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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[530 BC]] – [[Cyrus the Great]], king of Persia (b. 600 BC) * [[749]] – [[John of Damascus]], Syrian priest and saint (b. 676) * [[771]] – [[Carloman I]], Frankish king (b. 751) * [[870]] – [[Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin]], Irish [[bishop]] *[[1075]] – [[Anno II]], German archbishop and saint (b. 1010) *[[1131]] – [[Omar Khayyám]], Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048) *[[1214]] – [[William the Lion]], Scottish king (b. 1143)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peberdy |first1=Robert |last2=Waller |first2=Philip |title=A Dictionary of British and Irish History |date=23 November 2020 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-631-20155-7 |page=673 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rKwEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA673 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1260]] – [[Aymer de Valence (bishop)|Aymer de Valence]], [[Bishop of Winchester]] (b. 1222) *[[1270]] – [[Theobald II of Navarre]] (b. 1238) *[[1334]] – [[Pope John XXII]] (b. 1249)<ref>{{cite web |title=John XXII |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100023477 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=4 December 2021 |language=en }}</ref> *[[1340]] – [[Henry Burghersh]], English bishop and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of England]] (b. 1292) *[[1341]] – [[Janisław (archbishop of Gniezno)|Janisław]], Archbishop of Gniezno *[[1408]] – [[Valentina Visconti, Duchess of Orléans|Valentina Visconti]], wife of [[Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans]] *[[1456]] – [[Charles I, Duke of Bourbon]] (b. 1401) *[[1459]] – [[Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein]] (b. 1401) *[[1576]] – [[Georg Joachim Rheticus]], Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514) *[[1585]] – [[John Willock]], Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Maerten de Vos]], Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. 1532) *[[1609]] – [[Alexander Hume]], Scottish poet (b. 1560) *[[1637]] – [[Nicholas Ferrar]], English trader (b. 1592) *[[1642]] – [[Cardinal Richelieu]], French cardinal and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of France|Chief Minister to the French Monarch]] (b. 1585)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Perkins |first1=James B. |title=Richelieu and the Growth of French Power |date=1900 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=217}}</ref> *[[1649]] – [[William Drummond of Hawthornden]], Scottish poet (b. 1585) *[[1679]] – [[Thomas Hobbes]], English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588) *[[1680]] – [[Thomas Bartholin]], Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616) *[[1696]] – [[Empress Meishō]] of Japan (b. 1624) *[[1732]] – [[John Gay]], English poet and playwright (b. 1685)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Gay – British Library |url=https://www.bl.uk/people/john-gay |website=www.bl.uk |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101204012/https://www.bl.uk/people/john-gay |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1798]] – [[Luigi Galvani]], Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737) *[[1828]] – [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool]], English politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1770) *[[1839]] – [[John Leamy (merchant)|John Leamy]], Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Chandler|first=Charles L.|date=June 1953|title=Catholic Merchants of Early Philadelphia|journal=Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia|volume=64|issue=2|pages=94–103|jstor=44210305}}</ref> *[[1841]] – [[David Daniel Davis]], Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777) *[[1845]] – [[Gregor MacGregor]], Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786) *[[1850]] – [[William Sturgeon]], English physicist, invented the [[electric motor]] (b. 1783) *[[1893]] – [[John Tyndall]], Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820) *[[1897]] – [[Griffith Rhys Jones]], Welsh conductor (b. 1834) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Charles Dow]], American journalist and publisher, co-founded the [[Dow Jones & Company]] (b. 1851) *[[1926]] – [[Ivana Kobilca]], Slovenian painter (b. 1861) *[[1933]] – [[Stefan George]], German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868) *[[1935]] – [[Johan Halvorsen]], Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864) * 1935 – [[Charles Richet]], French physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1850) *[[1938]] – [[Borghild Holmsen]], Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (b. 1865)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weydahl|first1=Hanna-Marie|author1-link=Hanna-Marie Weydahl |title=Borghild Holmsen|url=https://bergenbibliotek.no/musikkogfilm/komponistportretter/borghild-holmsen|website=Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek|access-date=1 April 2025}}</ref> * 1938 – [[Tamanishiki San'emon]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd [[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]] (b. 1903) *[[1942]] – [[Juhan Kukk]], Estonian politician, 3rd [[Head of State of Estonia]] (b. 1885) * 1942 – [[Fritz Löhner-Beda]], Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883) *[[1944]] – [[Roger Bresnahan]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1879) *[[1945]] – [[Thomas Hunt Morgan]], American geneticist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1866) * 1945 – [[Richárd Weisz]], Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (b. 1879)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o_j1DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Rich%C3%A1rd+Weisz%22+jewish&pg=PA270|title=Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|first=Joseph|last=Siegman|date= 2020|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=9781496222121}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Frank Benford]], American physicist and engineer (b. 1883) *[[1950]] – [[Jesse L. Brown]], 1st African-American Naval