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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Igor Tamm
Sciences & Discovery
29
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Igor Tamm

ะ˜ะณะพั€ัŒ ะ•ะฒะณะตะฝัŒะตะฒะธั‡ ะขะฐะผะผ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1895 โ€“ 1971 (75 years old)

Soviet theoretical physicist who co-developed the electrodynamic theory of Cherenkov radiation and co-invented the Tokamak magnetic fusion confinement system with Andrei Sakharov.

Moscow, Russia
Jilali Gharbaoui
Arts & Music
32
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Jilali Gharbaoui

ุงู„ุฌูŠู„ุงู„ูŠ ุงู„ุบุฑุจุงูˆูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1930 โ€“ 1971 (41 years old)

Tragic genius celebrated as Morocco's first purely non-figurative abstract painter, whose electrifying gestural brushstrokes and violent search for light anticipated European Informel painting.

Fez, Morocco
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
Arts & Music
38
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Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky

ะ˜ะณะพั€ัŒ ะคั‘ะดะพั€ะพะฒะธั‡ ะกั‚ั€ะฐะฒะธะฝัะบะธะน
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
17 June 1882 โ€“ 6 April 1971 (88 years old)

Russian-born composer whose groundbreaking ballets for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russesโ€”The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Springโ€”exploded traditional rhythm and harmony, redefining 20th-century music.

New York City, United States
Art
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Arne Jacobsen

Arne Emil Jacobsen
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kingdom of Denmark
1902-02-11 โ€“ 1971-03-24 (69 years old)

World-renowned titan of Scandinavian modernist architecture and functionalist design whose architectural landmarks (Aarhus City Hall, SAS Royal Hotel) and iconic chairs (The Egg, The Swan, Series 7) shaped 20th-century aesthetics.

Ordrup, Gentofte, Denmark
Arne Jacobsen
Art
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Arne Jacobsen

Arne Emil Jacobsen
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
1902-02-11 โ€“ 1971-03-24 (69 years old)

Legendary Danish architect and furniture designer whose holistic modernist works include the SAS Royal Hotel, St Catherine's College Oxford, and iconic chairs like The Egg, The Swan, and Series 7.

Gentofte, Denmark
Theodor Svedberg
Science
0
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Theodor Svedberg

Theodor Svedberg
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
1884-08-30 โ€“ 1971-02-25 (86 years old)

Colloid chemist awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research on disperse systems, who invented the analytical ultracentrifuge, immortalized in the Svedberg unit (S).

Uppsala, Sweden
Music
0
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Rex Lawson

Rex Jim Lawson
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
1935-03-04 โ€“ 1971-01-16 (35 years old)

Legendary Nigerian highlife trumpeter, singer, and bandleader whose emotional phrasing, melodic mastery, and classics like 'Sawale' and 'Yellow Sisi' defined the golden era of highlife.

Buguma, Nigeria
Sonny Liston
Sports & Athletics
49
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Sonny Liston

Charles L. Liston
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
c. 8 May 1932 โ€“ 30 December 1970 (~38 years old)

Charles 'Sonny' Liston was one of the most formidable and terrifying heavyweight punchers in boxing history, whose colossal 84-inch reach, sledgehammer left jab, and intimidating scowl dominated the division in the early 1960s. He captured the world heavyweight championship in 1962 by demolishing Floyd Patterson in the first round, before his historic clashes with Muhammad Ali.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
C. V. Raman
Sciences & Discovery
30
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C. V. Raman

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1888 โ€“ 1970 (82 years old)

Indian physicist who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that light scattered by molecules changes wavelength (the Raman Effect), becoming the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any scientific discipline.

Bangalore (Karnataka), India
Lazaro Cardenas
Statesmanship & Statesmen
43
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Lazaro Cardenas

Lazaro Cardenas del Rio
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
1895 โ€“ 1970 (75 years old)

President of Mexico (1934โ€“1940) who fulfilled the promises of the Mexican Revolution by nationalizing the foreign-owned petroleum industry to create PEMEX, redistributing 45 million acres of land to peasant ejidos, and sheltering Spanish Civil War refugees.

Mexico City, Mexico
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