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Births

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  • 1619Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (died 1692)
  • 1650John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (died 1723)
  • 1683Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (died 1748)
  • 1687William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (died 1765)
  • 1706Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (died 1761)
  • 1728James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (died 1779)
  • 1750Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (died 1819)
  • 1787Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (died 1854){{cite book|chapter=Bernbrunn Karl|section-url=http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl_1/76.pdf|title=Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950|language=de|volume=1|page=76|isbn=3-7001-1327-7|title-link=Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950|access-date=16 July 2019|last1=Santifaller|first1=Leo|last2=Obermayer-Marnach|first2=Eva|year=1993|publisher=Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften }}
  • 1789Alfred Kelley, American legislator, canal builder, and railroad magnate (died 1859){{cite book|last=Fess|first=Simeon D.|title=Ohio: A Four-Volume Reference Library on the History of a Great State. Volume 4: Ohio's Three Hundred|location=Chicago|publisher=Lewis Publishing Co.|date=1937|page=59}}
  • 1800Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher and educator (died 1864)
  • 1805Thomas Brassey, English engineer and businessman (died 1870)
  • 1818Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist (died 1896)
  • 1821Andrea Debono, Maltese trader and explorer (died 1871){{cite web |title=Prominent Sengleans |url=http://www.islalocalcouncil.com/promseng.htm |website=Senglea Local Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216070552/http://www.islalocalcouncil.com/promseng.htm |archive-date=16 February 2020}}
  • 1830Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (died 1907)
  • 1832Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (died 1918)
  • 1838Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (died 1889)
  • 1843William Plankinton, American businessman, industrialist and banker (died 1905)
  • 1846Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1907)
  • 1851Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (died 1913)
  • 1858Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist (died 1932)
  • 1860Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general and engineer (died 1936)
  • 1860 – Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic (died 1892)
  • 1861Jeff Milton, American police officer (died 1947)
  • 1861 – Lesser Ury, German painter (died 1931){{Cite journal |last=Schütz |first=Chana C. |date=2004 |title=Lesser Ury and the Jewish Renaissance |url= |journal=Jewish Studies Quarterly |volume=11 |issue=4 |pages=360–374 [360, 369, 370] |doi=10.1628/0944570042723058 |issn=0944-5706 |jstor=40753344}}
  • 1867Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1934){{cite web |title=BBC - History - Marie Curie |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/curie_marie.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=20 January 2020}}
  • 1872Lucille La Verne, American actress (died 1945)
  • 1872 – Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (died 1956)
  • 1876Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958)
  • 1878Lise Meitner, Austrian-Swedish physicist and academic (died 1968){{cite book |last1=Bailey Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn |last2=Harvey| first2=Joy |title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L–Z | location=London |publisher=Routledge| year=2000 |isbn=978-0-41592-040-7 |page=877}}
  • 1879King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1948)
  • 1879 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (died 1940)
  • 1886Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (died 1935)
  • 1888C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1970)
  • 1888 – Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary (died 1934){{cite web|author=Holy Cross Church|location=Huliaipole|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B2_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%96_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%BD%D0%BE.jpg|title=Запис в метричній книзі про народження Нестора Махно|trans-title=Record in the register of the birth of Nestor Makhno|year=1888|series=Register of 1888|publisher=State Archive of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|via=Wikimedia Commons|language=ru}}
  • 1890Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter and illustrator (died 1972)
  • 1891Genrikh Yagoda, director of the NKVD (died 1938)
  • 1893Leatrice Joy, American actress (died 1985)
  • 1893 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (died 1974)
  • 1896Esdras Minville, Canadian economist and sociologist (died 1975)
  • 1897Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1953)
  • 1897 – Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (died 1976)
  • 1898Margaret Morris, American actress (died 1968)
  • 1898 – Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (died 1963)
  • 1899Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (died 1954)
  • 1900Nellie Campobello, Mexican writer who chronicled the Mexican Revolution (died 1986)

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Deaths

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  • 1906Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (born 1842)
  • 1907Jesús García, Mexican railroad brakeman (born 1881)
  • 1913Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (born 1823)
