23 notable people died on December 12, including Jack Steinberger, D. Carleton Gajdusek, Menilek II.
21st Century
2 deaths
Jack Steinberger
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1988)
D. Carleton Gajdusek
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1976)
20th Century
6 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)
Felix Aderca
biographerchildren's writer
Romanian writer (1891-1962)
Mayer Ebner
journalistlawyer
Politician (1872-1955)
Manuel de Jesús Galván
diplomatjournalist
Dominican author (1834-1910)
19th Century
3 deaths
Samuel Doak
Christian ministereducator
American clergyman and abolitionist
Jacques Viger
anthropologistarchaeologist
Former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1833-1836)
Florêncio de Abreu
journalistlawyer
Lawyer and writer from Brazil (1839-1881)
18th Century
2 deaths
Albrecht von Haller
anatomistbiologist
Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet (1708-1777)
Lodovico Burnacini
architectscenographer
Italian architect (1636–1707)
17th Century
4 deaths
Giovan Battista Aleotti
architectengineer
Architect (1546–1636)
Johan Caspar von Cicignon
military engineermilitary officer
Danish/Luxembourgian military officer
John Pell
deaconmathematician
British mathematician (*1611 – †1685)
Hermann Conring
juristlegal historian
German philosopher (1606-1681)
16th Century
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Francisco Balbi di Correggio
military personnelwriter
Italian writer (1505-1589)
Hernán Cortés
conquistadorexplorer
Spanish conquistador
14th Century
2 deaths
John XXII
Catholic bishopCatholic priest
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334
Trần Anh Tông
poet
Emperor of Vietnam
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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