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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[165 BCE]] – [[Mattathias]], Jewish resistance leader * [[621]] – [[Malo (saint)|Malo]], Breton bishop and saint * [[655]] – [[Æthelhere of East Anglia|Æthelhere]], king of East Anglia * 655 – [[Penda of Mercia]], king of Mercia *[[1037]] – [[Odo II, Count of Blois|Odo II]], French nobleman (b. 983) *[[1136]] – [[Leopold III, Margrave of Austria|Leopold III]], margrave of Austria (b. 1073) *[[1194]] – [[Margaret I, Countess of Flanders|Margaret I]], countess of Flanders *[[1226]] – [[Frederick of Isenberg]], German nobleman (b. 1193) *[[1280]] – [[Albertus Magnus]], German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1193) *[[1347]] – [[James I of Urgell]], Spanish nobleman (b. 1321) *[[1351]] – [[Joanna of Pfirt]], duchess of Austria *[[1379]] – [[Otto V, Duke of Bavaria|Otto V]], duke of Bavaria *[[1463]] – [[Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini]], Italian nobleman *[[1527]] – [[Catherine of York]], English princess (b. 1479)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA92 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1579]] – [[Ferenc Dávid]], Hungarian preacher, founder of the [[Unitarian Church of Transylvania]] (b. 1510) ===1601–1900=== *[[1628]] – [[Roque González de Santa Cruz]], Paraguayan missionary and martyr (b. 1576) *[[1630]] – [[Johannes Kepler]], German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1571) *[[1670]] – [[John Amos Comenius]], Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (b. 1592) *[[1691]] – [[Aelbert Cuyp]], Dutch painter (b. 1620) *[[1706]] – [[6th Dalai Lama|Tsangyang]], Tibetan dalai lama (b. 1683) *[[1712]] – [[James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton]], Scottish general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire]] (b. 1658) * 1712 – [[Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun]], English politician (b. 1675) *[[1787]] – [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]], German composer (b. 1714) *[[1794]] – [[John Witherspoon]], Scottish-American minister and academic (b. 1723) *[[1795]] – [[Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo]], French painter (b. 1719) *[[1832]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Say]], French economist and businessman (b. 1767) *[[1836]] – [[Herman of Alaska]], Russian missionary and saint (b. 1750s)<ref>{{cite book|last=Korsun|first=Sergei|title=Herman: A Wilderness Saint|year=2012|publisher=Holy Trinity Publications|location=Jordanville, NY|isbn=978-0-88465-192-5 |page=146}}</ref> *[[1845]] – [[William Knibb]], English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (b. 1803) *[[1853]] – [[Maria II of Portugal|Maria II]], Portuguese queen and regent (b. 1819) *[[1892]] – [[Thomas Neill Cream]], Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850) *[[1897]] – [[Alfred Kennerley]], English-Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1810) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[Empress Dowager Cixi|Cixi]], China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cixi {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cixi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=8 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1910]] – [[Wilhelm Raabe]], German author (b. 1831) *[[1916]] – [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], Polish journalist and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1846)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1905/sienkiewicz/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Émile Durkheim]], French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858) *[[1919]] – [[Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky]], Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862) * 1919 – [[Mohammad Farid]], Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868) * 1919 – [[Alfred Werner]], French-Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1866) *[[1921]] – [[Tadhg Barry]], veteran [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]] and leading trade unionist (b. 1880)<ref name="Ó Drisceoil">{{cite web |url=https://cora.ucc.ie/bitstream/handle/10468/3035/Labour_lives_-_T._Barry.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Tadhg Barry (1880–1921) |last=Ó Drisceoil |first=Donal |date=2013 |website=cora.ucc.ie |access-date=22 September 2019 }}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Dimitrios Gounaris]], Greek lawyer and politician, 94th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1866) * 1922 – [[Petros Protopapadakis]], Greek mathematician and politician, 107th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1854) * 1922 – [[Nikolaos Stratos]], Greek lawyer and politician, 106th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1872) *[[1941]] – [[Wal Handley]], English motorcycle racer (b. 1902) *[[1942]] – [[Annemarie Schwarzenbach]], Swiss author and photographer (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Overlooked No More: Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Author, Photographer and 'Ravaged Angel' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/obituaries/annemarie-schwarzenbach-overlooked.