35 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
12 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)
Halvdan Koht
biographerhistorian
Norwegian historian and politician (1873-1965)
Manuel de Jesús Galván
diplomatjournalist
Dominican author (1834-1910)
Marco Denevi
lawyernovelist
Argentine journalist and writer (1920–1998)
Pagu
cartoonistcommunist
Brazilian journalist and writer (1910-1962)
Louis John Steele
engraverpainter
New Zealand artist and engraver (1842-1918)
Eloy Palacios
paintersculptor
Venezuelan sculptor (1847-1919)
ZB
Zabih Behrouz
linguistplaywright
Iranian writer, poet, linguist and playwright (1890-1971)
19th Century
5 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)
Joseph Heco
businesspersoncastaway
Japanese journalist (1837–1897)
JE
Jens Essendrop
farmerwriter
Norwegian clergyman, mining official and topographical writer
18th Century
5 deaths
Albrecht von Haller
anatomistbiologist
Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet (1708-1777)
Lodovico Burnacini
architectscenographer
Italian architect (1636–1707)
TM
Taninganway Min
monarch
14th king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma
Jakab Fellner
architect
Hungarian Baroque architect
JS
Jan Paulus Schagen
colonial administratordirector general
Dutch governor
17th Century
5 deaths
John Pell
deaconmathematician
British mathematician (*1611 – †1685)
Giovan Battista Aleotti
architectengineer
Architect (1546–1636)
Johan Caspar von Cicignon
military engineermilitary officer
Danish/Luxembourgian military officer
Hortensio Félix Paravicino
poetwriter
Spanish monk and writer (1580-1633)
Hermann Conring
juristlegal historian
German philosopher (1606-1681)
16th Century
2 deaths
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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