aviator (b. 1926) *[[1954]] – [[George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd|George Shepherd]], 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881) *[[1955]] – [[József Galamb]], Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881) *[[1963]] – [[Constance Davey]], Australian psychologist (b. 1882) *[[1967]] – [[Bert Lahr]], American actor (b. 1895) *[[1969]] – [[Fred Hampton]], American [[Black Panthers]] activist (b. 1948) *[[1971]] – [[Shunryū Suzuki]], Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the [[San Francisco Zen Center]] (b. 1904) *[[1975]] – [[Hannah Arendt]], German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906) *[[1976]] – [[Tommy Bolin]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951) * 1976 – [[Benjamin Britten]], English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913) * 1976 – [[W. F. McCoy]], Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886) *[[1980]] – [[Francisco de Sá Carneiro]], Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th [[Prime Minister of Portugal]] (b. 1934) * 1980 – [[Stanisława Walasiewicz]], Polish-American runner (b. 1911) * 1980 – [[Don Warrington (Canadian football)|Don Warrington]], Canadian football player (b. 1948) *[[1981]] – [[Jeanne Block]], American psychologist (b. 1923) *[[1984]] – [[Jack Mercer]], American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910) *[[1987]] – [[Arnold Lobel]], American author and illustrator (b. 1933) * 1987 – [[Rouben Mamoulian]], Armenian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897) *[[1988]] – [[Osman Achmatowicz]], Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899) *[[1992]] – [[Henry Clausen]], American lawyer and author (b. 1905) *[[1993]] – [[Margaret Landon]], American missionary and author (b. 1903) * 1993 – [[Frank Zappa]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1940) *[[1999]] – [[Rose Bird]], American academic and judge, 25th [[Chief Justice of California]] (b. 1936) *[[2000]] – [[Henck Arron]], Surinamese banker and politician, 1st [[List of Prime Ministers of Suriname#Prime Ministers of the Republic of Suriname|Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname]] (b. 1936) *[[2003]] – [[Iggy Katona]], American race car driver (b. 1916) *[[2004]] – [[Elena Souliotis]], Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943) *[[2005]] – [[Errol Brathwaite]], New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924) * 2005 – [[Gregg Hoffman]], American film producer (b. 1963) *[[2006]] – [[K. Ganeshalingam]], Sri Lankan accountant and politician, [[Mayor of Colombo]] (b. 1938) * 2006 – [[Ross A. McGinnis]], American soldier, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1987) *[[2007]] – [[Pimp C]], American rapper (b. 1973) *[[2009]] – [[Liam Clancy]], Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (b. 1935) *[[2010]] – [[King Curtis Iaukea]], American wrestler (b. 1937) *[[2011]] – [[Sonia Pierre]], Haitian-Dominican activist (b. 1965)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/dominican-activist-sonia-pierre-dead-at-48|title=Dominican Activist Sonia Pierre Dead at 48|date=2011-12-05|work=Fox News|access-date=2018-05-07|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Sócrates]], Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954) * 2011 – [[Hubert Sumlin]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1931) *[[2012]] – [[Vasily Belov]], Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932) * 2012 – [[Jack Brooks (American politician)|Jack Brooks]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Miguel Calero]], Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971) * 2012 – [[Anthony Deane-Drummond]], English general (b. 1917) *[[2013]] – [[Joana Raspall i Juanola]], Spanish author and poet (b. 1913) *[[2014]] – [[Claudia Emerson]], American poet and academic (b. 1957) * 2014 – [[V. R. Krishna Iyer]], Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914) * 2014 – [[Vincent L. McKusick]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Jeremy Thorpe]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1929) *[[2015]] – [[Bill Bennett]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th [[Premier of British Columbia]] (b. 1932) * 2015 – [[Robert Loggia]], American actor and director (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Yossi Sarid]], Israeli journalist and politician, 15th [[Ministry of Education (Israel)|Israeli Minister of Education]] (b. 1940) *[[2016]] – [[Patricia Robins]], British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921) *[[2017]] – [[Shashi Kapoor]], Indian actor (b. 1938) *[[2022]] – [[Bob McGrath]], American singer and actor (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2022/12/04/bob-mcgrath-dead-sesame-street-dies-obituary/ |title=Bob McGrath, Sesame Street Veteran of Nearly Five Decades, Dead at 90 |website=TVLine.com|date=4 December 2022 }}</ref> * 2022 – [[Patrick Tambay]], French race car driver (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.two-time-grand-prix-winner-patrick-tambay-passes-away-aged-73.3LnW39kxLlazb7PqejVpwr.html |title=Two-time Grand Prix winner Patrick Tambay passes away, aged 73 |date=4 December 2022 |website=Formula 1 |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Princess Birgitta of Sweden]], Swedish royal (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kungahuset.se/arkiv/uttalanden/2024-12-04-uttalande-av-h.m.-konungen-med-anledning-av-h.k.h.-prinsessan-birgittas-bortgang |title=Uttalande av H.M. Konungen med anledning av H.K.H. Prinsessan Birgittas bortgång |publisher=Royalcourt.se |access-date=4 December 2024}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Brian Thompson (businessman)|Brian Thompson]], American insurance executive (b. 1974)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shanahan |first=Ed |last2=Colon |first2=Shayla |date=December 4, 2024 |title=What We Know About the Killing of Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare C.E.O. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-brian-thompson-shooting.html |access-date=December 5, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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