Remembered
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Zhores Alferov
1930 – 2019
Physicist, Politician, Inventor
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov (15 March 1930 – 1 March 2019) was a Soviet and Russian physicist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructu…
Shah Alamgir
1956 – 2019
Journalist
Shah Alamgir (died 28 February 2019) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He served as the Director General of Press Institute of Bangladesh. He joined the post on 7 J…
Nikhil Sen
1931 – 2019
Actor, Writer
Nikhil Sen (16 April 1931 – 25 February 2019) was a Bangladeshi dramatist, educator and political activist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2018 by the Governme…
Karl Lagerfeld
1933 – 2019
Fashion designer, Photographer, Publisher, Postage stamp designer, Costume designer, Fashion photographer
Karl Otto Lagerfeld (10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, photographer, and creative director. Lagerfeld began his career in fa…
Muhammad Khasru
— – 2019
Journalist
Muhammad Khasru (1946 – 19 February 2019) was a Bangladeshi journalist and activist who pioneered the film society movement in the country. He played an importa…
Al Mahmud
1936 – 2019
Poet, Writer
Here is the revised and improved memorial biography for Al Mahmud, based strictly on verified information: Mir Abdus Shukur Al Mahmud, widely known as Al Mahmu…
Abdur Rashid Khan
1924 – 2019
Poet, Writer
Abdur Rashid Khan (1 January 1924 – 1 February 2019) was a Bangladeshi writer, teacher, essayist and poet. He received the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1977…
George Fernandes
1930 – 2019
Politician, Trade unionist
Here is your improved memorial biography of George Fernandes, rewritten using only well-supported facts from reliable sources: George Fernandes (3 June 1930 –…
Amir Hamza
1931 – 2019
Poet
Amir Hamza (3 May 1931 – 23 January 2019) was a Bangladeshi poet, freedom fighter, and convicted murderer. In recognition of his contribution to literature, he…
Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul
1956 – 2019
Singer, Composer, Lyricist
Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul (1 January 1956 – 22 January 2019) was a Bangladeshi lyricist, composer and music director, active since the late 1970s. He was a freedom fi…
Atin Bandyopadhyay
1934 – 2019
Writer, Journalist
Atin Bandyopadhyay or Atin Banerjee (1934–2019) was an Indian writer of Bengali literature. Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali, Bankim Puraskar Education…
Syed Ashraful Islam
1952 – 2019
Politician
Syed Ashraful Islam was a Bangladeshi politician who served as a member of parliament and as a minister in the government of Bangladesh. A senior leader of the…
M. Abdul Hafiz
1935 – 2019
Writer, Military personnel
Abdul Hafiz (1935 – 2019) was a Bangladeshi military officer who retired as a brigadier general, and later became known as a columnist and analyst of internatio…
Kader Khan
1937 – 2018
Actor, Screenwriter, Dialogue writer
Kader Khan was an Indian actor, screenwriter and dialogue writer who worked primarily in Hindi cinema. He wrote dialogue for hundreds of films and appeared in p…
Mrinal Sen
1923 – 2018
Film director, Politician, Autobiographer, Screenwriter, Writer, Manufacturer
Mrinal Sen (Bengali: [mɾinal ʃen] ; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was an Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Bengali, and a…
Syed Jahangir
1935 – 2018
Painter
Syed Jahangir (2 January 1935 – 29 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi painter. He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 1985. He served as…
Roy J. Glauber
1925 – 2018
Physicist, University teacher
Roy Jay Glauber (September 1, 1925 – December 26, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist. He was the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard Universit…
Nirendranath Chakravarty
1924 – 2018
Writer, Poet, Children's writer
Nirendranath Chakravarty or Chakroborty (Bengali pronunciation: [/niɾend̪ɾonat̪ʰ/]; 19 October 1924 – 25 December 2018) was an Indian Bengali poet, novelist, an…
Amjad Hossain
1942 – 2018
Film director, Screenwriter, Writer
Amjad Hossain (14 August 1942 – 14 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi film director, actor, scriptwriter and lyricist. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award f…
Riccardo Giacconi
1931 – 2018
Astronomer, Physicist, University teacher, Astrophysicist, Visual artist, Astrologer
Riccardo Giacconi ( jə-KOH-nee, Italian: [rikˈkardo dʒakˈkoːni]; October 6, 1931 – December 9, 2018) was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist…