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Without any education past high school, Thomas rose above poverty to become a cardiac surgery pioneer and a teacher of operative techniques to many of the country's most prominent surgeons.
Notable Deaths on November 26
1985 — Vivien Thomas
American surgeon and academic (born 1910)
November 26 has 111 recorded notable deaths across history, from 399 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
111 source records
399 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 26
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- 1924 The Mongolian People's Republic is officially established after a new constitution, passed by the first State Great Khural, abolishes the monarchy. Source
- 1991 National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities with Azeri names. Source
- 1998 Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Source
- 1942 World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia. Source
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John Browning made his first firearm at age 13 in his father's gun shop and was awarded the first of his 128 firearm patents on October 7, 1879, at the age of 24.
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Paul Rand developed an American Modernist style from European influences and was one of the first American commercial artists to embrace and practice the Swiss Style of graphic design.
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Tommy Dorsey is best remembered for standards such as "Opus One", "This Love of Mine" featuring Frank Sinatra on vocals, "Song of India", "Marie", "On Treasure Island", and his biggest hit single, "I'll Never Smile Again".
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Soulja Slim is best known for his appearance on Juvenile's 2004 single "Slow Motion", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100.
More major people who died on November 26
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1926
John Browning
American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (born 1855)
John Moses Browning was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world.
1996
Paul Rand
American art director and graphic designer (born 1914)
Paul Rand was an American art director and graphic designer. He is known for his corporate logo designs, including logos for IBM, UPS, Enron, Morningstar, Inc., Westinghouse, ABC, and NeXT.
1956
Tommy Dorsey
American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1905)
Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing.
2003
Soulja Slim
American rapper (born 1977)
James Adarryl Tapp Jr., better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana.
2013
Tony Musante
American actor and screenwriter (born 1936)
Anthony Peter Musante Jr. was an American actor, best known for the TV series Toma as Detective David Toma, Nino Schibetta in Oz (1997), and Joe D'Angelo in As the World Turns (2000–2003).
1928
Reinhard Scheer
German admiral (born 1863)
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Reinhard Scheer was an admiral in the Imperial German Navy.
1952
Sven Hedin
Swedish geographer and explorer (born 1865)
Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works.
1991
Bob Johnson
American ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)
Robert Norman "Badger Bob" Johnson was an American college, international, and professional ice hockey coach.
2005
Takanori Arisawa
Japanese composer and conductor (born 1951)
Takanori Arisawa was a Japanese composer and arranger best known for composing the Sailor Moon and Digimon anime series. He wrote music for the series, including its video games.
2015
Guy Lewis
American basketball player and coach (born 1922)
Guy Vernon Lewis II was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston from 1956 to 1986.
1267
Sylvester Gozzolini
Italian founder of the Sylvestrines (born 1177)
Silvestro Guzzolini was an Italian Catholic priest and the founder of the Silvestrini.
1919
Felipe Ángeles
Mexican general (born 1868)
Felipe Ángeles Ramírez (1868–1919) was a Mexican military officer and revolutionary during the era of the Mexican Revolution.
1971
Giacomo Alberione
Italian priest and publisher (born 1884)
James Alberione, SSP, was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St.
1504
Isabella I
queen of Castile and León (born 1451)
Isabella I, also known as Isabella the Catholic, was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II.
2006
Isaac Gálvez
Spanish cyclist (born 1975)
Isaac Gálvez López was a Spanish track and road racing cyclist who rode for Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears in the UCI ProTour.
1977
Yoshibayama Junnosuke
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (born 1920)
Yoshibayama Junnosuke , real name Ikeda Junnosuke , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Atsuta District, Hokkaido. He was the sport's 43rd yokozuna.
2021
Stephen Sondheim
American composer and lyricist (born 1930)
Stephen Joshua Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical.
1855
Adam Mickiewicz
Polish poet and playwright (born 1798)
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as a national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus.
1943
Edward O'Hare
American lieutenant and pilot (born 1914)
Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O'Hare was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy's first fighter ace of the war when he single-handedly attacked a formation of…