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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[284]] – [[Numerian]], Roman emperor * [[763]] – [[Domnall Midi]], High King of Ireland (b. 743) * [[811]] – [[Li Fan (Tang dynasty)|Li Fan]], Chinese chancellor (b. 754) * [[855]] – [[Theoktistos]], Byzantine courtier * [[869]] – [[Edmund the Martyr]], English king (b. 841) * [[927]] – [[Xu Wen]], Chinese general (b. 862) * [[996]] – [[Richard I of Normandy|Richard I]], duke of Normandy (b. 932) *[[1008]] – [[Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany|Geoffrey I]], duke of Brittany (b. 980) *[[1022]] – [[Bernward of Hildesheim]], German bishop (b. c. 960) *[[1314]] – [[Albert II, Margrave of Meissen|Albert II]], German nobleman (b. 1240) *[[1316]] – [[John I of France|John I]], king of France and Navarra (b. 1316) *[[1400]] – [[Elisabeth of Moravia]], margravine of Meissen *[[1480]] – [[Eleanor of Scotland]], Scottish princess (b. 1433) *[[1518]] – [[Pierre de la Rue]], Belgian singer and composer (b. 1452) *[[1559]] – [[Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk|Lady Frances Brandon]], English noblewoman and claimant to the throne of England (b. 1517) *[[1591]] – [[Christopher Hatton]], English academic and politician, [[Lord Chancellor of England]] (b. 1540) *[[1593]] – [[Hans Bol]], Flemish painter (b. 1534) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[John Lyly]], English poet and courtier *[[1612]] – [[John Harington (writer)|John Harington]], English courtier and author (b. 1561) *[[1651]] – [[Mikołaj Potocki]], Polish nobleman (b. 1595) *[[1662]] – [[Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria|Leopold Wilhelm]], Austrian duke and governor (b. 1614) *[[1678]] – [[Karel Dujardin]], [[Dutch Golden Age painting|Dutch Golden Age painter]] (b. 1622) *[[1684]] – [[Pedro Benedit Horruytiner]], governor of Spanish Florida (1646–48, and 1651–54) (b. 1613)<ref name="Revista Hidalguía2003">{{cite book|title=Revista Hidalguía número 298–299. Año 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HC6dUda3x7sC&pg=PA516|year=2003|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|page=516|id=GGKEY:U29GGJGT4CY}}</ref> *[[1695]] – [[Zumbi]], Brazilian king (b. 1655) *[[1704]] – [[Charles Plumier]], French botanist and painter (b. 1646) *[[1737]] – [[Caroline of Ansbach]], queen of England and Ireland (b. 1683) *[[1742]] – [[Melchior de Polignac]], French cardinal and poet (b. 1661) *[[1758]] – [[Johan Helmich Roman]], Swedish violinist and composer (b. 1694) *[[1764]] – [[Christian Goldbach]], Prussian mathematician and theorist (b. 1690) *[[1773]] – [[Charles Jennens]], English landowner and patron of the arts *[[1778]] – [[Francesco Cetti]], Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (b. 1726) *[[1824]] – [[Carl Axel Arrhenius]], Swedish chemist (b. 1757) *[[1856]] – [[Farkas Bolyai]], Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775) *[[1864]] – [[Albert Newsam]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1809) *[[1866]] – [[Otto Karl Berg]], German botanist and pharmacist (b. 1815) *[[1880]] – [[Léon Cogniet]], French painter (b. 1794) *[[1882]] – [[Henry Draper]], American doctor and astronomer (b. 1837) *[[1886]] – [[William Bliss Baker]], American painter (b. 1859) *[[1889]] – [[August Ahlqvist]], Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the [[Finno-Ugric languages]], author, and literary critic (b. 1826)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/3105|title=Ahlqvist, August (1826–1889)|publisher= kansallisbiografia|author= H. K. Riikonen |accessdate=July 6, 2021|language=fi}}</ref> *[[1894]] – [[Anton Rubinstein]], Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829) *[[1898]] – [[Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet]], English engineer (b. 1817) ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat]], French race car driver (b. 1867) * 1903 – [[Tom Horn]], American scout, cowboy, soldier *[[1907]] – [[Paula Modersohn-Becker]], German painter (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite book|first=Elke Linda|last=Buchholz|trans-title=Women Artists|title=Künstlerinnen|location=Munich|publisher=Prestel|year=2003|page=79|language=DE|isbn=978-3-79132-967-3}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[Albert Dietrich]], German composer and conductor (b. 1829) * 1908 – [[Georgy Voronoy]], Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1868) *[[1910]] – [[Leo Tolstoy]], Russian author and playwright (b. 1828) *[[1918]] – [[John Bauer (illustrator)|John Bauer]], Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1882) *[[1923]] – [[Allen Holubar]], American actor and director * 1923 – [[Denny Barry]] Irish Republican, died on hunger Strike [[1923 Irish hunger strikes]] (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert W.