Died on
Who died on December 9
112 figures who shaped history died on December 9.
- 112deaths
- 54events
Best known
Best known
Malcolm IV of Scotland
King of Alba from 1153 to 1165
Vaišvilkas
Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1264 to 1267
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
King of Hungary from 1387 to 1437, Holy Roman Emperor from 1433
Teofilo Folengo
Italian macaronic poet
Pope Pius IV
Head of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish Baroque artist
Malcolm IV of Scotland — King of Alba from 1153 to 1165, who died on December 9 1165.
Vaišvilkas — Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1264 to 1267, who died on December 9 1268.
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor — King of Hungary from 1387 to 1437, Holy Roman Emperor from 1433, who died on December 9 1437.
Teofilo Folengo — Italian macaronic poet, who died on December 9 1544.
Pope Pius IV — Head of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565, who died on December 9 1565.
Anthony van Dyck — Flemish Baroque artist, who died on December 9 1641.
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- 638SSergius I of ConstantinopleEcumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 610 to 638
- 730AAl-Jarrah ibn AbdallahArab nobleman and general of Hakami
- 748NNasr ibn SayyarUmayyad governor of Khurasan from 738 to 748
- 933LLi Congrong
- 1117GGertrude of BrunswickGerman countess (c.1060–1117)
- 1242RRichard le Gras13th-century Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
- 1299BBohemond I (archbishop of Trier)
- 1603WWilliam Watson (priest)English Roman Catholic priest and conspirator
- 1625
Ubbo EmmiusGerman historian and geographer - 1636
Fabian BirkowskiPolish writer and preacher
- 1669
Pope Clement IXHead of the Catholic Church from 1667 to 1669 - 1674
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of ClarendonEnglish politician and historian - 1706
Peter II of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1683 to 1706
- 1718
Vincenzo CoronelliItalian Franciscan friar, cosmographer, cartographer, publisher, and encyclopedist
- 1761
TarabaiRegent of the Maratha Empire from 1700 to 1708 - 1793
Yolande de PolastronFrench aristocrat and courtier - 1798
Johann Reinhold ForsterGerman naturalist - 1830
Heinrich Christian Friedrich SchumacherDanish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy - 1851WWilliam Thornhill (British Army officer)
- 1854
Almeida GarrettPortuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician - 1858
Robert BaldwinCo-Premier of Province of Canada (1842–1843; 1848–1851) - 1887MMahmadu LamineTijani marabout
- 1906
Ferdinand BrunetièreFrench writer and critic - 1907
Eva NansenOpera singer - 1916
Natsume SōsekiJapanese novelist - 1924
Bernard ZweersDutch composer and music teacher - 1930
Rube FosterAmerican baseball player - 1932
Karl BlossfeldtGerman photographer and sculptor - 1932
Begum RokeyaBengali feminist writer and social reformer - 1935
Walter LiggettAmerican journalist - 1937
Lilias ArmstrongBritish phonetician - 1937
Gustaf DalénSwedish engineer and inventor - 1941
Dmitry MerezhkovskyRussian novelist - 1943
Georges DufrénoyFrench painter - 1944
Laird CregarAmerican actor - 1945
Yun Ch'ihoKorean politician - 1957
Ali İhsan SâbisTurkish politician - 1963
Daniel O. FagunwaNigerian author - 1963PPerry MillerAmerican historian
- 1964
Edith SitwellBritish poet and critic - 1965
Branch RickeyAmerican baseball player, manager, and executive - 1967
Charles-Léon HammesLuxembourgish lawyer and judge - 1968
Enoch L. JohnsonAmerican political boss and mobster - 1970
Artem MikoyanSoviet aircraft-designer - 1970
Firoz Khan NoonPrime Minister of Pakistan from 1957 to 1958 - 1971
