Deaths on 1 December
2000s
Terry Griffiths
2024
Welsh snooker player (1947–2024)
Ian Redpath
2024
Australian cricketer (1941–2024)
Sandra Day O'Connor
2023
American lawyer, politician and judge (1930–2023)
Gaylord Perry
2022
American baseball player (1938–2022)
Arnie Robinson
2020
American athlete (1948–2020)
Paula Tilbrook
2019
English actress (1930–2019)
Vivian Lynn
2018
New Zealand artist
Ken Berry
2018
American actor (1933–2018)
Rob Blokzijl
2015
Dutch physicist and computer scientist
Joseph Engelberger
2015
American pioneer in robotics
Jim Loscutoff
2015
American professional basketball player
Trevor Obst
2015
Australian rules footballer
Mario Abramovich
2014
Musical artist
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
2014
American-Greek researcher (1938–2014)
Rocky Wood
2014
Australian writer (1959–2014)
Richard Coughlan
2013
English musician
Stirling Colgate
2013
American nuclear physicist (1925–2013)
Edward Heffron
2013
American veteran of World War II
Martin Sharp
2013
Australian artist
Jovan Belcher
2012
American football player (1987–2012)
Arthur Chaskalson
2012
South African judge (1931–2012)
Rick Majerus
2012
American basketball coach (1948–2012)
Ed Price (Florida politician)
2012
American politician (1918–2012)
Israel Keyes
2012
American serial killer (1978–2012)
Christa Wolf
2011
German novelist and essayist (1929–2011)
Adriaan Blaauw
2010
Dutch astronomer (1914–2010)
Hillard Elkins
2010
American theater and film producer (1929–2010)
Paul Benedict
2008
American actor (1938–2008)
Joseph B. Wirthlin
2008
Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ken McGregor
2007
Australian tennis player (1929–2007)
Anton Rodgers
2007
English actor (1933–2007)
Ivo Rojnica
2007
Croatian fascist official (1915–2007)
Claude Jade
2006
French actress (1948–2006)
Bruce Trigger
2006
Canadian archaeologist (1937–2001)
Gust Avrakotos
2005
American intelligence officer (1938–2005)
Mary Hayley Bell
2005
English actress, writer and dramatist (1911–2005)
Freeman V. Horner
2005
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
2004
Prince consort of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980
Bill Brown (footballer, born 1931)
2004
Scottish footballer
Norman Newell
2004
English record producer (1919–2004)
Clark Kerr
2003
American academic (1911–2003)
Eugenio Monti
2003
Italian bobsledder (1828–2003)
Edward L. Beach Jr.
2002
US Navy officer, author (1918–2002)
Dave McNally
2002
American baseball player (1942–2002)
Ellis R. Dungan
2001
American director of Indian films
1900s
Janet Lewis
1998
American novelist, poet
Michel Bélanger
1997
Canadian businessman and banker
Stéphane Grappelli
1997
French jazz violinist (1908–1997)
Endicott Peabody
1997
American politician (1920–1997)
Peter Bronfman
1996
Canadian businessman and entrepreneur
Hopper Levett
1995
English cricketer
Colin Tapley
1995
New Zealand actor (1909–1995)
Maxwell R. Thurman
1995
United States Army general (1931–1995)
Ray Gillen
1993
American singer (1959–1993)
Pat O'Callaghan
1991
Irish hammer thrower (1906–1991)
George Stigler
1991
American economist and Nobel Laureate (1911–1991)
Carla Lehmann
1990
Canadian actress (1917–1990)
Alvin Ailey
1989
American dancer and activist (1931–1989)
J. Vernon McGee
1988
Christian minister (1904–1988)
James Baldwin
1987
American writer and activist (1924–1987)
Punch Imlach
1987
Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (1918–1987)
Frank McCarthy (producer)
1986
United States Army general
Roelof Frankot
1984
Dutch painter
Russ Manning
1981
American cartoonist
Nellie Fox
1975
American baseball player (1927–1975)
Ernesto Maserati
1975
Italian racing driver and engineer (1898–1975)
Anna Roosevelt Halsted
1975
American writer and socialite (1906–1975)
David Ben-Gurion
1973
Prime Minister of Israel (1948–1953; 1955–1963)
Nicolae Bretan
1968
Musical artist
Dario Moreno
1968
Turkish-Jewish singer (1921–1968)
J. B. S. Haldane
1964
Geneticist and evolutionary biologist (1892–1964)
Charilaos Vasilakos
1964
Greek runner (1875–1964)
Elizabeth Peratrovich
1958
Native-American civil rights activist (1911–1958)
Fred Rose (songwriter)
1954
American music producer, publisher and songwriter (1898–1954)
Ernest John Moeran
1950
English composer
Aleister Crowley
1947
English occultist (1875–1947)
G. H. Hardy
1947
British mathematician (1877–1947)
Charlie Kerins
1944
Irish Republican Army (1918-1944)
Damrong Rajanubhab
1943
Thai prince, historian, and public administrator (1862–1943)
Leon Wachholz
1942
Polish scientist and medical examiner
Bernhard Schmidt
1935
Baltic German astronomer
Sergei Kirov
1934
Soviet politician and revolutionary (1886–1934)
Pekka Halonen
1933
Finnish painter (1865–1933)
José Eustasio Rivera
1928
Colombian lawyer and novelist (1888-1928)
Virginie Loveling
1923
Flemish author
Charles de Foucauld
1916
French explorer, geographer, linguist and Catholic saint (1858–1916)
Alfred Thayer Mahan
1914
American naval officer, historian (1840–1914)
Juhan Liiv
1913
Estonian writer
1800s
William Swainson (lawyer)
1884
New Zealand lawyer and politician (1809–1884)
Charles Gray Round
1867
British politician (1797–1867)
George Everest
1866
British surveyor and geographer (1790–1866)
Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich
1865
Swiss poet (1796–1865)
Alexander I of Russia
1825
Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825
Before 1800
Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan
1767
Scottish peer (1710–1767)
Maurice Greene (composer)
1755
English composer and organist
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr
1750
German astronomer (1677–1750)
Giacomo F. Maraldi
1729
French-Italian astronomer and mathematician
Pierre d'Hozier
1660
French genealogist (1592–1660)
Miguel de Vasconcelos
1640
Prime Minister of Portugal (1590–1640)
Isabella Clara Eugenia
1633
Sovereign of the Netherlands from 1598 to 1621
Alexander Briant
1581
English Roman Catholic saint
Edmund Campion
1581
16th-century English Jesuit priest, martyr and saint
Ralph Sherwin (priest)
1581
English Roman Catholic saint (1550–1581)
Giovanni Morone
1580
Italian cardinal (1509–1580)
Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy
1530
Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1530
Pope Leo X
1521
Head of the Catholic Church from 1513 to 1521
Lorenzo Ghiberti
1455
Italian Early Renaissance artist (1378-1455)
Emperor Go-Komatsu
1433
Emperor of Japan from 1392 to 1412
Magnus Eriksson
1374
King of Sweden (1319–1364) and Norway (1319–1355)
Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan
1335
Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate from 1316 to 1335
Muhammad III of Alamut
1255
26th Nizari Ismaili Shia Imam (1221–1255)
Isabella of England
1241
Holy Roman Empress from 1235 to 1241
Henry I of England
1135
King of England from 1100 to 1135
Thietmar of Merseburg
1018
German bishop and historian (975–1018)
Fujiwara no Morotada
969
Gao Conghui
948
Prince of Nanping from 929 to 948
Saint Eligius
660
Christian bishop and saint (588–660)
Judah ha-Nasi
217
2nd-century rabbi and editor of the Mishnah