Notable Deaths on November 24

Q: Who died on November 24?

Notable people who died on November 24 include: Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (born 596), Bagrat IV of Georgia (born 1018), Leszek I the White, Magnús Óláfsson, Hugh Despenser the Younger.

Q: What is Goo Hara known for?

Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)

2019 — Goo Hara

South Korean singer and actress (born 1991)

November 24 has seen 115 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 654 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · November 24 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 115 people 654 – 2025

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Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (born 596)

Emperor Kōtoku was the 36th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

654

Bagrat IV of Georgia (born 1018)

Bagrat IV, of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the king (mepe) of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1027 to 1072. During his long and eventful reign, Bagrat sought to repress the great nobility and to secure Georgia's sovereignty…

1072

Leszek I the White

High Duke of Poland (born c. 1186)

Leszek I the White was Prince of Sandomierz and High Duke of Poland in the years 1194–1198, 1199, 1206–1210, and 1211–1227. During the early stages of his reign, his uncle Duke Mieszko III the Old and cousin Władysław…

1227

Magnús Óláfsson

King of Mann and the Isles

Magnús Óláfsson was a King of Mann and the Isles. He was a son of Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles, and a member of the Crovan dynasty. Magnús' realm encompassed Mann and parts of the Hebrides. Some leading members…

1265

Hugh Despenser the Younger

English courtier (born 1296)

Hugh Despenser, 1st Baron Despenser was an English nobleman and royal favourite. He was the son and heir of Hugh Despenser, Earl of Winchester and his wife Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William Beauchamp, 9th Earl of…

1326

Elizabeth of Lancaster

Duchess of Exeter, (born c. 1363)

Elizabeth of Lancaster was the third child of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and his first wife Blanche of Lancaster. Elizabeth was made a Lady of the Garter in 1378.

1426

Jean de Dunois

French soldier (born 1402)

Jean d'Orléans, Count of Dunois, known as the "Bastard of Orléans" or simply Jean de Dunois, was a French military leader during the Hundred Years' War who participated in military campaigns with Joan of Arc. His…

1468

Loys of Gruuthuse

Earl of Winchester (born c. 1427)

Louis de Bruges, Lord of Gruuthuse, Prince of Steenhuijs, Earl of Winchester, was a Flemish courtier, bibliophile, soldier and nobleman. He was awarded the title of Earl of Winchester by King Edward IV of England in…

1492

Mingyi Nyo

Burmese ruler (born 1459)

Mingyi Nyo, was the founder of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). Under his 45-year leadership (1485–1530), Toungoo (Taungoo), grew from a remote backwater vassal state of Ava Kingdom to a small but stable…

1530

Johannes Oecolampadius

German theologian and reformer (born 1482)

Johannes Oecolampadius was a German Protestant reformer in the Reformed tradition from the Electoral Palatinate. He was the leader of the Protestant faction in the Baden Disputation of 1526, and he was one of the…

1531

John Knox

Scottish pastor and theologian (born 1510)

John Knox was a Scottish minister, Reformed theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country's Reformation. He was the reformer of the Church of Scotland.

1572

Ismail II

Shah of Safavid Iran (born 1537)

Ismail II was the third shah of Safavid Iran from 1576 to 1577. He was the second son of Tahmasp I with his principal consort, Sultanum Begum of the Mawsillu clan of the Aq Qoyunlu confederation. On the orders of…

1577

René de Birague

French cardinal (born 1506)

René de Birague was an Italian then French noble, lieutenant-general, chancellor and cardinal during the latter Italian Wars and the French Wars of Religion. Born to a prominent Milanese family in 1506, his family sided…

1583

Sethus Calvisius

German composer and theorist (born 1556)

Sethus Calvisius or Setho Calvisio, originally Seth Kalwitz, was a German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher of the late Renaissance.

