Here is a list who died on date 10 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 10
Name | Date |
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925 | Sancho I, king of Pamplona |
949 | Herman I, Duke of Swabia |
990 | Folcmar, bishop of Utrecht |
1041 | Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (b. 1010) |
1081 | Nikephoros III Botaneiates, deposed Byzantine Emperor (b. c.1002) |
1113 | Radwan, ruler of Aleppo |
1310 | Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1271) |
1454 | Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch. |
1475 | Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (b. 1397) |
1508 | René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) |
1541 | Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (b. 1514) |
1561 | Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer |
1618 | Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1551) |
1626 | Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581) |
1665 | Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594) |
1736 | António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663) |
1791 | Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (b. 1726) |
1831 | Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770) |
1850 | Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794) |
1865 | Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790) |
1867 | Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836) |
1896 | Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833) |
1909 | Red Cloud, American tribal chief (of the Oglala nation) (b. 1822) |
1911 | Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817) |
1917 | Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823) |
1920 | Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868) |
1922 | Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852) |
1926 | Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845) |
1928 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868) |
1929 | Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (b. 1898) |
1932 | Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857) |
1936 | Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857) |
1939 | John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1879) |
1941 | Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915) |
1944 | John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922) |
1945 | Theodor Dannecker, German captain (b. 1913) |
1946 | Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887) |
1948 | Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896) |
1951 | Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869) |
1953 | Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872) |
1956 | David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891) |
1957 | Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891) |
1958 | Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864) |
1963 | K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894) |
1967 | Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941) |
1968 | Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886) |
1972 | Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894) |
1973 | Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922) |
1974 | Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (b. 1890) |
1977 | Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (b. 1901) |
1978 | Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924) |
1979 | Ann Dvorak, American actress (b. 1911) |
1982 | Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899) |
1987 | Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901) |
1988 | Richard S. Castellano, American actor (b. 1933) |
1990 | Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898) |
1991 | Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic (b. 1901) |
1992 | Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1908) |
1993 | Alice Tully, American soprano (b. 1902) |
1994 | Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (b. 1918) |
1995 | Darren Robinson, American rapper (b. 1967) |
1996 | Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932) |
1999 | Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1943) |
2000 | Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919) |
2001 | Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911) |
2002 | Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945) |
2003 | Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (b. 1924) |
2004 | Gary Webb, American journalist and author (b. 1955) |
2005 | Mary Jackson, American actress (b. 1910) |
2006 | Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (b. 1908) |
2007 | Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (b. 1913) |
2009 | Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (b. 1925) |
2010 | John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917) |
2012 | Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (b. 1931) |
2013 | Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936) |
2014 | Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (b. 1923) |
2015 | Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1948) |
2017 | Bruce Brown, American filmmaker (b. 1937) |
2019 | Philip McKeon, American actor (b. 1964) |
2020 | Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., American actor and wrestler (b. 1958) |
2021 | Michael Nesmith, American musician (The Monkees), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (b. 1942) |
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