1590 – Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1643 – William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer, dies at 81
1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German politician (SPD) and Mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
1953 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor, dies from a heart attack at 78
1993 – Jack Longland, British director of education (Derbyshire), dies at 88
1995 – Irene Ighodar, Sierra Leonean doctor and social reformer, dies at 79
2001 – John Knowles, American writer (Morning in Antibes), dies at 75
2003 – Larry Booker (Moondog Spot), American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team champion 1981), dies of a heart attack at 51
2009 – Robert Holdstock, English sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth), dies at 61
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 28th November 2020
1290 – Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (c. 1608)
1716 – Gisbert Cuper, Dutch classicist and historian, dies at 72
1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)
1927 – C. E. A. Wichmann, German-Dutch geologist, dies at 76
1959 – Lester Vail, American actor (Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage), dies at 60
1964 – Charles Meredith, American actor (Court of Last Resort), dies at 70
1993 – Camillo Togni, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 71
2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (Spy Hard, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun), dies of pneumonia at 84
2016 – Grant Tinker, American TV executive (Chairman of NBC), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 27th November 2020
1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest and inventor (magic lantern), dies at 79
1894 – Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman, wife of Otto von Bismarck (b. 1824)
1975 – Ross McWhirter, English Guinness Book of Records co-founder, assassinated by the IRA at 50
1977 – John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81
1978 – George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco (1976-78) shot and killed by Dan White aged 49
1988 – Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
1996 – George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76
2000 – Len Shackleton, English former footballer, dies at 78
2011 – Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, dies at 71
2012 – Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (Major League Baseball Players Association 1966-1982), dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 26th November 2020
1651 – Henry Ireton, English general and parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40
1719 – John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
1851 – Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal, 10th Prime Minister of France, dies at 82
1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds), dies at 81
1974 – Cyril Connolly, English intellectual (b. September 10, 1903)
1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80
1982 – Juhan Aavic, Estonian composer, dies at 98
1986 – Betico Croes, Arubian politician, dies in an accident at 48
1995 – David Briggs, record producer, dies at 51
2008 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian, the oldest person in the world following the death of Yone Minagawa of Japan on August 13, 2007, dies at 115
Famous Deaths for 25th November 2020
1803 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey), dies at 83
1883 – Ludwig Erk, German composer and folk song collector, dies at 76
1894 – Solomon Caesar Malan, British orientalist, dies at 82
1916 – Inez Milholland, American suffragist (National Woman’s Party), labor lawyer and socialist, dies at 30 after suffering from pernicious anemia
1950 – Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat, dies at 77
1981 – Morris Kirksey, American 4 X 100m (Olympic gold 1920), dies at 86
1983 – Anton Dolin [Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-kay], British dancer (Girl From Petrovka), dies at 79
1989 – Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
1997 – Hastings Kamuzu Band, PM/President of Malawi (1964-66/66-94), dies
2012 – Dinah Sheridan, British actress (Genevieve, The Railway Children, Don’t Wait Up), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 24th November 2020
1781 – James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)
1943 – Martin Raschke, German author and publisher dies at 38
1961 – Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
1962 – James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60
1993 – Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
1993 – Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89
1994 – Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
1995 – Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53
1996 – Michael James O’Hehir, commentator/journalist, dies at 76
2018 – David Defiagbon, Nigerian-Canadian boxer (Olympic silver 1996), dies at 48
Famous Deaths for 23rd November 2020
1872 – Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), American poet/Comanche chief, dies
1937 – George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)
1943 – Ernie Jones, Australian cricket fast bowler (19 Tests, 64 wickets; first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test), dies at 74
1989 – Armand Salacrou, French playwright, dies at 90
1992 – Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies
1994 – Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (Boyce and Hart, Monkees), commits suicide at 55
1994 – Art Barr, American professional wrestler, dies at 28
2007 – Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer (b. 1971)
2012 – Larry Hagman, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, Dallas), dies of complications from throat cancer at 81
2017 – Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 22nd November 2020
1318 – Mikhail Yaroslavich, Russian prince (b. 1271)
1594 – Martin Frobisher, English privateer, explorer (Canada) and later vice-admiral who helped defeat the Spanish Armada, dies aged between 55 and 59
1782 – John de Mol, porcelein manufacturer, dies
1890 – Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77
1954 – Andrej J. Vysjinski, Russian lawyer and UN ambassador, dies at 70
1963 – Wilhelm Beiglböck, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1979 – Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63
1982 – Max Deutsch, Austrian-French composer, dies at 90
2006 – Pat Dobson, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2018 – Imrat Khan, Indian sitar and surbahar player and composer, dies of a stroke at 83
Famous Deaths for 21st November 2020
1775 – John Hill, British writer
1953 – Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (Original Dixieland Jazz Band), dies at 60
1957 – Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)
1963 – Robert Stroud, American convict “Birdman of Alcatraz”, dies at 73
1970 – Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist (Nobel Prize 1930 for light scattering), dies at 82
1975 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (The Church on the Mountain), dies at 86
1991 – Prior Jones, West Indian cricketer (WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52), dies at 74
1995 – Peter Grant, English rock band manager, dies at 60
2007 – Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (All About My Mother), dies at 86
2013 – Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (L’Oeil écoute – The Eye Listens), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 20th November 2020
1591 – Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)
1669 – Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
1778 – Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit priest and scientist, dies at 52
1889 – August Ahlqvist, Finnish poet (Suomalainen Runousoppi), dies at 63
1959 – Alfonso López Pumarejo, 16th President of Colombia (Liberal: 1934-38 and 1942-46) and statesman (President of UN security council 1948), dies at 73
1978 – Giorgio De Chirico, Italian painter (founded the scuola metafisica art movement), dies at 90
1991 – Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies at 82
2003 – James “Jim” Siedow, American actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre), dies from emphysema at 83
2005 – James King, American tenor, dies at 80
2009 – H.C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (Haydn: Chronicle and Works), dies at 83