1615

Walatta Petros

saint in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (born 1592)

Walatta Petros was an Ethiopian saint. Her hagiography, The Life-Struggles of Walatta Petros was written in 1672. She is known for resisting conversion to Roman Catholicism, forming many religious communities, and…

1642

Manuel Cardoso

Portuguese organist and composer (born 1566)

Manuel Cardoso was a Portuguese composer and organist. With Duarte Lobo and John IV of Portugal, he represented the "golden age" of Portuguese polyphony.

1650

Guru Tegh Bahadur

Indian guru (born 1621)

Guru Tegh Bahadur was the ninth of ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion and was the leader of Sikhs from 1664 until his beheading in 1675. He was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India in 1621 and was the youngest son of…

1675

Johann Adam Reincken

Dutch-German organist and composer (born 1623)

Johann Adam Reincken was a Dutch/German organist and composer. He was one of the most important composers of the 17th century, a friend of Dieterich Buxtehude and a major influence on Johann Sebastian Bach; however,…

1722

Ulrika Eleonora

Queen of Sweden (born 1688)

Ulrika Eleonora or Ulrica Eleanor, also known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was Queen of Sweden from 5 December 1718 until her abdication on 29 February 1720 in favour of Frederick, her husband. Upon his accession, as…

1741

Charles-Jean-François Hénault

French historian and author (born 1685)

Charles-Jean-François Hénault was a French writer and historian.

1770

Lorenzo Ricci

Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (born 1703)

Lorenzo Ricci was an Italian Jesuit, elected the eighteenth Superior General of the Society of Jesus. He was also the last before the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773.

1775

James Caldwell

American minister (born 1734)

James Caldwell was a Presbyterian minister who played a prominent part in the American Revolution.

1781

Clément Charles François de Laverdy

French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance (born 1723)

Clément Charles François de Laverdy was a French statesman.

1793

Franz Moritz von Lacy

Austrian field marshal (born 1725)

Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy was an Austrian military leader of Baltic German and Irish origins. He was the son of Count Peter von Lacy, and was a famous Austrian field marshal. Lacy served during the reign of Maria…

1801

Philip Hamilton

Eldest son of Alexander Hamilton (born 1782)

Philip Hamilton I was the eldest child of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. He was a poet and died at age 19, fatally shot in a duel with George Eacker.

1801

Joseph Brant

American tribal leader (born 1742)

Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York and, later, Brantford, in what is today Ontario, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the…

1807

William Lamb

2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1779)

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, was a British Whig statesman who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, first in 1834 and again from 1835 to 1841. He also held senior cabinet roles including Home…

1848

Comte de Lautréamont

Uruguayan-French poet and author (born 1846)

Comte de Lautréamont was the nom de plume of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, a French poet, born in Uruguay. His only works, Les Chants de Maldoror and Poésies, had a major influence on modern arts and literature, particularly…

1870

Nicolás Avellaneda

Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (born 1837)

Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and President of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to…

1885

August Belmont

German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (born 1816)

August Belmont Sr. was a German-American financier, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician. As chair of the Democratic National Committee from 1860 to 1872, during a period of turmoil and reconciliation for the party…

1890

Ludwik Teichmann

Polish anatomist (born 1823)

Ludwik Karol Teichmann-Stawiarski (September 16, 1823 – November 24, 1895) was a Polish anatomist and discoverer of a new way of research in forensic medicine, after whom Teichmann crystals are called.

1895

Hiram Maxim

American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (born 1840)

Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim was an American-born British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a…

1916

Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili

Georgian actor and director (born 1857)

Vladimir (Lado) Alexi-Meskhishvili, Lado Meskhishivili, or Alekseev-Meskhiev, was a Georgian theater actor and director. He is buried at the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi. His son was Shalva Aleksi-Meskhishvili, a Georgian…

1920

Alexandru Macedonski

Romanian author and poet (born 1854)

Alexandru Macedonski was a Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic, known especially for having promoted lots of French Symbolism in his native country, and for leading the Romanian Symbolist movement…

1920

Erskine Childers

executed Irish soldier, journalist, and author (born 1870)

