Notable Deaths on November 5

Q: Who died on November 5?

Notable people who died on November 5 include: Atticus, Fan Zhi, Mathilde, Diego Martínez de Villamayor, Elisabeth of Swabia.

Q: What is James Robert Baker known for?

James Robert Baker, American author and screenwriter (born 1946)

116 people 425 – 2024

November 5 has seen 116 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 425 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1997 — James Robert Baker

American author and screenwriter (born 1946)

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After graduating from UCLA, he began his career as a screenwriter, but became disillusioned and started writing novels instead

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James Robert Baker was an American author of sharply satirical, predominantly gay-themed transgressional fiction

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A native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California

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Though he garnered fame for his books Fuel-Injected Dreams and Boy Wonder, after the controversy surrounding publication of his novel, Tim and Pete, he faced increasing difficulty having his work published

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According to his life partner, this was a contributing factor in his suicide.

Atticus

archbishop of Constantinople

Atticus of Constantinople was an archbishop of Constantinople, succeeding to the episcopal throne in March 406. He is known for having been an opponent of John Chrysostom whom he helped depose, and having rebuilt the…

425

Fan Zhi

chancellor of the Song Dynasty (born 911)

Fàn Zhi, formally the Duke of Lu (魯國公), was a Chinese essayist, historian, jurist, and politician who served under 12 emperors of 6 dynasties during imperial China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and the…

964

Mathilde

Abbess of Essen (born 949)

Mathilde was Abbess of Essen Abbey from 973 to her death. She was one of the most important abbesses in the history of Essen. She was responsible for the abbey, for its buildings, its precious relics, liturgical vessels…

1011

Diego Martínez de Villamayor

Castilian nobleman

Diego Martínez de Villamayor was a noble of the Kingdom of Castile from the house of the counts of Bureba, who was very influential at court. He was the advisor of Alfonso VII and Sancho III, and treasurer of Alfonso…

1176

Elisabeth of Swabia

queen consort of Castile and León (born 1205)

Elisabeth of Swabia, was a member of the House of Hohenstaufen who became Queen of Castile and Leon by marriage to Ferdinand III.

1235

Casimir III the Great

Polish king (born 1310)

Casimir III the Great reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, retaining the title throughout the Galicia–Volhynia Wars. He was the last Polish king from the Piast…

1370

John IV

Count of Armagnac (born 1396)

John IV was Count of Armagnac, Fézensac, and Rodez from 1418 to 1450. He was involved in the intrigues related to the Hundred Years' War and in conflicts against the King of France.

1450

John Fastolf

English soldier (born 1380)

Sir John Fastolf was a late medieval English soldier, landowner, and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War from 1415 to 1439, latterly as a senior commander against Joan of Arc, among others. He has enjoyed a more…

1459

Mariotto Albertinelli

Italian painter and educator (born 1474)

Mariotto di Bindo di Biagio Albertinelli was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Florence. He was a close friend and collaborator of Fra Bartolomeo.

1515

Kanō Motonobu

Japanese painter and educator (born 1476)

Kanō Motonobu was a Japanese painter and calligrapher. He was a member of the Kanō school of painting. Through his political connections, patronage, organization, and influence he was able to make the Kanō school into…

1559

Nyaungyan Min

Birmese king (born 1555)

Nyaung-yan Min or Neow-ram Min, personal name Shin Thissah (ရှင်သစ္စာ), courtesy name Min-Yeh Nandamate (မင်းရဲနန္ဒိမိတ်), was king of the Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1599 to 1605. He is also referred to as…

1605

Alexandre de Rhodes

French missionary and lexicographer (born 1591)

Alexandre de Rhodes, SJ, also Đắc Lộ, was an Avignonese Jesuit missionary and lexicographer who had a lasting impact on Christianity in Vietnam. He wrote the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum, the first…

1660

Lucy Hay

Countess of Carlisle (born 1599)

Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle was an English courtier known for her beauty and wit. She was involved in many political intrigues during the English Civil War.

