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Mahdi Elmandjra
Philosophy & Thought
6
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Mahdi Elmandjra

ุงู„ู…ู‡ุฏูŠ ุงู„ู…ู†ุฌุฑุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1933 โ€“ 2014 (81 years old)

Visionary Moroccan futurist, economist, and sociologist who served as Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, President of the World Future Studies Federation, and author of 'The First Cultural World War'.

Rabat, Morocco
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Sports & Athletics
11
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,840

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Rubin Carter
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
6 May 1937 โ€“ 20 April 2014 (76 years old)

Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter was a fearsome American middleweight boxing contender known for his devastating power punches, who spent nineteen years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of a triple murder in Paterson, New Jersey, by an all-white jury. Vindicated and released by a federal judge in 1985, Carter became an internationally renowned human rights advocate and champion of the wrongfully convicted.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mustapha Zitouni
Sports & Athletics
4
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Mustapha Zitouni

ู…ุตุทูู‰ ุฒูŠุชูˆู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1928 โ€“ 2014 (85 years old)

World-class Algerian central defender who abandoned his stardom with the French national team and AS Monaco on the eve of the 1958 World Cup to join the historic FLN Football Team, weaponizing sport for Algerian independence.

Algiers, Algeria
Eusรฉbio
Sports & Athletics
9
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Eusรฉbio

Eusรฉbio da Silva Ferreira
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique
25 January 1942 โ€“ 5 January 2014 (71 years old)

Eusรฉbio da Silva Ferreira, 'The Black Panther', was a Mozambique-born Portuguese striker whose explosive speed, ferocious right-foot shot, and athletic grace made him one of the most feared goalscorers of the twentieth century. He led S.L. Benfica to European Cup glory in 1962, won the 1965 Ballon d'Or, and was the nine-goal top scorer of the 1966 World Cup in England.

Lisbon, Portugal
Nilton Santos
Sports & Athletics
8
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,880

Nilton Santos

Nรญlton dos Reis Santos
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
16 May 1925 โ€“ 27 November 2013 (88 years old)

Nilton Santos was an extraordinary Brazilian defender widely acclaimed as the greatest left-back in the history of football. Known as 'The Encyclopedia' for his encyclopedic knowledge of the game and flawless technique, he revolutionized defending by becoming the first full-back in World Cup history to attack down the flank, winning consecutive World Cups in 1958 and 1962.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sergey Belov
Sports & Athletics
12
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,080

Sergey Belov

ะกะตั€ะณะตะน ะะปะตะบัะฐะฝะดั€ะพะฒะธั‡ ะ‘ะตะปะพะฒ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
23 January 1944 โ€“ 3 October 2013 (69 years old)

Sergey Alexandrovich Belov was an elite Soviet shooting guard who scored 20 points in the historic, controversial gold-medal game at the 1972 Munich Olympics, ending the United States' 63-game Olympic winning streak. Winning eleven Soviet championships and two EuroLeague titles with CSKA Moscow, in 1992 he became the first international, non-American player inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Perm, Russia
Emile Griffith
Sports & Athletics
10
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,880

Emile Griffith

Emile Alphonse Griffith
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
3 February 1938 โ€“ 23 July 2013 (75 years old)

Emile Griffith was a brilliant US Virgin Islands-born boxer who captured world championships in both the welterweight and middleweight divisions, fighting an astonishing 339 championship roundsโ€”more than any other boxer in history. A gentle and compassionate man who carried the psychological burden of his tragic 1962 televised bout with Benny Paret, he was an early barrier-breaker for LGBTQ+ visibility in professional sports.

Hempstead, New York, United States
Alain Mimoun
Sports & Athletics
8
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,740

Alain Mimoun

Ali Mimoun Ould Kacha
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1 January 1921 โ€“ 27 June 2013 (92 years old)

Alain Mimoun was a beloved French distance runner and decorated World War II hero who, after winning three Olympic silver medals behind his great friend and rival Emil Zรกtopek, achieved glorious redemption at age thirty-five by winning the Olympic Marathon at the 1956 Melbourne Games in scorching 100-degree heat. Winner of 29 French national titles, he remains France's most decorated track athlete.

Saint-Mandรฉ, Val-de-Marne, France
Chinua Achebe
Literature & Poetry
5
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Chinua Achebe

Albert Chinแปฅalแปฅmแปgแปฅ Achebe
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
1930 โ€“ 2013 (82 years old)

Revered as the 'Father of Modern African Literature', Nigerian novelist whose groundbreaking Things Fall Apart restored authentic African voice and agency against colonial distortion.

Ogidi (Anambra State), Nigeria
Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury
Arts & Music
13
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 965

Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury

เฆฐเฆฌเฆฟ เฆถเฆ™เงเฆ•เฆฐ
๐ŸŒ British India
7 April 1920 โ€“ 11 December 2012 (92 years old)

Foremost sitar virtuoso of the 20th century who introduced Hindustani classical music to the Western world, collaborating with Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison, and performing at Monterey and Woodstock.

San Diego (California), United States
Oscar Niemeyer
Arts & Music
2
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Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
1907 โ€“ 2012 (104 years old)

Visionary Brazilian architect who pioneered sensual reinforced concrete curves, serving as chief architect of Brasilia's civic monuments and co-designer of the UN Headquarters in New York.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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