November 5 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1370 – King Casimir III the Great of Poland (b. 1310)
• 1515 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1474)
• 1559 – Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (b. 1476)
• 1660 – Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle, English socialite (b. 1599)
• 1660 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)
• 1701 – Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-born English politician (b. c. 1659)
• 1714 – Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (b. 1633)
• 1752 – Carl Andreas Duker, German classical scholar (b. 1670)
• 1758 – Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. 1686)
• 1828 – Maria Fyodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Paul I of Russia (b. 1759)
• 1836 – Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
• 1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
• 1923 – Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French novelist (b. 1880)
• 1930 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1858)
• 1933 – Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
• 1933 – Walther von Dyck, German mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1941 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
• 1942 – George M. Cohan, American musician, actor, writer, and composer (b. 1878)
• 1944 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
• 1951 – Reggie Walker, South African athlete (b. 1889)
• 1955 – Maurice Utrillo, French artist (b. 1883)
• 1956 – Art Tatum, American musician (b. 1909)
• 1960 – Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1960 – Johnny Horton, American country music singer (b. 1925)
• 1960 – Mack Sennett, Canadian producer and director (b. 1880)
• 1964 – Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (b. 1893)
• 1964 – Buddy Cole, American jazz pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
• 1971 – Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1974 – Stafford Repp, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1975 – Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1909)
• 1975 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (b. 1887)
• 1975 – Lionel Trilling, American critic and writer (b. 1905)
• 1977 – René Goscinny, French comic book writer (b. 1926)
• 1977 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian conductor (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
• 1981 – Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa Lama, Tibetan religious figure (b. 1924)
• 1982 – E. H. Carr, British historian (b. 1892)
• 1982 – Jacques Tati, French actor and director (b. 1908)
• 1985 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious figure (b. 1895)
• 1985 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
• 1986 – Claude Jutra, Québécois actor and film director (b. 1930)
• 1986 – Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1925)
• 1987 – Eamonn Andrews, Irish television presenter (b. 1922)
• 1989 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
• 1991 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born media entrepreneur (b. 1923)
• 1992 – Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
• 1996 – Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
• 1997 – James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 1997 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian historian (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Epic Soundtracks, English musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
• 2000 – Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
• 2000 – Jimmie Davis, American singer and politician (b. 1899)
• 2001 – Roy Boulting, English film director and producer (b. 1913)
• 2001 – Milton William Cooper, American writer, shortwave broadcaster (b. 1943)
• 2001 – Barry Horne, British animal activist (b. 1952)
• 2002 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Bobby Hatfield, American singer (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealander environmentalist (b. 1957)
• 2005 – John Fowles, English writer (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)
• 2006 – Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Félix Luna, Argentine historian (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Adrian Păunescu, Romanian poet and politician (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Shirley Verrett, American operatic mezzo-soprano (b. 1931)