12 notable people died on December 26, including Roy J. Glauber, Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, Jakob Bartsch.
21st Century
1 death
Roy J. Glauber
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (2005)
20th Century
9 deaths
Ottó Herman
anthropologistarachnologist
Hungarian archaeologist, ethnographer, biologist, politician (1835–1914)
Cahit Arf
mathematiciantopologist
Turkish mathematician (1910–1997)
Julius Brandt
actorfilm actor
Actor (1873-1949)
Chudomir (Dimitar Chorbadzhiyski)
caricaturisthumorist
Bulgarian artist and writer (1890-1967)
Massimo Mila
journalistmountaineer
Italian politician and musicologist (1910–1988)
Radu Stanca
playwrighttheatrical director
Romanian poet, playwright, theatre director, theatre critic and theoretician (1920–1962)
Frederic Storck
professorsculptor
Romanian sculptor (1872–1942)
Zygmunt Wiehler
composerconductor
Polish composer (1890-1977)
SC
Samuel Irwin Crookes
engineerpolitician
Engineering teacher and consultant, local politician
19th Century
1 death
Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille
mathematicianphysician
French physicist (1797-1869)
17th Century
1 death
Jakob Bartsch
astronomermathematician
German astronomer (1600-1633)
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