Died on Friday, 14th November – Famous Deaths

14/11/2024

Vic Flick, English guitarist (born 1937)

Victor Harold Flick was an English studio guitarist, prominent in the 1960s and known for playing the guitar riff in the "James Bond Theme".

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Peter Sinfield, English songwriter and producer (born 1943)

Peter John Sinfield was an English poet and songwriter. He was best known as a co-founder and lyricist of King Crimson. Their debut album In the Court of the Crimson King is considered one of the first and most influential progressive rock albums ever released.

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14/11/2020

Peter Florjancic, Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete (born 1919)

Peter Florjančič was a Slovene inventor and Olympic athlete. His successful inventions included the perfume atomiser, and the plastic photographic slide frame.

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Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer and television presenter (born 1932)

Desmond Bernard O'Connor was an English comedian, singer and television presenter.

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14/11/2016

Gwen Ifill, American television journalist (born 1955)

Gwendolyn L. Ifill was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author. In 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a nationally televised U.S. public affairs program with Washington Week in Review. She was the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and co-anchor and co-managing editor, with Judy Woodruff, of the PBS NewsHour, both of which air on PBS. Ifill was a political analyst and moderated the 2004 and 2008 vice-presidential debates. She authored the best-selling book The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.

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14/11/2015

Nick Bockwinkel, American professional wrestler (born 1934)

Nicholas Warren Francis Bockwinkel was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenure with the American Wrestling Association (AWA) between the 1970s and 1980s, where he was a four-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion.

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K. S. Gopalakrishnan, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)

K. S. Gopalakrishnan was an Indian screenwriter, director, producer, and lyricist, who worked in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi films. Since the early 1960s, he directed 70 films. He spent most of his career directing and producing movies with social and devotional themes. Most of his movies are melodramas. His son K. S. G. Venkatesh is an actor who has acted in television serials and in films like Sathuranga Vettai.

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Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)

Warren Mitchell was an English actor best known for playing bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in television, film and stage productions from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was a BAFTA TV Award winner and twice a Laurence Olivier Award winner.

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14/11/2014

Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (born 1924)

Eugene Borisovich Dynkin was a Soviet and American mathematician. He made contributions to the fields of probability and algebra, especially semisimple Lie groups, Lie algebras, and Markov processes. The Dynkin diagram, the Dynkin system, and Dynkin's lemma are named after him.

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Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (born 1937)

Glen Albert Larson was an American television producer, writer, and composer. He created many series, including Alias Smith and Jones; Battlestar Galactica; Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo; Quincy, M.E.; The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries; B. J. and the Bear; The Fall Guy; Magnum, P.I.; and Knight Rider. Active on television until the early 2010s, he was also a member of the folk revival/satire group The Four Preps.

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Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (born 1984)

Morteza Pashaei Morteza Pashaei was an Iranian pop singer, musician, and composer.

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14/11/2013

Sudhir Bhat, Indian producer and manager (born 1951)

Sudhir Bhat was an Indian Marathi play producer. He was the founder member of the famous Theatre group "Suyog".

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Hari Krishna Devsare, Indian journalist and author (born 1938)

Hari Krishna Devsare was a Hindi writer, known for his work in the field of children's literature. He received the first Vatsalya Award, instituted by Padma Binani Foundation, for his contribution to children's literature.

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Bennett Masinga, South African footballer (born 1965)

Bennett Masinga was a South African soccer player who played as a forward.

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14/11/2012

Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (born 1974)

Alexandro Alves do Nascimento was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in Brazil for Vitória, Palmeiras, Juventude (RS), Portuguesa (SP), Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineiro, Vasco da Gama, Boavista (RJ), Fortaleza, Chinese side Shenyang Ginde, in Germany for Hertha BSC, and in Greece for Kavala.

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Brian Davies, Australian rugby player and manager (born 1930)

Brian Davies was a Queensland state and Australian national representative rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He played in 27 Tests between 1951 and 1958 as captain on 3 occasions. He played at both Prop forward and as a Second rower and was a noted goal-kicker. His club career was played in both the Brisbane and Sydney domestic competitions. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.