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=10 February 2024 |date=10 October 2018}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Frank Chapman (ornithologist)|Frank Chapman]], American ornithologist and photographer (b. 1864) *[[1949]] – [[Narayan Apte]], Indian activist, assassin of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] (b. 1911)<ref name="Godse1989">{{cite book|author=Gopal Vinayak Godse|title=Gandhiji's Murder & After|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DduAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Surya-Prakashan|page=357}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Nathuram Godse]], Indian assassin of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] (b. 1910)<ref name="Godse1989"/> *[[1951]] – [[Frank Weston Benson]], American painter and educator (b. 1862) *[[1954]] – [[Lionel Barrymore]], American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878) *[[1956]] – [[Emma Richter]], German paleontologist (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Biographie |first1=Deutsche |title=Richter, Emma – Deutsche Biographie |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd116510757.html#ndbcontent |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |access-date=8 January 2020 |language=de}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Tyrone Power]], American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914) *[[1959]] – [[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]], Scottish physicist and meteorologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1869) *[[1960]] – [[Robert Raymond Cook]], Canadian murderer (b. 1937) *[[1961]] – [[Elsie Ferguson]], American actress (b. 1883) * 1961 – [[Johanna Westerdijk]], Dutch pathologist and academic (b. 1883) *[[1963]] – [[Fritz Reiner]], Hungarian-American conductor (b. 1888) *[[1966]] – [[Dimitrios Tofalos]], Greek weightlifter and wrestler (b. 1877) * 1966 – [[William Zorach]], Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (b. 1887) *[[1967]] – [[Michael J. Adams]], American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930) *[[1970]] – [[Konstantinos Tsaldaris]], Egyptian-Greek politician (b. 1884) *[[1971]] – [[Rudolf Abel]], English-Russian colonel (b. 1903) *[[1976]] – [[Jean Gabin]], French actor, singer, and producer (b. 1904) *[[1978]] – [[Margaret Mead]], American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Mead {{!}} Biography, Theory, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Mead |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Bill Lee (singer)|Bill Lee]], American actor and singer (b. 1916) *[[1981]] – [[Steve Macko]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1954) * 1981 – [[Enid Markey]], American actress (b. 1894) * 1981 – [[Khawar Rizvi]], Pakistani poet and scholar (b. 1938) *[[1982]] – [[Vinoba Bhave]], Indian philosopher and Gandhian, [[Bharat Ratna]] Awardee (b. 1895) * 1982 – [[Martín de Álzaga (racing driver)|Martín de Álzaga]], Argentinian race car driver (b. 1901) *[[1983]] – [[John Grimaldi]], English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1955) * 1983 – [[Charlie Grimm]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1898) * 1983 – [[John Le Mesurier]], English actor (b. 1912) *[[1984]] – [[Baby Fae]], American infant, who received [[baboon]] heart (b. 1984)<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4086900/baby-fae-history/|title=What Happened When a Baby Girl Got a Heart Transplant From a Baboon|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=October 26, 2015}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Méret Oppenheim]], German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (b. 1913) *[[1988]] – [[Billo Frómeta]], Dominican conductor and composer (b. 1915) * 1988 – [[Ieronymos I of Athens]], Greek archbishop and theologian (b. 1905) *[[1994]] – [[Elizabeth George Speare]], American author (b. 1908) *[[1996]] – [[Alger Hiss]], American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1904) *[[1997]] – [[Saul Chaplin]], American director and composer (b. 1912) *[[1998]] – [[Stokely Carmichael]], Trinidadian-American activist (b. 1941) * 1998 – [[Ludvík Daněk]], Czech discus thrower (b. 1937) *[[2000]] – [[Edoardo Agnelli]], son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli, converted to