November 16 - Deaths

Deaths

• 498 – Pope Anastasius II
• 1093 – Saint Margaret of Scotland (b. 1045)
• 1240 – Edmund Rich, English archbishop (b. 1175)
• 1272 – 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 – Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594)
• 1695 – Pierre Nicole, French philosopher (b. 1625)
• 1724 – Jack Sheppard, English criminal (b. 1702)
• 1745 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1665)
• 1773 – John Hawkesworth, English author (b. 1715)
• 1779 – Pehr Kalm, Finnish explorer and botanist (b. 1716)
• 1790 – Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, American politician (b. 1723)
• 1797 – Frederick William II of Prussia (b. 1744)
• 1802 – André Michaux, French botanist and explorer (b. 1746)
• 1806 – Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (b. 1754)
• 1836 – Christiaan 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)
• 1903 – Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b.1895)
• 1907 – Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 – A. A. Ames, American politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 – Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1922 – Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)
• 1939 – Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1947 – Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 – Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 – Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1961 – Sam Rayburn, American politician (b. 1882)
• 1971 – Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (b. 1940)
• 1972 – Vera Karalli, Russian ballerina and actress (b. 1889)
• 1973 – Alan Watts, English-American philosopher (b. 1915)
• 1974 – Walther Meissner, German physicist (b. 1882)
• 1980 – Jayan, Indian actor (b.1938)
• 1982 – Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician (b. 1896)
• 1982 – Arthur Askey, English comedian and actor (b. 1900)
• 1982 – Lenny Murphy, Irish activist (b. 1952)
• 1984 – Vic Dickenson, American trombone player (b. 1906)
• 1986 – Siobhán McKenna, Irish actress (b. 1923)
• 1987 – Jim Brewer, American baseball player (b. 1937)
• 1987 – Zubir Said, Singaporean composer (b. 1907)
• 1989 – Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian politician (b. 1938)
• 1993 – Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (b. 1939)
• 1993 – Achille Zavatta, Tunisia-French clown (b. 1915)
• 1994 – Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
• 1994 – Doris Speed, English actress (b. 1899)
• 1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Joe C., American rapper (b. 1974)
• 2000 – Ahmet Kaya, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
• 2000 – DJ Screw, American rapper and DJ (Screwed Up Click) (b. 1971)
• 2001 – Tommy Flanagan, American pianist (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
• 2004 – Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker (b. 1945)
• 2005 – Henry Taube, Canadian-American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Preston Robert Tisch, American businessman (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
• 2006 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize 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, actor, and author (b. 1946)
• 2008 – Reg Varney, English actor (b. 1916)
• 2009 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (b. 1978)
• 2009 – Sergei Magnitsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1972)
• 2009 – Edward Woodward, English actor and singer (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Britton Chance, American biologist and sailor (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Ronni Chasen, American publicist (b. 1946)
• 2010 – Donald Nyrop, American businessman (b. 1912)
• 2010 – Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Leo Blair, English academic and author (b. 1923)
• 2012 – John Chapman, Australian evangelist (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Subhash Dutta, Bangladeshi actor and director (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Patrick Edlinger, French mountaineer (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Jefferson Kaye, American radio announcer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Aliu Mahama, Ghanaian politician, 3rd Vice President of Ghana (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Eliyahu Nawi, Iraqi-Israeli politician and jurist (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1921)
• 2012 – William Turnbull, Scottish sculptor and painter (b. 1922)