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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[217]] – [[Judah ha-Nasi|Yehudah HaNasi]], '[[Nasi (Hebrew title)|Nasi]]', [[Rabbi]] and editor of the [[Mishnah]] (born 135) * [[660]] – [[Saint Eligius|Eligius]], Frankish bishop and saint (born 588) * [[948]] – [[Gao Conghui]], Chinese governor and prince (born 891) * [[969]] – [[Fujiwara no Morotada]], Japanese statesman (born 920) *[[1018]] – [[Thietmar of Merseburg]], German bishop (born 975) *[[1135]] – [[Henry I of England|Henry I]], king of England (born 1068) *[[1241]] – [[Isabella of England]], Holy Roman Empress (born 1214) *[[1255]] – [[Muhammad III of Alamut]], Nizari Ismaili Imam<ref name=Daftary1992p422>{{cite book |last1=Daftary |first1=Farhad |title=The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines |date=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-42974-0 |page=422 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1335]] – [[Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan]], Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate (born 1305) *[[1374]] – [[Magnus Eriksson]], king of Sweden (born 1316) *[[1433]] – [[Emperor Go-Komatsu|Go-Komatsu]], emperor of Japan (born 1377) *[[1455]] – [[Lorenzo Ghiberti]], Italian goldsmith and sculptor (born 1378) *[[1521]] – [[Pope Leo X|Leo X]], pope of the Catholic Church (born 1475)<ref>{{cite web |title=Leo X | pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leo-X |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1530]] – [[Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy|Margaret of Austria]], duchess of Savoy (born 1480) *[[1580]] – [[Giovanni Morone]], Italian cardinal (born 1509) *[[1581]] – [[Alexander Briant]], English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (born 1556) * 1581 – [[Edmund Campion]], English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (born 1540) * 1581 – [[Ralph Sherwin (priest)|Ralph Sherwin]], English Roman Catholic priest, martyr, and saint (born 1550) ===1601–1900=== *[[1633]] – [[Isabella Clara Eugenia]], infanta of Spain (born 1566) *[[1640]] – [[Miguel de Vasconcelos]], Portuguese politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of Portugal|Prime Minister of Portugal]] (born 1590) *[[1660]] – [[Pierre d'Hozier]], French genealogist and historian (born 1592) *[[1729]] – [[Giacomo F. Maraldi]], French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (born 1665) *[[1750]] – [[Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr]], German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (born 1671) *[[1755]] – [[Maurice Greene (composer)|Maurice Greene]], English organist and composer (born 1696) *[[1767]] – [[Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan]], Scottish politician (born 1710) *[[1825]] – [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]], emperor and autocrat of Russia (born 1777) *[[1865]] – [[Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich]], Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (born 1796) *[[1866]] – [[George Everest]], Welsh geographer and surveyor (born 1790) *[[1867]] – [[Charles Gray Round]], English lawyer and politician (born 1797) *[[1884]] – [[William Swainson (lawyer)|William Swainson]], English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, [[Attorney-General (New Zealand)|Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand]] (born 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1913]] – [[Juhan Liiv]], Estonian poet and author (born 1864) *[[1914]] – [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]], American captain and historian (born 1840) *[[1916]] – [[Charles de Foucauld]], French priest and martyr (born 1858) *[[1923]] – [[Virginie Loveling]], Belgian author and poet (born 1836)<ref>{{cite book |first=Lia |last=Van Gemert |title=Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875: A Bilingual Anthology |location=Amsterdam |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |year=2011 |page=559 |isbn=978-9-08964-129-8}}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[José Eustasio Rivera]], Colombian-American lawyer and poet (born 1888) *[[1933]] – [[Pekka Halonen]], Finnish painter (born 1865) *[[1934]] – [[Sergey Kirov]], Russian engineer and politician (born 1886) *[[1935]] – [[Bernhard Schmidt]], Estonian-German optician, invented the [[Schmidt camera]] (born 1879) *[[1942]] – [[Leon Wachholz]], Polish scientist and medical examiner (born 1867)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://krakowianie1939-56.mhk.pl/pl/archiwum,1,wachholz,3663.chtm |title=Archiwum ofiar terroru nazistowskiego i komunistycznego w Krakowie 1939 - 1956 |language=pl |trans-title=Archive of victims of Nazi and communist terror in Krakow 1939 - 1956 |access-date=Dec 9, 2020}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Damrong Rajanubhab]], Thai historian and educator (born 1862) *[[1944]] – [[Charlie Kerins]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republican]] executed by hanging (born 1918)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://republicansinnfein.org/2013/12/21/1215/ |title=Charlie Kerins commemorated in Tralee |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=20 December 2013 |website=Irish Republican Information Service |publisher= |access-date=19 May 2023 |quote=}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Aleister Crowley]], English magician, poet, and mountaineer (born 1875) * 1947 – [[G. H. Hardy]], English mathematician and theorist (born 1877) *[[1950]] – [[Ernest John Moeran]], English pianist and composer (born 1894) *[[1954]] – [[Fred Rose (songwriter)|Fred Rose]], American pianist, composer, and publisher (born 1898) *[[1958]] – [[Elizabeth Peratrovich]], American civil rights activist (born 1911)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weingroff |first1=Richard F. |title=Who Is Elizabeth Peratrovich? The Story Behind the Country's First Anti-Discrimination Law |url=https://highways.dot.gov/highway-history/general-highway-history/who-elizabeth-peratrovich-story-behind-countrys-first-anti |website=[[Federal Highway Administration|Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)]] |publisher=U.S. Federal Highway Administration |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[J. B. S. Haldane]], English-Indian geneticist and biologist (born 1892) * 1964 – [[Charilaos Vasilakos]], Greek runner (born 1877) *[[1968]] – [[Nicolae Bretan]], Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (born 1887) * 1968 – [[Darío Moreno]], Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1921) *[[1973]] – [[David Ben-Gurion]], Israeli politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (born 1886) *[[1975]] – [[Nellie Fox]], American baseball player and coach (born 1927) * 1975 – [[Ernesto Maserati]], Italian race car driver and engineer (born 1898) * 1975 – [[Anna Roosevelt Halsted]], American journalist (born 1906) *[[1981]] – [[Russ Manning]], American author and illustrator (born 1929) *[[1984]] – [[Roelof Frankot]], Dutch painter and photographer (born 1911) *[[1986]] – [[Frank McCarthy (producer)|Frank McCarthy]], American general and film producer (born 1912) *[[1987]] – [[James Baldwin]], American novelist, poet, and critic (born 1924) * 1987 – [[Punch Imlach]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1918) *[[1988]] – [[J. Vernon McGee]], American pastor and theologian (born 1904) *[[1989]] – [[Alvin Ailey]], American dancer and choreographer (born 1931) *[[1990]] – [[Carla Lehmann]], Canadian-English actress (born 1917) *[[1991]] – [[Pat O'Callaghan]], Irish athlete (born 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=Patrick O'Callaghan |url=https://www.olympic.org/patrick-o-callaghan |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> * 1991 – [[George Stigler]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1911) *[[1993]] – [[Ray Gillen]], American singer-songwriter (born 1959) *[[1995]] – [[Hopper Levett]], English cricketer (born 1908) * 1995 – [[Colin Tapley]], New Zealand-English actor (born 1907) * 1995 – [[Maxwell R. Thurman]], American general (born 1931) *[[1996]] – [[Peter Bronfman]], Canadian businessman (born 1928) *[[1997]] – [[Michel Bélanger]], Canadian banker and businessman (born 1929) * 1997 – [[Stéphane Grappelli]], French violinist (born 1908) * 1997 – [[Endicott Peabody]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 62nd [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (born 1920) *[[1998]] – [[Janet Lewis]], American poet and novelist (born 1899)<ref name=NYTobit>{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Janet Lewis, 99, Poet of Spirit and Keeper of the Hearth, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/05/arts/janet-lewis-99-poet-of-spirit-and-keeper-of-the-hearth-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=5 December 1998 |page=C 16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Janet Lewis |author=Davis, Dick |newspaper=The Independent |date=December 15, 1998 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-janet-lewis-1191516.html |accessdate=July 11, 2010}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Ellis R. Dungan]], American director and producer (born 1909) *[[2002]] – [[Edward L. Beach Jr.]], American captain and author (born 1918) * 2002 – [[Dave McNally]], American baseball player (born 1942) *[[2003]] – [[Clark Kerr]], American economist and academic (born 1911) * 2003 – [[Eugenio Monti]], Italian bobsledder (born 1928) *[[2004]] – [[Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]] (born 1911)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld | prince of the Netherlands |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernhard-prince-of-the-Netherlands-prince-of-Lippe-Biesterfeld |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=1 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Bill Brown (goalkeeper)|Bill Brown]], Scottish footballer (born 1931) *[[2005]] – [[Gust Avrakotos]], American [[CIA]] officer (born 1938) * 2005 – [[Mary Hayley Bell]], English actress and playwright (born 1911) * 2005 – [[Freeman V. Horner]], American soldier, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (born 1922) *[[2006]] – [[Claude Jade]], French actress (born 1948) * 2006 – [[Bruce Trigger]], Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and historian (born 1937) *[[2007]] – [[Ken McGregor]], Australian tennis player and footballer (born 1929) * 2007 – [[Anton Rodgers]], British actor (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=Anton Rodgers | Television industry |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/dec/04/guardianobituaries.television |website=The Guardian |date=4 December 2007 |access-date=1 December 2020 |last1=Barker |first1=Dennis }}</ref> * 2007 – [[Ivo Rojnica]], Croatian-Argentine war crimes suspect, businessman, diplomat, and intelligence agent (born 1915)<ref>{{cite book |last=Brozović |first=Dalibor |year=1999 |title=Hrvatska enciklopedija |volume=1 |language=Croatian |publisher=Leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža" |location=Zagreb, Croatia |isbn=978-9-53603-629-5 |page=400}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Paul Benedict]], American actor (born 1938) * 2008 – [[Joseph B. Wirthlin]], American businessman and religious leader (born 1917) *[[2010]] – [[Adriaan Blaauw]], Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1914) * 2010 – [[Hillard Elkins]], American actor and producer (born 1929) *[[2011]] – [[Christa Wolf]], German author and critic (born 1929) *[[2012]] – [[Jovan Belcher]], American football player (born 1987) * 2012 – [[Arthur Chaskalson]], South African lawyer and judge, 18th [[Chief Justice of South Africa]] (born 1931) * 2012 – [[Rick Majerus]], American basketball player and coach (born 1948) * 2012 – [[Ed Price (Florida politician)|Ed Price]], American soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1918) *[[2013]] – [[Richard Coughlan]], English drummer (born 1947) * 2013 – [[Stirling Colgate]], American physicist and academic (born 1925) * 2013 – [[Edward Heffron]], American soldier (born 1923) * 2013 – [[Martin Sharp]], Australian cartoonist and songwriter (born 1942) *[[2014]] – [[Mario Abramovich]], Argentinian violinist and composer (born 1926) * 2014 – [[Dimitrios Trichopoulos]], Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (born 1938) * 2014 – [[Rocky Wood]], New Zealand-Australian author (born 1959) *[[2015]] – [[Rob Blokzijl]], Dutch physicist and computer scientist (born 1943) * 2015 – [[Joseph Engelberger]], American physicist and engineer (born 1925) * 2015 – [[John F. Kurtzke]], American neurologist and academic (born 1926) * 2015 – [[Jim Loscutoff]], American basketball player (born 1930) * 2015 – [[Trevor Obst]], Australian footballer and coach (born 1940) *[[2018]] – [[Vivian Lynn]], New Zealand artist (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vivian Lynn |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/1412 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz |access-date=7 August 2020}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Ken Berry]], American actor, dancer, and singer (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ken-berry-dead-f-troop-mamas-family-star-was-85-999739 |title=Ken Berry, Star of 'F Troop' and 'Mama's Family,' Dies at 85 |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=December 1, 2018 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Paula Tilbrook]], English actress (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Paula Tilbrook |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/obituaries-archive/obituaries/paula-tilbrook |website=The Stage |access-date=15 July 2020 |language=En}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Arnie Robinson]], American athlete (born 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/sports-columnists/story/2020-12-01/arnie-robinson-olympics-long-jump-gold-montreal-died-san-diego-aztecs-mesa-college |title=Column: Arnie Robinson dies at 72; Olympic long jump gold medalist, San Diego mainstay |date=December 1, 2020 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/arnie-robinson-1.html |title=Arnie Robinson |archive-date=2020-04-17 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/arnie-robinson-1.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Gaylord Perry]], American baseball player and coach (born 1938)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gaylord-perry-died-baseball-hall-famer-pitcher-dead-age-84/ |title=Gaylord Perry, two-time Cy Young winner and master of the spitball, dies at 84 |website=CBSNews.com |date=December 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Sandra Day O'Connor]], first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981–2006) (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sandra-day-oconnor-former-supreme-court-justice-dead-93 |title=Sandra Day O'Connor, former Supreme Court Justice, dead at 93 |website=FoxNews.com |date=December 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Terry Griffiths]], Welsh snooker player and coach (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 2, 2024 |title=Terry Griffiths: Former world snooker champion dies after lengthy battle with dementia |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12040/13265097/terry-griffiths-former-world-snooker-champion-dies-after-lengthy-battle-with-dementia |access-date=December 2, 2024 |work=[[Sky Sports]]}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Ian Redpath]], Australian cricketer and coach (born 1941)<ref name="k405">{{cite web |title=Tributes as Australian Cricket Hall of Famer Ian Redpath passes away, aged 83 |website=foxsports.com.au |date=1 December 2024 |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/tributes-as-australian-cricket-hall-of-famer-ian-redpath-passes-away-aged-83/news-story/44be6336ec49583e3f5bf976126132a9 |access-date=1 December 2024}}</ref>
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