History Deaths on December 31

Bill Idelson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1919)

#Bill_Idelson

Phillip Whitehead, English screenwriter, producer, and politician (b. 1937)

#Phillip_Whitehead

Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1400)

#Richard_Neville,_5th_Earl_of_Salisbury

Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937)

#Kader_Khan

Bianca Maria Sforza, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1472)

#Bianca_Maria_Sforza

John Wycliffe, English philosopher, theologian, and translator (b. 1331)

#John_Wycliffe

Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1540)

#Ludolph_van_Ceulen

S. Arthur Spiegel, American captain, lawyer, and judge (b. 1920)

#S._Arthur_Spiegel

Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (b. 1914)

#Alan_Cranston

Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)

#Roberto_Ciotti

Janusz Radziwi??, Polish-Lithuanian politician (b. 1612)

#Janusz_Radziwi??_(1612-1655)

Elliot Richardson, American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (b. 1920)

#Elliot_Richardson

Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1966)

#Binyamin_Ze'ev_Kahane

Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)

#Roberto_Clemente

Margaret, Countess of Anjou (b. 1273)

#Margaret,_Countess_of_Anjou

William Christopher, American actor (b. 1932)

#William_Christopher

Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)

#Charles_III_Philip,_Elector_Palatine

Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)

#Ólafur_Thors

Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)

#Basil_Wolverton

Abdullah Hussain, Malaysian author (b. 1920)

#Abdullah_Hussain

Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919)

#Eileen_Heckart

Robert Boyle, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)

#Robert_Boyle

Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (b. 1925)

#Irina_Korschunow

Wayne Rogers, American actor and investor (b. 1933)

#Wayne_Rogers

Seiwa, Japanese emperor (b. 850)

#Emperor_Seiwa

Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)

#Gustave_Courbet

Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)

#Jerry_Turner_(anchorman)

Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)

#Zviad_Gamsakhurdia

Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)

#Ottokar_III_of_Styria

Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)

#Samson_Raphael_Hirsch

Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)

#Ricky_Nelson

George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)

#George_Kerferd

Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)

#Dorgon

Raoul Walsh, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1887)

#Raoul_Walsh

John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)

#John_Flamsteed

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)

#Giovanni_Alfonso_Borelli

Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)

#Catherine_of_Braganza

R?za Tevfik Bölükba??, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)

#R?za_Tevfik_Bölükba??

Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)

#Archibald_Hoxsey

Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)

#Jean-François_Marmontel

Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)

#Donald_E._Westlake

Oliver St John, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (b. 1598)

#Oliver_St_John

Billie Dove, American actress (b. 1903)

#Billie_Dove

Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)

#Boies_Penrose

Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)

#Samuel_Ajayi_Crowther

Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)

#Gérard_Debreu

Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)

#Henry_Maitland_Wilson

Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)

#Spencer_Trask

Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British soldier and politician (b. 1915)

#Valerian_Wellesley,_8th_Duke_of_Wellington

Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)

#Albert_Plesman

Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)

#Aleksis_Kivi

Ion Creang?, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)

#Ion_Creang?

Dudley North, English merchant and economist (b. 1641)

#Dudley_North_(economist)

Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (b. 1891)

#Giovanni_Michelucci

Ettore Sottsass, Austrian-Italian architect and designer (b. 1917)

#Ettore_Sottsass

Peter Ebert, English director and producer (b. 1918)

#Peter_Ebert

Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)

#Pancha_Carrasco

Leopold V, Duke of Austria (b. 1157)

#Leopold_V,_Duke_of_Austria

Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

#Thomas_Joannes_Stieltjes

Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1927)

#Per_Oscarsson

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)

#Miguel_de_Unamuno

George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)

#George_Lewis_(clarinetist)

Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)

#Frederick_III,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Beth Howland, American actress (b. 1941)

#Beth_Howland

Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (b. 1926)

#Günter_Rössler

Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimy? (b. 1493)

#Shimazu_Tadayoshi

Li Shiji, Chinese general (b. 594)

#Li_Shiji

Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)

#Malcolm_Campbell

Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)

#Woody_Strode

Floyd Cramer, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)

#Floyd_Cramer

John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)

#John_Moisant

Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)

#Marshall_McLuhan

Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)

#Richard_Montgomery

George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)

#George_Allen_(American_football_coach)

William Skeffington, English-Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)

#William_Skeffington

Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (b. 1377)

#Thomas_Beaufort,_Duke_of_Exeter

Commodus, Roman emperor (b. 161)

#Commodus

Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)

#Catherine_Labouré

Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (b. 1524)

#Thomas_Erastus

Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)

#Charles_Koechlin

Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1950)

#Natalie_Cole

Marvin Panch, American race car driver (b. 1926)

Norm Phelps, American author and activist (b. 1939)

Edward Herrmann, American actor (b. 1943)

Bob Grant, American radio host (b. 1929)

James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)

Jovette Marchessault, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1938)

Tarak Mekki, Tunisian businessman and politician (b. 1958)

Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (b. 1925)

Justin Keating, Irish surgeon, journalist, and politician, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (b. 1930)

Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and philosopher (b. 1917)

Milton L. Klein, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1910)

Michael Goldberg, American painter and educator (b. 1924)

Roy Amara, American scientific researcher (b. 1925)

George Sisler, Jr., American businessman (b. 1917)

Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1922)

Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor and educator (b. 1932)

Arthur R. von Hippel German-American physicist and author (b. 1898)

Kevin MacMichael, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1951)

José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer (b. 1918)

Ted Glossop, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934)

Wesley Addy, American actor (b. 1913)

Brandon Teena, American murder victim (b. 1972)

Vasily Lazarev, Russian physician, colonel, and astronaut (b. 1928)

Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907)

Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931)

Henry Gerber, German-American activist, founded the Society for Human Rights (b. 1892)

Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)

Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)

Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)

Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)

Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)

Pierino Belli, Italian commander and jurist (b. 1502)

Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (b. 1385)

Johanna of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia (b. c. 1362)

Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1249)

Ahmad Maymandi, Persian statesman, vizier of the Ghaznavid Empire

Pope Sylvester I

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