Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 31 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 31
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 31
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 0045 | Quintus Fabius Maximus, consul suffectus |
| 192 | Commodus, Roman emperor (b. 161) |
| 335 | Pope Sylvester I |
| 669 | Li Shiji, Chinese general (b. 594) |
| 1032 | Ahmad Maymandi, Persian statesman, vizier of the Ghaznavid Empire |
| 1164 | Ottokar III of Styria (b. 1124) |
| 1194 | Leopold V, Duke of Austria (b. 1157) |
| 1298 | Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1249) |
| 1299 | Margaret, Countess of Anjou (b. 1273) |
| 1302 | Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1238) |
| 1384 | John Wycliffe, English philosopher, theologian, and translator (b. 1331) |
| 1386 | Johanna of Bavaria, Queen of Bohemia (b. c. 1362) |
| 1426 | Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter (b. 1377) |
| 1439 | Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (b. 1385) |
| 1460 | Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1400) |
| 1510 | Bianca Maria Sforza, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1472) |
| 1535 | William Skeffington, English-Irish politician, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1465) |
| 1568 | Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyō (b. 1493) |
| 1575 | Pierino Belli, Italian commander and jurist (b. 1502) |
| 1583 | Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian (b. 1524) |
| 1610 | Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1540) |
| 1637 | Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen, German count (b. 1585) |
| 1650 | Dorgon, Chinese emperor (b. 1612) |
| 1655 | Janusz Radziwiłł, Polish–Lithuanian politician (b. 1612) |
| 1673 | Oliver St John, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (b. 1598) |
| 1679 | Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (b. 1608) |
| 1691 | Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627) |
| 1705 | Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638) |
| 1719 | John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646) |
| 1730 | Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651) |
| 1742 | Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661) |
| 1775 | Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738) |
| 1799 | Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723) |
| 1818 | Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741) |
| 1872 | Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834) |
| 1876 | Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806) |
| 1877 | Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819) |
| 1888 | Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808) |
| 1889 | Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837) |
| 1890 | Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826) |
| 1891 | Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809) |
| 1894 | Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856) |
| 1909 | Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844) |
| 1910 | Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884) |
| 1921 | Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860) |
| 1934 | Cornelia Clapp, American marine biologist (b. 1849) |
| 1936 | Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864) |
| 1948 | Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885) |
| 1949 | Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869) |
| 1950 | Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867) |
| 1951 | Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868) |
| 1953 | Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889) |
| 1964 | Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884) |
| 1968 | George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900) |
| 1970 | Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879) |
| 1972 | Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and Marine (b. 1934) |
| 1978 | Basil Wolverton, American illustrator (b. 1909) |
| 1980 | Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher and theorist (b. 1911) |
| 1983 | Sevim Burak, Turkish author and playwright (b. 1931) |
| 1985 | Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1940) |
| 1987 | Jerry Turner, American journalist (b. 1929) |
| 1988 | Nicolas Calas, Greek-American poet and critic (b. 1907) |
| 1990 | George Allen, American football player and coach (b. 1918) |
| 1993 | Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian anthropologist and politician, 1st President of Georgia (b. 1939) |
| 1994 | Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1914) |
| 1996 | Wesley Addy, American actor (b. 1913) |
| 1997 | Floyd Cramer, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933) |
| 1998 | Ted Glossop, Australian rugby league player and coach (b. 1934) |
| 1999 | Elliot Richardson, American lawyer and politician, 69th United States Attorney General (b. 1920) |
| 2000 | Alan Cranston, American journalist and politician (b. 1914) |
| 2001 | Eileen Heckart, American actress (b. 1919) |
| 2002 | Kevin MacMichael, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1951) |
| 2003 | Arthur R. von Hippel German-American physicist and author (b. 1898) |
| 2004 | Gérard Debreu, French economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921) |
| 2005 | Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor and educator (b. 1932) |
| 2006 | Seymour Martin Lipset, American sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1922) |
| 2007 | Roy Amara, American scientific researcher (b. 1925) |
| 2008 | Donald E. Westlake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933) |
| 2009 | Cahal Daly, Irish cardinal and philosopher (b. 1917) |
| 2010 | Raymond Impanis, Belgian cyclist (b. 1925) |
| 2012 | Peter Ebert, English director and producer (b. 1918) |
| 2013 | James Avery, American actor (b. 1945) |
| 2014 | Edward Herrmann, American actor (b. 1943) |
| 2015 | Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1950) |
| 2016 | William Christopher, American actor (b. 1932) |
| 2018 | Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937) |
| 2021 | Betty White, American actress, comedian and producer (b. 1922) |
| 2022 | Pope Benedict XVI, German Roman Catholic cardinal and theologian, pope (2005–2013) and archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977–1982) (b. 1927) |
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