Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 7 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 7
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 7
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 0043 | Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (b. 106 BC) |
| 283 | Eutychian, pope of the Catholic Church |
| 881 | Anspert, archbishop of Milan |
| 983 | Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955) |
| 1254 | Innocent IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1195) |
| 1279 | Bolesław V, High Duke of Poland (b. 1226) |
| 1295 | Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, English officer (b. 1243) |
| 1383 | Wenceslaus I, duke of Luxembourg (b. 1337) |
| 1498 | Alexander Hegius von Heek, German poet (b. 1433) |
| 1562 | Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (b. 1490) |
| 1649 | Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (b. 1606) |
| 1672 | Richard Bellingham, English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1592) |
| 1680 | Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (b. 1618) |
| 1683 | Algernon Sidney, English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1623) |
| 1723 | Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (b. 1677) |
| 1725 | Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (b. 1661) |
| 1772 | Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (b. 1695) |
| 1775 | Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (b. 1715) |
| 1793 | Joseph Bara, French soldier and drummer (b. 1779) |
| 1803 | Küçük Hüseyin Pasha, Turkish admiral and politician (b. 1757) |
| 1815 | Michel Ney, German-French general (b. 1769) |
| 1817 | William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (b. 1745) |
| 1837 | Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (b.1814) |
| 1842 | Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789) |
| 1874 | Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815) |
| 1879 | Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811) |
| 1891 | Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823) |
| 1894 | Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805) |
| 1899 | Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857) |
| 1902 | Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840) |
| 1906 | Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833) |
| 1913 | Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828) |
| 1917 | Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826) |
| 1918 | Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859) |
| 1941 | Attack on Pearl Harbor: |
| 1947 | Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866) |
| 1949 | Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877) |
| 1956 | Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887) |
| 1960 | Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882) |
| 1962 | Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895) |
| 1969 | Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903) |
| 1970 | Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883) |
| 1975 | Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (b. 1897) |
| 1976 | Paul Bragg, American nutritionist (b. 1895) |
| 1977 | Paul Gibb, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1913) |
| 1978 | Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (b. 1886) |
| 1979 | Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1900) |
| 1980 | Darby Crash, American punk rock vocalist and songwriter (b. 1958) |
| 1984 | LeeRoy Yarbrough, American race car driver (b. 1938) |
| 1985 | J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906) |
| 1989 | Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (b. 1934) |
| 1990 | Joan Bennett, American actress (b. 1910) |
| 1992 | Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (b. 1909) |
| 1993 | Abidin Dino, Turkish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1913) |
| 1995 | Kathleen Harrison, English actress (b. 1892) |
| 1997 | Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942) |
| 1998 | John Addison, English-American composer and conductor (b. 1920) |
| 2003 | Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913) |
| 2004 | Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (b. 1914) |
| 2005 | Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931) |
| 2006 | Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926) |
| 2008 | Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (b. 1908) |
| 2010 | Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (b. 1949) |
| 2011 | Harry Morgan, American actor (b. 1915) |
| 2012 | Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (b. 1922) |
| 2013 | Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) |
| 2014 | Mark Lewis, American author and educator (b. 1954) |
| 2015 | Gerhard Lenski, American sociologist and academic (b. 1924) |
| 2016 | Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (b. 1964) |
| 2017 | Steve Reevis, Native American actor (b. 1962) |
| 2019 | Ron Saunders, English football player and manager (b. 1932) |
| 2020 | Dick Allen, American baseball player and tenor (b. 1942) |
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