12 notable people died on December 19, including Herbert C. Brown, Robert H. Grubbs, Robert A. Millikan.
21st Century
2 deaths
Herbert C. Brown
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1979)
Robert H. Grubbs
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2005)
20th Century
4 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)
Fernand Hibbert
diplomatjournalist
Haitian novelist (1873–1928)
Giulia Recli
composeressayist
Italian composer (1890–1970)
19th Century
1 death
Daniel Elster
choir directorcomposer
Composer and choir director (1796-1857)
18th Century
2 deaths
Đorđe Branković, Count of Podgorica
diplomathistorian
Serb diplomat (1645-1711)
Domenico Parodi
paintersculptor
Italian painter and sculptor (1672-1742)
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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