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History Deaths on November 28


Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton, English author and poet (b. 1897)

#Enid_Blyton

Orson Hyde
Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805)

#Orson_Hyde

Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (b. 1750)

#Déodat_Gratet_de_Dolomieu

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian painter and architect (b. 1606)

#Giovanni_Francesco_Grimaldi

Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick
Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (b. 1475)

#Edward_Plantagenet,_17th_Earl_of_Warwick

Gerry Byrne (footballer, born 1938)
Gerry Byrne, English-Welsh footballer (b. 1938)

#Gerry_Byrne_(footballer,_born_1938)

Garry Moore
Garry Moore, American comedian, television personality, and game show host (b. 1915)

#Garry_Moore

Anthony Wood (antiquary)
Anthony Wood, English historian and author (b. 1632)

#Anthony_Wood_(antiquary)

Helen of Greece and Denmark
Helen of Greece and Denmark (b. 1896)

#Helen_of_Greece_and_Denmark

Lloyd J. Old
Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (b. 1933)

#Lloyd_J._Old

Christopher George
Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)

#Christopher_George

Georg Major
Georg Major, German theologian and educator (b. 1502)

#Georg_Major

Rosalind Russell
Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)

#Rosalind_Russell

Washington Irving
Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (b. 1783)

#Washington_Irving

Louis de Buade de Frontenac
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (b. 1622)

#Louis_de_Buade_de_Frontenac

Giovanni Paolo Colonna
Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1637)

#Giovanni_Paolo_Colonna

Dwight F. Davis
Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (b. 1879)

#Dwight_F._Davis

Jerry Edmonton
Jerry Edmonton, Canadian-American drummer (b. 1946)

#Jerry_Edmonton

Said Akl
Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (b. 1912)

#Said_Akl

Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

#Enrico_Fermi

Marjorie Lord
Marjorie Lord, American actress (b. 1918)

#Marjorie_Lord

Olene Walker
Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (b. 1930)

#Olene_Walker

Jack Matthews (author)
Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (b. 1925)

#Jack_Matthews_(author)

Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher, German priest, philologist, and scholar (b. 1601)

#Athanasius_Kircher

Dale Armstrong
Dale Armstrong, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)

#Dale_Armstrong

Marthe Bibesco
Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (b. 1886)

#Marthe_Bibesco

James of the Marches
James of the Marches, Franciscan friar

#James_of_the_Marches

Jyotirao Phule
Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)

#Jyotirao_Phule

Ludger Duvernay
Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)

#Ludger_Duvernay

Peder Furubotn
Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (b.1890)

#Peder_Furubotn

Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh
Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)

#Basil_Feilding,_2nd_Earl_of_Denbigh

Johann Peter Salomon
Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)

#Johann_Peter_Salomon

Sidney Nolan
Sidney Nolan, Australian-English painter and academic (b. 1917)

#Sidney_Nolan

Franco Ventriglia
Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922)

#Franco_Ventriglia

Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet
Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)

#Sir_James_Corry,_1st_Baronet

Ottokar II of Styria
Margrave Ottokar II of Styria

#Ottokar_II_of_Styria

Constantine VI of Constantinople
Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)

#Constantine_VI_of_Constantinople

Moses Dickson
Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)

#Moses_Dickson

Caterina Scarpellini
Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808)

#Caterina_Scarpellini

Stanis?aw Wyspia?ski
Stanis?aw Wyspia?ski, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869)

#Stanis?aw_Wyspia?ski

Jack Concannon
Jack Concannon, American football player and actor (b. 1943)

#Jack_Concannon

James Naismith
James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (b. 1861)

#James_Naismith

William Reid (VC)
William Reid, Scottish lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1921)

#William_Reid_(VC)

Zig Ziglar
Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author (b. 1926)

#Zig_Ziglar

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730)

#Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben

Bob Meusel
Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (b. 1896)

#Bob_Meusel

Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (b. 1902)

#Antonio_Vespucio_Liberti

K. C. Dey
K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)

#K._C._Dey

Tsunenohana Kan'ichi
Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)

#Tsunenohana_Kan'ichi

Georges Marchal
Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920)

#Georges_Marchal

Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1926)

#Leslie_Nielsen

Mitja Ribi?i?
Mitja Ribi?i?, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1919)

#Mitja_Ribi?i?

William Whipple
William Whipple, American general and politician (b. 1730)

#William_Whipple

Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)

#Philippe_Leclerc_de_Hauteclocque

Frédéric Bazille
Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841)

#Frédéric_Bazille

Ted Bates (footballer)
Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (b. 1918)

#Ted_Bates_(footballer)

Jean de Thévenot
Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (b. 1633)

#Jean_de_Thévenot

Richard Wright (author)
Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1908)

#Richard_Wright_(author)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1598)

#Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

Eleanor of Castile
Eleanor of Castile (b. 1241)

#Eleanor_of_Castile

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)

#Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands

Jerry Rubin
Jerry Rubin, American businessman and activist (b. 1938)

#Jerry_Rubin

Luc Bondy
Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (b. 1948)

#Luc_Bondy

Havergal Brian
Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)

#Havergal_Brian

Emmanuil Xanthos
Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)

#Emmanuil_Xanthos

Matsuo Bash?
Matsuo Bash?, Japanese poet and scholar (b. 1644)

#Matsuo_Bash?

Dirk Jan de Geer
Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)

#Dirk_Jan_de_Geer

Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and political commentator (b. 1923).
Wayne Bickerton, Welsh songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Austrian-American poet and songwriter (b. 1920)
Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1923)
Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator (b. 1940)
Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (b. 1977)
Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant (b. 1972)
Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer (b. 1944)
Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (b. 1918)
Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915)
Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
Kal Mann, American songwriter (b. 1917)
Kerry Wendell Thornley, American soldier and author (b. 1938)
Joe Kelly, Irish race car driver (b. 1915)
Buster Edwards, English boxer and criminal (b. 1932)
Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (b. 1956)
Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biologist and chemist (b. 1913)
Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920)
Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844)
Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)
Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847)
Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)
Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet, English politician (b. 1736)
Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)
Leonard Hoar, English minister and academic (b. 1630)
Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
Yishan Yining, Zen monk and writer from China who taught in Japan (b. 1247)
Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (b. 1080)
Lady Ma, Chinese noblewoman (b. 890)
Pope Gregory III