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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Music
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Erich Wolfgang Korngold
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Historical Austria
1897-05-29 โ€“ 1957-11-29 (60 years old)

Viennese child prodigy hailed by Mahler whose opera 'Die tote Stadt' and symphonic, swashbuckling Hollywood scores ('The Adventures of Robin Hood') created the classic golden age cinema sound.

Los Angeles, California, United States
Literature & Poetry
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Elia Abu Madi

ุฅูŠู„ูŠุง ุฃุจูˆ ู…ุงุถูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon
15 May 1890 โ€“ 23 November 1957 (67 years old)

Preeminent lyric poet of the Arab diaspora (Mahjar) whose philosophical collections 'Al-Jadawil' and 'Al-Khamila' redefined Arab existential lyricism.

Brooklyn, New York, United States
Henry van de Velde
Architecture
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Henry van de Velde

Henry Clemens van de Velde
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1863 โ€“ 1957 (94 years old)

Pioneering Belgian architect, interior designer, and theorist who co-founded Art Nouveau, founded the Weimar Grand-Ducal School of Arts and Crafts (precursor to the Bauhaus), and designed Ghent's iconic 'Boekentoren'.

Tervuren (Flemish Brabant), Belgium
Avetik Isahakyan
Literature & Poetry
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Avetik Isahakyan

ิฑีพีฅีฟีซึ„ ิปีฝีกีฐีกีฏีตีกีถ
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia
1875-10-31 โ€“ 1957-10-17 (81 years old)

Master lyric poet and academician whose philosophical epic 'Abul Ala Al-Ma'arri' and melancholic folk verses captured the eternal longing and sorrows of the Armenian people.

Yerevan, Armenia
King Haakon VII
Politics
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King Haakon VII

Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
1872-08-03 โ€“ 1957-09-21 (85 years old)

Beloved monarch of Norway who reigned for 52 years, adopted the motto 'Alt for Norge', and became the ultimate symbol of national resistance by defying Hitler's ultimatum in 1940.

Oslo, Norway
Exploration
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Peter Freuchen

Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kingdom of Denmark
1886-02-20 โ€“ 1957-09-02 (71 years old)

Larger-than-life Arctic explorer, author, and anti-Nazi resistance hero who co-founded the Thule Trading Post in Greenland with Knud Rasmussen, famous for escaping an ice avalanche by fashioning a dagger from frozen feces.

Thule (Uummannaq), Greenland
Peter Freuchen
Science
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Peter Freuchen

Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
1886-02-20 โ€“ 1957-09-02 (71 years old)

Towering Danish Arctic explorer, author, and filmmaker who co-founded the Thule Trading Post with Knud Rasmussen, survived being trapped in an avalanche, and championed Inuit culture.

Thule, Greenland
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