20 notable people died on December 23, including Alfred G. Gilman, Sidney Edwards Morse, Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville.
21st Century
2 deaths
Alfred G. Gilman
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1994)
Evgeny Abramyan
engineerinventor
Physicist (1930–2014)
20th Century
10 deaths
Charles Macnamara
bookkeeperscientist
Canadian historian, entomologist, photographer
Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff
physicistuniversity teacher
Swiss physicist (1833-1910)
Braamcamp Freire
archaeologisthistorian
Portuguese historian and politician (1849-1921)
William Austin Horn
business executivebusiness magnate
South Australian businessman and politician (1841-1922)
Ola Cohn
artistjournalist
Australian artist, sculptor (1892–1964)
David Manners
film actornovelist
Canadian-born American actor (1900-1998)
Frida Kern
composerconductor
Composer (1891–1988)
Lithuanian poet (1870-1927)
Rita Lecumberri
writer
Ecuadorian writer (1831-1910)
FS
Fay Sargent
actorfilm actor
Irish singer, actress, and journalist
19th Century
6 deaths
Sidney Edwards Morse
engineergeographer
American inventor, journalist, and geographer
Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville
anatomistbiologist
French scientist
James Walker
professorspiritual
Unitarian minister, professor and university administrator from the United States (1794-1874)
Sarah Grimké
political theoristwomen's rights activist
American abolitionist (1792–1873)
George Catlin
artistlawyer
American painter (1796-1872)
WT
William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor
authorpainter
Irish artist (1781–1850)
18th Century
1 death
Pierre Varignon
Catholic priestmathematician
French mathematician
16th Century
1 death
Conrad Gessner
beekeeperbibliographer
Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)
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