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Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (born 1936)

Martin Joseph Fay was an Irish fiddler and bones player, and a former member of The Chieftains.

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Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (born 1960)

Ahmed al-Jabari, also known as Abu Mohammad, was a Palestinian militant who served as second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. He was widely credited as the leading figure in the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, and commanded the 2006 Gaza cross-border raid which resulted in the capture of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Under his command, along with chief logistics officer Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Hamas developed its own military weapons capability significantly by acquiring longer-range guided missiles and rockets.

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Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (born 1933)

Abubakar Olusola Saraki was a Nigerian politician, who was a Senator in the Nigerian Second Republic (1979–1983). He was the holder of the chieftaincy title of the Waziri of the Ilorin Emirate, and belonged to the Agoro compound in Agbaji.

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14/11/2011

Esin Afşar, Italian-Turkish singer and actress (born 1936)

Esin Afşar was a Turkish singer and stage actress.

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Neil Heywood, English-Chinese businessman (born 1970)

Neil Heywood was an English businessman. The great-grandson of John Barr Affleck, Britain's Consul General in Tianjin from 1935 to 1938, Heywood lived and worked in China from the early 1990s and became associated with the Bo Xilai family. In 2011, he was murdered by Bo's wife Gu Kailai in Chongqing after a business dispute. His death sparked a major political scandal and precipitated Bo's downfall in 2012.

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Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1950)

Jackie Leven was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician. After starting his career as a folk musician in the late 1960s, he first found success with new wave band Doll by Doll. He later recorded as a solo artist, releasing more than twenty albums under his own name or under the pseudonym Sir Vincent Lone.

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14/11/2010

Wes Santee, American runner (born 1932)

David Wesley Santee was an American middle distance runner and athlete who competed mainly in the 1,500 meters and mile events.

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14/11/2008

Kristin Hunter, American author and academic (born 1931)

Kristin Elaine Hunter was an African-American writer from Pennsylvania. She sometimes wrote under the name Kristin Hunter Lattany. She is best known for her first novel, God Bless the Child, published in 1964.

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Robert E. Valett, American psychologist, teacher, and author (born 1927)

Robert E. Valett was an American psychology professor who wrote more than 20 books primarily focused on educational psychology. He earned the distinguished psychologist award from the San Joaquin Psychological Association and was a president of the California Association of School Psychologists.

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14/11/2006

Sumner Shapiro, American admiral (born 1926)

Sumner Shapiro was a United States Navy rear admiral who served as Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence from 1978 to 1982.

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14/11/2004

Michel Colombier, French-American composer and conductor (born 1939)

Michel Colombier was a French composer, arranger, and conductor.

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14/11/2003

Gene Anthony Ray, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (born 1962)

Gene Anthony Ray was an American actor, dancer, and choreographer. A native of New York City, Ray was best known for his portrayal of dancer Leroy Johnson in both the 1980 film Fame and the Fame television series based upon the film which originally aired from 1982 until 1987.

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14/11/2002

Eddie Bracken, American actor (born 1915)

Edward Vincent Bracken was an American actor. Bracken came to Hollywood prominence for his comedic lead performances in the films Hail the Conquering Hero and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek both from 1944, both of which have been preserved by the National Film Registry. During this era, he also had success on Broadway, with performances in plays like Too Many Girls (1940).

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Elena Nikolaidi, Greek-American soprano and educator (born 1909)

Elena Nikolaidi was a Greek-American opera singer and teacher. She sang leading contralto and mezzosoprano roles with major opera companies worldwide and made numerous recordings.

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14/11/2001

Charlotte Coleman, English actress (born 1968)

Charlotte Ninon Coleman was an English actress best known for playing Scarlett in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) and Jess in the television drama Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990). For the former, she was nominated for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and, for the latter, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. Her childhood roles included Sue in Worzel Gummidge (1979–1981) and the character Marmalade Atkins (1981–1984).

