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314 personalities

Mİ
Portrait of Muazzez İlmiye Çığ (1914–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Muazzez İlmiye Çığ

06/20/1914 – 11/17/2024

110 years

Turkish Sumerologist

Mersin Province
1
MR
Portrait of Michael Ruse (1940–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Michael Ruse

06/21/1940 – 11/01/2024

84 years

British-Canadian science philosopher

Birmingham
1
YB
Portrait of Yehuda Bauer (1926–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Yehuda Bauer

04/06/1926 – 10/18/2024

98 years

Holocaust survivor and Israeli historian

Jerusalem
1
HE
Portrait of Helen E. Fisher (1945–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Helen E. Fisher

05/31/1945 – 08/17/2024

79 years

Canadian anthropologist

The Bronx
2
IF
Portrait of Iryna Farion (1964–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Iryna Farion

04/29/1964 – 07/19/2024

60 years

Ukrainian linguist and politician

Lviv
1
Family Tree
DD
Portrait of Daniel Dennett (1942–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Daniel Dennett

03/28/1942 – 04/19/2024

82 years

American philosopher

Portland
21
FD
Portrait of Frans de Waal (1948–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Frans de Waal

10/29/1948 – 03/14/2024

75 years

Dutch primatologist and ethologist

Atlanta
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JA
Portrait of Jan Assmann (1938–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Jan Assmann

07/07/1938 – 02/19/2024

85 years

German egyptologist

Konstanz
1
Family Tree
JG
Portrait of Johan Galtung (1930–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Johan Galtung

10/24/1930 – 02/17/2024

93 years

Norwegian sociologist and peace scholar

Bærum Municipality
5
RS
Portrait of Robert Solow (1924–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Robert Solow

08/23/1924 – 12/21/2023

99 years

American economist

Lexington
1
Family Tree
EL
Portrait of Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie

07/19/1929 – 11/22/2023

94 years

French historian and writer

14th arrondissement of Paris
12
HA
Portrait of Hans Albert (1921–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Hans Albert

02/08/1921 – 10/24/2023

102 years

German philosopher

Heidelberg
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Family Tree
NZ
Portrait of Natalie Zemon Davis (1928–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Natalie Zemon Davis

11/08/1928 – 10/21/2023

94 years

Canadian-American historian

Toronto
11
GV
Portrait of Gianni Vattimo (1936–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Gianni Vattimo

01/04/1936 – 09/19/2023

87 years

Italian philosopher and politician

Turin
1
HS
Portrait of Howard S. Becker (1928–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Howard S. Becker

04/18/1928 – 08/16/2023

95 years

American sociologist

San Francisco
1
Family Tree
HC
Portrait of Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (1929–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse

07/06/1929 – 08/05/2023

94 years

French historian and politician

15th arrondissement of Paris
22
MA
Portrait of Marc Augé (1935–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Marc Augé

09/02/1935 – 07/24/2023

87 years

French anthropologist and geographer

Poitiers
2
HF
Portrait of Harry Frankfurt (1929–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Harry Frankfurt

05/29/1929 – 07/16/2023

94 years

American philosopher

Santa Monica
2
Family Tree
AB

Memorial

Alain Besançon

04/25/1932 – 07/08/2023

91 years

French historian and teacher

7th arrondissement of Paris
24
PB

Memorial

Peter Bieri

06/23/1944 – 06/27/2023

79 years

Swiss philosopher and writer

Berlin
2
Family Tree
AT
Portrait of Alain Touraine (1925–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Alain Touraine

08/03/1925 – 06/09/2023

97 years

French sociologist

13th arrondissement of Paris
23
AE

Memorial

Amitai Etzioni

01/04/1929 – 05/31/2023

94 years

German-Israeli immigrant to the United States, sociologist and political theorist of communitarianism

Washington, D.C.
1
MM

Memorial

Maria Mies

02/06/1931 – 05/15/2023

92 years

German sociologist

Steffeln
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IH
Portrait of Ian Hacking (1936–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Ian Hacking

02/18/1936 – 05/10/2023

87 years

Canadian philosopher

Toronto
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