History Deaths on December 22

Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

#Samuel_Beckett

Peter Lundblad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)

#Peter_Lundblad

Don DeFore, American actor (b. 1913)

#Don_DeFore

Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)

#Galina_Ustvolskaya

Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)

#Percivall_Pott

John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)

#John_Newbery

Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (b. 1470)

#Willibald_Pirckheimer

Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)

#Joe_Strummer

Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)

#Aristeidis_Moraitinis_(aviator)

Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)

#Frances_Xavier_Cabrini

Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802)

#Manuel_María_Lombardini

Cynesige, Archbishop of York

#Cynesige

Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944)

#Chico_Mendes

Godfried Bomans, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)

#Godfried_Bomans

Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)

#Diomedes_Díaz

Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)

#Amelie_Beese

Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)

#Dwight_L._Moody

Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)

#Franz_Boas

Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1560)

#Maximilien_de_Béthune,_Duke_of_Sully

Freda Meissner-Blau, Australian activist and politician (b. 1927)

#Freda_Meissner-Blau

Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1566)

#Mehmed_III

Hans Hækkerup, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1945)

#Hans_Hækkerup

Ed Herrmann, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)

#Ed_Herrmann

William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)

#William_Hyde_Wollaston

George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)

#George_Eliot

D. Boon, American singer and musician (b. 1958)

#D._Boon

Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (b. 1980)

#Chad_Robinson

Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)

#Jean-Victor_Poncelet

François Clouet, French miniaturist (b. c. 1510)

#François_Clouet

Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)

#Frederick_Freake

Ryan Freel, American baseball player (b. 1976)

#Ryan_Freel

Guercino, Italian painter (b. 1591)

#Guercino

Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)

#Harry_Langdon

Charles Court, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1911)

#Charles_Court

Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)

#Ma_Rainey

Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)

#Ninian_Comper

Simcha Rotem, last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (b. 1924)

#Simcha_Rotem

James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)

#James_Meade

Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)

#Rose_Talbot_Bullard

Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)

#Luca_Prodan

Antipope John XXIII

#Antipope_John_XXIII

Frederick William Franz, American religious leader (b. 1893)

#Frederick_William_Franz

Darryl F. Zanuck, American director and producer (b. 1902)

#Darryl_F._Zanuck

Cliff Osmond, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)

#Cliff_Osmond

Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Guyana (b. 1929)

#Desmond_Hoyte

William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719)

#William_Vernon

Bretislav II of Bohemia (b. 1060)

#Bretislav_II

Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1891)

#Ross_McLarty

Enrique Peñaranda, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1892)

#Enrique_Peñaranda

André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)

#André_Tacquet

Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)

#Butterfly_McQueen

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)

#Gustavo_Adolfo_Bécquer

Gonzalo Morales Sáurez, Costa Rican painter (b. 1945)

#Gonzalo_Morales_Sáurez

Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

#Karel_Hašler

Vitellius, Roman emperor (b. 15)

#Vitellius

Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)

#Gilda_Gray

Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)

#Beatrix_Potter

Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)

#Hermann_Weingärtner

Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)

#Richard_von_Krafft-Ebing

Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (b. 1944)

#Joe_Cocker

Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)

#Paul_de_Lagarde

Herman Sikumbang, Indonesian guitarist (b. 1982); casualty during 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami

Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (b. 1963)

John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (b. 1924)

Oscar Peer, Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (b. 1928)

Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysian physician and politician (b. 1939)

Chuck Cherundolo, American football player and coach (b. 1916)

Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (b. 1921)

Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935)

Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940)

Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and playwright (b. 1932)

Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)

Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950)

Walter Newton Read, American lawyer and second chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (b. 1918)

Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981)

Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931)

Jack Hamm, American cartoonist and television host (b. 1916)

Harry Bluestone, English violinist and composer (b. 1907)

David Penhaligon, Cornish Liberal Politician (b. 1944), MP for Truro (1974-1986)

Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)

Sterling North, American author and critic (b. 1906)

Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist (b. 1887)

Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (b. 1913)

Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883)

Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)

Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611)

Petro Mohyla, Ruthenian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)

Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (b. 1498)

Olaf Magnusson, King of Norway (b. 1099)

Baha' al-Dawla, Buyid amir of Iraq

Yuan Qianyao, official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty