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Cicero is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists and the innovator of what became known as "Ciceronian rhetoric".
Notable Deaths on December 7
-43 — Cicero
Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (born 106 BC)
December 7 has 121 recorded notable deaths across history, from 43 BC to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
121 source records
43 BC – 2024
Today in history
Major events on December 7
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 2015 The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt. Source
- 1842 First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill. Source
- 1787 Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. Source
- 1995 The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34. Source
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Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 films from the era of silent films, well into the sound era.
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Vice-Admiral of the Blue William Bligh was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New South Wales from 1806 to 1808.
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Félix Houphouët-Boigny, affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux, was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 until his death in 1993.
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Remilia was the first woman and first transgender person to compete in the North American League of Legends Championship Series, debuting in the 2016 spring split as the support for Renegades.
More major people who died on December 7
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1990
Joan Bennett
American actress (born 1910)
Joan Geraldine Bennett was an American stage, film, and television actress, one of three acting sisters from a show-business family.
1817
William Bligh
English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (born 1745)
Vice-Admiral of the Blue William Bligh was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New South Wales from 1806 to 1808.
1993
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
Ivoirian physician and politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (born 1905)
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, affectionately called Papa Houphouët or Le Vieux, was an Ivorian politician and physician who served as the first president of Ivory Coast, from 1960 until his death in 1993.
2019
Remilia
American professional gamer (born 1995)
Maria Creveling, better known as Remilia, was an American professional League of Legends player.
1683
Algernon Sidney
English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (born 1623)
Algernon Sidney or Sydney was an English politician, republican political theorist and colonel.
2003
Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (born 1913)
Carl Ferdinand Howard Henry was an American evangelical Christian theologian who provided intellectual and institutional leadership to the neo-evangelical movement in the mid-to-late 20th century.
1984
LeeRoy Yarbrough
American race car driver (born 1938)
Lonnie "LeeRoy" Yarbrough was an American stock car racer. His best season was 1969 when he won seven races, had 21 finishes in the top-ten and earned $193,211.
2005
Bud Carson
American football player and coach (born 1931)
Leon H. "Bud" Carson was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1967 to 1971, compiling a record of 27–27.
1672
Richard Bellingham
English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (born 1592)
Richard Bellingham was a colonial magistrate, lawyer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the last surviving signatory of the colonial charter at his death.
1956
Reşat Nuri Güntekin
Turkish author and playwright (born 1889)
Reşat Nuri Güntekin was a Turkish novelist, storywriter, and playwright. His best known novel, Çalıkuşu is about the destiny of a young Turkish female teacher in Anatolia.
2010
Kari Tapio
Finnish singer (born 1945)
Kari Tapani Jalkanen, better known by his stage name Kari Tapio, was a Finnish schlager and country & western singer.
1793
Joseph Bara
French soldier and drummer (born 1779)
François Joseph Bara was a French soldier best known for his death during the War in the Vendée.
2012
Ralph Parr
American colonel and pilot (born 1924)
Colonel Ralph Sherman Parr, Jr. was an American double-flying ace of the Korean War. He was credited with a total of ten downed enemy aircraft.
2015
Peter Westbury
English race car driver (born 1938)
Peter Westbury was a British racing driver from England. He participated in two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, scoring no championship points.
1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor:
Isaac Campbell Kidd was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He was the father of Admiral Isaac C. Kidd Jr. Kidd Sr. was killed on the bridge of USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
1977
Peter Carl Goldmark
Hungarian-American engineer (born 1906)
Peter Carl Goldmark was a Hungarian-American engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing microgroove 331⁄3 rpm phonograph disc, the standard for incorporating…
2006
Jeane Kirkpatrick
American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1926)
Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick was an American diplomat and political scientist who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration.
1947
Nicholas Murray Butler
American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1862)
Nicholas Murray Butler was an American philosopher, diplomat, and educator.
1969
Lefty O'Doul
American baseball player and manager (born 1897)
Francis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul was an American professional baseball player and manager.