Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 26 November today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for November 26
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on November 26
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 399 | Siricius, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 334) |
| 946 | Li Congyan, Chinese general (b. 898) |
| 975 | Conrad of Constance, German bishop and saint (b.c. 900) |
| 1014 | Swanehilde of Saxony, margravine of Meissen |
| 1236 | Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi, Ayyubid emir of Aleppo (b. 1216) |
| 1267 | Sylvester Gozzolini, Italian founder of the Sylvestrines (b. 1177) |
| 1473 | Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma |
| 1504 | Isabella I, queen of Castile and León (b. 1451) |
| 1621 | Ralph Agas, English surveyor and cartographer (b. 1540) |
| 1639 | John Spottiswoode, Scottish archbishop and theologian (b. 1565) |
| 1651 | Henry Ireton, English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1611) |
| 1661 | Luis Méndez de Haro, Spanish general and politician (b. 1598) |
| 1688 | Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (b. 1635) |
| 1689 | Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1635) |
| 1717 | Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1664) |
| 1719 | John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (b. 1662) |
| 1780 | James Steuart, Scottish economist (b. 1712) |
| 1829 | Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1787) |
| 1836 | John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756) |
| 1851 | Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769) |
| 1855 | Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798) |
| 1857 | Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (b. 1788) |
| 1860 | Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (b. 1780) |
| 1872 | Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788) |
| 1882 | Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (b. 1805) |
| 1883 | Sojourner Truth, American activist (b. 1797) |
| 1885 | Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813) |
| 1892 | Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal and academic (b. 1825) |
| 1895 | George Edward Dobson, Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848) |
| 1896 | Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (b. 1823) |
| 1912 | Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1834) |
| 1917 | Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette (b. 1864) |
| 1919 | Felipe Ángeles, Mexican general (b. 1868) |
| 1926 | John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (b. 1855) |
| 1928 | Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (b. 1863) |
| 1929 | John Cockburn, Scottish-Australian politician, 18th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850) |
| 1934 | Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and politician (b. 1866) |
| 1936 | Şükrü Naili Gökberk, Turkish general (b. 1876) |
| 1937 | Silvestras Žukauskas, Lithuanian general (b. 1860) |
| 1941 | Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876) |
| 1943 | Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (b. 1865) |
| 1950 | Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer (b. 1867) |
| 1952 | Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865) |
| 1954 | Bill Doak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1891) |
| 1956 | Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905) |
| 1959 | Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1875) |
| 1962 | Albert Sarraut, French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872) |
| 1963 | Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882) |
| 1971 | Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884) |
| 1973 | John Rostill, English bass player and songwriter (b. 1942) |
| 1974 | Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (b. 1903) |
| 1977 | Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920) |
| 1978 | Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1888) |
| 1981 | Pete DePaolo, American race car driver (b. 1898) |
| 1982 | Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1884) |
| 1985 | Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (b. 1910) |
| 1986 | Betico Croes, Aruban activist and politician (b. 1938) |
| 1987 | Thomas George Lanphier, Jr., American colonel and pilot (b. 1915) |
| 1989 | Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, President of Comoros (b. 1919) |
| 1991 | Ed Heinemann, American engineer (b. 1908) |
| 1993 | César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914) |
| 1994 | David Bache, English car designer (b. 1925) |
| 1996 | Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1922) |
| 1997 | Marguerite Henry, American author (b. 1902) |
| 1998 | Jonathan Kwitny, American journalist and author (b. 1941) |
| 2001 | Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish author, poet, and painter (b. 1943) |
| 2002 | Polo Montañez, Cuban singer-songwriter (b. 1955) |
| 2003 | Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1977) |
| 2004 | Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933) |
| 2005 | Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1951) |
| 2006 | Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Portuguese painter and poet (b. 1923) |
| 2007 | Silvestre S. Herrera, Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917) |
| 2010 | Leroy Drumm, American songwriter (b. 1936) |
| 2011 | Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (b. 1942) |
| 2012 | Celso Advento Castillo, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943) |
| 2013 | Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1939) |
| 2014 | Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925) |
| 2015 | Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1950) |
| 2016 | Fritz Weaver, American actor (b. 1926) |
| 2018 | Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, voice actor, and marine science educator (b. 1961) |
| 2021 | Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (b. 1930) |
| 2022 | Vikram Gokhale, Indian actor and director (b. 1945) |
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