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Jean Moulin
Resistance & Human Rights
36
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 995

Jean Moulin

Jean Moulin
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
20 June 1899 โ€“ 8 July 1943 (44 years old)

French civil servant and hero of the French Resistance who parachuted into occupied France under orders from General Charles de Gaulle, successfully unifying all fractured resistance factions into the National Council of the Resistance (CNR).

Near Metz, Moselle (en route to Berlin), France
Karl Landsteiner
Science
0
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Karl Landsteiner

Karl Landsteiner
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
1868-06-14 โ€“ 1943-06-26 (75 years old)

Viennese physician and immunologist who discovered the ABO human blood groups in 1900, enabling safe blood transfusions that saved tens of millions of lives, winning the 1930 Nobel Prize.

Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Politics
1
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Moulay Abd al-Aziz ibn al-Hassan

ู…ูˆู„ุงูŠ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุนุฒูŠุฒ ุจู† ุงู„ุญุณู†
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1878 โ€“ 1943 (65 years old)

Alaouite Sultan (1894โ€“1908) who confronted intense European colonial encirclement and the 1906 Algeciras Conference, passionate about early photography and Western inventions, later retiring peacefully in Tangier.

Fez, Morocco
Henri Marie La Fontaine
Humanitarian & Peace
30
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,040

Henri Marie La Fontaine

Henri Marie La Fontaine
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
22 April 1854 โ€“ 14 May 1943 (89 years old)

Henri La Fontaine was an eminent Belgian international jurist, senator, and bibliographer who served as President of the International Peace Bureau from 1907 to 1943. Co-founder of the International Institute of Bibliography and creator of the Mundaneum with Paul Otlet, he was awarded the 1913 Nobel Peace Prize for his organizational leadership of the global peace movement.

Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Literature & Poetry
0
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Otto Jespersen

Jens Otto Harry Jespersen
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kingdom of Denmark
1860-07-16 โ€“ 1943-04-30 (82 years old)

Eminent linguist and phonetician whose monumental seven-volume 'Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles' and 'Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin' revolutionized modern English linguistics.

Copenhagen, Denmark
Jovan Duฤiฤ‡
Literature & Poetry
3
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Jovan Duฤiฤ‡

ะˆะพะฒะฐะฝ ะ”ัƒั‡ะธั›
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina
1871-02-17 โ€“ 1943-04-07 (72 years old)

Herzegovinian-born master symbolist poet and diplomat whose exquisite lyrical poetry and philosophical essays in 'Blago cara Radovana' ('Tsar Radovan's Treasure') are classics of South Slavic literature.

Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
Arts & Music
39
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 930

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

ะกะตั€ะณะตะน ะ’ะฐัะธะปัŒะตะฒะธั‡ ะ ะฐั…ะผะฐะฝะธะฝะพะฒ
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1 April 1873 โ€“ 28 March 1943 (69 years old)

Russian composer, legendary virtuoso pianist, and conductor whose lush romanticism, titanic keyboard technique, and sweeping orchestral melodies produced the Second and Third Piano Concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

Beverly Hills (California), United States
Marie Krogh
Science
2
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Marie Krogh

Birthe Marie Jรธrgensen Krogh
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
1874-12-25 โ€“ 1943-03-26 (68 years old)

Pioneering Danish physician and respiratory physiologist who co-developed the single-breath carbon monoxide diffusion technique and co-founded Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium.

Copenhagen, Denmark
Gustav Vigeland
Art
1
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Gustav Vigeland

Adolf Gustav Thorsen Vigeland
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway
1869-04-11 โ€“ 1943-03-03 (73 years old)

Colossal Norwegian sculptor who created the world's largest sculpture park made by a single artistโ€”the Vigeland Installation in Frogner Park, featuring the Monolith and The Wheel of Life.

Oslo, Norway
Hans Scholl
Resistance & Human Rights
35
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 960

Hans Scholl

Hans Fritz Scholl
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
22 September 1918 โ€“ 22 February 1943 (24 years old)

German medical student and founder of the anti-Nazi White Rose resistance group who witnessed war crimes on the Eastern Front and rallied student resistance against Hitler, shouting 'Long live freedom!' before his execution.

Stadelheim Prison, Munich, Germany
Sophie Scholl
Resistance & Human Rights
40
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 995

Sophie Scholl

Sophia Magdalena Scholl
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
9 May 1921 โ€“ 22 February 1943 (21 years old)

German student and anti-Nazi resistance fighter who co-led the nonviolent intellectual resistance group 'The White Rose' (WeiรŸe Rose), executed by guillotine at age 21 after distributing anti-war leaflets at the University of Munich.

Stadelheim Prison, Munich, Germany
Nikola Tesla
Sciences & Discovery
32
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 998

Nikola Tesla

ะะธะบะพะปะฐ ะขะตัะปะฐ
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia
10 July 1856 โ€“ 7 January 1943 (86 years old)

Serbian-American inventor and electrical genius who patented alternating current (AC) polyphase power, designed the induction motor, and pioneered radio, remote control, and high-frequency coils.

New York City (New York), United States
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