History Deaths on December 25

Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (b. 1918)

#Halfdan_Hegtun

William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592)

#William_Cavendish,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle

Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)

#Jakob_Mändmets

Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (b. 1863)

#Charles_Pathé

Mike Hegan, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1942)

#Mike_Hegan

James Brown, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)

#James_Brown

Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1906)

#Emmanuel_Levinas

Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)

#Yosa_Buson

Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)

#Agnes_Ayres

Karel ?apek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)

#Karel_?apek

Gaspar G. Bacon, American lawyer and politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)

#Gaspar_G._Bacon

Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)

#Vladimir_Korolenko

Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)

#Karl_Abraham

W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian, juggler, and screenwriter (b. 1880)

#W._C._Fields

Elena Ceau?escu, Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania (b. 1916)

#Elena_Ceau?escu

Lettice Knollys, English noblewoman (b. 1540)

#Lettice_Knollys

Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)

#Jordi_Bonet

Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (b. 1916)

#Zail_Singh

Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Scottish peer and general (b. 1676)

#Henry_Scott,_1st_Earl_of_Deloraine

Henry III of Castile (b. 1379)

#Henry_III_of_Castile

William Lawless, Irish revolutionary, later French Army general (b. 1772)

#William_Lawless

Samuel de Champlain, French soldier, geographer, and explorer (b. 1567)

#Samuel_de_Champlain

George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (b. 1909)

#George_Steer

Ricardo Porro, Cuban-French architect (b. 1925)

#Ricardo_Porro

Velu Nachiyar, Queen of Sivagangai (b. 1730)

#Velu_Nachiyar

Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)

#Paul_Bourget

Derek Bailey, English guitarist (b. 1930)

#Derek_Bailey_(guitarist)

?smet ?nönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (b. 1884)

#?smet_?nönü

Emperor Taish? of Japan (b. 1879)

#Emperor_Taish?

Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1940)

#Erico_Aumentado

Dean Martin, American singer and actor (b. 1917)

#Dean_Martin

Sh?hei ?oka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)

#Sh?hei_?oka

Denver Pyle, American actor (b. 1920)

#Denver_Pyle

Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (b. 1888)

#Owen_Brewster

Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (b. 1884)

#Leon_Schlesinger

Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1964)

#Vic_Chesnutt

Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927)

#Eartha_Kitt

Sverker the Elder, king of Sweden

#Sverker_I_of_Sweden

Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (b. 1913)

#Gunnar_Kangro

George Clayton Johnson, American author and screenwriter (b. 1929)

#George_Clayton_Johnson

Vera Rubin, American astronomer (b. 1928)

#Vera_Rubin

Jim Beauchamp, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)

#Jim_Beauchamp

Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896)

#Tristan_Tzara

Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1940)

#Gennadi_Strekalov

Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 111th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1634)

#Kara_Mustafa_Pasha

Peter the Venerable, French abbot and saint (b. 1092)

#Peter_the_Venerable

James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714)

#James_Hervey

William Haselden, British cartoonist (b. 1872)

#William_Haselden

Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865)

#Patsy_Donovan

George Michael, British singer and songwriter (b. 1963)

#George_Michael

Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (b. 1908)

#Willard_Van_Orman_Quine

Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (b. 1922)

#Carlos_Andrés_Pérez

Nicolae Ceau?escu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (b. 1918)

#Nicolae_Ceau?escu

Pope Adrian I (b. 700)

#Pope_Adrian_I

Sulagitti Narasamma, Indian midwife (b. 1920)

#Sulagitti_Narasamma

Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (b. 1889)

#Charlie_Chaplin

Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (b. 1880)

#Gabriel_Voisin

Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)

#Otto_Loewi

Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)

#Young_Tom_Morris

Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (b. 1929)

#Nicholas_Mavroules

Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)

#Francesc_Macià

Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1878)

#Robert_Walser_(writer)

Valery Khalilov, Russian military musician and composer (b. 1952)

#Valery_Khalilov

Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1918)

#Birgit_Nilsson

Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)

#Joan_Miró

Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)

#Fridolin_Anderwert

Margrethe Mather, American photographer (b. 1886)

#Margrethe_Mather

Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish explorer and politician, 1st Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1500)

#Pedro_de_Valdivia

Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)

#Albert_Chmielowski

Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)

#Barbara_von_Krüdener

Benny Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1904)

#Benny_Binion

Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1884)

#Richard_S._Aldrich

Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906)

#Joan_Blondell

Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)

#Billy_Martin

Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (b. 1958)

#Anatoli_Boukreev

Saint Anastasia

#Anastasia_of_Sirmium

Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1609)

#Matthew_Hale_(jurist)

D. Herbert Lipson, American magazine publisher (Philadelphia, Boston)

Dorothy M. Murdock, American author and historian (b. 1961)

David Ryall, English actor (b. 1935)

Geoff Pullar, English cricketer (b. 1935)

Mel Mathay, Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City (b. 1932)

Lola Lange, Canadian rural feminist and appointee to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women (b. 1922)

Wayne Harrison, English footballer (b. 1967)

David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist and academic (b. 1930)

Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (b. 1961)

?erafettin Elçi, Turkish lawyer, politician, government minister (b. 1938)

Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1959)

Joe Krivak, American football player and coach (b. 1935)

Simms Taback, American author and illustrator (b. 1932)

Jim Sherwood, American saxophonist (b. 1942)

Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (b. 1920)

Des Barrick, English cricketer (b. 1927)

Joseph Pararajasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, businessman, and politician (b. 1934)

Robert Barbers, Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician, 15th Filipino Secretary of the Interior (b. 1944)

Alfred A. Tomatis, French otolaryngologist and academic (b. 1920)

Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1939)

Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1928)

Chang Kee-ryo, Korean surgeon (b. 1914)

Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (b. 1899)

Monica Dickens, British-American nurse and author (b. 1915)

Wilbur Snyder, American football player and wrestler (b. 1929)

Robert Pirosh, American director and screenwriter (b. 1910)

Frederick F. Houser, American judge and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1905)

Betty Garde, American actress (b. 1905)

Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle, English entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1920)

Fred Emney, English actor and comedian (b. 1900)

Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (b. 1881)

Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)

Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903)

Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)

Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)

George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1454)

Elisabeth, Countess of Neuchâtel, Swiss ruler

Mestwin II, Duke of Pomerania

Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (b. c. 1120)

Makan ibn Kaki, Iranian general

Zhang Jingda, general of Later Tang