Famous Deaths on November 14

• 1226 Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (executed) (b. 1193)

• 1359 Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic, archbishop, and saint, dies at about 61
• 1391 Nikola Tavelić, First Croatian saint (b. 1340)
• 1522 Anne of France, French princess, daughter of King Louis XI and Regent of France (1483-91) for her brother King Charles VIII during his minority, dies at 61
• 1556 Giovanni Della Casa, Italian poet (Galateo), dies at 53
• 1589 Philipp Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German mathematician and geographer, dies at 58
• 1625 Giulio C Procaccini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies
• 1633 William Ames, English philosopher (b. 1576)
• 1673 Michael Wisniowieki, King of Poland, dies
• 1687 Eleanor “Nell” Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II of England, dies from apoplexy at 37
• 1691 Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (b. 1617)
• 1692 Christoph Bernhard, German baroque composer, dies at 64

• 1734 Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French mistress of British king Charles II, dies at 85
• 1746 Georg Steller, German naturalist and explorer (Great Northern Expedition), dies from fever at 37
• 1780 Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver and illustrator, dies at 81
• 1794 Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as “Dutch Isaac Newton”), dies at 30
• 1797 Ivan Shuvalov, 1st Russian Minister of Education and founder of the Moscow University, dies at 70
• 1804 Aagje Deken, Dutch novelist (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 62
• 1817 Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian revolutionary (b. 1795)
• 1825 Jean Paul, writer, dies at 62
• 1829 Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French chemist and pharmacist (discovered chromium, beryllium), dies at 66
• 1831 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and inventor (dialectic), dies at 61
• 1831 Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder, dies at 74
• 1832 Charles Carroll, Wealthy Maryland planter who was the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to pass away, dies at 95
• 1832 Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist and philologist (Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language), dies of tuberculosis at 44
• 1841 Thomas Bruce, 7th earl of Elgin & Kincardine, British diplomat, dies at 75
• 1842 Henry de Cock, Dutch reformed vicar and secession leader, dies at 41
• 1844 Flora Tristan, French writer and social activist, dies at 41
• 1844 John Abercrombie, Scottish physician, dies at 64
• 1860 Feliks Ostrowski, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 58
• 1864 Franz Müller, German tailor and the first UK train murderer, publicly executed at 24 [1]

• 1902 Paulus T van der Maesen the Sombreff, foreign minister, dies
• 1906 Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer and dramatist (2 Tudors), dies at 83
• 1907 Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian politician, co-author of the Australian constitution, dies at 5
• 1907 Moncure Daniel Conway, American minister, abolitionist and writer (Life of Thomas Paine), dies at 75
• 1908 Guangxu, Chinese Emperor of the Qing dynasty (1875-1908), dies of arsenic poisoning at 37 [1]
• 1909 Joshua Slocum, Canadian-American seaman and adventurer (first man to sail around the world alone), departs from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, sailing south for the winter, and is lost at sea, at 65
• 1910 John La Farge, American painter (stained glass), dies at 75
• 1914 Frederick Roberts “Bobs”, British military commander and governor of Natal (Second Afghan War, Boer War), dies at 82
• 1914 Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Malayalin journalist (b. 1861)