|last=White|title=Provisional Irish Republicans: An Oral and Interpretive History|location=Westport|publisher=Greenwood|year=1993|page=117|isbn=978-0-31328-564-6}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Ebenezer Cobb Morley]], English sportsman and the [[List of persons considered father or mother of a field|father]] of [[the Football Association]] and modern [[Association football|football]] (b. 1831) *[[1925]] – [[Alexandra of Denmark]], Queen of the United Kingdom (b. 1844)<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/queen-alexandra-wife-of-edward-vii |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=7 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Bill Holland (sprinter)|Bill Holland]], American track and field athlete (b. 1874) *[[1933]] – [[Augustine Birrell]], British politician (b. 1815) *[[1934]] – [[Willem de Sitter]], Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1872) *[[1935]] – [[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe|John Jellicoe]], [[Royal Navy]] officer (b. 1859) *[[1936]] – [[Buenaventura Durruti]], Spanish mechanic and activist (b. 1896) * 1936 – [[José Antonio Primo de Rivera]], Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1903) *[[1938]] – [[Maud of Wales]], queen of Norway (b. 1869) * 1938 – [[Edwin Hall]], American physicist (b. 1855) *[[1940]] – [[Arturo Bocchini]], Chief of Police under the [[Fascism|Fascist]] regime of [[Benito Mussolini]] (b. 1880) * 1940 – [[Tim Coleman]], English footballer (b. 1881) * 1940 – [[Robert Lane (soccer)|Robert Lane]], Canadian soccer player (b. 1882) *[[1941]] – [[Elmar Muuk]], Estonian linguist and author (b. 1901) *[[1944]] – [[Maria Jacobini]], Italian actress (b. 1892) * 1945 – [[Francis William Aston]], English chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1877) * [[1946]] – [[I Gusti Ngurah Rai]], Indonesian [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] (b. 1917)<ref>{{Cite web |last=fikriansyah |first=ilham |title=Biografi I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Pahlawan Nasional Asal Bali yang Heroik |url=https://www.detik.com/bali/berita/d-7400324/biografi-i-gusti-ngurah-rai-pahlawan-nasional-asal-bali-yang-heroik |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=detikbali |language=id-ID}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Wolfgang Borchert]], German author and playwright (b. 1921) *[[1950]] – [[Francesco Cilea]], Italian composer (b. 1866) *[[1952]] – [[Benedetto Croce]], Italian philosopher and politician (b. 1866) *[[1954]] – [[Clyde Vernon Cessna]], American pilot and engineer, founded the [[Cessna|Cessna Aircraft Corporation]] (b. 1879) *[[1957]] – [[Mstislav Dobuzhinsky]], Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (b. 1875) *[[1959]] – [[Sylvia Lopez]], French model and actress (b. 1933) *[[1960]] – [[Ya'akov Cahan]], Israeli writer and translator (b. 1881) *[[1972]] – [[Ennio Flaiano]], Italian writer and journalist (b. 1910) *[[1973]] – [[Allan Sherman]], American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1924) *[[1975]] – [[Francisco Franco]], Spanish general and dictator, [[Prime Minister of Spain]] (b. 1892)<ref>{{cite web |title=Francisco Franco {{!}} Biography, Nickname, Beliefs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francisco-Franco |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=19 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Martin D'Arcy]], English Jesuit priest (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite news |title=Fr. M. D'Arcy, S.J., Dead at Age 88 |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=SLR19761126-01.