26 notable people died on December 8, including Enchin, Piero Vettori, Federico Sanvitale.
21st Century
6 deaths
Sylwester Chęciński
film directorscreenwriter
Polish film director (1930-2021)
Sándor Szokolay
composermusic educator
Hungarian composer and professor (1931–2013)
BA
Baba Adhav
politiciansocial activist
Indian activist
SG
Sobho Gianchandani
politicianwriter
Pakistani social scientist
PS
P. R. Srinivasan
archaeologistart historian
Indian epigraphist, archaeologist and art historian
DD
Donald Sinclair Driver
paintersculptor
New Zealand painter, sculptor and printmaker (1930-2011)
20th Century
9 deaths
Rudolf Fredrik Berg
engineerentrepreneur
Swedish businessman (1846–1907)
Carlos 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)
Gertrude Jekyll
architectbotanist
Garden designer, artist, editor (1843-1932)
Hossein Makki
historianpolitician
Iranian politician
Ragnvald Moe
historian
Norwegian historian (1873–1965)
TH
Thomas Hunt
journalistpolitician
Australian politician (1841–1934)
Erasto Cortés Juárez
painter
Mexican artist (1900-1972)
19th Century
4 deaths
Thomas De Quincey
autobiographeressayist
British author (1785-1859)
Delfín Gallo
journalistlawyer
Argentine politician
Ghulam Muhammad Tarzi
poetpolitician
Afghan poet and politician (1830-1900)
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen
lawyerpolitician
Belgian politician and founder of the Université libre de Bruxelles
18th Century
2 deaths
Federico Sanvitale
Catholic priestmathematician
Italian Jesuit and mathematician (1704-1761)
Thomas Corneille
juristlexicographer
French dramatist (1625-1709)
17th Century
1 death
Suzana Dias
explorer
16th Century
3 deaths
Piero Vettori
classical philologistdiplomat
Italian writer
GN
Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson
Catholic priestwriter
Icelandic bishop
LY
Luis de Carvajal the Younger
merchantpoet
Mexican Jewish victim of the Inquisition
9th Century
1 death
Enchin
Buddhist monkwriter
Buddhist monk and founder of the Jimon school of Tendai Buddhism
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