1660

Charles Gerard

2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1659)

Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, was an English peer, soldier and MP.

1701

Bernardino Ramazzini

Italian physician and academic (born 1633)

Bernardino Ramazzini was an Italian physician.

1714

Carl Andreas Duker

German scholar and jurist (born 1670)

Carl Andreas Duker was a German classical scholar and jurist.

1752

Hans Egede

Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (born 1686)

Hans Poulsen Egede was a Norwegian Lutheran priest and missionary who launched mission efforts to Greenland, which led him to be styled the Apostle of Greenland. He established a successful mission among the Inuit and…

1758

Angelica Kauffman

painter (born 1741)

Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann, usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffman was a skilled…

1807

Thomas Sully

English-American painter (born 1783)

Thomas Sully was an English-American portrait painter. He was born in England, became a naturalized American citizen in 1809, and lived most of his life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, including in the Thomas Sully…

1872

Theodor von Heuglin

German explorer and ornithologist (born 1824)

Martin Theodor von Heuglin, was a German explorer and ornithologist. It is principally by his zoological, and more especially his ornithological, labours that Heuglin has taken rank as an independent authority.

1876

James Clerk Maxwell

Scottish physicist and mathematician (born 1831)

James Clerk Maxwell was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism and light as…

1879

Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen

French author and poet (born 1880)

Baron Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen was a French novelist and poet. His life forms the basis of a fictionalised 1959 novel by Roger Peyrefitte entitled The Exile of Capri.

1923

Vlasios Tsirogiannis

Greek general (born 1872)

Vlasios Tsirogiannis was a Hellenic Army officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General.

1928

Christiaan Eijkman

Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1858)

Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick…

1930

Luigi Facta

Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (born 1861)

Luigi Facta was an Italian politician, lawyer and journalist and the last prime minister of Italy before the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini.

1930

Konrad Stäheli

Swiss target shooter (born 1866)

Konrad Stäheli was a Swiss sports shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century and participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1906 Intercalated Games.

1931

Texas Guinan

American actress and businesswoman (born 1884)

Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan was an American actress, producer, and entrepreneur. Born in Texas to Canadian immigrant parents, Guinan decided at an early age to become an entertainer. After becoming a star on the…

1933

Walther von Dyck

German mathematician and academic (born 1856)

Walther Franz Anton von Dyck, born Dyck and later ennobled, was a German mathematician. He is credited with being the first to define a mathematical group, in the modern sense in. He laid the foundations of…

1933

Thomas Dewing

American painter and educator (born 1851)

Thomas Wilmer Dewing was an American painter working at the turn of the 20th century. Schooled in Paris, Dewing was noted for his figure paintings of aristocratic women. He was a founding member of the Ten American…

1938

Mary W. Bacheler

American physician and Baptist medical missionary (born 1860)

Mary Washington Bacheler was an American physician and Baptist medical missionary in India.

1939

Arndt Pekurinen

Finnish activist (born 1905)

Arndt Juho Pekurinen was a Finnish pacifist and conscientious objector.

1941

George M. Cohan

American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (born 1878)

George Michael Cohan was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and theatrical producer.

1942

Alexis Carrel

French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873)

Alexis Carrel was a French surgeon and biologist who spent most of his scientific career in the United States. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1912 for pioneering vascular suturing…

1944

Joseph Stella

Italian-American painter (born 1877)

Joseph Stella was an Italian-born American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America, especially his images of the Brooklyn Bridge. He is also associated with the American Precisionist…

1946

Mary Harris Armor

American suffragist (born 1863)

Mary Elizabeth Harris Armor was an American temperance leader. She was the Georgia state president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and is often credited for the passing of prohibition legislature in…

1950

Reggie Walker

South African runner (born 1889)

Reginald Edgar Walker was a South African athlete and the 1908 Olympic champion in the 100 metres.

