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o Robert Grant Grant-Ferris (30 Dec 1907 - 30 Dec 1996)
Politician
o Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison (12 Mar 1907 - 29 Dec 1996)
Politician
o Alma Birk (1919 - 29 Dec 1996)
Journalist and politician
o Robert Morris (30 Sep 1915 - 29 Dec 1996)
Lawyer
o Daniel Raphaëaut;l Mayer (29 Apr 1909 - 29 Dec 1996)
Journalist and resistance leader
o Edward Leadbitter (18 Jun 1919 - 24 Dec 1996)
Politician
o Michael Saunders (13 Apr 1944 - 17 Dec 1996)
Barrister
o Jean-Pierre Lévy (28 May 1911 - 16 Dec 1996)
Resistance leader
o Guiseppe Dossetti (13 Feb 1913 - 15 Dec 1996)
Politician and priest
o Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher (17 Apr 1909 - 9 Dec 1996)
Politician
o Anne Bolt (21 Nov 1912 - 9 Dec 1996)
Photo-journalist and trade unionist
o Bryan Clieve Roberts (22 Mar 1923 - 6 Dec 1996)
Lawyer and civil servant
o Basil Nield (7 May 1903 - 4 Dec 1996)
Judge and politician
o Det Glynn (23 Nov 1912 - 3 Dec 1996)
Teacher and anti-apartheid activist
o Penelope Jessel (2 Jan 1920 - 2 Dec 1996)
Politcal activist
o Barbak Karmal (1929 - 1 Dec 1996)
Politician
o Paul Derrick (26 Jun 1916 - 30 Nov 1996)
Co-operator and Christian socialist
o George Ernest Leslie (15 Jun 1920 - 27 Nov 1996)
Trade union official
o Hans Klein (11 Jul 1931 - 26 Nov 1996)
Politician
o Richard Stubbs (20 Apr 1909 - 25 Nov 1996)
Publicity adviser
o Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar (3 Mar 1906 - 19 Nov 1996)
Journalist and diplomat
o Ian Powell Bancroft (23 Dec 1922 - 19 Nov 1996)
Civil servant
o John Vassall (20 Sep 1924 - 18 Nov 1996)
Spy and civil servant
o Andrew John Fairclough (24 Apr 1951 - 17 Nov 1996)
Trade union educator
o John Reginald Bevins (20 Aug 1908 - 16 Nov 1996)
Politician
o Alger Hiss (11 Nov 1904 - 15 Nov 1996)
Lawyer
o John Qace Hardbattle (4 Aug 1945 - 12 Nov 1996)
Political activist
o Roger Makins (3 Feb 1904 - 9 Nov 1996)
Diplomat
o brian Keith-Lucas (1 Aug 1912 - 7 Nov 1996)
Political scientist
o Claude Ake (18 Feb 1939 - 7 Nov 1996)
Political scientist
o Mario Savio (8 Dec 1942 - 6 Nov 1996)
Activist
o Patience Edney (27 Aug 1911 - 6 Nov 1996)
Nurse and communist
o Lars-Ake Nilsson (23 May 1943 - 5 Nov 1996)
Diplomat
o Heather Swift (21 May 1917 - 3 Nov 1996)
Local councillor
o Barry (George Barrington) Porter (11 Jun 1939 - 3 Nov 1996)
Politician
o Jean-bedel Bokassa (22 Feb 1921 - 3 Nov 1996)
Dictator
o Alvaro Gomez Hurtado ( - 2 Nov 1996)
Colombian Politician
o Junius Richard Jayawardene (17 Sep 1906 - 1 Nov 1996)
Lawyer and politician
o Andrew Hutchings (3 Dec 1907 - 31 Oct 1996)
Teachers' leader
o Peter Muir Doig (27 Sep 1911 - 31 Oct 1996)
Politician
o John Gorman (4 Aug 1930 - 31 Oct 1996)
Printer and socialist historian
o Granville James Leveson Gower (6 Dec 1918 - 31 Oct 1996)
Land owner
o Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb (25 Apr 1900 - 24 Oct 1996)
Diplomat
o Roderick Barclay (22 Feb 1909 - 24 Oct 1996)
