Did you know
Lundblad started his career in the band 'The most Remarkable Nailband' where Lasse Tennander appeared as songwriter
Notable Deaths on December 22
99 people
69 – 2025
December 22 has seen 99 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 69 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
By thisDay.info Editorial Team · — Wikipedia
2015 — Peter Lundblad
Swedish singer-songwriter (born 1950)
Did you know
Gustaf Peter Lundblad was a Swedish singer and songwriter, well known for his 1986 song Ta mig till havet
Did you know
In 1978, Lundblad and Torbjörn wrote and recorded the song Who Will Comfort Toffle? which also is a children's book written by Tove Jansson
Did you know
Together with Agneta Olsson, Lundblad competed in Melodifestivalen 1983 with the song Vill du ha mig efter gryningen.
Did you know
Later they started the band 'Duga' but Tennander left the band quickly
69
official of the Chinese Tang dynasty
Yuan Qianyao, formally the Duke of Anyang (安陽公), was a Chinese politician during the Tang dynasty, twice serving as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong.
Read More
731
Buyid amir of Iraq
Abu Nasr Firuz Kharshadh, better known by his laqab of Baha al-Dawla was the Buyid amir of Iraq (988–1012), along with Fars and Kerman (998–1012). His early reign was dominated by struggles with his rival relatives over…
Read More
1012
1060
Bretislaus II was the duke of Bohemia from 14 September 1092 until his death in 1100. He was the eldest son of King Vratislaus II and Adelaide, daughter of Andrew I of Hungary. He was a major enemy of paganism.
Read More
1100
King of Norway (born 1099)
Olav Magnusson was king of Norway in 1103–1115. He was the son of King Magnus Barefoot and Sigrid, daughter of Saxe of Vik.
Read More
1115
Baldassarre Cossa was Pisan antipope as John XXIII (1410–1415) during the Western Schism. The Catholic Church today regards him as an antipope in opposition to Pope Gregory XII, whom it recognizes as the rightful…
Read More
1419
German lawyer and author (born 1470)
Willibald Pirckheimer was a German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist, a wealthy and prominent figure in Nuremberg in the 16th century, imperial counsellor and a member of the governing City Council for…
Read More
1530
Italian painter (born 1498)
Alessandro Bonvicino, more commonly known as Moretto, or in Italian Il Moretto da Brescia, was an Italian Renaissance painter from Brescia, where he also mostly worked. His dated works span the period from 1524 to 1554,…
Read More
1554
French miniaturist (born c. 1510)
François Clouet, son of Jean Clouet, was a French Renaissance miniaturist and painter, particularly known for his detailed portraits of the French ruling family.
Read More
1572
Ottoman sultan (born 1566)
Mehmed III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the Long Turkish War, during which the Ottoman army…
Read More
1603
Duke of Sully, 2nd Prime Minister of France (born 1560)
Maximilien de Béthune Sully, 1st Prince of Sully, Marquis of Rosny and Nogent, Count of Muret and Villebon, Viscount of Meaux was a French nobleman, soldier, statesman, and counselor of King Henry IV of France.…
Read More
1641
Ruthenian metropolitan and saint (born 1596)
Petro Mohyla or Peter Mogila was the Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Eastern Orthodox Church from 1633 to 1646.
Read More
1646
Flemish priest and mathematician (born 1612)
André Tacquet was a Brabantian mathematician and Jesuit priest. Tacquet adhered to the methods of the geometry of Euclid and the philosophy of Aristotle and opposed the method of indivisibles.
Read More
1660
1666
1681
English publisher (born 1713)
John Newbery, considered "The Father of Children's Literature", was an English publisher of books who first made children's literature a sustainable and profitable part of the literary market. He also supported and…
Read More
1767
English physician and surgeon (born 1714)
Percivall Pott was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopaedics, and the first scientist to demonstrate that cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen, namely chimney sweeps' carcinoma. Many…
Read More
1788
English-American merchant (born 1719)
William Vernon, of Newport, Rhode Island, was a merchant in the Atlantic slave trade who played a leading role in the Continental Congress' maritime activities during the American Revolution. In 1774, Vernon was member…
Read More
1806
English chemist and physicist (born 1766)
William Hyde Wollaston was an English chemist and physicist who is famous for discovering the chemical elements palladium and rhodium. He also developed a way to process platinum ore into malleable ingots, patented the…
Read More
1828
Mexican general and politician. President (1853) (born 1802)
Manuel Apolinario Josef María Ignacio Antonio Lombardini de la Torre (1802–1853) was a Mexican soldier who served as president briefly for about three months in 1853. He rose to power in the wake of a revolution against…
Read More
1853
French mathematician and engineer (born 1788)
Jean-Victor Poncelet was a French engineer and mathematician who served most notably as the Commanding General of the École Polytechnique. He is considered a reviver of projective geometry, and his work Traité des…
Read More
1867
Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (born 1836)
Gustavo Adolfo Claudio Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish Romantic poet and writer, also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing. He is one of the most important…
Read More
1870
English novelist and poet (born 1819)
Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the…
Read More
1880
American cattle baron (born 1824)
John Simpson Chisum was a wealthy cattle baron on the frontier in the American West in the mid-to-late 19th century. He was born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, and moved with his family southwest across the Mississippi…
Read More
1884
German biblical scholar and orientalist (born 1827)
Paul Anton de Lagarde was a German biblical scholar and orientalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest orientalists of the 19th century. Lagarde authored dozens of books, many on politics. His anti-Semitism,…
Read More
1891
American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (born 1837)
Dwight Lyman Moody, also known as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected with Keswickianism, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, Moody Bible…
Read More
1899
German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (born 1840)
Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing was a German psychiatrist and author of the foundational work Psychopathia Sexualis (1886).
