Famous Deaths on 22 Nov

Famous Deaths on 22 Nov

1286 - Eric V of Denmark, Danish King (b. 1249)
1318 - Mikhail Yaroslavich, Russian prince (b. 1271)
1594 - Martin Frobisher, English explorer
1617 - Ahmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1590)
1694 - John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1630)
1697 - Libéral Bruant, French architect (b. 1635)
1710 - Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer (b. 1637)
1718 - Blackbeard (Edward Teach), British pirate (b. 1680)
1758 - Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, British politician (b. 1680)
1774 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general (b. 1725)
1783 - John Hanson, American Continental Congressman (b. 1715)
1794 - John Alsop, American Continental Congressman (b. 1724)
1875 - Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)
1886 - William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
1893 - James Calder, 5th President of the Pennsylvania State University (b. 1826)
1900 - Arthur S. Sullivan, British composer (b. 1842)
1916 - Jack London, American writer (b. 1876)
1917 - Teoberto Maler, German-born explorer (b. 1842)
1919 - Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (b. 1852)
1920 - Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet (b. 1884)
1926 - Darvish Khan, Iranian musician (b. 1872)
1932 - William Walker Atkinson, American author (b. 1862)
1941 - Werner Mölders, German ace fighter pilot (b. 1915)
1943 - Lorenz Hart, American lyricist (b. 1895)
1944 - Arthur Stanley Eddington, English astrophysicist (b. 1882)
1946 - Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist (b. 1889)
1953 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani religious scholar and biographer of Muhammad (b. 1884)
1954 - Roderick McMahon, Professional Wrestling/Boxing Booker (b. 1882)
1955 - Shemp Howard, American actor (b. 1895)
1956 - Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born choreographer (b. 1882)
1963 - Aldous Huxley, English author (b. 1894)
1963 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
1963 - C. S. Lewis, Irish author (b. 1898)
1963 - Wilhelm Beiglböck, Nazi physician (b. 1905)
1963 - J. D. Tippit, Dallas Police Officer (b. 1924)
1967 - Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
1980 - Jules Léger, Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)
1980 - Mae West, American actress and writer (b. 1893)
1980 - Norah McGuinness, Northern Irish painter (b. 1901)
1981 - Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1986 - Scatman Crothers, American actor (b. 1910)
1986 - William Bradford Huie, American writer (b. 1910)
1988 - Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (b. 1908)
1988 - Paul Vario, U.S. Italian Mafia of the Lucchese Family (b. 1914)
1989 - C. C. Beck, American cartoonist (b. 1910)
1989 - Rene Moawad, President of Lebanon (b. 1925)
1992 - Sterling Holloway, American voice actor (b. 1905)
1993 - Anthony Burgess, British author (b. 1917)
1996 - Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)
1996 - María Casares, Spanish-born French actress (b. 1922)
1997 - Michael Hutchence, Australian singer (INXS) (b. 1960)
1998 - Stu Unger, American poker player (b. 1953)
2000 - Christian Marquand, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2000 - Emil Zátopek, Czech athlete (b. 1922)
2001 - Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay Cosmetics (b. 1915)
2001 - Norman Granz, American jazz impresario and producer (b. 1918)
2005 - Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (b. 1920)
2006 - Pat Dobson, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2007 - Maurice Béjart, Father of the Ballet Renewal(b. 1929)
2007 - Verity Lambert, first producer of British SF series Doctor Who (b. 1935)
950 - King Lothair II of Italy

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