Diplomat
o Artur Axmann (18 Feb 1913 - 24 Oct 1996)
Nazi youth leader
o Wang Li (1918 - 21 Oct 1996)
Politician
o Robert O'Neill Crossman (7 Mar 1947 - 21 Oct 1996)
Politician
o Mary Tuck (25 May 1928 - 20 Oct 1996)
Social researcher and civil servant
o Hugh Willatt (25 Apr 1905 - 18 Oct 1996)
Solicitor and public servant
o david Gilroy Bevan (10 Apr 1910 - 12 Oct 1996)
Politician
o Terry Patchett (11 Jul 1940 - 11 Oct 1996)
Politician
o Dick Pickering (22 Sep 1942 - 10 Oct 1996)
Trade unionist
o Nigel Thomas Loveridge Fisher (14 Jul 1913 - 9 Oct 1996)
Politician
o Geoffrey Finsberg (13 Jun 1926 - 8 Oct 1996)
Politician
o Charles Wegg-Prosser (18 Aug 1910 - 7 Oct 1996)
Solicitor
o Martyn Taylor (3 Dec 1938 - 6 Oct 1996)
Teacher and campaigner
o Catherine Elizabeth Pennington (19 Nov 1918 - 5 Oct 1996)
Personal assistant
o Eustace Wenworth Roskill (9 Feb 1911 - 3 Oct 1996)
Law lord
o Robert Bourassa (14 Jul 1933 - 2 Oct 1996)
Politician
o Andrei Lukanov (26 Sep 1938 - 2 Oct 1996)
Politician
o Ronald John Bilsland Colville (21 May 1917 - 2 Oct 1996)
Businessman
o Patrick McGeown (3 Sep 1956 - 1 Oct 1996)
Politician
o Udom Patpongsiri (16 Dec 1916 - 30 Sep 1996)
Property developer
o Mohammed Najibullah (1947 - 27 Sep 1996)
Politician
o George Henderson (5 Dec 1921 - 26 Sep 1996)
Priest and politician
o Nicu Ceausescu (4 Sep 1951 - 25 Sep 1996)
Playboy
o Pavel Anatolievich Sudoplatov (1907 - 24 Sep 1996)
Spy
o Julius Silverman (8 Dec 1905 - 21 Sep 1996)
Politician
o Murtaza Bhutto (18 Sep 1954 - 20 Sep 1996)
Politician
o Max Manus (9 Feb 1914 - 20 Sep 1996)
Resistance fighter
o Douglas Hyde (8 Apr 1911 - 19 Sep 1996)
Socialist and Christian
o Spiro Theodore Agnew (9 Nov 1918 - 17 Sep 1996)
Lawyer and politician
o McGeorge Bundy (30 Mar 1919 - 16 Sep 1996)
Foreign policy adviser
o Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl (7 Jun 1928 - 13 Sep 1996)
Historian
o Ernesto Geisel (3 Aug 1907 - 12 Sep 1996)
Politician
o Julian Amery (27 Mar 1919 - 3 Sep 1996)
Politician
o John Cheek (18 Nov 1939 - 3 Sep 1996)
Falkland Islands advocate
o Robert Croften Brown (16 May 1921 - 3 Sep 1996)
Politician
o Kenneth M Stewart (28 Jul 1925 - 2 Sep 1996)
Euro MP for Merseyside West
o George Levy (21 May 1927 - 1 Sep 1996)
Antique dealer and heritage campaigner
o José Toribio Merino castro (15 Dec 1915 - 30 Aug 1996)
Admiral
o Baron Baker (26 Dec 1925 - 26 Aug 1996)
Activist
o Alejandro Lanusse (28 Aug 1918 - 26 Aug 1996)
Army officer and politician
o Erskine Childers (11 Mar 1929 - 25 Aug 1996)
UN official and civil servant
o Les Burns (6 Sep 1942 - 25 Aug 1996)
Local councillor
o Emile Noëaut;l (17 Nov 1922 - 24 Aug 1996)
International civil servant
o Ahmed Bahauddin (1927 - 24 Aug 1996)
Journalist
o William James Millar Mackenzie (8 Apr 1909 - 22 Aug 1996)
Political scientist
o Robert Lynn (5 Feb 1924 - 16 Aug 1996)
Anarchist
o Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola (11 Apr 1910 - 13 Aug 1996)
Soldier and polititican