1951

Maurice Utrillo

French painter (born 1883)

Maurice Utrillo was a French painter of the School of Paris who specialized in cityscapes. From the Montmartre quarter of Paris, France, Utrillo is one of the few famous painters of Montmartre to have been born there.

1955

Art Tatum

American pianist and composer (born 1909)

Arthur Tatum Jr. was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as extraordinary. Tatum also extended jazz…

1956

Ward Bond

American actor (born 1903)

Wardell Edwin Bond was an American character actor who appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the NBC television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1960. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert the cop in Frank…

1960

Donald Grey Barnhouse

American pastor and theologian (born 1895)

Donald Grey Barnhouse, was an American Christian preacher, pastor, theologian, radio pioneer, and writer. He was pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia from 1927 to his death in 1960. The Bible Study…

1960

August Gailit

Estonian author and poet (born 1891)

August Gailit was an Estonian writer.

1960

Johnny Horton

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)

John LaGale Horton was an American country, honky tonk, and rockabilly musician during the 1950s. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrative country saga songs that became international hits. His 1959…

1960

Mack Sennett

Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1880)

Mack Sennett was a Canadian-American producer, director, actor, and studio head who was known as the "King of Comedy" during his career.

1960

Luis Cernuda

Spanish poet and critic (born 1902)

Luis Cernuda Bidón was a Spanish poet, a member of the Generation of '27. During the Spanish Civil War, in early 1938, he went to the UK to deliver some lectures and this became the start of an exile that lasted till…

1963

Buddy Cole

American pianist and conductor (born 1916)

Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole was a jazz pianist, organist, orchestra leader, and composer. He played behind a number of pop singers, including Rosemary Clooney and Bing Crosby.

1964

Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer

American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1893)

Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 5th congressional district for seven terms from 1939 to 1953. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

1964

Sam Jones

American baseball player (born 1925)

Samuel "Toothpick" Jones was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles between 1951 and 1964.…

1971

Alfred Schmidt

Estonian weightlifter (born 1898)

Alfred Schmidt was an Estonian featherweight weightlifter who won a silver medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

1972

Edward Tatum

American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1909)

Edward Lawrie Tatum was an American geneticist. He shared half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 with George Beadle for showing that genes control individual steps in metabolism. The other half of…

1975

Lionel Trilling

American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (born 1905)

Lionel Mordecai Trilling was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. One of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century, he analyzed the contemporary cultural, social, and political…

1975

René Goscinny

French author and illustrator (born 1926)

René Goscinny was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Asterix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Born in France to a Jewish family from Poland, he spent his childhood in Argentina where he…

1977

Guy Lombardo

Canadian-American violinist and conductor (born 1902)

Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo was a Canadian and American bandleader, violinist, and hydroplane racer whose unique sweet jazz style remained popular with audiences for nearly five decades.

1977

Alexey Stakhanov

Russian-Soviet miner, the Stakhanovite movement has been named after him (born 1906)

Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov was a Soviet miner, Hero of Socialist Labour (1970), and a member of the CPSU (1936).

1977

Al Capp

American cartoonist (born 1909)

Alfred Gerald Caplin, better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and drawing until 1977. He also…

1979

Louis Alter

American musician (born 1902)

Louis Alter was an American pianist, songwriter and composer. At 13, he began playing piano in theaters showing silent films. He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Stuart Mason.

1980

Rangjung Rigpe Dorje

16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (born 1924)

The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje was the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa and the spiritual leader of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He is of the oldest line of reincarnate lamas in Vajrayana Buddhism, known as…

1981

Arnold Chikobava

Georgian linguist and philologist (born 1898)

Arnold Stephanes dze Chikobava was a Georgian linguist and philologist best known for his contributions to Caucasian studies and for being one of the most active critics of Nicholas Marr's controversial monogenetic…

1985

Spencer W. Kimball

American religious leader, 12th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1895)

Spencer Woolley Kimball was an American religious leader who was the twelfth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1985

Adolf Brudes

German race car driver (born 1899)

Adolf Brudes von Breslau was a Formula One driver from Germany and a member of German nobility. He started racing motorcycles in 1919. As an owner of a BMW and Auto Union dealership in Breslau, he had the opportunities…

1986

Claude Jutra

Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)

Claude Jutra was a Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter.

