28 notable people died on December 9, including Ralph Bunche, Francesco di Giorgio, Hans Holbein the Younger.
21st Century
6 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)
TH
To Huu
poetpolitician
Vietnamese poet (1920–2002)
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Brian H. Murdoch
mathematician
Irish mathematician
20th Century
12 deaths
Ralph Bunche
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Peace (1950)
Tytus Maksymilian Huber
engineermechanical engineer
Polish mechanical engineer (1872–1950)
Laza Kostić
aestheticianart critic
Serbian writer and politician (1841–1910)
Freeman Marius O'Donoghue
authorcurator
British author and museum curator
Shakib Arslan
historianjournal editor
Lebanese writer and philosopher (1869–1946)
Oskari Mantere
philosopherpolitician
Finnish politician (1874-1942)
Ravishankar Raval
journalistpainter
Painter, art teacher, art critic, journalist and essayist from Gujarat, India (1892-1977)
Gwen Harwood
librettistpoet
Australian poet (1920-1995)
Hugo Gellert
caricaturistgraphic artist
Leftist American illustrator (1892-1985)
BW
Bror With
businesspersonmechanical engineer
Norwegian engineer and businessman (1900–1985)
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War van Overstraeten
painterpolitician
Belgian politician and painter (1891-1981)
FW
Friedrich Dietz von Weidenberg
architectmaster builder
Sports shooter and architect from Austria (1871-1941)
19th Century
4 deaths
Paramanuchitchinorot
Buddhist monkpoet
Supreme Patriarch of Siam
Samuel Woodworth
journalistlibrettist
American writer (1784-1842)
William Bent Berczy
painterpolitician
Canadian politician (1791–1873)
Ramón Freire
military personnelpolitician
Chilean politician (1787-1851)
17th Century
2 deaths
Ubbo Emmius
cartographergeographer
Frisian historian and geographer (1547–1625)
AW
Alexander Westerhout
painter
Dutch Golden Age painter (1590-1661)
16th Century
3 deaths
Francesco di Giorgio
architectdraftsperson
Italian Renaissance architect, sculptor and painter (1439-1502)
Hans Holbein the Younger
artistdraftsperson
German artist and printmaker (1497–1543)
Domenico dell'Allio
architect
Italian architect
11th Century
1 death
Osmund
artistCatholic bishop
Norman nobleman and member of the English clergy
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