November 30 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1016 – Edmund II of England
• 1580 – Richard Farrant, English composer
• 1626 – Thomas Weelkes, English composer
• 1654 – John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584)
• 1675 – Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial governor (b. 1605)
• 1703 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)
• 1705 – Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England (b. 1638)
• 1718 – King Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)
• 1761 – John Dollond, British optician (b. 1706)
• 1765 – George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
• 1886 – Dimitrios Valvis, Greek judge and politician (b. 1814)
• 1900 – Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (b. 1854)
• 1901 – Edward John Eyre, British explorer (b. 1815)
• 1908 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)
• 1916 – Dorrit Weixler, German actress (b. 1892)
• 1920 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
• 1923 – John Maclean MA, Scottish Socialist (b. 1879)
• 1933 – Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
• 1934 – Hélène Boucher, French aviatrix (b. 1908)
• 1934 – Roy Turk, American songwriter and lyricist (d. 1892)
• 1935 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (b. 1888)
• 1943 – Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist (b. 1914)
• 1944 – Paul Masson (b. 1876)
• 1953 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)
• 1954 – Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (b. 1886)
• 1955 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer (b. 1896)
• 1956 – Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (b. 1874)
• 1957 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)
• 1958 – Hubert Wilkins, Australian polar explorer (b. 1888)
• 1966 – Salah Suheimat, Jordanian parliamentarian (b. 1914)
• 1967 – Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet (b. 1904)
• 1977 – Terence Rattigan, British writer and playwright (b. 1911)
• 1979 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
• 1987 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter, jazz patroness and writer
• 1989 – Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (Deutsche Bank) (b. 1930)
• 1993 – David Houston, American country music singer (b. 1938)
• 1994 – Guy Debord, French writer and filmmaker (b. 1931)
• 1994 – Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1995 – Randy Walker, American musician (b. 1968)
• 1996 – Tiny Tim, American entertainer (b. 1932)
• 1997 – Kathy Acker, American author (b. 1947)
• 1998 – Margaret Walker, African-American poet (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Scott Smith, Canadian musician (Loverboy) (b. 1955)
• 2002 – Tim Woods, American professional wrestler (b. 1934)
• 2003 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)
• 2004 – Pierre Berton, Canadian author (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Seung Sahn, Korean spiritual figure (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and lyricist (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker and politician (b. 1938)
• 2007 – Engin Arık, Turkish nuclear physicist (b. 1948)
• 2007 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle daredevil (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese musician (Loudness) (b. 1958)
• 2010 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian scientist and Swadeshi movement figure (b. 1967)
• 2010 – Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
• 2010 – Peter Hofmann, Czech-born German operatic tenor (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)
• 2011 – Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (b. 1939)