o Anthony Derrick Parsons (9 Sep 1922 - 12 Aug 1996)
Diplomat
o Herman Siles Zuazo (21 Mar 1914 - 6 Aug 1996)
Politician
o Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu (22 Sep 1924 - 5 Aug 1996)
Politician
o Bruce Howard Lidington (30 Jan 1950 - 5 Aug 1996)
Actor and campaigner
o U Hia Than (1944 - 2 Aug 1996)
Politician
o Aruna Asaf Ali (16 Jul 1908 - 29 Jul 1996)
Politician
o Michael (Mickey) Fenn (11 Jan 1938 - 28 Jul 1996)
Docker and socialist
o Jef (A A J) Van Bilsen (1913 - 24 Jul 1996)
Academic and lawyer
o Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws (16 Jun 1931 - 22 Jul 1996)
Community Leader
o Richard Day (23 Apr 1948 - 22 Jul 1996)
Engineer and development expert
o Leon Shenandoah (18 May 1915 - 22 Jul 1996)
Native American leader
o David Nicolson (20 Sep 1922 - 19 Jul 1996)
Businessman and politician
o David Lancaster Nicolson (20 Sep 1922 - 19 Jul 1996)
Businessman and politician
o Kim Besly (18 Nov 1926 - 14 Jul 1996)
Activist
o Martin Corbett (27 Nov 1944 - 11 Jul 1996)
Gay activist
o Ernest Armstrong (12 Jan 1915 - 8 Jul 1996)
Miner and politician
o Lorna Young (15 Jun 1952 - 5 Jul 1996)
Salesperson
o Richard Michael Fraser (28 Oct 1915 - 1 Jul 1996)
Political Administrator
o George Ghita Ionescu (21 Mar 1913 - 28 Jun 1996)
Academic
o Andreas George Papandreou (5 Feb 1919 - 23 Jun 1996)
Politician
o Elbert Parr Tuttle (17 Jul 1897 - 23 Jun 1996)
Lawyer and judge
o James Leander "Leo" Nichols (8 Jun 1931 - 22 Jun 1996)
Honorary consul
o David Schine (11 Sep 1927 - 19 Jun 1996)
Businessman
o David Mourão-Ferreira (24 Feb 1927 - 16 Jun 1996)
Poet and politician
o Fitzroy Maclean (11 Mar 1911 - 15 Jun 1996)
Diplomat, soldier, politician and historian
o Ted Nightingale (19 Aug 1904 - 14 Jun 1996)
Former colonial governor
o David Nicholls (3 Jun 1936 - 13 Jun 1996)
Priest, theologian and political theorist
o Kevin Meadows (20 Jul 1974 - 11 Jun 1996)
Gay rights activist
o Hugh Burnton Mitchell (1906 - 10 Jun 1996)
US Senator
o Edward Morris Bernstein (16 Dec 1904 - 9 Jun 1996)
Economist
o Phyllis Stedman (14 Jul 1916 - 8 Jun 1996)
Politician
o Jean Sinclair (2 Jul 1908 - 6 Jun 1996)
Teacher and campaigner
o Baldev Singh Chahal (6 Feb 1937 - 5 Jun 1996)
Campaigner
o Tito Okello (1914 - 3 Jun 1996)
Ugandan general
o Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (19 May 1913 - 1 Jun 1996)
Ex-president of Idia
o Fernand Schokweiler (15 Jun 1935 - 1 Jun 1996)
Judge
o Timothy Francis Leary (22 Oct 1920 - 31 May 1996)
Visionary
o John "Jack" Layden (16 Jan 1926 - 28 May 1996)
Local politician
o Halka Grossman (20 Nov 1919 - 26 May 1996)
Resistance fighter and politician
o John Morrison (16 Dec 1906 - 25 May 1996)
Politician and landowner
o Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky (Apr 1935 - 23 May 1996)
Human rights activist
o Edqard John Gurney (12 Jan 1914 - 14 May 1996)
Politician
o Nnamdi (Benjamin) "Zik" Azikiwe (16 Nov 1904 - 11 May 1996)
Politician
o Pierre Debizet (20 Dec 1922 - 11 May 1996)
