On This Day — December 1
4505 noted people were born and 2436 died on December 1 in our archive, including John Keill, Andrey Sobolev and Arthur Sze.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 1
John Keill
1671 – 1721
Andrey Sobolev
1954 – 2026
Arthur Sze
b. 1950
Basilius Amerbach
1533 – 1591
Claire Chazal
b. 1956
Clarence Zener
1905 – 1993
Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden
1907 – 2005
Frank Gillard
1908 – 1998
Gary Peters
b. 1958
George Maxwell Richards
1931 – 2018
Gustaf Idman
1885 – 1961
Heinz Riesenhuber
b. 1935
Hidesaburō Hanafusa
1929 – 2009
Hilary Godwin
b. 1967
Ignacy Mościcki
1867 – 1946
Jeff Cheeger
b. 1943
John Clauser
b. 1942
Judit Kormos
b. 1970
Kurt Schmoke
b. 1949
Ludwig Riess
1861 – 1928
Marie Bashir
1930 – 2026
Martin Rodbell
1925 – 1998
María Concepción García Gaínza
b. 1937
Meroë Park
b. 1966
N. T. Wright
b. 1948
Neil Gershenfeld
b. 1959
Nigel S. Rodley
1941 – 2017
Nikolay Gerasimenko
b. 1950
Nirmal Kumar Dutta
1913 – 1982
Pascal Diethelm
b. 1944
Patrick Tay
b. 1971
Peiter Zatko
b. 1970
Robert Mertens
1894 – 1975
Sebastián Piñera
1949 – 2024
Stansfield Turner
1923 – 2018
Terry W. Virts
b. 1967
Thomas Griffith Taylor
1880 – 1963
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
b. 1937
Violette Verdy
1933 – 2016
Walcyr Carrasco
b. 1951
Édouard Brézin
b. 1938
Adolphe Bazaine-Vasseur
1809 – 1893
Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral
1894 – 1982
Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum
b. 1958
Aijiro Tomita
1885 – 1954
Alejandro Luna
1939 – 2022
Aleksandr Orlov
1938 – 2024
Alexander Galushka
b. 1975
Alfred Moisiu
b. 1929
Allan H. MacDonald
b. 1951
Andrew Leslie
b. 1957
Andrzej Bogusławski
1931 – 2026
Andrzej Chwalba
b. 1949
Anton Salman
b. 1957
Arjuna Ranatunga
b. 1963
Arnold Schönhage
b. 1934
Asahel C. Kendrick
1809 – 1895
B. S. Mardhekar
1909 – 1956
Billy Waugh
1929 – 2023
Blas Taracena Aguirre
1895 – 1951
Béla H. Bánáthy
1919 – 2003
Carl Skottsberg
1880 – 1963
Carsten Borchgrevink
1864 – 1934
Carsten Breuer
b. 1964
Charles Liedts
1802 – 1878
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
1873 – 1936
Charlie Bachman
1892 – 1985
Cheng Tzu-tsai
b. 1936
Chris Sherwin
1962 – 2017
Christine Kangaloo
b. 1961
Claude Cossette
b. 1937
Cleveland Morgan
1881 – 1962
Deborah Cohen
b. 1968
Eduard Riecke
1845 – 1915
Edward H. Kraus
1875 – 1973
Eero Medijainen
b. 1959
Egunyu Janepher Nantume
b. 1978
Erik Scherder
b. 1951
Ernest Reyer
1823 – 1909
Ernesto de Martino
1908 – 1965
Federico Faggin
b. 1941
Felix Pollaczek
1892 – 1981
Filippos Petsalnikos
1950 – 2020
Finn E. Kydland
b. 1943
Francia Márquez
b. 1982
Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer
1708 – 1781
Frank den Hollander
b. 1956
Gennady Khazanov
b. 1945
Guo Lanying
1929 – 2026
Hakob Kojoyan
1883 – 1959
Halvdan Skard
b. 1939
Hap Spuhler
1918 – 1982
Harold A. Wilson
1874 – 1964
Heinz Hajek-Halke
1898 – 1983
Hélène Mandroux
b. 1940
Igor Rodionov
1936 – 2014
Inoue Yoshika
1845 – 1929
Isabella Pringle
1876 – 1963
Issei Kitagawa
1942 – 2021
István Kniezsa
1898 – 1965
James Armand de Rothschild
