Died On December 29th
Discover the most famous people who died on December 29. The list includes people like Thomas Becket, Jacques-Louis David, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Osler, Don Marquis. Famous personalities featured on this list, include poets, artists, mathematicians and journalists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United Kingdom, United States, Germany & Switzerland and many more countries.
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1
Thomas Becket(English Nobleman Who Served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162)
Birthdate: December 21, 1119
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cheapside, London, United Kingdom
Died: 1170
2
Rainer Maria Rilke(Austrian Poet and Novelist Known for His Poetry Collections ‘Duino Elegies’ and ‘Sonnets to Orpheus’)
Birthdate: December 4, 1875
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Prague, Czech Republic
Died: 1926
3
Andrei Tarkovsky(One of the Greatest and Most Influential Filmmakers in Soviet and World Cinema)
Birthdate: April 4, 1932
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Zavrazh'ye, Russia
Died: 1986
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
4
Pierre Cardin
(Italian-French Fashion Designer Known for His Avant-Garde Style and Space Age Designs)
Birthdate: July 2, 1922
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: San Biagio di Callalta, Italy
Died: 2020
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: October 20, 1942
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Died: 2003
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: April 15, 1908
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: 1995
Birthdate: August 30, 1748
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 1825
Birthdate: December 5, 1830
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: London
Died: 1894
Birthdate: February 10, 1894
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cadogan Place, London
Died: 1986
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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William Osler(Canadian Physician and Co-Founder of ‘Johns Hopkins Hospital’)
Birthdate: July 12, 1849
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bradford West Gwillimbury, Canada
Died: 1919
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
11
Alexi Laiho
(Lead Guitarist and Lead Vocalist of the Melodic Death Metal Band 'Children of Bodom')
Birthdate: April 8, 1979
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Espoo, Finland
Died: 2020
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
12
Bob Monkhouse
(Former host of television game shows including The Golden Shot, Celebrity Squares, Family Fortunes and Wipeout)
Birthdate: June 1, 1928
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Beckenham, Bromley, Kent, England
Died: 2003
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Freddie Hubbard
(Trumpeter)
Birthdate: April 7, 1938
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Died: 2008
Birthdate: September 8, 1911
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Clarksville, Texas, United States
Died: 1975
Birthdate: December 18, 1925
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales
Died: 2017
16
Shabba Doo
(Former Actor whose famous role was in the 1984 dance film Breakin')
Birthdate: May 11, 1955
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: 2020
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
17
Joey LaMotta
(Boxing Manager)
Birthdate: April 27, 1925
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, United States
Died: 1991
18
Wilhelm Maybach
(German Automobile Designer Known for Designing the Initial Mercedes Cars, and Founder of 'Maybach')
Birthdate: February 9, 1846
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Heilbronn
Died: 1929
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Joseph Cornell
(Film director, Sculptor, Painter)
Birthdate: December 24, 1903
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Nyack
Died: 1972
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Frank Thring
(Stage actor, Film actor)
Birthdate: May 11, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Melbourne
Died: 1994
21
Tim Hardin
(Singer-songwriter, Singer, Composer)
Birthdate: December 23, 1941
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Eugene
Died: 1980
22
Fletcher Henderson
(Former pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music)
Birthdate: December 18, 1897
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Cuthbert, Georgia, United States
Died: 1952
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
23
Steven Williams
(American Professional Wrestler)
Birthdate: May 14, 1960
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lakewood, Colorado, United States
Died: 2009
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
Birthdate: May 8, 1938
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: United States
Died: 2020
25
Wojciech Kilar
(Polish Classical and Film Composer Known for His Score to Films: 'The Pianist' and 'Bram Stoker's Dracula')
Birthdate: July 17, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Lwów, Poland
Died: 2013
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William Rees-Mogg
(Journalist)
Birthdate: July 14, 1928
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: 2012
27
Félix Vallotton
(Former artist and painter known for his paintings of nudes and interiors and in particular for his distinctive woodcuts)
Birthdate: December 28, 1865
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland
Died: 1925
Birthdate: October 17, 1895
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: 1958
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Leopold Kronecker
(Mathematician, University teacher)
Birthdate: December 7, 1823
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Legnica
Died: 1891
30
Hyacinthe Rigaud
(Former Catalan-French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of Louis XIV and other members of the French nobility)
Birthdate: July 18, 1659
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Perpignan, France
Died: 1743
31
Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco
(Duchess)
Birthdate: September 14, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Oviedo, Spain
Died: 2017
32
Thomas Sydenham
(Physician)
Birthdate: September 10, 1624
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wynford Eagle
Died: 1689
33
Tullio Levi-Civita
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: March 29, 1873
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Padua
Died: 1941
34
Miroslav Krleža
(Croatia's Greatest Author Who Criticized the Bourgeois and Wrote on Social Themes)
Birthdate: July 7, 1893
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zagreb, Croatia
Died: 1981
35
Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond
(Politician)
Birthdate: February 22, 1735
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England
Died: 1806
Birthdate: 1924 AD
Birthplace: Ashford
Died: 2012
37
Julius Axelrod(American Biochemist & Co-Winner of 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology)
Birthdate: May 30, 1912
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: 2004
38
William Boyett
(Actor known for his roles in law enforcement dramas on television from the 1950s through the 1990s)
Birthdate: January 3, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: 2004
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
39
Kelly Miller
(American mathematician)
Birthdate: July 18, 1863
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Winnsboro, South Carolina, United States
Died: 1939
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Ted Lapidus
(French Fashion Designer)
Birthdate: June 23, 1929
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: 2008
41
Andy Granatelli
(Businessman)
Birthdate: March 18, 1923
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
Died: 2013
42
Neil Innes
(Comedic Performer Known for Helping to Create the Avant-Garde Comedy Musical Group 'Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah' Band)
Birthdate: December 9, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Danbury, Essex, England
Died: 2019
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
43
John Marshall Harlan II
(Judge, Lawyer)
Birthdate: May 20, 1899
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: 1971
44
Nadezhda Mandelstam
(Writer)
Birthdate: October 30, 1899
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Saratov, Russia
Died: 1980
45
Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve
(Author)
Birthdate: November 28, 1685
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: France
Died: 1755
Birthdate: July 29, 1878
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Walnut, Illinois
Died: 1937
47
Ringo Lam
(Best known for Full Alert movie was nominated for five awards)
Birthdate: December 8, 1955
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: British Hong Kong
Died: 2018
48
Brook Taylor
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: August 18, 1685
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Edmonton
Died: 1731
49
John C. Portman Jr.
(Architect)
Birthdate: December 4, 1924
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Walhalla, South Carolina, United States
Died: 2017
50
Charles Yerkes
(Financier)
Birthdate: June 25, 1837
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: 1905