Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1919

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1919. 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. 3 Pierre-Auguste Renoir

  French impressionist artist.

• Dec. 3 VI barone Walsingham Thomas de Grey
• Dec. 7 Marianna Paulucci
• Dec. 8 J. Alden Weir

  American painter (b. 1852).

• Dec. 9 Władysław Kulczyński
• Dec. 9 Oreste Tommasini
• Dec. 10 Ruggiero Maurigi
• Dec. 12 Feng Guozhang
• Dec. 12 Paul Stäckel
• Dec. 13 Woldemar Voigt

  German physicist and academic (b. 1850).

• Dec. 13 Alfonso Canzio
• Dec. 14 Norman Victor Leaver
• Dec. 14 Eugen Petersen
• Dec. 16 Luigi Illica
• Dec. 17 José María Cos y Macho
• Dec. 18 John Alcock

  Captain in the royal navy (d. 1919).

• Dec. 18 Antonio Garella
• Dec. 20 Philip Fysh

  English-australian politician, 12th premier of tasmania (b. 1835).

• Dec. 22 Hermann Weingärtner

  German gymnast (d. 1919).

• Dec. 22 Boy Capel
• Dec. 23 Pietro Stefanelli
• Dec. 27 Achilles Alferaki

  Russian-greek composer and politician, governor of taganrog (b. 1846).

• Dec. 28 Johannes Rydberg

  Swedish academic and physicist (d. 1919).

• Dec. 28 Laura Zanon Paladini
• Dec. 29 William Osler

  Canadian physician and professor (b. 1849).

• Dec. 30 Benno Baginsky
• Dec. 30 Luigi Formiga