Deaths on 24 December
118 deaths on this day in history.
| Date of death | Athlete | NOC(s) | Sport(s) | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 December 1926 | Peggy Bettinson |  GBR |
BOX | 1908 |
| 24 December 1926 | Wesley Coe |  USA |
ATH/TOW | 1904—1908 |
| 24 December 1929 | Hippolyte Peyrol |  FRA |
ART | 1928 |
| 24 December 1931 | Leonard Fackner | USA |
ATH | 1904 |
| 24 December 1933 | Aribert von Anhalt |  GER |
1899—1900 | |
| 24 December 1940 | Hugo Scherzer | USA |
ART | 1932 |
| 24 December 1941 | Fred Moloney | USA |
ATH | 1900 |
| 24 December 1941 | Sueo Oe |  JPN |
ATH | 1936 |
| 24 December 1944 | Károly Győry |  HUN |
ROW | 1936 |
| 24 December 1945 | Max Amann | GER |
WPO | 1928 |
| 24 December 1945 | Giunio Fedreghini |  ITA |
FEN | 1900 |
| 24 December 1945 | Torben Grut |  SWE |
ART | 1928 |
| 24 December 1946 | Hervé Marc | FRA |
FBL | 1928 |
| 24 December 1946 | George Schiller | USA |
ATH | 1920 |
| 24 December 1949 | Mark Frowde | GBR |
FBL | 1908 |
| 24 December 1950 | Conrad Langaard |  NOR |
TEN | 1912—1924 |
| 24 December 1950 | Hjalmar Wollgarth | SWE |
TOW | 1908 |
| 24 December 1952 | Anton Johanson | SWE |
FBL | 1908 |
| 24 December 1956 | Harry Jones |  CAN |
SAL | 1932 |
| 24 December 1958 | Sándor Lumniczer | HUN |
SHO | 1924 |
| 24 December 1959 | William Cameron Forbes |  PHI |
1911—1913 | |
| 24 December 1960 | Robert Maysack | USA |
GAR | 1904 |
| 24 December 1960 | Gaston de Trannoy |  BEL |
EDR/EJP/EVE | 1912—1960 |
| 24 December 1961 | Henry Crofts | GBR |
LAX | 1928 |
| 24 December 1961 | Jenő Réti | HUN |
GAR | 1912 |
| 24 December 1963 | Mariano Arrate |  ESP |
FBL | 1920 |
| 24 December 1964 | Charles Reiff |  LUX |
BOX | 1960 |
| 24 December 1966 | Arthur De Laender | BEL |
ATH | 1920 |
| 24 December 1966 | Erik Sætter-Lassen |  DEN |
SHO | 1920—1948 |
| 24 December 1966 | Knut Torell | SWE |
GAR | 1912 |
| 24 December 1967 | Georges Baltus | BEL |
ART | 1932 |
| 24 December 1967 | Marguerite Chaudoir | BEL |
TEN | 1920 |
| 24 December 1967 | Louis Rathke | USA |
GAR | 1904 |
| 24 December 1968 | Frank Troeh | USA |
SHO | 1920 |
| 24 December 1968 | Marjan Zaninović |  CRO YUG |
ROW | 1936 |
| 24 December 1969 | Jean Sarrazin | FRA |
EVE | 1968 |
| 24 December 1970 | Otto Cordes | GER |
WPO | 1928—1932 |
| 24 December 1970 | Gustaf Malmström | SWE |
WRE | 1908—1912 |
| 24 December 1973 | Erling Lindboe | NOR |
SSK | 1932 |
| 24 December 1973 | Jorge Soto |  PUR |
WLF | 1952 |
| 24 December 1974 | Juan Delgado | ESP |
FEN | 1924—1928 |
| 24 December 1974 | Zensaku Motegi | JPN |
ATH | 1920 |
| 24 December 1975 | Ben Piessens | BEL |
ROW | 1948 |
| 24 December 1975 | Arnold Schwartz | DEN |
ROW | 1928 |
| 24 December 1975 | Roger Tredgold | GBR |
FEN | 1936—1952 |
| 24 December 1976 | Vladimir Seunig |  SLOYUG |
EDR | 1924 |
| 24 December 1978 | Ned Holiday |  SGP |
SAL | 1956—1960 |
| 24 December 1979 | John Huffman | USA |
FEN | 1928—1936 |
| 24 December 1980 | Heikki Liimatainen |  FIN |
ATH | 1920—1924 |
| 24 December 1982 | Doral Pilling | CAN |
ATH | 1928—1932 |
| 24 December 1985 | Birabongse, Prince Bhanubandh |  THA |
SAL | 1956—1972 |
| 24 December 1985 | Giulio Lamberti | ITA |
ROW | 1928 |
| 24 December 1986 | Gerda Munck | DEN |
FEN | 1932 |
| 24 December 1987 | Asfò Bussotti | ITA |
ATH | 1952 |
| 24 December 1988 | Evie Pinching | GBR |
ALP | 1936 |
| 24 December 1989 | Victor Fontana |  ROU |
BTH | 1972—1976 |
| 24 December 1990 | Rodolfo Orlandini |  ARG |
FBL | 1928 |
| 24 December 1991 | Sayed El-Dhizui |  EGY |
FBL | 1948—1952 |
