Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 24 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 24
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 24
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 0036 | Gongsun Shu, emperor of Chengjia |
| 427 | Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople |
| 903 | Hedwiga, duchess of Saxony |
| 950 | Shi Hongzhao, Chinese general |
| 1193 | Roger III of Sicily (b. 1175) |
| 1257 | John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) |
| 1263 | Hōjō Tokiyori, regent of Japan (b. 1227) |
| 1281 | Henry V of Luxembourg (b. 1216) |
| 1449 | Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler (b. 1385) |
| 1453 | John Dunstaple, English composer (b. 1390) |
| 1456 | Đurađ Branković, Despot of Serbia (b. 1377) |
| 1473 | John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian (b. 1390) |
| 1524 | Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1469) |
| 1541 | Andreas Karlstadt, Christian theologian and reformer (b. 1486) |
| 1635 | Hester Jonas, German nurse (b. 1570) |
| 1660 | Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631) |
| 1707 | Noël Coypel, French painter and educator (b. 1628) |
| 1813 | Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740) |
| 1844 | Friedrich Bernhard Westphal, Danish-German painter (b. 1803) |
| 1863 | William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811) |
| 1865 | Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793) |
| 1867 | José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician. President of Mexico (1846, 1859) and regent of the Second Mexican Empire (b. 1797) |
| 1872 | William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1820) |
| 1873 | Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795) |
| 1879 | Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (b. 1815) |
| 1889 | Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819) |
| 1893 | B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807) |
| 1898 | Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828) |
| 1914 | John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838) |
| 1920 | Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832) |
| 1926 | Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879) |
| 1931 | Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854) |
| 1935 | Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885) |
| 1938 | Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880) |
| 1941 | Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858) |
| 1942 | François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881) |
| 1945 | Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (b. 1866) |
| 1947 | Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875) |
| 1957 | Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (b. 1894) |
| 1961 | Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (b. 1895) |
| 1962 | Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (b. 1896) |
| 1964 | Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (b. 1915) |
| 1965 | John Black, English businessman (b. 1895) |
| 1967 | Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1913) |
| 1969 | Stanisław Błeszyński, Polish-German entomologist and lepidopterist (b. 1927) |
| 1971 | Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (b. 1924) |
| 1972 | Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882) |
| 1973 | Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b. 1893) |
| 1975 | Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911) |
| 1977 | Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (b. 1917) |
| 1980 | Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891) |
| 1982 | Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897) |
| 1984 | Peter Lawford, English-American actor (b. 1923) |
| 1985 | Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (b. 1904) |
| 1986 | Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911) |
| 1987 | Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, 45th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919) |
| 1988 | Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905) |
| 1990 | Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (b. 1922) |
| 1991 | Virginia Sorensen, American author (b. 1912) |
| 1992 | Bobby LaKind, American singer-songwriter and conga player (b. 1945) |
| 1993 | Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (b. 1898) |
| 1994 | John Boswell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1947) |
| 1997 | James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
| 1998 | Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915) |
| 1999 | Bill Bowerman, American runner, coach, and businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911) |
| 2000 | John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b. 1923) |
| 2002 | Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920) |
| 2004 | Johnny Oates, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946) |
| 2006 | Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1907) |
| 2007 | Nicholas Pumfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1951) |
| 2008 | Ralph Harris, British journalist (b. 1921) |
| 2009 | Marcus Bakker, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1923) |
| 2010 | Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (b. 1926) |
| 2011 | Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German entertainer (b. 1903) |
| 2012 | Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and academic (b. 1936) |
| 2013 | Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924) |
| 2014 | Buddy DeFranco, American clarinet player (b. 1923) |
| 2015 | Turid Birkeland, Norwegian businesswoman and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture (b. 1962) |
| 2016 | Rick Parfitt, British musician (b. 1948) |
| 2017 | Jerry Kindall, American baseball player and coach (b. 1935) |
| 2018 | Martha Érika Alonso, first female Governor of Puebla, Mexico, and her husband Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, former governor; helicopter crash (Alonso b. 1973, Valle b. 1968) |
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