Resistance fighter, special agent and politician
o Albert Meltzer (7 Jan 1920 - 7 May 1996)
Anarchist
o Howard Frank Trayton Smith (15 Oct 1919 - 7 May 1996)
Diplomat and head of MI5
o Henry Diamond (10 May 1908 - 7 May 1996)
Irish Nationalist MP
o Joseph Stone (5 Mar 1917 - 6 May 1996)
Lawyer
o Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton (11 Aug 1898 - 2 May 1996)
Politician, civil servant and trade unionist
o David Michael Ifshin (1949 - 30 Apr 1996)
Political adviser and campaign organiser
o Siti Hartinah Suharto (23 Aug 1924 - 29 Apr 1996)
Wife of President Suharto of Indonesia
o Tony Hymphris (1 Nov 1950 - 29 Apr 1996)
Political activist
o Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro (23 Nov 1915 - 28 Apr 1996)
Politician
o William Egan Colby (4 Jan 1920 - 27 Apr 1996)
CIA Director
o John Eustace Theodore Brancker (9 Feb 1909 - 25 Apr 1996)
Lawyer and parliamentarian
o Dzhokhar Dudayev (15 Apr 1944 - 21 Apr 1996)
Separatist leader
o Tran Van Tra (1918 - 20 Apr 1996)
Soldier
o Peg Ridge (25 Feb 1924 - 19 Apr 1996)
Peace campaigner
o Kalim Siddiqui (2 Jul 1933 - 18 Apr 1996)
Islamic campaigner
o William Wilkinson (22 Jul 1932 - 12 Apr 1996)
Businessman and conservationist
o Maisie Fitter (5 Dec 1912 - 9 Apr 1996)
Editor and conservationist
o Basil Hembry (4 Feb 1916 - 8 Apr 1996)
Farmer and campaigner
o Peter Nailor (16 Dec 1928 - 5 Apr 1996)
Civil servant and historian
o Carl Burton Stokes (21 Jun 1927 - 4 Apr 1996)
Politician
o David Whitton (7 May 1951 - 4 Apr 1996)
Campaigner
o Ronald Harmon Brown (1 Aug 1941 - 3 Apr 1996)
Politician
o Alfred (Pom) O. Elmhirst (31 Jul 1901 - 3 Apr 1996)
Landowner and socialist
o Mario Viegas (10 Nov 1948 - 1 Apr 1996)
Actor
o Ryoei Saito (17 Apr 1916 - 30 Mar 1996)
Businessman
o Shin Kanemaru (17 Sep 1914 - 28 Mar 1996)
Politician
o David Band (14 Dec 1942 - 28 Mar 1996)
Banker
o Edmund Sixtus Muskie (28 Mar 1914 - 26 Mar 1996)
Politician
o Ronald George Hayward (27 Jun 1917 - 22 Mar 1996)
Political manager
o Robert Mellors (28 Oct 1949 - 22 Mar 1996)
Gay activist
o Frank Murray (23 Feb 1945 - 21 Mar 1996)
Police Officer
o Eric Brand (17 Dec 1922 - 21 Mar 1996)
Diplomat
o Claude Bourdet (28 Oct 1909 - 20 Mar 1996)
Human rights activist and journalist
o Thomas Enders (28 Nov 1931 - 17 Mar 1996)
Diplomat
o Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric (4 Nov 1906 - 15 Mar 1996)
Lawyer and diplomat
o Lucy Faithfull (26 Dec 1910 - 13 Mar 1996)
Children's campaigner
o Gyula Kallai (1910 - 12 Mar 1996)
Hungarian ex-prime minister
o Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson (5 Oct 1926 - 11 Mar 1996)
Public servant
o Lucius E. Burch Jr. (25 Jan 1912 - 10 Mar 1996)
American Lawyer and cicil rights leader
o Elman Ali Ahmed (1953 - 9 Mar 1996)
Peace campaigner
o Peter Mansfield (2 Sep 1928 - 9 Mar 1996)
Writer
o Alison McCartney (31 Mar 1950 - 8 Mar 1996)
Pathologist and Breast Cancer campaigner
o Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay (23 Mar 1907 - 6 Mar 1996)
