Deaths on 21 November
2000s
Alice Brock
2024
American artist, author and restaurateur (1941–2024)
Lou Cutell
2021
American actor (1930–2021)
Jean-Pierre Schumacher
2021
French trappist monk (1924–2021)
David Cassidy
2017
American actor and musician (1950–2017)
Hassan Sadpara
2016
Pakistani mountaineer, adventurer
Gil Cardinal
2015
Canadian filmmaker
Ameen Faheem
2015
Pakistani politician
Bob Foster (boxer)
2015
American boxer
Anthony Read
2015
English television producer, screenwriter, script editor and author
Joseph Silverstein
2015
American violinist and conductor
John H. Land
2014
Robert Richardson (British Army officer)
2014
British Army general (1929–2014)
John Egerton (journalist)
2013
American writer (1935–2013)
Fred Kavli
2013
Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist
Dimitri Mihalas
2013
Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Vern Mikkelsen
2013
American basketball player (1928–2013)
Bernard Parmegiani
2013
French composer
Tôn Thất Đính
2013
South Vietnamese military officer and politician (1926–2013)
Maurice Vachon
2013
Canadian professional and amateur wrestler
Emily Squires
2012
American television producer and director (1941–2012)
Austin Peralta
2012
American jazz pianist (1990–2012)
Anne McCaffrey
2011
Irish science fiction writer (1926–2011)
Norris Church Mailer
2010
American writer; widow of Norman Mailer (1949–2010)
David Nolan (politician)
2010
Founder of the Libertarian Party of the US (1943–2010)
Margaret Taylor-Burroughs
2010
American writer, artist and educator (1915–2010)
Konstantin Feoktistov
2009
Soviet engineer and cosmonaut (1926–2009)
Fernando Fernán Gómez
2007
Spanish actor and film director (1921–2007)
Tom Johnson (ice hockey)
2007
Canadian ice hockey player (1928–2007)
Noel McGregor
2007
New Zealand cricketer
Hassan Gouled Aptidon
2006
President of Djibouti from 1977 to 1999
Pierre Amine Gemayel
2006
Lebanese politician (1972–2006)
Alfred Anderson (veteran)
2005
Chairman of the local branch of the Royal British Legion
Hugh Sidey
2005
American journalist
Hadda Brooks
2002
American pianist, vocalist and composer (1916–2002)
Ernest Lluch
2000
Spanish politician and economist (1937–2000)
Emil Zátopek
2000
Czechoslovak long-distance runner (1922–2000)
1900s
Quentin Crisp
1999
English raconteur (1908–1999)
Bernard Rose (musician)
1996
British organist and composer (1916–1996)
Abdus Salam
1996
Pakistani theoretical physicist (1926–1996)
Peter Grant (music manager)
1995
English music manager (1935–1995)
Noel Jones (diplomat)
1995
Willem Jacob Luyten
1994
Dutch-American astronomer (1899–1994)
Bill Bixby
1993
American actor and director (1934–1993)
Kaysone Phomvihane
1992
Lao politician and communist leader
Ricky Williams (musician)
1992
American drummer
Sonny Werblin
1991
American talent agent
Dean Hart
1990
Canadian professional wrestler, amateur wrestler and referee (1954-1990)
Harvey Hart
1989
Television and film director (1928–1989)
Margot Zemach
1989
American children's illustrator and writer (1931 – 1989)
Carl Hubbell
1988
American baseball player (1903–1988)
Jim Folsom
1987
American politician (1908–1987)
Jerry Colonna (entertainer)
1986
American musician, actor and comedian (1904-1986)
Ben Wilson (basketball)
1984
American high school basketball player (1967–1984)
John Hargrave
1982
British social credit leader
Harry Von Zell
1981
American actor, singer, announcer (1906–1981)
Sara García
1980
Mexican actress (1892–1980)
Gunnar Gunnarsson
1975
Icelandic author (1889–1975)
John B. Gambling
1974
Frank Martin (composer)
1974
Swiss composer (1890–1974)
Thomas Pelly
1973
American politician (1902–1973)
Newsy Lalonde
1970
Canadian ice hockey and lacrosse player (1887-1970)
C. V. Raman
1970
Indian physicist (1888–1970)