1878 – 1957
James Harithas
1932 – 2023
James Lloyd
1769 – 1831
James McClelland
b. 1948
James Wilfred Estey
1889 – 1956
James Wolfensohn
1933 – 2020
James Wood-Mason
1846 – 1893
Jane Turner
b. 1960
Jefferson Caffery
1886 – 1974
Jen Psaki
b. 1978
Jerzy Konorski
1903 – 1973
Joan Larsen
b. 1968
Joe Nickell
1944 – 2025
John Crowley
1942 – 2026
Joseph Knauer
1764 – 1844
José Alejandrino
1870 – 1951
José María Portillo Valdés
b. 1961
José Ángel de la Casa
1950 – 2025
João Sayad
1945 – 2021
Julián Calleja y Sánchez
1836 – 1913
Józef Użycki
1932 – 2022
Kaka Kalelkar
1885 – 1981
Kamal Kharazi
1944 – 2026
Karen Tumulty
b. 1955
Karl Otto Pöhl
1929 – 2014
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884 – 1976
Könül Nurullayeva
b. 1985
Léon Heuzey
1831 – 1922
Léopold Javal
1804 – 1872
Mandela Barnes
b. 1986
Mariana Percovich
b. 1963
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
1743 – 1817
Martina Michels
b. 1955
María Elena Meneses Rocha
1961 – 2018
María Soledad Mestre
1948 – 2012
Michael Hagee
b. 1944
Michael J Lenardo
b. 1955
Michel Goemans
b. 1964
Mieczysław Rakowski
1926 – 2008
Miroslav Kusý
1931 – 2019
Mirrie Hill
1889 – 1986
Mordkhe Schaechter
1927 – 2007
Morris
1923 – 2001
Muhammad Ibrahim
b. 1945
Naum Kleiman
b. 1937
Nikolay Kondakov
1949 – 2026
Nils von Rosenstein
1752 – 1824
Nuri as-Said
1888 – 1958
Néstor García Canclini
b. 1939
Ogbonnaya Onu
1951 – 2024
Oskari Reinikainen
1885 – 1969
Otto Pérez Molina
b. 1950
Peter Lineham
b. 1951
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1690 – 1764
Philipp Krementz
1819 – 1899
Philippe Flajolet
1948 – 2011
Rao Yutai
1891 – 1968
Riaz ur Rehman Saghar
1940 – 2013
Robert Hugh Layton
b. 1944
Robert T. Herres
1932 – 2008
Safra Catz
b. 1961
Salahuddin Ayub
1961 – 2023
Seiji Tabata
1898 – 1984
Selena Millares
b. 1963
Sereno Watson
1826 – 1892
Serge Le Tendre
b. 1946
Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
1661 – 1727
Stephen Benton
1941 – 2003
Stephen Hinshaw
b. 1952
Stuart Garson
1898 – 1977
Syarhei Rumas
b. 1969
Takahiro Anno
b. 1990
Tarō Honda
b. 1973
Thorwald Bergquist
1899 – 1972
Victor Ambros
b. 1953
Vladimir Matskevich
1909 – 1998
Vytautas Grubliauskas
b. 1956
William A. Pusey
1865 – 1940
William Macarthur
1800 – 1882
Xia Baolong
b. 1952
Yasumasa Shigeno
1941 – 2021
Yehezkel Ben-Ari
b. 1943
Zhu De
1886 – 1976
Álvaro José Brilhante Laborinho Lúcio
1941 – 2025
A. A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar
1892 – 1953
Abd El Latif Arabiyat
1933 – 2019
Abraham Albert Hijmans van den Bergh
1869 – 1943
Adalbert Duchek
1824 – 1882
Adalberto Jordan
b. 1961
Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski
1734 – 1823
Adylbek Kasymaliev
b. 1960
Aiko, Princess Toshi
b. 2001
Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin
b. 1937
Albert Ho
b. 1951
Alberto Borea
b. 1951
Alberto Broggi
b. 1966
Alberto Cova
b. 1958
Albertus W. Catlin
1868 – 1933
Alexandra of Denmark
1844 – 1925
Alis Kaplandjyan
b. 1952
… and 4,305 more
Died on December 1
Adriaan Blaauw
1914 – 2010
Edmund Załęski
1863 – 1932
G.H. Hardy
1877 – 1947
Carl Frederik von Breda
