Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Hajj Omar El Qadiri

عمر القادري

Morocco

c. 1905 – 1975 (~70 years old)

Key behind-the-scenes organizer and financier of the Istiqlal Party in Fez and Casablanca who bankrolled underground newspapers, legal defense for detainees, and clandestine resistance logistics.

Casablanca, Morocco

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Farid al-Atrash

فريد الأطرش

Syria

1910 – 1974 (64 years old)

'King of the Oud' and Syrian-Egyptian icon of romantic longing whose melancholic voice and virtuoso playing enchanted millions.

Cairo, Egypt

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Ahmad Ismail Ali

أحمد إسماعيل علي

Egypt

1917 – 1974 (57 years old)

Egyptian Field Marshal and Minister of War who served as Supreme Commander of the Egyptian and Syrian unified forces during the 1973 October War, coordinating the strategic crossing of the Suez Canal.

Cairo, Egypt

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U Thant

ဦးသန့်

Historical Burma

1909-01-22 – 1974-11-25 (65 years old)

World statesman and third Secretary-General of the United Nations whose calm Buddhist diplomacy resolved the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, ended the Congo Crisis, and established the United Nations University.

Yangon, Myanmar

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Music

Kgalemang Motsete

Kgalemang Tumediso Motsete

Botswana

1899-09-24 – 1974-11-23 (75 years old)

Brilliant composer, musicologist, and educator who composed Botswana's stirring national anthem 'Fatshe leno la rona' ('Blessed Be This Noble Land') and co-founded the Botswana People's Party.

Mahalapye, Botswana

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Endelkachew Makonnen

Ethiopia

1927-01-01 – 1974-11-23 (47 years old)

Oxford-educated diplomat and reformist Prime Minister of Ethiopia who attempted constitutional reform to establish a democratic parliamentary monarchy before being executed by the Derg.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Aklilu Habte-Wold

Ethiopia

1912-03-12 – 1974-11-23 (62 years old)

Visionary diplomat and Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1961–1974) who signed the United Nations Charter in 1945, secured the reunification of Eritrea, and helped establish the OAU in Addis Ababa.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Boujemaa Hagour

بوجميع (بوجمعة هكور)

Morocco

1944 – 1974 (30 years old)

Mythic co-founder and raw vocal soul of Nass El Ghiwane whose tragic, mysterious death at age 30 turned him into an eternal symbol of Moroccan youth counterculture.

Casablanca, Morocco

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Boujemâa Hgour

بوجميع (بوجمعة هكور)

Morocco

c. 1944 – 1974 (30 years old)

The charismatic founder, lead singer, and lyrical soul of the legendary group Nass El Ghiwane whose raspy, electrifying voice and songs like 'Siniya' sparked the 'Rolling Stones of the Arab World'.

Casablanca, Morocco

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Karoo Ashevak

Canada

1940 – 19 October 1974 (34 years old)

Visionary Inuit sculptor whose surreal, expressive whalebone sculptures of shamans and spirits won international acclaim in New York and Paris.

Taloyoak, Canada

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Resistance & Human Rights

Sattar Bahlulzade

Səttar Bəhlulzadə

Azerbaijan

1909-12-15 – 1974-10-14 (64 years old)

Visionary lyrical landscape painter revered as the 'Dervish of Azerbaijani Art', whose ethereal, shimmering impressionist canvases captured the fairy-tale landscapes of Azerbaijan.

Baku, Azerbaijan

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Oskar Schindler

Czech Republic

28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974 (66 years old)

German industrialist and member of the Nazi Party who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and munitions factories in Poland and the Czech lands, spending his entire fortune on bribes.

Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Journalism

S.K. Bawa

Salifu Kwadwo Bawa

Ghana

1905-04-12 – 1974-09-18 (69 years old)

Pioneering Ghanaian Northern activist, journalist, and nationalist editor who campaigned for the integration of the Northern Territories and civil rights.

Tamale, Ghana

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M. J. Coldwell

Major James William Coldwell

Great Britain

2 December 1888 – 25 August 1974 (85 years old)

Longtime leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1942 to 1960 who helped establish the foundations of the Canadian welfare state.

Ottawa, Canada

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Sciences & Discovery

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Virginia Apgar

United States

1909 – 1974 (65 years old)

American physician who created the Apgar score, revolutionizing newborn care and dramatically reducing infant mortality worldwide.

Westfield, New Jersey, United States

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Sciences & Discovery

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James Chadwick

Sir James Chadwick

Great Britain

1891 – 1974 (82 years old)

British physicist who discovered the neutron in 1932, paving the way for nuclear fission and atomic power.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Literature & Poetry

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