Famous Deaths on December 6, Who Died on December 6
Here is a list who died on December 6. Famous deaths for the 6th of December. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on December 6. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1185 | Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109) |
| 1305 | Maximus, Metropolitan of Kiev |
| 1306 | Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1270) |
| 1352 | Pope Clement VI (b. 1291) |
| 1562 | Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter (b. 1495) |
| 1616 | Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (b. 1552) |
| 1618 | Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) |
| 1658 | Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601) |
| 1675 | John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602) |
| 1686 | Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630) |
| 1716 | Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642) |
| 1718 | Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674) |
| 1746 | Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665) |
| 1771 | Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682) |
| 1779 | Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) |
| 1788 | Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714) |
| 1855 | William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789) |
| 1867 | Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794) |
| 1868 | August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821) |
| 1878 | Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814) |
| 1879 | Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814) |
| 1882 | Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819) |
| 1882 | Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815) |
| 1889 | Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808) |
| 1892 | Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816) |
| 1918 | Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851) |
| 1921 | Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865) |
| 1924 | Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863) |
| 1945 | Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870) |
| 1951 | Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892) |
| 1955 | Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874) |
| 1956 | B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891) |
| 1961 | Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925) |
| 1964 | Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895) |
| 1972 | Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934) |
| 1974 | Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904) |
| 1976 | João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918) |
| 1980 | Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911) |
| 1982 | Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927) |
| 1983 | Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903) |
| 1983 | Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani poet, historian, and politician (b. 1914) |
| 1985 | Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917) |
| 1985 | Burleigh Grimes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1893) |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936) |
| 1989 | Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902) |
| 1989 | Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer (b. 1902) |
| 1989 | John Payne, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1912) |
| 1990 | Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) |
| 1990 | Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1903) |
| 1991 | Mimi Smith, English nurse (b. 1906) |
| 1991 | Richard Stone, English economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913) |
| 1993 | Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908) |
| 1994 | Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (b. 1922) |
| 1994 | Gian Maria Volonté, Italian actor and director (b. 1933) |
| 1996 | Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926) |
| 1997 | Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918) |
| 1998 | César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (b. 1921) |
| 2000 | Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920) |
| 2000 | Aziz Mian, Pakistani singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1942) |
| 2001 | Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948) |
| 2001 | Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923) |
| 2002 | Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923) |
| 2003 | Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918) |
| 2005 | Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932) |
| 2005 | Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923) |
| 2005 | Danny Williams, South African singer (b. 1942) |
| 2005 | William P. Yarborough, American general (b. 1912) |
| 2006 | John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922) |
| 2010 | Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953) |
| 2011 | Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940) |
| 2012 | Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961) |
| 2012 | Jan Carew, Guyanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920) |
| 2012 | Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (b. 1933) |
| 2012 | Huw Lloyd-Langton, English guitarist (b. 1951) |
| 2012 | Pedro Vaz, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay (b. 1963) |
| 2013 | Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (b. 1939) |
| 2013 | Stan Tracey, English pianist and composer (b. 1926) |
| 2013 | M. K. Turk, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942) |
| 2014 | Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922) |
| 2014 | Jimmy Del Ray, American wrestler and manager (b. 1962) |
| 2014 | Fred Hawkins, American golfer (b. 1923) |
| 2014 | Luke Somers, English-American photographer and journalist (b. 1981) |
| 2015 | Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945) |
| 2015 | Liu Juying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1917) |
| 2015 | Nicholas Smith, British actor (b. 1934) |
| 2016 | Peter Vaughan, British actor (b.1923) |
| 2017 | Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor (b. 1943) |
| 343 | Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (b. 270) |
| 735 | Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676) |
| 762 | Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710) |
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