26 notable people died on December 22, including James E. Meade, Ottokar I of Bohemia, Bretislaus II.
21st Century
4 deaths
Somdet Phra Yanawachirodom
philosopherwriter
Thai monk (1920–2020)
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Brian Lambert
journalistpolitician
New Zealand politician
KM
Krystyna Marszałek-Młyńczyk
editorjournalist
Polish social and political activist
CP
Chheng Phon
actorplaywright
Cambodian Minister of Culture during the Kampuchea
20th Century
12 deaths
James E. Meade
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (1977)
Jules-Émile Verschaffelt
physicistuniversity teacher
Belgian physicist
D. Alan Stevenson
architectcivil engineer
Scottish civil engineer, architect, and philatelist (1891–1971)
Georg Luger
engineerentrepreneur
Austrian firearm designer (1849–1923)
Federico Cantero Villamil
civil engineerengineer
Spanish civil engineer
Daniel Giraud Elliot
naturalistornithologist
American zoologist (1835–1915)
Carlo Keil-Möller
actorfilm director
Swedish actor and screenwriter (1890-1958)
Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda
diplomatlawyer
Brazilian judge and diplomat (1892–1979)
Charles Herbert Mackintosh
editorjournalist
Canadian politician
Jurgis Savickis
diplomatwriter
Lithuanian writer (1890-1952)
Robert Weltsch
journalist
Israeli writer (1891-1982)
Aristidis Moraitinis
military personnelsoldier
British flying ace (1891–1918)
19th Century
4 deaths
Jean-Victor Poncelet
engineermathematician
French engineer and mathematician (1788-1867)
Antonia Navarro
civil engineerengineer
Salvadoran female civil engineer and professor of geography and cosmography
Bengt Erland Fogelberg
draftspersonsculptor
Swedish sculptor (1786–1854)
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
narratorplaywright
Spanish poet
18th Century
3 deaths
Paolo Casati
astronomermathematician
Italian mathematician
Luca Antonio Colomba
painter
Painter (1674-1737)
IK
István Küzmics
linguistteacher
Hungarian translator
17th Century
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Johannes Saeckma
judgelawyer
Administrator of the admiralty of Friesland (1572-1636)
13th Century
1 death
Ottokar I of Bohemia
monarch
Duke and king of Bohemia
11th Century
1 death
Bretislaus II
monarch
Duke of Bohemia from 1092 to 1100
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