Read More
1902
American medical doctor and professor (born 1864)
Rose Talbot Bullard was an American physician and medical school professor, who was elected president of the Los Angeles County Medical Association in 1902.
Read More
1915
Italian-American nun and saint (born 1850)
Frances Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the Catholic Church. She was the first American to be recognized by the Catholic Church as a Saint.
Read More
1917
Greek lieutenant and pilot (born 1891)
Aristeidis Moraitinis was a Greek naval officer and pioneer of naval aviation. He participated in the first naval-air mission in history during the Balkan Wars and became the only Greek flying ace of World War I, with…
Read More
1918
1919
German serial killer and cannibal (born 1860)
Karl Denke was a German serial killer and cannibal who killed and cannibalized dozens of homeless vagrants and travellers from 1903 to 1924. He has been nicknamed the Cannibal of Münsterberg and the Forgotten Cannibal.
Read More
1924
German pilot and engineer (born 1886)
Amelie Hedwig Boutard-Beese, also known as Melli Beese, was the first female German pilot, qualifying in 1911, as well as the first such aircraft engineer. Together with Lilly Steinschneider and Marie Marvingt, she is…
Read More
1925
American publisher, banker, political financier and author (born 1854)
Frank Andrew Munsey was an American newspaper and magazine publisher, banker, political financier and author. He was born in Mercer, Maine, but spent most of his life in New York City. The village of Munsey Park, New…
Read More
1925
1939
American author and screenwriter (born 1903)
Nathanael West was an American writer and screenwriter. He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939), set respectively in the newspaper and Hollywood film…
Read More
1940
Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (born 1879)
Karel Hašler was a Czech songwriter, actor, lyricist, film and theatre director, composer, writer, dramatist, screenwriter and cabaretier. He was murdered in the Mauthausen concentration camp.
Read More
1941
German-American anthropologist and linguist (born 1858)
Franz Uri Boas was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". His work is associated with the movements…
Read More
1942
English children's book writer and illustrator (born 1866)
Helen Beatrix Heelis, usually known as Beatrix Potter, was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter…
Read More
1943
American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (born 1884)
Henry Philmore "Harry" Langdon was an American actor and comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films, and talkies.
Read More
1944
English polo player (born 1876)
Sir Frederick Charles Maitland Freake, 3rd Baronet was a British polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Read More
1950
English engineer (born 1883)
Frank George Woollard was a British mechanical engineer who worked for nearly three decades in the British motor industry in various roles in design, production, and management. He was a pioneer in flow production, what…
Read More
1957
Polish-American actress and dancer (born 1901)
Gilda Gray was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions.
Read More
1959
Scottish-English architect (born 1864)
Sir John Ninian Comper was a Scottish-born architect, one of the last of the great Gothic Revival architects.
Read More
1960
Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (born 1891)
Sir Duncan Ross McLarty, was an Australian politician and the 17th Premier of Western Australia.
Read More
1962
English journalist (born 1913)
Frederick Richard Dimbleby was an English journalist and broadcaster who became the BBC's first war correspondent and then its leading TV news commentator.
Read More
1965
American journalist (born 1887)
Raymond Gram Swing was an American print and broadcast journalist. He was one of the most influential news commentators of his era, heard by people worldwide as a leading American voice from Britain during World War II.…
Read More
1968
45th President of Bolivia (born 1892)
Enrique Peñaranda del Castillo was a Bolivian general who served as the 38th president of Bolivia from 1940 until his overthrow in 1943. He previously served as commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces during…
Read More
1969
Dutch journalist and author (born 1913)
Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans was a Dutch author and television personality. Much of his work remains untranslated into English.
Read More
1971
American author and critic (born 1906)
Thomas Sterling North was an American writer. He is best known for the children's book Rascal, a bestseller in 1963.
Read More
1974
Argentinian philosopher (born 1933)
Carlos Alberto Sacheri was an Argentine Thomist philosopher and scholar. He was murdered in front of his family by ERP members on 22 December 1974 in Buenos Aires; he was targeted because of his perceived anticommunism.…
Read More
1974
American director and producer (born 1902)
Darryl Francis Zanuck was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. Best known as a co-founder of 20th Century Fox, he played a major part in…
Read More
1979
1985
English author and activist (born 1904)
Ida Cook was a British campaigner for Jewish refugees and, as Mary Burchell, a romance novelist.
Read More
1986
Cornish Liberal Politician (born 1944), Member of Parliament (MP) for Truro (1974–1986)
David Charles Penhaligon was a British politician from Cornwall who was Liberal Member of Parliament for Truro from October 1974 until his death in 1986. He was a popular figure in all parties, and was seen by many as a…
Read More
1986
Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1953)
Luca George Prodan was an Italian–Scottish musician and singer, best known as lead vocalist of the influential Argentine alternative rock band Sumo. He is widely considered one of the country's most important artists.
Read More
1987
Brazilian trade union leader and activist (born 1944)
Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, better known as Chico Mendes, was a Brazilian rubber tapper, trade union leader, and environmentalist who fought to preserve the Amazon rainforest and advocated for the human rights of…
Read More
1988
Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish playwright, poet, novelist, and literary critic. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical works feature bleak, impersonal, and tragicomic episodes of life,…
Read More
1989
English violinist and composer (born 1907)
Harry Bluestone was an English-American composer and violinist who composed music for TV and film. He was prolific and worked mainly on composing with Emil Cadkin. Earlier on, he was a violinist and freelanced on radio…
Read More
1992
American religious leader (born 1893)
Frederick William Franz was a president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, the legal entity used to administer the work of Jehovah's Witnesses, and he also was a member of the Governing Body of…
Read More
1992
American actor (born 1913)
Donald John DeFore was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952 to 1957 and the sitcom Hazel from 1961 to 1965, the former of which earned him a…
Read More
1993
American actress and dancer (born 1911)
Butterfly McQueen was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in films as Prissy in Gone with the Wind (1939). She also appeared in the films Cabin in the Sky (1943), Mildred Pierce (1944), and…
Read More
1995
English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
James Edward Meade FBA was a British economist who made major contributions to the theory of international trade and welfare economics. Along with Richard Kahn, James Meade helped develop the concept of the Keynesian…
Read More
1995
1996
Cuban-American dentist and activist (born 1931)
Sebastian Arcos Bergnes was a Cuban human rights activist. A prominent Cuban dissident, he was openly adversarial to the dictatorships of Fidel Castro and Fulgencio Batista.
Read More
1997
Romanian footballer (born 1981)
Ovidiu Nicolae Iacov was a Romanian footballer. During his career he played only for Steaua București.
Read More
2001
American lawyer and second chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (born 1918)
Walter Newton "Bud" Read was an American lawyer and the second chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, from 1982 to 1989.
Read More
2001
Guyanese lawyer, politician and President of Guyana (born 1929)
Hugh Desmond Hoyte was a Guyanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1984 to 1985 and President of Guyana from 1985 until 1992.
Read More
2002
English singer-songwriter (born 1952)
John Graham Mellor, known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash.
Read More
2002
2004
Russian gymnast (born 1960)
Elena Vyacheslavovna Mukhina was a Soviet gymnast who won the all-around title at the 1978 World Championships in Strasbourg, France. Her career was on the rise, and she was widely touted as the next great gymnastics…
Read More
2006
Russian composer (born 1919)
Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya, was a Russian composer of classical music.
Read More
2006
Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia (born 1911)
Sir Charles Walter Michael Court was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 8 April 1974 to 25 January 1982. A member of the Liberal Party, Court was the member for Nedlands in the…
Read More
2007
Filipino journalist and playwright (born 1932)
Adrian Empremiado Cristobal Sr. was a Filipino writer who frequently touched on political and historical themes. Perhaps best known to the public for his "Breakfast Table" newspaper column, he was also a Palanca…
Read More
2007
Colombian rancher and politician (born 1940)
Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal was a Colombian politician, serving as Mayor of Morelia, Governor of the Caquetá Department from 2008 to 2009, and Deputy Governor of Caqueta from 2000 to 2003. He is known for being…
Read More
2009
English footballer (born 1935)
Albert Joseph Scanlon was an English footballer who played as an outside left. He began his career with Manchester United and was one of the "Busby Babes" who survived the Munich air disaster of 1958. Although he…
Read More
2009
2010
American football player and coach (born 1916)
Charles James Cherundolo Jr. was an American professional football player and coach. He played center and linebacker for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Cleveland Rams, Philadelphia Eagles and…
Read More
2012
American baseball player (born 1976)
Ryan Paul Freel was an American professional baseball player. A utility player, Freel played second base, third base, and all three outfield positions in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs,…
Read More
2012
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
Cliff Osmond was an American character actor, screenwriter, and acting teacher.
