Deaths on 24 November
2000s
Jimmy Cliff
2025
Jamaican musician (1944–2025)
Dharmendra
2025
Indian actor and politician (1935–2025)
Barbara Taylor Bradford
2024
British novelist (1933–2024)
Breyten Breytenbach
2024
South African writer and painter (1939–2024)
Helen Gallagher
2024
American actress and singer (1926–2024)
Börje Salming
2022
Swedish ice hockey player (1951–2022)
Goo Hara
2019
South Korean singer and actress (1991–2019)
Paul Futcher
2016
English footballer (1956–2016)
Florence Henderson
2016
American actress (1934–2016)
Robert Ford (British Army officer)
2015
British general (1923–2015)
John Forrester (historian)
2015
British philosopher (1949–2015)
Quincy Monk
2015
American football player (1979–2015)
Heinz Oberhummer
2015
Austrian physicist and skeptic (1941–2015)
Douglas W. Shorenstein
2015
American lawyer
Jorge Herrera Delgado
2014
Mexican politician
Murli Deora
2014
Indian politician, Mayor of Mumbai (1937–2014)
Peter Henderson (sportsman)
2014
Rugby player
Nenad Manojlović
2014
Water polo player and coach, Yeguslavia, Serbia
Viktor Tikhonov (ice hockey, born 1930)
2014
Russian ice hockey player (1930–2014)
Matthew Bucksbaum
2013
American businessman and philanthropist
Arnaud Coyot
2013
French cyclist
Lou Hyndman
2013
Canadian politician (1935–2013)
June Keithley
2013
Filipina actress and broadcast journalist (1947-2013)
Jean King
2013
American politician
Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown
2013
British banker and peer (1927–2013)
Matti Ranin
2013
Finnish actor (1926–2013)
Héctor Camacho
2012
Puerto Rican boxer (1962–2012)
Antoine Kohn
2012
Luxembourgish footballer and manager
Jimmy Stewart (baseball)
2012
American baseball player (1939–2012)
Nicholas Turro
2012
Ernie Warlick
2012
American gridiron football player (1932–2012)
Huang Hua
2010
Chinese revolutionary, politician and diplomat (1913–2010)
Abe Pollin
2009
American sports businessman (1923–2009)
Samak Sundaravej
2009
Prime Minister of Thailand in 2008
Jun Ross
2009
Filipino basketball player
Kenny MacLean
2008
Scottish-born Canadian musician
Cecil H. Underwood
2008
American politician (1922–2008)
Hawthorne Heights
2007
American rock band
Juice Leskinen
2006
Finnish singer-songwriter
George W. S. Trow
2006
American writer
Zdeněk Veselovský
2006
Pat Morita
2005
American actor and comedian (1932–2005)
Arthur Hailey
2004
British Canadian writer (1920–2004)
Joseph Hansen (writer)
2004
American crime writer and poet (1923–2004)
James Wong Jim
2004
Hong Kong lyricist and songwriter (1941–2004)
Warren Spahn
2003
American baseball player (1921–2003)
John Rawls
2002
American political philosopher (1921–2002)
1900s
Barbara (singer)
1997
French singer (1930–1997)
Sorley MacLean
1996
Scottish poet (1911 – 1996)
Eduard Ole
1995
Estonian painter
Albert Collins
1993
American blues guitarist and singer (1932–1993)
Freddie Mercury
1991
British rock musician (1946–1991)
Eric Carr
1991
American drummer (1950–1991)
Juan Manuel Bordeu
1990
Argentine racing driver (1934–1990)
Fred Shero
1990
Canadian former ice hockey player and coach (1925–1990)
Dodie Smith
1990
English novelist and playwright (1896–1990)
Marion Post Wolcott
1990
American photographer
Bülent Arel
1990
Turkish composer (1919–1990)
Jehane Benoît
1987
Canadian chef
Barack Obama Sr.
1982
Kenyan economist (1934–1982)
Herbert Agar
1980
American journalist and historian (1897–1980)
George Raft
1980
American actor (1901–1980)
Molly Reilly
1980
Canadian pilot
Henrietta Hill Swope
1980
American astronomer (1902–1980)
John G. Neihardt
1973
American poet
D. A. Levy
1968
American poet (1942–1968)
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
1965
Ruler of Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 1950 to 1965
Lee Harvey Oswald
1963
Assassin of John F. Kennedy (1939–1963)
Ruth Chatterton
1961
American actress (1892–1961)
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
1960
Grand Duchess of Russia (1882-1960)
Dally Messenger
1959
Australian rugby league footballer (1883–1959)
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
1958
British lawyer, politician and diplomat (1864–1958)
Diego Rivera
1957
Mexican muralist (1886–1957)
Guido Cantelli
1956
Italian conductor (1920–1956)
Mamie Dillard
1954
American educator, clubwoman and suffragist
Anna Jarvis
1948
Founder of Mother's Day (1864-1948)
Doris Miller
1943
First African American to be awarded the Navy Cross (1919–1943)
William Arnon Henry
1932
American professor (1850–1932)
Georges Clemenceau
1929
President of the Council of France (1906–1909, 1917–1920)
Erskine Childers (author)
1922
Irish nationalist and author (1870–1922)
Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili
1920
Alexandru Macedonski
1920
Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic (1854–1920)
Hiram Maxim
1916
American-British inventor (1840–1916)
1800s
Ludwik Teichmann
1895
Polish anatomist (1823–1895)
August Belmont
1890
United States banker, financier and diplomat (1813–1890)
Nicolás Avellaneda
1885
3rd President of Argentina
Comte de Lautréamont
1870
Uruguayan-born French author (1846–1870)
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
1848
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834; 1835–1841)
Joseph Brant
1807
Mohawk leader (1742–1807)
Franz Moritz von Lacy
1801
Austrian military leader (1725–1801)
Philip Hamilton
1801
Eldest child of Alexander Hamilton (1782–1801)
Before 1800
Clément Charles François de Laverdy
1793
French politician (1723–1793)
James Caldwell (clergyman)
1781
American Presbyterian minister and revolutionary (1734–1781)
Lorenzo Ricci
1775
Superior General of the Society of Jesus
Charles-Jean-François Hénault
1770
French writer and historian (1685–1770)
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
1741
Queen of Sweden from 1718 to 1741
Johann Adam Reincken
1722
Dutch/German composer and organist
Guru Tegh Bahadur
1675
Ninth Sikh guru from 1665 to 1675
Manuel Cardoso (composer)
1650
Portuguese composer and organist
Walatta Petros
1642
Ethiopian saint (1592–1642)
Sethus Calvisius
1615
German composer
René de Birague
1583
Italian-French Chancellor of France
Ismail II
1577
Safavid Shah of Iran from 1576 to 1577
John Knox
1572
Scottish clergyman, writer and historian (1514–1572)
Johannes Oecolampadius
1531
German Protestant reformer (1482–1531)
Mingyi Nyo
1530
King of Toungoo
Louis de Gruuthuse
1492
Flemish courtier, bibliophile, soldier and nobleman
Jean de Dunois
1468
15th-century French noble (1402–1468)
Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter
1426
Duchess of Exeter
Hugh Despenser the Younger
1326
English peer and favourite of Edward II (c.1287/1289–1326)
Magnús Óláfsson
1265
King of Mann and the Isles
Leszek I the White
1227
High Duke of Poland intermittently between 1194 and 1227
Bagrat IV of Georgia
1072
King of Georgia from 1027 to 1072
Emperor Kōtoku
654
Great King of Yamato