29 December Deaths

December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are two days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

Deaths

721 – Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)
1125 – Agnes I, Abbess of Quedlinburg (b.c. 1090)
1170 – Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (b. 1118)
1208 – Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, (b. 1168)
1380 – Elizabeth of Poland, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1305)[1]
1416 – Mathew Swetenham, bow bearer of Henry IV
1550 – Bhuvanaikabahu VII, King of Kotte (b. 1468)
1563 – Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)
1565 – Queen Munjeong of Korea (b. 1501)
1606 – Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1557)
1634 – John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
1661 – Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
1689 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
1720 – Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
1731 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
1737 – Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
1785 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
1887 – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
1890 – Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
1891 – Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1894 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
1897 – William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
1900 – John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
1910 – Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
1924 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
1925 – Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
1926 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
1929 – Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
1937 – Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
1941 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
1944 – Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
1949 – Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
1952 – Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
1959 – Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)
1960 – Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)
1967 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
1968 – Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
1970 – Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
1972 – Joseph Cornell, American sculptor and director (b. 1903)
1972 – Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
1976 – Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)
1980 – Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
1981 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
1986 – Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
1986 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
1988 – Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)
1996 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)
1998 – Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (b. 1930)
1999 – Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)
2000 – Adele Stimmel Chase, American sculptor and painter (b. 1917)
2001 – Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
2003 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)
2004 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
2004 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
2007 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
2008 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
2009 – Steven Williams, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
2010 – Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1956)
2012 – Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)
2012 – Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Australian soldier and author (b. 1923)
2012 – Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (b. 1927)
2012 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2012 – Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (b. 1933)
2013 – C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)
2013 – Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (b. 1978)
2013 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)
2013 – Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish skier (b. 1937)
2013 – Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author and translator (b. 1951)
2013 – Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic (b. 1933)
2014 – Hari Harilela, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1922)
2014 – Juanito Remulla, Sr., Filipino lawyer and politician, Governor of Cavite (b. 1933)
2015 – Om Prakash Malhotra, Indian general and politician, 25th Governor of Punjab (b. 1922)
2015 – Pavel Srníček, Czech footballer and coach (b. 1968)
2016 – Keion Carpenter, American football defensive back (b. 1977)
2016 – LaVell Edwards, American football head coach (b. 1930)

Source: wikipedia