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===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Ferdinand Brunetière]], French author and critic (b. 1849) *[[1907]] – [[Eva Nansen]], Norwegian mezzo-soprano singer and pioneer on women{{'s}} skiing (b. 1858)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eva Nansen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Eva_Nansen |language=no|access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Natsume Sōseki]], Japanese author and poet (b. 1867) *[[1924]] – [[Bernard Zweers]], Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854) *[[1930]] – [[Rube Foster]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1879) *[[1932]] – [[Karl Blossfeldt]], German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865) * 1932 – [[Begum Rokeya]], Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880) *[[1935]] – [[Walter Liggett]], American journalist and activist (b. 1886) *[[1937]] – [[Lilias Armstrong]], English phonetician (b. 1882) * 1937 – [[Gustaf Dalén]], Swedish physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1869) *[[1941]] – [[Dmitry Merezhkovsky]], Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865) *[[1943]] – [[Georges Dufrénoy]], French painter (b. 1870) *[[1944]] – [[Laird Cregar]], American actor (b. 1913) *[[1945]] – [[Yun Chi-ho]], South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864) *[[1957]] – [[Ali İhsan Sâbis]], Turkish general (b. 1882) *[[1963]] – [[Daniel O. Fagunwa]], Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903) * 1963 – [[Perry Miller]], American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905) *[[1964]] – [[Edith Sitwell]], English poet and critic (b. 1887) *[[1965]] – [[Branch Rickey]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1884) *[[1967]] – [[Charles Léon Hammes]], Luxembourgish lawyer and judge, 3rd [[List of members of the European Court of Justice|President of the European Court of Justice]] (b. 1898) *[[1968]] – [[Enoch L. Johnson]], American mob boss (b. 1883) *[[1970]] – [[Artem Mikoyan]], Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich]] Design Bureau (b. 1905) * 1970 – [[Feroz Khan Noon]], Pakistani politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (b. 1893) *[[1971]] – [[Ralph Bunche]], American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1904) * 1971 – [[Sergey Konenkov]], Russian sculptor and painter (b. 1874) * 1971 – Rev. [[Aeneas Francon Williams]], [[Church of Scotland]] [[Minister (Christianity)|Minister]], [[Missionary]] in [[India]] and [[China]], [[writer]] and [[poet]] (b. [[1886]]) *[[1972]] – [[Louella Parsons]], American writer and columnist (b. 1881) *[[1975]] – [[William A. Wellman]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1896) *[[1979]] – [[Fulton J. Sheen]], American archbishop (b. 1895) *[[1982]] – [[Leon Jaworski]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1905) * 1982 – [[Marguerite Henry (scientist)|Marguerite Henry]], Australian zoologist (b. 1895)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Damkaer |first=David M. |date=2014-07-07 |title=Marguerite Henry (1895-1982), brief candle to Australian entomostracans |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article-lookup/doi/10.1163/1937240X-00002253 |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |language=en |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=534–538 |doi=10.1163/1937240X-00002253 |bibcode=2014JCBio..34..534D |issn=0278-0372}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Berenice Abbott]], American photographer (b. 1898) *[[1992]] – [[Vincent Gardenia]], American actor (b. 1922) *[[1993]] – [[Danny Blanchflower]], Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1926) *[[1995]] – [[Toni Cade Bambara]], American author and academic (b. 1939) * 1995 – [[Douglas Corrigan]], American pilot (b. 1907) *[[1996]] – [[Patty Donahue]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1956) * 1996 – [[Mary Leakey]], English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913) * 1996 – [[Alain Poher]], French lawyer and politician (b. 1909) * 1996 – [[Diana Morgan (screenwriter)|Diana Morgan]], Welsh playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908) *[[1998]] – [[Shaughnessy Cohen]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1948) * 1998 – [[Archie Moore]], American boxer and actor (b. 1913)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-10-sp-52653-story.html|title=Archie Moore Dies at 84|date=December 10, 1998|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 9, 2025}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Michael Carver, Baron Carver]], English field marshal (b. 1915) *[[2002]] – [[Mary Hansen]], Australian singer and