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Bernadette Chirac

1933 – 2026 · Politician

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Ann Widdecombe

1947 – 2026 · Politician, Autobiographer, Writer

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Édouard Balladur

1929 – 2026 · Economist, Politician

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Lindsey Graham

1955 – 2026 · Politician, Air force officer, Judge advocate

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Mahatma Gandhi

1869 – 1948 · Leader of the Indian independence movement

“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

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Nelson Mandela

1918 – 2013 · Anti-apartheid leader and President of South Africa

“It always seems impossible until it's done.”

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Narana Coissoró

1931 – 2026 · Lawyer, jubilee professor, and CDS / CDS-PP deputy. Led the CDS parliamentary group 1978-1991; Assembly vice-president 1999-2005.

“Goan-born lawyer and CDS deputy who led a parliamentary group and called himself a Hindu democrat.”

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Zenyazen Escobar García

1984 – 2026 · Politician; teacher; former Secretary of Education of Veracruz; federal deputy

“Veracruz teacher and Morena deputy who said the nation is built in the classroom.”

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Bello Mandiya

1964 – 2026 · Politician; senator for Katsina South (Funtua); chief of staff to the Katsina governor

“A Ninth Senate lawmaker who carried Katsina South's water, school and security worries onto the floor in Abuja.”

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Celestí Alomar

1949 – 2026 · Geographer, state civil servant, socialist politician, tourism administrator, columnist and consultant

“A Mallorcan who treated a tourist tax as a question of who the islands were for.”

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Gastón Acurio Velarde

1930 – 2026 · Civil engineer; Acción Popular founder and leader; Minister of Fomento y Obras Públicas (1965 to 1967); three-term senator.

“Cusco engineer who helped found Acción Popular, built roads as minister, and served three Senate terms.”

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David Cobb

1962 – 2026 · Attorney, Green organizer, 2004 presidential nominee, campaign manager, Move to Amend and Cooperation Humboldt co-founder

“Green nominee who fought corporate rule, then built land trusts.”

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Mehdi Zana

1940 – 2026 · Kurdish politician; author; former mayor of Diyarbakir (1977-1980); activist; tailor by early trade

“Diyarbakir's independent socialist mayor; Prison No. 5 witness for Kurdish rights.”

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K. Achuthan

1950 – 2026 · Politician (Indian National Congress); former Chittur MLA; municipal chairman; cooperative-bank president; farmer; INTUC office-bearer

“Chittur's Congress face for twenty years, built first in the cooperative bank and the municipality.”

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Rudy Ariffin

1953 – 2026 · Civil servant; Regent of Banjar; Governor of South Kalimantan; PPP regional chair; Kerukunan Bubuhan Banjar president

“Two-term South Kalimantan governor who moved the capital offices and barred coal trucks from public roads.”

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Georgy Matyukhin

1934 – 2026 · economist, academic, professor, central banker, former intelligence officer

“First Bank of Russia chairman, who built a two-tier system as the Soviet Union ended.”

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Vadim Popov

1940 – 2026 · Politician, agricultural manager, former minister, parliamentarian

“Twice Speaker of Belarus's lower house, he asked that Belarusians live with dignity.”

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Elco Brinkman

1948 – 2026 · Politician; civil servant; jurist; researcher; businessperson; corporate director; nonprofit director; trade association executive

“Dutch minister and CDA leader who coined the caring society and never reached the premiership.”

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Edythe Harrison

1934 – 2026 · Civic leader; arts founder and fundraiser; Virginia House of Delegates member; 1984 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate; educator; former local television personality

“Professional volunteer who founded Virginia Opera and opened a statewide door for Virginia women.”

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Nuno Cardoso

1961 – 2026 · Civil and transport engineer; invited assistant (FEUP); president of Águas do Douro e Paiva; mayor of Porto (1999-2002); later independent local candidate

“Engineer-mayor who steered Porto through 2001 and helped draw the Metro.”

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Tung Chee-hwa

1937 – 2026 · Shipping executive and businessman; first Chief Executive of Hong Kong (1997-2005); CPPCC vice-chairman (2005-2023); founder of CUSEF and Our Hong Kong Foundation

“Hong Kong's first Chief Executive, a shipping heir who led the city through the 1997 handover.”

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Hafidh Ameir Hassan

1946 – 2026 · agriculturalist; teacher; agricultural instructor; First Gentleman of Tanzania

“Tanzania's first First Gentleman, a teacher who stayed offstage.”

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José Mujica

1935 – 2025 · Politician; farmer (chrysanthemums); former guerrilla (MLN-Tupamaros); President of Uruguay (2010-2015); senator; Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries (2005-2008)

“Lived simply so others might live freely.”

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Norberto Galasso

1936 – 2026 · Historian; essayist; public accountant; radio host; cultural-centre director; biographer

“Miró la historia desde abajo, con el pueblo como protagonista.”

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Klaus Wanger

1941 – 2026 · Politician; businessman (Hoval; Rheindata AG); bank board vice chair (LLB)

“Landtag president who backed Liechtenstein's 2003 constitution.”

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Sudivya Kumar

1970 – 2026 · Politician; Jharkhand cabinet minister; MLA (Giridih); previously contractor (CCL / DVC); JMM organiser

“JMM strategist and Giridih MLA who rose from contractor to cabinet as Hemant's Sonu Bhaiya.”

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Rihards Pīks

1941 – 2026 · Film cinematographer and director; Culture Minister of Latvia; Foreign Minister of Latvia; Saeima deputy (7th and 8th); Member of the European Parliament; film-school founder/teacher; party board memb

“Cinema craftsman who briefly held Latvia's foreign helm at EU dawn.”

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Charles Floyd Hatcher

1939 – 2026 · U.S. Representative (D-GA-2); Georgia state representative; attorney; U.S. Air Force veteran; USDA presidential appointee (Clinton era); community volunteer

“Southwest Georgia peanut champion who treated public service as friendship.”

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Charles Josselin

1938 – 2026 · Politician; economist; French Socialist Party figure; minister; deputy; senator; MEP; departmental president; mayor

“Breton socialist who renamed the Côtes-d'Armor and beat Big Oil.”

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Alberto Iribarne

1950 – 2026 · Lawyer; Peronist politician; Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights; diplomat; former National Deputy; constitutional convention delegate; university lecturer; author/compiler

“Peronist lawyer who steered Justice under Kirchner and later represented Argentina in Uruguay.”

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Kay Granger

1943 – 2026 · U.S. Representative (TX-12, 1997-2025); Mayor of Fort Worth (1991-1995); teacher; insurance businesswoman; House Appropriations Chair (2023-2024)

“Fort Worth's first woman mayor who rose to Appropriations chair, serving Texas with grit and care.”

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Siim Kallas

1948 – 2026 · Politician; economist; central banker; European Commissioner / Vice-President; Reform Party co-founder; journalist/editor; radio quiz host

“Architect of the kroon who carried Estonia into Europe.”

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Peter Katsambanis

1965 – 2026 · Politician (Liberal); solicitor / lawyer; Administrative Appeals Tribunal member; chief of staff / adviser

“Greek Australian Liberal who served Victoria and both houses of the WA Parliament.”

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Zhu Rongji

1928 – 2026 · Politician; Premier of China; electrical engineer; technocrat; former Governor of the People's Bank of China; former Mayor and Party Secretary of Shanghai

“China's iron-faced reform premier who steered WTO entry and said he would walk a minefield for the people.”

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Steve Gollschewski

† 2026 · Police officer; Queensland Police Commissioner (21st); former Deputy Commissioner; former State Disaster Coordinator

“Queensland's 21st top cop who steered floods, COVID and reform, and fought cancer with resolve.”

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Fabio Mussi

1948 – 2026 · Politician; party official; journalist; Minister of University and Research (2006-2008); Deputy; Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies

“Piombino worker's son who said no to the PD and kept a left gaze.”

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Camilo Escalona

1955 – 2026 · Chilean politician; multiple-time president of the Socialist Party of Chile (PS); President of the Senate (2012-2013); senator and deputy; author

“Socialist organizer who returned from exile to rebuild Chile's democracy, and led his party and Senate with steel resolve.”

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Raif Dizdarevic

1926 – 2026 · Yugoslav-Bosnian politician; diplomat; WWII Yugoslav Partisan; memoirist

“Partisan diplomat who led Yugoslavia's Presidency in crisis and stayed in besieged Sarajevo.”

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Ritu Khullar

† 2026 · Jurist; Chief Justice of Alberta; Chief Justice of the Courts of Appeal of Alberta, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories; former labour, human rights, administrative and constitutional lawyer; law t

“Alberta's Chief Justice and Charter advocate who made history as Canada's first South Asian woman provincial chief justice.”

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Ronald McCoy

1930 – 2026 · Obstetrician and gynaecologist; anti-nuclear peace activist; former MMA president; Datuk (DPMP, Perak)

“Doctor who delivered thousands of babies and gave the world ICAN to abolish nuclear weapons.”

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Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker

1932 – 2026 · U.S. Senator; politician; radio-station executive; public servant

“Kansas senator who led HIPAA, broke barriers, and chose independence over party lines.”

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Kofi Annan

1938 – 2018 · Secretary-General of the United Nations

“Knowledge is power. Information is liberating.”

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Jimmy Carter

1924 – 2024 · 39th President of the United States

“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.”

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Mikhail Gorbachev

1931 – 2022 · Leader of the Soviet Union

“If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.”

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Winston Churchill

1874 – 1965 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

“Never, never, never give up.”

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John F. Kennedy

1917 – 1963 · 35th President of the United States

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

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Abraham Lincoln

1809 – 1865 · 16th President of the United States

“With malice toward none, with charity for all.”

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