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=The St. Louis Review |date=26 November 1976 |page=2}}</ref> * 1976 – [[Trofim Lysenko]], Ukrainian-Russian biologist and agronomist (b. 1898) *[[1978]] – [[Giorgio de Chirico]], Greek-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1888) * 1978 – [[Vasilisk Gnedov]], Russian soldier and poet (b. 1890) *[[1980]] – [[John McEwen]], Australian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1900) *[[1981]] – [[Frank Sheed]], Australian-British Catholic writer and apologist (b. 1981)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Francis Joseph Sheed |encyclopedia=Australian Dictionary of Biography |date=2012 |volume=18 |last=Campion |first=Edmund |editor-last=Nolan |editor-first=Melanie |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/sheed-francis-joseph-15412 |access-date= 27 February 2024}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Marcel Dalio]], French actor and playwright (b. 1900) * 1983 – [[Richard Loo]], Chinese-American actor (b. 1903) *[[1984]] – [[Carlo Campanini]], Italian actor, singer and comedian (b. 1904) * 1984 – [[Kristian Djurhuus]], Faroese politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands]] (b. 1895) * 1984 – [[Faiz Ahmad Faiz]], Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1911) *[[1989]] – [[Lynn Bari]], American actress (b. 1913) *[[1992]] – [[Raul Renter]], Estonian economist and chess player (b. 1920) *[[1994]] – [[Jānis Krūmiņš]], Latvian basketball player (b. 1930) *[[1995]] – [[Sergei Grinkov]], Russian figure skater (b. 1967) * 1995 – [[Robie Macauley]], American editor, novelist and critic (b. 1919) *[[1997]] – [[Dick Littlefield]], American baseball player (b. 1926) * 1997 – [[Robert Palmer (American writer)|Robert Palmer]], American saxophonist, producer, and author (b. 1945) *[[1998]] – [[Roland Alphonso]], Jamaican saxophonist (b. 1931) * 1998 – [[Galina Starovoytova]], Russian ethnographer and politician (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite book|first=Karen|last=Evans-Romaine|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture|location=London|publisher=Routledge|year=2014|page=594|isbn=978-0-41575-862-8}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Amintore Fanfani]], Italian journalist and politician, 32nd [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. 1908) *[[2000]] – [[Mike Muuss]], American computer programmer, created [[Ping (networking utility)|Ping]] (b. 1958) * 2000 – [[Kalle Päätalo]], Finnish author (b. 1919) * 2000 – [[Barbara Sobotta]], Polish athlete (b. 1936) *[[2002]] – [[Kakhi Asatiani]], Georgian footballer (b. 1947) *[[2003]] – [[Robert Addie]], English actor (b. 1960 ) * 2003 – [[David Dacko]], African educator and politician, 1st [[President of the Central African Republic]] (b. 1930) * 2003 – [[Eugene Kleiner]], American businessman, co-founded [[Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers]] (b. 1923) *[[2004]] – [[Ancel Keys]], American physiologist (b. 1904) *[[2005]] – [[Manouchehr Atashi]], Iranian journalist and poet (b. 1931) * 2005 – [[James King (tenor)|James King]], American tenor (b. 1925) * 2005 – [[Chris Whitley]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960) *[[2006]] – [[Robert Altman]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Zenari |first1=Vivian |title=Altman, Robert (1925–2006) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM1207-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref> * 2006 – [[Zoia Ceaușescu]], Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1950) * 2006 – [[Donald Hamilton]], American author (b. 1916) *[[2007]] – [[Kenneth S. Kleinknecht]], NASA manager (b. 1919) * 2007 – [[Ian Smith]], Rhodesian lieutenant and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Rhodesia]] (b. 1919) *[[2009]] – [[Lino Lacedelli]], Italian mountaineer (b. 1925) *[[2010]] – [[Chalmers Johnson]], American author and scholar (b. 1931) *[[2012]] – [[Kaspars Astašenko]], Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1975) * 2012 – [[William Grut]], Swedish pentathlete (b. 1914) * 2012 – [[Pete La Roca]], American jazz drummer (b. 1938) * 2012 – [[Ivan Kušan]], Croatian writer (b. 1933) *[[2013]] – [[Sylvia Browne]], American author (b. 1936) * 2013 – [[Dieter Hildebrandt]], Polish-German actor and screenwriter (b. 