Famous people died in December - page 28

Samuel Johnson was a great English writer, poet, essayist, critic and lexicographer

Susan Sontag is an American critical essayist, cultural analyst, novelist, political activist, filmmaker and playwright of international repute

Gerard Debreu was a French-born American economist who brought mathematical precision to economics

Nobel laureate Paul Anthony Samuelson is referred to as the ‘Father of Modern Economics’

Sitting Bull was a Teton Dakota Indian chief who led Sioux tribes in their struggle for survival on the North American Great Plains.

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Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military leader who was instrumental in independence of several Latin American countries from the Spanish rule

Samuel Phillips Huntington was a famous American political scientist who proposed the controversial thesis of ‘The Clash of Civilizations’

Samuel Gompers was an English-born American labor leader

Samuel Beckett was an Irish playwright, novelist, theatre director and poet

Roberto Clemente was a professional Puerto Rican baseball player, who is regarded among the best baseball players ever