21 notable people died on December 17, including Victor F. Hess, Leopold II of Belgium, Pepin I of Aquitaine.
21st Century
2 deaths
Osamu Hayaishi
biochemistchemist
Japanese biochemist (1920–2015)
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Kamal Ahmed Rizvi
actorplaywright
Pakistani actor and playwright (1930-2015)
20th Century
10 deaths
Victor F. Hess
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1936)
Leopold II of Belgium
monarch
King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909
Ferdinand Gonseth
mathematicianphilosopher
Swiss mathematician (1890-1975)
Lars Magnus Ericsson
entrepreneurindustrialist
Swedish inventor and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson (1846–1926)
Henry Grainger
diplomatjournalist
Australian politician (1848–1923)
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Eva Kotchever
booksellerentrepreneur
Polish-Jewish lesbian writer and women's rights activist
Einar Billing
hymnwriterpolitician
Bishop of Västerås (1871-1939)
Adriaan Jozef Heymans
painterwatercolorist
Belgian painter (1839-1921)
Rudolf Grauer
explorerhunter
Austrian zoologist and explorer (1870-1927)
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Josefina Niggli
novelistplaywright
Anglo-American playwright and novelist
19th Century
3 deaths
Olinde Rodrigues
economistfinancier
French banker and mathematician (1795–1851)
Simón Bolívar
military officerpolitician
Venezuelan statesman and military officer (1783–1830)
William B. Cushing
military officer
United States Navy officer (1842-1874)
18th Century
1 deathCL
Charles Labelye
architectcivil engineer
Swiss mathematician and bridge engineer
15th Century
1 death
Amirdovlat of Amasia
bibliographerlexicographer
15th-century ethnic Armenian physician and writer.
13th Century
1 death
Rumi
Islamic juristliterary scholar
Iranian poet
12th Century
1 death
Averroes
astronomerjudge
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
10th Century
1 death
Ar-Radi
caliphpoet
20th Abbasid Caliph (r. 934–940)
9th Century
1 death
Pepin I of Aquitaine
monarch
9th-century Frankish king
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