10 December Deaths

December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 21 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
949 – Herman I, Duke of Swabia
1041 – Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (b. 1010)
1198 – Averroes, Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1126)
1508 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
1541 – Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (b. 1514)
1618 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)
1626 – Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)
1665 – Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)
1736 – António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)
1791 – Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (b. 1726)
1831 – Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
1850 – Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
1850 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
1865 – Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
1867 – Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
1896 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
1909 – Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
1911 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
1917 – Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
1920 – Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)
1922 – Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)
1926 – Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)
1928 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)
1936 – Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857)
1936 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
1939 – John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1879)
1941 – Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915)
1944 – John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)
1945 – Theodor Dannecker, German captain (b. 1913)
1946 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)
1946 – Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (b. 1884)
1948 – Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)
1951 – Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869)
1953 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
1956 – David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
1957 – Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)
1958 – Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
1963 – K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)
1967 – Ronnie Caldwell, American keyboard player (b. 1948)
1967 – Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
1968 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
1968 – George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
1968 – Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)
1972 – Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)
1973 – Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922)
1974 – Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (b. 1890)
1977 – Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (b. 1901)
1978 – Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1979 – Ann Dvorak, American actress (b. 1911)
1982 – Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1986 – Susan Cabot, American actress (b. 1927)
1986 – Kate Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
1987 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)
1988 – Richard S. Castellano, American actor (b. 1933)
1988 – Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (b. 1911)
1990 – Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898)
1991 – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic (b. 1901)
1992 – Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1908)
1993 – Alice Tully, American soprano (b. 1902)
1994 – Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (b. 1918)
1994 – Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter (b. 1905)
1995 – Darren Robinson, American rapper (b. 1967)
1996 – Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
1999 – Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1943)
1999 – Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (b. 1922)
1999 – Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (b. 1912)
2000 – Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)
2001 – Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)
2002 – Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)
2002 – Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
2003 – Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (b. 1924)
2004 – Gary Webb, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
2005 – Mary Jackson, American actress (b. 1910)
2005 – Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)
2005 – Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
2006 – Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (b. 1908)
2006 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (b. 1915)
2007 – Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (b. 1913)
2009 – Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (b. 1925)
2010 – John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
2010 – J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
2010 – MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
2012 – Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)
2012 – Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
2012 – Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (b. 1942)
2013 – Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
2013 – Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)
2013 – Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
2013 – Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician (b. 1946)
2014 – Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (b. 1923)
2014 – Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (b. 1931)
2014 – Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2014 – Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (b. 1944)
2014 – Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist (b. 1944)
2015 – Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1948)
2015 – Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (b. 1940)
2015 – Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (b. 1989)
2015 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)

Source: Wikipedia