Robert Erskine Childers, usually known as Erskine Childers, was an English-born Irish nationalist who established himself as a writer with accounts of the Second Boer War, the novel The Riddle of the Sands (1903) about…

1922

Georges Clemenceau

French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (born 1841)

Georges Benjamin Clemenceau was a French statesman who was prime minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the politics of the Third…

1929

William Arnon Henry American academic and agriculturist (born 1850)

William Arnon Henry was an American academic and agriculturist from Ohio. Henry studied at the National Normal University and Ohio Wesleyan University before becoming a principal of two high schools. After continuing…

1932

Doris Miller

American soldier and chef, Navy Cross recipient (born 1919)

Doris "Dorie" Miller was a U.S. Navy sailor who was the first black recipient of the Navy Cross and a nominee for the Medal of Honor. As a mess attendant second class aboard the battleship USS West Virginia, Miller…

1943

Anna Jarvis

American founder of Mother's Day (born 1864)

Anna Maria Jarvis was the founder of Mother's Day in the United States. Her mother had frequently expressed a desire to establish such a holiday, and after her mother's death, Jarvis led the movement for the…

1948

Mamie Dillard

African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (born 1874)

Mary "Mamie" J. Dillard was an American educator, clubwoman and suffragist.

1954

Guido Cantelli

Italian conductor (born 1920)

Guido Cantelli was an Italian orchestral conductor. Toscanini elected him his "spiritual heir" after witnessing him conduct at La Scala, Milan in May 1948. He was named music director of La Scala in November 1956, but…

1956

Diego Rivera

Mexican painter and sculptor (born 1886)

Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez was a Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the mural movement in Mexican and international art.

1957

Robert Cecil

1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1864)

Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood,, known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a British lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was one of the architects of the League of Nations…

1958

Dally Messenger

Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (born 1883)

Herbert Henry "Dally" Messenger, was an Australian rugby league and rugby union footballer. One of Australia's first professional rugby footballers, he is recognised as one of the greatest-ever players in either code.…

1959

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (born 1882)

Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia was the youngest child of Emperor Alexander III of Russia and younger sister of Emperor Nicholas II.

1960

Ruth Chatterton

American actress (born 1892)

Ruth Chatterton was an American stage, film, and television actress, aviator and novelist. She was at her most popular in the early to mid-1930s, and in the same era gained prominence as an aviator, one of the few…

1961

Lee Harvey Oswald

American assassin of John F. Kennedy (born 1939)

Lee Harvey Oswald was a U.S. Marine veteran who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, on November 22, 1963.

1963

Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah

Kuwaiti ruler (born 1895)

Sheikh Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah was the eleventh ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 1950 to 1961 and the first Emir of the State of Kuwait after the country gained its independence from Great Britain on 19 June…

1965

D. A. Levy

American poet and publisher (born 1942)

d.a. levy, born Darryl Alfred Levey, was an American poet, artist, and alternative publisher active during the 1960s, based in Cleveland, Ohio. He consistently signed his work with lower-case letters.

1968

John Neihardt

American author and poet (born 1881)

John Gneisenau Neihardt was an American writer and poet, amateur historian and ethnographer. Born at the end of the American settlement of the Plains, he became interested in the lives of those who had been a part of…

1973

Nelly Moretto

Argentine composer (born 1925)

Nelly Moretto was an Argentine composer and pianist who is considered to be an innovator of electronic music in South America. She also served as the vice-president of the Agrupación Nueva Música from 1970.

1978

Herbert Agar

American journalist and historian (born 1897)

Herbert Sebastian Agar was an American journalist and historian, and an editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.

1980

George Raft

American actor and dancer (born 1901)

George Raft was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and the 1940s. A stylish leading man in dozens of movies, Raft is remembered for his gangster…

1980

Molly Reilly

Canadian aviator (born 1922)

Moretta Fenton Beall "Molly" Reilly became the first female Canadian pilot to reach the rank of captain, the first female Canadian corporate pilot, and the first woman to fly to the Arctic professionally. Her…

1980

Henrietta Hill Swope

American astronomer and academic (born 1902)

Henrietta Hill Swope was an American astronomer who studied variable stars. In particular, she measured the period-luminosity relation for Cepheid stars, which are bright variable stars whose periods of variability…

1980

Barack Obama Sr.

