Famous Deaths on 29 Nov

Famous Deaths on 29 Nov

1253 - Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
1268 - Pope Clement IV
1314 - Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
1330 - Roger de Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, de facto ruler of England (b. 1287)
1342 - Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
1378 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
1530 - Thomas Wolsey, adviser to King Henry VIII of England
1577 - Cuthbert Mayne, English saint (b. 1543)
1590 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
1595 - Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533)
1626 - Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (c. 1580)
1632 - Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
1643 - William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
1643 - Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567)
1646 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
1661 - Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
1694 - Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (b. 1628)
1695 - James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
1699 - Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
1759 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
1780 - Maria Theresa of Austria (b. 1717)
1797 - Samuel Langdon, American President of Harvard University (b. 1723)
1847 - Marcus Whitman, Washington state pioneer (b. 1802)
1924 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1858)
1927 - George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
1939 - Philipp Scheidemann, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
1953 - Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
1953 - Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)
1953 - Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
1954 - Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)
1957 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
1972 - Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
1974 - James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905)
1975 - Graham Hill, English race car driver and two-time F1 World Champion (b. 1929)
1979 - Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
1980 - Dorothy Day, American journalist, turned social activist, and devout member of the Roman Catholic Church (b. 1897).
1981 - Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (b. 1895)
1981 - Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
1982 - Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b. 1908)
1984 - Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)
1986 - Cary Grant, British-born American actor (b. 1904)
1987 - Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
1991 - Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)
1992 - Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
1996 - Dan Flavin, American artist (b. 1933)
1998 - Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (b. 1947)
1998 - Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
1999 - Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
2001 - John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
2001 - George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
2001 - Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
2002 - Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
2002 - George "Two Ton" Harris, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
2003 - Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
2004 - Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
2004 - John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1929)
2004 - Anne Samson, oldest-ever nun documented (b. 1891)
2005 - Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
2005 - David di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
2006 - Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
2007 - Roger Bonham Smith, Former chairman and CEO of General Motors (b. 1925)
2007 - Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
2007 - James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
2007 - Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
2007 - Tom Terrell, musicologist, NPR reviewer, deejay (b. 1950)
741 - Pope Gregory III