November 15 - Deaths

Deaths

• 655 – Penda, King of Mercia
• 1028 – Constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960)
• 1136 – Margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. 1073)
• 1280 – Albertus Magnus, German theologian, bishop, and philosopher
• 1463 – Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples
• 1544 – King Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1506)
• 1579 – Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian religious reformer (b. 1510)
• 1628 – Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576)
• 1630 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1571)
• 1670 – Comenius, Czech writer (b. 1592)
• 1691 – Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
• 1706 – Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)
• 1712 – James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nationalist (b. 1658)
• 1712 – Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
• 1787 – Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714)
• 1794 – John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1723)
• 1795 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
• 1819 – Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1832 – Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist (b. 1767)
• 1853 – Queen Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819)
• 1908 – Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (b. 1835)
• 1910 – Wilhelm Raabe, German writer (b. 1831)
• 1916 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (b. 1858)
• 1919 – Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)
• 1919 – Mohammad Farid, Egyptian politician (b. 1868)
• 1922 – Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek politician (b. 1866)
• 1922 – Georgios Hatzianestis, Greek General (b. 1863)
• 1922 – Petros Protopapadakis, Greek politician (b. 1854)
• 1922 – Nikolaos Stratos, Greek politician (b. 1872)
• 1945 – Frank Chapman, American ornithologist (b. 1864)
• 1949 – Narayan Apte, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
• 1949 – Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
• 1954 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor (b. 1878)
• 1958 – Tyrone Power, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1959 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
• 1961 – Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1963 – Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (b. 1888)
• 1965 – Dawn Powell, American poet (b. 1896)
• 1966 – Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter (b. 1877)
• 1967 – Michael J. Adams, American test pilot (b. 1930)
• 1971 – Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy (b. 1903)
• 1976 – Jean Gabin, French actor (b. 1904)
• 1978 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (b. 1901)
• 1981 – Enid Markey, American stage and film actress (b. 1894)
• 1981 – Steve Macko, American baseball player (b. 1954)
• 1982 – Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (b. 1901)
• 1983 – Charlie Grimm, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1983 – John Le Mesurier, English actor (b. 1912)
• 1988 – Billo Frómeta, Dominican orchestra conductor, arranger and composer (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Alydar, American racehorse (b. 1975)
• 1994 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Alger Hiss, American government official and alleged spy (b. 1904)
• 1997 – Saul Chaplin, American composer and musical director (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist (b. 1941)
• 1998 – Ludvik Danek, Czech discus thrower (b. 1937)
• 2002 – Myra Hindley, English murderess (b. 1942)
• 2003 – Speedy West, American musician (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Ray Lewis, Canadian athlete (b. 1910)
• 2003 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Laurence Tisch, American businessman (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Elmer L. Andersen, American politician (b. 1909)
• 2004 – John Morgan, Canadian comedian (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (b. 1959)
• 2006 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (b. 1985)
• 2006 – David K. Wyatt, American historian (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
• 2009 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, Serbian religious figure (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Larry Evans, American chess grandmaster and journalist (b. 1932)