Deaths on 1 November
2000s
Martha Layne Collins
2025
American politician (1936–2025)
John Farragher
2025
Australian rugby league player (1957–2025)
Carlos Manzo
2025
Mexican politician (1985–2025)
Brian Brain
2023
English cricketer (1940–2023)
Takeoff (rapper)
2022
American rapper (1994–2022)
Hugo Dittfach
2021
Canadian jockey (1936–2021)
Keith Hitchins
2020
American historian member of the Romanian Academy
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley
2020
British party planner and socialite
Thomas R. Fitzgerald (judge)
2015
American judge (1941–2015)
Houston McTear
2015
American sprinter
Charles Duncan Michener
2015
American entomologist (1918–2015)
Günter Schabowski
2015
German politician
Fred Thompson
2015
American politician and actor (1942–2015)
Joel Barnett
2014
British politician (1923-2014)
Jackie Fairweather
2014
Australian triathlete, long-distance runner and coach
Abednigo Ngcobo
2014
South African soccer player (1950–2014)
Jean-Pierre Roy
2014
Canadian baseball player (1920-2014)
Wayne Static
2014
American musician (1965–2014)
John Y. McCollister
2013
American politician (1921–2013)
Piet Rietveld
2013
Dutch economist (1952–2013)
Agustín García Calvo
2012
Spanish writer (1926–2012)
Mitch Lucker
2012
American singer (1984–2012)
Pascual Pérez (baseball)
2012
Dominican baseball player (1957–2012)
Cahit Aral
2011
Turkish politician (1927–2011)
Shannon Tavarez
2010
American actress (1999–2010)
Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington
2010
British aristocrat and WWII intelligence agent
Esther Hautzig
2009
American writer
Endel Laas
2009
Estonian forest scientist
Robert H. Rines
2009
American lawyer, inventor, musician and writer (1922–2009)
Jacques Piccard
2008
Swiss oceanographer and engineer (1922–2008)
Shakir Stewart
2008
American record producer (1974–2008)
Yma Sumac
2008
Peruvian singer (1922–2008)
S. Ali Raza
2007
Film screenwriter from India (1925–2007)
Paul Tibbets
2007
United States Air Force general (1915–2007)
Adrienne Shelly
2006
American actress and filmmaker (1966–2006)
William Styron
2006
American writer (1925–2006)
Skitch Henderson
2005
American pianist, conductor, and composer (1918–2005)
Michael Piller
2005
American television producer and scriptwriter (1948–2005)
Mac Dre
2004
American rapper and Record producer (1970–2004)
Terry Knight
2004
American DJ, singer-songwriter, and music producer (1943–2004)
George Armstrong (footballer)
2000
English footballer and manager
1900s
Theodore Hall
1999
American physicist and spy (1925–1999)
Walter Payton
1999
American football player (1953–1999)
J. R. Jayewardene
1996
President of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989
Noah Beery Jr.
1994
American actor (1913–1994)
Severo Ochoa
1993
Spanish biochemist and Nobel laureate (1905–1993)
A. N. Sherwin-White
1993
British academic and ancient historian (1911-1993)
René Lévesque
1987
Premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985
Serge Garant
1986
Canadian composer, conductor, critic, professor and radio host
Arnold Pihlak
1985
Estonian footballer
Phil Silvers
1985
American actor (1911–1985)
Norman Krasna
1984
American dramatist, screenwriter, and film director (1909–1984)
Anthony van Hoboken
1983
Dutch musicologist (1887–1983)
James Broderick
1982
American actor (1927-1982)
King Vidor
1982
American writer and director (1894–1982)
Waldemar Hammenhög
1972
Swedish writer
Robert H. MacArthur
1972
Canadian-American ecologist (1930–1972)
Ezra Pound
1972
American poet and critic (1885–1972)
Robert Staughton Lynd
1970
American sociologist
Georgios Papandreou
1968
Prime minister of Greece (1888–1968)
Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)
1962
Mexican racing driver (1942–1962)
Livia Gouverneur
1961
Venezuelan communist (1941–1961)
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
1958
Turkish poet, author, politician and diplomat (1884-1958)
Dale Carnegie
1955
American writer and lecturer (1888–1955)
Dixie Lee
1952
American actress, dancer, and singer (1909–1952)
Hugo Distler
1942
German organist, conductor, teacher and composer
Charles Weeghman
1938
German-American restaurant entrepreneur and sports executive
Max Linder
1925
French actor and director (1883–1925)
Kevin Barry
1920
Irish republican (1902–1920)
Alfred Jarry
1907
French symbolist writer (1873–1907)
Theodor Mommsen
1903
German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)
1800s
Alexander III of Russia
1894
Emperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894
Nikolay Przhevalsky
1888
Polish-Russian explorer (1839–1888)
Alexander Samoylov
1814
Russian statesman and general (1744–1814)
Before 1800
Charles II of Spain
1700
King of Spain from 1665 to 1700
William Coddington
1678
Magistrate of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Gisbertus Voetius
1676
Dutch theologian
Jean Nicolet
1642
French coureur des bois
Hendrick ter Brugghen
1629
Dutch painter (1588–1629)
Pierre Pithou
1596
French lawyer and scholar (1539-1596)
Jean Daurat
1588
French poet and scholar (1508–1588)
Giulio Romano
1546
Italian painter and architect (1499–1546)
Filippo Buonaccorsi
1496
Italian humanist
David of Trebizond
1461
Last Emperor of Trebizond (r. 1460-61)
Nicholas Eudaimonoioannes
1423
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
1406
Duchess of Brabant (1322–1406)
John IV, Duke of Brittany
1399
Duke of Brittany from 1365 to 1399
Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy
1391
Count of Savoy from 1383 to 1391
John de Halton
1324
13th and 14th-century Bishop of Carlisle
Uguccione della Faggiuola
1319
13/14th-century Italian mercenary and magistrate
Guillaume Durand
1296
French canonist and bishop
Herman I, Margrave of Meissen
1038
Boso of Merseburg
970
Beornstan of Winchester
934
10th-century Bishop of Winchester