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Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentinian footballer and manager (born 1922)

Juan Carlos "Toto" Lorenzo was an Argentine football player and coach. He became an icon for Boca Juniors fans after he coached the club to its first two Copa Libertadores titles.

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14/11/2000

Robert Trout, American journalist (born 1908)

Robert Trout was an American broadcast news reporter who worked on radio before and during World War II for CBS News. He was regarded by some as the "Iron Man of Radio" for his ability to ad lib while on the air, as well as for his stamina, composure, and elocution.

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14/11/1997

Eddie Arcaro, American jockey and sportscaster (born 1916)

George Edward Arcaro was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest jockeys in the history of American Thoroughbred horse racing. Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an impoverished taxi driver. His parents, Pasquale and Josephine, were Italian immigrants and his father held a number of jobs, including taxi driver and operator of an illegal liquor enterprise during Prohibition. Arcaro was born prematurely, and weighed just three pounds at birth; because of this, he was smaller than his classmates and was rejected when he tried out for a spot on a baseball team. His full height would reach just five-foot, two inches. Eventually nicknamed "Banana Nose" by his confreres, Arcaro won his first race in 1932 at the Agua Caliente racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico; he was 16 years old. In 1934, the inaugural year of Narragansett Park, Arcaro was a comparative unknown who rode many of his early career races at 'Gansett.

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Jack Pickersgill, Canadian educator and politician, 35th Secretary of State for Canada (born 1905)

John Whitney Pickersgill was a Canadian civil servant and politician. He was born in Ontario, but was raised in Manitoba. He was Clerk of the Privy Council in the early 1950s. He was first elected to federal parliament in 1953, representing a Newfoundland electoral district and serving in Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent's cabinet. In the mid-1960s, he served again in cabinet, this time under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Pickersgill resigned from Parliament in 1967 to become the president of the Canadian Transport Commission. He was awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada in 1970. He wrote several books on Canadian history. He died in 1997 in Ottawa.

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14/11/1996

Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (born 1928)

Joseph Louis Bernardin was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Cincinnati in Ohio from 1972 until 1982, and as Archbishop of Chicago in Illinois from 1982 until his death from pancreatic cancer. Bernardin was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983 by Pope John Paul II.

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John A. Cade, American soldier and politician (born 1929)

John Arnold Cade was a Republican State Senator from District 33 in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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14/11/1995

Jack Finney, American author and screenwriter (born 1911)

Walter Braden "Jack" Finney was an American writer. His best-known works are science fiction and thrillers, including The Body Snatchers and Time and Again. Themes that persisted throughout his career were a fascination with previous time periods and time travel, and ordinary people encountering extraordinary circumstances. Many of his works were adapted into films or television productions.

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14/11/1994

Tom Villard, American actor (born 1953)

Thomas Louis Villard was an American actor. He played one of the leading roles in the 1980s television sitcom We Got It Made, as well as roles in the feature films Grease 2, One Crazy Summer, Heartbreak Ridge, My Girl, and Popcorn.

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14/11/1992

Ernst Happel, Austrian footballer and coach (born 1925)

Ernst Franz Hermann Happel was an Austrian football player and manager.

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14/11/1991

Tony Richardson, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

Cecil Antonio Richardson was an English theatre director and filmmaker, whose career spanned five decades. He was identified with the "angry young men" group of British directors and playwrights during the 1950s, and was later a key figure in the British New Wave filmmaking movement.

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14/11/1990

Sol Kaplan, American composer and conductor (born 1919)

Sol Kaplan was an American film and television music composer.

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14/11/1989

Jimmy Murphy, Welsh footballer, manager, assistant manager, coach, and scout (born 1910)

James Patrick Murphy was a Welsh footballer who made over 200 appearances for West Bromwich Albion and won 15 caps for the Wales national team, which he later managed. Murphy is most famous for being an influential figure at Manchester United from 1946 until the 1970s, as assistant manager, first-team coach, reserve team manager and a full-time scout, although he disliked the limelight and preferred to work quietly behind the scenes.

