Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
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
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 10
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 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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