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Famous People Who Died in December

Remembering actors, musicians, athletes, scientists, and other notable figures who passed away in December.

10 biography pages

Charlie Chaplin

b. 1889 — d. December 25, 1977

Debbie Reynolds

b. 1932 — d. December 28, 2016

Gao Qifeng

b. 1889 — d. December 20, 1933

Harry S. Truman

b. 1884 — d. December 26, 1972

James Brown

b. 1933 — d. December 25, 2006

Junior Johnson

b. 1931 — d. December 20, 2019

Maimonides

b. 1135 — d. December 13, 1204

Norman Vincent Peale

b. 1898 — d. December 24, 1993

Roy Orbison

b. 1936 — d. December 6, 1988

Samuel Beckett

b. 1906 — d. December 22, 1989