Deaths on 29 November
2000s
Marshall Brickman
2024
American screenwriter and director (1939–2024)
Will Cullen Hart
2024
American musician (1971–2024)
Wayne Northrop
2024
American actor (1947–2024)
Henry Kissinger
2023
American diplomat and political scientist (1923–2023)
Taichi Yamada
2023
Japanese writer (1934–2023)
Derek Granger
2022
British producer and screenwriter (1921–2022)
Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang
2022
Samoan politician (died 2022)
Kinza Clodumar
2021
President of Nauru from 1997 to 1998
Arlene Dahl
2021
American actress (1925–2021)
LaMarr Hoyt
2021
American baseball player (1955–2021)
Papa Bouba Diop
2020
Senegalese footballer (1978–2020)
Yasuhiro Nakasone
2019
Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 to 1987
Slobodan Praljak
2017
Bosnian Croat war criminal (1945–2017)
Luis Alberto Monge
2016
President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986
Ruta Šaca-Marjaša
2016
Latvian politician
Joseph F. Girzone
2015
American novelist
Joe Marston
2015
Australian soccer player
Christopher Middleton (poet)
2015
British poet and translator
Utkir Tukhtamurodovich Sultonov
2015
Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (1995–2003)
Dwayne Alons
2014
American politician (1946–2014)
Dick Bresciani
2014
American baseball executive
Mark Strand
2014
Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator
Oliver Cheatham
2013
American singer (1948–2013)
Colin Eglin
2013
South African politician (1925–2013)
Natalya Gorbanevskaya
2013
Russian poet, translator and civil rights activist
Brian Torrey Scott
2013
American playwright (1976–2013)
Joelmir Beting
2012
Sherab Palden Beru
2012
Patrice O'Neal
2011
American comedian and actor (1969–2011)
Guillermo O'Donnell
2011
Argentine political scientist (1936–2011)
Bella Akhmadulina
2010
Soviet-Russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937-2010)
Mario Monicelli
2010
Italian film director and screenwriter (1915–2010)
S. Sivanayagam
2010
Sri Lankan Tamil journalist (1930–2010)
Stephen Solarz
2010
American politician
Maurice Wilkes
2010
British computer scientist (1913–2010)
Robert Holdstock
2009
British fantasy and science fiction author (1948–2009)
Zuhair Al-Karmi
2009
Palestinian TV presenter, journalist and writer
Tamara Lisitsian
2009
Soviet film director (1923–2009)
Jørn Utzon
2008
Danish architect (1918–2008)
James Barber (author)
2007
Canadian writer (1923–2007)
Ralph Beard
2007
American basketball player (1927–2007)
Henry Hyde
2007
American politician (1924–2007)
Allen Carr
2006
British author (1934–2006)
Ernie Tagg
2006
English footballer and manager
David Di Tommaso
2005
French footballer (1979-2005)
John Drew Barrymore
2004
American actor (1932–2004)
Harry Danning
2004
American baseball player (1911–2004)
Jack Shields
2004
Canadian politician
Rudi Martinus van Dijk
2003
Dutch and Canadian composer
Daniel Gélin
2002
French actor (1921–2002)
Mic Christopher
2001
Irish musician (1969–2001)
George Harrison
2001
English musician (1943–2001)
John Knowles
2001
American novelist
Ilmar Laaban
2000
Estonian poet and literary critic
1900s
Germán Arciniegas
1999
Colombian essayist and historian
John Berry (film director)
1999
American film director (1917–1999)
Gene Rayburn
1999
American radio and television personality (1917–1999)
Kazuo Sakamaki
1999
Japanese naval officer
George Van Eps
1998
American swing and jazz guitarist (1913–1998)
Robin Ray
1998
English broadcaster (1934–1998)
Coleman Young
1997
American politician (1918–1997)
Dan Flavin
1996
American minimalist artist (1933 - 1996)
Denis Jenkinson
1996
English motorsports journalist (1920–1996)
JRD Tata
1993
French-born Indian industrialist, philanthropist and aviator (1904–1993)
Jean Dieudonné
1992
French mathematician (1906–1992)
Ralph Bellamy
1991
