19 notable people died on December 4, including Charles Richet, Thomas H. Morgan, Diocletian.
21st Century
4 deaths
Sakari Knuuttila
engineerpolitician
Finnish politician
Eugenio Borgna
essayistpsychiatrist
Italian psychiatrist (1930-2024)
Karl Merkatz
actoreditor
Austrian actor (1930–2022)
Ferreira Gullar
actorart critic
Brazilian poet (1930–2016)
20th Century
6 deaths
Charles Richet
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1913)
Thomas H. Morgan
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1933)
Ștefan Voitec
diplomatjournalist
Romanian politician (1900-1984)
Jovette Bernier
journalistnovelist
Canadian journalist, writer, and poet (1900–1981)
José María Velasco Maidana
actorcomposer
Bolivian film director (1896–1989)
Georg Bilgeri
military officermountaineer
Austrian officer and mountaineer (1873–1934)
19th Century
1 death
Francisco Bauzá
diplomathistorian
Uruguayan politician (1849–1899)
17th Century
3 deaths
Empress Meishō
aristocratmonarch
Empress of Japan (1624-1696)
Thomas Platter the Younger
botanistdiarist
Swiss physician, traveller and writer (1574-1628)
Outgert Ariss Akersloot
goldsmithmilitary officer
Silversmith from the Northern Netherlands
16th Century
1 death
Mingyinyo
monarch
Ruler of Toungoo
14th Century
1 death
Tarabya of Ava
monarch
Third king of Ava Kingdom
8th Century
1 death
Carloman I
monarch
King of the Franks (r. 768–771)
7th Century
1 death
Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
poetpolitician
Companion of Muhammad (594–656)
4th Century
1 death
Diocletian
monarchpolitician
Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire (244-311)
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