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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian
Humanitarian & Peace
37
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Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian

ิณีกีฌีธึ‚ีฝีฟ ิฟีซึ‚ีฌีบีงีถีฏีฅีกีถ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
1869 โ€“ 1955 (86 years old)

Financier et pionnier du pรฉtrole armรฉnien, crรฉateur par testament de la Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian ร  Lisbonne finanรงant l'art, la science et l'aide humanitaire.

Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Ozias Leduc
Art
0
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Ozias Leduc

The Sage of Saint-Hilaire
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
8 October 1864 โ€“ 16 June 1955 (90 years old)

Venerated Quebec symbolist painter known as "the Sage of Saint-Hilaire," whose mystical still lifes and magnificent church murals bridged tradition and modernism.

Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Canada
Lyman Duff
Law
0
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Lyman Duff

The Right Honourable Sir Lyman Poore Duff
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1865 โ€“ 1955 (90 years old)

Supreme Court titan who served for thirty-eight years on Canada's highest bench, authoring seminal judgments on federal-provincial division of powers and constitutional interpretation.

Ottawa, Canada
Charles Parker Jr.
Arts & Music
40
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Charles Parker Jr.

Charlie Parker
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
29 August 1920 โ€“ 12 March 1955 (34 years old)

Legendary alto saxophonist and co-inventor of Bebop with Dizzy Gillespie, whose blistering tempos, chromatic substitutions, and soaring improvisational logic revolutionized 20th-century music.

New York City, United States
Literature & Poetry
5
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Paul Claudel

Paul Louis Charles Marie Claudel
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1868 โ€“ 1955 (86 years old)

Monumental French Catholic poet and dramatist who served as French ambassador to Tokyo and Washington, author of the sweeping Renaissance drama Le Soulier de satin and L'Annonce faite ร  Marie.

Brangues (Isรจre), France
Hadj M'rizek
Arts & Music
20
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Hadj M'rizek

ุงู„ุญุงุฌ ู…ุฑูŠุฒู‚ (ุนู…ุฑ ุถุฑุงุจุญุฉ)
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1912 โ€“ 1955 (43 years old)

Charismatic master of Algerian Chaabi music who popularized the modern tempo of Hawzi and Medh ballads, serving as honorary vice-president of Mouloudia Club d'Alger (MCA).

Algiers, Algeria
Saadat Hasan Manto
Literature & Poetry
26
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Saadat Hasan Manto

ุณุนุงุฏุช ุญุณู† ู…ู†ูนูˆ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1912 โ€“ 1955 (42 years old)

Iconic Urdu short-story writer and essayist (1912โ€“1955), author of 'Toba Tek Singh', 'Khol Do', and 'Thanda Gosht', renowned for his raw, courageous, and deeply compassionate portrayals of the human tragedy of Partition.

Lahore (Punjab), Pakistan
Didouche Mourad
Resistance & Human Rights
40
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Didouche Mourad

ุฏูŠุฏูˆุด ู…ุฑุงุฏ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1927 โ€“ 1955 (27 years old)

Pioneering Algerian revolutionary leader, founding member of the historic Group of 22, who commanded the outbreak of the armed liberation struggle in northern Constantinois until his heroic death at age twenty-seven.

Didouche Mourad (Constantine), Algeria
Isak Samokovlija
Literature & Poetry
2
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Isak Samokovlija

Isak Samokovlija
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina
1889-09-03 โ€“ 1955-01-15 (65 years old)

Physician and master short-story writer whose compassionate stories ('From Spring to Spring', 'Hanka') immortalized the Sephardic Jewish community and poor multi-ethnic neighborhoods of Sarajevo.

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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