Ralph BuncheAmerican political scientist - 1971
Sergey KonenkovRussian and Soviet sculptor - 1971
Aeneas Francon WilliamsScottish missionary, chaplain and writer - 1972
Louella ParsonsAmerican gossip columnist - 1975
William A. WellmanAmerican director and actor - 1979
Fulton J. SheenAmerican Catholic bishop, televangelist, and venerable - 1982
Leon JaworskiAmerican prosecutor - 1982
Marguerite Henry (scientist)Australian zoologist - 1991
Berenice AbbottAmerican photographer - 1992
Vincent GardeniaAmerican actor - 1993
Danny BlanchflowerNorthern Irish footballer - 1995
Toni Cade BambaraAmerican author, activist, professor - 1995
Douglas CorriganAmerican aviator - 1996PPatty DonahueAmerican singer
- 1996
Mary LeakeyBritish paleoanthropologist - 1996
Alain PoherFrench politician - 1996DDiana Morgan (screenwriter)Welsh playwright and screenwriter
- 1998SShaughnessy CohenCanadian politician
- 1998
Archie MooreAmerican professional boxer - 2001
Michael CarverBritish Field Marshal - 2002
Mary HansenAustralian-born guitarist and singer - 2002
Ian HornakAmerican painter - 2002SStan RiceAmerican professor, poet and artist
- 2003
Norm SloanAmerican basketball player and coach - 2003
Paul Simon (politician)American politician - 2005
György SándorHungarian pianist and writer - 2005
Robert SheckleyAmerican writer - 2006
Georgia GibbsAmerican jazz and pop singer
- 2007
Rafael SperaficoBrazilian racing driver - 2007GGordon ZahnPeace activist
- 2008IIbrahim DosseyGhanaian footballer
- 2008
Yuri GlazkovSoviet Air Force general and cosmonaut - 2009
Gene BarryAmerican actor
- 2010
James Moody (saxophonist)American jazz musician - 2010
Dov ShilanskyIsraeli politician - 2012
Béla Nagy AbodiHungarian painter and professor - 2012
Patrick MooreEnglish astronomer, broadcaster and writer - 2012
Alex MoultonEnglish engineer - 2012
Jenni RiveraAmerican singer - 2012
Charles RosenAmerican pianist and writer on music - 2012RRiccardo SchicchiItalian film director
- 2012
Norman Joseph WoodlandAmerican engineer and inventor - 2013HHristu CândroveanuAromanian editor, literary critic and writer
- 2013JJohn GabbertCalifornia Court of Appeal justice
- 2013
Barbara Hesse-BukowskaPolish pianist - 2013
Eleanor ParkerAmerican actress - 2013JJohn Wilbur (American football)American football player
- 2014
Sacvan BercovitchCanadian literary and cultural critic - 2014JJane FreilicherAmerican painter
- 2014
Jorge María MejíaArgentine cardinal - 2014
Mary Ann MobleyAmerican actress - 2014BBlagoje PaunovićSerbian footballer and manager
- 2014
Jože Toporišič - 2015
Soshana AfroyimAustrian painter - 2015
Norman BreslowAmerican statistician and medical researcher - 2015
Juvenal JuvêncioBrazilian lawyer and football manager - 2015
Julio Terrazas Sandoval - 2021
Speedy DuncanAmerican football player - 2021
Demaryius ThomasAmerican football player - 2022
Jovit BaldivinoFilipino singer and actor - 2024
Nikki GiovanniAmerican poet, writer and activist
Frequently asked questions
Who died on December 9?
112 people with a Wikipedia article died on December 9, including Malcolm IV of Scotland, Vaišvilkas, Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. 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 9?
54 documented historical events happened on December 9, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: In one of two substantial military actions in England during the Glorious Revolution, forces loyal to William of Orange were decisively victorious at the Battle of Reading. On the same day, in another year: American Revolutionary War: After their loss in the Battle of Great Bridge, British authorities were forced to evacuate from the Colony of Virginia. 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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