| 24 December 1991 | Ivan Duke |  RSA |
BOX | 1932 |
| 24 December 1991 | Georg Höltig | GER FRG |
EJP | 1952 |
| 24 December 1991 | Ghulam Rasool |  PAK |
HOC | 1956—1972 |
| 24 December 1991 | Fritz Stude | USA |
LAX | 1928—1932 |
| 24 December 1992 | Dursun Bozkurt |  TUR |
ALP | 1948 |
| 24 December 1993 | Milena Foltýnová-Gschiessl |  AUT CZE TCH |
HBL | 1980—1984 |
| 24 December 1993 | Ivano Fontana | ITA |
BOX | 1948 |
| 24 December 1994 | Vera Harsányi | HUN |
SWM | 1936 |
| 24 December 1994 | Graham Palmer | GBR |
CMA | 1952 |
| 24 December 1994 | André Rasenberg |  NED |
BOX | 1936 |
| 24 December 1994 | Aleksandr Uvarov |  RUS URS |
IHO | 1956 |
| 24 December 1996 | Pierre de Maupeou d'Ableiges | FRA |
EJP | 1948 |
| 24 December 1996 | Milan Vasojević |  SRBYUG |
BKB | 1980—1988 |
| 24 December 1997 | Vic Feller | LUX |
FBL | 1948 |
| 24 December 1998 | Syl Apps | CAN |
ATH | 1936 |
| 24 December 1998 | Daan Kagchelland | NED |
SAL | 1936 |
| 24 December 1999 | Dušan Drška | TCH SVK |
WLF | 1976—1980 |
| 24 December 1999 | Irenio Jara |  CHI |
FBL | 1952 |
| 24 December 1999 | Alf Noble | GBR |
FBL | 1952 |
| 24 December 2000 | Lucienne Laudré | FRA |
ATH | 1928 |
| 24 December 2001 | Lucie Petit-Diagre | BEL |
ATH | 1928 |
| 24 December 2002 | Erroll Fraser |  IVB |
SSK | 1984 |
| 24 December 2002 | Gaston Gerosa |  SUI |
CTR | 1948 |
| 24 December 2002 | Yury Lorentsson | RUSURS |
ROW | 1960—1976 |
| 24 December 2002 | Mihai Țurcaș | ROU |
CSP | 1964—1968 |
| 24 December 2003 | Juan García |  CUB |
BKB | 1948—1952 |
| 24 December 2003 | Fernando Gazapo | ESP |
EVE | 1948 |
| 24 December 2004 | Per Fossum | NOR |
ALP | 1936 |
| 24 December 2004 | Elwira Seroczyńska |  POL |
SSK | 1960—1964 |
| 24 December 2004 | Lauri Silvennoinen | FIN |
CCS | 1948 |
| 24 December 2006 | Mirko Sandić | SRBYUG |
WPO | 1960—1972 |
| 24 December 2008 | Ian Ballinger |  NZL |
SHO | 1968—1976 |
| 24 December 2009 | Eysteinn Þórðarson |  ISL |
ALP | 1956—1960 |
| 24 December 2010 | Yury Starunsky | RUSURS |
VVO | 1972—1976 |
| 24 December 2011 | István Jutasi | HUN |
SAL | 1960 |
| 24 December 2012 | Vera Hagemann | SUI |
FEN | 1948 |
| 24 December 2013 | Amedeo Banci | ITA |
HOC | 1952 |
| 24 December 2013 | Gunnar Ericsson | SWE |
1965—2013 | |
| 24 December 2013 | Ștefan Konyelicska | ROU |
ROW | 1952 |
| 24 December 2013 | Raino Koskenkorva | FIN |
CRD | 1952 |
| 24 December 2013 | Jörg Reichel | AUT |
IHO/WPO | 1948—1952 |
| 24 December 2015 | László Bánhegyi | HUN |
BKB | 1952—1960 |
| 24 December 2015 | Suprovat Chakravarty |  IND |
CRD/CTR | 1952 |
| 24 December 2015 | Sam Felton | USA |
ATH | 1948—1952 |
| 24 December 2015 | Carl-Erik Ohlson | SWE |
SAL | 1952 |
| 24 December 2015 | Carlo Vittori | ITA |
ATH | 1952 |
| 24 December 2017 | Brian Jenkins | GBR |
SWM | 1964 |
| 24 December 2017 | Mária Littomeritzky | HUN |
SWM | 1948—1956 |
| 24 December 2017 | Hossein Shah-Hosseini |  IRI |
1979—1980 | |
| 24 December 2018 | Bill Barnett | USA |
WPO | 1988—1992 |
| 24 December 2018 | Dionne Rose |  JAM |
ATH | 1992—1996 |
| 24 December 2020 | Ben Binnendijk | NED |
ROW | 1952 |
| 24 December 2020 | Bernard M'vondo Etoga |  CMR |
JUD | 2004 |
| 24 December 2020 | Adramé N'Diaye |  SEN |
BKB | 1980 |
| 24 December 2020 | Hans Oberer | SUI |
CCS | 1964 |
| 24 December 2022 | Vittorio Adorni | ITA |
2000 | |
| 24 December 2022 | Franco Frattini | ITA |
2011 | |
| 24 December 2022 | Franjo Jurjević | CROYUG |
GAR | 1952 |
| 24 December 2022 | Andrzej Pstrokoński | POL |
BKB | 1960—1964 |
| 24 December 2022 | Manolo Romero | ESP |
1996 |