1986

Bobby Nunn

American singer (born 1925)

Ulysses B. "Bobby" Nunn Sr. was an American R&B singer with the musical groups The Robins and original bass vocalist of The Coasters. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, and died of heart failure in Los…

1986

Eamonn Andrews

Irish radio and television host (born 1922)

Eamonn Andrews was an Irish radio and television presenter, employed primarily in the United Kingdom from the 1950s to the 1980s. From 1960 to 1964 he chaired the Radio Éireann Authority, which oversaw the introduction…

1987

Vladimir Horowitz

Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (born 1903)

Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz was a Russian and American pianist. Considered one of the greatest pianists of all time, he was known for his virtuoso technique, timbre, and the public excitement engendered by his playing.

1989

Robert Maxwell

Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (born 1923)

Ian Robert Maxwell was a Czechoslovak-born British-French media proprietor and politician.

1991

Fred MacMurray

American actor and businessman (born 1908)

Frederick Martin MacMurray was an American actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films and a successful television series in a career that spanned nearly a half-century. His career as a major film leading man…

1991

Adile Ayda

Russian-Turkish engineer and diplomat (born 1912)

Adile Ayda was the first woman career diplomat of Turkey, but is today better remembered as an Etruscologist. She became interested in Etruscan studies while stationed in Rome as the Minister-Counsellor of the Turkish…

1992

Arpad Elo

American physicist and chess player (born 1903)

Arpad Emmerich Elo was a Hungarian-American physics professor who created the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess.

1992

Jan Oort

Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1900)

Jan Hendrik Oort was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. The New York Times called him "one of the century's…

1992

Eddie Harris

American saxophonist (born 1934)

Eddie Harris was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-known…

1996

Isaiah Berlin

Latvian-English historian, author, and academic (born 1909)

Sir Isaiah Berlin was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Although he became increasingly averse to writing for publication, his improvised lectures and talks were…

1997

Peter Jackson

Australian rugby league player and sportscaster (born 1964)

Peter Jackson was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed 'Jacko', he was an Australia national and Queensland State of Origin representative centre or…

1997

James Goldstone

American director and screenwriter (born 1931)

James Goldstone was an American film and television director whose career spanned over thirty years.

1999

Colin Rowe

English-American architect, theorist and academic (born 1920)

Colin Rowe was a British-born, American-naturalised architectural historian, critic, theoretician and teacher. He is acknowledged to have been a major theoretical and critical influence in the second half of the…

1999

Jimmie Davis

American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (born 1899)

James Houston Davis was an American singer, songwriter, and Democratic Party politician. After achieving fame for releasing both sacred and country songs, Davis served as the 47th governor of Louisiana from 1944 to 1948…

2000

Bibi Titi Mohammed

Tanzanian politician (born 1926)

Bibi Titi Mohammed was a Tanzanian politician and activist. She was born in June 1926 in Dar es Salaam, at the time the capital of former Tanganyika. She first was considered a freedom fighter and supported the first…

2000

Roy Boulting

English director and producer (born 1913)

John Edward Boulting and Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting, known collectively as the Boulting brothers, were English filmmakers and identical twins who became known for their series of satirical comedies in the 1950s and…

2001

Milton William Cooper

American radio host, author, and activist (born 1943)

Milton William "Bill" Cooper was an American conspiracy theorist, radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book Behold a Pale Horse, in which he warned of multiple global conspiracies, some involving…

2001

Bobby Hatfield

American singer-songwriter (born 1940)

Robert Lee Hatfield was an American singer. He and Bill Medley performed together as the Righteous Brothers. He sang the tenor part for the duo and sang solo on the group's 1965 recording of "Unchained Melody".

