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After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s.
Notable Deaths on November 30
1900 — Oscar Wilde
Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (born 1854)
November 30 has 114 recorded notable deaths across history, from 1016 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
114 source records
1016 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 30
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1786 The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). Source
- 883 Abu al Abbas celebrates a victory parade in Bagdhad following the surpression of the Zanj Rebellion, the largest slave revolt in the Arab world. Source
- 1940 World War II: Signing of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of 1940 between the Empire of Japan and the newly formed Wang Jingwei-led Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China. This treaty was considered so unfair to China that it was compared to the Twenty-One Demands. Source
- 1782 American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). Source
Did you know
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore was an English politician and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland.
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Pierre Berton was a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, and won many honours and awards.
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Arthur Currie had the unique distinction of starting his military career on the very bottom rung as a pre-war militia gunner before rising through the ranks to become the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps.
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Hubert Wilkins narrowly failed in an attempt to be the first to cross under the North Pole in a submarine, but was able to prove that submarines were capable of operating beneath the polar ice cap, thereby paving the way for future successful missions.
More major people who died on November 30
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1675
Cecil Calvert
2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (born 1605)
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore was an English politician and lawyer who was the first proprietor of Maryland.
2004
Pierre Berton
Canadian journalist and author (born 1920)
Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton was a Canadian historian, writer, journalist and broadcaster. Berton wrote 50 best-selling books, mainly about Canadiana, Canadian history and popular culture.
1933
Arthur Currie
Canadian general (born 1875)
General Sir Arthur William Currie was a senior officer of the Canadian Army who fought during World War I.
1958
Hubert Wilkins
Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (born 1888)
Sir George Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar, commonly referred to as Captain Wilkins, was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer, and photographer.
1694
Marcello Malpighi
Italian physician and biologist (born 1628)
Marcello Malpighi was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "founder of microscopical anatomy, histology and father of physiology and embryology".
2013
Tabu Ley Rochereau
Congolese-Belgian singer-songwriter (born 1937)
Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu, better known as Tabu Ley Rochereau, was a Congolese rumba singer and musician.
2012
Rogelio Álvarez
Cuban-American baseball player (born 1938)
Rogelio Álvarez Hernández was a Cuban professional baseball player whose career spanned 18 seasons, including parts of two in Major League Baseball with the Cincinnati Reds.
1760
Friederike Caroline Neuber
German actress (born 1697)
Friederike Caroline Neuber, was a German actress and theatre director.
1923
John Maclean
Scottish educator and revolutionary socialist activist (born 1879)
John Maclean was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era.
2012
Homer R. Warner
American cardiologist and academic (born 1922)
Homer Richards Warner was an American cardiologist who was an early proponent of medical informatics who pioneered many aspects of computer applications to medicine.
1931
Henry Walters
American art collector and philanthropist (born 1848)
Henry Walters was noted as an art collector and philanthropist, a founder of the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, which he donated to the city in his 1931 will for the benefit of the public.
1994
Lionel Stander
American actor (born 1908)
Lionel Jay Stander was an American actor, activist, and a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.
2015
Marcus Klingberg
Polish-Israeli physician and biologist (born 1918)
Avraham Mordechai Klingberg, known as Marek or Marcus Klingberg, was a Polish-born Israeli epidemiologist and the highest ranking Soviet spy ever uncovered in Israel.
1979
Zeppo Marx
American actor and comedian (born 1901)
Herbert Manfred "Zeppo" Marx was an American comedic actor and businessman. He was the youngest, and last survivor, of the five Marx Brothers.
2022
Jiang Zemin
Chinese politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount leader) and President of China (born 1926)
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as the chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as the president…
1204
Emeric
King of Hungary
Emeric, also known as Henry or Imre, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1196 and 1204.
2020
Irina Antonova
Russian art historian (born 1922)
Irina Aleksandrovna Antonova was a Soviet and Russian art historian who served as a Director of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow for 52 years, from 1961 to 2013, making her the oldest and the longest serving director of a…
1989
Alfred Herrhausen
German banker (born 1930)
Alfred Herrhausen was a German banker and the Chairman of Deutsche Bank who was born in Essen and assassinated in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in 1989.
1997
Kathy Acker
American author, poet, and playwright (born 1947)
Kathy Acker was an American experimental novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, critic, performance artist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with complex themes…