18 notable people died on December 9, including Ralph Bunche, Francesco di Giorgio, Osmund.
21st Century
4 deaths
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
military officerpolitician
President of Guatemala; of Norwegian parentage (1930-2009)
Lilik Sudjio
actorfilm director
Indonesian film director (1930-2014)
Ashot Melkonian
lecturerpainter
Armenian artist (1930-2009)
Barbara Hesse-Bukowska
composermusic educator
Pianist, music educator (1930-2013)
20th Century
7 deaths
Ralph Bunche
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1950)
Tytus Maksymilian Huber
engineermechanical engineer
Polish mechanical engineer (1872–1950)
Ravishankar Raval
journalistpainter
Painter, art teacher, art critic, journalist and essayist from Gujarat, India (1892-1977)
Shakib Arslan
historianjournal editor
Lebanese writer and philosopher (1869–1946)
Oskari Mantere
philosopherpolitician
Finnish politician (1874-1942)
Laza Kostić
aestheticianart critic
Serbian writer and politician (1841–1910)
Gwen Harwood
librettistpoet
Australian poet (1920-1995)
19th Century
4 deaths
Paramanuchitchinorot
Buddhist monkpoet
Supreme Patriarch of Siam
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Samuel Woodworth
journalistlibrettist
American writer (1784-1842)
William Bent Berczy
painterpolitician
Canadian politician (1791–1873)
Ramón Freire
military personnelpolitician
Chilean politician (1787-1851)
16th Century
2 deaths
Francesco di Giorgio
architectdraftsperson
Italian Renaissance architect, sculptor and painter (1439-1502)
Hans Holbein the Younger
artistdraftsperson
German artist and printmaker (1497–1543)
11th Century
1 death
Osmund
artistCatholic bishop
Norman nobleman and member of the English clergy
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