American actor (1904–1991)
Joe Bonson
1991
English footballer
Irene Handl
1987
British character actress (1901–1987)
Cary Grant
1986
British-American actor (1904–1986)
Nora Thompson Dean
1984
American Lenape traditionalist and youth mentor
Percy Williams (sprinter)
1982
Canadian sprinter
Natalie Wood
1981
American actress (1938–1981)
Dorothy Day
1980
American Catholic and social activist (1897–1980)
Tony Brise
1975
British racing driver (1952–1975)
Graham Hill
1975
British racing driver (1929–1975)
Peng Dehuai
1974
Chinese politician and general (1898–1974)
Carl W. Stalling
1972
American composer (1891–1972)
Robert T. Frederick
1970
United States Army general
Ferenc Münnich
1967
Hungarian politician (1886–1967)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
1957
Austrian-born American composer and conductor (1897–1957)
Dink Johnson
1954
American Dixieland jazz musician (1892–1954)
Sam De Grasse
1953
Canadian actor (1875–1953)
Walter Beech
1950
American aviator and entrepreneur (1891-1950)
Boyd Wagner
1942
American aviator and fighter ace
Ron Middleton (VC)
1942
Recipient of the Victoria Cross
Frank Waller (athlete)
1941
Athletics competitor
Philipp Scheidemann
1939
German politician (1865–1939)
Abdullah Cevdet
1932
Turkish intellectual and physician
George Giffen
1927
Australian cricketer (1859–1927)
Giacomo Puccini
1924
Italian opera composer (1858–1924)
Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza
1918
Brazilian prince
Francesc Pi i Margall
1901
Spanish politician (1824–1901)
1800s
Juan N. Méndez
1894
President of Mexico from 1876 to 1877
Mary Somerville
1872
Scottish scientist (1780–1872)
Marcus Whitman
1847
19th-century American missionary
Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi
1846
Ottoman classical composer
Charles-Simon Catel
1830
French composer and educator (1773–1830)
Before 1800
Samuel Langdon
1797
American Congregational clergyman and educator, President of Harvard College
Maria Theresa
1780
Habsburg monarch from 1740 to 1780
Nicolaus I Bernoulli
1759
Swiss mathematician (1687–1759)
Patrick Gordon
1699
Scottish general and rear admiral (1635–1699)
James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair
1695
Scottish lawyer and statesman (1619–1695)
Brian Walton (bishop)
1661
British bishop and scholar
Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
1646
Swedish theologian
William Cartwright (dramatist)
1643
17th-century English English poet, playwright, and churchman
Claudio Monteverdi
1643
Italian composer (1567–1643)
Frederick V of the Palatinate
1632
Elector Palatine and King of Bohemia (1596–1632)
John Felton (assassin)
1628
English army officer (1595–1628)
Ernst von Mansfeld
1626
German noble and military commander (c. 1580–1626)
Alonso de Ercilla
1594
Spanish soldier and poet (1533–1594)
Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin
1590
German philologist, writer, mathematician and astronomer
Cuthbert Mayne
1577
English Roman Catholic priest, martyr and saint
Thomas Wolsey
1530
English statesman and cardinal (1473–1530)
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
1378
Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 to 1378
Michael of Cesena
1342
13th/14th-century Italian Franciscan minister-general and theologian
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March
1330
English nobleman (1287–1330)
Philip IV of France
1314
King of France from 1285 to 1314
Pope Clement IV
1268
Head of the Catholic Church from 1265 to 1268
Otto II, Duke of Bavaria
1253
Duke of Bavaria (1206–1253)
Muhammad al-Jawad
835
Ninth of the Twelve Shia Imams (811–835)
Chlothar I
561
King of the Franks (r. 511–558) of the Merovingian dynasty
Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I
524
Ajaw
Jacob of Serugh
521
Syrian writer and bishop (c. 451–521)