Politician
o Victoria Opoku-Ware (22 Apr 1929 - 6 Mar 1996)
Ghanaian queen
o Nicolás Cotoner y Cotoner (14 Aug 1905 - 5 MAr 1996)
Spanish courtier
o David Bowman (6 Mar 1913 - 3 Mar 1996)
Trade unionist
o Jacobo Majluta Azar (9 Oct 1934 - 2 Mar 1996)
Politician
o Margaret McKay (Jan 1911 - 1 Mar 1996)
Politician
o Daniel Chipenda (May 1931 - 28 Feb 1996)
Angolam politician
o Audrey Angers (6 Jul 191 - 26 Feb 1996)
Charity pioneer
o Marion Farouk-Sluglett (1 Mar 1936 - 25 Feb 1996)
Political scientist
o Anna Larina (27 Jan 1914 - 24 Feb 1996)
Revolutionary
o Joseph Walker Barr (17 Jan 1918 - 23 Feb 1996)
Banker and politician
o Niall MacDermott (10 Sep 1916 - 22 Feb 1996)
Lawyer and politician
o Grant Sawyer (1919 - 19 Feb 1996)
US politician
o Michael Raptis (1911 - 17 Feb 1996)
Writer and recolutionary
o Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (21 Apr 1905 - 16 Feb 1996)
Politician
o Kenneth Robinson (19 Mar 1911 - 16 Feb 1996)
Politician and businessman
o Oscar Abrams (10 Mar 1937 - 15 Feb 1996)
Community organiser
o Charles Henry "Harry" Urwin (24 Feb 1915 - 9 Feb 1996)
Trade unionist
o Barry Troyna (6 Sep 1951 - 9 Feb 1996)
Teacher and educational sociologist
o Edward Frederick Weston Goodman (13 Jan 1915 - 3 Feb 1996)
Property Developer
o U San Yu (1918 - 28 Jan 1996)
Soldier and politician
o Olga Havlova (11 Jul 1933 - 27 Jan 1996)
Political activist
o Ralph Webster Yarborough (8 Jun 1903 - 27 Jan 1996)
Politician
o Ursula Heathcote Nicholls (19 Nov 1920 - 24 Jan 1996)
Campaigner
o Susan (Ann) Gertrude Fitt (née Docherty) (8 Jun 1921 - 23 Jan 1996)
Political wife
o Yisrael Eldad (11 Nov 1910 - 22 Jan 1996)
Extremist politician
o Sidney Korshak (1908 - 20 Jan 1996)
Lawyer
o David Robin Francis Guy Greville (15 May 1934 - 20 Jan 1996)
8th Duke of Warwick
o Ellis Hillman (17 Nov 1927 - 20 Jan 1996)
Politician
o Harold Wolpe (14 Jan 1926 - 19 Jan 1996)
Sociologist, lawyer and Soth African activist
o Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 - 18 Jan 1996)
Indian film star and politician
o Barbara Charline Jordan (21 Feb 1936 - 17 Jan 1996)
Politician
o John Adrian Hope (7 Apr 1912 - 17 Jan 1996)
Politician and businessman
o Constantine Bereng Seeiso (2 May 1938 - 15 Jan 1996)
King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
o Willian Myuon Bany (c 1930 - 13 Jan 1996)
Guerrilla leader
o Arthur Sydney Martin (15 Feb 1914 - 10 Jan 1996)
Spycatcher
o Michael Lynn Synar (17 Oct 1950 - 9 Jan 1996)
Politician
o François Maurice Marie Mitterand (29 Oct 1916 - 8 Jan 1996)
Politician
o Ian Dawson-Shepherd (23 Sep 1915 - 8 Jan 1996)
Campaigner
o Karoly Grosz (1 Aug 1930 - 7 Jan 1996)
Politician
o Henry Lennox d'Aubigny Hopkinson (3 Jan 1902 - 6 Jan 1996)
Diplomat and politician
o Paul Sood (1943 - May 1996)
Businessman and local politician
o Rebecca "Pinki" (Tanith) Livingston (1963 - May 1996)
Peace campaigner


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