Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1955

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1955. 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 József Galamb

  Hungarian-american engineer (b. 1881).

• Dec. 4 Ottavio Tiby
• Dec. 5 Glenn L. Martin

  American pilot and businessman, founded the glenn l. martin company (b. 1886).

• Dec. 6 Honus Wagner

  American baseball player and manager (b. 1874).

• Dec. 6 George Platt Lynes
• Dec. 6 Georges Johin
• Dec. 6 Mary Stone McDowell
• Dec. 9 Adriana Budevska
• Dec. 9 Abram Michajlovič Dragomirov
• Dec. 9 Giuseppe Nogara
• Dec. 13 António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz

  Prize laureate for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses.

• Dec. 13 Egas Moniz

  uese psychiatrist and neurosurgeon, nobel prize laureate (b. 1874).

• Dec. 13 Antonio Egas Moniz
• Dec. 13 Alexandru Proca
• Dec. 22 Mary Josephine Bedford
• Dec. 22 Jules De Bisschop
• Dec. 22 Jules-Émile Verschaffelt
• Dec. 22 Rose Lichtenstein
• Dec. 23 Pietro Gaudenzi
• Dec. 25 Emil Oberle
• Dec. 25 Giovanni Cuniolo
• Dec. 25 Ernst Sittig
• Dec. 26 Eberhardt Illmer
• Dec. 27 Ely Culbertson

  Expert in the romanian-american bridge, writer and editor.

• Dec. 27 Alfred Carpenter

  Recipient of the victoria cross for english admiral (d. 1955).

• Dec. 27 Giovanni Battista Alfano
• Dec. 28 Giuseppe Breccia Fratadocchi
• Dec. 28 Olive Edis