Famous Deaths on 6 Dec

Famous Deaths on 6 Dec

1185 - King Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
1352 - Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
1562 - Jan van Scorel Dutch painter and architect
1618 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
1658 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (b. 1601)
1672 - King John II Casimir of Poland (b. 1609)
1675 - John Lightfoot, English churchman (b. 1602)
1716 - Benedictus Buns, Dutch Carmelite and composer (b. 1642)
1718 - Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)
1746 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)
1771 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)
1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
1788 - Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714)
1855 - William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist (b. 1789)
1867 - Jean Pierre Flourens, French physician (b. 1794)
1868 - August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)
1879 - Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)
1882 - Alfred Escher, Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (b. 1819)
1882 - Anthony Trollope, British author (b. 1815)
1889 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
1892 - Ernst Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist (b. 1816)
1924 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)
1934 - Duke Charles Michael of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1863)
1949 - Leadbelly, American musician (b. 1888)
1951 - Harold Ross, American magazine editor (b. 1892)
1955 - Honus Wagner, baseball player (b. 1874)
1956 - Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Indian Minister of Law and architect of The Constitution of India (b. 1891)
1961 - Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (b. 1925)
1964 - Consuelo Vanderbilt (b. 1877)
1972 - Janet Munro, British actress (b. 1934)
1976 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (b. 1918)
1983 - Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903)
1985 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b. 1917)
1988 - Roy Orbison, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (b. 1936)
1989 - Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
1989 - Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (b. 1902)
1989 - John Payne, American movie actor (b. 1912)
1990 - Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
1991 - Sir Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
1992 - Mimi Smith, maternal aunt and guardian of John Lennon (b. 1914)
1993 - Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)
1996 - Pete Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League (b. 1926)
1997 - Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (b. 1942)
2000 - Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (b. 1920)
2001 - Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948)
2001 - Charles McClendon, Hall of Fame college football coach (b. 1923)
2002 - Philip Berrigan, American civil rights activist (b. 1923)
2003 - Jerry Tuite, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
2003 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
2003 - Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (b. 1909)
2004 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (b. 1921)
2005 - Devan Nair, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
2005 - Charly Gaul, Luxembourg cyclist (b. 1932)
2005 - Danny Williams, South African-born singer (b. 1942)
2006 - John Feeney, Documentary film-director (b. 1922)
2007 - Katy French, Irish Supermodel and Socialite (b. 1983)
343 - Saint Nicholas