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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[558]] – [[Childebert I]], Frankish king (b. 496) * [[769]] – [[Du Hongjian]], Chinese politician (b. 709) * [[838]] – [[Pepin I of Aquitaine]] (b. 797) * [[859]] – [[Angilbert II]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan|Milan]] *[[1124]] – [[Pope Callixtus II]] (b. 1065) *[[1126]] – [[Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1075) *[[1204]] – [[Maimonides]], Spanish rabbi and philosopher (b. 1135) *[[1250]] – [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1194)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick II {{!}} Biography, Accomplishments, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-II-Holy-Roman-emperor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=29 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1272]] – [[Bertold of Regensburg]], German preacher *[[1404]] – [[Albert I, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1336) *[[1466]] – [[Donatello]], Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1386) *[[1516]] – [[Johannes Trithemius]], German cryptographer and historian (b. 1462) *[[1521]] – [[Manuel I of Portugal]] (b. 1469) *[[1557]] – [[Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia]], Italian mathematician and engineer (b. 1499) *[[1565]] – [[Conrad Gessner]], Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1516) ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Katarina Stenbock]], queen of [[Gustav I of Sweden]] (b. 1535) *[[1671]] – [[Antonio Grassi]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] priest(b. 1592) *[[1716]] – [[Charles de La Fosse]], French painter (b. 1640) *[[1721]] – [[Alexander Selkirk]], Scottish sailor (b. 1676)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Selkirk: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/alexanderselkirk.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=3 March 2025}}</ref> *[[1729]] – [[Anthony Collins (philosopher)|Anthony Collins]], English philosopher and author (b. 1676) *[[1754]] – [[Mahmud I]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1696) *[[1758]] – [[Noël Doiron]], Canadian [[Acadia]] leader (b. 1684) *[[1769]] – [[Christian Fürchtegott Gellert]], German poet and hymn-writer (b. 1715) *[[1783]] – [[Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin]], Swedish astronomer and demographer (b. 1717) *[[1784]] – [[Samuel Johnson]], English poet and lexicographer (b. 1709) *[[1814]] – [[Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne]], Belgian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1735) *[[1849]] – [[Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg]], German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766) *[[1862]] – [[Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb]], American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823) *[[1863]] – [[Christian Friedrich Hebbel]], German poet and playwright (b. 1813) *[[1868]] – [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius]], German botanist and explorer (b. 1794) *[[1881]] – [[August Šenoa]], Croatian author and poet (b. 1838) *[[1883]] – [[Victor de Laprade]], French poet and critic (b. 1812) *[[1893]] – [[Georg August Rudolph]], German lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Mayor of Marburg]] (b. 1816) *[[1895]] – [[Ányos Jedlik]], Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Augustus Le Plongeon]], French photographer and historian (b. 1825) *[[1911]] – [[Reggie Duff]], Australian cricketer (b. 1878)<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4985.html Reggie Duff]. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-05-05.</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Woldemar Voigt]], German physicist and academic (b. 1850) *[[1922]] – [[Arthur Wesley Dow]], American painter and photographer (b. 1857) * 1922 – [[Hannes Hafstein]], Icelandic poet and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (b. 1861) *[[1924]] – [[Samuel Gompers]], English-born American labor leader, founded the [[American Federation of Labor]] (b. 1850) *[[1927]] – [[Mehmet Nadir]], Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1856) *[[1929]] – [[Rosina Heikel]], Finnish [[physician]] (b. 1842)<ref>{{cite book|first=Arvid|last=Bernce|title=Efter 1809 en Krönika i ord och bild om Finlandssvenskarna|location=Helsingfors|publisher=Bernces förlag|year=1981|page=2003|isbn=978-9-15000-408-3|language=SV}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Fritz Pregl]], Slovenian-Austrian chemist and physician, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1869) *[[1931]] – [[Gustave Le Bon]], French psychologist, sociologist, and anthropologist (b. 1840) *[[1932]] – [[Georgios Jakobides]], Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1853) *[[1935]] – [[Victor Grignard]], French chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1871) *[[1942]] – [[Wlodimir Ledóchowski]], Austrian-Polish religious leader, 26th [[Superior-General of the Society of Jesus]] (b. 1866) * 1942 – [[Robert Robinson Taylor]], American architect (b. 1868) *[[1944]] – [[Wassily Kandinsky]], Russian-French painter and theorist (b. 1866) *[[1945]] – [[Irma Grese]], German [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camp]] guard (b. 1923) * 1945 – [[Josef Kramer]], German [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camp]] commandant (b. 1906) * 1945 – [[Elisabeth Volkenrath]], Polish-German [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camp]] supervisor (b. 1919) *[[1947]] – [[Henry James (biographer)|Henry James]], American lawyer and author (b. 1879) * 1947 – [[Nicholas Roerich]], Russian archaeologist, painter, and philosopher (b. 1874) *[[1950]] – [[Abraham Wald]], Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1902) *[[1954]] – [[John Raymond Hubbell]], American director and composer (b. 1879) *[[1955]] – [[Egas Moniz]], Portuguese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1874) *[[1960]] – [[Dora Marsden]], English author and activist (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite book|first=Les|last=Garner|title=A Brave