  • 1916Henry Ward Ranger, American painter and academic (born 1858)
  • 1919Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1863)
  • 1922Sam Thompson, American baseball player (born 1860)
  • 1923Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Indian educator and philanthropist (born 1856)
  • 1930Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (born 1878)
  • 1933Harold Weber, American golfer and architect (born 1882)
  • 1941Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (born 1878)
  • 1944Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (born 1895)
  • 1944 – Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (born 1921)
  • 1947K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (born 1887)
  • 1959Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (born 1883)
  • 1962Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (born 1884){{cite book|last=Ashby|first=Ruth|title=Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt|location=Milwaukee|publisher=World Almanac Library|year=2005|page=43|isbn=978-0-83685-758-0 }}
  • 1964Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1863){{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-von-Euler-Chelpin|title = Hans von Euler-Chelpin | Swedish biochemist| date=3 November 2023 }}
  • 1966Rube Bressler, American baseball player (born 1894)
  • 1967John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (born 1868)
  • 1968Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (born 1901)
  • 1968 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (born 1906)
  • 1974Eric Linklater, Welsh-Scottish author and academic (born 1899)
  • 1975Piero Dusio, Italian footballer, businessman and race car driver (born 1899)
  • 1978Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (born 1887)
  • 1978 – Gene Tunney, American boxer and actor (born 1897)
  • 1979Frank O'Connor, American actor, rancher, and painter{{Cite news |date=November 12, 1979 |title=Charles Francis O'Connor, Artist, Husband of the Writer Ayn Rand |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/11/12/archives/charles-francis-oconnor-artist-husband-of-the-writer-ayn-rand.html |access-date=December 23, 2022 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |type=obituary |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Grossman |first=Jennifer A. |date=November 9, 2016 |title=5 Things To Know About Frank O'Connor, Ayn Rand's Husband |url=https://www.atlassociety.org//post/5-things-to-know-about-frank-oconnor-ayn-rands-husband |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523174105/https://www.atlassociety.org//post/5-things-to-know-about-frank-oconnor-ayn-rands-husband |archive-date=May 23, 2022 |access-date= |website=The Atlas Society |language=en}}
  • 1980İlhan Erdost, Turkish publisher (born 1944)
  • 1980 – Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (born 1930)
  • 1981Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (born 1885)
  • 1983Germaine Tailleferre, French pianist and composer (born 1892){{cite book|first=Lindsey C.|last=Harnsberger|title=Essential Dictionary of Music: The Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary for Students and Professionals|location=Los Angeles|publisher=Alfred Publishing Co.|year=1997|page=260|isbn=978-0-88284-728-3}}
  • 1986Tracy Pew, Australian bass player (born 1957)
  • 1988Bill Hoest, American cartoonist (born 1926)
  • 1990Lawrence Durrell, British novelist, poet, dramatist, (born 1912)
  • 1990 – Tom Clancy, Irish singer and actor, (born 1924)
  • 1991Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (born 1920)
  • 1991 – Nuri Ja'far, Iraqi psychologist and philosopher of education, (born 1914) {{cite book |last1=Fatlawi|first1=Kadhim Abbud|title=al-Muntakhab min aʻlām al-fikr wa-al-adab|script-title=ar: المنتخب من اعلام الفكر والأدب|trans-title=Eminents of thought and literature|volume=|date=1999|publisher=Dar al-Mawahib|location=Beirut, Lebanon |page=694|edition=first |language=ar}}
  • 1992Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (born 1921)
  • 1992 – Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (born 1927)
  • 1993Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (born 1901)
  • 1993 – Charles Aidman, American stage, film, and television actor (born 1925)
  • 1994Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (born 1924)
  • 1995Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (born 1942)
  • 1996Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (born 1939)
  • 1996 – Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian lawyer and politician, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1918)
  • 2000Ingrid of Sweden (born 1910)
  • 2000 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (born 1950)
  • 2000 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian publisher and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (born 1910)
  • 2001Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (born 1936)
  • 2001 – Anthony Shaffer, English author and playwright (born 1926){{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Paul |title=Anthony Shaffer, 75, Author Of Long-Running 'Sleuth,' Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/12/theater/anthony-shaffer-75-author-of-long-running-sleuth-dies.html |access-date=3 January 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=12 November 2001 |pages=F7}}
  • 2002Rudolf Augstein, German journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel (born 1923)
  • 2003Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen and nightclub owner (born 1937)"Frank Pearson - Obituary." The Times (London, England), November 18, 2003: 37. NewsBank: Access Global NewsBank. https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWGLNB&docref=news/0FEEBEB43628E919.
