Who died in August 2009

Soviet and Russian writer, poet, and public figure best known for writing the lyrics of the Soviet and Russian national anthems, and for his children's literature

American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009, becoming the second-most-senior member of the Senate

South Korean president and Nobel Peace Prize winner who championed democracy and inter-Korean reconciliation

American jazz guitarist and inventor who pioneered the solid-body electric guitar and multitrack recording, profoundly shaping modern music

11th President of the Philippines and leader of the 1986 People Power Revolution, known as the 'Mother of Democracy' for establishing the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic