Remembered
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Aminul Haque Badsha
1944 – 2015
Journalist
Aminul Haque Badsha (full name: Khandaker Aminul Haque Badsha; 24 October 1944 – 10 February 2015) was a Bangladeshi journalist, writer, and organizer of the Ba…
Richard von Weizsäcker
1920 – 2015
Politician, Lawyer, Military personnel, Jurist, Mayor
Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (German: [ˈʁɪçaʁt fɔn ˈvaɪtszɛkɐ] ; 15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician who served as President of Ger…
Charles H. Townes
1915 – 2015
Physicist, Nuclear physicist, University teacher, Inventor
Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtaine…
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
1924 – 2015
Politician
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1 August 1924 – 23 January 2015) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 1 August 2005 until his death in 2015. Prior t…
Gobinda Halder
1930 – 2015
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Gobinda Halder (1930 – 17 January 2015) was a Bengali lyricist and poet. He wrote patriotic songs during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 which include "Mo…
Anita Ekberg
1931 – 2015
Fashion model, Film actor, Beauty pageant contestant, Model, Actor
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (29 September 1931 – 11 January 2015) was a Swedish actress active in American and European films, known for her beauty and curva…
Chashi Nazrul Islam
1941 – 2015
Film director
Chashi Nazrul Islam (11 October 1941 – 11 January 2015) was a Bangladeshi film director and producer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Directo…
Najma Sadeque
1945 – 2015
Painter, Journalist, Human rights defender
Najma Sadeque (1943 – 8 January 2015) from Pakistan was a leading woman journalist, author, human rights activist, particularly of women's rights, an artist, en…
Mizan Rahman
1932 – 2015
Mathematician, Writer
Mizan Rahman (September 16, 1932 – January 5, 2015) was a Bangladeshi Canadian mathematician and writer. He specialized in fields of mathematics such as hyperge…
Ekhlasuddin Ahmed
1940 – 2014
Children's writer, Writer
Ekhlasuddin Ahmed (15 December 1940 – 24 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi children's writer. He was awarded the Ekushey Padak, one of the highest civilian award…
Joe Cocker
1944 – 2014
Singer, Actor, Songwriter, Pianist, Recording artist, Plumber
John Robert "Joe" Cocker (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured…
Maqsudul Alam
1954 – 2014
Geneticist
Maqsudul Alam (Bengali: মাকসুদুল আলম; 14 December 1954 – 20 December 2014) was an East Bengal-born life-science scientist who is known for his work on genome se…
Arunabh Sarkar
1941 – 2014
Poet, Writer
Arunabh Sarkar (Bengali: অরুণাভ সরকার; born 29 May 1941) is a Bangladeshi poet, columnist, literary editor, and freedom fighter. He was born in Tangail, Banglad…
Khalil Ullah Khan
1934 – 2014
Actor
Khalil Ullah Khan (known as Khalil; 2 February 1934 – 7 December 2014) was a Bangladeshi film and television actor. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for…
Qayyum Chowdhury
1932 – 2014
Painter
Qayyum Chowdhury (9 March 1932 – 30 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi painter. Along with Zainul Abedin, Quamrul Hassan and Safiuddin Ahmed, he is considered as…
Tapan Raychaudhuri
1926 – 2014
Writer, Historian, Autobiographer
Tapan Raychaudhuri (8 May 1926 – 26 November 2014) was a British-Indian historian specializing in British Indian history, Indian economic history and the Histor…
Zillur Rahman Siddiqui
1928 – 2014
Poet, Academic, Translator, Writer
Zillur Rahman Siddiqui (23 February 1928 – 11 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi writer, academic and educationist. Awards: Bangla Academy Literary Award, Indepe…
Syed Mainul Hossain
1951 – 2014
Engineer, Architect
Syed Mainul Hossain (17 March 1952 – 10 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi structural engineer and architect. He is the designer of the National Martyrs' Memorial…
Mohammad Ali Siddiqui
1944 – 2014
Singer
Mohammad Ali Siddiqui (2 February 1944 – 4 November 2014) was a Bangladeshi playback singer. He was a singer in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He has sung a total…
Ghulam Azam
1922 – 2014
Politician
Ghulam Azam was a Bangladeshi politician who led Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh for many years. He opposed the independence of Bangladesh in 1971 and remained a dee…