22 notable people died on December 16, including Ambrosius Blarer, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Saadi.
21st Century
2 deaths
Mahmoud Messadi
politicianwriter
Tunisian academic, writer and politician (1911–2004)
IK
Ivan Klymko
authorceramicist
Ukrainian author
20th Century
8 deaths
Frederick G. Donnan
chemistphysicist
Irish scientist (1870-1956)
Tom Eastick
civil engineermilitary personnel
Australian brigadier (1900-1988)
Sidney Olcott
film actorfilm director
Canadian filmmaker (1873–1949)
William Somerset Maugham
army scoutliterary critic
English playwright and author (1874–1965)
Hippolyte Fierens Gevaert
art historiancurator
Belgian art historian (1870–1926)
Pongrác Kacsóh
composersecondary school teacher
Hungarian composer (1873–1923)
Charles P. Mountford
anthropologistdirector
Australian photographer, film maker and anthropologist (1890–1976)
DR
Dionicio Rodriguez
architectpainter
Mexican artist and architect (1891-1955)
19th Century
3 deaths
Robert Charles Sands
biographernovelist
American poet
Charles Powell Clinch
politicianwriter
1797-1880 , writer and government official
Hendrik Potgieter
explorerpolitician
Voortrekker and South African politician (1792-1852)
18th Century
4 deaths
François Quesnay
economistencyclopédistes
French economist
Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Bucholtz
chemistexpert pharmacist
German chemist and pharmacist (1734-1798)
Arima Yoriyuki
mathematician
Japanese mathematician and daimyo of the middle Edo period; 7th Lord of Kurume
CE
Charles-François Exchaquet
cartographerengineer
Swiss mountaineer, engineer and cartographer (1746-1792)
17th Century
1 death
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Gütsrow
16th Century
1 death
Ambrosius Blarer
monkphilosopher
Swiss theologian
15th Century
1 death
Alexander Hegius von Heek
Catholic priestwriter
German Renaissance humanist
14th Century
1 death
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg
poetpolitician
Czech Duke of Luxembourg (1337-1383)
13th Century
1 death
Saadi
poetwriter
Persian poet
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