1759 – 1818
Dariya Nikitichna Dobroczajeva
1916 – 1995
Dashrath Patel
1927 – 2010
Dimitris Trichopoulos
1938 – 2014
Franz Joseph Emil Fischer
1877 – 1947
Henry Gawler
1827 – 1894
Henry Wotton
1568 – 1639
Johan Ihre
1707 – 1780
John L. McLucas
1920 – 2002
Kenneth O. May
1915 – 1977
Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
1911 – 2004
Shoucheng Zhang
1963 – 2018
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
1860 – 1952
Adarsh Sein Anand
1936 – 2017
Aisha Abd al-Rahman
1913 – 1998
Alfred Thayer Maan
1840 – 1914
Alvin Lucier
1931 – 2021
Andrzej Nowicki
1919 – 2011
André Charles Biéler
1896 – 1989
Anton Kochinyan
1913 – 1990
Antonio Lago
1893 – 1960
Antonio Segni
1891 – 1972
Arkady Sobolev
1903 – 1964
Arthur Aimé Bruneau
1864 – 1940
Baltazar Rebelo de Sousa
1921 – 2002
Brian Kerr, Baron Kerr of Tonaghmore
1948 – 2020
Clark Kerr
1911 – 2003
Damrong Rajanubhab
1862 – 1943
Daniel Langlois
1957 – 2023
Dany Vandenbossche
1956 – 2013
David A. Morse
1907 – 1990
David Ben-Gurion
1886 – 1973
Edouard Saouma
1926 – 2012
Eduardo Lourenço
1923 – 2020
Edward Conradi
1869 – 1944
Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham
1879 – 1955
Edward L. Beach, Jr.
1918 – 2002
Edward Northey
1868 – 1953
Elizabeth Peratrovich
1911 – 1958
Elroy M. Avery
1844 – 1935
Emanuel Rackman
1910 – 2008
Enrique Jackson
1945 – 2021
Erlend Rian
1941 – 2020
Eugène Chevandier de Valdrôme
1810 – 1878
Francisco Mendoza de Bobadilla
1508 – 1566
G. Gould Lincoln
1880 – 1974
George Everest
1790 – 1866
Gerardo Bianco
1931 – 2022
Henri Huchard
1844 – 1910
Henri Wallon
1879 – 1962
Hugh Elliot
1752 – 1830
Hugo Haas
1901 – 1968
Igor Krichever
1950 – 2022
J.B.S. Haldane
1892 – 1964
James Baldwin
1924 – 1987
James George Lee Steere
1830 – 1903
Jan G. Waldenström
1906 – 1996
Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr
1677 – 1750
Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch
1725 – 1778
John Dee
1527 – 1608
John F. Kurtzke
1926 – 2015
Joseph Frederick Engelberger
1925 – 2015
José Eustacio Rivera
1888 – 1928
Julia Reichert
1946 – 2022
Jur Hronec
1881 – 1959
Konrad Porzner
1935 – 2021
Leon Wachholz
1867 – 1942
Ljubo Sirc
1920 – 2016
Louis Henri de Gueydon
1809 – 1886
Lu Kanru
1903 – 1978
Mangharam Udharam Malkani
1896 – 1980
Margaret Ida Balfour
1866 – 1945
Mariss Jansons
1943 – 2019
Maurice Greene
1696 – 1755
Maxwell R. Thurman
1931 – 1995
May Edward Chinn
1896 – 1980
Mohammad Maleki
1933 – 2020
Moses Abramovitz
1912 – 2000
Nikolai Patolichev
1908 – 1989
Norman Abramson
1932 – 2020
Pai Chung-hsi
1893 – 1966
Pauls Putniņš
1937 – 2018
Peter Corrigan
1941 – 2016
Petr Uhl
1941 – 2021
Philipp Graf Lerchenfeld
1952 – 2017
Philipp Schwartz
1894 – 1977
Pierre Dux
1908 – 1990
Publius Virgilius Lawson
1853 – 1920
Raymond M. Fuoss
1905 – 1987
Rob Blokzijl
1943 – 2015
Sandra Day O'Connor
1930 – 2023
Santidev Ghosh
1910 – 1999
Sergey Sazonov
1860 – 1927
Sherwin Carlquist
1930 – 2021
Sofija Kymantaitė-Čiurlionienė
1886 – 1958
Spencer Ponsonby-Fane
1824 – 1915
Stanisław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz
1731 – 1826
