5 notable people died on December 23, including Alfred G. Gilman, Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville, Conrad Gessner.
Total Deaths
5
Avg Age at Death
71
Peak Century
19th Century
21st Century
1 death
Alfred G. Gilman
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1994)
19th Century
2 deaths
Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville
anatomistbiologist
French scientist
Sidney Edwards Morse
engineergeographer
American inventor, journalist, and geographer
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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