• 1915 Theodor Leschetizky, Polish pianist, composer, and teacher (Contes de Jeunesse), dies at 85
• 1916 Henry George, Jr., American politician (b. 1862)
• 1916 Saki [Hector Hugo Munro], British writer (Reginald; When William Came), killed in battle during WWI at 45
• 1917 William Smith, British deserter in France, executed at 20
• 1918 Robert Anderson Van Wyck, American first Mayor of New York City, dies at 69
• 1921 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (while serving as regent signed law abolishing slavery), dies in exile at 75
• 1922 Karl Michael Ziehrer, Austrian composer, dies at 79
• 1922 Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and politician who first coined the term “geopolitics”, dies at 58
• 1925 Agnes Zimmermann, German composer, dies at 78
• 1929 Joe McGinnity, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (World Series 1905; 5 × NL wins leader; NL ERA leader 1904; Baltimore Orioles, NY Giants), dies at 58
• 1935 Jacobus Wouterus van Dieren, Dutch biologist (specializing in study of dune formation, particularly on West Frisian Island of Terschelling), dies of kidney failure at 33
• 1937 Jack O’Connor, American baseball catcher (Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Browns) and manager (St. Louis Browns), dies at 71
• 1939 Bluey, Australian cattle dog and world’s oldest reliably recorded dog dies at 29 year sand 5 days [1]
• 1944 Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist, dies at 71
• 1946 Herman de Man [Salomon Herman Hamburger], Dutch writer (The Rising Waters), dies in an airplane crash at 48
• 1946 Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (Atlántida), dies of cardiac arrest at 69
• 1947 Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler and composer, dies at 74
• 1949 Matsudaira Tsuneo, Japanese diplomat, dies at 72
• 1955 Robert E Sherwood, American dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois; Idiot’s Delight), dies of a heart attack at 59
• 1956 Juan Negrín, Spanish Republican Prime Minister during the Spanish Civil War (1937-39), dies in exile at 62
• 1957 Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African painter, dies at 71
• 1959 Thomas W Ross, American actor (Without Limit, Kings Row, 17, Mortal Storm), dies at 84
• 1960 Walter Catlett, American actor (Climax, Front Page, Tale of 2 Cities), dies of a stroke at 71
• 1962 Manuel Gálvez, Argentine novelist (La maestra normal), dies at 80
• 1964 Heinrich von Brentano, German politician (Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs), dies at 60
• 1964 Hendrik Gerrit Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
• 1965 Dawn Powell, American writer (Turn, Magic Wheel), dies at 68
• 1965 George Bissett, South African cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for South Africa), dies at 60
• 1965 Russell Collins, American actor (Niagara, Close Up, Shockproof), dies at 68
• 1967 C. K. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30’s), dies at 72
• 1971 William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934)
• 1972 Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), dies at 71
• 1974 Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (Lawman is Born, Back Trail), dies from a cardiac condition at 70
• 1975 Max Ackermann, German “entartet” painter, dies at 88
• 1977 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian guru, founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness, dies at 81
• 1977 Richard Addinsell, English composer (Warsaw Concerto, Alice in Wonderland), dies at 73
• 1981 Robert Bradford, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1941)
• 1982 Joachim Stutschewsky, Austrian-Israeli cellist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 91
• 1984 Cesar Climaco, Filipino politician (b. 1916)

• 1990 Adolf Rudnicki [Aron Hirschhorn], Polish writer (Niekochana), dies at 78
• 1990 K L Poll, journalist/author, dies
• 1990 Malcolm Muggeridge, English journalist, critic and spy (Observer of Life), dies at 87
• 1990 Robert Mariano, entertainer, dies at 21
• 1991 Tony Richardson, British film director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDS at 63
• 1992 Clem Beauchamp, American film actor, stuntman, and production manager (Tarzan; Dick Tracy; The Adventures of Superman), dies at 94
• 1992 Ernst Happel, Austrian soccer player, 1943-59 (Rapid Wien), and coach, 1962-92 (Feyenoord; Club Brugge; Hamburger SV, and 8 others), dies of lung cancer at 66
• 1992 George Adams, American jazz and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist (Charles Mingus; Gil Evans; McCoy Tyner; Adams/Pullen Quartet), dies at 52
• 1992 John J. Cascella, American rock keyboard and accordion player (John Mellencamp), dies of a heart attack at 45
• 1992 Joop Van Nellen, Dutch soccer forward (27 caps; DHC Delft), dies at 82
• 1992 Robert Reese, American actor, dies of natural causes at 66
• 1993 Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies
• 1994 Jake Dengel, American actor (Ragtime, Ironweed), dies at 61
• 1994 John F Hampe, pathologist (Fabric & Stoflongen), dies at 83
• 1994 John I M Stewart, detective writer (A Comedy of Terrors), dies at 88
• 1994 Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist, dies at 60
• 1994 Tom Villard, American actor one of the first actors to reveal he had AIDS, dies of AIDS complications at 40
• 1995 Eddie Ballantine, American orchestra leader (Don McNeill TV Club), dies at 88
• 1995 Jack Finney, American sci-fi and thriller author (The Body Snatchers, Time and Again), dies of pneumonia at 84
• 1995 John Lee Admiral-Barber, dies at 90
• 1995 John Lee-Barber, British naval officer and commander of the Griffin destroyer during World War Ⅱ, dies at 90
• 1995 Les Horvath, American College Football Hall of Fame quarterback and halfback (Heisman Trophy 1944; first Ohio State player to win the award; National C’ship 1942), dies of heart failure at 74
• 1996 Joseph Bernardin, cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, dies at 68
• 1996 Liz Knights, English book publisher (Victor Gallancz), dies of cancer at 41
• 1996 Sir Havelock Hudson, British underwriter and chairman of Lloyd’s of London (1975-77), dies at 77 [1]
• 1996 Vera von der Heydt, German psychoanalyst, dies at 96
• 1996 Virginia Cherrill, American actress (City Lights; Lake Extra; Brat), dies at 88

