Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 1 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 1
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 1
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 660 | Eligius, Frankish bishop and saint (b. 588) |
| 948 | Gao Conghui, Chinese governor and prince (b. 891) |
| 969 | Fujiwara no Morotada, Japanese statesman (b. 920) |
| 1018 | Thietmar of Merseburg, German bishop (b. 975) |
| 1135 | Henry I, king of England (b. 1068) |
| 1241 | Isabella of England, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1214) |
| 1255 | Muhammad III of Alamut, Nizari Ismaili Imam |
| 1374 | Magnus Ericson, king of Sweden (b. 1316) |
| 1433 | Go-Komatsu, emperor of Japan (b. 1377) |
| 1455 | Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian goldsmith and sculptor (b. 1378) |
| 1521 | Leo X, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1475) |
| 1530 | Margaret of Austria, duchess of Savoy (b. 1480) |
| 1580 | Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509) |
| 1581 | Alexander Briant, English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint (b. 1556) |
| 1633 | Isabella Clara Eugenia, infanta of Spain (b. 1566) |
| 1640 | Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1590) |
| 1729 | Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1665) |
| 1750 | Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671) |
| 1755 | Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (b. 1696) |
| 1767 | Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710) |
| 1825 | Alexander I, emperor and autocrat of Russia (b. 1777) |
| 1865 | Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss pastor, poet, and educator (b. 1796) |
| 1866 | George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor (b. 1790) |
| 1867 | Charles Gray Round, English lawyer and politician (b. 1797) |
| 1884 | William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809) |
| 1913 | Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (b. 1864) |
| 1914 | Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840) |
| 1916 | Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (b. 1858) |
| 1923 | Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836) |
| 1928 | José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian-American lawyer and poet (b. 1888) |
| 1933 | Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (b. 1865) |
| 1934 | Sergey Kirov, Russian engineer and politician (b. 1886) |
| 1935 | Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879) |
| 1942 | Leon Wachholz, Polish scientist and medical examiner (b. 1867) |
| 1943 | Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862) |
| 1947 | Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875) |
| 1950 | Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894) |
| 1954 | Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898) |
| 1958 | Elizabeth Peratrovich, Alaskan-American civil rights activist (b. 1911) |
| 1964 | J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892) |
| 1968 | Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887) |
| 1973 | David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886) |
| 1975 | Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927) |
| 1981 | Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929) |
| 1984 | Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911) |
| 1986 | Frank McCarthy, American general and film producer (b. 1912) |
| 1987 | James Baldwin, American novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1924) |
| 1988 | J. Vernon McGee, American pastor and theologian (b. 1904) |
| 1989 | Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931) |
| 1990 | Carla Lehmann, Canadian-English actress (b. 1917) |
| 1991 | George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) |
| 1993 | Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (b. 1959) |
| 1995 | Hopper Levett, English cricketer (b. 1908) |
| 1996 | Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928) |
| 1997 | Michel Bélanger, Canadian banker and businessman (b. 1929) |
| 2001 | Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (b. 1909) |
| 2002 | Edward L. Beach Jr., American captain and author (b. 1918) |
| 2003 | Clark Kerr, American economist and academic (b. 1911) |
| 2004 | Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911) |
| 2005 | Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938) |
| 2006 | Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948) |
| 2007 | Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player and footballer (b. 1929) |
| 2008 | Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938) |
| 2010 | Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1914) |
| 2011 | Christa Wolf, German author and critic (b. 1929) |
| 2012 | Jovan Belcher, American football player (b. 1987) |
| 2013 | Richard Coughlan, English drummer (b. 1947) |
| 2014 | Mario Abramovich, Argentinian violinist and composer (b. 1926) |
| 2015 | Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (b. 1943) |
| 2018 | Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (b. 1931) |
| 2019 | Paula Tilbrook, English actress (b. 1930) |
| 2020 | Arnie Robinson, American athlete (b. 1948)[59] |
| 2022 | Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1938) |
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