November 9 - Deaths

Deaths

• 959 – Constantine VII, Byzantine emperor (b. 905)
• 1187 – Emperor Gaozong of Song (b. 1107)
• 1208 – Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (b. 1155)
• 1456 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje (b. 1406)
• 1581 – Bayinnaung, Myanmar king (b. 1516)
• 1623 – William Camden, English historian (b. 1551)
• 1641 – Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1610)
• 1699 – Hortense Mancini, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1646)
• 1766 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch diplomat and composer (b. 1692)
• 1770 – John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician (b. 1693)
• 1778 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1801 – Carl Stamitz, German-Czech composer (b. 1745)
• 1809 – Paul Sandby, English cartographer (b. 1725)
• 1848 – Robert Blum, German politician (b. 1810)
• 1881 – Edwin Drake, American oil driller (b. 1819)
• 1888 – Mary Jane Kelly, English victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1863)
• 1911 – Howard Pyle, American illustrator and author (b. 1853)
• 1918 – Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet (b. 1880)
• 1918 – Peter Lumsden, English general (b. 1829)
• 1919 – Eduard Müller, Swiss politician, President of Switzerland (b. 1848)
• 1924 – Henry Cabot Lodge, American politician (b. 1850)
• 1932 – Basil Spalding de Garmendia, American tennis player (b. 1860)
• 1937 – Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)
• 1938 – Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b. 1889)
• 1940 – Stephen Alencastre, Portuguese bishop (b. 1876)
• 1940 – Neville Chamberlain, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1869)
• 1942 – Edna May Oliver, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1944 – Frank Marshall, American chess player (b. 1877)
• 1951 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American composer (b. 1887)
• 1952 – Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (b. 1886)
• 1952 – Chaim Weizmann, Israeli politician, 1st President of Israel (b. 1874)
• 1953 – Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1880)
• 1953 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
• 1955 – André Rischmann, French rugby player (b. 1882)
• 1957 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (b. 1872)
• 1962 – Dhondo Keshav Karve Indian activist (b. 1858)
• 1968 – Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (b. 1931)
• 1970 – Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, President of France (b. 1890)
• 1971 – Maude Fealy, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1977 – Fred Haney, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Victor Sen Yung, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1985 – Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (b. 1946)
• 1988 – David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
• 1988 – John N. Mitchell, American politician, 67th United States Attorney General (b. 1913)
• 1991 – Yves Montand, French actor (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Charles Fraser-Smith, English missionary and author (b. 1904)
• 1992 – William Hillcourt, Danish author (b. 1900)
• 1996 – Joe Ghiz, Canadian politician, 27th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1945)
• 1997 – Helenio Herrera, French footballer and coach (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Ursula Reit, German actress (b. 1914)
• 2000 – Hugh Paddick, English actor (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Giovanni Leone, Italian politician, 6th President of Italy (b. 1908)
• 2002 – Merlin Santana, American actor (b. 1976)
• 2002 – William Schutz, American psychologist (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Art Carney, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Gordon Onslow Ford, English painter (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian doctor and author (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Iris Chang, Asian author (b. 1968)
• 2004 – Emlyn Hughes, English football player (b. 1947)
• 2004 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1954)
• 2005 – K. R. Narayanan, Indian politician, 10th President of India (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Ellen Willis, American journalist (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Markus Wolf, German intelligence director (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Huda bin Abdul Haq, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1960)
• 2008 – Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1962)
• 2008 – Imam Samudra, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1970)
• 2012 – Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and air force officer (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Milan Čič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Iurie Darie, Romanian actor (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Joseph D. Early, American politician (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Valerie Eliot, English editor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Major Harris, American singer (The Delfonics) (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Helen Mussallem, Canadian nurse (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1905)
• 2012 – Billy O'Brien, American politician (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Jim Sinclair, Canadian politician (b. 1933)
• 2012 – James L. Stone, American army officer (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Bill Tarmey, English actor and singer (b. 1941)