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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[654]] – [[Emperor Kōtoku]] of Japan (born 596) *[[1072]] – [[Bagrat IV of Georgia]] (born 1018) *[[1227]] – [[Leszek the White|Leszek I the White]], High Duke of Poland (born c. 1186) *[[1265]] – [[Magnús Óláfsson]], King of Mann and the Isles *[[1326]] – [[Hugh Despenser the Younger]], English courtier (born 1296) *[[1426]] – [[Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter]], (born c. 1363) *[[1468]] – [[Jean de Dunois]], French soldier (born 1402) *[[1492]] – [[Loys of Gruuthuse]], Earl of [[Winchester]] (born c. 1427) *[[1530]] – [[Mingyi Nyo]], Burmese ruler (born 1459) *[[1531]] – [[Johannes Oecolampadius]], German theologian and reformer (born 1482) *[[1572]] – [[John Knox]], Scottish pastor and theologian (born 1510) *[[1583]] – [[René de Birague]], French cardinal (born 1506) ===1601–1900=== *[[1615]] – [[Sethus Calvisius]], German composer and theorist (born 1556) *[[1642]] – [[Walatta Petros]], saint in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (born 1592) *[[1650]] – [[Manuel Cardoso (composer)|Manuel Cardoso]], Portuguese organist and composer (born 1566) *[[1675]] – [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]], Indian guru (born 1621) *[[1722]] – [[Johann Adam Reincken]], Dutch-German organist and composer (born 1623) *[[1741]] – [[Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden]] (born 1688) *[[1770]] – [[Charles-Jean-François Hénault]], French historian and author (born 1685) *[[1775]] – [[Lorenzo Ricci]], Italian religious leader, 18th [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (born 1703) *[[1781]] – [[James Caldwell (clergyman)|James Caldwell]], American minister (born 1734) *[[1793]] – [[Clément Charles François de Laverdy]], French lawyer and politician, [[List of Finance Ministers of France|French Minister of Finance]] (born 1723) *[[1801]] – [[Franz Moritz von Lacy]], Austrian field marshal (born 1725) * 1801 – [[Philip Hamilton]], Oldest son of Alexander Hamilton (born 1782) *[[1807]] – [[Joseph Brant]], American tribal leader (born 1742) *[[1848]] – [[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (born 1779) *[[1870]] – [[Comte de Lautréamont]], Uruguayan-French poet and author (born 1846) *[[1885]] – [[Nicolás Avellaneda]], Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th [[President of Argentina]] (born 1837) *[[1890]] – [[August Belmont]], German-American banker and politician, 16th [[United States Ambassador to the Netherlands]] (born 1816) *[[1895]] – [[Ludwik Teichmann]], Polish anatomist (born 1823)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khm.cm-uj.krakow.pl/historia-wydzialow-lekarskich-w-polsce/#|title=Ludwik Karol Teichmann |website=khm.cm-uj.krakow.pl|language=pl|access-date=Aug 20, 2019}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1916]] – [[Hiram Maxim]], American-English engineer, invented the [[Maxim gun]] (born 1840) *[[1920]] – [[Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili]], Georgian actor and director (born 1857) * 1920 – [[Alexandru Macedonski]], Romanian author and poet (born 1854) *[[1922]] – [[Erskine Childers (author)|Erskine Childers]], executed Irish soldier, journalist, and author (born 1870) *[[1929]] – [[Georges Clemenceau]], French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd [[List of Prime Ministers of France|Prime Minister of France]] (born 1841) *[[1932]] – [[William Arnon Henry]] American academic and agriculturist (born 1850)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Morrison |first1=Frank B. |title=Dr. William Arnon Henry |journal=Science |date=1933 |volume=77 |issue=1989 |pages=160–162 |doi=10.1126/science.77.1989.160 |jstor=1658040 |bibcode=1933Sci....77..160M |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1658040 |access-date=4 March 2022 |issn=0036-8075|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Doris Miller]], American soldier and chef, [[Navy Cross]] recipient (born 1919) *[[1948]] – [[Anna Jarvis]], American founder of [[Mother's Day]] (born 1864) *[[1954]] – [[Mamie Dillard]], African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (born 1874)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Krivulskaya |first1=Suzanna |title=Biographical Sketch of Mary (Mamie) J. Dillard |url=https://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/bibliographic_entity%7Cbibliographic_details%7C3292110/biographical-sketch-mary-mamie-j-dillard |website=Biographical Database of Black Woman Suffragists |publisher=Alexander Street |access-date=27 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Guido Cantelli]], Italian conductor (born 1920) *[[1957]] – [[Diego Rivera]], Mexican painter and sculptor (born 1886) *[[1958]] – [[Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood]], English lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1864) *[[1959]] – [[Dally Messenger]], Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (born 1883) *[[1960]] – [[Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia]] (born 1882) *[[1961]] – [[Ruth Chatterton]], American actress (born 1892) *[[1963]] – [[Lee Harvey Oswald]], American assassin of [[John F. Kennedy]] (born 1939) *[[1965]] – [[Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], Kuwaiti ruler (born 1895) *[[1968]] – [[D. A. Levy]], American poet and publisher (born 1942) *[[1973]] – [[John Neihardt]], American author and poet (born 1881) *[[1980]] – [[Herbert Agar]], American journalist and historian (born 1897) * 1980 – [[George Raft]], American actor and dancer (born 1901) * 1980 – [[Molly Reilly]], Canadian aviator (born 1922)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cahf.ca/CUSTOMPAGES/907/MemberList.cfm?firstLetter=R#175|title=Moretta Fenton Beall Reilly|website=Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame|access-date=2020-01-24}}</ref> * 1980 – [[Henrietta Hill Swope]], American astronomer and academic (born 1902) *[[1982]] – [[Barack Obama, Sr.]], Kenyan economist and academic, father of [[Barack Obama]], 44th President of the United States (born 1936) *[[1987]] – [[Jehane Benoît]], Canadian journalist and author (born 1904) *[[1990]] – [[Juan Manuel Bordeu]], Argentinian race car driver (born 1934) * 1990 – [[Fred Shero]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mcg Thomas |first1=Robert Jr. |title=Fred Shero, 65; Coached Flyers to Stanley Cup |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/25/sports/fred-shero-65-coached-flyers-to-stanley-cup.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=5 August 2020 |date=25 November 1990}}</ref> * 1990 – [[Dodie Smith]], English author and playwright (born 1896) * 1990 – [[Marion Post Wolcott]], American photographer (born 1910) * 1990 – [[Bülent Arel]], Turkish-American composer and educator (born 1919) *[[1991]] – [[Freddie Mercury]], Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of [[Queen (band)|Queen]], and producer (born 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Freddie Mercury {{!}} Biography, Parents, Songs, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Freddie-Mercury |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Eric Carr]], American drummer of [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] (born 1950) *[[1993]] – [[Albert Collins]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1932) *[[1995]] – [[Eduard Ole]], Estonian-Swedish painter (born 1898) *[[1996]] – [[Sorley MacLean]], Scottish soldier and poet (born 1911) *[[1997]] – [[Barbara (singer)|Barbara]], French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1930) *[[2002]] – [[John Rawls]], American philosopher, author, and academic (born 1921) *[[2003]] – [[Warren Spahn]], American baseball player and coach (born 1921) *[[2004]] – [[Arthur Hailey]], English-Canadian journalist and author (born 1920) * 2004 – [[Joseph Hansen (writer)|Joseph Hansen]], American author and poet (born 1923) * 2004 – [[James Wong (lyricist)|James Wong]], Chinese actor and songwriter (born 1940) *[[2005]] – [[Pat Morita]], American actor (born 1932) *[[2006]] – [[Juice Leskinen]], Finnish singer-songwriter (born 1950) * 2006 – [[George W. S. Trow]], American author, playwright, and critic (born 1943) * 2006 – [[Zdeněk Veselovský]], Czech zoologist and ethologist (born 1938) *[[2007]] – [[Casey Calvert (Hawthorne Heights)|Casey Calvert]], American guitarist (born 1981) *[[2008]] – [[Kenny MacLean]], Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (born 1956) * 2008 – [[Cecil H. Underwood]], American educator and politician, 25th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (born 1922) *[[2009]] – [[Abe Pollin]], American businessman and philanthropist (born 1923) * 2009 – [[Samak Sundaravej]], Thai politician, 25th [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (born 1935) * 2009 – [[Jun Ross]], Filipino basketball player (born 1949) *[[2010]] – [[Huang Hua]], Chinese translator and politician, 