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14/11/1988

Haywood S. Hansell, American general (born 1903)

Haywood Shepherd Hansell Jr. was an American general officer in the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II, and later the United States Air Force. He became an advocate of the doctrine of strategic bombardment, and was one of the chief architects of the concept of daylight precision bombing that governed the use of airpower by the USAAF in the war.

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14/11/1984

Cesar Climaco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of Zamboanga City (born 1916)

Cesar Cortes Climaco was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Zamboanga City for 11 years over three nonconsecutive terms. A prominent critic of the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos, he was famed for his toughness in governance and colorful personality. He was also famous for his refusal to cut his hair until democratic rule was restored in the Philippines. He was assassinated by an unknown gunman in 1984.

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Nikitas Platis, Greek actor and cinematographer (born 1912)

Nikitas Platis was a Greek actor in theater and movies. He was the husband of an actress Golfo Bini. He took part in a television series Methoriakos stathmos in which he done an unforgettable emphasis as a leader of opposition of a community which was founded in a difficult point with the communal leader. He died on November 14, 1981, and is buried at Kokkinos Mylos cemetery. He raised a son Sotirios in which he later died.

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14/11/1981

Robert Bradford, Irish footballer and politician (born 1941)

Robert Jonathan Bradford was a Methodist Minister and a Vanguard Unionist and Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for the Belfast South constituency in Northern Ireland until his murder by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 14 November 1981.

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14/11/1977

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian monk and guru, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (born 1896)

Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was a spiritual, philosophical, and religious teacher from India who spread the Hare Krishna mantra and the teachings of "Krishna consciousness" to the world. Born as Abhay Charan De and later legally named Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami, he is often referred to as "Bhaktivedanta Swami", "Srila Prabhupada", or simply "Prabhupada".

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14/11/1974

Johnny Mack Brown, American football player, actor, and singer (born 1904)

John Brown was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western films.

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14/11/1972

Martin Dies, Jr., American lawyer and politician (born 1900)

Martin Dies Jr., also known as Martin Dies Sr., was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and after that to the six succeeding Congresses. In 1944, Dies did not seek renomination to the Seventy-ninth Congress, but was elected to the Eighty-third and to the two succeeding Congresses. Again, he did not seek renomination in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress. In 1941 and 1957, he was twice defeated for the nomination to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. A Southern Conservative Democrat, Dies served as the first chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities from 1937 through 1944.

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14/11/1966

Peter Baker, English captain, author, and politician (born 1921)

Peter Arthur David Baker MC was a British soldier, author, publisher and Conservative politician who served as a member of parliament (MP) for South Norfolk. He is chiefly remembered as the last Member of Parliament to be expelled from the House of Commons by resolution of the House, after his conviction for forgery, and as the inspiration behind the eccentric character of publisher Martin York in Muriel Spark's novel A Far Cry From Kensington.

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14/11/1947

Joseph Allard, Canadian fiddler and composer (born 1873)

Joseph Allard was a Canadian fiddler and composer. He occasionally recorded under the pseudonym Maxime Toupin. Allard made many popular recordings, including Reel de l'Aveugle, Reel de Chateauguay, Reel de Jacques Cartier, and Reel du voyageur. During most of his life he was rarely in the public eye, and worked much of his life as a fisherman. After his recordings became popular, he was known as The Prince of Fiddlers.

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14/11/1946

Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1876)

Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century. He has a claim to being Spain's greatest composer of the 20th century, although the number of pieces he composed was relatively modest.

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14/11/1944

Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator (born 1873)

Carl Flesch was a Hungarian classical violinist and teacher. Flesch’s compendium Scale System is a staple of violin pedagogy.

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Trafford Leigh-Mallory, English air marshal (born 1892)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as a Royal Flying Corps pilot and squadron commander during the First World War. Remaining in the newly formed RAF after the war, Leigh-Mallory served in a variety of staff and training appointments throughout the 1920s and 1930s.

