Remembered
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
1938 – 2025
Playwright, Novelist, Essayist, University teacher, Philosopher, Writer
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Gikuyu: [ᵑɡoɣe wá ðiɔŋɔ]; born James Ngugi; 5 January 1938 – 28 May 2025) was a Kenyan author and academic, who has been described as East Af…
José Mujica
1935 – 2025
Politician, Farmer, Draftsperson, Partisan, Political prisoner
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (20 May 1935 – 13 May 2025) was a Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay…
Mustafa Zaman Abbasi
1936 – 2025
Singer, Musician
Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (Bengali: মুস্তাফা জামান আব্বাসী; 8 December 1936 – 10 May 2025) was a Bangladeshi musicologist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1995 by th…
Daud Haider
1952 – 2025
Writer, Poet
Daud Haider (21 February 1952 – 26 April 2025) was a Bangladeshi poet who was forced into exile after writing a poem that "insulted" religions, including Islam.…
Pope Francis
1936 – 2025
Latin Catholic priest, Writer, Preacher, Latin Catholic bishop, Politician, Chemical technologist
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 13 March 2013…
Mario Vargas Llosa
1936 – 2025
Novelist, Dramaturge, Politician, Journalist, Essayist, Literary critic
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician. Varg…
Val Kilmer
1959 – 2025
Film actor, Voice actor, Television actor, Stage actor, Actor
Val Edward Kilmer (December 31, 1959 – April 1, 2025) was an American actor. Initially a stage actor, he later found fame as a leading man in films in a wide va…
Shushama Das
1930 – 2025
Singer
Shushama Das (Bengali: সুষমা দাস; 1 May 1930 – 26 March 2025) was a Bangladeshi folk singer, who was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 20…
Sanjida Khatun
1933 – 2025
Writer
Sanjida Khatun (Bengali: সন্জীদা খাতুন, Bengali pronunciation: [ˈsɔnd͡ʒid̪a ˈkʰat̪un]; 4 April 1933 – 25 March 2025) was a Bangladeshi musicologist. She was a…
Boris Spassky
1937 – 2025
Chess player
Boris Vasilyevich Spassky (Russian: Борис Васильевич Спасский; January 30, 1937 – February 27, 2025) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who was the tent…
Zahidur Rahman Anjan
— – 2025
Film director, Screenwriter
Zahidur Rahman Anjan (1964 – 24 February 2025) was a Bangladeshi film director. He won a Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for his direction of t…
Gene Hackman
1930 – 2025
Film actor, Actor, Novelist, Voice actor, Writer, Military personnel
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and a paragon of t…
Pratul Mukhopadhyay
1942 – 2025
Singer, Composer, Lyricist, Singer-songwriter, Recording artist
Pratul Mukhopadhyay (25 June 1942 – 15 February 2025) was an Indian Bengali-language singer, creative artist, activist, and songwriter. He is the writer and the…
Enam Ahmed Chowdhury
1937 – 2025
Economist, Writer
Enam Ahmed Chowdhury (29 June 1937 – 3 February 2025) was a Bangladeshi civil servant who was secretary and chairman of the Privatization Commission. He was a m…
Horst Köhler
1943 – 2025
Politician, Economist, Honorary professor
Horst Köhler (German: [ˈhɔʁst ˈkøːlɐ] ; 22 February 1943 – 1 February 2025) was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the…
Faizul Islam
1963 – 2025
Short story writer
Faizul Islam (24 November 1963 – 21 January 2025) was a Bangladeshi economist and fiction writer. Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faizul_Isla…
David Lynch
1946 – 2025
Film director, Actor, Composer, Voice actor, Painter, Film editor
David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker and artist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential…
Subhagata Choudhury
1947 – 2025
Writer, Non-fiction writer, Physician
Subhagata Choudhury (1947 – 15 January 2025) was a Bangladeshi health science writer and Professor of Medical Biochemistry. He was awarded Bangla Academy Litera…
Jean-Marie Le Pen
1928 – 2025
Politician, Lawyer
Jean Louis Marie "Jean-Marie" Le Pen (French: [ʒɑ̃maʁi]; Breton: [lə pɛn]; 20 June 1928 – 7 January 2025) was a French politician who founded the far-right Nati…
Anisur Rahman
1933 – 2025
Writer, Economist
Here is the revised memorial biography for Anisur Rahman, grounded strictly on well-supported facts found via reliable sources: Anisur Rahman (1933 – 5 January…