Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1947

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1947. 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. 1 G. H. Hardy

  Renowned mathematician known for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis.

• Dec. 1 Aleister Crowley

  English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)

• Dec. 1 Hardy

  Mathematician

• Dec. 1 Aleister Edward S Crowley

  British occultist dies at 72

• Dec. 7 Nicholas Murray Butler

  Nobel Prize laureate for their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind

• Dec. 7 Tristan Bernard

  French novelist, playwright, journalist, lawyer and journalist. his descendants are well-known. raymond bernard, his son (born 10 oct 1891) was an influential french filmmaker who used scripts from a variety of works authored his father. jean-jacques bernard, his son (born 30 jul 1888), published a memoir entitled mon pa're tristan bernard (my father tristan bernard) in 1955. christian bernard, tristan …

• Dec. 13 Nicholas Roerich

  Russian aristocrat; artist, philosopher and archaeologist. he is a descendant of the royal roerich line. author and teacher of agni yoga. he is married to helena roerich. they have two sons. they made india their home in 1934 and settled in the kulu valley.

• Dec. 13 Henry James

  Renowned American novelist known for works like 'The Portrait of a Lady'.

• Dec. 14 Stanley Baldwin

  British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister three times between 1923 and 1937.

• Dec. 14 Edward Higgins

  English-american 3rd general of the salvation army (b. 1864)

• Dec. 14 Franz Zorell

  German roman catholic lexiographer, who dies at the age of 84.

• Dec. 15 Arthur Machen

  Welsh author known for his supernatural and horror fiction.

• Dec. 15 Crawford Vaughan

  Australian politician, 27th premier of south australia (b. 1874)

• Dec. 17 Christos Tsigiridis

  Greek engineer (b. 1877)

• Dec. 24 Charles Gondouin

  French rugby player and tug-of-war competitor (d. 1947).

• Dec. 25 Gaspar G. Bacon

  American lawyer and politician, 51st lieutenant governor of massachusetts (b. 1886)

• Dec. 28 King Victor

  Emmanuel iii of italy (born in 1869).

• Dec. 28 Victor Emmanuel III

  Age 78.

• Dec. 29 Joseph Cuvelier

  Belgian historian/general dies at the age of 78.

• Dec. 30 Han van Meegeren

  Dutch artist, portraitist, and art forger (born in 1889).

• Dec. 30 Alfred North Whitehead

  English-american mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)

• Dec. 30 Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren

  Dutch artist/artist, who died at the age of 58.

• Dec. 31 Franz X Ritter von Epp

  German general (sw africa), dies at age 79.