forest (Brussels), Belgium

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Science

Resistance & Human Rights

Nils Bohlin

Nils Ivar Bohlin

Sweden

1920-07-17 – 2002-09-26 (82 years old)

Pioneering Swedish safety engineer at Volvo who invented the three-point automotive seatbelt in 1959, credited with saving over one million lives worldwide.

Östergötland, Sweden

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Johnny Unitas

John Constantine Unitas

United States

7 May 1933 – 11 September 2002 (69 years old)

John Constantine 'Johnny U' Unitas was the prototype of the modern American football quarterback, whose pinpoint passing accuracy, legendary high-top black cleats, and ice-cold command of the two-minute drill popularized the NFL on national television. Leading the Baltimore Colts to victory in 'The Greatest Game Ever Played' in 1958, he threw a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games (a record that held for 52 years).

Timonium, Maryland, United States

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