Famous people died in December - page 29

George Joseph Stigler

George Joseph Stigler

George Stigler was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century

AmericanJanuary 17, 1911212 views

Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African-American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize

AmericanJune 7, 1917304 views

Robert Andrews Millikan

Robert Andrews Millikan was an eminent American experimental physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for his work on photoelectric effect

AmericanMarch 22, 1868276 views

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was a famous Scottish poet, novelist and travel writer

ScottishNovember 13, 1850203 views

Robert Graves

Robert Graves was an English poet and novelist best known for his war memoir ‘Good-Bye to All That’

BritishJuly 24, 1895141 views

William Makepeace Thackeray

William Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist

BritishJuly 18, 1811220 views

Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton was an Anglo-American author of French origin who is famous as a poet, a catholic priest, social activist and a great scholar of comparative religion.

FrenchJanuary 31, 1915282 views

Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar was one of the greatest music maestros from India who familiarized the West with the Indian classical music

IndianApril 7, 1920256 views

William Maugham

William Maugham was an English playwright, writer and novelist

BritishJanuary 25, 1874178 views

Robert Browning

Robert Browning was a famous English poet and playwright

BritishMay 7, 1812163 views