15 notable people died on December 11, including Christian Lange, Vincent du Vigneaud, Ravi Shankar.
21st Century
1 death
Ravi Shankar
composerfilm director
Indian sitar player (1920–2012)
20th Century
4 deaths
Christian Lange
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1921)
Vincent du Vigneaud
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1955)
Aleksander Stavre Drenova
diplomatjournalist
Albanian poet (1872–1947)
Emilio Rodríguez Mendoza
journalistwriter
Chilean journalist
19th Century
3 deaths
Maria Leopoldina of Austria
monarch
Queen consort of Portugal and Empress consort of Brazil (1797–1826)
Axel Gabriel Sjöström
poettranslator
Finnish poet (1794-1846)
Jean-Baptiste Masui
engineer
Belgian engineer
18th Century
3 deaths
Carl XII of Sweden
military leadermonarch
The fifth and last emperor of Sweden (1697–1718)
Anders Johan Lexell
astronomermathematician
Russian mathematician (1740-1784)
Joseph Green
poetwriter
American poet
17th Century
1 death
Isidoro Bianchi
draftspersonengineer
Italian painter (1581-1662)
16th Century
2 deaths
Luke of Prague
theologianwriter
Czech religion writer and theologist
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy
collectorcomposer
Austrian archduchess and regent of the Netherlands (1480-1530)
12th Century
1 death
Lothair III
aristocratemperor
Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 to 1137
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