Famous Deaths on 21 Nov

Famous Deaths on 21 Nov

1361 - Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (plague) (b. 1346)
1555 - Georg Agricola, German scientist (b. 1490)
1566 - Annibale Caro, Italian poet (b. 1507)
1579 - Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier
1652 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
1695 - Henry Purcell, English composer
1730 - François de Troy, French portrait artist
1775 - John Hill, British writer
1811 - Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (b. 1777)
1844 - Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (b. 1769)
1881 - Ami Boué, Austrian geologist (b. 1794)
1899 - Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
1916 - Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria (b. 1830)
1922 - Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874).
1924 - Florence Harding, American First Lady (b. 1860)
1941 - Henrietta Vinton Davis American elocutionist, dramatist, impersonator, public speaker (b. 1860)
1942 - Leopold Graf Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (b. 1863)
1945 - Robert Benchley, American writer and actor (b. 1889)
1953 - Larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1893)
1957 - Francis Burton Harrison, American political figure (b. 1873)
1958 - Mel Ott, American baseball player (b. 1909)
1959 - Max Baer, American boxer (b. 1909)
1963 - Robert Stroud (The Birdman of Alcatraz), American prisoner (b. 1890)
1967 - C. M. Eddy, Jr., American writer (b. 1896)
1969 - Mutesa II of Buganda, President of Uganda (1924)
1970 - Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1970 - Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
1973 - Thomas Pelly, American politician (b. 1902)
1974 - John B. Gambling, American radio talk show host (b. 1897)
1974 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (b. 1890)
1980 - Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)
1981 - Harry Von Zell, American announcer (b. 1906)
1982 - John Hargrave, British Social Credit advocate (b. 1894)
1986 - Marcelino Sanchez, American actor (b. 1957)
1986 - Jerry Colonna, American comic (b. 1904)
1986 - Dar Robinson, American film stuntman (b. 1947)
1988 - Carl Hubbell, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1990 - Dean Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1954)
1991 - Sonny Werblin, former owner of the New York Jets (b. 1907)
1993 - Bill Bixby, American actor and director (b. 1934)
1995 - Peter Grant, British rock manager, actor (Led Zeppelin, Bad Company) (b. 1935)
1995 - Noel Jones, British diplomat (b. 1940)
1996 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate (b. 1926)
1999 - Quentin Crisp, British writer, raconteur and actor (b. 1908)
2001 - Salahuddin of Malaysia, King of Malaysia (b. 1926)
2002 - Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
2005 - Alfred Anderson, last Scottish World War I (and Christmas Truce) veteran (b. 1896)
2005 - Hugh Sidey, American journalist (b. 1927)
2006 - Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese Cabinet minister (assassinated) (b. 1972)
2006 - Robert Lockwood, Jr., American blues guitarist (b. 1915)
2007 - Tom Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
2007 - Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, academic and playwright (b. 1921)
2007 - Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
496 - Pope Gelasius I