11 notable people died on December 8, including Enchin, Piero Vettori, Federico Sanvitale.
20th Century
3 deathsCarlos Fanta
association football coachassociation football player
Chilean association football player and association football referee (1890-1964)
Mário de Alencar
journalistjurist
Brazilian writer
Ferruccio Parri
journalistpartisan
Italian partisan and politician (1890–1981)
19th Century
3 deathsThomas De Quincey
autobiographeressayist
British author (1785-1859)
Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi
poetpolitician
Afghan poet and politician (1830-1900)
Delfín Gallo
journalistlawyer
Argentine politician
18th Century
2 deathsFederico Sanvitale
Catholic priestmathematician
Italian Jesuit and mathematician (1704-1761)
Thomas Corneille
juristlexicographer
French dramatist (1625-1709)
16th Century
2 deathsPiero Vettori
classical philologistdiplomat
Italian writer
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Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson
Catholic priestwriter
Icelandic bishop
9th Century
1 deathEnchin
Buddhist monkwriter
Buddhist monk and founder of the Jimon school of Tendai Buddhism
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