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14/11/1939

Bluey, Australian cattle dog, oldest verified dog (born 1910)

Bluey was a female Australian Cattle Dog owned by Les and Rosalie Hall of Rochester, Victoria. She holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest verified dog to have ever lived. The record was briefly disputed by Bobi, but Bobi's certification was revoked by Guinness due to the lacking evidence, after veterinarians came forward challenging Bobi's claimed age. Additionally, Bluey's title was also challenged by many other dogs including Max, Chilla, Maggie, and Bella, though they were never verified.

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14/11/1937

Jack O'Connor, American baseball player and manager (born 1866)

John Joseph O'Connor, also known as Peach Pie, was an American catcher, outfielder and first baseman in Major League Baseball in the American Association, the National League, and the American League, primarily used as a catcher. O'Connor appeared in games across four decades. He also was player-manager of the 1910 St. Louis Browns, finishing with a record of 47–107–4 (.305). O'Connor has the most career stolen bases (219) by a primary catcher in MLB history.

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14/11/1932

Charles Hylton Stewart, English organist and composer (born 1884)

Arthur Charles Lestoc Hylton Stewart was an English organist and composer.

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14/11/1930

Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player (born 1883)

Sidney Charles Pearce, better known as Sandy, was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer and boxer. He is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century. In 1907 he played for New South Wales in the first rugby match run by the newly created 'New South Wales Rugby Football League' which had just split away from the established New South Wales Rugby Football Union. He made his first national representative appearance in 1908.

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14/11/1921

Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (born 1846)

Dona Isabel, known as "the Redemptress", was the Princess Imperial of Brazil and heiress presumptive to the throne of the Empire of Brazil. She served as regent of the empire on three occasions and was a central figure in Brazilian history during the final decades of the monarchy.

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14/11/1918

Matti Lonkainen, Finnish politician (born 1874)

Matti Pekanpoika Lonkainen was a Finnish smallholder, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Kuopio Province East between June 1909 and May 1918. He died in captivity following the Finnish Civil War.

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14/11/1916

Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (born 1862)

Henry George Jr. was an American newspaperman who served two terms as a United States representative from New York from 1911 to 1915.

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Saki, British short story writer (born 1870)

Hector Hugh Munro, popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and culture. He is considered to be a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, Munro himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.

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14/11/1915

Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (born 1856)

Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite.

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14/11/1914

Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (born 1861)

Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar was a Malayali essayist and short story writer, and a prominent Jenmi of Malabar district.

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14/11/1910

John La Farge, American artist (born 1835)

John La Farge was an American artist whose career spanned illustration, murals, interior design, painting, and popular books on his Asian travels and other art-related topics. La Farge made stained glass windows, mainly for churches on the American east coast, beginning with a large commission for Henry Hobson Richardson's Trinity Church in Boston in 1878, and continuing for thirty years. La Farge designed stained glass as an artist, as a specialist in color, and as a technical innovator, holding a patent granted in 1880 for superimposing panes of glass. That patent would be key in his dispute with contemporary and rival Louis Comfort Tiffany.

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14/11/1908

Guangxu Emperor of China (born 1871)

The Guangxu Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Dezong of Qing, personal name Zaitian, was the tenth emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the ninth Qing emperor to rule over China proper. His succession was endorsed by dowager empresses Ci'an and Cixi for political reasons after the Tongzhi Emperor died without an heir. Cixi held political power for much of Guangxu's reign as regent, except for the period between his assumption of ruling powers in 1889 and the Hundred Days' Reform in 1898.

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14/11/1907

Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1848)

Andrew Inglis Clark was an Australian founding father and co-author of the Australian Constitution; he was also an engineer, barrister, politician, electoral reformer and jurist. He initially qualified as an engineer, but he re-trained as a barrister to effectively fight for social causes which deeply concerned him. After a long political career, mostly spent as Attorney-General and briefly as Opposition Leader, he was appointed a Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. Despite being acknowledged as the leading expert on the Australian Constitution, he was never appointed to the High Court of Australia.