and Beautiful Spirit: Dora Marsden, 1882-1960|location=Aldershot|publisher=Avebury|year=1990|isbn=978-0-56600-914-3|oclc=924736140|page=2}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Grandma Moses]], American painter (b. 1860) *[[1962]] – [[Harry Barris]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1905) *[[1969]] – [[Raymond A. Spruance]], American admiral and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the Philippines]] (b. 1886) *[[1973]] – [[Henry Green]], English author (b. 1905) *[[1974]] – [[Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoglu]], Egyptian-Turkish journalist, author, and politician (b. 1889) *[[1975]] – [[Cyril Delevanti]], English-American actor (b. 1889) *1975 – [[Addie Viola Smith]], American lawyer and trade commissioner (b. 1893)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Addie Viola Smith (1893–1975) |encyclopedia=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] |publisher=National Centre of Biography, [[Australian National University]] |location=Canberra |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-addie-viola-11717 |url-status=live |access-date=April 14, 2024 |last=Barker |first=Heather |date=2006 |orig-date=2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222081431/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/smith-addie-viola-11717 |archive-date=February 22, 2024}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Oguz Atay]], Turkish engineer and author (b. 1934) *[[1979]] – [[Jon Hall (actor)|Jon Hall]], American actor and director (b. 1915) * 1979 – [[Behçet Necatigil]], Turkish author, poet and translator (b. 1916) *[[1983]] – [[Alexander Schmemann]], Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921) * 1983 – [[Nichita Stănescu]], Romanian poet and critic (b. 1933) *[[1986]] – [[Heather Angel (actress)|Heather Angel]], British-American actress (b. 1909) * 1986 – [[Ella Baker]], American activist (b. 1903) * 1986 – [[Smita Patil]], Indian actress and journalist (b. 1955) *[[1992]] – [[K. C. Irving]], Canadian businessman (b. 1899) * 1992 – [[Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1899) *[[1993]] – [[Vanessa Duriès]], French author (b. 1972) *[[1995]] – [[Ann Nolan Clark]], American author and educator (b. 1896) *[[1996]] – [[Edward Blishen]], English author and educator (b. 1920) *[[1997]] – [[Don E. Fehrenbacher]], American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920) *[[1998]] – [[Lew Grade]], Ukrainian-born British impresario and media proprietor (b. 1906) * 1998 – [[Richard Thomas (Royal Navy officer)|Richard Thomas]], Royal Naval Officer (b. 1922) * 1998 – [[Wade Watts]], civil rights activist (b. 1919) *[[2002]] – [[Zal Yanovsky]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who founded [[The Lovin' Spoonful]] (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/spoonfuls-zal-yanovsky-dies-235380/ |last=Schinder |first=Scott |title=Spoonful's Zal Yanovsky Dies |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Penske Business Media |location=Los Angeles |date=16 December 2002 |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[David Wheeler (British computer scientist)|David Wheeler]], English computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.computer.org/pioneers/wheeler.html |last=Lee |first=J. A. N. |title=David J. Wheeler |series=Computer Pioneers |publisher=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) |location=New York City |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Alan Shields]], American painter and ferryboat captain (b. 1944) <ref>{{cite book |last1= Brienza|first1= Jill|last2= Halbreich|first2= Kathy|last3= Ratcliff|first3= Carter|last4= Shields|first4= Jason|last5= Weselk|first5= Victoria|last6= Zuckerman|first6= Heidi|author-link= |date= 2016 |title= Alan Shields Protracted Simplicity|url= |location= Aspen, CO|publisher= Aspen Art Press|page= |isbn=978-0-934324-74-8}} </ref> *[[2006]] – [[Lamar Hunt]], American businessman, co-founded the [[American Football League]] and [[World Championship Tennis]] (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2697040 |title=Lamar Hunt, Chiefs owner and sports legend, dies at 74 |work=ESPN NFL |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Inc. |location=New York City |date=14 December 2006 |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Alan Thicke]], Canadian actor, songwriter, game and talk-show host (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite web| last= Skinner| first= Curtis| title=Actor Alan Thicke, dad on ''Growing Pains'', dead at 69|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-alanthicke-idUSKBN14306R |work=[[Reuters]]|location=San Francisco|access-date=24 September 2021|date=13 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204000534/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-alanthicke-idUSKBN14306R|archive-date=4 February 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Noah Klieger]], [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] survivor who became an award-winning Israeli [[journalist]] (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5425424,00.html |last=Boker |first=Ran |title=Holocaust survivor and writer Noah Klieger dies at 93 |work=Ynet News |publisher=Yedioth Internet |location=Tel Aviv |date=13 December 2018 |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Stephen "tWitch" Boss]], American dancer and media personality (b. 1982)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stephen 'tWitch' Boss, Former Ellen DeGeneres Show DJ and SYTYCD All-Star, Dead at 40 |url=https://people.com/tv/stephen-twitch-boss-dead-at-40/ |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Lorraine O'Grady]], American artist (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greenberger |first=Alex |date=December 13, 2024 |title=Lorraine O'Grady, Conceptual Artist Who Advocated for Black Women's Perspectives, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lorraine-ogrady-artist-dead-1234727149/ |access-date=December 15, 2024 |website=[[ARTnews]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.-->
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