November 24 - Deaths

Deaths

• 654 – Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
• 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)
• 1572 – John Knox, Scottish reformer (b. 1510)
• 1583 – René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)
• 1615 – Sethus Calvisius, German calendar reformer (b. 1556)
• 1650 – Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (b. 1566)
• 1722 – Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b. 1623)
• 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 Revolution figure (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, American Indian tribal leader (b. 1742)
• 1848 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
• 1870 – Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (b. 1846)
• 1885 – Nicolas Avellaneda, Argentine president (b. 1837)
• 1890 – August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born financier (b. 1816)
• 1916 – Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, American-born gunsmith (b. 1840)
• 1920 – Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer (b. 1854)
• 1922 – Robert Erskine Childers, Irish nationalist (b. 1870)
• 1929 – Georges Clemenceau, Premier of France (b. 1841)
• 1943 – Doris Miller, American navy cook (b. 1919)
• 1948 – Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
• 1956 – Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
• 1957 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
• 1958 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician, Nobel laureate (b. 1864)
• 1959 – Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
• 1961 – Ruth Chatterton, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1963 – Marotrao Kannamwar, Indian politician
• 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American accused assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939)
• 1965 – Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1895)
• 1967 – Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
• 1973 – John Neihardt, American writer (b. 1881)
• 1980 – George Raft, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1980 – Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
• 1985 – Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1987 – Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
• 1990 – Fred Shero, National Hockey League player and coach (b. 1925)
• 1990 – Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1990 – Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
• 1991 – Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen) (b. 1946)
• 1991 – Eric Carr, American drummer (KISS) (b. 1950)
• 1993 – Albert Collins, American blues guitarist (b. 1932)
• 1996 – Sorley MacLean, British poet (b. 1911)
• 1997 – Monique Andrée Serf, French singer (b. 1930)
• 1999 – Hilary Minster, British actor (b. 1944)
• 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, American 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)
• 2007 – Casey Calvert, American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981)
• 2008 – Cecil H. Underwood, American politician (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Kenny MacLean, Scottish musician (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956)
• 2009 – Abe Pollin, American professional sports team owner (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Huang Hua, Chinese statesman (b. 1913)