Died on
Who died on December 21
68 figures who shaped history died on December 21.
- 68deaths
- 38events
Best known
Best known
Hincmar
Archbishop of Reims
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
Fatimid caliph from 953 to 975
Hugh of Tuscany
Margrave of Tuscany from 969 to 1001
Henry I of Hesse
First Landgrave of Hesse
Constantine III of Armenia
King of Armenian Cilicia from 1344 to 1362
Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian author and poet
Hincmar — Archbishop of Reims, who died on December 21 882.
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah — Fatimid caliph from 953 to 975, who died on December 21 975.
Hugh of Tuscany — Margrave of Tuscany from 969 to 1001, who died on December 21 1001.
Henry I of Hesse — First Landgrave of Hesse, who died on December 21 1308.
Constantine III of Armenia — King of Armenian Cilicia from 1344 to 1362, who died on December 21 1362.
Giovanni Boccaccio — Italian author and poet, who died on December 21 1375.
All entries
- 72AAD 72Calendar year
- 956SSun Sheng (Southern Tang)10th-century Chinese politician and general
- 1215AAli ibn Muhammad ibn al-WalidYemeni Ismaili leader from 1209 to 1215
- 1338TThomas Hemenhale14th-century Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Worcester
- 1504
Berthold von HennebergRoman Catholic archbishop - 1536
John Seymour (1474–1536)English courtier - 1549
Marguerite de NavarreQueen of Navarre from 1527 to 1549 - 1581
Jean de la CassièreGrand Master of the Order of Malta - 1597
Peter CanisiusDutch Jesuit Catholic priest - 1608WWilliam Davison (diplomat)English diplomat and secretary to Queen Elizabeth I
- 1610
Catherine Vasa of SwedenCountess consort of East Frisia - 1646
Sophie Axelsdatter BraheDanish noblewoman
- 1701
Sir Hugh Paterson, 1st BaronetScottish baronet and landowner - 1807
John NewtonAnglican cleric, hymn-writer, and abolitionist - 1824
James ParkinsonEnglish surgeon - 1869FFriedrich Ernst SchellerGerman jurist and politician
- 1873
Francis GarnierFrench explorer and colonial administrator in Indochina - 1889
Friedrich August von QuenstedtGerman geologist and palaeontologist - 1920
Muḥammad ibn 'Abdallāh HassanSomali anti-colonial leader - 1929
I. L. Patterson18th Governor of Oregon - 1933
Knud RasmussenGreenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist - 1935TTed BirnieEnglish footballer
- 1935
Kurt TucholskyGerman journalist, satirist and writer - 1937
Violette Neatley AndersonAmerican lawyer - 1937
Ted HealyAmerican vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor - 1937
Frank B. KelloggAmerican lawyer and statesman - 1940
F. Scott FitzgeraldAmerican writer - 1945
George S. PattonUnited States Army general - 1948
Władysław WitwickiPolish polymath - 1952
Kenneth Edwards (golfer)American golfer - 1953
Kaarlo KoskeloFinnish wrestler - 1957
Eric CoatesEnglish composer - 1958
H. B. WarnerEnglish film and theatre actor - 1958
Lion FeuchtwangerGerman writer - 1959
RosanjinJapanese artist - 1963
Jack HobbsEnglish cricketer - 1964
Carl Van VechtenAmerican writer and photographer - 1965
Claude ChampagneFrench Canadian composer, teacher, pianist and violinist - 1968
Vittorio PozzoItalian football manager - 1971ÁÁsta SigurðardóttirIcelandic writer and visual artist
- 1974
Richard Long (actor)American actor - 1982
Hafeez JalandhariPakistani poet - 1983PPaul de ManAmerican literary theorist
- 1988
Nikolaas TinbergenDutch zoologist and ethologist - 1992
Stella AdlerAmerican actress and acting teacher - 1992
Albert KingAmerican blues musician - 1992
Nathan MilsteinAmerican violinist - 1998
Ernst-Günther SchenckGerman SS surgeon - 2004AAutar Singh PaintalIndian medical scientist
- 2006
Saparmurat NiyazovPresident of Turkmenistan from 1991 to 2006 - 2009
Edwin G. KrebsAmerican biochemist - 2009CChristos LambrakisGreek businessman
- 2010
Enzo BearzotItalian football player and manager - 2013
Edgar Bronfman Sr.Canadian-American businessman - 2013
John EisenhowerUnited States Army general, military historian, diplomat - 2014
Udo JürgensAustrian singer and composer - 2014
Sitor SitumorangIndonesian poet - 2014
Billie WhitelawBritish actress - 2017
Bruce McCandless IIAmerican aviator and astronaut - 2019
Andrew Clennel PalmerBritish engineer - 2024
Michelle BotesSouth African actress - 2024
Art Evans (actor)American actor
Frequently asked questions
Who died on December 21?
68 people with a Wikipedia article died on December 21, including Hincmar, Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Hugh of Tuscany. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on December 21?
38 documented historical events happened on December 21, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Lamberto Scannabecchi was elected pope, taking the name Honorius II. On the same day, in another year: The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower landed at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to establish the Plymouth Colony. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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