Shia Islam (b. 1954) *[[2003]] – [[Ray Lewis (track and field athlete)|Ray Lewis]], Canadian runner (b. 1910) * 2003 – [[Dorothy Loudon]], American actress and singer (b. 1925) * 2003 – [[Laurence Tisch]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Loews Corporation]] (b. 1923) * 2003 – [[Speedy West]], American guitarist and producer (b. 1924) *[[2004]] – [[Elmer L. Andersen]], American businessman and politician, 30th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (b. 1909) * 2004 – [[John Morgan (comedian)|John Morgan]], Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1930) *[[2005]] – [[Adrian Rogers]], American pastor and author (b. 1931) * 2005 – [[Arto Salminen]], Finnish journalist and author (b. 1959) *[[2006]] – [[David K. Wyatt]], American historian and author (b. 1937) *[[2007]] – [[Joe Nuxhall]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928) *[[2008]] – [[Grace Hartigan]], American painter (b. 1922) *[[2009]] – [[Serbian Patriarch Pavle II]] (b. 1914) *[[2010]] – [[Larry Evans (chess grandmaster)|Larry Evans]], American chess player and journalist (b. 1932) * 2010 – [[Ed Kirkpatrick]], American baseball player (b. 1944) * 2010 – [[William Edwin Self]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921) *[[2011]] – [[Oba Chandler]], American murderer (b. 1946) *[[2012]] – [[Théophile Abega]], Cameroonian footballer and politician (b. 1954) * 2012 – [[Luís Carreira]], Portuguese motorcycle racer (b. 1976) * 2012 – [[Maleli Kunavore]], Fijian rugby player (b. 1983) * 2012 – [[K. C. Pant]], Indian politician, 18th [[Minister of Defence (India)|Indian Minister of Defence]] (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[Frode Thingnæs]], Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940) *[[2013]] – [[Sheila Matthews Allen]], American actress and producer (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Glafcos Clerides]], Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of Cyprus]] (b. 1919) * 2013 – [[Mike McCormack (American football)|Mike McCormack]], American football player and coach (b. 1930) *[[2014]] – [[Jack Bridger Chalker]], English painter and academic (b. 1918) * 2014 – [[Lucien Clergue]], French photographer and educator (b. 1934) * 2014 – [[Valéry Mézague]], Cameroonian footballer (b. 1983) * 2014 – [[Reg Withers]], Australian soldier and politician, [[Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)|Australian Minister for the Capital Territory]] (b. 1924) *[[2015]] – [[Gisèle Prassinos]], French author (b. 1920) * 2015 – [[Herbert Scarf]], American economist and academic (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Saeed Jaffrey]], Indian-British actor (b. 1929) *[[2016]] – [[Mose Allison]], American pianist and songwriter (b. 1927) *[[2017]] – [[Lil Peep]], American singer and rapper (b. 1996) *[[2023]] – [[Žarko Laušević]], Serbian actor (b. 1960)<ref>[https://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2023&mm=11&dd=15&nav_id=117052 Žarko Laušević passed away]</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Celeste Caeiro]], Portuguese pacifist (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Portugal's 'Carnations Lady' who gave name to 1974 revolution dies at 91 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/portugals-carnations-lady-who-gave-name-1974-revolution-dies-91-2024-11-15/ |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Béla Károlyi]], Romanian-American gymnastics coach (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=DeMeyer |first1=Tess |last2=Tauber |first2=Rebecca |date=November 16, 2024 |title=Béla Károlyi, former gymnastics coach who trained Olympic champions, dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5926568/2024/11/16/bela-karolyi-gymnastics-coach-dies/ |access-date=November 17, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2024 – [[Jon Kenny]], Irish comedian and actor (b. 1957)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2024 |title=Jon Kenny: Irish comedian who starred in Father Ted and Banshees of Inisherin dies aged 66 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/jon-kenny-irish-comedian-who-starred-in-father-ted-and-banshees-of-inisherin-dies-aged-66-13255125 |access-date=November 20, 2024 |website=[[Sky News]] |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Yuriko, Princess Mikasa]], Japanese princess (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Princess Yuriko, Oldest Member of Japan's Imperial Family, Dies at 101 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/world/asia/princess-yuriko-dead.html |access-date=November 17, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> <!--Do not add non-notable people or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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