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Nathuram Godse was a Hindu nationalist from Maharashtra who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range at a multi-faith prayer meeting in Birla House in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.
Notable Deaths on November 15
1949 — Nathuram Godse
Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (born 1910)
November 15 has 120 recorded notable deaths across history, from 165 BC to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
120 source records
165 BC – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 15
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1988 The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands. Source
- 1976 René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence. Source
- 1933 Thailand holds its first election. Source
- 1917 Eduskunta declares itself the supreme state power of Finland, prompting its declaration of independence and secession from Russia. Source
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Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he moved to the United States at age 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science.
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Saeed Jaffrey's career covered film, radio, stage and television roles over six decades and more than 150 British, American, and Indian movies.
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The case became high-profile in 1992 when local police posted billboards bearing enlarged images of the suspect's handwriting recovered from a pamphlet in the victims' car.
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In 1789 he was convening moderator of the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
More major people who died on November 15
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1998
Stokely Carmichael
Trinidadian-American activist (born 1941)
Kwame Ture was a Trinidadian and American activist who played a major role in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement.
2015
Saeed Jaffrey
Indian-British actor (born 1929)
Saeed Jaffrey was a British-Indian actor. His career covered film, radio, stage and television roles over six decades and more than 150 British, American, and Indian movies.
2011
Oba Chandler
American murderer (born 1946)
Oba Chandler Jr. was an American mass murderer, rapist, robber, and fraudster who was convicted and executed for the June 1989 murders of the Rogers family, consisting of Joan Rogers and her two teenage daughters…
1794
John Witherspoon
Scottish-American minister and academic (born 1723)
John Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, farmer, and a Founding Father of the United States.
1976
Jean Gabin
French actor, singer, and producer (born 1904)
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé, known as Jean Gabin, was a French actor and singer.
1787
Christoph Willibald Gluck
German composer (born 1714)
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period.
1942
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Swiss author and photographer (born 1908)
Annemarie Minna Renée Schwarzenbach was a Swiss writer, journalist and photographer.
1832
Jean-Baptiste Say
French economist and businessman (born 1767)
Jean-Baptiste Say was a liberal French economist and businessman who argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints on business.
2012
K. C. Pant
Indian politician, 18th Indian Minister of Defence (born 1931)
Krishna Chandra Pant was a Member of Parliament for 26 years and was the prime minister's interlocutor on Kashmir.
2003
Speedy West
American guitarist and producer (born 1924)
Wesley Webb West, better known as Speedy West, was an American pedal steel guitarist and record producer.
1983
Charlie Grimm
American baseball player and manager (born 1898)
Charles John Grimm, nicknamed "Jolly Cholly", was an American professional baseball player and manager.
2008
Grace Hartigan
American painter (born 1922)
Grace Hartigan was an American abstract expressionist painter and a significant member of the vibrant New York School of the 1950s and 1960s.
1630
Johannes Kepler
German astronomer and mathematician (born 1571)
Johannes Kepler was a German polymath who was an astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and music theorist.
1712
James Hamilton
4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1658)
James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon was a Scottish army officer, politician, courtier and diplomat.
1951
Frank Weston Benson
American painter and educator (born 1862)
Frank Weston Benson, frequently referred to as Frank W. Benson, was an American artist from Salem, Massachusetts, known for his Realistic portraits, American Impressionist paintings, watercolors and etchings.
1996
Alger Hiss
American lawyer and diplomat (born 1904)
Alger Hiss was an American government official who, in 1948, was accused of spying for the Soviet Union in the 1930s.
1670
John Amos Comenius
Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (born 1592)
John Amos Comenius was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education.
2000
Edoardo Agnelli
son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli (born 1954)
Edoardo Agnelli, also known as Mahdi Agnelli, was the eldest child and only son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat S.p.A., and of Marella Agnelli, who was born Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto.
1958
Tyrone Power
American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)
Tyrone Edmund Power III was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads.