Monday, July 17, 2017

A00094 - Maryam Mirzakhani, First Woman to Win a Fields Medal

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Mirzakhani, Maryam Maryam Mirzakhani  (Persian:  مریم میرزاخانی ‎; b. May 3, 1977, Tehran, Iran - d. July 14, 2017, Palo Alto, California)...
Monday, June 12, 2017

A00093 - Amina Cachalia, South African Anti-Apartheid Activist and Friend of Mandela

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Cachalia, Amina Amina Cachalia   (b. Amina Asvat; June 28, 1930 Vereeniging, South Africa – d. January 31, 2013, Johannesburg, South A...
Friday, June 9, 2017

A00092 - Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi Arms Dealer

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Khashoggi, Adnan Adnan Khashoggi  (Arabic:  عدنان خاشقجي ‎‎, Turkish:  Adnan Kaşıkçı ; b. July 25, 1935, Mecca, Saudi Arabia – d. June ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

A00091 - Ado Bayero, Emir of Kano

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Bayero, Ado Ado Abdullahi Bayero   (b. July 25, 1930, Kano, Northern Nigeria – d. June 6, 2014, Kano, Nigeria)  was seen as one of Nige...
Monday, April 24, 2017

A00090 - Joe Tex, Soul Singer

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Joseph Arrington, Jr. (b. August 8, 1933, Rogers, Texas  – d. August 13, 1982, Navasota, Texas), better known as  Joe Tex , was a musician ...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

A00089 - Ahmed Kathrada, Anti-Apartheid Activist

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Kathrada, Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada  (b. August 21, 1929, Schweizer-Reneke, Western Transvaal, South Africa  – d. March 28, 20...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

A00088 - Mostafa el-Abbadi, Champion of Alexandria's Resurrected Library

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Mostafa El-Abbadi (Arabic:  مصطفى العبادي ‎‎; b. October 10, 1928, Cairo, Egypt - d. February 13, 2017, Alexandria, Egypt) was a prominent ...