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December 26th
178 Notable deaths
Georges Demenÿ
French photographer.
Born June 12th, 1850 in Douai. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1917 at 67 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Knudåge Riisager
Danish composer.
Born March 6th, 1897 in Kunda. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1974 at 77 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Giuseppe Chiappella
Italian footballer (1924-2009).
Born September 8th, 1924 in San Donato Milanese.
Died December 26th, 2009 at 85 years old in Milan. [ref]
Frank Dawson Adams
Mcgill university, montreal, canada, geologist and petrologist, who studied the monteregian hills (1859-1942).
Born September 17th, 1859 in Montreal. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1942 at 83 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Włodzimierz Tetmajer
Polish artist (1862-1923).
Born December 31st, 1862 in Harklowa, Lesser Poland Voivodeship. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1923 at 60 years old in Kraków. [ref]
Meir Balaban
Polish historian.
Born February 20th, 1877 in Lviv. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1942 at 65 years old in Warsaw.
Kennan Adeang
Nauruan politician (1942-2011).
Born December 23rd, 1942 in Nauru.
Died December 26th, 2011 at 69 years old in Nauru. [ref]
Noël Gallon
French composer (1891-1966).
Born September 11th, 1891 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 26th, 1966 at 75 years old in Paris.
Sergey Dmitriev
Russian footballer and manager.
Born March 19th, 1964 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 26th, 2022 at 58 years old [ref]
Otto Zdansky
Austrian paleontologist.
Born November 28th, 1894 in Vienna. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1988 at 94 years old in Uppsala.
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