Famous Deaths on December 31, Who Died on December 31

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Date Name
0045 Quintus Fabius Maximus, consul suffectus
1032 Ahmad Maymandi, Persian statesman, vizier of the Ghaznavid Empire
1164 Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124)
1194 Leopold V, Duke of Austria (b. 1157)
1298 Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1249)
1299 Margaret, Countess of Anjou (b. 1273)
1302 Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238)
1384 John Wycliffe, English philosopher, theologian, and translator (b. 1331)
1386 Johanna of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia (b. c. 1362)
1426 Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (b. 1377)
1439 Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (b. 1385)
1460 Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1400)
1510 Bianca Maria Sforza, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1472)
1535 William Skeffington, English-Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465)
1568 Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyō (b. 1493)
1575 Pierino Belli, Italian commander and jurist (b. 1502)
1583 Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (b. 1524)
1610 Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1540)
1637 Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen, German count (b. 1585)
1650 Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612)
1655 Janusz Radziwiłł, Polish–Lithuanian politician (b. 1612)
1673 Oliver St John, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (b. 1598)
1679 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608)
1691 Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)
1705 Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
1719 John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)
1730 Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)
1742 Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
1775 Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)
1799 Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
1818 Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)
1872 Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
1876 Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
1877 Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
1888 Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
1889 Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
1890 Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
1891 Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
1894 Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
1909 Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
1910 Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
192 Commodus, Roman emperor (b. 161)
1921 Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)
1934 Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist (b. 1849)
1936 Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)
1948 Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
1949 Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
1950 Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
1951 Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
1953 Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
1964 Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
1968 George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)
1970 Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
1972 Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934)
1978 Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909)
1980 Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911)
1983 Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931)
1985 Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940)
1987 Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929)
1988 Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907)
1990 George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
1993 Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939)
1994 Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914)
1996 Wesley Addy, American actor (b. 1913)
1997 Floyd Cramer, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
1998 Ted Glossop, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934)
1999 Elliot Richardson, American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (b. 1920)
2000 Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (b. 1914)
2001 Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919)
2002 Kevin MacMichael, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1951)
2003 Arthur R. von Hippel German-American physicist and author (b. 1898)
2004 Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921)
2005 Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor and educator (b. 1932)
2006 Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1922)
2007 Roy Amara, American scientific researcher (b. 1925)
2008 Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2009 Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and philosopher (b. 1917)
2010 Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (b. 1925)
2012 Peter Ebert, English director and producer (b. 1918)
2013 James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
2014 Edward Herrmann, American actor (b. 1943)
2015 Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1950)
2016 William Christopher, American actor (b. 1932)
2018 Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937)
2021 Betty White, American actress, comedian and producer (b. 1922)
2022 Pope Benedict XVI, German Roman Catholic cardinal and theologian, pope (2005–2013) and archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977–1982) (b. 1927)
335 Pope Sylvester I
669 Li Shiji, Chinese general (b. 594)