History Deaths on December 29

Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)

#Thomas_Sydenham

Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Australian soldier and author (b. 1923)

#Roland_Griffiths-Marsh

Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)

#Andrei_Tarkovsky

Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)

#Harold_Macmillan

Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)

#Félix_Vallotton

Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)

#Spotted_Elk

Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (b. 1937)

#Eero_Mäntyranta

Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)

#Marie_Menken

Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)

#Rainer_Maria_Rilke

Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)

#Brook_Taylor

Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)

#Diogo_de_Carvalho_e_Sampayo

Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)

#Ferdinand_Johann_Wiedemann

Wojciech Kilar, Polish classical and film music composer (b. 1932)

#Wojciech_Kilar

Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)

#Nadezhda_Mandelstam

Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)

#Eden_Phillpotts

Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (b. 1978)

#Benjamin_Curtis_(musician)

Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)

#Miroslav_Krleža

Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)

#Christina_Rossetti

Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)

#Johan_Herman_Wessel

Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (b. 1118)

#Thomas_Becket

Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)

#Takashi_Asahina

Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)

#Tullio_Levi-Civita

William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)

#William_James_Linton

John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)

#John_Albert_Vasa

Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)

#Jacques-Louis_David

Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)

#Don_Marquis

Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)

#Sebastian_Castellio

Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)

#Paul_Whiteman

Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (b. 1922)

#Om_Prakash_Malhotra

Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)

#Mike_Beuttler

Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)

#Empress_Genmei

Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1956)

#Avi_Cohen

Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)

#Robin_Milford

Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)

#Reginald_Doherty

Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)

#Leopold_Kronecker

Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)

#Carl_Spitteler

Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)

#Connie_Dierking

Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (b. 1927)

#Edward_Meneeley

LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (b. 1930)

#LaVell_Edwards

Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)

#Sarah_Baartman

Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)

#Wilhelm_Maybach

Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)

#Julius_Axelrod

Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (b. 1951)

#Jagadish_Mohanty

John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)

#John_Henry_Leech

Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)

#Freddie_Hubbard

Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (b. 1977)

Pavel Srní?ek, Czech footballer and coach (b. 1968)

Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1933)

Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)

C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)

Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (b. 1933)

Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)

Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)

Steven Williams, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)

Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)

Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)

Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)

Adele Stimmel Chase, American sculptor and painter (b. 1917)

Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)

Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (b. 1930)

Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)

Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)

Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)

Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)

Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)

Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)

Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)

Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)

Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)

Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)

Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)

Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1557)

Queen Munjeong of Korea (b. 1501)

Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (b. 1468)

Mathew Swetenham, bow bearer of Henry IV

Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1305)

Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, (b. 1168)

Agnes I, Abbess of Quedlinburg (b.c. 1090)