History Deaths on December 16

Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913)

#Oscar_Alfredo_Gálvez

American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)

#American_Horse

Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)

#Wilhelm_Grimm

Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)

#Nathaniel_Fiennes

Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (b. 1972)

#Jake_Adam_York

Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)

#Lee_Van_Cleef

Yegor Gaidar, Russian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1956)

#Yegor_Gaidar

François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)

#François_Quesnay

Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)

#Moses_Gunn

Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)

#Johann_Adolph_Hasse

Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)

#Leopold_II,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Dessau

Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)

#Ted_Abernathy

Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

#Thelma_Todd

William Gaddis, American author and academic (b. 1922)

#William_Gaddis

Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)

#Frank_Eugene

Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896)

#Robert_Henry_Best

Ali Qushji, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403)

#Ali_Qushji

Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)

#Antoine_François,_comte_de_Fourcroy

Thomas Cheney, English diplomat and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

#Thomas_Cheney

Haakon IV, king of Norway (b. 1204)

#Haakon_IV_of_Norway

Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912)

#Futabayama_Sadaji

Houzhu, emperor of the Chen Dynasty (b. 553)

#Chen_Shubao

Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)

#Camille_Saint-Saëns

Charles, French nobleman (b. 1270)

#Charles,_Count_of_Valois

Eberhard of Friuli, Frankish duke (b. 815)

#Eberhard_of_Friuli

Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian-Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)

#Gabriel_Narutowicz

Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)

#Alphonse_Daudet

Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou Dynasty (b. 624)

#Wu_Zetian

Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

#Risto_Jarva

Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)

#Stuart_Adamson

Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)

#Ray_Price_(musician)

Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890)

#Nina_Hamnett

Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951)

#Dan_Fogelberg

Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899)

#Lillian_Disney

Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)

#Henry_Yesler

Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)

#Pavel_Tretyakov

John II, duke of Lorraine (b. 1424)

#John_II,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)

#Elinor_Wylie

William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)

#William_Petty

Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded the Fiat Automobile Company (b. 1866)

#Giovanni_Agnelli

Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)

#Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1866)

Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917)

#Réal_Caouette

Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938)

#Eszter_Tamási

Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)

#Aileen_Pringle

Öljaitü, Mongolian ruler (b. 1280)

#Öljaitü

Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884)

#Kostas_Varnalis

Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545)

#Yi_Sun-sin

Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)

#Frank_Gotch

Paul Castellano, American mobster (b. 1915)

#Paul_Castellano

Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, Norman nobleman

#Ranulf_de_Gernon,_4th_Earl_of_Chester

Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907)

#Debs_Garms

Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)

#Silvana_Mangano

Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer

#Ivan_Fyodorov_(printer)

Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882)

#Hans_Rebane

Allison Balfour, Scottish witch

#Allison_Balfour

Adelaide of Italy, Holy Roman Empress (b. 931)

#Adelaide_of_Italy

Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951)

#Marta_Russell

Stefan Heym, German-American soldier and author (b. 1913)

#Stefan_Heym

Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (b. 1890)

#Colonel_Sanders

Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)

#Sidney_Olcott

Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891)

#Fumimaro_Konoe

Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)

#Sir_William_James,_1st_Baronet

Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)

#Roy_E._Disney

Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920)

#Elwood_V._Jensen

Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1453)

#Afonso_de_Albuquerque

Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928)

#Colin_Chapman

Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese soldier and politician, 64th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)

#Kakuei_Tanaka

George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926)

Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950)

Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927)

Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955)

Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947)

James Flint, English commander (b. 1913)

Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938)

Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)

Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African physician and politician, 22nd South African Minister of Health (b. 1940)

Stanford J. Shaw, American historian and academic (b. 1930)

Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist and educator (b. 1922)

Taliep Petersen, South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950)

Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940)

John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)

Ed Hansen, American director and screenwriter (b. 1937)

Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921)

Agnes Martin, American painter and educator (b. 1912)

Deyda Hydara, Gambian journalist, co-founded The Point (b. 1946)

Gary Stewart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945)

Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)

Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910)

Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (b. 1940)

Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (b. 1903)

Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer (b. 1900)

Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914)

Soe Hok Gie, Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942)

Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899)

Muhammad Suheimat, Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916)

W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874)

Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)

George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)

Eugene Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)

Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)

John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, English general and politician, Lord Marshall of England (b. 1348)

Secondotto, marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360)

Wei Yifan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty

John VIII, pope of the Catholic Church

Ado, archbishop of Vienne

Pepin of Herstal, Frankish statesman (b. 635)