1927) *[[2014]] – [[Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba]] (b. 1926) *[[2015]] – [[Keith Michell]], Australian actor (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Jim Perry (television personality)|Jim Perry]], American-Canadian singer and game show host (b. 1933) * 2015 – [[Kitanoumi Toshimitsu]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1953) *[[2016]] – [[Gabriel Badilla]], Costa Rican footballer (b. 1984) * 2016 – [[Gene Guarilia]], American basketball player (b. 1937) * 2016 – [[Konstantinos Stephanopoulos]], Greek statesman (b. 1926) * 2016 – [[William Trevor]], Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1928) *[[2017]] – [[Peter Berling]], German actor, film producer and writer (b. 1934) *[[2018]] – [[James H. Billington]], 13th Librarian of Congress (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Langer |first1=Emily |title=James H. Billington, long-reigning librarian of Congress, dies at 89 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-h-billington-librarian-of-congress-for-expansive-tumultuous-tenure-dies-at-89/2018/11/21/d8829f88-eda9-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html?noredirect=on |newspaper=The Washington Post |publisher=Nash Holdings |access-date=15 July 2019}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Aaron Klug]], Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Klug (1926 - 2018) |url=https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/aaron-klug-1926-2018/ |publisher=MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology |access-date=5 August 2020 |date=21 November 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Wataru Misaka]], American basketball player (b. 1923)<ref name=goldstein>{{cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |title=Wat Misaka, First Nonwhite in Modern Pro Basketball, Dies at 95 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 21, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/sports/basketball/wat-misaka-dead.html|access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Jan Morris]], Welsh historian, author and travel writer (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-11-20|title=Obituary: Jan Morris, a poet of time, place and self|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26924906|access-date=2020-12-13}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Ursula Haverbeck]], German Holocaust denier (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2024 |title=Ursula Haverbeck, German far-right activist repeatedly convicted for Holocaust denial, dies at 96 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ursula-haverbeck-german-activist-repeatedly-convicted-holocaust-denial-116087053 |access-date=November 21, 2024 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Andy Paley]], American songwriter (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=November 21, 2024 |title=Andy Paley Dies: ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Composer, Prolific Producer Of Records, Film & TV Music Was 72 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/11/andy-paley-dead-1236183760/ |access-date=November 21, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2024 – [[John Prescott]], British sailor and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Castle |first=Stephen |date=November 21, 2024 |title=John Prescott, Ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Britain, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/world/europe/john-prescott-uk-dead.html |access-date=November 21, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Jodi Rell]], American politician, 87th [[Governor of Connecticut]] (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite news |date=November 21, 2024 |title=Former CT Gov. Jodi Rell has died |url=https://www.wfsb.com/2024/11/21/former-ct-gov-jodi-rell-has-died/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241121175158/https://www.wfsb.com/2024/11/21/former-ct-gov-jodi-rell-has-died/ |archive-date=21 November 2024 |accessdate=November 21, 2024 |publisher=WFSB}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust “this year in history” websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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