Deaths on 7 December
2000s
Doudou Adoula
2024
Musical artist
Benjamin Zephaniah
2023
British poet and author (1958–2023)
Refaat Alareer
2023
Palestinian writer and professor (1979–2023)
Emiko Miyamoto
2023
Japanese volleyball player (1937–2023)
Dick Allen
2020
American baseball player (1942–2020)
Chuck Yeager
2020
American flying ace and test pilot (1923–2020)
Remilia
2019
American professional gamer (1995–2019)
Ron Saunders
2019
English footballer and manager (1932–2019)
Steve Reevis
2017
Blackfeet actor (1962-2017)
Junaid Jamshed
2016
Pakistani Islamic preacher and singer-songwriter (1964–2016)
Greg Lake
2016
English musician (1947–2016)
Gerhard Lenski
2015
American sociologist
Hyron Spinrad
2015
American astronomer
Peter Westbury
2015
British racing driver (1938–2015)
Shirley Stelfox
2015
British actress (1941–2015)
Mark Lewis (storyteller)
2014
American storyteller, actor, and teacher (1954–2014)
Édouard Molinaro
2013
French film director and screenwriter
Chick Willis
2013
American blues singer and guitarist
Roelof Kruisinga
2012
Dutch politician (1922–2012)
Ralph Parr
2012
American double-flying ace of the Korean War
Marty Reisman
2012
American table tennis player (1930–2012)
Saul Steinberg (businessman)
2012
American businessman and financier (1939–2012)
Harry Morgan
2011
American actor (1915–2011)
Elizabeth Edwards
2010
American attorney (1949–2010)
Kari Tapio
2010
Finnish singer (1945–2010)
Herbert Hutner
2008
American lawyer (1908–2008)
Jeane Kirkpatrick
2006
American diplomat and presidential advisor (1926–2006)
Bud Carson
2005
American football player and coach (1930–2005)
Frederick Fennell
2004
American conductor (1914–2004)
Jerry Scoggins
2004
American singer-songwriter
Jay Van Andel
2004
American businessman
Carl F. H. Henry
2003
American theologian
Azie Taylor Morton
2003
Treasurer of the United States
1900s
John Addison
1998
English composer (1920–1998)
Martin Rodbell
1998
American biochemist
George Wilson (artist)
1998
American comic illustrator
Billy Bremner
1997
Scottish footballer (1942–1997)
Kathleen Harrison
1995
English actress (1892–1995)
Abidin Dino
1993
Turkish artist (1913–1993)
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
1993
First president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 to 1993
Richard J. Hughes
1992
American politician and judge (1909–1992)
Joan Bennett
1990
American actress (1910–1990)
Jean Paul Lemieux
1990
Canadian painter (1904–1990)
Haystacks Calhoun
1989
American professional wrestler (1934–1989)
Hans Hartung
1989
German-French painter
J. R. Eyerman
1985
American photographer and photojournalist (1906–1985)
Robert Graves
1985
English poet, novelist and critic (1895–1985)
Potter Stewart
1985
US Supreme Court justice from 1958 to 1981
Jack Mercer
1984
American voice actor (1910–1984)
LeeRoy Yarbrough
1984
American racing driver (1938–1984)
Darby Crash
1980
American musician (1958–1980)
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
1979
British and American astronomer (1900–1979)
Alexander Wetmore
1978
American ornithologist and avian paleontologist (1886–1978)
Paul Gibb
1977
English cricketer (1913–1977)
Peter Carl Goldmark
1977
Hungarian-American inventor (1906–1977)
Georges Grignard
1977
French racing driver (1905–1977)
Paul Bragg
1976
American alternative health advocate
Thornton Wilder
1975
American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)
Hardie Albright
1975
American actor (1903–1975)
Rube Goldberg
1970
American cartoonist (1883–1970)
Lefty O'Doul
1969
American baseball player and manager (1897–1969)
Eric Portman
1969
English actor (1901–1969)
Kirsten Flagstad
1962
Norwegian operatic singer
Ioannis Demestichas
1960
Greek Navy officer
Huntley Gordon
1956
Canadian actor (1879–1956)
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
1956
Turkish novelist, storywriter and playwright (1889–1956)
Rex Beach
1949
American writer and water polo player
Tristan Bernard
1947
French playwright (1866–1947)
Nicholas Murray Butler
1947
American philosopher, diplomat, and educator (1862–1947)
Mervyn S. Bennion
1941
US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1887–1941)
USS Frederick C. Davis
1941
United States Navy destroyer escorter during World War II
Julius Ellsberry
1941
John C. England
1941
United States Navy officer
Edwin J. Hill
1941
US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1894–1941)
USS Hollis
1941
Buckley-class destroyer escort
Herbert C. Jones
1941
US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1918–1941)
Isaac C. Kidd
1941
US Navy Rear Admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (1884–1941)
USS Leopold
1941
WWII US naval vessel
USS Menges
1941
US naval vessel
Thomas James Reeves
1941
US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1895–1941)
Aloysius Schmitt
1941
American Roman Catholic World War II chaplain
Robert R. Scott
1941
US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1915–1941)
Peter Tomich
1941
US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1893–1941)
USS Uhlmann
1941
Fletcher-class destroyer
Franklin Van Valkenburgh
1941
US Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1888–1941)
USS Wyman
1941
Frank Wilson (politician)
1918
Premier of Western Australia (1859 – 1918)
Ludwig Minkus
1917
Austrian composer (1826–1917)
Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano
1913
19th Century cardinal
Élie Ducommun
1906
Swiss peace activist (1833–1906)
Thomas Nast
1902
American cartoonist (1840–1902)
1800s
Juan Luna
1899
Filipino painter and sculptor
Ferdinand de Lesseps
1894
French diplomat (1805–1894)
Arthur Blyth
1891
Australian politician
Jón Sigurðsson
1879
Leader of the 19th-century Icelandic independence movement (1811–1879)
Constantin von Tischendorf
1874
German theologian and biblical scholar (1815–1874)
Thomas Hamilton (writer)
1842
British Army officer and writer
Robert Nicoll
1837
William Bligh
1817
Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator (1754–1817)
Michel Ney
1815
French military commander (1769–1815)
Küçük Hüseyin Pasha
1803
Ottoman statesman and admiral (1757–1803)
Before 1800
Joseph Bara
1793
French soldier (1779-1793)
Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)
1775
Royal Navy Admiral and politician (c. 1715–1775)
MartÃn Sarmiento
1772
Florent Carton (Dancourt)
1725
French dramatist and actor
Jan Santini Aichel
1723
Czech architect and nobleman (1677–1723)
Algernon Sidney
1683
English politician (1623–1683)
Peter Lely
1680
Dutch painter (1618–1680)
Richard Bellingham
1672
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Charles Garnier (missionary)
1649
French Jesuit missionary and martyr (1606–1649)
Adrian Willaert
1562
Flemish composer (c. 1490 – 1562)
Alexander Hegius von Heek
1498
German humanist
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg
1383
Count of Luxembourg, Arlon and Durbuy
Michael II of Antioch
1312
86th Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (1292–1313)
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester
1295
English nobleman (1243–1295)
Bolesław V the Chaste
1279
High Duke of Poland from 1243 to 1279
Pope Innocent IV
1254
Head of the Catholic Church from 1243 to 1254
Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor
983
Holy Roman Emperor from 973 to 983
Anspert
881
Archbishop of Milan from 868 to 881
Pope Eutychian
283
Head of the Catholic Church from 275 to 283
Cicero
-43
Roman statesman and lawyer (106–43 BC)