Famous Deaths on 23 Nov

Famous Deaths on 23 Nov

1407 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (murdered) (b. 1372)
1457 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
1499 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. 1474)
1503 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)
1503 - Bona of Savoy, Italian noblewoman (b. 1449)
1572 - Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (b. 1503)
1585 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. 1505)
1616 - Richard Hakluyt, English writer (b. 1552)
1682 - Claude Lorrain, French painter (b. 1604)
1763 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)
1769 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (b. 1711)
1783 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (b. 1714)
1803 - Roger Newdigate, British politician (b. 1719)
1804 - Richard Graves, British writer (b. 1715)
1807 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (b. 1747)
1814 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
1833 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (b. 1762)
1890 - King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
1902 - Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851)
1923 - Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1883)
1934 - Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
1937 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1858)
1937 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)
1948 - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
1966 - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (b. 1882)
1970 - Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (b. 1910)
1972 - Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
1973 - Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (b. 1889)
1974 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-born author (b. 1920)
1976 - André Malraux, French author (b. 1901)
1979 - Merle Oberon, British actress (b. 1911)
1979 - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. 1944)
1983 - Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
1990 - Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1953)
1990 - Roald Dahl, British author (b. 1916)
1991 - Klaus Kinski, German actor (b. 1926)
1992 - Roy Acuff, American country musician (b. 1903)
1992 - Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922)
1994 - Art Barr, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
1994 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (b. 1939)
1995 - Jr. Walker, American musician (b. 1931)
1995 - Louis Malle, French film director (b. 1932)
1996 - Art Porter, Jr., American jazz musician (b. 1961)
1996 - Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (b. 1943)
1997 - Jorge Más Canosa, anti-Castro activist (b. 1939)
2001 - Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)
2001 - O.C. Smith, American singer (b. 1932)
2001 - Mary Whitehouse,'Clean up TV' campaigner
2002 - Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
2004 - Pete Franklin, American talk radio host (b. 1928)
2005 - Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
2005 - Constance Cummings, American-born British actress (b. 1910)
2006 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
2006 - Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)
2006 - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy (b. 1962)
2006 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (b. 1917)
2006 - Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
2006 - Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
2007 - Joe Kennedy, American baseball player (b. 1979)
2007 - Ã"scar Carmelo Sánchez, Bolivian footballer (b. 1971)
2007 - Pat Walsh, New Zealand rugby union footballer (b. 1936)
947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
955 - Edred, King of England (b. c. 923)