November 29 - Deaths

Deaths

• 521 – Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian
• 561 – Chlothar I, king of the Franks (b. c. 497)
• 741 – Pope Gregory III
• 1253 – Otto II Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
• 1268 – Pope Clement IV
• 1314 – Philip IV of France (b. 1268)
• 1330 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (b. 1287)
• 1342 – Michael of Cesena, Italian Franciscan leader (b. 1270)
• 1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
• 1530 – Thomas Wolsey, English religious figure (b. c. 1470)
• 1590 – Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
• 1595 – Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga, Basque soldier and poet (b. 1533)
• 1600 – Nanda, King of Burma (b. 1535)
• 1626 – Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (b. c. 1580)
• 1632 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
• 1643 – William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
• 1643 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567)
• 1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
• 1661 – Brian Walton, English clergyman and scholar (b. 1600)
• 1682 – Prince Rupert of the Rhine (b. 1619)
• 1694 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (b. 1628)
• 1695 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount Stair, Scottish lawyer and statesman (b. 1619)
• 1699 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish general (b. 1635)
• 1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
• 1780 – Queen Maria Theresa of Austria (b. 1717)
• 1797 – Samuel Langdon, American university president (b. 1723)
• 1830 – John Maurice Hauke, Polish professional soldier, general (b. 1775)
• 1847 – Marcus Whitman, Washington state pioneer (b. 1802)
• 1883 – Emperor Hiep Hoa, the sixth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (b. 1847)
• 1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (b. 1858)
• 1927 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German statesman (b. 1865)
• 1941 – Frank Waller, American athlete (b. 1884)
• 1942 – Boyd Wagner, American World War II fighter pilot (b. 1916)
• 1953 – Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
• 1953 – Sam De Grasse, American actor (b. 1875)
• 1953 – Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
• 1954 – Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)
• 1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
• 1967 – Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian Communist politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 – Carl Stalling, American composer (b. 1888)
• 1974 – James J. Braddock, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1905)
• 1975 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (b. 1929)
• 1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist (b. 1897)
• 1980 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (b. 1923)
• 1981 – Fredric Wertham, German psychologist (b. 1895)
• 1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
• 1982 – Percy Williams, Canadian athlete (b. 1908)
• 1984 – Gotthard Günther, German philosopher (b. 1900)
• 1986 – Cary Grant, British-born American actor (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1991 – Frank Yerby, African-American writer (b. 1916)
• 1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician (b. 1906)
• 1993 – J. R. D. Tata, Indian businessman, Industrialist, and pilot (b.1904)
• 1996 – Dan Flavin, American artist (b. 1933)
• 1998 – Martin Ruane, English professional wrestler (b. 1947)
• 1998 – Frank Latimore, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host (b. 1917)
• 1999 – Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese naval officer (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969)
• 2001 – George Harrison, English musician, actor, songwriter. (The Beatles) (b. 1943)
• 2001 – John Knowles, American author (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Daniel Gélin, French actor (b. 1921)
• 2002 – George "Two Ton" Harris, American professional wrestler (b. 1927)
• 2003 – Moondog Spot, American professional wrestler (b. 1952)
• 2004 – Anne Samson, Canadian Nun and supercentenarian (b. 1891)
• 2004 – Harry Danning, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 2004 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (b. 1958)
• 2005 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
• 2006 – Allen Carr, English anti-smoking campaigner (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Henry Hyde, American politician (b. 1924)
• 2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and writer (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Roger Bonham Smith, American automobile executive (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Tom Terrell, American musicologist (b. 1950)
• 2008 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
• 2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet (b. 1937)
• 2010 – Mario Monicelli, Italian film director (b. 1915)
• 2010 – Stephen J. Solarz, American politician (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Maurice Wilkes, British computer scientist (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Alfred Masini, American television producer (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (b. 1969)