Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie

male, 61 years old
al qaeda target the West the east Western world magical realism ayatollah
Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie is a British-Indian novelist and essayist. He first achieved fame with his second novel, "Midnight's Children" (1981),... More
Bernard Lewis

Bernard Lewis

male, 92 years old
Jewish ottoman empire University of Paris alumni From London English Critic of Islam … Western world
Bernard Lewis (born May 31, 1916, London) is the Cleveland E. Dodge Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He... More
George Soros

George Soros

male, 78 years old (New York, New York, United States)
American billionaire political activist philanthropist Business Person stock investor soros fund management … Western world
George Soros (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is an American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, a... More
Bruce Lee

Bruce Lee

male, deceased (1973)
martial artist jeet kune do kung fu enter the dragon Chinese actor martial arts … Western world
Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 - July 20, 1973) was a martial artist, philosopher, instructor, and martial arts actor widely regarded as the most... More
Heraclitus

Heraclitus

male
ionia Efes physicist Herakleitos the Ephesian Herákleitos ho Ephésios Process philosophy … Western world
Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca. 535-475 BCE) (Ancient Greek: - ("Herakleitos the Ephesian")), known as "The Obscure" (Ancient Greek -), was a... More
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

male, deceased (1977)
Indian Religious leader British charismatic leader Hindu vaishnava … Western world
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (September 1 1896-November 14 1977) was the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness... More
Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar

male, 88 years old
Performer of Hindu music Robi Shôngkor British India From Varanasi benares film score composer … Western world
Ravi Shankar ("Robi Shôngkor", (born April 7, 1920, in Benares, United Provinces, British India) is an Indian composer best known for his v... More
Pim Fortuyn

Pim Fortuyn

male, deceased (2002)
right-wing populist Lijst Pim Fortuyn List Pim Fortuyn gay anti-immigration … Western world
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus (Pim) Fortuyn, (February 19, 1948 – May 6, 2002), was a controversial, openly gay, charismatic populistic right-wing po... More
Michael Parenti

Michael Parenti

male, 75 years old
Marxist Yale University Chinese invasion The Assassination of Julius Caesar Yugoslav wars Western world
Michael Parenti (born 1933) is an American political scientist, historian, and media critic.
Tenzin Gyatso

Tenzin Gyatso

male, 73 years old
Buddhist dalai lama tibetan Nobel Peace Prize laureate free tibet nonviolence … Western world
Tenzin Gyatso (born 6 July 1935) is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. As such, he is often referred to in Western media simply as the Dalai... More