guitarist (b. 1966) * 2002 – [[Ian Hornak]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1944) * 2002 – [[Stan Rice]], American painter and poet (b. 1942) *[[2003]] – [[Norm Sloan]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1926) * 2003 – [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]], American soldier, journalist, and politician, 39th [[Lieutenant Governor of Illinois]] (b. 1928) *[[2005]] – [[György Sándor]], Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1912) * 2005 – [[Robert Sheckley]], American author (b. 1928) *[[2006]] – [[Georgia Gibbs]], American singer (b. 1919) *[[2007]] – [[Rafael Sperafico]], Brazilian race car driver (b. 1981) * 2007 – [[Gordon Zahn]], American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1918) *[[2008]] – [[Ibrahim Dossey]], Ghanaian footballer (b. 1972) * 2008 – [[Yury Glazkov]], Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939) *[[2009]] – [[Gene Barry]], American actor (b. 1919) *[[2010]] – [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]], American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (b. 1925) * 2010 – [[Dov Shilansky]], Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician, 10th [[List of Knesset speakers|Speaker of the Knesset]] (b. 1924) *[[2012]] – [[Béla Nagy Abodi]], Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1918) * 2012 – [[Patrick Moore]], English lieutenant, astronomer, and educator (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Alex Moulton]], English engineer and businessman, founded the [[Moulton Bicycle|Moulton Bicycle Company]] (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Jenni Rivera]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1969) * 2012 – [[Charles Rosen]], American pianist and musicologist (b. 1927) * 2012 – [[Riccardo Schicchi]], Italian director and producer, co-founded [[Diva Futura]] (b. 1953) * 2012 – [[Norman Joseph Woodland]], American inventor, co-created the [[bar code]] (b. 1921) *[[2013]] – [[Hristu Cândroveanu]], Romanian editor, literary critic and writer (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ziuaconstanta.ro/fondul-documentar-dobrogea-de-ieri-si-de-azi/articol/citeste-dobrogea-hristu-candroveanu-un-creator-neobosit-dedicat-cauzei-etniei-sale-3942.html|title=Hristu Cândroveanu - un creator neobosit, dedicat cauzei etniei sale|first=Cristina|last=Titz|newspaper=Ziua de Constanța|date=5 February 2021|language=ro}}</ref> * 2013 – [[John Gabbert]], American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1909) * 2013 – [[Barbara Hesse-Bukowska]], Polish pianist and educator (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[Eleanor Parker]], American actress (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[John Wilbur (American football)|John Wilbur]], American football player (b. 1943) *[[2014]] – [[Sacvan Bercovitch]], Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Jane Freilicher]], American painter and poet (b. 1924) * 2014 – [[Jorge María Mejía]], Argentinian cardinal (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Mary Ann Mobley]], American model and actress, [[Miss America 1959]] (b. 1937) * 2014 – [[Blagoje Paunović]], Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1947) * 2014 – [[Jože Toporišič]], Slovenian linguist and author (b. 1926) *[[2015]] – [[Soshana Afroyim]], Austrian painter (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[Norman Breslow]], American statistician and academic (b. 1941) * 2015 – [[Juvenal Juvêncio]], Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Julio Terrazas Sandoval]], Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936) *[[2021]] – [[Speedy Duncan]], American football player (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituary for Leslie Duncan|publisher=Dortch-Williamson Funeral & Cremation Services|url=https://www.dortchwilliamson.com/obituary/Leslie-Duncan|access-date=December 21, 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Demaryius Thomas]], American football player (b. 1987) *[[2022]] – [[Jovit Baldivino]], Filipino singer and actor (b. 1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/09/22/singer-jovit-baldivino-passes-away|title=Singer Jovit Baldivino passes away|website=ABS-CBN News|date=December 9, 2022|access-date=January 14, 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Nikki Giovanni]], American poet, writer and activist (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=December 9, 2024 |title=Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/obituaries/nikki-giovanni-dead.html |access-date=December 9, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not rely on "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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