Read More
2012
Malaysian physician and politician (born 1939)
Lim Keng Yaik was a Malaysian politician and former Minister of Energy, Water and Communications in the Malaysian cabinet. He was the third president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) from 1980 until stepping…
Read More
2012
Colombian singer-songwriter (born 1956)
Diomedes Díaz Maestre was a Colombian vallenato singer and composer. He has been named the "King of Vallenato" and is nicknamed El Cacique de La Junta, which was given to him by another vallenato singer, Rafael Orozco…
Read More
2013
Danish lawyer and politician (born 1945)
Hans Hækkerup was a Danish politician who has served as a member of parliament (Folketing) for the Social Democratic party and as the Minister of Defence from 1993 to 2000 under Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
Read More
2013
Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (born 1928)
Oscar Peer was a Swiss novelist, playwright and philologist. His works were written in Romansch and German, and comprised epic novels, short stories, and drama. He was also well known for his Ladin-German dictionary.
Read More
2013
American physicist and academic (born 1924)
John Robert Beyster, often styled J. Robert Beyster, was an American scientist and entrepreneur, and the founder of Science Applications International Corporation. He was Chairman of the Board until his retirement in…
Read More
2014
American actress (born 1963)
Christine Josephine Cavanaugh was an American actress, who had a distinctive speaking style and provided the voice for a large range of mostly cartoon characters. She was the original voices of Chuckie Finster in…
Read More
2014
English singer-songwriter (born 1944)
John Robert "Joe" Cocker was an English singer known for his gritty, bluesy voice and dynamic stage performances that featured expressive body movements. Most of his best known singles were interpretations of songs…
Read More
2014
American lawyer and politician (born 1927)
Bernard "Berny" L. Stone was alderman of the 50th Ward of the City of Chicago, Illinois from 1973 to 2011. The 50th Ward encompasses part of Chicago's far North Side and includes the West Ridge and Peterson Park…
Read More
2014
Australian activist and politician (born 1927)
Freda Meissner-Blau was an Austrian politician, activist, and prominent figurehead in the Austrian environmental movement. She was a founder and the federal spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party.
Read More
2015
Australian rugby league player (born 1980)
Chad Damian Robinson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer. Robinson spent several years in Australia's National Rugby League with the Parramatta Eels and the Sydney Roosters and a season with Super…
Read More
2016
Costa Rican painter (born 1945)
Gonzalo Morales Sáurez was a Costa Rican painter. He studied in The San Fernando Academy in Madrid, Spain from 1970 to 1974. He is best known for his hyper-realistic works, and has exhibited his art in many museums and…
Read More
2017
British politician (born 1941)
Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. Internationally, he…
Read More
2018
last survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (born 1924)
Simcha Rotem was a Polish-Israeli veteran who was a member of the Jewish underground in Warsaw and served as the head courier of the Jewish Fighting Organization (ŻOB), which planned and executed the Warsaw Ghetto…
Read More
2018
Indonesian guitarist (born 1982); casualty during 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami
Seventeen was an Indonesian pop rock band that was formed in 1999 in Yogyakarta by schoolmates Yudhi Rus Harjanto, Herman Sikumbang, Zulianto "Zozo" Angga, and Windu Andi Darmawan, all of whom were 17 when the group was…
Read More
2018
2019
English composer (born 1937)
Leon Coates (1937–2023) was an English composer, pianist and conductor who worked mostly in Scotland.
Read More
2023
Advertisement
Notable deaths
Who died on December 22?
Peter Lundblad — Swedish singer and songwriter
FeaturedPeter Lundblad
Death year2015
Known forLundblad started his career in the band 'The most Remarkable Nailband' where Lasse Tennander appeared as songwriter
Deaths on this date99 (69 – 2025)
Explore December 22
Jump between the main pages for this date to compare events, people, and the daily quiz.
Also on December 22 in History
2018
A tsunami caused by an eruption of Anak Krakatau in Indonesia kills at least 430 people and injures almost a thousand more. Wikipedia →
2018
The 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown, the second-longest shutdown of the U.S. federal government in history, begins. Wikipedia →
2017
See all events on December 22
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 against North Korea is unanimously approved. Wikipedia →
Advertisement