5th [[Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China]] (born 1913) *[[2012]] – [[Héctor Camacho]], Puerto Rican-American boxer (born 1962) * 2012 – [[Antoine Kohn]], Luxembourgian footballer and manager (born 1933) * 2012 – [[Jimmy Stewart (baseball)|Jimmy Stewart]], American baseball player and manager (born 1939) * 2012 – [[Nicholas Turro]], American chemist and academic (born 1938) * 2012 – [[Ernie Warlick]], American football player and sportscaster (born 1932) *[[2013]] – [[Matthew Bucksbaum]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[General Growth Properties]] (born 1926) * 2013 – [[Arnaud Coyot]], French cyclist (born 1980) * 2013 – [[Lou Hyndman]], Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1935) * 2013 – [[June Keithley]], Filipino actress and journalist (born 1947) * 2013 – [[Jean King]], American politician, 6th [[Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii]] (born 1925) * 2013 – [[Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown]], English banker and politician, [[Governor of the Bank of England]] (born 1927) * 2013 – [[Matti Ranin]], Finnish actor (born 1926)<ref>[https://elonet.finna.fi/Search/Results?filter[]=author2_id_str_mv%3A%22kavi.elonet_henkilo_253213%22 Matti Ranin] – Elonet (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-6950861 Näyttelijä Matti Ranin kuollut] – [[Yle]] (in Finnish)</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Jorge Herrera Delgado]], Mexican engineer and politician (born 1961) * 2014 – [[Murli Deora]], Indian politician, [[Ministry of Corporate Affairs|Indian Minister of Corporate Affairs]] (born 1937) * 2014 – [[Peter Henderson (sportsman)|Peter Henderson]], New Zealand rugby player (born 1926) * 2014 – [[Nenad Manojlović]], Serbian water polo player and manager (born 1957) * 2014 – [[Viktor Tikhonov (ice hockey, born 1930)|Viktor Tikhonov]], Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930) *[[2015]] – [[Robert Ford (British Army officer)|Robert Ford]], English general (born 1923) * 2015 – [[John Forrester (historian)|John Forrester]], English historian and philosopher (born 1949) * 2015 – [[Quincy Monk]], American football player (born 1979) * 2015 – [[Heinz Oberhummer]], Austrian physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1941) * 2015 – [[Douglas W. Shorenstein]], American businessman (born 1955) *[[2016]] – [[Paul Futcher]], English footballer (born 1956) * 2016 – [[Florence Henderson]], American actress, singer and television personality (born 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38102188|title=Florence Henderson: Brady Bunch matriarch dies at 82|website=BBC News|date=November 25, 2019}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Goo Hara]], South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50535937|title=K-Pop artist Goo Hara found dead at home aged 28|website=BBC News|date=November 24, 2019}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Börje Salming]], Swedish hockey player (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/maple-leafs-legend-borje-salming-dies-at-age-71/|title=Maple Leafs legend Börje Salming dies at age 71|website=sportsnet.ca|date=November 24, 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Barbara Taylor Bradford]], British novelist (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=November 25, 2024 |title=Barbara Taylor Bradford, Whose Sagas Were Best Sellers, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/books/barbara-taylor-bradford-dead.html |access-date=November 25, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Breyten Breytenbach]], South African-French poet and painter (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2024 |title=Le peintre et poète sud-africain Breyten Breytenbach est mort |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/culture/20241124-le-peintre-et-po%C3%A8te-sud-africain-breyten-breytenbach-est-mort?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=x&utm_source=shorty&utm_slink=rfi.my/BA5C |access-date=November 25, 2024 |website=[[Radio France Internationale]] |language=fr}}</ref> *2024 – [[Helen Gallagher]], American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=November 27, 2024 |title=Helen Gallagher, Winner of Two Tonys and Three Emmys, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/arts/helen-gallagher-dead.html |access-date=November 28, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
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