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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[401]] – [[Pope Anastasius I]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Anastasius I {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Anastasius-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * [[966]] – [[Sancho I of León|Sancho I]], king of [[Kingdom of León|León]] *[[1091]] – [[Adelaide of Susa]], margravine of Turin *[[1111]] – [[Al-Ghazali]], Persian jurist, philosopher, theologian, and mystic (b. 1058) *[[1123]] – [[Saint Berardo]], Italian bishop and saint *[[1327]] – [[Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy]] (b. 1260) *[[1370]] – [[Pope Urban V]] (b. 1310)<ref>{{cite web |title=Blessed Urban V {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Blessed-Urban-V |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1442]] – [[Elizabeth of Luxembourg]] (b. 1409) *[[1385]] – [[Bernabò Visconti]], Lord of [[Milan]] (b. 1319) *[[1558]] – [[Cornelius Grapheus]], Flemish writer (b. 1482) ===1601–1900=== *[[1637]] – [[Christina of Lorraine]], Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany (b. 1565) *[[1741]] – [[Vitus Bering]], Danish-born Russian explorer (b. 1681)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vitus Bering {{!}} Danish explorer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vitus-Bering |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1745]] – [[Jean-Baptiste van Loo]], French painter (b. 1684) *[[1749]] – [[Francesco Antonio Bonporti]], Italian priest and composer (b. 1672) *[[1807]] – [[Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm]], German-French author and playwright (b. 1723) *[[1813]] – [[James McGill]], Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded [[McGill University]] (b. 1744) *[[1819]] – [[Thomas Fremantle (Royal Navy officer)|Thomas Fremantle]], English admiral and politician (b. 1765) *[[1848]] – [[Emily Brontë]], English novelist and poet (b. 1818) *[[1851]] – [[Joseph Mallord William Turner]], English painter (b. 1775) *[[1878]] – [[Bayard Taylor]], American author and poet (b. 1825) *[[1899]] – [[Henry Ware Lawton]], American general (b. 1843) ===1901–present=== *[[1915]] – [[Alois Alzheimer]], German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864) *[[1916]] – [[Thibaw Min]], Burmese king (b. 1859) *[[1927]] – [[Ashfaqulla Khan]], Indian activist (b. 1900) * 1927 – [[Ram Prasad Bismil]], Indian poet and activist (b. 1897) *[[1932]] – [[Yun Bong-gil]], South Korean activist (b. 1908) *[[1933]] – [[George Jackson Churchward]], English engineer and businessman (b. 1857) *[[1938]] – [[Stephen Warfield Gambrill]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1873) *[[1940]] – [[Kyösti Kallio]], Finnish politician, the 4th [[President of Finland]] (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2006/09/08/kyosti-kallio-kuolee-presidentiksi-risto-ryti|title=Kyösti Kallio kuolee, presidentiksi Risto Ryti|first=Reijo|last=Perälä|work=Elävä arkisto|publisher=[[Yle]]|date=September 8, 2006|access-date=December 27, 2021|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Abbas II of Egypt]] (b. 1874) * 1944 – [[Rudolph Karstadt]], German businessman (b. 1856) *[[1946]] – [[Paul Langevin]], French physicist and academic (b. 1872) *[[1953]] – [[Robert Andrews Millikan]], American physicist and eugenicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1868) *[[1968]] – [[Norman Thomas]], American minister and politician (b. 1884) *[[1972]] – [[Ahmet Emin Yalman]], Turkish journalist, author, and academic (b. 1888) *[[1976]] – [[Giuseppe Caselli]], Italian painter (b. 1893) *[[1982]] – [[Dwight Macdonald]], American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1906) *[[1984]] – [[Joy Ridderhof]], American missionary (b. 1903) *[[1986]] – [[V. C. Andrews]], American author (b. 1923) * 1986 – [[Werner Dankwort]], Russian-German colonel and diplomat (b. 1895) *[[1987]] – [[August Mälk]], Estonian author, playwright, and politician (b. 1900) *[[1988]] – [[Robert Bernstein (comics)|Robert Bernstein]], American author and playwright (b. 1919) *1988 - [[Win Maw Oo]], Burmese student activist (b. 1971)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kyaw Phyo Tha |date=2020-09-19 |title=From The Archive {{!}} Why the Past Can't Be Put to Rest |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/from-the-archive/past-cant-put-rest.html |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Stella Gibbons]], English journalist, author, and poet (b. 1902) * 1989 – [[Kirill Mazurov]], Belarusian [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] politician (b. 1914) *[[1993]] – [[Michael Clarke (musician)|Michael Clarke]], American drummer (b. 1946) *[[1996]] – [[Marcello Mastroianni]], Italian-French actor and singer (b. 1924) *[[1997]] – [[Sara Northrup Hollister]], American occultist (b. 1924) * 1997 – [[Masaru Ibuka]], Japanese businessman, co-founded [[Sony]] (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Masaru Ibuka |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-masaru-ibuka-1290247.html |access-date=22 July 2020 |work=The Independent |date=22 December 1997 |language=en}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Jimmy Rogers]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1924) *[[1998]] – [[Mel Fisher]], American treasure hunter (b. 1922) *[[1999]] – [[Desmond Llewelyn]], Welsh soldier and actor (b. 1914) *[[2000]] – [[Rob Buck]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1958) * 2000 – [[Milt Hinton]], American bassist