Died on December 22
Remembering 23 notable people who died on this day
Albert Fraenkel
deceasedGerman physician (1864-1938) · 1864–1938
Days lived
Lived 27,230 days
🇩🇪Alfred Lücker
deceasedWest German field hockey player (1931–2008) · 1931–2008
Days lived
Lived 28,394 days
🇸🇰Anton Tkáč
deceasedathlete · 1951–2022
Days lived
Lived 26,201 days
🇷🇺Arkady Vorobyov
deceasedathlete · 1924–2012
Days lived
Lived 32,223 days
🇺🇸Bennie Ellender
deceasedAmerican football player and coach (1925-2011) · 1925–2011
Days lived
Lived 31,707 days
🇬🇧Chris Rea
deceasedEnglish male singer-songwriter and guitarist (1951–2025) · 1951–2025
Days lived
Lived 27,323 days
🇷🇺Dmitry Zimin
deceasedRussian entrepreneur and researcher (1933–2021) · 1933–2021
Days lived
Lived 32,381 days
🇺🇸Fred Guy
deceasedAmerican musician (1897–1971) · 1897–1971
Days lived
Lived 27,241 days
🇩🇪Friedrich von Thiersch
deceasedGerman architect (1852-1921) · 1852–1921
Days lived
Lived 25,450 days
Heinrich Waentig
deceasedGerman politician and economist (1870–1943) · 1870–1943
Days lived
Lived 26,939 days
🇺🇸Ignace Gelb
deceasedAmerican historian (1907-1985) · 1907–1985
Days lived
Lived 28,560 days
🇩🇪Ingrid Steeger
deceasedactor · 1947–2023
Days lived
Lived 28,025 days
🇬🇧Joe Cocker
deceasedEnglish musician (1944–2014) · 1944–2014
Days lived
Lived 25,784 days
🇩🇪Karl Koller
deceasedGerman Wehrmacht general Officer in the Wehrmacht’s Luftwaffe Branch · 1898–1951
Days lived
Lived 19,661 days
Libertas Schulze-Boysen
deceasedGerman opponent of the Nazis who belonged to the Red Orchestra (1913-1942) · 1913–1942
Days lived
Lived 10,625 days
🇷🇸Oto Bihalji-Merin
deceasedYugoslav writer and art historian (1904–1993) · 1904–1993
Days lived
Lived 32,862 days
🇩🇪Otto Weidt
deceasedentrepreneur · 1883–1947
Days lived
Lived 23,610 days
🇩🇪Rochus Gliese
deceasedGerman film director and actor (1891-1978) · 1891–1978
Days lived
Lived 32,127 days
Roman Matveevich Semashkevich
deceasedRussian painter and graphic artist (1900-1937) · 1900–1937
Days lived
Lived 13,597 days
🇺🇸Ryan Freel
deceasedAmerican baseball player (1976–2012) · 1976–2012
Days lived
Lived 13,439 days
🇮🇪Samuel Beckett
deceasedIrish writer (1906–1989) · 1906–1989
Days lived
Lived 30,570 days
Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
deceasedmember of the House of Saud (1931-2018) · 1930–2018
Days lived
Lived 32,272 days
🇩🇪Uwe Kockisch
deceasedGerman actor · 1944–2025
Days lived
Lived 29,912 days