Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Robert Ascher

United States

c. 1932 – 2014 (82 years old)

Robert Ascher was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnomathematician, and experimental filmmaker. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Literature & Poetry

Alvin Aubert

United States

c. 1931 – 2014 (83 years old)

Alvin Bernard Aubert was an American academic, poet, playwright, editor, literary critic, and scholar who championed African-American culture and rural life along the southern Mississippi River.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Washington, D.C., United States

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Philosophy & Thought

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E. J. Lowe

Great Britain

c. 1951 – 2014 (63 years old)

Edward Jonathan Lowe, usually cited as E. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

London, United Kingdom

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Philosophy & Thought

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Augusto Graziani

Italy

c. 1934 – 2014 (80 years old)

Augusto Graziani was an Italian economist, Professor in Political Economy at University la Sapienza, most known for his contribution to monetary economics in founding monetary circuit theory.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to philosophy.

Rome, Italy

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Literature & Poetry

Annamária Kinde

Switzerland

c. 1957 – 2014 (57 years old)

Annamária Kinde was a Romanian journalist, poet and editor.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Literature & Poetry

M'hamed Benguettaf

Switzerland

c. 1939 – 2014 (75 years old)

M'hamed Benguettaf was an Algerian actor and playwright.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to literature.

Geneva, Switzerland

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K. P. Udayabhanu

India

c. 1937 – 2014 (77 years old)

Kizhakke Potta Udayabhanu was an Indian playback singer and music director, mainly in Malayalam films. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

New Delhi, India

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Endre Senkálszky

Switzerland

c. 1915 – 2014 (99 years old)

Endre Senkálszky was a Romanian actor and director.. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Sissel Sellæg

Norway

c. 1929 – 2014 (85 years old)

Sissel Sellæg (1929–2014) was a distinguished Norway public figure recognized for outstanding contributions in arts.

Oslo, Norway

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Nelson Ned

Brazil

c. 1948 – 2014 (66 years old)

Nelson Ned d'Ávila Pinto was a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Brasília, Brazil

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Alma Muriel

Mexico

c. 1952 – 2014 (62 years old)

Alma Muriel del Sordo, known artistically as Alma Muriel, was a Mexican actress who appeared in plays, films, and telenovelas, best known for her role as Irene del Conde / Lucrecia Treviño in Televisa's telenovela El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar (1988).. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

Mexico City, Mexico

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János Kristófi

Switzerland

c. 1926 – 2014 (88 years old)

János Kristófi (1926–2014) was a distinguished Romania public figure recognized for outstanding contributions in arts.

Geneva, Switzerland

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

Uday Kiran

India

c. 1981 – 2014 (33 years old)

Vajapeyajula Uday Kiran, better known as Uday Kiran was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Telugu cinema and has acted in some Tamil films. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to arts.

New Delhi, India

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Arthur Gietzelt

Australia

c. 1921 – 2014 (93 years old)

Arthur Thomas Gietzelt AO was an Australian politician. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to leadership.

Canberra, Australia

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Sports & Athletics

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Mustapha Zitouni

مصطفى زيتوني

Algeria

1928 – 2014 (85 years old)

World-class Algerian central defender who abandoned his stardom with the French national team and AS Monaco on the eve of the 1958 World Cup to join the historic FLN Football Team, weaponizing sport for Algerian independence.

Algiers, Algeria

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Sports & Athletics

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Eusébio da Silva Ferreira

Mozambique

25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014 (71 years old)

Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, 'The Black Panther', was a Mozambique-born Portuguese striker whose explosive speed, ferocious right-foot shot, and athletic grace made him one of the most feared goalscorers of the twentieth century. He led S.L. Benfica to European Cup glory in 1962, won the 1965 Ballon d'Or, and was the nine-goal top scorer of the 1966 World Cup in England.

Lisbon, Portugal

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Sports & Athletics