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History Deaths on November 22


Darvish Khan
Darvish Khan, Iranian tar player (b. 1872)

#Darvish_Khan

Libéral Bruant
Libéral Bruant, French architect and academic, designed Les Invalides (b. 1635)

#Libéral_Bruant

Sena Jurinac
Sena Jurinac, Bosnian-Austrian soprano and actress (b. 1921)

#Sena_Jurinac

Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Hart, American playwright and composer (b. 1895)

#Lorenz_Hart

Mary Boykin Chesnut
Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author (b. 1823)

#Mary_Boykin_Chesnut

María Casares
María Casares, Spanish-French actress (b. 1922)

#María_Casares

Fiorenzo Angelini
Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal (b. 1916)

#Fiorenzo_Angelini

John Tillotson
John Tillotson, English archbishop (b. 1630)

#John_Tillotson

P. Govinda Pillai
P. Govinda Pillai, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1926)

#P._Govinda_Pillai

John Stackhouse (botanist)
John Stackhouse, English botanist and phycologist (b. 1742)

#John_Stackhouse_(botanist)

Bernardo Pasquini
Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1637)

#Bernardo_Pasquini

John Alsop
John Alsop, American merchant and politician (b. 1724)

#John_Alsop

Georges Lautner
Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (b. 1926)

#Georges_Lautner

Johann Christian Reil
Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (b. 1759)

#Johann_Christian_Reil

Pearl Laska Chamberlain
Pearl Laska Chamberlain, American pilot (b. 1909)

#Pearl_Laska_Chamberlain

Hans Adolf Krebs
Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)

#Hans_Adolf_Krebs

Teoberto Maler
Teoberto Maler, Italian-German archaeologist and explorer (b. 1842)

#Teoberto_Maler

Otto Georg Thierack
Otto Georg Thierack, German jurist and politician, German Minister of Justice (b. 1889)

#Otto_Georg_Thierack

Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (db. 1680)

#Richard_Edgcumbe,_1st_Baron_Edgcumbe

Marcel Paquet
Marcel Paquet, Belgian-Polish philosopher and author (b. 1947)

#Marcel_Paquet

M. Balamuralikrishna
M. Balamuralikrishna, Indian vocalist and singer (b. 1930)

#M._Balamuralikrishna

Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Russian operatic baritone (b. 1962)

#Dmitri_Hvorostovsky

Ahmed I
Ahmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam (b. 1590)

#Ahmed_I

Mae West
Mae West, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1893)

#Mae_West

Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (b. 1938)

#Lynn_Margulis

Arthur Sullivan
Arthur Sullivan, English composer and scholar (b. 1842)

#Arthur_Sullivan

Blackbeard
Blackbeard, English pirate (b. 1680)

#Blackbeard

Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene, American singer songwriter (b. 1958)

#Tommy_Keene

Scatman Crothers
Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (b. 1910)

#Scatman_Crothers

Mikhail of Tver
Mikhail of Tver (b. 1271)

#Mikhail_of_Tver

Norman Granz
Norman Granz, American-Swiss record producer, founded Verve Records (b. 1918)

#Norman_Granz

Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (b. 1894)

#Aldous_Huxley

Michael Hutchence
Michael Hutchence, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1960)

#Michael_Hutchence

Bennie McRae
Bennie McRae, American football player (b. 1939)

#Bennie_McRae

Svetlana Alliluyeva
Svetlana Alliluyeva, Russian-American author and educator (b. 1926)

#Svetlana_Alliluyeva

J. D. Tippit
J. D. Tippit, American police officer (Dallas Police Department) (b. 1924)

#J._D._Tippit

Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson, American colonel, journalist, and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States (b. 1812)

#Henry_Wilson

William Walker Atkinson
William Walker Atkinson, American merchant, lawyer, and author (b. 1862)

#William_Walker_Atkinson

Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1837)

#Tokugawa_Yoshinobu

Terence Donovan (photographer)
Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (b. 1936)

#Terence_Donovan_(photographer)

George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (b. 1859)

#George_Washington_Gale_Ferris_Jr.

