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History Deaths on November 30


Fatema Mernissi
Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist and author (b. 1940)

#Fatema_Mernissi

Jim Nabors
Jim Nabors, American actor and comedian (b. 1930)

#Jim_Nabors

Etty Hillesum
Etty Hillesum, Dutch author (b. 1914)

#Etty_Hillesum

Tiny Tim (musician)
Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932)

#Tiny_Tim_(musician)

Paul Walker
Paul Walker, American actor and producer (b. 1973)

#Paul_Walker

Eldar Ryazanov
Eldar Ryazanov, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1927)

#Eldar_Ryazanov

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1605)

#Cecil_Calvert,_2nd_Baron_Baltimore

Compton Mackenzie
Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (b. 1883)

#Compton_Mackenzie

Ponnambalam Ramanathan
Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (b. 1851)

#Ponnambalam_Ramanathan

Margaret Walker
Margaret Walker, American author and poet (b. 1915)

#Margaret_Walker

Tabu Ley Rochereau
Tabu Ley Rochereau, Congolese-Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

#Tabu_Ley_Rochereau

Arthur Currie
Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)

#Arthur_Currie

Andrew Stratford
Andrew Stratford, English verderer and landowner

#Andrew_Stratford

Patrick Cleburne
Patrick Cleburne, Irish-American general (b. 1828)

#Patrick_Cleburne

Rogelio Álvarez
Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1938)

#Rogelio_Álvarez

Otto I, Duke of Saxony
Otto I, Duke of Saxony (b. c. 851)

#Otto_I,_Duke_of_Saxony

Charles XII of Sweden
Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)

#Charles_XII_of_Sweden

Kanezawa Sanetoki
Kanezawa Sanetoki, Japanese member of the H?j? clan (b. 1224)

#Kanezawa_Sanetoki

Josip Štolcer-Slavenski
Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and educator (b. 1896)

#Josip_Štolcer-Slavenski

Kathy Acker
Kathy Acker, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)

#Kathy_Acker

Lionel Stander
Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)

#Lionel_Stander

Terence Rattigan
Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911)

#Terence_Rattigan

Edward John Eyre
Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (b. 1815)

#Edward_John_Eyre

Zeppo Marx
Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)

#Zeppo_Marx

Kamehameha IV
Kamehameha IV, Hawaiian King (b. 1834)

#Kamehameha_IV

Henry Walters
Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1848)

#Henry_Walters

Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (b. 1854)

#Oscar_Wilde

Martin Litton (environmentalist)
Martin Litton, American rafter and environmentalist (b. 1917)

#Martin_Litton_(environmentalist)

Simon Carmiggelt
Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)

#Simon_Carmiggelt

Jean Kent
Jean Kent, English actress (b. 1921)

#Jean_Kent

Bonaventura Cavalieri
Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1598)

#Bonaventura_Cavalieri

Emeric, King of Hungary
Emeric, King of Hungary

#Emeric,_King_of_Hungary

Rafael Buenaventura
Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker (b. 1938)

#Rafael_Buenaventura

Vladimir May-Mayevsky
Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (b. 1867)

#Vladimir_May-Mayevsky

Edmund Ironside
Edmund Ironside, English king (b. 993)

#Edmund_Ironside

John Maclean (Scottish socialist)
John Maclean, Scottish educator and activist (b. 1879)

#John_Maclean_(Scottish_socialist)

Guy Debord
Guy Debord, French theorist and author (b. 1931)

#Guy_Debord

Shigeru Mizuki
Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1922)

#Shigeru_Mizuki

Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1888)

#Fernando_Pessoa

Dimitrios Valvis
Dimitrios Valvis, Greek judge and politician, 69th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1814)

#Dimitrios_Valvis

John Dollond
John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (b. 1706)

#John_Dollond

Engin Ar?k
Engin Ar?k, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1948)

#Engin_Ar?k

Charlie Byrd
Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)

