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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Ei-ichi Negishi
Sciences & Discovery
24
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Ei-ichi Negishi

ๆ นๅฒธ ่‹ฑไธ€
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
1935 โ€“ 2021 (85 years old)

Distinguished Japanese chemist and Purdue University professor who was awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the Negishi coupling, a palladium-catalyzed reaction enabling the synthesis of complex molecules in medicine and electronics.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Richard Robert Ernst
Sciences & Discovery
25
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Richard Robert Ernst

Richard R. Ernst
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland
1933 โ€“ 2021 (87 years old)

Swiss physical chemist and ETH Zurich professor who won the 1991 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing Fourier transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (FT-NMR) spectroscopy and multi-dimensional NMR, the foundational technology behind medical MRI.

Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland
Hichem Djait
History
1
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Hichem Djait

ู‡ุดุงู… ุฌุนูŠุท
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1935 โ€“ 2021 (85 years old)

Internationally renowned historian and philosopher who served as President of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts (Beit Al-Hikma), authoring groundbreaking works on early Islamic political history.

La Marsa, Tunisia
Billy Joe Thomas
Arts & Music
22
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Billy Joe Thomas

B. J. Thomas
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1942 โ€“ 2021 (78 years old)

Five-time Grammy-winning American singer whose soulful, warm voice produced timeless pop and country classics including "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head", "Hooked on a Feeling", and "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song".

Arlington, Texas, United States
Ahmed Mestiri
Politics
1
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Ahmed Mestiri

ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ู…ุณุชูŠุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1925 โ€“ 2021 (95 years old)

Historic freedom fighter and principled politician who resigned high ministerial offices to found Tunisia's first legal democratic opposition party, becoming the moral compass of democratic reform.

La Marsa, Tunisia
Ronald Hill
Sports & Athletics
31
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Ronald Hill

Ron Hill
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1938 โ€“ 2021 (82 years old)

Pioneering English marathon champion who won the 1970 Boston Marathon in a course record, captured European and Commonwealth gold medals, ran every single day for 52 years and 39 days without missing a day, and used his textile chemistry PhD to pioneer modern running clothing.

Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Max Rufus Mosley
Sports & Athletics
27
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Max Rufus Mosley

Max Mosley
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1940 โ€“ 2021 (81 years old)

President of the FIA (1993โ€“2009), barrister, and March F1 co-founder who partnered with Bernie Ecclestone to commercialize Formula One, revolutionized driver safety following Ayrton Senna's death, created Euro NCAP crash testing, and won landmark privacy rights cases.

London, United Kingdom
Eric Carle
Literature & Poetry
27
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Eric Carle

Eric Carle
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1929 โ€“ 2021 (91 years old)

Beloved American children's book author and illustrator celebrated for his distinctive hand-painted paper collage technique and immortal picture books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, translated into 66 languages.

Northampton, United States
Lee Edward Evans
Sports & Athletics
27
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Lee Edward Evans

Lee Evans
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1947 โ€“ 2021 (74 years old)

Two-time Olympic gold medalist who broke the 400m world record (43.86 seconds) at the 1968 Mexico City Olympicsโ€”a record that stood for twenty yearsโ€”and co-founded the Olympic Project for Human Rights, wearing black berets on the medal podium with Larry James.

Lagos, Nigeria
Francesco Battiato
Arts & Music
22
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Francesco Battiato

Franco Battiato
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
1945 โ€“ 2021 (76 years old)

Maverick Italian singer-songwriter, avant-garde composer, and intellectual who revolutionized Italian pop music by blending electronic experimentation, Sufi mysticism, and philosophical satire on his million-selling masterpiece La voce del padrone.

Riposto, Sicily, Italy
Mustapha Dassoukine
Arts & Music
4
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Mustapha Dassoukine

ู…ุตุทูู‰ ุงู„ุฏุงุณูˆูƒูŠู†
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1942 โ€“ 2021 (78 years old)

Pioneer of Moroccan popular theatrical comedy and television satire whose five-decade duo with Mustapha Zaari in Masrah al-Najm defined Moroccan comedy across generations.

Casablanca, Morocco
Paul Van Doren
Arts & Music
23
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Paul Van Doren

Paul Van Doren
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1930 โ€“ 2021 (90 years old)

American shoe manufacturer and entrepreneur who co-founded the Van Doren Rubber Company in Anaheim in 1966, creating Vans sneakers and revolutionizing skateboarding, punk rock, and youth street culture worldwide.

Anaheim, California, United States
Albert Elbaz
Arts & Music
21
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Albert Elbaz

ืืœื‘ืจ ืืœื‘ื–
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1961 โ€“ 2021 (59 years old)

Celebrated Israeli-Moroccan fashion designer who revitalized historic French couture house Lanvin during a dazzling fourteen-year tenure (2001โ€“2015), famed for making women feel radiant, elegant, and comfortable.

Holon, Israel
Christa Ludwig
Arts & Music
22
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Christa Ludwig

Christa Ludwig
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
1928 โ€“ 2021 (93 years old)

Beloved German dramatic mezzo-soprano regarded as one of the supreme opera and lieder singers of the 20th century, renowned for her radiant tone and historic interpretations of Wagner, Mahler, and Richard Strauss under Karajan and Bernstein.

Klosterneuburg, Austria
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