Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Philosophy & Thought

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Mario Perniola

Italy

c. 1942 – 2018 (76 years old)

Mario Perniola was an Italian philosopher, professor of aesthetics and author. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Rome, Italy

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Philosophy & Thought

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Heikki Kirkinen

Switzerland

c. 1928 – 2018 (90 years old)

Heikki Kirkinen was a Finnish historian who was professor of Finnish and European history at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu, Finland. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Literature & Poetry

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Yılmaz Onay

Turkey

c. 1938 – 2018 (80 years old)

Yılmaz Onay was a Turkish author, theatre director and translator.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Ankara, Turkey

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Sciences & Discovery

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Yuan Chengye

China

c. 1925 – 2018 (93 years old)

Yuan Chengye was a Chinese organic chemist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Beijing, China

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Sciences & Discovery

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Robert Minlos

Russia

c. 1932 – 2018 (86 years old)

Robert Adol'fovich Minlos was a Soviet and Russian mathematician who has made important contributions to probability theory and mathematical physics. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Moscow, Russia

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Gerald Morkel

South Africa

c. 1942 – 2018 (76 years old)

Gerald Norman Morkel was the Mayor of Cape Town and Premier of the Western Cape province in South Africa. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Pretoria, South Africa

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Philosophy & Thought

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James N. Morgan

United States

c. 1919 – 2018 (99 years old)

James Newton Morgan was an American economist.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Philosophy & Thought

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George Lindbeck

United States

c. 1924 – 2018 (94 years old)

George Arthur Lindbeck was an American Lutheran theologian. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

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J. F. C. Harrison

Great Britain

c. 1922 – 2018 (96 years old)

John Fletcher Clews Harrison, usually cited as J. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

London, United Kingdom

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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George Maxwell Richards

Switzerland

c. 1932 – 2018 (86 years old)

George Maxwell Richards was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2003 to 2013. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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James Makumbi

Switzerland

c. 1943 – 2018 (75 years old)

James Makumbi was a Ugandan physician and politician.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Bruce Cole

United States

c. 1939 – 2018 (79 years old)

Bruce Milan Cole was a longtime professor of art history at Indiana University, a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., a member of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and the eighth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

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Markku Into

Switzerland

c. 1946 – 2018 (72 years old)

Markku Into was a Finnish poet and one of the main members in Finnish 1960s underground movement of Turku. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Arts & Music

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Shrivallabh Vyas

India

c. 1958 – 2018 (60 years old)

Vallabh Vyas was an Indian film and television actor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

New Delhi, India

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Arts & Music

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Peter Sutherland

Ireland

c. 1947 – 2018 (71 years old)

Peter Denis Sutherland was an Irish businessman, barrister and Fine Gael politician who served as UN Special Representative for International Migration from 2006 to 2017. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Dublin, Ireland

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Arts & Music

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France Gall

France

c. 1948 – 2018 (70 years old)

Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall, known professionally as France Gall, was a French yé-yé and pop singer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Paris, France

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Sciences & Discovery

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Shiv Chopra

Canada

c. 1934 – 2018 (84 years old)

Shiv Darshan Lal Chopra, commonly known as Shiv Chopra, was a Canadian microbiologist and human rights activist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Ottawa, Canada

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Jim Anderton

Switzerland

c. 1939 – 2018 (79 years old)

James Patrick Anderton was a New Zealand politician who led a succession of left-wing parties after leaving the Labour Party in 1989.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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