Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Philosophy & Thought

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Aleksander Jackowski

Poland

c. 1921 – 2017 (96 years old)

Aleksander Jackowski was a Polish cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, art critic. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Warsaw, Poland

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Philosophy & Thought

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Sir Tony Atkinson

Great Britain

c. 1945 – 2017 (72 years old)

Sir Anthony Barnes Atkinson was a British economist, Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics, and senior research fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

London, United Kingdom

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Sports & Athletics

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Talat Tunçalp

Turkey

c. 1916 – 2017 (101 years old)

Talat Tunçalp was a Turkish cyclist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Ankara, Turkey

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Sports & Athletics

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Aleksander Tšutšelov

Switzerland

c. 1934 – 2017 (83 years old)

Aleksander Tšutšelov was an Estonian sailor who started with sailing at 1946. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Sports & Athletics

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George Miller

Great Britain

c. 1930 – 2017 (87 years old)

George Miller was a Scottish cricketer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

London, United Kingdom

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Sports & Athletics

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Lorne Loomer

Canada

c. 1938 – 2017 (79 years old)

Lorne Kenneth Loomer was a Canadian competition rower and Olympic champion.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Ottawa, Canada

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Sports & Athletics

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Jean Le Lan

France

c. 1938 – 2017 (79 years old)

Jean Le Lan was a French racing cyclist. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Paris, France

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Sports & Athletics

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Bill Craig

United States

c. 1946 – 2017 (71 years old)

William Norval Craig was an American competition swimmer, for the University of Southern California, an Olympic champion, and a world record-holder.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Sports & Athletics

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Steve Browne

Great Britain

c. 1965 – 2017 (52 years old)

Stephen Logan Browne was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the English Football League for Charlton Athletic and in non-League football for Maidstone United, Wealdstone, Yeovil Town and Slough Town.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sports.

London, United Kingdom

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Arts & Music

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Memo Morales

Switzerland

c. 1938 – 2017 (79 years old)

Guillermo Enrique Morales Portillo was a Venezuelan singer. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Arts & Music

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Lane Meddick

Great Britain

c. 1925 – 2017 (92 years old)

Leonard John Meddick, known professionally as Lane Meddick, was a British actor, journalist and writer.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

London, United Kingdom

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Arts & Music

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Stuart Hamilton

Canada

c. 1930 – 2017 (87 years old)

Robert Stuart Hamilton, CM, Hon. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Ottawa, Canada

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Sciences & Discovery

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Robert Vallée

France

c. 1923 – 2017 (94 years old)

Robert Vallée was a French cyberneticist and mathematician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Paris, France

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Sciences & Discovery

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Jewel Plummer Cobb

United States

c. 1925 – 2017 (92 years old)

Jewel Plummer Cobb was an American biologist, cancer researcher, professor, dean, and academic administrator. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to sciences.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Emmanuel Niyonkuru

Switzerland

c. 1963 – 2017 (54 years old)

Emmanuel Niyonkuru was a Burundian politician.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Yaakov Neeman

Switzerland

c. 1940 – 2017 (77 years old)

Yaakov Israel Neeman was an Israeli lawyer who served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Finance, although he was never a member of the Knesset.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Sciences & Discovery

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Vera Rubin

Vera Florence Cooper Rubin

United States

1928 – 2016 (88 years old)

Pioneering astronomer whose measurements of galaxy rotation rates provided the first robust empirical evidence for dark matter.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Sciences & Discovery

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John Glenn

John Herschel Glenn Jr.

United States

1921 – 2016 (95 years old)

First American to orbit the Earth aboard Friendship 7 in 1962, U.S. Senator, and oldest person to fly in space at age 77.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

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