23 notable people died on December 4, including Charles Richet, Thomas H. Morgan, Diocletian.
21st Century
6 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)
EC
Eduardo J. Corso
journalistlawyer
Uruguayan writer and lawyer (1920–2012)
GT
Gilberto Mendonça Teles
essayistliterary critic
Brazilian writer
20th Century
8 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)
Carl Sundblad
pacifistprimary school teacher
Swedish teacher, peace activist, and editor (1849–1933)
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)
RG
Rudolf Gundlach
engineerinventor
Polish engineer (1892-1957)
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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