Remembered

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Mohamed Morsi

1951 – 2019

Politician, Engineer, University teacher, Materials scientist, Member of parliament, President

Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa Al-Ayyat (; Arabic: مُحَمَّد مُحَمَّد مُرْسِي عِيسَى العَيَّاط, romanized: Muḥammad Muḥammad Mursī ʿĪsā al-ʿAyyāṭ, IPA: [mæˈħæmmæd ˈ…

Momtazuddin Ahmed

1935 – 2019

Television actor, Writer

Momtazuddin Ahmed (18 January 1935 – 2 June 2019) was a Bangladeshi playwright-actor and educationist. He was also active in the field of culture, performance,…

Murray Gell-Mann

1929 – 2019

Non-fiction writer, Theoretical physicist, Physicist

Murray Gell-Mann (; September 15, 1929 – May 24, 2019) was an American theoretical physicist who played a preeminent role in the development of the theory of el…

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Khalid Hossain

1935 – 2019

Singer

Khalid Hossain (4 December 1935 – 22 May 2019) was a Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer. In recognition of his contribution in music, the government of Bangladesh…

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S. I. M. Nurunnabi Khan

1942 – 2019

Writer

Shamsul Islam Muhammad Nurunnabi Khan (Bengali: শামসুল ইসলাম মোহাম্মদ নূরুন্নবী খাঁন; 1942 – 22 May 2019) was a Bangladeshi freedom fighter and writer. He was a…

Niki Lauda

1949 – 2019

Formula One driver, Aircraft pilot, Entrepreneur, Sporting director

Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian racing driver, motorsport executive, and aviation entrepreneur, who competed in F…

I. M. Pei

1917 – 2019

Architect

Ieoh Ming Pei ( YOH ming PAY; Chinese: 貝聿銘; pinyin: Bèi Yùmíng; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was a Chinese-American architect. Born in Guangzhou into a Chine…

Doris Day

1922 – 2019

Film actor, Singer, Television actor, Recording artist, Actor, Politician

Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer. With an entertainment career that spanned 75 years…

Hayat Saif

1942 – 2019

Poet, Writer

Saiful Islam Khan (known as Hayat Saif; 16 December 1942 – 13 May 2019) was a twentieth century modern Bengali poet and literary critic from Bangladesh. A caree…

Subir Nandi

1953 – 2019

Singer

Subir Nandi (19 November 1953 – 7 May 2019) was a Bangladeshi musician. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer five times for his p…

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Mahfuz Ullah

1950 – 2019

Journalist, Writer

Mahfuz Ullah (10 March 1950 – 27 April 2019) was a Bangladeshi writer, journalist, television personality and environmentalist. He was notable for environmental…

Alan García

1949 – 2019

Politician, Lawyer, Writer, Jurist, Sociologist

Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (Latin American Spanish: [ˈalaŋ‿ɡaβˈɾjel luðˈwiɣ‿ɣaɾˈsi.a ˈpeɾes]; 23 May 1949 – 17 April 2019) was a Peruvian politician who s…

David Thouless

1934 – 2019

Physicist, University teacher, Nuclear physicist

David James Thouless (; 21 September 1934 – 6 April 2019) was a British condensed-matter physicist. He was awarded the 1990 Wolf Prize and a laureate of the 201…

Sydney Brenner

1927 – 2019

Biotechnologist, Geneticist, University teacher, Biologist

Sydney Brenner (13 January 1927 – 5 April 2019) was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. Robert Horvi…

Shahnaz Rahmatullah

1952 – 2019

Singer

Shahnaz Rahmatullah (née Begum; 2 January 1952 – 23 March 2019) was a Bangladeshi Bengali singer. Her notable songs are Sohni Dharti Allah Rakhay, Prothom Bang…

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Manohar Parrikar

1955 – 2019

Politician, Engineer

Manohar Parrikar was an Indian politician who served multiple terms as chief minister of Goa and later as minister of defence. An engineer by training, he was t…

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Helena Khan

1923 – 2019

Writer

Helena Khan (23 March 1927 – 15 March 2019) was a Bangladeshi educationist and writer. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from Lady Brabourne College. In…

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Abul Kalam Zakaria

1956 – 2019

Writer

Abul Kalam Zakaria (15 March 1956 – 11 March 2019), also known as Faqihul Millat, was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, jurist, and educationist. He was t…

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Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury

1931 – 2019

Writer

Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury (10 September 1931 – 1 March 2019) was an Indian Bengali author and expert on Indian elephants. Awards: Ananda Puraskar Education:…

Polan Sarkar

1921 – 2019

Social activist

Polan Sarkar (10 September 1921 – 1 March 2019) was a Bangladeshi social activist. He received the Ekushey Padak for social service from the Government of Bangl…