Historical Archives & Public Figures

Joseph Jean Arthur Béliveau

Canada

1931 – 2014 (83 years old)

Canadian professional ice hockey center who won 10 Stanley Cups as a player for the Montreal Canadiens, celebrated as hockey's ultimate gentleman.

Longueuil, Canada

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Literature & Poetry

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Radwa Ashour

رضوى عاشور

Egypt

May 26, 1946 – November 30, 2014 (68 years old)

Distinguished Egyptian novelist, literary critic, and university professor whose epic masterpiece 'The Granada Trilogy' chronicled the tragic fall of Islamic Spain, celebrated for her profound intellectual courage and championing of human rights.

Cairo, Egypt

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Literature & Poetry

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Said Aql

سعيد عقل

Lebanon

4 July 1912 – 28 November 2014 (102 years old)

Centenarian titan of Lebanese poetry whose sublime linguistic perfection and Phoenician cultural nationalism shaped modern Lebanese literature.

Zahlé, Lebanon

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Music

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Sabah

صباح / جانيت فغالي

Lebanon

10 November 1927 – 26 November 2014 (87 years old)

Legendary Lebanese-Egyptian diva known as 'Al-Shahroura' and 'The Empress of Arab Song' who starred in ninety-eight films and recorded over three thousand songs.

Bdoun, Lebanon

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Philosophy & Thought

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Abdelwahab Meddeb

عبد الوهاب المؤدب

Tunisia

1946 – 2014 (68 years old)

Tunisian-French poet, novelist, and philosopher who produced the renowned radio broadcast 'Cultures d'Islam' and authored the acclaimed critical treatise 'The Malady of Islam'.

Paris, France

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Resistance & Human Rights

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Zoubir Bouadjadj

زبير بوعجاج

Algeria

1925 – 2014 (89 years old)

Founding member of the Historic 22 who commanded the armed urban action groups in the Casbah of Algiers on November 1, 1954.

Algiers, Algeria

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Arts & Music

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Farid Belkahia

فريد بلكاهية

Morocco

1934 – 2014 (79 years old)

Founding father of modern contemporary art in Morocco who directed the Casablanca Art School (1962-1974), pioneering the use of raw animal vellum, henna, and Amazigh symbols.

Palm Grove (Marrakech), Morocco

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Music

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Kenny Wheeler

Canada

14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014 (84 years old)

Internationally revered Toronto-born jazz composer and flugelhornist whose wistful, melancholy tone and ECM recordings shaped modern European jazz.

London, United Kingdom

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Music

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Salah El Mahdi

صالح المهدي (زرياب)

Tunisia

1925 – 2014 (89 years old)

Legendary musicologist, ney master, and composer known as 'Ziryab' who composed Tunisia's first national anthem Ala Khallidi and established the nationwide network of regional music conservatories.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Literature & Poetry

2

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Samih al-Qasim

سميح القاسم

Jordan

11 May 1939 – 19 August 2014 (75 years old)

Formidable Palestinian resistance poet from Rameh who authored seventy books of verse and was repeatedly jailed for refusing military conscription.

Rameh, Palestine

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Prophets & Divine Messengers

6

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Hassen Zirelli

حسن الزرلي

Tunisia

1938 AD – 2014 (76 years old)

Virtuoso master of the qanun (zither) and classical music theorist who modernized Arabic instrumental pedagogy and composed intricate instrumental pieces for the national ensemble.

Tunis, Tunisia

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Sports & Athletics

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Alfredo Di Stéfano

Alfredo Stéfano Di Stéfano Laulhé

Argentina

4 July 1926 – 7 July 2014 (88 years old)

Alfredo Di Stéfano was an extraordinary Argentine-Spanish footballer whose unmatched versatility, endurance, and leadership turned Real Madrid into the undisputed kings of European football. Winning five consecutive European Cups between 1956 and 1960 and scoring in every single final, he is widely regarded as the most complete footballer who ever lived.

Madrid, Spain

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Sciences & Discovery

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Stephanie Kwolek

Stephanie Louise Kwolek

United States

1923 – 2014 (90 years old)

American chemist at DuPont who invented Kevlar, the revolutionary synthetic fiber five times stronger than steel.

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

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Philosophy & Thought

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Mahdi Elmandjra

المهدي المنجرة

Morocco

1933 – 2014 (81 years old)

Visionary Moroccan futurist, economist, and sociologist who served as Assistant Director-General of UNESCO, President of the World Future Studies Federation, and author of 'The First Cultural World War'.

Rabat, Morocco

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Arts & Music

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Noura

نورة (فاطمة الزهراء باجي)

Algeria

1932 – 2014 (81 years old)

Iconic Algerian singer who performed masterfully in both Algerian Arabic and Tamazight, selling over one million albums and becoming the first North African artist awarded a French Gold Record in 1971.

Algiers, Algeria

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Art

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Knowlton Nash

Canada

18 November 1927 – 24 May 2014 (86 years old)

Distinguished Canadian newsman who served as CBC's Washington correspondent during the Cold War and chief news anchor of The National for a decade.

Toronto, Canada

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Sports & Athletics

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Sir John Arthur Brabham

Australia

1926 – 2014 (88 years old)

Australian racing driver who was a three-time Formula One World Champion and the only person to win the F1 World Championship driving a car of his own construction.

Gold Coast, Australia

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Literature & Poetry

2

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Farley Mowat

Farley McGill Mowat

Canada

1921 – 2014 (92 years old)

Passionate environmentalist and crusading author whose forty-four books, including People of the Deer and Never Cry Wolf, sold twenty-five million copies worldwide and revolutionized wolf conservation.

Port Hope (Ontario), Canada

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Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries