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Omar al-Mukhtar
Leader of the libyan resistance against the italian fascist occupation.
Born August 20th, 1858 in Cyrenaica. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1931 at 73 years old in Libya (hanging).
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon