Famous people died on December 31

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D.M. Turner 5

Michael Kennedy 5

American Celebrity

Natalie Cole 7

American Musician

James Avery 6

American Actor

Edward Herrmann 7

American Actor

Ricky Nelson 4

American Musician

Cale Yarborough 3

American Celebrity

Roberto Clemente 412

Puerto Rican Athlete

Eddie Bernice Johnson 23

American Politician

Wayne Rogers 10

American Actor

Donald E. Westlake 37

American Writer

William Christopher 2

American Actor

Dick Thornburgh 20

American Politician

Pope Benedict XVI 151

German Clergyman

Betty White 65

American Actress

Gérard Debreu 6

French Economist

Elliot Richardson 19

American Lawyer

George E. Allen, Sr. 6

American Coach

Sebastian de Grazia 1

American Writer

Thomas Watson, Jr. 12

American Businessman

Alan Cranston 5

American Politician

Kenneth Lee Pike 32

American Sociologist

Marshall McLuhan 532

Canadian Educator

Theodor Reik 10

American Psychologist

Raoul Walsh 3

American Director

Malcolm Campbell 3

English Celebrity

Miguel de Unamuno 246

Spanish Educator

Aleksis Kivi 4

Author

Gustave Courbet 47

French Artist

Samson Raphael Hirsch 4

Jewish Theologian

Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin 2

William Gifford 2

English Critic

Richard Montgomery 1

American Soldier

Dudley North 5

English Economist

Robert Boyle 39

Anglo-Irish Philosopher

John Wycliffe 17

English Theologian

See also: Famous people born on December 31