John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)

#John_F._Kennedy

Pat Dobson
Pat Dobson, American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)

#Pat_Dobson

Bryce Courtenay
Bryce Courtenay, South African-Australian author (b. 1933)

#Bryce_Courtenay

C. C. Beck
C. C. Beck, American illustrator (b. 1910)

#C._C._Beck

Werner Mölders
Werner Mölders, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)

#Werner_Mölders

Jack London
Jack London, American novelist and journalist (b. 1876)

#Jack_London

Walter Reed
Walter Reed, American physician and entomologist (b. 1851)

#Walter_Reed

Sterling Holloway
Sterling Holloway, American actor (b. 1905)

#Sterling_Holloway

Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland
Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland (b. 1362)

#Robert_de_Vere,_Duke_of_Ireland

Theodore Kosloff
Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, ballet dancer, and choreographer (b. 1882)

#Theodore_Kosloff

Paul Motian
Paul Motian, American drummer and composer (b. 1931)

#Paul_Motian

Robert Clive
Robert Clive, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire (b. 1725)

#Robert_Clive

Eric V of Denmark
Eric V of Denmark (b. 1249)

#Eric_V_of_Denmark

Francisco Moreno
Francisco Moreno, Argentinian explorer and academic (b. 1852)

#Francisco_Moreno

Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess, English novelist, playwright, and critic (b. 1917)

#Anthony_Burgess

Arthur Eddington
Arthur Eddington, English astrophysicist and astronomer (b. 1882)

#Arthur_Eddington

Emil Zátopek
Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (b. 1922)

#Emil_Zátopek

Stu Ungar
Stu Ungar, American poker player (b. 1953)

#Stu_Ungar

Wilhelm Beiglböck
Wilhelm Beiglböck, Austrian-German physician (b. 1905)

#Wilhelm_Beiglböck

Shemp Howard
Shemp Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)

#Shemp_Howard

Don Dailey
Don Dailey, American computer programmer (b. 1956)

#Don_Dailey

Fakhri Pasha
Fakhri Pasha, Turkish general and politician (b. 1868)

#Fakhri_Pasha

Kim Young-sam
Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (b. 1929)

#Kim_Young-sam

Mark Lenard
Mark Lenard, American actor (b. 1924)

#Mark_Lenard

Maurice Béjart
Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1929)

#Maurice_Béjart

Robin Stewart, Indian-English actor and game show host (b. 1946)
Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1948)
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1949)
Abubakar Audu, Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Kogi State (b. 1947)
Émile Poulat, French sociologist and historian (b. 1920)
Don Grate, American baseball and basketball player (b. 1923)
Alec Reid, Irish priest and activist (b. 1931)
Tom Gilmartin, Irish businessman (b. 1935)
Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (b. 1983)
Brian Dawson, English singer (b. 1939)
Frank Fenner, Australian virologist and microbiologist (b. 1914)
Jean Cione, American baseball player and educator (b. 1928)
MC Breed, American rapper (b. 1971)
Verity Lambert, English television producer (b. 1935)
Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (b. 1917)
Bruce Hobbs, American jockey and trainer (b. 1920)
Arthur Hopcraft, English screenwriter and journalist (b. 1932)
Parley Baer, American actor (b. 1914)
Theo Barker, English historian and academic (b. 1923)
Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman, founded Mary Kay, Inc. (b. 1915)
Christian Marquand, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1927)
Forrest White, American businessman (b. 1920)
Minni Nurme, Estonian writer and poet (b. 1917)
René Moawad, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 13th President of Lebanon (b. 1925)
Luis Barragán, Mexican architect and engineer, designed the Torres de Satélite (b. 1908)
Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1901)
Jules Léger, Canadian journalist and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (b. 1913)
Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (b. 1936)
Pavel Korin, Russian painter (b. 1892)
C. S. Lewis, British poet and critic (b. 1898)
Jess McMahon, American wrestling promoter, co-founded Capitol Wrestling Corporation (b. 1882)
Manuel Pérez y Curis, Uruguayan poet and author (b. 1884)
Oscar James Dunn, African American activist and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana 1868-1871 (b. 1826)
John Lambert, English Protestant martyr
As-Salih Ayyub, ruler of Egypt
Lothair II of Italy (b. 926)
Antipope Felix II