Full Name: Kofi Atta Annan; Profession: Ghanaian diplomat and statesman, seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006) and Nobel Peace Prize laureate for his efforts to revitalize the UN and strengthen international peace and cooperation; Nationality: Ghanaian; Born: April 8, 1938; Birthplace: Kumasi, Gold Coast (now Ghana); Generation: Silent Generation (born in 1938, within the widely used 1928–1945 birth-year range for this cohort); Chinese Zodiac: Earth Tiger (1938 falls in the Chinese Year of the Tiger, specifically the Earth Tiger according to the lunar calendar); Zodiac Sign: Aries (the Sun is in Aries from about March 21 to April 19, so an April 8 birth falls under Aries); Age in 2026: 88 (he would have turned 88 on April 8, 2026, had he lived); Marital Status: Married twice, first to Nigerian-born Titi Alakija (marriage later ending in divorce) and subsequently to Swedish lawyer Nane Maria Lagergren, with whom he remained married until his death; Children: Three children in his immediate family circle—son Kojo Annan and daughter Ama Annan from his first marriage, and stepdaughter Nina Cronstedt de Groot through Nane—commonly described together as their three children; Cause of Death: Died on August 18, 2018, in Bern, Switzerland, after a brief/short illness, passing away peacefully in hospital at the age of 80; Description: Kofi Annan was a pioneering United Nations leader who rose from an aristocratic family in Kumasi to become the first Black African Secretary-General of the UN, guiding the organization through defining challenges such as the Iraq War, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and complex peacekeeping operations while championing human rights, development, and the Millennium Development Goals as a shared global framework for reducing poverty and improving health, education, and gender equality. Starting his UN career in 1962 at the World Health Organization in Geneva, he advanced through senior roles—including head of peacekeeping—before he was elected Secretary-General, where his measured moral authority, diplomatic skill, and commitment to multilateralism earned him worldwide respect and the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize, shared with the United Nations itself. In his later years, he remained an influential global statesman as founder and chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation and as chair of The Elders, mediating political crises in countries such as Kenya and working on issues from Syrian peace efforts to African development, food security, and good governance. He remained active in these causes until shortly before his death.