Stirling Colgate
1925 – 2013
Te Rangi Hīroa
1877 – 1951
Teng Daiyuan
1904 – 1974
Thomas Hamilton, 9th Earl of Haddington
1780 – 1858
Toshio Kimura
1909 – 1983
Vatche Hovsepian
1925 – 1978
Vladimir Arkadev
1884 – 1953
Wilhelm Heinrich Heintz
1817 – 1880
William Cotton
1786 – 1866
William Haworth
1905 – 1984
Yevhen Sverstiuk
1928 – 2014
Yoo Jae-geon
1937 – 2022
Zareh Vorpuni
1902 – 1980
Adrian Sebastian Fleming
1872 – 1940
Agustín Durán
1789 – 1862
Alan Clive Roberts
1934 – 2021
Aleksey Obolensky
1819 – 1884
Aleksey Rumyantsev
1905 – 1993
Alexander Brudno
1918 – 2009
Alexander Petrie
1881 – 1979
Alexander Valentine
1899 – 1977
Alfonso Armada
1920 – 2013
Alfred Cowley
1848 – 1926
Alfred Lodge
1854 – 1937
Alfred Lucking
1856 – 1929
Aloyse Hentgen
1894 – 1953
Alva B. Adams
1875 – 1941
Alvin Ailey
1931 – 1989
Andrew Leo Bettwy
1920 – 2004
Anita Brenner
1905 – 1974
Ann Bedsole
1930 – 2025
Anna-Liisa Hyvönen
1926 – 2021
Antim I
1816 – 1888
Antoine Huré
1873 – 1949
Antonio De Viti De Marco
1858 – 1943
Arif Dirlik
1940 – 2017
Arthur Doughty
1860 – 1936
Arved Sapar
1933 – 2021
Athanasios Rousopoulos
1823 – 1898
Auguste Tilkens
1869 – 1949
Aulay MacAulay of Ardincaple
1500 – 1617
Badar uz Zaman
1940 – 2023
Bernhard Kummer
1897 – 1962
Bernhard Schmidt
1879 – 1935
Bobby Layne
1926 – 1986
Bolesław Fleszar
1933 – 2023
Burny Bos
1944 – 2023
Carissa Etienne
1952 – 2023
Carl August Wilhelm Berends
1759 – 1826
Celeste Kaplan
1915 – 1998
Charles Langdale
1787 – 1868
Charles Officer
1976 – 2023
Charles Spencer Francis
1853 – 1911
Charles de Foucauld
1858 – 1916
Christa Meier
1941 – 2024
Christa Wolf
1929 – 2011
Christian Garve
1742 – 1798
Chōgorō Kaionji
1901 – 1977
Claude Antoine Gabriel, duc de Choiseul-Stainville
1760 – 1838
Clovis Brunel
1884 – 1971
Collette Tayler
1951 – 2017
Constant Van Crombrugghe
1789 – 1865
Dag Strömbäck
1900 – 1978
Daniel Lang
1919 – 1997
David E. Harrison
1933 – 2019
David Prosser Jr.
1942 – 2024
Delila Richards Abbott
1908 – 1998
Denis Crowley-Milling
1919 – 1996
Diogo de Payva de Andrada
1528 – 1575
Dwight Laing Rogers
1886 – 1954
Edgardo Gomez
1938 – 2019
Edmund Campion
1540 – 1581
Edmund Chojecki
1822 – 1899
Edward Ayshford Sanford
1794 – 1871
Edward Coke Billings
1829 – 1893
Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Glossop
1818 – 1883
Edward Heffron
1923 – 2013
Edward James Gay
1878 – 1952
Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough
1851 – 1920
Edwin Flavell
1898 – 1993
Eliezer Peri
1902 – 1970
Elihu S. Williams
1835 – 1903
Elisabeth Eybers
1915 – 2007
Elmer E. Rasmuson
1909 – 2000
Emilio Ferrero
1819 – 1887
Ennio Fantastichini
1955 – 2018
Eric Arnott
1929 – 2011
Erna Diez
1913 – 2001
Ernst Christoph Friedrich Knorre
1759 – 1810
Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke
1804 – 1872
Esther E. Wood
1905 – 2002
Ferdinando Nuzzi
1645 – 1717
Floyd Hicks
1915 – 1992
Franz Kossmat
1871 – 1938
Fred Jüssi
1935 – 2024
Frederick A. Schroeder
1833 – 1899
Gaylord Perry
1938 – 2022
Gazon Matodya
1904 – 2011
George Henry Tatham Paton
1895 – 1917
George Ross Anderson, Jr.
1929 – 2020
… and 2,236 more