24 notable people died on December 23, including Alfred G. Gilman, Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville, Sidney Edwards Morse.
21st Century
4 deaths
Alfred G. Gilman
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1994)
Evgeny Abramyan
engineerinventor
Physicist (1930–2014)
TM
Tripuraneni Maharadhi
film producerscreenwriter
Telugu writer
GG
Gerardo Guevara
choir directorcomposer
Ecuadorian musician
20th Century
11 deaths
Eduard Hagenbach-Bischoff
physicistuniversity teacher
Swiss physicist (1833-1910)
Charles Macnamara
bookkeeperscientist
Canadian historian, entomologist, photographer
William Austin Horn
business executivebusiness magnate
South Australian businessman and politician (1841-1922)
Ola Cohn
artistjournalist
Australian artist, sculptor (1892–1964)
Braamcamp Freire
archaeologisthistorian
Portuguese historian and politician (1849-1921)
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
Lucius Gwynn
cricketerrugby union player
Irish sportsman (1873-1902)
19th Century
7 deaths
Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville
anatomistbiologist
French scientist
Sidney Edwards Morse
engineergeographer
American inventor, journalist, and geographer
James Walker
professorspiritual
Unitarian minister, professor and university administrator from the United States (1794-1874)
George Catlin
artistlawyer
American painter (1796-1872)
Sarah Grimké
political theoristwomen's rights activist
American abolitionist (1792–1873)
WT
William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor
authorpainter
Irish artist (1781–1850)
Robert Winthrop Simpson
military personnelpolitician
Chilean admiral
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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