#Charlie_Byrd

David Houston (singer)
David Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)

#David_Houston_(singer)

Rajiv Dixit
Rajiv Dixit, Indian author and activist (b. 1967)

#Rajiv_Dixit

Jean Parker
Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)

#Jean_Parker

Seungsahn
Seungsahn, South Korean spiritual leader, founded the Kwan Um School of Zen (b. 1927)

#Seungsahn

Evel Knievel
Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (b. 1938)

#Evel_Knievel

George H. W. Bush
George H. W. Bush, American politician, 41st President of the United States (b. 1924)

#George_H._W._Bush

Doriano Romboni
Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1968)

#Doriano_Romboni

Nishinoumi Kajir? I
Nishinoumi Kajir? I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)

#Nishinoumi_Kajir?_I

Qayyum Chowdhury
Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic (b. 1932)

#Qayyum_Chowdhury

Wilhelm Furtwängler
Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)

#Wilhelm_Furtwängler

Paul Masson (cyclist)
Paul Masson, French cyclist (b. 1876)

#Paul_Masson_(cyclist)

Hubert Wilkins
Hubert Wilkins, Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (b. 1888)

#Hubert_Wilkins

Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)

#Francis_Picabia

Alexander Berry
Alexander Berry, Scottish-Welsh surgeon, merchant, and explorer (b. 1781)

#Alexander_Berry

John Selden
John Selden, English jurist and scholar (b. 1584)

#John_Selden

Ahmadou Ahidjo
Ahmadou Ahidjo, Cameroonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Cameroon (b. 1924)

#Ahmadou_Ahidjo

Garry Gross
Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)

#Garry_Gross

Gertrude Ederle
Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)

#Gertrude_Ederle

Go Seigen
Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (b. 1914)

#Go_Seigen

Frank Cooper (politician)
Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland (b. 1872)

#Frank_Cooper_(politician)

Hélène Boucher
Hélène Boucher, French pilot (b. 1908)

#Hélène_Boucher

Surin Pitsuwan
Surin Pitsuwan, Thai politician and diplomat (b. 1949)

#Surin_Pitsuwan

Ludwig Levy
Ludwig Levy, German architect (b. 1854)

#Ludwig_Levy

Jarbom Gamlin
Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1961)

#Jarbom_Gamlin

Alfie Curtis, British actor (b. 1930)
Nigel Buxton, British travel writer and wine critic (b. 1924)
Marcus Klingberg, Polish-Israeli physician and biologist (b. 1918)
Minas Hatzisavvas, Greek actor and screenwriter (b. 1948)
Pío Caro Baroja, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
Kent Haruf, American novelist (b. 1943)
Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (b. 1924)
Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founded Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1934)
Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist and academic (b. 1922)
Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Western Province (b. 1930)
Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1931)
I. K. Gujral, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919)
Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (b. 1958)
Shirley Walker, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)
Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and songwriter (b. 1927)
Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)
Scott Smith, Canadian bass player (b. 1955)
Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (b. 1915)
Janet Lewis, American novelist and poet (b. 1899)
Peter Blume, American painter and sculptor (b. 1906)
Fritz Eichenberg, German-American illustrator and arts educator (b. 1901)
Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (b. 1930)
Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
Laura Gilpin, American photographer (b.1891)
Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
Salah Suheimat, Jordanian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (b. 1893)
Mary Harris Jones, American Labor organizer (b. 1837)
George Glas, Scottish merchant and explorer (b. 1725)
Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)
Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (b. 1582)
Thomas Weelkes, English organist and composer (b. 1576)
William Gilbert, English scientist (b. 1544)
Nanda Bayin, Burmese king (b. 1535)
Richard Farrant, English playwright and composer (b. 1530)
Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Italian captain (b. 1498)
Guillaume Crétin, French poet (b. c. 1460)
John of Vercelli, Master General of the Dominican Order (b. c. 1205)