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Asima Chatterjee

Asima Chatterjee

19172006

Indian organic chemist noted for her research on vinca alkaloids, development of anti-epileptic and anti-malarial drugs, and extensive writings on medicinal plants of the Indian subcontinent

Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Marcos

19171989

President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986 who ruled under martial law from 1972 to 1981 and was later deposed by the People Power Revolution

John Cornforth

John Cornforth

19172013

Australian-British chemist and Nobel laureate in Chemistry who unraveled the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions