Famous Deaths on 24th November

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Deaths 1 - 116 of 115

654 - Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
1115 - Mathilde, markgravin of Toscane, dies
1192 - Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27
1468 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
1531 - Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
1541 - Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489)
1555 - French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt), dies at about 65
1571 - Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48
1572 - John Knox, Scottish preacher, dies at about 67
1583 - René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)
1615 - Sethus Calvisius, composer, dies at 59
1650 - Manuel Cardoso, composer, dies at 83
1674 - Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed at 72
1722 - Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99
1741 - Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (b. 1688)
1770 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (b. 1685)
1775 - Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (b. 1703)
1781 - James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)
1793 - Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French statesman (b. 1723)
1801 - Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
1807 - Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader (b. 1742)
1822 - Karl Jacob Wagner, composer, dies at 50
1827 - Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director, dies at 54
1838 - Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65
1840 - Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer, dies at 82
1842 - Pehr Frigel, composer, dies at 92
1848 - William Lamb 2nd viscount Melbourne, British PM (1834..41), dies at 69
1863 - Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen during American Civil War, dies of fever at camp in Ringgold, Georgia
1870 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b. 1846)
1880 - Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73
1885 - Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27
1890 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
1899 - Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies
1903 - Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56
1914 - Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party, dies
1916 - John Francis Barnett, composer, dies at 79
1916 - Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
1923 - Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School), dies at 39
1929 - Georges Clemenceau, French journalist/premier (1917-20), dies at 88
1943 - Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent, dies at 38
1943 - Reina Prince Geerligs, [Leentjes Vandendriesch], anti-fascist, dies
1943 - Doris Miller, American navy cook (b. 1919)
1944 - EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme, dies
1944 - Vaclav Stepan, composer, dies at 54
1946 - Alfonso Broqua, composer, dies at 70
1948 - Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer, dies at 64
1953 - George Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73
1953 - Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist, dies at 70
1956 - Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
Painter Diego Rivera (1957) 1957 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter, dies at 70
1958 - Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937), dies at 94
1959 - Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71
1959 - Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners), dies at 60
1959 - Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883)
1960 - Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82
1960 - Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
1961 - Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67
1962 - James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby
1963 - Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby
1964 - John Fabricius, playwright, dies at 55
1965 - Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
1967 - Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65
1967 - Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
Murderer Jack Ruby (1963) 1970 - Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76
1972 - Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52
1973 - John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881)
1977 - Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65
1980 - George Raft, actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85
1980 - Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
1985 - Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67
1985 - Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
1987 - Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
1989 - Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85
1990 - Bulent Arel, composer, dies at 72
1990 - Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
1990 - Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (b. 1896)
1990 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1990 - Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer of the depression, dies aged 80
1991 - Anton Furst, production designer (Batman), dies at 47
1991 - Eric Carr, drummer (Kiss-Beth), dies of cancer at 41
1991 - Freddie Mercury, British singer (Queen), dies of AIDS at 45
1992 - Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78
1992 - Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far), dies
1992 - Theo Edison, son of Thomas Edison, dies at 94
1993 - Albert Collins, blues guitarist (Don't Lose Your Cool), dies at 61
1993 - Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist, dies at 89
1993 - Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader, dies at 24
1993 - Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 36
1993 - Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
1994 - Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
1994 - Jo Vis, Dutch resistance fighter (Yad Vashem), dies at 88
1994 - Tommy Boyce, songwriter (Boyce & Hart), dies at 55
1995 - Jeffrey Lynn, actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front), dies at 89
1995 - Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53
1995 - Woiciech Woytek Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer, dies at 56
1996 - Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer, dies at 67
1996 - Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist, dies at 76
1996 - Sorley MacLean Somhairle MacChaluim, poet, dies at 85
2001 - Melanie Thornton, American dance/pop singer (b. 1967)
2002 - John Rawls, political philosopher (b. 1921)
2003 - Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)
2003 - Warren Spahn, Major League Baseball player (b. 1921)
2004 - Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b. 1940)
2004 - Arthur Hailey, British-born author (b. 1920)
2005 - Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932)
2006 - Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer (b. 1950)
2006 - George W. S. Trow, American writer (b. 1943)
2006 - Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist (b. 1938)
2008 - Cecil H. Underwood, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922)
2008 - Kenny MacLean, Scottish musician (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956)
2009 - Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards (b. 1923)
2009 - Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, Prime Minister 2008 (b. 1935)
2009 - Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
2010 - Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (b. 1913)
2012 - Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican professional boxer, dies from gunshot injuries at 50