Famous Deaths on December 21

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1992)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1987)

Italian artist (1930-2002)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1929)

Norwegian physicist (1845-1928)

Hungarian astronomer (1845–1927)

Australian film director

Polish politician

Iranian painter (1920-1999)

Uruguayan guitarist, singer, and songwriter

Guatemalan artist (1891-1984)

Finnish architect (1891–1955)

Canadian composer (1891–1965)

Pakistani poet (1900–1982)

Icelandic novelist

Dominican politician (1785-1871)

Belgian lawyer, civil servant, and former governor of the National Bank of Belgium from 1888 until 1890

Belgian musician (1838-1899)

Italian architect and engineer of the Baroque period (1691–1737)

Czech physicist, inventor and roman catholic priest (1698-1765)

Historian, linguist and writer

Regent of East Frisia; Swedish princess, writer

Italian painter (1594-1630)

Marshal of France

Italian sculptor, architect, engineer and friar

Pope