Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Joseba Leizaola

Spain

c. 1931 – 2017 (86 years old)

Joseba Andoni Leizaola Azpiazu was a Spanish politician, Basque nationalist and member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV-EAJ). Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Madrid, Spain

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Philosophy & Thought

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Luc Coene

Belgium

c. 1948 – 2017 (69 years old)

Luc Coene was a Belgian economist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Brussels, Belgium

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Literature & Poetry

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Paul Goble

United States

c. 1934 – 2017 (83 years old)

Paul Goble was a British-American writer and illustrator of children's books, especially Native American stories. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Arts & Music

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Rafiq Subaie

Switzerland

c. 1931 – 2017 (86 years old)

Rafiq Subaie was a Syrian actor, writer and director. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Arts & Music

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Leonardo Benevolo

Italy

c. 1924 – 2017 (93 years old)

Leonardo Benevolo was an Italian architect, city planner and architecture historian. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Rome, Italy

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Sciences & Discovery

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Gerald E. McClearn

United States

c. 1928 – 2017 (89 years old)

Gerald "Jerry" McClearn was an American behavior geneticist and professor emeritus of health and human development and biobehavioral health at the Pennsylvania State University.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Sciences & Discovery

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Spartak Belyaev

Russia

c. 1924 – 2017 (93 years old)

Spartak Timofeyevich Belyaev was a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist who was awarded a Lomonosov Gold Medal.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Moscow, Russia

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Marzio Strassoldo

Italy

c. 1940 – 2017 (77 years old)

Marzio Strassoldo di Graffembergo was the president of the Province of Udine (Italy). Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Rome, Italy

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Tullio De Mauro

Italy

c. 1933 – 2017 (84 years old)

Tullio De Mauro was an Italian linguist and politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Rome, Italy

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Arts & Music

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Vlastimir Trajković

Switzerland

c. 1948 – 2017 (69 years old)

Vlastimir Trajković was a Serbian composer, and full-time professor of composition and orchestration at the University of Arts in Belgrade.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Arts & Music

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Georges Prêtre

France

c. 1925 – 2017 (92 years old)

Georges Prêtre was a French orchestral and opera conductor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Paris, France

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Arts & Music

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Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje

Spain

c. 1933 – 2017 (84 years old)

Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje was a Catalan and Spanish painter.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Madrid, Spain

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Arts & Music

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Bade Fateh Ali Khan

Switzerland

c. 1935 – 2017 (82 years old)

Ustad Bade Fateh Ali Khan was among the foremost Khyal vocalists in Pakistan, and a leading exponent of the Patiala gharana tradition of music. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Arts & Music

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Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan

India

c. 1928 – 2017 (89 years old)

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan was an Indian sitar player. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

New Delhi, India

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Sciences & Discovery

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Heinz Billing

Germany

c. 1915 – 2017 (102 years old)

Heinz Billing was a German physicist and computer scientist, widely considered a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage, who built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Berlin, Germany

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Philosophy & Thought

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J. Dewey Daane

United States

c. 1919 – 2017 (98 years old)

J. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Sports & Athletics

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Rosemary Stevenson

United States

c. 1937 – 2017 (80 years old)

Rosemary Stevenson was an American outfielder who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) in its final season of operation (1954). Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Sports & Athletics

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Enzo Benedetti

Italy

c. 1932 – 2017 (85 years old)

Enzo Benedetti was an Italian football midfielder and manager.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Rome, Italy

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