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History Deaths on November 05


Bhupen Hazarika
Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (b. 1926)

#Bhupen_Hazarika

Alexandre de Rhodes
Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (b. 1591)

#Alexandre_de_Rhodes

Vlasios Tsirogiannis
Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)

#Vlasios_Tsirogiannis

Bobby Hatfield
Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)

#Bobby_Hatfield

Sam Jones (baseball)
Sam Jones, American baseball player (b. 1925)

#Sam_Jones_(baseball)

Adrian P?unescu
Adrian P?unescu, Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1943)

#Adrian_P?unescu

Soma Edirisinghe
Soma Edirisinghe, Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1939)

#Soma_Edirisinghe

Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (b. 1924)

#Rangjung_Rigpe_Dorje,_16th_Karmapa

Nora Brockstedt
Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer (b. 1923)

#Nora_Brockstedt

Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1893)

#Lansdale_Ghiselin_Sasscer

Walther von Dyck
Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

#Walther_von_Dyck

Olympe Bradna
Olympe Bradna, French-American actress and dancer (b. 1919)

#Olympe_Bradna

John Fastolf
John Fastolf, English soldier

#John_Fastolf

Ward Bond
Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)

#Ward_Bond

Félix Luna
Félix Luna, Argentinian lawyer, historian, and academic (b. 1925)

#Félix_Luna

Thomas Sully
Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)

#Thomas_Sully

Bülent Ecevit
Bülent Ecevit, Turkish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1925)

#Bülent_Ecevit

Thomas Dewing
Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)

#Thomas_Dewing

Guy Lombardo
Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1902)

#Guy_Lombardo

Donald Jones (actor)
Donald Jones, American-Dutch actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1932)

#Donald_Jones_(actor)

Lane Evans
Lane Evans, American lawyer and politician (b. 1951)

#Lane_Evans

Juan Carlos Calabró
Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor and screenwriter (b. 1934)

#Juan_Carlos_Calabró

Link Wray
Link Wray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)

#Link_Wray

Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter)
Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1898)

#Alfred_Schmidt_(weightlifter)

Manitas de Plata
Manitas de Plata, French guitarist (b. 1921)

#Manitas_de_Plata

August Gailit
August Gailit, Estonian author and poet (b. 1891)

#August_Gailit

Alexis Carrel
Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)

#Alexis_Carrel

Luigi Facta
Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)

#Luigi_Facta

Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen
Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)

#Jacques_d'Adelswärd-Fersen

Casimir III the Great
Casimir III the Great, Polish king (b. 1310)

#Casimir_III_the_Great

Hans Egede
Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (b. 1686)

#Hans_Egede

Leonardo Favio
Leonardo Favio, Argentinian actor, singer, director and screenwriter (b. 1938)

#Leonardo_Favio

Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray, American actor and businessman (b. 1908)

#Fred_MacMurray

Abdelwahab Meddeb
Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (b. 1946)

#Abdelwahab_Meddeb

Carl Andreas Duker
Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (b. 1670)

#Carl_Andreas_Duker

Jimmie Davis
Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (b. 1899)

#Jimmie_Davis

Habibollah Asgaroladi
Habibollah Asgaroladi, Iranian politician (b. 1932)

#Habibollah_Asgaroladi

Hans Mommsen
Hans Mommsen, German historian and academic (b. 1930)

#Hans_Mommsen

Mathilde, Abbess of Essen
Mathilde, Abbess of Essen (b. 949)

#Mathilde,_Abbess_of_Essen

Czes?aw Kiszczak
Czes?aw Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (b. 1925)

#Czes?aw_Kiszczak

Kan? Motonobu
Kan? Motonobu, Japanese painter and educator (b. 1476)

#Kan?_Motonobu

Adolf Brudes
Adolf Brudes, German race car driver (b. 1899)

#Adolf_Brudes

Jill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (b. 1944)

#Jill_Clayburgh

Konrad Stäheli
Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)

#Konrad_Stäheli

Elisabeth of Swabia
Elisabeth of Swabia, queen consort of Castile and León (b. 1205)

#Elisabeth_of_Swabia

James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)

#James_Clerk_Maxwell

Mariotto Albertinelli
Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter and educator (b. 1474)

#Mariotto_Albertinelli

Bernardino Ramazzini
Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (b. 1633)

#Bernardino_Ramazzini

Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle
Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)

#Lucy_Hay,_Countess_of_Carlisle

Texas Guinan
Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)

#Texas_Guinan

René Goscinny
René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (b. 1926)

#René_Goscinny

Spencer W. Kimball
Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1895)

#Spencer_W._Kimball

Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)

#Mack_Sennett

Theodor von Heuglin
Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)

#Theodor_von_Heuglin

Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (b. 1923)

#Robert_Maxwell

George M. Cohan
George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (b. 1878)

#George_M._Cohan

Nils Liedholm
Nils Liedholm, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1922)

#Nils_Liedholm

Christiaan Eijkman
Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)

#Christiaan_Eijkman

Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris, American saxophonist (b. 1934)

#Eddie_Harris

George Barris (auto customizer)
George Barris, American engineer and car designer (b. 1925)

#George_Barris_(auto_customizer)

Isaiah Berlin
Isaiah Berlin, Latvian-English historian, author, and academic (b. 1909)

#Isaiah_Berlin

Vladimir Horowitz
Vladimir Horowitz, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1903)

#Vladimir_Horowitz

Art Tatum
Art Tatum, American pianist and composer (b. 1909)

#Art_Tatum

Shirley Verrett
Shirley Verrett, American soprano and actress (b. 1931)

#Shirley_Verrett

Wally Grant, American ice hockey player (b. 1927)
Stuart Williams, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1930)
Charlie Trotter, American chef and author (b. 1959)
Charles Mosley, English genealogist and author (b. 1948)
Tony Iveson, English soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
Louis Pienaar, South African lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1926)
Bob Kaplan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1936)
Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (b. 1908)
Virginia MacWatters, American soprano and actress (b. 1912)
John Fowles, English novelist (b. 1926)
Milton William Cooper, American radio host, author, and activist (b. 1943)
Roy Boulting, English director and producer (b. 1913)
Bibi Titi Mohammed, Tanzanian politician (b. 1926)
Colin Rowe, English-American architect, theorist and academic (b. 1920)
James Goldstone, American director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
Peter Jackson, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (b. 1964)
James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (b. 1946)
Arpad Elo, American physicist and chess player (b. 1903)
Adile Ayda, Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (b. 1912)
Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (b. 1922)
Bobby Nunn, American singer (b. 1925)
Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (b. 1898)
Louis Alter, American musician (b. 1902)
Al Capp, American cartoonist (b. 1909)
Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (b. 1905)
Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1909)
Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887)
Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (b. 1916)
Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1902)
Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (b. 1895)
Maurice Utrillo, French painter (b. 1883)
Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)
Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877)
Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)
Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
Nyaungyan Min, Birmese king (b. 1555)
John IV, Count of Armagnac (b. 1396)
Diego Martínez de Villamayor, Castilian nobleman
Fan Zhi, chancellor of the Song Dynasty
Atticus, archbishop of Constantinople