Famous Deaths on December 22, Who Died on December 22
Here is a list who died on December 22. Famous deaths for the 22nd of December. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on December 22. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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Who died on December 22?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 0069 | Vitellius, Roman emperor (b. 15) |
| 1060 | Cynesige, Archbishop of York |
| 1100 | Bretislav II of Bohemia (b. 1060) |
| 1115 | Olaf Magnusson, King of Norway (b. 1099) |
| 1419 | Antipope John XXIII |
| 1530 | Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (b. 1470) |
| 1554 | Alessandro Bonvicino, Italian painter (b. 1498) |
| 1572 | François Clouet, French miniaturist (b. c. 1510) |
| 1603 | Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1566) |
| 1641 | Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1560) |
| 1646 | Petro Mohyla, Ruthenian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596) |
| 1660 | André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612) |
| 1666 | Guercino, Italian painter (b. 1591) |
| 1681 | Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611) |
| 1767 | John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713) |
| 1788 | Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714) |
| 1806 | William Vernon, English-American merchant (b. 1719) |
| 1828 | William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766) |
| 1853 | Manuel María Lombardini, Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (b. 1802) |
| 1867 | Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788) |
| 1870 | Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836) |
| 1880 | George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819) |
| 1891 | Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827) |
| 1899 | Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837) |
| 1902 | Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840) |
| 1915 | Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864) |
| 1917 | Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850) |
| 1918 | Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891) |
| 1919 | Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864) |
| 1925 | Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886) |
| 1939 | Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886) |
| 1940 | Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903) |
| 1941 | Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879) |
| 1942 | Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858) |
| 1944 | Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884) |
| 1950 | Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876) |
| 1957 | Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883) |
| 1959 | Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901) |
| 1960 | Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864) |
| 1962 | Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1891) |
| 1965 | Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (b. 1913) |
| 1968 | Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist (b. 1887) |
| 1969 | Enrique Peñaranda, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1892) |
| 1971 | Godfried Bomans, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913) |
| 1974 | Sterling North, American author and critic (b. 1906) |
| 1979 | Darryl F. Zanuck, American director and producer (b. 1902) |
| 1985 | D. Boon, American singer and musician (b. 1958) |
| 1986 | Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904) |
| 1987 | Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953) |
| 1988 | Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (b. 1944) |
| 1989 | Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) |
| 1992 | Harry Bluestone, English violinist and composer (b. 1907) |
| 1993 | Don DeFore, American actor (b. 1913) |
| 1995 | Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (b. 1911) |
| 1996 | Jack Hamm, American cartoonist and television host (b. 1916) |
| 1997 | Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931) |
| 2001 | Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981) |
| 2002 | Desmond Hoyte, Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana (b. 1929) |
| 2004 | Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950) |
| 2006 | Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960) |
| 2007 | Charles Court, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1911) |
| 2009 | Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940) |
| 2010 | Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (b. 1921) |
| 2012 | Chuck Cherundolo, American football player and coach (b. 1916) |
| 2013 | Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956) |
| 2014 | John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (b. 1924) |
| 2015 | Peter Lundblad, Swedish singer-songwriter (b. 1950) |
| 2016 | Chad Robinson, Australian rugby league player (b. 1980) |
| 2017 | Gonzalo Morales Sáurez, Costa Rican painter (b. 1945) |
| 2018 | Paddy Ashdown, British politician (b. 1941) |
| 2019 | Ram Dass, American spiritual teacher and author (b. 1931) |
| 731 | Yuan Qianyao, official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty |
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