He was born on 2 May 1942 in Ghent, Belgium. Elected President of the International Olympic Committee in 2001 and served until 2013 when he was made the IOC's Honorary President, a lifetime position, which he held, according to , until his death, aged 79 years, on 29 August 2021 in Deinze, Belgium.
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Comte Jacques Jean Marie Rogge
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1908 Olympics
The unveiling was hosted by BBC Director-General Mark Thompson and attended b...
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Mental Health Foundation
From the Picture source: "Our knowledge, informed by rigorous research and practical based study, has been pioneering change for more than 60 years and we aren't afraid to challenge the status quo ...
Sir David Bruce
Born Melbourne, Australia but the family returned to Scotland when he was 5 . Pathologist and microbiologist, investigated sleeping sickness.
Barry Jackson
President of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in October 2000.
Major William Napier, M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.S.I.
William Napier was born in 1893 in Down, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), one of the nine children of Alexander Napier (1855-1934) and Hester Mary Napier née Maxwell (1863-1920). In th...

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