• 1997 Jack Pickersgill, Canadian politician, Secretary of State for Canada, dies at 92
• 1997 Reena Virk, Canadian-Indian murder victim that inspired the true crime series “Under the Bridge”, murdered by group of teenage girls at 14
• 1997 Stefan Lorant, Hungarian-American writer, photojournalist and filmmaker, dies at 96
• 2000 Robert Trout, American newscaster (ABC), dies at 91
• 2001 Charlotte Coleman, British actress (Four Weddings and a Funeral), dies of an asthma attack at 33
• 2001 Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine soccer forward (Boca Juniors, Sampdoria, Atlético Madrid) and manager (Argentina, Boca Juniors, Lazio, Roma), dies at 79
• 2002 Eddie Bracken, American actor (Summer Stock, Young & Willing), dies at 87
• 2002 Graham Watson, British literary agent (Curtis Brown, including authors Daphne du Maurier and John Steinbeck), dies at 89
• 2003 Gene Anthony Ray, American dancer and actor (Fame – “Leroy”), dies from complications of a stroke at 41
• 2004 Michel Colombier, French composer of film and concert music (Against All Odds), dies of cancer at 65
• 2005 Jeno Takacs, Austrian composer, dies at 103
• 2007 Mauro Bortolotti, Italian composer, dies at 80
• 2008 Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Dutch foreign minister (KVP), dies at 87
• 2009 Bruce Wells, English boxer (European amateur light middleweight champion 1953) and actor (Dr. Who 1965-73), dies at 76
• 2009 Collin Wilcox Paxton, American actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies at 74
• 2011 Franz Josef Degenhardt, German poet and author, dies at 79
• 2011 Lee Pockriss, American songwriter (with Paul Vance – “Catch a Falling Star”, “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini”, “Playground in my Mind”), dies at 87
• 2012 Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian political activist, killed by an airstrike at 53
• 2012 Brian Davies, Australian rugby league forward (27 Tests, 6 World Cup; Queensland 31 games; Brothers, Canterbury-Bankstown), dies at 82
• 2014 Eugene Dynkin, Russian mathematician(The Dynkin diagram), dies at 90
• 2014 Glen Larson, American television producer and writer, dies from esophageal cancer at 77
• 2014 Jane Byrne, American politician and 50th Mayor of Chicago, dies at 81
• 2015 Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (WCW/AWA), dies at 80
• 2015 Warren Mitchell, English actor (Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part), dies at 89
• 2016 Gardnar Mulloy, American tennis player (5 x Grand Slam doubles champion; Davis Cup 1946, 48, 49), dies of a stroke at 102
• 2016 Gwen Ifill, journalist and writer, 1st African American woman to host US public affairs program, dies of cancer at 61
• 2016 Holly Dunn, American country singer (Daddy’s Hands), dies of cancer at 59
• 2017 Hans Hoekman, Dutch actor and voice actor who played Oscar the Grouch on “Sesamstraat”, dies at 70
• 2018 Katherine “Scottie” MacGregor, American actress (Little House On The Prairie – “Harriet Oleson”), dies at 93
• 2019 Jean Fergusson, British actress (Marina in “Last of the Summer Wine”), dies at 74
• 2020 Des O’Connor, British television presenter, singer and comedian, dies at 88 [1]
• 2020 M. A. Foster, American sci-fi author, (Gameplayers of Zan), dies at 81
• 2021 Bertie Auld, Scottish soccer midfielder (3 caps; Celtic, Birmingham City) and manager (Partick Thistle, Hibernian, Hamilton Academical), dies from dementia complications at 83
• 2021 Pierre Reid, Canadian politician and teacher, dies at 73
• 2021 Virginio Pizzali, Italian track cyclist (Olympic gold team pursuit 1956), dies at 86
• 2023 Karel van de Graaf, Dutch radio and television host (AVRO; 1969-2007), dies at 72
• 2023 Peter Seidler, American businessman and MLB executive (chairman San Diego Padres 2020-23), dies of cancer at 63
• 2024 Peter Sinfield, British lyricist (King Crimson; Emerson, Lake, & Palmer; Celine Dion), record producer, and haiku poet, dies at 80 [1]
• 2024 Vic Flick, British studio guitarist (“James Bond Theme”; George Martin Orchestra; John Barry Seven), film score composer, and arranger, dies at 87 [1] [2]

November 14 Highlights