Did you know
Gerald Levert released nine solo albums, and posthumously won a Grammy Award.
Notable Deaths on November 10
2006 — Gerald Levert
American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1966)
November 10 has 105 recorded notable deaths across history, from 461 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
105 source records
461 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 10
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England. Source
- 1970 Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia. Source
- 1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia. Source
- 1293 Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking the throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana. Source
Did you know
Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Wirz immigrated to the United States in 1849 after being exiled from the canton of Zurich following a conviction of embezzlement and fraud.
Did you know
Because of her marriage to Leo Durocher and her involvement with his baseball career, she was known as the "First Lady of Baseball".
Did you know
Canaan Sodindo Banana was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987.
Did you know
Leo II was made co-emperor with his grandfather Leo I on 17 November 473, and became sole emperor on 18 January 474 after Leo I died of dysentery.
More major people who died on November 10
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1865
Henry Wirz
Swiss-American captain in Confederate army, commandant of Andersonville Prison (born 1823)
Captain Henry Wirz was a Confederate States Army officer, doctor, and convicted war criminal best known for commanding Andersonville Prison during the American Civil War.
2007
Laraine Day
American actress (born 1920)
Laraine Day was an American actress, radio and television commentator, and former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) contract star.
2003
Canaan Banana
Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (born 1936)
Canaan Sodindo Banana was a Zimbabwean Methodist minister, theologian, and politician who served as the first President of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987.
474
Leo II
Byzantine emperor (born 467)
Leo II, called the Younger, briefly reigned as a child emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire from 473 to 474. He was the son of Zeno, the Isaurian general and future emperor, and Ariadne, a daughter of the emperor Leo I.
1869
John E. Wool
American general (born 1784)
John Ellis Wool was an American military officer in the United States Army during three consecutive American-involved wars: the War of 1812 (1812–1815), the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and with allegiance to the…
2015
André Glucksmann
French philosopher and author (born 1937)
André Glucksmann was a French philosopher, activist, and writer. He was a leading figure of the new philosophers.
1873
Maria Jane Williams
Welsh musician and folklorist (born circa 1794)
Maria Jane Williams was a 19th-century Welsh musician and folklorist born at Aberpergwm House, Glynneath in the historic county of Glamorganshire, South Wales.
2020
Saeb Erekat
Chief Palestinian negotiator (born 1955)
Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat was a Palestinian politician and diplomat who was the secretary general of the executive committee of the PLO from 2015 until his death in 2020.
1990
Aurelio Monteagudo
Cuban baseball player and manager (born 1943)
Aurelio Faustino Monteagudo Cintra, nicknamed "Monty", was a Cuban right-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for parts of seven seasons with the Kansas City Athletics, Houston Astros, Chicago White…
1293
Isabella de Forz
Countess of Devon (born 1237)
Isabel de Forz was the eldest daughter of Baldwin de Redvers, 6th Earl of Devon (1217–1245).
1971
Walter Van Tilburg Clark
American author and academic (born 1909)
Walter Van Tilburg Clark was an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and educator.
2008
Kiyosi Itô
Japanese mathematician and academic (born 1915)
Kiyosi Itô was a Japanese mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, in particular, the theory of stochastic processes.
1975
Ernest M. McSorley
Canadian-American captain (born 1912)
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29 men.
2007
Augustus F. Hawkins
American engineer and politician (born 1907)
Augustus Freeman Hawkins was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served in the California State Assembly from 1935 to 1963 and the U.S. House of Representatives from 1963 to 1991.
1777
Cornstalk
American tribal chief (born 1720)
Cornstalk was a Shawnee leader in the Ohio Country in the 1760s and 1770s. His name in the Shawnee language was Hokoleskwa. Little is known about his early life. He may have been born in the Province of Pennsylvania.
1938
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
founder of the Republic of Turkey, Turkish field marshal and statesman, 1st President of Turkey (born 1881)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was a Turkish field marshal and statesperson who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.
1986
Rogelio de la Rosa
Filipino actor and politician (born 1916)
Regidor Lim de la Rosa, professionally known as Rogelio de la Rosa, was a Filipino actor and politician. He was often named the greatest Filipino matinee idol of all time.
2015
Allen Toussaint
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1938)
Allen Richard Toussaint was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer.
2004
Şeref Görkey
Turkish footballer and manager (born 1913)
Şeref Görkey was a Turkish footballer and manager who mainly served Turkish side Beşiktaş throughout his career.