1740 – John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister known as part of the Belfast Society, dies at 60
1901 – George Lohmann, England cricket medium pace bowler (18 Tests, 112 wickets @ 10.75), dies of tuberculosis at 36
1941 – Alva B. Adams, American politician (U.S. Senator from Colorado, 1933-41), dies at 66
1945 – Harvey Bartlett Gaul, American composer, dies at 64
1990 – Jan Hendrik de Groot, Dutch co-founder of Vrij Nederland), dies at 89
1993 – Peter Wood, English session and touring rock keyboardist and songwriter (Sutherland Bros and Quiver; Al Stewart; Joan Armatrading; Lou Reed), dies of injuries from a fall at 43
2003 – Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
2008 – Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
2009 – Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan singer (b. 1920)
2011 – Ragnhild Hveger, Danish swimmer (Olympic silver 400m freestyle 1936; 44 world records 1938-56), dies at 90
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 30th November 2025
1813 – Friedrich August Baumbach, German composer, dies at 60
1837 – Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary, dies at 50
1935 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese writer, poet (The Book of Disquiet), and translator, dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 47
1972 – Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies
1985 – Phil Tucker, American film director (Robot Monster), dies at 58
1987 – Arthur H. Dean, American lawyer, ambassador and presidential advisor (1963 nuclear test ban treaty), dies at 89
2014 – Fred Catherwood, British politician, Vice President of the European Parliament (1989-1992), dies at 89
2016 – Kamilló Lendvay, Hungarian composer (Pezzo Concertanto), conductor, and educator, dies at 78
2021 – Erwin Wilczek, Polish soccer midfielder, forward (16 caps; Górnik Zabrze), dies at 81
2021 – Ray Kennedy, English soccer midfielder, forward (17 caps; Arsenal, Liverpool), dies from Parkinson’s disease at 70
Famous Deaths for 29th November 2025
1775 – Lorenzo Somis, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 87
1872 – Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian painter, dies at 56
1974 – Haroldson L. Hunt, US multi-millionaire, dies at 85
1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1993 – Jack Longland, British director of education (Derbyshire), dies at 88
2003 – Tony Canadeo, American Pro Football HOF halfback (NFL C’ship 1944; First-team All-Pro 1943, 49; Green Bay Packers), dies at 84
2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
2009 – Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Prince of the Belgians and son of Leopold III, dies at 67
2018 – Charles Harrison, American industrial designer (view finder), dies at 87
2020 – Ben Bova, American sci-fi author (Exiled from Earth), dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 28th November 2025
1545 – Jacob van Liesveld, Flemish printer and publisher of the 1st complete Dutch translation of the bible, beheaded for publishing unauthorised versions of the Bible
1915 – Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author and critic (C’era una Volta), dies at 76
1935 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian ethnomusicologist, dies at 58
1967 – Léon M’ba, Gabonese politician and 1st president of Gabon (1961-67), dies at 65
1976 – (Catherine) Rosalind Russell, American stage and screen actress (His Girl Friday; Auntie Mame; Gypsy), dies of breast cancer at 69
1984 – Hans Speidel, German army officer (WWI, WWII), involved in the 20 July Plot to kill Adolf Hitler (19440, and NATO-supreme commander (1957-64), dies at 87
1992 – Sidney Nolan, Australian painter and illustrator (Ned Kelly), dies at 75
2000 – Henry B. González, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Texas (1961-99), dies at 84
2016 – Allan Zavod, Australian classical and jazz pianist and composer, dies of brain cancer at 71
2017 – Shadia [Fatmah Ahmed Kamal Shaker], Egyptian actress (“Al Maraa Al Maghoula” (The Unknown Woman)), and singer (“Ya Habibti Ya Masr” (Oh Egypt, My Love)), dies from respiratory failure at 86
Famous Deaths for 27th November 2025
511 – Clovis, king of Salische France, founder of Merovingische, dies at 45
1026 – Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies
1836 – Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer, dies at 78
1978 – Harvey Milk, American politician, gay activist and first openly gay person elected to public office, assassinated by Dan White at 48
1988 – John Carradine, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach, Howling), dies of kidney failure at 82
2000 – Len Shackleton, English former footballer, dies at 78
2007 – Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil’s Advocate, Hanky Panky), dies at 76
2015 – Gwyn Jones Francis, Welsh UK Forestry commissioner, dies at 85
2017 – Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75
2023 – Frances Sternhagen, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (The Mist; Starting Over; Cheers – “Ester Clavin”; Outland; Sex and the City – “Bunny”), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 26th November 2025
