Reed Mullin (1966–2020), Corrosion of Conformity drummer

Reed Mullin was the drummer and co-founder of the North Carolina based metal band Corrosion of Conformity.Mullin, guitarist Woody Weatherman, and bassist Mike Dean started the band in 1982. They were originally a hardcore punk band but found greater success after they moved to an alternative metal sound. The band signed with Columbia Records in the '90s and released their biggest commercial record, Deliverance, in 1994.Mullin left the band for a while but returned in 2010.

Lina Ben Mhenni (1983–2020), Tunisian activist blogger who helped inspire Arab Spring

Lina Ben Mhenni  was a Tunisian internet activist who maintained the blog “A Tunisian Girl,” where she documented a revolt against an oppressive regime and police violence. The images and articles Ben Mhenni shared helped drive the Tunisian Revolution of 2010–2011 and the Arab Spring that it jumpstarted. Ben Mhenni used her blog, as well as social media, to post photos of people who had been injured and killed by the police, as well as reporting news of a man who set himself on fire to protest police harassment as the revolution began. Her posts broke through the government media blackout, spreading information that enraged and inspired fellow Tunisians to demand an end to human rights abuses. Ben Mhenni’s reporting was also used by journalists abroad to gain information on the revolution.