19 notable people died on December 19, including Robert A. Millikan, Herbert C. Brown, Robert H. Grubbs.
21st Century
3 deaths
Herbert C. Brown
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1979)
Robert H. Grubbs
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2005)
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Thereza Santos
television actorwriter
Brazilian writer
20th Century
7 deaths
Robert A. Millikan
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1923)
James Monroe Taylor
Baptist ministeruniversity president
American Baptist minister and university president (1848–1916)
Giulia Recli
composeressayist
Italian composer (1890–1970)
Fernand Hibbert
diplomatjournalist
Haitian novelist (1873–1928)
Ruth Krefting
biographerpainter
Norwegian painter and writer
Hendrik Christian Andersen
paintersculptor
Norwegian-American sculptor, painter and urban planner (1872-1940)
Leopold Krakauer
architectpainter
Austrian-Israeli architect (1890-1954)
19th Century
3 deaths
Daniel Elster
choir directorcomposer
Composer and choir director (1796-1857)
Edward Edwards
etcherpainter
British artist (1738-1806)
Benjamin Samuel Bolomey
designerpainter
Swiss painter (1739-1819)
18th Century
2 deaths
Đorđe Branković, Count of Podgorica
diplomathistorian
Serb diplomat (1645-1711)
Domenico Parodi
paintersculptor
Italian painter and sculptor (1672-1742)
17th Century
1 death
Gustaf Düben
composerorganist
Swedish composer (1628–1690)
16th Century
2 deaths
Scipione Capece
humanistjurist-consultant
Italian jurist and poet (1480-1551)
Teofilo Folengo
poetwriter
Italian poet and writer
6th Century
1 death
Gregory of Tours
Catholic priesthagiographer
Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours
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