Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 16 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 16
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 16
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 604 | Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 553) |
| 705 | Wu Zetian, Empress of the Zhou dynasty (b. 624) |
| 714 | Pepin of Herstal, Frankish statesman (b. 635) |
| 867 | Eberhard of Friuli, Frankish duke (b. 815) |
| 874 | Ado, archbishop of Vienne |
| 882 | John VIII, pope of the Catholic Church |
| 902 | Wei Yifan, chancellor of the Tang dynasty |
| 999 | Adelaide of Italy, Holy Roman Empress (b. 931) |
| 1153 | Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester, Norman nobleman |
| 1263 | Haakon IV, king of Norway (b. 1204) |
| 1316 | Öljaitü, Mongolian ruler (b. 1280) |
| 1325 | Charles, French nobleman (b. 1270) |
| 1378 | Secondotto, marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360) |
| 1379 | John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel, English general and politician, Lord Marshall of England (b. 1348) |
| 1470 | John II, duke of Lorraine (b. 1424) |
| 1474 | Ali Qushji, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403) |
| 1515 | Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd Viceroy of Portuguese India (b. 1453) |
| 1558 | Thomas Cheney, English diplomat and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports |
| 1583 | Ivan Fyodorov, Russian printer |
| 1594 | Allison Balfour, Scottish witch |
| 1598 | Yi Sun-sin, Korean general (b. 1545) |
| 1669 | Nathaniel Fiennes, English soldier and politician (b. 1608) |
| 1687 | William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623) |
| 1751 | Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700) |
| 1774 | François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694) |
| 1783 | Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699) |
| 1805 | Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746) |
| 1809 | Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755) |
| 1859 | Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786) |
| 1892 | Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810) |
| 1897 | Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840) |
| 1898 | Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832) |
| 1908 | American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840) |
| 1917 | Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878) |
| 1921 | Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835) |
| 1922 | Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865) |
| 1928 | Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885) |
| 1935 | Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905) |
| 1936 | Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865) |
| 1940 | Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858) |
| 1943 | George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892) |
| 1944 | Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885) |
| 1945 | Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866) |
| 1949 | Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873) |
| 1952 | Robert Henry Best, American journalist (b. 1896) |
| 1956 | Nina Hamnett, Welsh painter and author (b. 1890) |
| 1961 | Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882) |
| 1965 | W. Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874) |
| 1968 | Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (b. 1912) |
| 1969 | Alphonse Castex, French rugby union player (b. 1899) |
| 1970 | Oscar Lewis, American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914) |
| 1974 | Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884) |
| 1976 | Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917) |
| 1977 | Risto Jarva, Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934) |
| 1980 | Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (b. 1890) |
| 1982 | Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars (b. 1928) |
| 1983 | Debs Garms, American baseball player (b. 1907) |
| 1984 | Karl Deichgräber, German philologist and academic (b. 1903) |
| 1985 | Thomas Bilotti, American mobster (b. 1940) |
| 1989 | Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913) |
| 1991 | Eszter Tamási, Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938) |
| 1993 | Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929) |
| 1996 | Quentin Bell, English historian and author (b. 1910) |
| 1997 | Lillian Disney, American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899) |
| 1998 | William Gaddis, American author and academic (b. 1922) |
| 2001 | Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958) |
| 2003 | Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914) |
| 2004 | Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
| 2005 | Kenneth Bulmer, English author (b. 1921) |
| 2006 | Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940) |
| 2007 | Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) |
| 2009 | Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930) |
| 2010 | Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923) |
| 2011 | Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
| 2012 | Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920) |
| 2013 | James Flint, English commander (b. 1913) |
| 2014 | Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947) |
| 2015 | Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927) |
| 2017 | Keely Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1928) |
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