November 16 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1093 – Saint Margaret of Scotland, Hungarian-born queen-consort of King Malcolm III of Scotland (b. c. 1045)
• 1240 – Saint Edmund Rich, English Archbishop of Canterbury (b. c. 1175)
• 1272 – King Henry III of England (b. 1207)
• 1328 – Prince Hisaaki, Japanese shogun (b. 1276)
• 1613 – Trajano Boccalini, Italian satirist (b. 1556)
• 1628 – Paolo Quagliati, Italian composer (b. c. 1555)
• 1632 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594)
• 1695 – Pierre Nicole, French philosopher (b. 1625)
• 1724 – Jack Sheppard, English burglar (b. 1702)
• 1745 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1665)
• 1773 – John Hawkesworth, English writer
• 1779 – Pehr Kalm, Finnish explorer and naturalist (b. 1716)
• 1790 – Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
• 1797 – King Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
• 1802 – André Michaux, French botanist (b. 1746)
• 1806 – Moses Cleaveland, American lawyer and surveyor; namesake of Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
• 1836 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, Dutch mycologist (b. 1761)
• 1878 – Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 – František Chvostek, Moravian physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 – Louis Riel, Canadian politician (b. 1844)
• 1907 – Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-born Canadian politician (b. 1829)
• 1911 – A. A. Ames, American politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 – Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)
• 1939 – Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1950 – Bob Smith, American physician and temperance activist (b. 1879)
• 1956 – Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24^th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 – Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1961 – Sam Rayburn, American politician (b. 1882)
• 1971 – Edie Sedgwick, American socialite and heiress (b. 1940)
• 1972 – Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)
• 1973 – Alan Watts, English writer and philosopher (b. 1915)
• 1974 – Walther Meissner, German technical physicist (b. 1882)
• 1980 – Jayan, Indian actor (b.1938)
• 1981 – William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1982 – Arthur Askey, British comedian (b. 1900)
• 1982 – Lenny Murphy, Northern Irish loyalist figure (b. 1952)
• 1984 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
• 1986 – Siobhán McKenna, Irish stage and screen actress (b. 1923)
• 1987 – Jim Brewer, American baseball player (b. 1937)
• 1987 – Zubir Said, Singaporean composer (b. 1907)
• 1989 – Jean-Claude Malépart, Quebec politician (b. 1938)
• 1993 – Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (b. 1939)
• 1993 – Achille Zavatta, Tunisia-born French clown (b. 1915)
• 1994 – Doris Speed, British actress (b. 1899)
• 1994 – Chet Powers, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
• 1995 – Jack Finney, American writer (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Ahmet Kaya, Turkish singer and composer (b. 1957)
• 2000 – DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (b. 1971)
• 2000 – Joe C., American rapper (b. 1974)
• 2001 – Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
• 2004 – Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker (b. 1945)
• 2005 – Henry Taube, Canadian-born American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Robert Tisch, American football team owner (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Donald Watson, English vegan advocate (b. 1910)
• 2006 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
• 2006 – Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Harold Alfond, American businessman (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
• 2007 – Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian comedian and author (b. 1946)
• 2008 – Reg Varney, British actor (b. 1916)
• 2009 – Edward Woodward, British actor (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
• 2010 – Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Donald Nyrop, American airline executive (b. 1912)
• 2010 – Ronni Chasen, American film publicist (b. 1946)
• 2010 – Britton Chance, American molecular biologist and yachtsman (b. 1913)