  • 2004Howard Keel, American actor and singer (born 1919)
  • 2005Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1960)
  • 2006Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (born 1930)
  • 2006 – Bryan Pata, American football player (born 1984)
  • 2006 – Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (born 1917)
  • 2006 – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician, co-founded L'Express (born 1924)
  • 2006 – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer and manager (born 1926)
  • 2007Earl Dodge, American activist and politician (born 1932)
  • 2007 – George W. George, American screenwriter and producer (born 1920)
  • 2011Joe Frazier, American boxer (born 1944)
  • 2011 – Takanosato Toshihide, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1952)
  • 2012Carmen Basilio, American boxer (born 1927)
  • 2012 – Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (born 1950)
  • 2012 – Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (born 1940)
  • 2012 – Sandy Pearson, Australian general (born 1918)
  • 2012 – Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (born 1924)
  • 2012 – Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (born 1932)
  • 2013John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (born 1927)
  • 2013 – Ian Davies, Australian basketball player and coach (born 1956)
  • 2013 – Ron Dellow, English footballer and manager (born 1914)
  • 2013 – Joey Manley, American publisher, founded Modern Tales (born 1965)
  • 2013 – Jack Mitchell, American photographer and author (born 1925)
  • 2013 – Manfred Rommel, German lawyer and politician (born 1928)
  • 2014Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (born 1928)
  • 2014 – Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (born 1931)
  • 2014 – Allen Ripley, American baseball player (born 1952)
  • 2015Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (born 1970)
  • 2015 – Ri Ul-sol, North Korean marshal and politician (born 1921){{Cite web|agency=KCNA|title=Ri Ul Sol Dies |date=8 November 2015 |url= http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2015/201511/news08/20151108-01ee.html }}
  • 2016Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (born 1934)
  • 2016 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001) (born 1938)
  • 2016 – Jimmy Young, British singer and radio personality (born 1921)
  • 2017Roy Halladay, American baseball player (born 1977)
  • 2017 – Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (born 1968)
  • 2017 – James R. Thompson Jr., American naval officer and engineer, 5th Director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (born 1936){{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=279}}
  • 2019Janette Sherman, American physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (born 1930)
  • 2020Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth and member of the House of Lords (born 1948){{cite news|title=Rabbi Lord Sacks has died, online statement confirms|first=Gabriella|last=Swerling|newspaper=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/07/rabbi-lord-sacks-has-died-online-statement-confirms/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/07/rabbi-lord-sacks-has-died-online-statement-confirms/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=7 November 2020|date=7 November 2020}}{{cbignore}}
  • 2021Dean Stockwell, American actor (born 1936){{Cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/quantum-leap-dean-stockwell-dead|title = 'Quantum Leap' star Dean Stockwell dead at 85|work = Fox News|date = 9 November 2021}}
  • 2023Frank Borman, American astronaut (born 1928){{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/10/frank-borman-obituary |title = Frank Borman obituary |work = The Guardian |date = 10 November 2023 |first1=Nigel |last1=Fountain |access-date=11 November 2023}}
  • 2024Bruce Degen, American writer (born 1945){{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=November 10, 2024 |title=Bruce Degen, Who Drew ‘The Magic School Bus,’ Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/10/obituaries/bruce-degen-dead.html |access-date=November 20, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}

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