Danish politician (1971–2024) | commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (2018) | Grundfos | Copenhagen: December 31, 1971 - Odense University Hospital: March 2, 2024

Latvian politician and basketball player | Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (2004) | University of Latvia | December 31, 1971 - Pavlivka: April 17, 2023

Polish politician | Silver Medal for Merit in Fire Protection (2010), Bronze Cross of Merit (2005), Badge of Merit for the National Revenue Administration

Congolese women's rights activist | Per Anger Prize (2017) | Lumière University Lyon 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo: December 31, 1963 - Moscow: April 27, 2019

Finnish journalist, politician and Minister of Employment | Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland | Theatre Academy Helsinki | Helsinki: December

American diplomat and former United States senator from Arizona | Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Polar Star (2024) | Brigham Young University

Nauruan politician | Order of Brilliant Jade (2019) | University of the South Pacific, Monash University | Boe District: December 31, 1959 - Babica: August 31, 1960

German politician | Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold, Bavarian Order of Merit | University of Erlangen–Nuremberg | Rottenberg: December 31, 1956

British politician (born 1956) | Knight Bachelor (2022), Knight Bachelor | Newcastle University, Bootham School | Terrington: December 31, 1956 - Chatsworth

Polish politician and businessman | Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2007), Cross of Freedom and Solidarity (2017) | Jagiellonian University, Yale University

Luxembourg lawyer | grand officier de l'ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (2011) | University Nancy II | Luxembourg: December 31, 1954 - Byurakan

British television producer (born 1953) | Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Knight Bachelor (2022), Knight Bachelor | Woodside High School, Queen's

Polish politician and journalist | Zasłużony Działacz Kultury (2000), Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2005), Officer of the Order of

Dutch politician | Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Kennemer Lyceum, Delft University of Technology, University of Groningen | Zwolle: December 31, 1947

Bishop of Leicester; Bishop of Dunwich (born 1946) | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Selwyn College, Chigwell School, Ripon College Cuddesdon

Soviet and Russian bard | Merited Artist of the Russian Federation | MSU Faculty of Physics | Dushanbe: December 31, 1945 - Lisbon: January 14, 1882 | Tatyana

German politician (1943–2024) | Wilhelm Leuschner Medal (2011), Reinhold Maier Medal (2008) | University of Marburg, Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Alsfeld

Peruvian politician (1940–2023) | Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru | Peruvian Naval School | Callao: December 31, 1940 - Lima: October 4, 2023

President of Congo-Brazzaville from 1969 to 1977 | Order of José Martí, Order of Lenin | École militaire de Strasbourg, École militaire interarmes, École

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015 | Order of Kuwait, honorary doctor of the Peking University (2017), Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (1974), Grand Cross

Australian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1929–2020) | Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, Centenary Medal

American baseball player (1919–2007) | North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (1976) | Wake Forest University | Baltimore: December 31, 1919 - Wake Forest

Argentine politician (1916-2008) | Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru | National University of the Littoral | Rafaela: December 31, 1916 - Buenos

Spanish politician | Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (1960) | University of Granada | Málaga: December 31, 1913 - January 1, 2000 | Francisco García

Azerbaijani chemist (1905–1961) | Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Stalin Prize

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta | SGH Warsaw School of Economics | December 31, 1903 - Działdowo: November 11, 1940 | Eugeniusz Filipowicz

German politician, Lower Saxony Landtag member (1889-1963) | Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt (1949), Goethe Medal for Art and Science (1932), Knight

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959) | Order of Ouissam Alaouite, Distinguished Service Medal, Order of the Sun of Peru, Grand Cross of the Order

Bolshevik politician (1877–1967) | Order of Lenin, Order of the Badge of Honour | Medical faculty of Moscow University | Arkhangelsk: December 31, 1877

French politician (1872-1944) | Croix de guerre 1914–1918 | École Libre des Sciences Politiques | Bayonne: December 31, 1872 - Bayonne: December 28, 1944

Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class | Imperial

Polish artist (1862-1923) | Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cross of Independence | Jagiellonian University

politician (1853-1932) | Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Order of the Iron Crown, Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Franz Josef I | University

British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist (1851–1917) | Founder’s Medal (1893), Cuthbert Peek Award (1883), Distinguished Service Order

8th president of France (1838–1929) | Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1900), Royal Order of the Seraphim (1899), Knight grand cross of the order of the

President of the senate of the Netherlands 1880-1888 | Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1860), Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion

British politician | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1832) | Brasenose College | Kilmainham: December 31, 1788 - November 26, 1850

British general, colonial official, diplomat (1738–1805) | Knight of the Garter (1786) | Eton College, Military Academy of Modena, Clare College | Grosvenor

English diplomat, Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society; (1635-1702) | knight (1665), Fellow of the Royal Society (1663) | The