1126 – Al-Borsoki, emir of Aleppo-Mosoel, assassinated
1882 – Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian conservative statesman and Minister-President of the Kingdom of Prussia (1850-88), dies at 77
1940 – Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere, English newspaper (Daily Mail and Daily Mirror), dies at 72
1978 – Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (The Frank Rosolino Sextet), kills himself after shooting his sons at 52
1987 – Thomas G Lanphier Jr, US WW II pilot, dies at 71
2003 – Soulja Slim [James Adarryl Tapp Jr.], American rapper (Slow Motion), shot to death by an assailant at 26
2006 – Mário Cesariny, Portuguese painter and writer (b. 1923)
2012 – Stephanie Forrester, American fictional character in daytime soap “The Bold and the Beautiful”, played by Susan Flannery, dies of cancer at 69
2022 – Louise Tobin, American big band singer (Benny Goodman; Ziggy Elman), dies at 104
2022 – Brian Hogan, English rugby league forward (5 Tests; St. Helens, Wigan, Bradford Northern, Widnes), dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 25th November 2025
1374 – Philip II of Taranto, Prince of Achaea (1364-73) and titular Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1364-74), dies at about 44
1700 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician, 17th Mayor of New York City (1686-88), dies at 57
1830 – Pierre Rode, French composer, dies at 56
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
1985 – Elsa Morante, Italian writer, dies at 73
1994 – Arthur Ballard, English artist, dies at 79
2006 – Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (Fred Buscaglione), and screenwriter, dies at 86
2010 – Peter Christopherson, British rock musician (Throbbing Gristle; Psychic TV), commercial and music video director, dies at 55
2013 – Toshiaki Tsushima, Japanese film score composer, dies of pneumonia at 77
Famous Deaths for 24th November 2025
1870 – Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (Les Chants de Maldoror), dies at 24
1898 – Bartel Wilton, Dutch ship builder, dies at 70
1943 – Reina Prinsen Geerligs, Dutch aspiring poet who became an anti-fascist resistance fighter, murdered in Sachsenhausen concentration camp at 22
1943 – Doris Miller, American US Navy cook and Pearl Harbor hero (Navy Cross), killed in action in Battle of the Gilbert Islands at 24
1946 – László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer, and sculptor, dies of leukemia at 51
1953 – Robert Lightfoot, English Anglican theologist and exegetist (St John’s Gospel), dies at 70
2010 – Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (b. 1913)
2011 – Fjölnir Stefánsson, Icelandic composer, dies at 81
2022 – Börje Salming, Swedish Hockey HOF defenseman (first European born and trained player to appear in 1,000 career NHL games; Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings; NHL All Star First Team 1977), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 71
2024 – Helen Gallagher, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning singer, dancer, and actress (No, No, Nanette; Ryan’s Hope – “Maeve”), dies at 98
Famous Deaths for 23rd November 2025
1752 – Conrad Michael Schneider, German organist, kapellmeister, and composer, dies at 79
1865 – René E. de Russy, West Indian US brigadier general, dies at about 75
1929 – Arvid Kleven, Norwegian flautist and composer, dies at 29
1973 – Claire Dodd, American actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64
1980 – Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
2006 – Anita O’Day [Colton], American jazz singer, dies at 87
2010 – James Tyler, American musicologist and author (b. 1940)
2011 – Montserrat Figueras, Catalan soprano and early music advocate (Hespèrion), dies at 69
2019 – Cathy Small Long, American politician (Rep-D-LA, 1985-8, dies at 95
2024 – Jean Jourden, French cyclist (UCI World C’ship gold Road race 1961), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 22nd November 2025
1758 – Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)
1799 – Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed
1902 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German steel and arms manufacturer (Krupp AG – supplied the German Navy), dies of suspected suicide after being outed as a homosexual in Italian newspapers and in the German Social Democratic magazine Vorwärts
1941 – Kurt Koffka, German Gestalt psychologist, dies of illness at 55
1986 – (Benjamin) “Scatman” Crothers, American singer, musician (“I’d Rather Be a Hummingbird”), and actor (Chico and the Man – “Louie”; The Shining), dies of lung cancerat 76
1994 – Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies
2000 – Emil Zátopek, Czech distance runner (4 x Olympic gold 1948, 52), dies of a stroke at 78
2003 – Dick Thomas, American singing cowboy and TV host (Village Barn), dies at 88
2018 – Willie Naulls, American basketball small forward (NBA C’ship 1964, 65, 66 Boston Celtics; 4 × NBA All-Star; NY Knicks), dies from respiratory failure at 84
2024 – Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Italian fencer (Olympic gold Sabre, team 1984; bronze 1988), dies from cardiac arrest at 67