1433 – Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan, 100th Emperor of Japan, dies at 56
1633 – Isabella Clara Eugenia, Sovereign of the Netherlands (1598-1621), dies at 67
1736 – Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
1797 – Oliver Wolcott, American judge, signed US Declaration of Independence, dies at 71
1926 – Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, German composer, dies at 83
1976 – George Earnshaw, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1929-30; Philadelphia Athletics), dies at 76
1987 – Donn Fulton Eisele, American Air force officer and astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57
2005 – Jack Colvin, American actor (Incredible Hulk), dies at 71
2007 – Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player (Australian C’ship 1952), dies of stomach cancer at 78
2015 – Jim Loscutoff, American basketball forward (NBA champion (1957, 59–64; Boston Celtics), dies from Parkinson’s disease and pneumonia at 85
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 30th November 2021
1765 – George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
1798 – Friedrich Fleischmann, German composer, dies at 32
1864 – John Adams, US Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at about 39
1954 – Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886)
1972 – Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies
1977 – Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet (Seobe), dies at 84
1981 – Robert H Harris, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72
2006 – Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
2010 – Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
2018 – George H. W. Bush, 41st US President (R, 1989-93) and 43rd US Vice President (R, 1981-89), dies at 94
Famous Deaths for 29th November 2021
1632 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia, dies at 36
1872 – Horace Greeley, American founder and editor of the New-York Tribune (“Go west, young man”), dies at 61
1964 – Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher and author (Bartje), dies at 60
1974 – Ouida Bergere, American scriptwriter (Peter Ibbetson), dies at 88
1981 – Natalie Wood [Natasha Gurdin], American actress (Gypsy, Rebel Without a Cause, West Side Story), drowns at 43
1989 – Ann Burton [Anna Rafalowicz], Dutch jazz singer, dies at 56
1997 – Isabelle Kelley, American social worker credited with instigating the US Federal Food Stamp Program, dies at 80
2002 – George “Two Ton” Harris, American professional wrestler, dies of a heart attack at 75
2007 – Ralph Beard, American basketball guard (Olympic gold 1948; NBA All Star 1951; life ban point shaving scandal 1951), dies at 79
2020 – Ben Bova, American sci-fi author (Exiled from Earth), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 28th November 2021
1788 – Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
1815 – Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70
1861 – Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54
1878 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
1963 – Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at 55
1971 – Wasfi Tal, Jordan’s PM, assassinated by Black Sept in Cairo
1987 – Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist prof (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74
1997 – William “Smitty” Smith, American rock keyboardist and session musician (Motherlode – “When I Die”), dies of a heartattack at 53
2000 – Liane Haid, Austrian actress (Lady Hamilton), dies at 105
2011 – Ante Markovic, last Premier of Yugoslavia, dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 27th November 2021
1632 – John Eliot, English parliament leader, dies at 40
1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest and inventor (magic lantern), dies at 79
1852 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and writer and daughter of poet Lord Byron, considered the first computer programmer, dies of uterine cancer at 36
1955 – Arthur Honegger, Swiss composer (King David, Pacific 231), dies of a heart attack at 63
1959 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (Caligula, Devil in the Flesh), dies of cancer at 36
1968 – Hans Redlich, Austrian composer, dies at 65
1973 – Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 86
1987 – Babe [Floyd Caves] Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers’ slugger (.324 lifetime average), dies at 84
1995 – Simon Bailey, 1st British priest to say he had AIDS, dies at 40
2007 – Sean Taylor, American NFL free safety (Pro Bowl 2006, 07; All Pro 2007; Washington Redskins), dies when shot by an armed intruder at 24
Famous Deaths for 26th November 2021
1653 – Maximilian Teellinck, vicar, dies at about 51
1836 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer and road builder who created macadam road surface (asphalt), dies at 80
1882 – Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian conservative statesman and Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1850-88), dies at 77
1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist and big band leader (“Opus No. 1”; “I’ll Never Smile Again”; “Yes, Indeed!”), dies at 51
1957 – Aleksei M Remizov, Russian author (Iveren), dies at 80
1973 – John Rostill, English rocker (The Shadows), electrocuted at 31
1979 – Marcel L’Herbier, French director and screenwriter (El Dorado), dies at 91
1988 – Antonio Estévez, Venezuelan composer and conductor (Cantata Criolla), dies at 72
1993 – Imad Aqal, Palestinian Izz-Danish al-Qassem-leader, shot to death
2008 – De’Angelo Wilson, American actor (b. 1979)
Famous Deaths for 25th November 2021
1456 – Jacques Coeur, French merchant/banker, dies in battle
1560 – Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman and admiral, dies at 93
1640 – Giles Farnaby, composer, dies
1881 – Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute, dies at 87
1914 – Davorin Jenko, Slovene-Serbian composer, dies at 79
1935 – Maria H “Mina” Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years), dies at 72
1964 – Clarence Kolb, American actor (My Little Margie – “Mr. Honeywell”), dies at 90
2000 – Florizel Glasspole, 3rd Governor-General of Jamaica (1973-91), dies at 91
2006 – Bobby Byrne, American orchestra leader (Club Seven), dies at 88
2010 – Ann Southam, Canadian electronic and classical music and dance composer (Glass Houses; Figures; The Emerging Ground), dies at 73
Famous Deaths for 24th November 2021
1115 – Mathilde, markgravin of Toscane, dies
1693 – William Sancroft, 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 76
1770 – Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
1940 – James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish unionist politician and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1921-1940), dies of natural causes at 69
1980 – George Raft, American actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 79
1990 – Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (101 Dalmatians), dies at 94
2003 – Warren Spahn, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (17 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957; Cy Young Award 1957; 8 × NL wins leader; Boston/Milwaukee Braves), dies at 82
2006 – Phyllis Fraser [Helen Brown Nichols], American actress, journalist, and co-founder of Beginner Books, dies following a fall at 90
2009 – Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
2017 – Mitch Margo, American rocker (The Tokens, The Lion Sleeps Tonight), dies of natural causes at 70
Famous Deaths for 23rd November 2021
955 – Edred, King of England (946-955), dies at 32
1249 – Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies
1814 – Elbrige Gerry, American politician, 5th vice president of the US, signed the Declaration of Independence (of Gerrymander fame), dies at 70
1962 – H. J. Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62
1980 – Herby Wade, cricketer (South African capt 10 Tests 1935-36), dies
1994 – Frederick Hawkins, American dancer and choreographer, dies at 85
2002 – Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
2005 – Beverly Tyler, American singer and actress (Fireball, The Youngest Profession, Big Town), dies at 78
2010 – Joyce Howard, British film actress (b. 1922)
2016 – Joe Esposito, American author and friend of Elvis, dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 22nd November 2021
1794 – John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1901 – Aleksandr Kovalevsky, Russian biologist (founded comparative embryology and experimental histology and identified a common pattern of embryological development in all multi-cellular animals), dies at 61
1924 – Herman Heijermans, Dutch writer (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies at 59
1943 – Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (I Could Write A Book, My Funny Valentine) and half of the Broadway musical team Rodgers and Hart, dies of pneumonia from exposure after drinking heavily in NYC at 48
1956 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French criminal attorney, dies at 77
1986 – Scatman Crothers [Benjamin], American actor, singer, dancer and musician (Chico and the Man, The Shining), dies at 76
1988 – Raymond Dart, Australian paleoanthropologist (Australopithecus africanus), dies at 95
1989 – Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon
2002 – C. S. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), dies at 88
2013 – Reg Simpson, English cricket batsman (27 Tests; best 156no v Australia 1951), dies at 93