Famous People Who Died on December 19

Discover the most famous people who died on December 19. The list includes people like J. M. W. Turner, Emily Brontë, Robert Andrews Millikan, Marcello Mastroianni, John Lindsay. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, novelists, poets and chemists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Italy & Germany and many more countries.

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Birthdate: July 30, 1818

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Thornton, West Yorkshire

Died: 1848

Victorian novelist/poet Emily Brontë, also known as Ellis Bell, is best remembered for her iconic novel Wuthering Heights. Her book of poems, written with her sisters Charlotte and Anne, was titled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, highlighting their pseudonyms. She suffered from prolonged illness and died of tuberculosis.

Birthdate: April 23, 1775

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: London, England

Died: 1851

J. M. W. Turner was an English printmaker, painter, and watercolorist best remembered for his imaginative landscapes and expressive colorizations. Intensely reclusive and eccentric throughout his life, Turner lived in poor health and squalor for the last few years of his life. He was portrayed by actor Timothy Spall in the 2014 biographical film, Mr. Turner.

Birthdate: November 28, 1933

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Redding, Connecticut, United States

Died: 2003

Height: 5'2" (157 cm)

Desmond Llewelyn

(Welsh Actor Best Known for His Role as ‘Q’ in James Bond Films)

Birthdate: September 12, 1914

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Newport, Wales Newport, Wales

Died: 1999

Welsh actor, Desmond Llewelyn, is best known for his role as Q in many James Bond films over a span of four decades. Even though he originally wanted to be a minister, his interest shifted to acting while in high school. He served in the army during World War II and resumed his acting career afterward.

Birthdate: September 28, 1924

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Fontana Liri, Lazio, Italy

Died: 1996

Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni is regarded as his country's biggest film star of all time. Making his debut as an uncredited extra when he was just 14, he worked hard over the decades to become a major film star in his country. He was a big name in international cinema as well. He was the recipient of numerous prestigious awards.

Al-Ghazālī

(Persian Polymath Considered as One of the Most Prominent and Influential Philosophers, Theologians, Jurists, Logicians and Mystics)

Birthdate: 1058 AD

Birthplace: Ṭūs, Iran

Died: 1111

Al-Ghazālī was a Persian Muslim polymath best remembered for his work in the fields of philosophy, theology, logic, and Sufism. Such was his popularity that al-Ghazali was awarded the honorific title Hujjat al-Islām during his lifetime itself. Among his other works, the Incoherence of the Philosophers is considered a landmark in the history of philosophy.

Birthdate: November 11, 1951

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Died: 2009

Kim Peek was a savant who suffered from the rare genetic syndrome, FG syndrome. Often called a “megasavant,” he had an exceptional memory and appeared in many documentaries. He was the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbitt in the film Rain Man. He was born with macrocephaly and damage to the cerebellum and experienced considerable social difficulties.

Dock Ellis

(Baseball player)

Birthdate: March 11, 1945

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 2008

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

V. C. Andrews

(Novelist)

Birthdate: June 6, 1923

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Died: 1986

Alois Alzheimer

(Psychiatrist, Neuropathologist)

Birthdate: June 14, 1864

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Marktbreit

Died: 1915

German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer is noted for identifying the first published case of presenile dementia, which his colleague and German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin later identified as Alzheimer's disease. Alois publicly discussed his findings on brain pathology and symptoms of presenile dementia in late-1906 and penned a larger paper giving details of the disease and his findings in 1907.

Birthdate: November 24, 1921

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 2000

Josephine Earp

(Wyatt Earp's wife)

Birthdate: 1861 AD

Birthplace: New York City, United States

Died: 1944

Blind Lemon Jefferson

(Blues & Gospel Singer-Songwriter)

Birthdate: September 24, 1893

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Coutchman, Texas, United States

Died: 1929

Masaru Ibuka

(Japanese Industrialist & Co-Founder of 'Sony')

Birthdate: April 11, 1908

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Nikkō City, Japan

Died: 1997

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese industrialist best remembered for co-founding Sony Group Corporation along with Akio Morita. From 1950 to 1971, Ibuka served as the company's president. When he retired in 1976, Morita was named chairman of Sony. Ibuka was the recipient of several prestigious awards such as the IEEE Founders Medal and the Medal of Honor with Blue Ribbon.

Birthdate: March 22, 1868

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Morrison

Died: 1953

Nobel Prize-winning experimental physicist Robert Andrews Millikan had begun his career as a faculty member at the University of Chicago and penned countless physics books. He later devoted himself to his research on elementary electronic charge and the photoelectric effect. His famous oil-drop experiment is known to all physics enthusiasts.

Thibaw Min

(King)

Birthdate: January 1, 1859

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Mandalay, Myanmar

Died: 1916

Pops Staples

(Musician)

Birthdate: December 28, 1914

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Winona, Mississippi, United States

Died: 2000

Kurt Masur

(Conductor)

Birthdate: July 18, 1927

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Brzeg, Poland

Died: 2015

Michael Oakeshott

(Former philosopher and political theorist who was known as one of the 20th century's most conservative thinkers)

Birthdate: December 11, 1901

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Chelsfield, London, England, United Kingdom

Died: 1990

Hans Langsdorff

(Soldier)

Birthdate: March 20, 1894

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Bergen auf Rügen

Died: 1939

Hans Langsdorff was a German naval officer best remembered for commanding the Admiral Graf Spee, a heavily armed cruiser, which was nicknamedpocket battleship by the British. The legendary ship played a key role in the Spanish Civil War where it conducted five non-intervention patrols.