2003

Donald Jones

American-Dutch actor, singer, and dancer (born 1932)

Donald Towe Jones was an American-Dutch actor, singer and dancer; born in Harlem, he went to the Netherlands in his early twenties and became one of the first Dutch black stars.

2004

John Fowles

English novelist (born 1926)

John Robert Fowles was an English novelist, critically positioned between modernism and postmodernism. His work was influenced by Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, among others.

2005

Virginia MacWatters

American soprano and actress (born 1912)

Virginia MacWatters was an American coloratura soprano and university professor.

2005

Link Wray

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1929)

Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s. His 1958 instrumental single "Rumble" reached the top 20 in the United States, and was one of the…

2005

Bülent Ecevit

Turkish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1925)

Mustafa Bülent Ecevit was a Turkish statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974-2002. He served as Prime Minister in 1974, 1977, 1978–79, and…

2006

Nils Liedholm

Swedish footballer and manager (born 1922)

Nils Erik Liedholm was a Swedish football midfielder and coach. Il Barone, as he is affectionately known in Italy, was renowned for being part of the Swedish "Gre-No-Li" trio of strikers along with Gunnar Gren and…

2007

Félix Luna

Argentinian lawyer, historian, and academic (born 1925)

Félix César Luna was an Argentine writer, lyricist and historian.

2009

Jill Clayburgh

American actress and singer (born 1944)

Jill Clayburgh was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. She received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her…

2010

Adrian Păunescu

Romanian poet, journalist, and politician (born 1943)

Adrian Păunescu was a Romanian writer, publisher, cultural promoter, translator, and politician. A profoundly charismatic personality, a controversial and complex figure, the artist and the man are almost impossible to…

2010

Shirley Verrett

American soprano and actress (born 1931)

Shirley Verrett was an American operatic mezzo-soprano who successfully transitioned into soprano roles making her a Soprano sfogato. Verrett enjoyed great fame from the late 1960s through the 1990s; she was…

2010

Bhupen Hazarika

Indian singer-songwriter, director, and poet (born 1926)

Bhupen Hazarika BR, widely known as Sudha Kantha, was an Indian singer, songwriter, writer, filmmaker and politician from Assam. He wrote songs mainly in the Assamese language, which are marked by humanity and universal…

2011

Olympe Bradna

French-American actress and dancer (born 1920)

Antoinette Olympe Bradna was a French dancer and actress, who emigrated to the United States where she lived for the rest of her life.

2012

Elliott Carter

American composer and academic (born 1908)

Elliott Cook Carter Jr. was an American modernist composer who was one of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century. He combined elements of European modernism and American "ultra-modernism"…

2012

Leonardo Favio

Argentinian actor, singer, director and screenwriter (born 1938)

Fuad Jorge Jury, better known by his stage name Leonardo Favio, was an Argentine singer, actor and filmmaker. He is considered one of Argentina's best film directors and one of the country's most enduring cultural…

2012

Bob Kaplan

Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1936)

Robert Philip "Bob" Kaplan, was a Canadian politician and lawyer.

2012

Louis Pienaar

South African lawyer and diplomat, Minister of Internal Affairs (born 1926)

Louis Alexander Pienaar was a South African lawyer and diplomat. He was the last white Administrator of South-West Africa, from 1985 through Namibian independence in 1990. Pienaar later served as a minister in F W de…

2012

Habibollah Asgaroladi

Iranian politician (born 1932)

Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman was a leading senior Iranian conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Party, a highly influential conservative political party in Iran. He was also a…

2013

Juan Carlos Calabró

Argentinian actor and screenwriter (born 1934)

Juan Carlos Calabró was an Argentine actor and comedian.

2013

Tony Iveson

English soldier and pilot (born 1919)

Thomas Clifford "Tony" Iveson DFC AE was a Royal Air Force pilot and veteran of the Second World War, and one of the Few.

