History Deaths on November 26

Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (b. 1901)

#Max_Euwe

Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (b. 1788)

#Joseph_Freiherr_von_Eichendorff

Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1787)

#Thomas_Buck_Reed

Conrad of Constance, German bishop and saint (b.c. 900)

#Conrad_of_Constance

M. C. Nambudiripad, Indian author and translator (b. 1919)

#M._C._Nambudiripad

Albert Sarraut, French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)

#Albert_Sarraut

César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)

#César_Guerra-Peixe

Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and politician (b. 1866)

#Mykhailo_Hrushevsky

John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)

#John_Hudson_(classicist)

Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (b. 1635)

#Philippe_Quinault

Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876)

#Ernest_Lapointe

John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756)

#John_Loudon_McAdam

Luis Méndez de Haro, Spanish general and politician (b. 1598)

#Luis_Méndez_de_Haro

Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)

#Yoshibayama_Junnosuke

Sojourner Truth, American activist (b. 1797)

#Sojourner_Truth

John Spottiswoode, Scottish archbishop and theologian (b. 1565)

#John_Spottiswoode

Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, President of Comoros (b. 1919)

#Ahmed_Abdallah

Isabella I, queen of Castile and León (b. 1451)

#Isabella_I_of_Castile

Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (b. 1863)

#Reinhard_Scheer

Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905)

#Tommy_Dorsey

Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865)

#Sven_Hedin

Henry Ireton, English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1611)

#Henry_Ireton

Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Portuguese painter and poet (b. 1923)

#Mário_Cesariny_de_Vasconcelos

Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal and academic (b. 1825)

#Charles_Lavigerie

Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (b. 1865)

#Helen_Maud_Merrill

Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)

#Edward_O'Hare

Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (b. 1805)

#Otto_Theodor_von_Manteuffel

John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (b. 1855)

#John_Browning

Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1884)

#Juhan_Aavik

Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biology teacher, cartoonist, animator, and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants (b. 1961)

#Stephen_Hillenburg

Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)

#Amelita_Galli-Curci

Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer (b. 1867)

#Hedwig_Courths-Mahler

Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1938)

#Gilles_Tremblay_(ice_hockey)

Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1664)

#Daniel_Purcell

Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks including: Gavriel Holtzberg, Israeli-American rabbi (b. 1979) Ashok Kamte, Indian police officer (b. 1965) Hemant Karkare, Indian police officer (b. 1954) Tukaram Omble, Indian police officer Vijay Salaskar, Indian police officer

#2008_Mumbai_attacks

Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813)

#Thomas_Andrews_(scientist)

Ed Heinemann, American engineer (b. 1908)

#Ed_Heinemann

Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)

#Tony_Musante

Betico Croes, Aruban activist and politician (b. 1938)

#Betico_Croes

Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1932)

#Peter_Underwood_(parapsychologist)

?ükrü Naili Gökberk, Turkish general (b. 1876)

#?ükrü_Naili_Gökberk

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish author, poet, and painter (b. 1943)

#Nils-Aslak_Valkeapää

Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)

#Adam_Mickiewicz

Pete DePaolo, American race car driver (b. 1898)

#Pete_DePaolo

Swanehilde of Saxony, margravine of Meissen

#Swanehilde_of_Saxony

Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (b. 1823)

#Coventry_Patmore

Jane Kean, American actress and singer (b. 1923)

#Jane_Kean

Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)

#Jean-de-Dieu_Soult

Paul Rand, American art director and graphic designer (b. 1914)

#Paul_Rand

Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1834)

#Joachim_III_of_Constantinople

Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (b. 1922)

#Herb_McKenley

John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (d. 1929)

#John_Cockburn_(Australian_politician)

Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (b. 1903)

#Cyril_Connolly

Felipe Ángeles, Mexican general (b. 1868)

#Felipe_Ángeles

James Steuart, Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)

#James_Steuart_(economist)

Bill Doak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1891)

#Bill_Doak

Dave Cockrum, American author and illustrator (b. 1943)

#Dave_Cockrum

Silvestre S. Herrera, Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)

#Silvestre_S._Herrera

Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)

#Pavel_Kiselyov

Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)

#Guy_Lewis

Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1939)

#Arik_Einstein

Sylvester Gozzolini, Italian founder of the Sylvestrines (b. 1177)

#Sylvester_Gozzolini

Ralph Agas, English surveyor and cartographer (b. 1540)

#Ralph_Agas

Fritz Weaver, American actor (b. 1926)

Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1950)

Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925)

Saul Leiter, American photographer and painter (b. 1923)

Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)

Peter Marsh, Australian table tennis player (b. 1948)

Celso Advento Castillo, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)

Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (b. 1942)

Leroy Drumm, American songwriter (b. 1936)

Mel Tolkin, Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)

Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host and producer (b. 1933)

Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)

Mark Craney, American drummer (b. 1952)

Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (b. 1923)

Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1951)

C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator (b. 1909)

Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)

Stefan Wul, French surgeon and author (b. 1922)

Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)

Verne Winchell, American businessman, founded Winchell's Donuts (b. 1915)

Polo Montañez, Cuban singer-songwriter (b. 1955)

Jonathan Kwitny, American journalist and author (b. 1941)

Marguerite Henry, American author (b. 1902)

Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)

Arturo Rivera y Damas, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1923)

David Bache, English car designer (b. 1925)

Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)

Peter Hujar, American photographer (b. 1934)

J. P. Guilford, American psychologist and academic (b. 1897)

Thomas George Lanphier, Jr., American colonel and pilot (b. 1915)

Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (b. 1910)

Frank Rosolino, American trombonist (b. 1926)

Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1888)

John Rostill, English bass player and songwriter (b. 1942)

Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)

Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1875)

Flora Call Disney, American mother of Walt Disney (b. 1868)

George Edward Dobson, Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848)

Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (b. 1780)

Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1635)

Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma

Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi, Ayyubid emir of Aleppo (b. 1216)

Li Congyan, Chinese general (b. 898)

Siricius, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 334)