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14/11/1866

Miguel I of Portugal (born 1802)

Dom Miguel I, known by several nicknames, was King of Portugal from 1828 to 1834. He was the son of King John VI and Queen Carlota Joaquina.

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14/11/1864

Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (born 1840)

Franz Müller was a German tailor who was hanged for the murder of Thomas Briggs, the first killing on a British train. The case caught the imagination of the public due to increasing safety fears about rail travel at the time and the pursuit of Müller across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City by Scotland Yard.

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14/11/1844

John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (born 1780)

John Abercrombie was a Scottish physician, author, philosopher and philanthropist. His Edinburgh practice became one of the most successful medical practices in Scotland. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary says of him that after James Gregory's death, he was "recognized as the first consulting physician in Scotland". As surgeon to The Royal Public Dispensary and the New Town Dispensary he provided free medical care for the poor of the town and taught medical students and apprentices. He published extensively on medical topics and latterly on metaphysics morality and religion. A devout Christian, he gave financial support to missionary work. Abercrombie was awarded the honorary degree of MD from the University of Oxford, was elected Rector of Marischal College and University, Aberdeen and appointed Physician to the King in Scotland.

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Flora Tristan, French author and activist (born 1803)

Flore Célestine Thérèse Henriette Tristán y Moscoso, better known as Flora Tristan, was a French-Peruvian writer and socialist activist. She made important contributions to early feminist theory. She argued that the progress of women's rights was directly related to the progress of the working class. She wrote several works, the best known of which are Peregrinations of a Pariah (1838), Promenades in London (1840), and The Workers' Union (1843). Tristan was the grandmother of the painter Paul Gauguin.

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14/11/1832

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American farmer and politician (born 1737)

Charles Carroll, known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III, was an American politician, planter, and signatory of the Declaration of Independence. He was the only Catholic signatory of the Declaration and the longest surviving, dying 56 years after its signing.

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14/11/1831

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, author, and academic (born 1770)

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was a German philosopher and a major figure in the tradition of German idealism. His influence on Western philosophy extends across a wide range of topics—from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology, to political philosophy, to philosophy of art and philosophy of religion.

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Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (born 1757)

Ignaz (Ignace) Joseph Pleyel was an Austrian composer, music publisher and piano builder of the Classical period. He grew up in Austria, and was educated there; in his mid-twenties he moved to France, and was based in France for the rest of his life.

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14/11/1829

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (born 1763)

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin FRS(For) HFRSE was a French pharmacist and chemist. He was the discoverer of chromium and beryllium.

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14/11/1825

Jean Paul, German journalist and author (born 1763)

Jean Paul was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.

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14/11/1817

Policarpa Salavarrieta, Colombian seamstress and spy (born 1795)

Policarpa Salavarrieta Ríos, also known by her nickname of La Pola, was a Neogranadine seamstress who spied for the Revolutionary Forces during the Spanish Reconquista of the Viceroyalty of New Granada. She was captured by Spanish Royalists and ultimately executed for high treason. The Day of the Colombian Woman is commemorated on the anniversary of her death. She is now considered a heroine of the independence of Colombia.

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14/11/1749

Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (born 1713)

Maruyama Gondazaemon was a Japanese sumo wrestler, who is formally recognised as the third yokozuna. His real name was Haga Gindayu . He came from Mutsu Province in the Sendai Domain.

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14/11/1746

Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (born 1709)

Georg Wilhelm Steller was a German-born naturalist and explorer who contributed to the fields of biology, zoology, and ethnography. He participated in the Great Northern Expedition (1733–1743) and his observations of the natural world helped the exploration and documentation of the flora and fauna of the North Pacific region.

