People who died on December 22

2004

Doug Ault, baseball player (b: March 9, 1950 ; d: December 22, 2004)
► Biography of Doug Ault

2003

Dave Dudley, American singer (b: May 3, 1928 ; d: December 22, 2003)
► Biography of Dave Dudley

2002

Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (b: August 21, 1952 ; d: December 22, 2002)
► Biography of Joe Strummer

Desmond Hoyte (d: December 22, 2002)
► Biography of Desmond Hoyte

1995

Butterfly McQueen, American actress (b: January 7, 1911 ; d: December 22, 1995)
► Biography of Butterfly McQueen

1989

Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: April 13, 1906 ; d: December 22, 1989)
► Biography of Samuel Beckett

1988

Chico Mendes (d: December 22, 1988)
► Biography of Chico Mendes

1985

D. Boon (d: December 22, 1985)
► Biography of D. Boon

1979

Darryl F. Zanuck, American film producer and executive (b: September 5, 1902 ; d: December 22, 1979)
► Biography of Darryl F. Zanuck

1965

Richard Dimbleby, British journalist and broadcaster (b: May 25, 1913 ; d: December 22, 1965)
► Biography of Richard Dimbleby

1959

Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (b: October 24, 1901 ; d: December 22, 1959)
► Biography of Gilda Gray

1943

Beatrix Potter, English author (b: July 28, 1866 ; d: December 22, 1943)
► Biography of Beatrix Potter

1942

Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b: July 9, 1858 ; d: December 22, 1942)
► Biography of Franz Boas

1940

Nathanael West, American writer (b: October 17, 1903 ; d: December 22, 1940)
► Biography of Nathanael West

1939

Ma Rainey, American singer (b: April 26, 1886 ; d: December 22, 1939)
► Biography of Ma Rainey

1936

Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger, Croatian paleontologist (b: October 25, 1856 ; d: December 22, 1936)
► Biography of Dragutin Gorjanovic-Kramberger

1902

Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychologist (b: August 14, 1840 ; d: December 22, 1902)
► Biography of Richard von Krafft-Ebing

1899

Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (b: February 5, 1837 ; d: December 22, 1899)
► Biography of Dwight L. Moody

1880

George Eliot, English novelist (b: November 22, 1819 ; d: December 22, 1880)
► Biography of George Eliot

1870

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (b: February 17, 1836 ; d: December 22, 1870)
► Biography of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

1828

William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (b: August 6, 1766 ; d: December 22, 1828)
► Biography of William Hyde Wollaston

1738

Constantia Jones (d: December 22, 1738)
► Biography of Constantia Jones

1708

Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b: June 26, 1681 ; d: December 22, 1708)
► Biography of Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp

1681

Richard Alleine (d: December 22, 1681)
► Biography of Richard Alleine

1660

André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (b: June 23, 1612 ; d: December 22, 1660)
► Biography of André Tacquet

1646

Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b: December 21, 1596 ; d: December 22, 1646)
► Biography of Peter Mogila

1603

Mehmed III, Ottoman Emperor (b: May 26, 1566 ; d: December 22, 1603)
► Biography of Mehmed III

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