14 notable people died on December 15, including Wolfgang Pauli, Sotero Cabahug, Muzio Oddi.
21st Century
1 death
Jodhaiya Bai Baiga
painter
Indian artist
20th Century
6 deaths
Wolfgang Pauli
theoretical physicist
Physicist, Nobel prize winner (1900–1958)
Sotero Cabahug
judgeminister
Filipino lawyer, politician, legislator, and Cabinet member (1891–1963)
Edvin Wahlstén
civil servantjournalist
Finnish politician
Arthur Herbert Lindsay Richardson
police officersoldier
Canadian soldier recipient of the Victoria Cross (1872-1932)
Erich Walter Sternberg
composer
Israeli composer (1891-1974)
BR
Benegal Shiva Rao
authorjournalist
Indian politician (1891-1975)
19th Century
4 deaths
Gajaman Nona
poetwriter
Sri Lankan poet (1746-1815)
Gerhard Munthe
cartographerfarmer
Norwegian historian and cartographer (1795-1876)
Sarah Trimmer
children's writereditor
Author, editor; (1741-1810); married, in 1762, James Trimmer, of Brentford
Numa Droz
journalistpolitician
Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1844-1899)
17th Century
3 deaths
Muzio Oddi
architectengineer
Engineer and mathematician from Italy (1569-1639)
Izaak Walton
biographerwriter
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
MA
Moses Raphael de Aguilar
philosopher
Rabbi, Hebrew scholar and author
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