Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1909

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1909. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

Dec. 4 Maria d'Orléans
Dec. 7 Giuseppe Cerrano
Dec. 10 Red Cloud
American tribal chief (of the oglala nation) (b. 1822).
Dec. 10 Arsenio da Trigolo
Dec. 11 Ludwig Mond
German-born chemist and british industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839).
Dec. 12 Karl Krumbacher
Dec. 14 Agustín Querol
Dec. 15 William Des Vœux
Dec. 15 Emil Strub
Dec. 15 Francisco Tárrega
Dec. 16 Marco Aurelio Crotta
Dec. 16 Enrico Giglioli
Dec. 16 Lina Morgenstern
Dec. 16 Adelaide di Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
Dec. 17 Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
Dec. 17 Edhem Pascià
Dec. 17 Leopoldo II del Belgio
Dec. 18 Michail Nikolaevič Romanov
Dec. 24 François Bidel
Dec. 24 Nicolaas Pierson
Dec. 25 Johann Jakob Kneucker
Dec. 25 Richard Bowdler Sharpe
Dec. 26 Frederic Remington
American artist and sculptor famous for his depictions of the American Old West.
Dec. 26 Henri Cazalis
Dec. 26 Louis Charles Émile Lortet
Dec. 29 James Main
Dec. 29 Luigi Suñer
Dec. 30 Martha Watts
Dec. 31 Spencer Trask
American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844).