Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Eli Zelkha

United States

c. 1951 – 2017 (66 years old)

Elias "Eli" Zelkha was an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and professor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Switzerland

c. 1935 – 2017 (82 years old)

Ali Akbar Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani was an Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was the president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Philosophy & Thought

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Lech Trzeciakowski

Poland

c. 1932 – 2017 (85 years old)

Lech Trzeciakowski was a Polish historian who served as director of the Western Institute in Poznań from 1974 to 1978. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Warsaw, Poland

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Philosophy & Thought

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Marvin Gettleman

United States

c. 1934 – 2017 (83 years old)

Marvin E. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Philosophy & Thought

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John Deely

United States

c. 1943 – 2017 (74 years old)

John Deely was an American philosopher and semiotician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

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Nat Hentoff

United States

c. 1926 – 2017 (91 years old)

Nathan Irving Hentoff was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

Refik Erduran

Turkey

c. 1929 – 2017 (88 years old)

Ahmet Refik Erduran was a Turkish playwright, columnist and writer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Ankara, Turkey

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Sciences & Discovery

Roger Parsons

Great Britain

c. 1927 – 2017 (90 years old)

Roger Parsons was a British chemist (electrochemist).. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

London, United Kingdom

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Mário Soares

Switzerland

c. 1925 – 2017 (92 years old)

Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares was a Portuguese statesman who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985 and subsequently as the president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Dan Porter

United States

c. 1931 – 2017 (86 years old)

Daniel Edward Porter was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Carlos Fernández Gondín

Switzerland

c. 1939 – 2017 (78 years old)

Carlos Fernández Gondín was a Cuban politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Resistance & Human Rights

Lucina da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws

Netherlands

c. 1930 – 2017 (87 years old)

Lucina Elena da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws was a Dutch Antillean politician for the National People's Party (PNP). Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Audrey Grevious

United States

c. 1931 – 2017 (86 years old)

Audrey Louise Grevious became one of the central leaders in the local civil rights movement in Lexington and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to resistance.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

Ricardo Piglia

Argentina

c. 1942 – 2017 (75 years old)

Ricardo Piglia was an Argentine author, critic, and scholar best known for introducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Arts & Music

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Om Puri

India

c. 1951 – 2017 (66 years old)

Om Prakash Puri was an Indian actor who predominantly worked in Hindi films, he appeared in several English, Punjabi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati, Urdu, and Marathi films. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

New Delhi, India

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Arts & Music

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Sylvester Potts

United States

c. 1939 – 2017 (78 years old)

Sylvester Potts was a singer and composer as well as an off and on member of The Contours and a one-time member of The Four Sonics. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Washington, D.C., United States

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