15 notable people died on December 12, including D. Carleton Gajdusek, Jack Steinberger, Menilek II.
21st Century
2 deaths
D. Carleton Gajdusek
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1976)
Jack Steinberger
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1988)
20th Century
3 deaths
Menilek II
politician
Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa (1844-1913)
Chase G. Woodhouse
academicchief executive officer
American educator and congresswoman (1890-1984)
Fritz Bock
ministerpolitician
Austrian politician (1911-1993)
19th Century
2 deaths
Samuel Doak
Christian ministereducator
American clergyman and abolitionist
Jacques Viger
anthropologistarchaeologist
Former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1833-1836)
18th Century
1 death
Albrecht von Haller
anatomistbiologist
Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet (1708-1777)
17th Century
3 deaths
Giovan Battista Aleotti
architectengineer
Architect (1546–1636)
John Pell
deaconmathematician
British mathematician (*1611 – †1685)
Johan Caspar von Cicignon
military engineermilitary officer
Danish/Luxembourgian military officer
16th Century
1 death
Hernán Cortés
conquistadorexplorer
Spanish conquistador
14th Century
1 death
John XXII
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334
9th Century
1 death
Arnulf of Carinthia
monarch
King of East Francia
4th Century
1 death
Damasus I
Catholic priestpoet
Pope
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