Famous people and celebrities who died in December 1958

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in December 1958. 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. 5 Ferdinand Bruckner
Writer dies at 67
Dec. 6 Erwin Bodky
Composer dies at 62
Dec. 8 Tris Speaker
Tris Speaker was an American professional baseball player and manager who played in Major League Baseball as a center fielder.
Dec. 10 Adolfo Camarillo
American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
Dec. 10 Juliane Gabriels
Flemish physician dies at 72.
Dec. 12 Albert Walsh
Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st lieutenant governor of newfoundland (b. 1900)
Dec. 13 Ahmed Mukhtar Baban
Premier of iraq is executed.
Dec. 13 Rafiq Aref
Execution of the chief-staff of iraq, arabs statenbond.
Dec. 13 Brand Dirck Ochse
Film / bioscope pioneer (polygoon), dies at 66
Dec. 13 Barhanuddin Bashajan
Execution of the iraqi minister of foreign affairs.
Dec. 15 Wolfgang Pauli
Wolfgang Pauli was a groundbreaking Austrian-born physicist who made fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics. He was awarded the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physics for his exclusion principle, which revolutionized understanding of atomic structure. Pauli was also instrumental in developing quantum field theory and hypothesized the existence of the neutrino.
Dec. 21 Lion Feuchtwanger
German-Jewish novelist known for his historical fiction.
Dec. 21 H.B. Warner
English actor (b. 1875)
Dec. 21 H[arry] B[yron] Warner
Actor (10 commandments and new moon), is killed at 83
Dec. 22 Fjodor W Gladkow
Russian author (cement), dies at 75
Dec. 26 Harry Redman
Composer dies at 89
Dec. 29 Doris Humphrey
American dancer/choreographer (dances of women), has died at the age of 63.
Dec. 31 Gustav Hermann Unger
Composer dies at 72