Deborah Read

(Quakers)

Birthdate: 1708 AD

Birthplace: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Died: 1774

Vitus Bering

(Danish Explorer and Cartographer Who Explored the Bering Strait and Alaska)

Birthdate: August 5, 1681

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Horsens, Denmark

Died: 1741

Danish explorer and cartographer Vitus Bering is remembered for his exploration of the Bering Strait and Alaska. Starting as a ship’s boy at 15, he got a breakthrough with Tsar Peter I’s voyage to the East Indies. He later led the First and Second Kamchatka Expeditions. The Bering Sea and Strait bear his name.

Ram Prasad Bismil

(Indian Revolutionary Who Fought Against British Rule and Was Hanged For His Involvement in Kakori Conspiracy of 1925.)

Birthdate: June 11, 1897

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Died: 1927

James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie

(Governor-general of India)

Birthdate: April 22, 1812

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Dalhousie Castle, Scotland

Died: 1860

Jimmy Hill

(Former host of the BBC's Match of the Day, Footballer forward)

Birthdate: July 22, 1928

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Balham, London, England

Died: 2015

Louise of Great Britain

(Queen)

Birthdate: December 18, 1724

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Leicester House, London, England

Died: 1751

Viktor Abakumov

(Russian Minister of State Security 1946 to 1951)

Birthdate: April 24, 1908

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Died: 1954

Mirabeau B. Lamar

(Politician)

Birthdate: August 16, 1798

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Louisville, Georgia, United States

Died: 1859

Paul Langevin

(French Physicist)

Birthdate: January 23, 1872

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Paris, France

Died: 1946

Best known for developing the Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation, physicist Paul Langevin was also a staunch Communist. Having worked on his doctoral thesis under Pierre Curie, he had formed a connection with Curie’s wife, Marie Curie, which developed into a full-blown love affair after Pierre’s death.

Norman Thomas

(American Presbyterian Minister Who was a Six-Time Presidential Candidate for the 'Socialist Party of America')

Birthdate: November 20, 1884

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Marion

Died: 1968

Renata Tebaldi

(Italian Lirico-Spinto Soprano Who was One of the 20th Century's Greatest Opera Singers)

Birthdate: February 1, 1922

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Pesaro, Italy

Died: 2004

Renata Tebaldi was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano. Regarded as one of the 20th century's greatest opera singers, Tebaldi is best remembered for her performances at popular opera houses like San Carlo, La Scala, and the Metropolitan Opera. Renata Tebaldi was the recipient of several prestigious awards, including a Grammy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Milt Hinton

(Double Bassist)

Birthdate: June 23, 1910

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States

Died: 2000

Abbas II of Egypt

(Khedive)

Birthdate: July 14, 1874

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Alexandria, Egypt

Died: 1944

Jacques Tourneur

(Film director, Film editor)

Birthdate: November 12, 1904

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Paris

Died: 1977

Dickie Moore

(Ice hockey player)

Birthdate: January 6, 1931

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Montreal, Canada

Died: 2015

Height: 5'10" (178 cm)

Kyösti Kallio

(The 4th President & the 8th Prime Minister of Finland)

Birthdate: April 10, 1873

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Ylivieska, Finland

Died: 1940

Finnish politician Kyösti Kallio, who represented the Agrarian League, or the Center Party of Finland, had also led his country as its 4th president and 8th prime minister. He later became the first Finnish president to resign and also the only one who died in office, after he passed away following his farewell ceremonies.

Keiji Nakazawa

(Comic artist)

Birthdate: March 14, 1939

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

Died: 2012

Stanislas de Guaita

(Poet)

Birthdate: April 6, 1861

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Moselle, France

Died: 1897

Antonio Ordóñez

(Spanish Bullfighter)

Birthdate: February 16, 1932

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Ronda, Spain

Died: 1998

Bonny Hicks

(Model, Writer)

Birthdate: January 5, 1968

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Died: 1997

Christina of Lorraine

(Grand Duchess)

Birthdate: August 16, 1565

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Nancy, France

Died: 1637

Robert Dougall

(Ornithologist)

Birthdate: November 27, 1913

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Croydon, Surrey, England

Died: 1999

Bayard Taylor

(Poet)

Birthdate: January 11, 1825

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1878

Stella Gibbons

(Writer)

Birthdate: January 5, 1902

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom

Died: 1989

Birthdate: May 22, 1912

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: London, England

Died: 2004

James McGill

(Scottish Canadian Businessman and Philanthropist, Best Known for Being the Founder of 'McGill University')

Birthdate: October 6, 1744

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland

Died: 1813

James McGill was a Scottish Canadian politician, philanthropist, and businessman best remembered for founding McGill University in Montreal, Canada. One of the most important members of the Château Clique, McGill was also one of the founding members of the famous gentleman's dining club, The Beaver Club.

Alan Gardiner

(English Egyptologist, Philologist, and Linguist Who Studied Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs)

Birthdate: March 29, 1879

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Eltham, London, England

Died: 1963

Dwight Macdonald

(Writer)

Birthdate: March 24, 1906

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Died: 1982