2013

Charles Mosley

English genealogist and author (born 1948)

Charles Gordon Mosley was a British genealogist who specialised in British nobility. He was an author, broadcaster, editor, and publisher, best known for having been Editor-in-Chief of Burke's Peerage & Baronetage —its…

2013

Charlie Trotter

American chef and author (born 1959)

Charlie Trotter was an American chef and restaurateur. His best-known restaurant, Charlie Trotter's, was open in Chicago from 1987 to 2012.

2013

Stuart Williams

Welsh footballer and manager (born 1930)

Stuart Grenville Williams was a Welsh international footballer who played as a defender. He played his club football for Wrexham, West Bromwich Albion and Southampton.

2013

Manitas de Plata

French guitarist (born 1921)

Ricardo Baliardo, better known as Manitas de Plata, was a French flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France.

2014

Lane Evans

American lawyer and politician (born 1951)

Lane Allen Evans was an American attorney and politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007, representing the 17th district of Illinois. Evans announced…

2014

Wally Grant

American ice hockey player (born 1927)

Wallace Daniel Grant was an American ice hockey player. Grant helped the University of Michigan win the first NCAA National Championship in 1948. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in…

2014

Abdelwahab Meddeb

Tunisian-French author, poet, and scholar (born 1946)

Abdelwahab Meddeb was a French-language writer and cultural critic, and a professor of comparative literature at the University of Paris X-Nanterre.

2014

George Barris

American engineer and car designer (born 1925)

George Barris was an American designer and builder of Hollywood custom cars. Barris designed and built the Hirohata Merc. Barris's company, Barris Kustom Industries, designed and built the Munster Koach and DRAG-U-LA…

2015

Nora Brockstedt

Norwegian singer (born 1923)

Nora Brockstedt was a Norwegian singer. She was the first person ever to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest, appearing as the Norwegian entrant in 1960 and 1961.

2015

Soma Edirisinghe

Sri Lankan businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1939)

Soma Edirisinghe was a Sri Lankan corporate executive, film producer, philanthropist and social worker. She was born in Meegoda, Sri Lanka on 5 July 1939 to a family of nine daughters, and died on 5 November 2015 at a…

2015

Czesław Kiszczak

Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland (born 1925)

Czesław Jan Kiszczak was a Polish general, communist-era interior minister (1981–1990) and prime minister (1989).

2015

Hans Mommsen

German historian and academic (born 1930)

Hans Mommsen was a German historian, known for his studies in German social history, for his functionalist interpretation of the Third Reich, and especially for arguing that Adolf Hitler was a weak dictator. Descended…

2015

Geoffrey Palmer

English actor (born 1927)

Geoffrey Dyson Palmer was an English actor. His roles in British television sitcoms include Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in Butterflies (1978–1983) and Lionel…

2020

Marília Mendonça

Brazilian singer (born 1995)

Marília Dias Mendonça was a Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, posthumously recognized in Brazil as the Queen of Sofrência, a subgenre of sertanejo music, and has been recognized for her contribution to…

2021

Aaron Carter

American singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer and actor (born 1987)

Aaron Charles Carter was an American singer and rapper. He came to fame as a teen pop singer in the late 1990s, establishing himself as a star among preteen and teenage audiences during the first years of the 2000s,…

2022

Pat E. Johnson

American martial artist and actor (born 1939)

Patrick E. Johnson was an American martial artist and actor. He was a 9th degree black belt in American Tang Soo Do and was the president of the National Tang Soo Do Congress, which was originally created by Chuck…

2023

Ben Baldanza

American economist and business executive (born 1961)

Basil Ben Baldanza Jr. was an American business executive who was the chief executive officer and president of Spirit Airlines from 2005 to 2016, a period in which he led the transformation of the company into an…

2024

Elwood Edwards

American voice actor (born 1949)

Elwood Hughes Edwards Jr. was an American voice actor. He was best known as the voice of various soundmarks for the Internet service provider America Online which he first recorded in 1989. This included AOL's trademark…

2024

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James Robert Baker — American author (1947–1997)

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Death year1997

Known forA native Californian, his work is set almost entirely in Southern California

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1997 — James Robert Baker

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