November 5 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1370 – Casimir III the Great, Polish king (b. 1310)
• 1515 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (b. 1474)
• 1559 – Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (b. 1476)
• 1660 – Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary (b. 1591)
• 1660 – Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
• 1701 – Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English soldier and politician (b. 1659)
• 1714 – Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (b. 1633)
• 1752 – Carl Andreas Duker, German jurist and scholar (b. 1670)
• 1758 – Hans Egede, Norwegian missionary (b. 1686)
• 1828 – Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) (b. 1759)
• 1836 – Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
• 1879 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
• 1923 – Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 – Arnold Rothstein, American businessman and gambler (b. 1882)
• 1930 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1931 – Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 – Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 – Walther von Dyck, German mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1941 – Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (b. 1905)
• 1942 – George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, playwright, and composer (b. 1878)
• 1944 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1951 – Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)
• 1955 – Maurice Utrillo, French painter (b. 1883)
• 1956 – Art Tatum, American pianist (b. 1909)
• 1960 – Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1960 – Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1960 – Mack Sennett, Canadian director and producer (b. 1880)
• 1964 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and orchestra leader (b. 1916)
• 1964 – Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (b. 1893)
• 1968 – Christina Kalogerikou, Greek actress (b. 1885)
• 1971 – Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)
• 1974 – Stafford Repp, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1975 – Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer (b. 1887)
• 1975 – Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
• 1975 – Lionel Trilling, American author and critic (b. 1905)
• 1977 – René Goscinny, French writer and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 1977 – Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
• 1981 – Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual figure (b. 1924)
• 1982 – E. H. Carr, English historian and theorist (b. 1892)
• 1985 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (b. 1898)
• 1985 – Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)
• 1986 – Claude Jutra, [Canadian actor and director (b. 1930)
• 1986 – Bobby Nunn, American singer (The Coasters and The Robins) (b. 1925)
• 1987 – Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (b. 1922)
• 1989 – Vladimir Horowitz, Russian pianist (b. 1903)
• 1991 – Robert Maxwell, Czech-English politician (b. 1923)
• 1991 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
• 1996 – Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
• 1997 – James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1946)
• 1997 – Isaiah Berlin, Latvian historian (b. 1909)
• 2000 – Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1899)
• 2000 – Victor Grinich, American businessman (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
• 2001 – Roy Boulting, English director and producer (b. 1913)
• 2001 – Milton William Cooper, American broadcaster, author, and activist (b. 1943)
• 2001 – Barry Horne, English activist (b. 1952)
• 2002 – Billy Guy, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (Righteous Brothers) (b. 1940)
• 2004 – Donald Jones, American-Dutch actor and dancer (b. 1932)
• 2005 – John Fowles, English author (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Virginia MacWatters, American soprano (b. 1912)
• 2005 – John Rice, American shortest living twin (b. 1951)
• 2005 – Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Bülent Ecevit, Turkish politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and coach (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Félix Luna, Argentine historian (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Henriette van Lynden-Leijten, Dutch diplomat (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Adrian Păunescu, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Shirley Verrett, American soprano (b. 1931)
• 2010 – Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, Mexican drug lord, co-leader (Gulf Cartel) (b. 1962)
• 2011 – Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Joseph Oliver Bowers, Dominican bishop (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Olympe Bradna, French-American actress and dancer (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Charles V. Bush, American air force officer (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Elliott Carter, American composer (b. 1908)
• 2012 – Stalking Cat, American body modifier (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Leonardo Favio, Argentine actor, singer, director and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Bob Kaplan, Canadian politician (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Sikandar Sanam, Pakistani actor and singer (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Jimmy Stephen, Scottish footballer (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Glen Morgan Williams, American judge (b. 1920)