December 24 Deaths

Famous people who died on December 24th

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (1904 - 1985)

Last undisputed descendant of Abraham Lincoln

John Muir

John Muir (1838 - 1914)

Scottish-American environmentalist

Karl Dönitz

Karl Dönitz (1891 - 1980)

German navy officer

Jack Klugman

Jack Klugman (1922 - 2012)

American actor

Peter Lawford

Peter Lawford (1923 - 1984)

English-American actor

Toshiro Mifune

Toshiro Mifune (1920 - 1997)

Japanese actor

Samuel P. Huntington

Samuel P. Huntington (1927 - 2008)

American political scientist

William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)

English author

Norman Vincent Peale

Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)

American minister and author

Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins (1795 - 1873)

American philanthropist

William M. Branham

William M. Branham (1909 - 1965)

American evangelist

Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975)

American composer

Tristan Tzara

Tristan Tzara (1896 - 1963)

Romanian-French poet

Alban Berg

Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)

Austrian composer

Rafael Caldera

Rafael Caldera (1916 - 2009)

Venezuelan politician, 65th President of Venezuela

John Osborne

John Osborne (1929 - 1994)

English playwright and screenwriter

Louis Aragon

Louis Aragon (1897 - 1982)

French author and poet

Rick Parfitt

Rick Parfitt (1948 - 2016)

guitarist

Capital Steez

Capital Steez (1993 - 2012)

American rapper

Rudi Dutschke

Rudi Dutschke (1940 - 1979)

German student leader

Peyo

Peyo (1928 - 1992)

Belgian illustrator and writer

Juan Velasco Alvarado

Juan Velasco Alvarado (1910 - 1977)

Peruvian general, 1st President of Peru

Samael Aun Weor

Samael Aun Weor (1917 - 1977)

Colombian writer

Johannes Heesters

Johannes Heesters (1903 - 2011)

Dutch actor and singer

Andrew Dunbar

Andrew Dunbar (1984 - 2019)

Irish actor

João Figueiredo

João Figueiredo (1918 - 1999)

Brazilian military leader and politician, 30th President of Brazil

Alec Wilder

Alec Wilder (1907 - 1980)

American composer

Charles Durning

Charles Durning (1923 - 2012)

American actor

Pierre Péladeau

Pierre Péladeau (1925 - 1997)

Canadian businessman

Laci Peterson

Laci Peterson (1975 - 2002)

American victim of murder

Julie Haydon

Julie Haydon (1910 - 1994)

American actor

Robert Leckie

Robert Leckie (1920 - 2001)

American Author, Military man

Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter (1930 - 2008)

English playwright, actor and director