C. M. Eddy Jr.
1967
American writer (1896–1967)
Catherine Bauer Wurster
1964
American public housing advocate and educator
Artur Lemba
1963
Estonian composer (1885–1963)
Robert Stroud
1963
American inmate and ornithologist (1890–1963)
Frank Amyot
1962
Canadian Olympic sprint canoeist
Max Baer (boxer)
1959
American boxer (1909–1959)
Mel Ott
1958
American baseball player and manager (1909–1958)
Francis Burton Harrison
1957
American-Filipino politician (1873–1957)
Felice Bonetto
1953
Italian racing driver (1903–1953)
António Cabreira
1953
Portuguese mathematician, polygraph and publicist (1868–1953)
Larry Shields
1953
American jazz clarinetist (1893-1953)
Jean Trescases
1951
French Army Chief Warrant officer (1916–1951)
William McCormack
1947
Australian politician; Premier of Queensland
Robert Benchley
1945
American writer and actor (1889–1945)
Al Davis (boxer)
1945
American boxer (1920–1945)
Ellen Glasgow
1945
American novelist (1873–1945)
Alexander Patch
1945
United States Army general (1889–1945)
Winifred Carney
1943
Suffragist, trade unionist and Irish independence activist
Leopold Berchtold
1942
Austro-Hungarian politician (1863–1942)
J. B. M. Hertzog
1942
South African politician (1866–1942)
Henrietta Vinton Davis
1941
African-American actor and activist (1860-1941)
Leopold Godowsky
1938
Lithuanian-American pianist and composer (1870–1938)
John Scaddan
1934
Australian politician (1876–1934)
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
1928
Prince Reuss Younger Line
Edward Cummins
1926
American golfer (1886–1926)
Ricardo Flores Magón
1922
Mexican anarchist, social reform activist, and revolutionary (1874–1922)
Franz Joseph I
1916
Habsburg monarch from 1848 to 1916
Peder Severin Krøyer
1909
Danish painter (1851-1909)
Carl Friedrich Schmidt (geologist)
1908
Baltic German geologist and botanist
Harry Boyle (cricketer)
1907
Australian cricketer (1847–1907)
Paula Modersohn-Becker
1907
German expressionist painter and draftswoman (1876–1907)
1800s
Garret Hobart
1899
Vice President of the United States from 1897 to 1899
Ami Boué
1881
French geologist (1794–1881)
Mariano Fortuny (painter)
1874
Spanish painter (1838-1874)
Karel Jaromír Erben
1870
Czech poet and folklorist (1811–1870)
Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
1861
French preacher (1802–1861)
Yoshida Shōin
1859
Japanese politician (1830–1859)
Ivan Krylov
1844
Russian writer (1769–1844)
Heinrich von Kleist
1811
German Romantic writer (1777–1811)
Before 1800
Jacques de Vaucanson
1782
French inventor and artist (1709–1782)
John Hill (botanist)
1775
English author and botanist (1716–1775)
Bernardo Pasquini
1710
Italian composer (1637–1710)
Henry Purcell
1695
English composer (1659–1695)
Jan Brożek
1652
Polish mathematician (1585–1652)
Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent
1639
English peer
Thomas Gresham
1579
English merchant and financier (1519–1579)
Annibale Caro
1566
Italian poet and Knight of Malta
Georgius Agricola
1555
German scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist (1494–1555)
Philip I, Duke of Burgundy
1361
Duke of Burgundy
Yury of Moscow
1325
Prince of Moscow (1303–1325)
García Ramírez of Navarre
1150
King of Pamplona from 1134 to 1150
William de Corbeil
1136
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1123 to 1136
Emperor Reizei
1011
Emperor of Japan from 967 to 969
Al-Tahawi
933
Egyptian Islamic jurist and theologian (853–933)
Columbanus
615
Irish missionary (543–615)