Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 6 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 6
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 6
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 343 | Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint (b. 270) |
| 735 | Prince Toneri of Japan (b. 676) |
| 762 | Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Arab rebel leader (b. 710) |
| 1185 | Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109) |
| 1305 | Maximus, Metropolitan of Kyiv |
| 1306 | Roger Bigod, 5th Earl of Norfolk (b. 1270) |
| 1352 | Pope Clement VI (b. 1291) |
| 1562 | Jan van Scorel, Dutch painter (b. 1495) |
| 1616 | Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, Moroccan writer, judge and mathematician (b. 1552) |
| 1618 | Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556) |
| 1658 | Baltasar Gracián, Spanish priest and author (b. 1601) |
| 1675 | John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (b. 1602) |
| 1686 | Eleonora Gonzaga, Queen consort of Ferdinand III (b. 1630) |
| 1716 | Benedictus Buns, Dutch priest and composer (b. 1642) |
| 1718 | Nicholas Rowe, English poet and playwright (b. 1674) |
| 1746 | Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1665) |
| 1771 | Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (b. 1682) |
| 1779 | Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699) |
| 1788 | Jonathan Shipley, English bishop (b. 1714) |
| 1855 | William John Swainson, English ornithologist and entomologist (b. 1789) |
| 1867 | Jean Pierre Flourens, French physiologist and academic (b. 1794) |
| 1868 | August Schleicher, German linguist and academic (b. 1821) |
| 1878 | Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814) |
| 1879 | Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814) |
| 1882 | Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819) |
| 1889 | Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808) |
| 1892 | Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816) |
| 1918 | Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851) |
| 1921 | Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865) |
| 1924 | Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863) |
| 1945 | Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870) |
| 1951 | Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892) |
| 1955 | Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874) |
| 1956 | B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891) |
| 1961 | Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925) |
| 1964 | Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895) |
| 1972 | Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934) |
| 1974 | Nikolay Kuznetsov, Soviet naval officer (b. 1904) |
| 1976 | João Goulart, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Brazil (b. 1918) |
| 1980 | Charles Deutsch, French engineer and businessman, co-founded DB (b. 1911) |
| 1982 | Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (b. 1927) |
| 1983 | Lucienne Boyer, French singer and actress (b. 1903) |
| 1985 | Burr Tillstrom, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1917) |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936) |
| 1989 | Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902) |
| 1990 | Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) |
| 1991 | Mimi Smith, English nurse (b. 1906) |
| 1993 | Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908) |
| 1994 | Heinz Baas, German footballer and manager (b. 1922) |
| 1996 | Pete Rozelle, American businessman (b. 1926) |
| 1997 | Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (b. 1918) |
| 1998 | César Baldaccini, French sculptor and educator (b. 1921) |
| 2000 | Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (b. 1920) |
| 2001 | Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (b. 1923) |
| 2002 | Philip Berrigan, American priest and activist (b. 1923) |
| 2003 | Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Guatemalan general and politician, President of Guatemala (b. 1918) |
| 2005 | Charly Gaul, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1932) |
| 2006 | John Feeney, New Zealand director and producer (b. 1922) |
| 2010 | Mark Dailey, American-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1953) |
| 2011 | Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1940) |
| 2012 | Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó, Equatoguinean engineer and politician, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (b. 1961) |
| 2013 | Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French poet and critic (b. 1939) |
| 2014 | Ralph H. Baer, German-American video game designer, created the Magnavox Odyssey (b. 1922) |
| 2015 | Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (b. 1945) |
| 2016 | Peter Vaughan, British actor (b. 1923) |
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