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Franz Kafka
Literature & Poetry
41
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 999

Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic
3 July 1883 โ€“ 3 June 1924 (40 years old)

Visionary Prague writer whose uncanny parables of nightmare bureaucracy, guilt, and existential dreadโ€”The Metamorphosis (Gregor Samsa), The Trial (Josef K.), and The Castleโ€”gave human language the word 'Kafkaesque'.

Kierling (near Klosterneuburg), Austria
Liubov Popova
Arts & Music
35
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Liubov Popova

Liubov Sergeyevna Popova
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1889 โ€“ 1924 (35 years old)

Pioneering Russian avant-garde artist and Constructivist who created explosive 'Painterly Architectonics' before dedicating her genius to functional Soviet textile, poster, and theater design.

Moscow, Soviet Union
Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant
Humanitarian & Peace
31
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,060

Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant

Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, baron de Constant de Rebecque
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
22 November 1852 โ€“ 15 May 1924 (71 years old)

Paul-Henri d'Estournelles de Constant was a French diplomat, senator, and advocate for international arbitration who co-represented France at the 1899 and 1907 Hague Peace Conferences. He was instrumental in establishing the Permanent Court of Arbitration and founded the Association for International Conciliation, receiving the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize.

Paris, France
Alluri Sitarama Raju
Resistance & Human Rights
34
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Alluri Sitarama Raju

เฐ…เฐฒเฑเฐฒเฑ‚เฐฐเฐฟ เฐธเฑ€เฐคเฐพเฐฐเฐพเฐฎเฐฐเฐพเฐœเฑ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
1897 โ€“ 1924 (26 years old)

Celebrated as 'Manyam Veerudu' (Hero of the Jungles), who led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-1924 uniting Adivasi tribes against British forestry exploitation.

Krishnadevipeta, India
Mohamed Daghbaji
Resistance & Human Rights
34
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Mohamed Daghbaji

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุฏุบุจุงุฌูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
c. 1885 โ€“ 1924 (39 years old)

Legendary Tunisian fellagha guerrilla leader who led daring desert ambushes against French colonial troops across southern Tunisia and Libya, immortalized as an epic folk hero of armed resistance.

El Hamma (Gabรจs), Tunisia
Edmond Picard
Law
1
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Edmond Picard

Edmond Picard
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1836 โ€“ 1924 (87 years old)

Towering and controversial Belgian jurist, senator, and art patron who founded the avant-garde journal L'Art Moderne, championed the concept of 'l'art social', and edited the monumental Pandectes belges.

Dave (Namur), Belgium
Aleksa ล antiฤ‡
Literature & Poetry
0
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Aleksa ล antiฤ‡

ะะปะตะบัะฐ ะจะฐะฝั‚ะธั›
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina
1868-05-27 โ€“ 1924-02-02 (55 years old)

Beloved lyric poet of Mostar whose romantic sevdalinka 'Emina' and impassioned patriotic hymn 'Ostajte ovdje' ('Stay Here') championed brotherhood and unity across all Bosnian faiths.

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Baba Ould Cheikh Sidiyya
Statesmanship & Statesmen
10
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Baba Ould Cheikh Sidiyya

ุงู„ุดูŠุฎ ุณูŠุฏูŠ ุจุงุจ ุจู† ุงู„ุดูŠุฎ ุณูŠุฏูŠ ู…ุญู…ุฏ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania
1862 โ€“ 1924 (62 years old)

Titan of Saharan diplomacy and legal reform, grandson of Sidiyya al-Kabir, whose immense moral authority negotiated peaceful pacts, preserved Islamic Sharia courts, and modernized desert education.

Boutilimit, Mauritania
Politics
2
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Hajj Omar Tazi

ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ุชุงุฒูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1855 โ€“ 1924 (~69 years old)

Influential Minister of Finance (Amin al-Umana) and royal treasurer under Sultan Moulay Abd al-Aziz, instrumental in managing state finances and royal palace architectural projects in Rabat.

Rabat, Morocco
Moha ou Said
Resistance & Human Rights
12
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Moha ou Said

โตŽโต“โตƒโดฐ โต“ โต™โต„โต‰โดท โดฐโตขโตœ โตกโต‰โต”โต”โดฐ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1845 โ€“ 1924 (79 years old)

Fierce Amazigh chieftain of the Ait Ouirra who waged two decades of relentless armed resistance against French conquest across the Tadla plains and High Atlas summits until his death at age 79.

El Ksiba (Bรฉni Mellal), Morocco
Babah Ould Cheikh
Statesmanship & Statesmen
17
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Babah Ould Cheikh

ุจุงุจ ูˆู„ุฏ ุงู„ุดูŠุฎ ุณูŠุฏูŠุง
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania
1860 โ€“ 1924 (64 years old)

Head of the prominent Cheikh Sidiyya family of Boutilimit whose encyclopedic mahadra attracted scholars from across West Africa, navigating peaceful political transition during the colonial onset.

Boutilimit, Mauritania
Mouha ou Said
Resistance & Human Rights
29
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Mouha ou Said

ู…ูˆุญุง ูˆุณุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ูˆูŠุฑุงูˆูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1850 โ€“ c. 1924 (74 years old)

Revered Moroccan Amazigh chieftain of the Ait Ouirra tribe who fought French colonial conquest across Tadla and the High Atlas for two decades, earning fame for the Battle of El Ksiba in 1913.

El Ksiba (Beni Mellal), Morocco
Hovhannes Tumanyan
Literature & Poetry
0
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Hovhannes Tumanyan

ี€ีธีพีฐีกีถีถีฅีฝ ินีธึ‚ีดีกีถีตีกีถ
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia
1869-02-19 โ€“ 1923-03-23 (54 years old)

Revered as the 'All-Armenian Poet', whose ballads, folk adaptations (such as 'Anoush'), and children's tales shaped modern Armenian national identity and ethical humanitarianism.

Tbilisi, Georgia
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