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Juan Filloy (18942000) was an Argentine writer. He was a polyglot, speaking seven languages. Most of his life was spent in Rio Cuarto where he served as a magistrate. He was honored in a Famous Argentinians series stamp issued in 2005.  |
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Barbosa Lima Sobrinho (1897-2000) was a Brazilian lawyer, writer, and politician. He appeared in the Guinness World Records as the oldest active journalist in the world at the end of the 1990s. He is honored in a stamp issued by Correios in 2001.  |
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Evalds Valters (1894-1994) was a Latvian actor known for Vella kalpi (1970), Melna veza spiles (1976) and Liekam but (1976). Latvia Post issued a stamp celebrating his 100th birthday (April 2, 1994), and he passed away on September 26 in the same year.  |
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Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012) was an Italian biologist. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work in neurobiology. On April 22, 2009 she became the first Nobel laureate ever to reach the age of 100. She is honored in a stamp issued by Poste italiane in 2013.  |
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Germany Distinguished Germans August 8, 2002 Josef Felder (19002000) was a German politician. He was one of the 94 Social Democratic members of the Reichstag who voted against the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933. He passed away two months after his 100th birthday.  |
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Lebanon Prominent Women May 22, 2014 Anissa Najjar (19132016) was a Lebanese women's rights activist. She was a co-founder and longtime leader of the Village Welfare Society for advancing literacy and economic opportunities for rural women in Lebanon. She was a frequent delegate to international conferences on women. She passed away at the age of 102.  |
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Tunisia Famous Tunisians October 16, 2012 Tawhida Ben Cheikh (19092010) was the first modern Muslim woman in North Africa to become a physician. She was a pioneer in gynecology and a supporter of family planning in Tunisia.  |
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Spain Famous People October 8, 2010 Francisco Ayala Garcํa-Duarte (19062009) was a Spanish writer who excelled in all literary genres except poetry. He was the author of short stories and novels, essayist, translator and collaborator in the press. He passed away in Madrid at the age of 103.  |
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Bangladesh Mohammad Nasiruddin May 21, 2002 Mohammad Nasiruddin (18881994) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He received several awards from the Government of Bangladesh and served as the first chairman of the trustee board of Nazrul Institute. He passed away in 1994 at the age of 105.  |
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