Famous people died in December - page 8

John Tyndall was an Irish physicist

Armand Jean du Plessis, commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French noble, statesman and clergyman

Noor Jehan was a famous Pakistani singer and actress who was given the honorific title of Malika-e-Tarannum

Sam Cooke was one of the greatest American singers

John Eleuthère du Pont was an American philanthropist and heir to the Du Pont family fortune

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a notorious Colombian drug lord

John Vliet Lindsay was an American politician, broadcaster and lawyer.

Eugene McCarthy was an American politician who served as the United States Senator from Minnesota for several years

John Brown was a noted American radical abolitionist who detested slavery

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a leading French painter of the Impressionist style