Famous Deaths on December 6, Who Died on December 6
Here is a list who died on December 6. Famous deaths for the 6th of December. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on December 6. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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Who died on December 6?
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| 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) |
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