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14/11/1739

Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá (born 1683)

Juan de Galavís y Mendez, OPraem was a Spanish Premonstratensian canon regular and a prelate of the Catholic Church in what is now the Dominican Republic and Colombia. He served as Archbishop of Santo Domingo from 1731 to 1737 and as Archbishop of Bogotá from 1737 to 1739. He is the brother and uncle of two mayors of Bogotá, Pedro Galavís y Mendez and Eustaquio Galavís y Hurtado, respectively.

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14/11/1734

Louise de Kérouaille, duchess of Portsmouth (born 1649)

Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth was a French mistress of King Charles II of England. She was also made Duchess of Aubigny in the peerage of France.

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14/11/1716

Gottfried Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (born 1646)

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, with the creation of calculus in addition to many other branches of mathematics, such as binary arithmetic and statistics. Leibniz has been called the "last universal genius" due to his vast expertise across fields, which became a rarity after his lifetime with the coming of the Industrial Revolution and the spread of specialized labour. He is a prominent figure in both the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. He wrote works on philosophy, theology, ethics, politics, law, history, philology, games, music, and other studies. Leibniz also made major contributions to physics and technology, and anticipated notions that surfaced much later in probability theory, biology, medicine, geology, psychology, linguistics and computer science.

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14/11/1691

Tosa Mitsuoki, Japanese painter (born 1617)

Tosa Mitsuoki was a Japanese painter.

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14/11/1687

Nell Gwyn, English mistress of Charles II of England (born 1650)

Eleanor Gwyn was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a longtime mistress of King Charles II of England.

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14/11/1633

William Ames, English philosopher and academic (born 1576)

William Ames was an English Puritan minister, philosopher, and controversialist. He spent much time in the Netherlands, and is noted for his involvement in the controversy between the Calvinists and the Arminians.

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14/11/1556

Giovanni della Casa, Italian archbishop and poet (born 1504)

Giovanni della Casa was an Italian poet, diplomat, clergyman and inquisitor, and writer on etiquette and society. He is celebrated for his famous treatise on polite behavior, Il Galateo overo de’ costumi (1558). From the time of its publication, this courtesy book has enjoyed enormous success and influence. In the eighteenth century, influential critic Giuseppe Baretti wrote in The Italian Library (1757), "The little treatise is looked upon by many Italians as the most elegant thing, as to stile, that we have in our language."

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14/11/1539

Hugh Faringdon, English monk and abbot

Hugh Faringdon,, earlier known as Hugh Cook, later as Hugh Cook alias Faringdon and Hugh Cook of Faringdon, was an English Benedictine monk who presided as the last Abbot of Reading Abbey in the town of Reading in Berkshire, England. At the dissolution of the monasteries under King Henry VIII of England, Faringdon was accused of high treason and executed. He was declared a martyr and beatified by the Catholic Church in 1895.

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14/11/1522

Anne of France, duchess of Bourbon (born 1461)

Anne of France was a French princess and regent, the eldest daughter of Louis XI by Charlotte of Savoy. Anne was the sister of Charles VIII, for whom she acted as regent during his minority from 1483 until 1491. During the regency she was one of the most powerful women of late fifteenth-century Europe, and was referred to as "Madame la Grande". Between 1503 and 1521, she also acted as de facto regent of the Duchy of Bourbon during the reign of her daughter Suzanne, Duchess of Bourbon.

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14/11/1442

Yolande of Aragon, French noblewoman (born 1384)

Yolande of Aragon was Duchess of Anjou and Countess of Provence by marriage, who acted as regent of Provence during the minority of her son. She was also known as Yolanda de Aragón and Violant d'Aragó. Tradition holds that she commissioned the famous Rohan Hours.

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14/11/1391

Nikola Tavelić, Croatian missionary and saint (born 1340)

Nicholas Tavelic, O.F.M., was a Croatian Friar Minor, priest and missionary who was the leader of a group of friars who died a martyr's death in Jerusalem on November 14, 1391. He was beatified along with his companions, who included friars from Italy and France. All four members of his group have since been declared saints by the Catholic Church, making Tavelic the first canonized Croatian saint.

