Famous Deaths on December 25

Indian scholar, poet, writer, linguist and orator of Telugu descent

Icelandic poet (1930-2018)

Austro-Australian liturgical artist

Swedish chemist (1874-1940)

American author, naturalist, ornithologist (1831-1918)

Estonian writer and journalist (1871–1930)

Polish saint (1846-1916)

Norwegian mathematician and educator (1873–1961)

Austrian architect, sketch artist and watercolorist (1930-1991)

Canadian chemist and academic (1910-1987)

Haitian politician and writer (1831–1901)

Belgian opera singer-manager (1843-1912)

New Zealand surveyor, station manager, newspaper editor, goldminer, public administrator, university professor

Soviet architect (1920-1999)

Chilean politician (1785-1860)

Spanish penologist

Painter (1793-1861)

Swedish admiral

Solicitor and composer (1734–1786)

Japanese calligrapher (1565-1614)

Irish soldier of fortune

Swiss theologian (1519–1586)

King of Sweden from 1275 to 1290

Japanese statesman, courtier, politician, poet and calligrapher

Anglo-Saxon noble