Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Resistance & Human Rights

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Ella Baker

Ella Josephine Baker

United States

13 December 1903 – 13 December 1986 (83 years old)

Visionary African American civil rights and human rights activist who served as a primary strategist of the modern movement, mentoring young organizers and nurturing the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

New York City, New York, United States

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Wanis al-Qaddafi

ونيس القذافي

Libya

1922 – 1986 (64 years old)

Last Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Libya under King Idris I, who served as Foreign Minister, Minister of the Interior, and ambassador to West Germany during the formative constitutional era.

Benghazi, Libya

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Politics

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Don Jamieson

Don Jamieson

Canada

30 April 1921 – 19 November 1986 (65 years old)

Gifted Newfoundland broadcaster and federal cabinet minister under Pierre Trudeau who led external affairs diplomacy and later served as High Commissioner in London.

St. John's, Canada

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Sports & Athletics

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King Clancy

King Clancy

Canada

25 February 1903 – 10 November 1986 (83 years old)

Irrepressible Hall of Fame defenseman and Maple Leafs icon whose fighting spirit, wit, and three Stanley Cups inspired the King Clancy Memorial Trophy.

Toronto, Canada

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Art

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Claude Jutra

Claude Jutra

Canada

11 March 1930 – 5 November 1986 (56 years old)

Visionary Quebec filmmaker whose 1971 cinematic masterpiece Mon oncle Antoine was repeatedly voted the greatest Canadian film of all time.

Montreal, Canada

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

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Abdallah El-Yafi

عبد الله اليافي

Lebanon

7 September 1901 – 4 November 1986 (85 years old)

Seven-time Prime Minister of Lebanon celebrated for his unblemished financial integrity and for granting Lebanese women the right to vote in 1952.

Beirut, Lebanon

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Samora Machel

Samora Moisés Machel

Mozambique

1933-09-29 – 1986-10-19 (53 years old)

Founding President of Mozambique who stood as an uncompromising bulwark against the white-minority regimes of Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa.

Mbuzini, Lebombo Mountains, South Africa

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Arts & Music

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Shadi Abdel Salam

شادي عبد السلام

Egypt

March 15, 1930 – October 8, 1986 (56 years old)

Genius Egyptian film director, production designer, and costume creator whose 1969 masterpiece 'The Night of Counting the Years' (Al-Mummia) is universally recognized by film critics as one of the greatest Arab films ever made.

Alexandria, Egypt

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Philosophy & Thought

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Subhi Mahmassani

صبحي المحمصاني

Lebanon

1909 – 10 September 1986 (77 years old)

Preeminent Lebanese legal philosopher and judge whose 'Philosophy of Jurisprudence in Islam' became the standard international comparative law text.

Beirut, Lebanon

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Politics

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Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen

Finland

1900-09-03 – 1986-08-31 (85 years old)

Longest-serving President of Finland (1956–1982) who masterminded Finland's delicate Cold War neutrality (the Paasikivi–Kekkonen Line) and hosted the historic 1975 Helsinki Accords.

Helsinki, Finland

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Arts & Music

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Henry Moore

Henry Spencer Moore

Great Britain

1898 – 1986 (88 years old)

English sculptor renowned for his monumental undulating bronze figures of reclining women and mother-and-child motifs.

Perry Green, Much Hadham, United Kingdom

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Education

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Bernard Fonlon

Bernard Nsokika Fonlon

Cameroon

1924-11-19 – 1986-08-26 (61 years old)

Eminent philosopher and statesman revered as the 'Socrates of Cameroon' who earned his doctorate from Oxford and the Sorbonne, founded the bilingual review 'ABBIA', and drafted the bilingual federal education policy.

Nso, North West Region, Cameroon

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Literature & Poetry

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Milton Acorn

The People's Poet

Canada

30 March 1923 – 20 August 1986 (63 years old)

Fierce Prince Edward Island working-class poet who was crowned "The People's Poet" by his fellow writers and won the Governor General's Award.

Pleasant Valley, Canada

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Chiune Sugihara

杉原 千畝

Japan

1 January 1900 – 31 July 1986 (86 years old)

Japanese vice-consul in Lithuania who defied direct orders from Tokyo to handwrite thousands of transit visas, saving more than 6,000 Polish and Lithuanian Jews from Nazi extermination.

Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan

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Literature & Poetry

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Jaime Saenz

Jaime Saenz Guzmán

Bolivia

1921-10-29 – 1986-07-25 (64 years old)

Iconic cult Bolivian poet and novelist whose mystical, nocturnal works, including 'Felipe Delgado' and 'La noche', transformed the city of La Paz into an esoteric literary universe.

La Paz, Bolivia

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Music

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Yusuf Omar

يوسف عمر

Iraq

1918 – 15 July 1986 (68 years old)

Supreme tradition bearer of the authentic Baghdadi Maqam, revered for his resonant vocal power and unmatched knowledge of rare branches.

Baghdad, Iraq

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Music

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Fethia Khaïri

فتحية خيري

Tunisia

1918 – 1986 (68 years old)

Pioneering musical and theatrical star of 1930s and 1940s Tunisia whose expressive vocal interpretations and theatrical leadership blazed trails for women in Maghrebi performing arts.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Music

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Assi Rahbani

عاصي الرحباني

Lebanon

4 May 1923 – 21 June 2086 (63 years old)

Visionary Lebanese composer and playwright, elder of the Rahbani Brothers, who with his brother Mansour and wife Fairuz created modern Arab musical theatre.

Antelias, Lebanon

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