Kenyan economist and academic, father of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (born 1936)

Barack Hussein Obama was a Kenyan senior governmental economist and the father of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. He is a central figure of his son's memoir, Dreams from My Father (1995). Obama…

1982

Jehane Benoît

Canadian journalist and author (born 1904)

Jehane Benoît was a Canadian culinary author, speaker, commentator, journalist and broadcaster.

1987

Juan Manuel Bordeu

Argentinian race car driver (born 1934)

Juan Manuel Bordeu was a racing driver from Balcarce, Argentina. A protégé of Juan Manuel Fangio, Bordeu had a successful early career but a bad testing accident wrecked his chances in Formula One. His only World…

1990

Fred Shero

Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)

Frederick Alexander Shero was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager. Nicknamed "The Fog", he played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL), but spent most of his…

1990

Dodie Smith

English author and playwright (born 1896)

Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing I Capture the Castle (1948) and the children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956). Other works include Dear…

1990

Marion Post Wolcott

American photographer (born 1910)

Marion Post Wolcott was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and deprivation.

1990

Bülent Arel

Turkish-American composer and educator (born 1919)

Bülent Arel was a Turkish-born composer of contemporary classical music and electronic music.

1990

Freddie Mercury

Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Queen, and producer (born 1946)

Freddie Mercury was a British singer and songwriter who achieved global fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he is known for…

1991

Eric Carr

American drummer of Kiss (born 1950)

Paul Charles Caravello, better known as Eric Carr, was an American musician. He was the drummer for the rock band Kiss from 1980 until his death in 1991. Caravello was selected as the new Kiss drummer after Peter Criss…

1991

Albert Collins

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1932)

Albert Gene Collins was an American electric blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of altered tunings and a capo. His long association with the…

1993

Eduard Ole

Estonian-Swedish painter (born 1898)

Eduard Ole was an Estonian painter. Some of his most representative works are on permanent exhibition at the Kumu Art Museum of Estonia.

1995

Sorley MacLean

Scottish soldier and poet (born 1911)

Sorley MacLean was a Scottish Gaelic poet, described by the Scottish Poetry Library as "one of the major Scottish poets of the modern era" because of his "mastery of his chosen medium and his engagement with the…

1996

Barbara

French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1930)

Monique Andrée Serf, known as Barbara, was a French singer. She took her stage name from her grandmother, Varvara Brodsky, a native of Odesa, Ukraine. Barbara became a famous cabaretière in the late 1950s in Paris,…

1997

John Rawls

American philosopher, author, and academic (born 1921)

John Bordley Rawls was an American moral, legal and political philosopher in the modern liberal tradition. Rawls has been described as one of the most influential political philosophers of the 20th century.

2002

Warren Spahn

American baseball player and coach (born 1921)

Warren Edward Spahn was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed pitcher, Spahn played in 1942 and then from 1946 until 1965, most notably for the…

2003

Arthur Hailey

English-Canadian journalist and author (born 1920)

Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as Hotel (1965), Airport (1968),…

2004

Joseph Hansen

American author and poet (born 1923)

Joseph Hansen was an American crime writer and poet, best known for a series of novels featuring private eye Dave Brandstetter.

