8 notable people died on December 15, including Wolfgang Pauli, Sotero Cabahug, Muzio Oddi.
20th Century
3 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
19th Century
3 deaths
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
Gajaman Nona
poetwriter
Sri Lankan poet (1746-1815)
17th Century
2 deaths
Muzio Oddi
architectengineer
Engineer and mathematician from Italy (1569-1639)
Izaak Walton
biographerwriter
English author and biographer (1593-1683)
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