History Deaths on December 02

Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512)

#Gerardus_Mercator

Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1930)

#Odetta

Kazimieras B?ga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)

#Kazimieras_B?ga

Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (b. 1925)

#Jean-Claude_Beton

Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910)

#Alicia_Markova

Mária Telkes, Hungarian-American biophysicist and chemist (b. 1900)

#Mária_Telkes

Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)

#Vincent_d'Indy

Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)

#Edmond_Rostand

L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881)

#L._E._J._Brouwer

Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902)

#Manfred_Sakel

Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)

#Paul_Heinrich_von_Groth

Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (b. 1418)

#Albert_VI,_Archduke_of_Austria

Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)

#Danny_Murtaugh

Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer (b. 1917)

#Desi_Arnaz

Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)

#Emperor_Hanazono

Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)

#Charlie_Byrd

Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (b. 1921)

#Mona_Van_Duyn

Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1945)

#Sandy_Berger

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)

#Adelaide_of_Saxe-Meiningen

Aaron Copland, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)

#Aaron_Copland

Ehsan Naraghi, Iranian sociologist and author (b. 1926)

#Ehsan_Naraghi

Roxie Roker, American actress (b. 1929)

#Roxie_Roker

Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (b. 1432)

#Isabel_of_Coimbra

Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)

#Mariska_Veres

Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)

#Marquis_de_Sade

Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541)

#Louis_des_Balbes_de_Berton_de_Crillon

Arno Peters, German cartographer and historian (b. 1916)

#Arno_Peters

Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)

#Gail_Fisher

Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)

#Eustachy_Erazm_Sanguszko

Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)

#Philippe_II,_Duke_of_Orléans

Tr?n Tr?ng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)

#Tr?n_Tr?ng_Kim

Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884)

#Harrison_Ford_(silent_film_actor)

Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)

#Jean_Béliveau

Giovanni Ferrari, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1907)

#Giovanni_Ferrari

Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord

#Pablo_Escobar

Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

#Luis_Federico_Leloir

George T. Sakato, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1921)

#George_T._Sakato

Hernán Cortés, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1485)

#Hernán_Cortés

John of Ruusbroec, Flemish priest and mystic (b. 1293)

#John_of_Ruusbroec

Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1897)

#Max_Weber_(Swiss_politician)

Marcelo Déda, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1960)

#Marcelo_Déda

Wallace Harrison, American architect, co-founded Harrison & Abramovitz (b. 1895)

#Wallace_Harrison

Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)

#Allen_Wright

Alan Davidson, British soldier, historian, and author (b. 1924)

#Alan_Davidson_(food_writer)

Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)

#Jenny_von_Westphalen

Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)

#Catherine_de_Vivonne,_marquise_de_Rambouillet

Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)

#Jay_Gould

William P. Lawrence, American admiral and pilot (b. 1930)

#William_P._Lawrence

Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1881)

#Kliment_Voroshilov

John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)

#John_Brown_(abolitionist)

Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)

#Pasquier_Quesnel

Nam?k Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)

#Nam?k_Kemal

Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)

#Dinu_Lipatti

Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)

#Josef_Lhévinne

William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1928)

#William_Allain

Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)

#Nordahl_Grieg

Muhammad Shaybani, Khan of Bukhara (b. 1451)

#Muhammad_Shaybani

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)

#Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti

John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)

#John_Ringling

Robert Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1908)

#Robert_Cummings

Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)

#Gregorio_del_Pilar

Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1922)

#Tata_Giacobetti

Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)

#Eiji_Sawamura

Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (b. 1929)

#Don_Laws

Marty Feldman, English actor and comedian (b. 1933)

#Marty_Feldman

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)

#Charles_Seymour,_6th_Duke_of_Somerset

Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (b. 1416)

#Piero_di_Cosimo_de'_Medici

Bobby Keys, American saxophonist (b. 1943)

#Bobby_Keys

Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905)

#Chaudhry_Muhammad_Ali

Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (b. 1453)

#Gonzalo_Fernández_de_Córdoba

Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)

#Pierre_Puget

Will McMillan, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1944)

Josie Cichockyj, English basketball player and coach (b. 1964)

A. R. Antulay, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1929)

Junior Murvin, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946)

Tom Hendry, Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre (b. 1929)

Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)

Foge Fazio, American football player and coach (b. 1938)

Renato de Grandis, Italian composer, musicologist, and writer (b. 1927)

Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1933)

Henry Molaison, American memory disorder patient (b. 1926)

Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1916)

Jennifer Alexander, Canadian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1972)

Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian convicted drug trafficker (b. 1980)

Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)

Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)

Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (b. 1930)

Robertson Davies, Canadian author, playwright, and critic (b. 1913)

Karl-Heinz Bürger, German colonel (b. 1904)

Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist (b. 1914)

John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)

Philip Larkin, English poet, author, and librarian (b. 1922)

Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1904)

Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)

José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911)

Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1918)

Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884)

Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)

Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)

Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)

Geoffrey le Scrope, Chief Justice of King Edward III of England

Elvira Menéndez, queen of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)

Odo of Wetterau, German nobleman

Ma Yin, Chinese warlord, king of Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 853)

Pope Silverius