2004

James Wong

Chinese actor and songwriter (born 1940)

James Wong Jim was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2,000 songs, collaborating with songwriter Joseph Koo on many popular television…

2004

Pat Morita

American actor (born 1932)

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian, before becoming known to television audiences for his recurring role as diner owner Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on the…

2005

Juice Leskinen

Finnish singer-songwriter (born 1950)

Juhani Juice Leskinen, better known as Juice Leskinen was one of the most important and successful Finnish singer-songwriters of the late 20th century. From the early 1970s onward he released nearly 30 full-length…

2006

George W. S. Trow

American author, playwright, and critic (born 1943)

George William Swift Trow Jr. was an American essayist, novelist, playwright, and media critic. He worked for The New Yorker for almost 30 years, and wrote numerous essays and several books. He is best known for his…

2006

Zdeněk Veselovský

Czech zoologist and ethologist (born 1938)

Zdeněk Veselovský was one of the most important Czech zoologists of the 20th century, founder of Czech ethology, director of the Prague Zoo (1959-1988) and the president of the International Union of Directors of…

2006

Casey Calvert

American guitarist (born 1981)

Hawthorne Heights is an American rock band formed in Dayton, Ohio, in 2001. Originally called A Day in the Life, their lineup consists of JT Woodruff, Matt Ridenour and Mark McMillon.

2007

Kenny MacLean

Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (born 1956)

Kenneth Irving MacLean was a Scottish-Canadian musician, best known as a member of the multi-platinum selling band Platinum Blonde.

2008

Cecil H. Underwood

American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (born 1922)

Cecil Harland Underwood was an American politician who served as the 25th and 32nd governor of West Virginia from 1957 to 1961, and again from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Republican Party, he was the youngest governor…

2008

Abe Pollin

American businessman and philanthropist (born 1923)

Abraham J. Pollin was a real estate developer, professional sports team owner, and philanthropist in the Washington metropolitan area. He owned the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Washington…

2009

Samak Sundaravej

Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1935)

Samak Sundaravej was a Thai politician who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Defence in 2008, as well as the leader of the People's Power Party in 2008.

2009

Jun Ross

Filipino basketball player (born 1949)

Jun Ross Jr. is a Filipino former basketball player.

2009

Huang Hua

Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (born 1913)

Huang Hua was a senior Chinese Communist revolutionary, politician, and diplomat.

2010

Héctor Camacho

Puerto Rican-American boxer (born 1962)

Héctor Luís Camacho Matías, commonly known by his nickname "Macho Camacho", was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Known for his quickness in the ring and flamboyant style, Camacho competed professionally from 1980 to…

2012

Antoine Kohn

Luxembourgian footballer and manager (born 1933)

Antoine "Spitz" Kohn was a Luxembourgish football player and football manager.

2012

Jimmy Stewart

American baseball player and manager (born 1939)

James Franklin Stewart was an American Major League Baseball utility man and scout. During his active career, he appeared in 777 MLB games for the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros over…

2012

Nicholas Turro

American chemist and academic (born 1938)

Nicholas J. Turro was an American chemist, Wm. P. Schweitzer Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. He was a world renowned organic chemist and leading world expert on organic photochemistry. He was the…

2012

Ernie Warlick

American football player and sportscaster (born 1932)

Ernest Warlick, nicknamed "Big Hoss", was an American football tight end who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Central…

2012

Matthew Bucksbaum

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (born 1926)

Matthew Bucksbaum was an American businessman and philanthropist. Matthew and his brothers Martin and Maurice co-founded General Growth Properties.

2013

Arnaud Coyot

French cyclist (born 1980)

Arnaud Coyot was a French road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2003 to 2012. He had two race victories, and finished in tenth place in the 2005 Paris–Roubaix race, and tenth place in the 14th stage of…

2013

Lou Hyndman

Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1935)

Louis Davies Hyndman, was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for 19 years and was a member of Premier Peter Lougheed and Don Getty's Cabinets.…

2013

June Keithley

Filipino actress and journalist (born 1947)

June Emelie Keithley-Castro was a Filipina actress and broadcast journalist.

2013

Jean King

American politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (born 1925)

Jean Sadako King was the seventh lieutenant governor of Hawaii, the state's first woman to be elected as such, from 1978 to 1982 in the administration of Governor George Ariyoshi.

2013

Robin Leigh-Pemberton

Baron Kingsdown, English banker and politician, Governor of the Bank of England (born 1927)

Robert "Robin" Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown was a British life peer and banker, who served as Governor of the Bank of England from 1983 to 1993.

