November 26 - Deaths

Deaths

• 399 – Pope Siricius
• 666 – Yeon Gaesomun of Goguryeo (other sources indicate DOD 664 or 665)
• 1252 – Blanche of Castile, Queen of Louis VIII of France (b. 1188)
• 1504 – Queen Isabella I of Castile (b. 1451)
• 1621 – Radulph Agas, English surveyor (b. c. 1540)
• 1639 – John Spottiswoode, Scottish historian (b. 1565)
• 1651 – Henry Ireton, English Civil War general (b. 1611)
• 1688 – Philippe Quinault, French writer (b. 1635)
• 1689 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
• 1717 – Daniel Purcell, British composer (b. 1664)
• 1719 – John Hudson, British classical scholar (b. 1662)
• 1780 – Sir James Denham-Steuart, British economist (b. 1712)
• 1836 – John MacAdam, British road builder (b. 1756)
• 1851 – Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (b. 1769)
• 1855 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (b. 1798)
• 1857 – Joseph von Eichendorff, German poet (b. 1788)
• 1872 – Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
• 1876 – Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (b. 1792)
• 1883 – Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist (b. 1797)
• 1885 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (b. 1813)
• 1892 – Charles Lavigerie, French Catholic cardinal (b. 1825)
• 1896 – Coventry Patmore, British poet (b. 1823)
• 1919 – Felipe Ángeles, Mexican Revolution general (b. 1868)
• 1926 – John Browning, American firearm designer and inventor (b. 1855)
• 1928 – Reinhard Scheer, German naval officer (b. 1863)
• 1934 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and statesman (b. 1866)
• 1938 – Flora Call Disney, mother of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney (b. 1868)
• 1941 – Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (b. 1861)
• 1941 – Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (b. 1876)
• 1943 – Edward O'Hare, American ace pilot (b. 1914)
• 1952 – Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
• 1954 – Bill Doak, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1959 – Albert Ketèlbey, British composer (b. 1875)
• 1962 – Albert Sarraut, French politician (b. 1872)
• 1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
• 1971 – Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1974 – Cyril Connolly, English intellectual (b. 1903)
• 1977 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)
• 1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player (b. 1901)
• 1985 – Vivien Thomas, American surgeon (b. 1910)
• 1987 – Thomas G. Lanphier, American aviator (b. 1915)
• 1991 – Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Bob Johnson, American hockey coach (b. 1931)
• 1994 – David Bache, British car designer (b. 1925)
• 1994 – Joey Stefano, American actor (b. 1968)
• 1996 – Michael Bentine, British comedian (b. 1922)
• 1996 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Jonathan Kwitny, American reporter (b. 1941)
• 2001 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish writer (b. 1943)
• 2002 – Polo Montañez, Cuban singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
• 2002 – Verne Winchell, American doughnut entrepreneur (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
• 2003 – Stefan Wul, French writer (b. 1922)
• 2004 – Philippe de Broca, French film director (b. 1933)
• 2005 – Stan Berenstain, American children's author (b. 1923)
• 2005 – Mark Craney, American musician (b. 1952)
• 2005 – Takanori Arisawa, Japanese Composer (b. 1951)
• 2006 – Mário Cesariny, Portuguese painter and writer (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Dave Cockrum, American comic book artist (b. 1943)
• 2006 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish pro cyclist (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Stephen Heywood, American builder (b. 1969)
• 2006 – Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Silvestre Herrera, Mexican-born American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient. (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Mel Tolkin, television comedy writer (b. 1913)
• 2008 – Edna Parker, American supercentenarian (b. 1893)
• 2008 – De'Angelo Wilson, American actor (b. 1979)
• 2008 – Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks:
  • Gavriel Holtzberg, Israeli rabbi (b. 1979)
  • Ashok Kamte, Indian additional commissioner of the Mumbai police (b. 1965)
  • Hemant Karkare, Chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad (b. 1954)
  • Tukaram Omble, Indian police officer (birth date unknown)
  • Vijay Salaskar, Indian senior police inspector (birth date unknown)
• 2010 – Palle Huld, Danish actor (b. 1912)
• 2010 – Yara Gambirasio, murdered Italian teenager (b.1997)