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14/11/1359

Gregory Palamas, Greek archbishop and saint (born 1296)

Gregory Palamas was a Byzantine Greek theologian and Eastern Orthodox cleric of the late Byzantine period. A monk of Mount Athos and later archbishop of Thessalonica, he is famous for his defense of hesychast spirituality, the uncreated character of the light of the Transfiguration, and the distinction between God's essence and energies. His teaching unfolded over the course of three major controversies, (1) with the Italo-Greek Barlaam between 1336 and 1341, (2) with the monk Gregory Akindynos between 1341 and 1347, and (3) with the philosopher Gregoras, from 1348 to 1355. His theological contributions are sometimes referred to as Palamism, and his followers as Palamites.

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14/11/1346

Ostasio I da Polenta, Lord of Ravenna

Ostasio I da Polenta was lord of Ravenna from 1322 until his death.

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14/11/1263

Alexander Nevsky, Russian saint (born 1220)

Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky was Prince of Novgorod and Grand Prince of Vladimir (1252–1263).

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14/11/1226

Frederick of Isenberg, German politician (born 1193)

Count Frederick of Isenberg was a German noble, the younger son of Arnold of Altena. Before the split between Arnold of Altena-Isenberg the eldest and his brother Friedrich Altena-Mark the younger son of Everhard von Berg-Altena. His family castle was the Isenberg near Hattingen, Germany.

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14/11/1189

William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex

William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex was a loyal councillor of Henry II and Richard I of England.

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14/11/1060

Geoffrey II, count of Anjou

Geoffrey II, called Martel, son of Fulk the Black, was a French knight and Count of Anjou from 1040 to 1060 and Count of Vendôme from 1032 to 1056. He fought battles against William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, Theobald III, Count of Blois, and William, Duke of Normandy. During his twenty-year reign, Geoffrey II faced down the ambitions of the Bishop of Le Mans, Gervais de Château-du-Loir and was able to maintain his authority over the County of Maine. Martel founded the Abbey aux Dames in Saintonge and also, in collaboration with his wife Agnes, founded the Abbaye de la Trinité at Vendôme. He was described in the Gesta Normannorum Ducum as "a treacherous man in every respect, frequently inflicted assaults and intolerable pressure on his neighbors."

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14/11/0976

Taizu, Chinese emperor (born 927)

Emperor Taizu of Song, personal name Zhao Kuangyin, courtesy name Yuanlang, was the founding emperor of the Song dynasty of China. He reigned from 960 until his death in 976. Formerly a distinguished military general of the Later Zhou dynasty, Emperor Taizu came to power after staging a coup d'état and forcing Emperor Gong, the last Later Zhou ruler, to abdicate the throne in his favor.

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14/11/0940

Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, Samanid vizier

Abu'l-Fadl al-Bal'ami, also known as Bal'ami the Elder, was a Samanid statesman from the al-Bal'ami family, who served as the vizier of Nasr II from 922 to 938.

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14/11/0669

Fujiwara no Kamatari, Japanese politician (born 614)

Fujiwara no Kamatari , also known as Nakatomi no Kamatari , was a Japanese politician and aristocrat who, together with Prince Naka no Ōe, carried out the Taika Reform. He was the founder of the Fujiwara clan, the most powerful aristocratic family in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods. He, along with the Mononobe clan, was a supporter of Shinto and fought the introduction of Buddhism to Japan. The Soga clan, defenders of Buddhism in the Asuka period, defeated Kamatari and the Mononobe clan, and Buddhism became the dominant religion of the Imperial Court. Kamatari was appointed Inner Minister, and, along with Prince Naka no Ōe, later Emperor Tenji (626–672), launched the Taika Reform of 645, which centralized and strengthened the central government. Just before his death, he received the surname Fujiwara and the rank Taishokan from Emperor Tenji, thus establishing the Fujiwara clan.

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14/11/0565

Justinian I, Byzantine emperor (born 482)

Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 527 to 565.

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