History Deaths on December 09

Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (b. 1927)

#Soshana_Afroyim

Paul Simon, American soldier, journalist, and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (b. 1928)

#Paul_Simon_(politician)

Douglas Corrigan, American pilot (b. 1907)

#Douglas_Corrigan

Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1884)

#Branch_Rickey

Rafael Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver (b. 1981)

#Rafael_Sperafico

Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)

#Robert_Baldwin

Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)

#Georges_Dufrénoy

Artem Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan Company (b. 1905)

#Artem_Mikoyan

Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer and manager (b. 1926)

#Danny_Blanchflower

Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)

#Ferdinand_Brunetière

Al-Biruni, Persian mathematician (b. 973)

#Al-Biruni

Pope Clement IX (b. 1600)

#Pope_Clement_IX

Natsume S?seki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)

#Natsume_S?seki

Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (b. 1547)

#Ubbo_Emmius

Barbara Hesse-Bukowska, Polish pianist and educator (b. 1930)

#Barbara_Hesse-Bukowska

Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928)

#Robert_Sheckley

Pope Pius IV (b. 1499)

#Pope_Pius_IV

Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (b. 1887)

#Edith_Sitwell

Ian Hornak, American painter and sculptor (b. 1944)

#Ian_Hornak

Alex Moulton, English engineer and businessman, founded the Moulton Bicycle Company (b. 1920)

#Alex_Moulton

Vaišvilkas, Prince of Black Ruthenia, Grand Duke of Lithuania

#Vaišvilkas

Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)

#Karl_Blossfeldt

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)

#Edward_Hyde,_1st_Earl_of_Clarendon

Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)

#Begum_Rokeya

Berenice Abbott, American photographer (b. 1898)

#Berenice_Abbott

Archie Moore, American boxer and actor (b. 1913)

#Archie_Moore

Mary Leakey, English archaeologist and anthropologist (b. 1913)

#Mary_Leakey

Patrick Moore, English lieutenant, astronomer, and educator (b. 1923)

#Patrick_Moore

Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)

#Bernard_Zweers

Malcolm IV of Scotland (b. 1141)

#Malcolm_IV_of_Scotland

Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop (b. 1895)

#Fulton_J._Sheen

Mary Hansen, Australian singer and guitarist (b. 1966)

#Mary_Hansen

Alain Poher, French lawyer and politician (b. 1909)

#Alain_Poher

Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (b. 1650)

#Vincenzo_Coronelli

Juvenal Juvêncio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1934)

#Juvenal_Juvêncio

Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)

#Johann_Reinhold_Forster

Fabian Birkowski, Polish preacher and author (b. 1566)

#Fabian_Birkowski

Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (b. 1937)

#Mary_Ann_Mobley

Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

#Ralph_Bunche

Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)

#Gustaf_Dalén

Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922)

#Eleanor_Parker

Rev. Aeneas Francon Williams, Church of Scotland Minister, Missionary in India and China, writer and poet (b. 1886)

#Aeneas_Francon_Williams

Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor and painter (b. 1874)

#Sergey_Konenkov

Tarabai, Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (b. 1675)

#Tarabai

James Moody, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (b. 1925)

#James_Moody_(saxophonist)

Jenni Rivera, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1969)

#Jenni_Rivera

Béla Nagy Abodi, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1918)

#Béla_Nagy_Abodi

Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936)

#Julio_Terrazas_Sandoval

Georgia Gibbs, American singer (b. 1919)

#Georgia_Gibbs

Ali ?hsan Sâbis, Turkish general (b. 1882)

#Ali_?hsan_Sâbis

Vincent Gardenia, American actor (b. 1922)

#Vincent_Gardenia

Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)

#Yolande_de_Polastron

Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)

#Dmitry_Merezhkovsky

Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)

#Walter_Liggett

Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)

#Almeida_Garrett

Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)

#Laird_Cregar

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1368)

#Sigismund,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Leon Jaworski, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)

#Leon_Jaworski

Anthony van Dyck, Belgian-English painter and illustrator (b. 1599)

#Anthony_van_Dyck

Gene Barry, American actor (b. 1919)

#Gene_Barry

Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)

#Peter_II_of_Portugal

Jorge María Mejía, Argentinian cardinal (b. 1923)

#Jorge_María_Mejía

Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)

#Teofilo_Folengo

Norm Sloan, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)

#Norm_Sloan

Jože Toporiši?, Slovenian linguist and author (b. 1926)

#Jože_Toporiši?

Norman Breslow, American statistician and academic (b. 1941)

Blagoje Paunovi?, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1947)

Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (b. 1924)

Sacvan Bercovitch, Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (b. 1933)

John Wilbur, American football player (b. 1943)

John Gabbert, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1909)

Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (b. 1921)

Riccardo Schicchi, Italian director and producer, co-founded Diva Futura (b. 1953)

Charles Rosen, American pianist and musicologist (b. 1927)

Dov Shilansky, Lithuanian-Israeli lawyer and politician, 10th Speaker of the Knesset (b. 1924)

Yury Glazkov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)

Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1972)

Gordon Zahn, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1918)

György Sándor, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1912)

Stan Rice, American painter and poet (b. 1942)

Michael Carver, Baron Carver, English field marshal (b. 1915)

Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)

Diana Morgan, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (b. 1908)

Patty Donahue, American singer-songwriter (b. 1956)

Toni Cade Bambara, American author and academic (b. 1939)

William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1896)

Louella Parsons, American writer and columnist (b. 1881)

Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)

Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss (b. 1883)

Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge, 3rd President of the European Court of Justice (b. 1898)

Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905)

Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903)

Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)

Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)

Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)

Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader

Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)

William Watson, English priest (b. 1559)

Bohemond I, Archbishop of Trier

Richard le Gras, Lord Keeper of England and Abbot of Evesham

Gertrude of Brunswick, Markgräfin of Meißen

Li Congrong, prince of Later Tang

Nasr ibn Sayyar, Umayyad general and politician (b. 663)

Al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah, Arab general

Sergius I of Constantinople