2013

Matti Ranin

Finnish actor (born 1926)

Matti Helge Ranin was a Finnish actor.

2013

Jorge Herrera Delgado

Mexican engineer and politician (born 1961)

Jorge Herrera Delgado was a Mexican politician. A graduate in industrial engineering from the Durango Institute of Technology (ITD), he was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He founded the radio station…

2014

Murli Deora

Indian politician, Indian Minister of Corporate Affairs (born 1937)

Murli Deora was an Indian politician, businessman, and social worker. He was the Mayor of Mumbai, a Member of Parliament in both the Upper and Lower Houses, and a Minister of Cabinet rank. He was a member of the Indian…

2014

Peter Henderson

New Zealand rugby player (born 1926)

Peter "Sammy" Henderson was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer. He also competed at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, winning a bronze medal in the 4 x 110 yards men's relay.

2014

Nenad Manojlović

Serbian water polo player and manager (born 1957)

Nenad Manojlović was a Yugoslav and Serbian water polo player and manager. His brother Predrag also played the sport at elite level.

2014

Viktor Tikhonov

Russian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930)

Viktor Vasilyevich Tikhonov was a Russian ice hockey player and coach. Tikhonov was a defenceman with VVS Moscow and Dynamo Moscow from 1949 to 1963, winning four national championships. He was the coach of the Soviet…

2014

Robert Ford

English general (born 1923)

General Sir Robert Cyril Ford was a British Army general who was Adjutant-General to the Forces. The Bloody Sunday shootings occurred during his tenure as Commander Land Forces, Northern Ireland.

2015

John Forrester

English historian and philosopher (born 1949)

John P. Forrester was a British historian and philosopher of science and medicine. His main interests were in the history of the human sciences, in particular psychoanalysis and psychiatry.

2015

Quincy Monk

American football player (born 1979)

Quincy Omar Monk was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and Houston Texans. He was selected by the Giants in the seventh round of…

2015

Heinz Oberhummer

Austrian physicist, astronomer, and academic (born 1941)

Heinz Oberhummer, was an Austrian physicist and skeptic.

2015

Douglas W. Shorenstein

American businessman (born 1955)

Douglas W. Shorenstein was a San Francisco-based real estate developer and former chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

2015

Paul Futcher

English footballer (born 1956)

Paul Futcher was an English professional footballer who had a distinguished career as a defender in the English Football League, for England under 21s and as manager of several non-league clubs.

2016

Florence Henderson

American actress, singer and television personality (born 1934)

Florence Agnes Henderson was an American singer and actress. With a career spanning six decades, she is best known for her starring role as Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch. Henderson also appeared in film,…

2016

Börje Salming

Swedish hockey player (born 1951)

Anders Börje Salming was a Swedish Sámi ice hockey player. He was a defenceman who played professionally for 23 seasons, for the clubs Brynäs IF, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, and AIK. He spent 16 seasons with…

2022

Barbara Taylor Bradford

British novelist (born 1933)

Barbara Taylor Bradford was a British-American best-selling novelist. Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and sold over 30 million copies worldwide. She wrote 40 novels, often about young women…

2024

Breyten Breytenbach

South African-French poet and painter (born 1939)

Breyten Breytenbach was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of the National…

2024

Helen Gallagher

American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1926)

Helen Gallagher was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She received three Daytime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Donaldson Award, and a Drama Desk Award.

2024

Jimmy Cliff

Jamaican Hall of Fame reggae singer-songwriter (born 1944)

James Chambers, known professionally as Jimmy Cliff, was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician. He was considered to be one of Jamaica's most celebrated musicians and was credited with helping to…

2025

Dharmendra

Indian actor (born 1935)

Dharmendra was an Indian actor, producer and politician, primarily known for his work in Hindi films. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema. Known…

2025

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Goo Hara — South Korean singer and actress (1991–2019)

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Death year2019

Known forShe was a member of the K-pop girl group Kara, and had also appeared in television dramas including City Hunter (2011)

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