and photographer (b. 1910) * 2000 – [[John Lindsay]], American lawyer and politician, 103rd [[Mayor of New York City]] (b. 1921) *[[2002]] – [[Will Hoy]], English race car driver (b. 1952) * 2002 – [[Arthur Rowley]], English footballer and manager (b. 1926) * 2002 – [[George Weller]], American author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1907) *[[2003]] – [[Peter Carter-Ruck]], English lawyer, founded [[Carter-Ruck]] (b. 1914) * 2003 – [[Hope Lange]], American actress (b. 1933) *[[2004]] – [[Herbert C. Brown]], English-American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1912) * 2004 – [[Renata Tebaldi]], Italian soprano and actress (b. 1922) *[[2005]] – [[Vincent Gigante]], American mobster (b. 1927) *[[2008]] – [[James Bevel]], American minister and activist (b. 1936) * 2008 – [[Carol Chomsky]], American linguist and educator (b. 1930) * 2008 – [[Michael Connell]], American political consultant (b. 1963) * 2008 – [[Dock Ellis]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1945) *[[2009]] – [[Kim Peek]], American [[megasavant]] (b. 1951)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lookingupautism.org/Articles/Kim-Peek.html|title=The Death of Kim Peek, the 'Real Rain Man'}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Anthony Howard (journalist)|Anthony Howard]], English journalist and author (b. 1934) *[[2012]] – [[Robert Bork]], American lawyer, judge, and scholar, [[United States Attorney General]] (b. 1927) * 2012 – [[Amnon Lipkin-Shahak]], Israeli general and politician, 22nd [[Transportation Minister of Israel]] (b. 1944) * 2012 – [[Larry Morris]], American football player (b. 1933) * 2012 – [[Peter Struck (politician)|Peter Struck]], German lawyer and politician, 13th [[List of German defence ministers|German Federal Minister of Defence]] (b. 1943) *[[2013]] – [[Winton Dean]], English musicologist and author (b. 1916) * 2013 – [[Al Goldstein]], American publisher and pornographer (b. 1936) * 2013 – [[Ned Vizzini]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1981) *[[2014]] – [[S. Balasubramanian]], Indian journalist and director (b. 1936) * 2014 – [[Philip Bradbourn]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1951) * 2014 – [[Arthur Gardner (producer)|Arthur Gardner]], American actor and producer (b. 1910) * 2014 – [[Igor Rodionov]], Russian general and politician, 3rd [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Russian Minister of Defence]] (b. 1936) * 2014 – [[Dick Thornton (Canadian football)|Dick Thornton]], American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1939) * 2014 – [[Roberta Leigh]] (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer (b. 1926). *[[2015]] – [[Jimmy Hill]], English footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35141430|title=Jimmy Hill: Former Match of the Day presenter dies aged 87|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 December 2015|access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Greville Janner]], Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|title=Lord Janner dies, aged 87, after long illness|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-35142675|access-date=19 December 2015|work=[[BBC News]]|date=19 December 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Karin Söder]], Swedish educator and politician, 33rd [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/tidigare-c-ledaren-karin-soder-dod/ |title=Tidigare C-ledaren Karin Söder död |newspaper=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |language=sv |date=27 December 2015 |access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Andrei Karlov]], Russian diplomat, Ambassador to Turkey (b. 1954)<ref>Catherine E. Shoichet & Nick Thompson, [http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/19/europe/turkey-russian-ambassador-shot/index.html Russia's ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara], CNN (19 December 2016).</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Rosalind Knight]], English actress (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-22|title=Rosalind Knight obituary|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/dec/22/rosalind-knight-obituary|access-date=2020-12-24|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Sally Ann Howes]], English-American singer and actress (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=Sally Ann Howes, Star of 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/movies/sally-ann-howes-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/movies/sally-ann-howes-dead.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=22 December 2021 |date=22 December 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Johnny Isakson]], American politician (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Gregory Lemos and Chandelis Duster|title=Former Sen. Johnny Isakson dies at the age of 76|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/19/politics/johnny-isakson-dies-at-76/index.html|access-date=2021-12-19|website=CNN|date=19 December 2021 }}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Michael Leunig]], Australian cartoonist (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Josh |date=December 19, 2024 |title=Michael Leunig, Australian cartoonist, dies aged 79 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/19/michael-leunig-australian-cartoonist-dies-aged-79 |access-date=December 27, 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust “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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