30 notable people died on December 1, including George J. Stigler, Al-Jahiz, Jacob of Serugh.
21st Century
2 deaths
Gustavo Adolfo Palma
singersongwriter
Guatemalan musician (1920-2009)
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Kim Yong-ju
politician
North Korean politician and Kim Il-sung's younger brother
20th Century
11 deathsGS
George J. Stigler
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1982)
Antonio Segni
diplomatpolitician
4th President of Italy (1891-1972)
Gunnar Knudsen
businesspersonengineer
11th Prime Minister of Norway (1848–1928)
Cyrille Duquet
clockmakerco-collector
Canadian inventor, politician, goldsmith and flutist in Quebec city (1841–1922)
Zygmunt Mineyko
civil engineerclassical archaeologist
Polish aristocrat, army officer, scientist and engineer (1840-1925)
Paulus Edward Pieris Deraniyagala
anthropologistbiologist
Sri Lankan academic (1900–1976)
Virginie Loveling
poetpolitician
Author of poetry, novels, essays and children's stories from Flanders, Belgium (1836-1923)
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Rose Margaret Zeller
painterteacher
New Zealand artist, writer and teacher (1891-1975)
Ya'akov Winschel
physicianwriter
Israeli doctor, Zionist activist, and writer
Toduraki Makridi Bey
anthropologistarchaeologist
Turkish-Greek archaeologist and art historian (1872–1940)
Federico González Suárez
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Catholic Archibishop (1844-1917)
19th Century
5 deaths
Hugh Hamilton
Anglican priestmathematician
Bishop of Ossory; Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh; Irish Anglican bishop
Louis Courtois
magicianphysicist
Juggler, physicist, and illusionist
Joseph Bernard de Chabert
astronomergeographer
French Navy officer, astronomer and mathematician (1724-1805)
Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich
authorparson
Swiss poet (1796-1865)
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Ang Chan II
king
King of Cambodia
18th Century
2 deaths
Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr
astronomercartographer
German astronomer (1677–1750)
Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch
entomologistgeologist
German theologian
16th Century
1 death
Mạc Mậu Hợp
monarch
Emperor of Annam
14th Century
1 death
Kyawswa I of Pinya
monarch
King of Pinya
13th Century
1 death
Mathieu II de Montmorency
monarch
Lord of Montmorency
12th Century
2 deaths
Constantine II of Torres
monarch
Judge of Logudoro-Torres
Usama ibn Munqidh
Amirdiplomat
Arabic poet
10th Century
2 deaths
Leo VI
Catholic priestwriter
Pope
Agapetus II
Catholic priestwriter
Catholic pope, 946-955
9th Century
1 death
Al-Jahiz
biologisthistorian
Arabic writer (776–869)
6th Century
1 death
Jacob of Serugh
Christian ministermatenagir
Syrian writer and bishop
5th Century
1 death
Alaric I
military leadersovereign
King of the Visigoths
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