30 November Deaths

November 30 is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

912 – Otto I, Duke of Saxony (b. c. 851)
1016 – Edmund Ironside, English king (b. 993)
1204 – Emeric, King of Hungary
1276 – Kanezawa Sanetoki, Japanese member of the Hōjō clan (b. 1224)
1283 – John of Vercelli, Master General of the Dominican Order (b. c. 1205)
1378 – Andrew Stratford, English verderer and landowner
1525 – Guillaume Crétin, French poet (b. c. 1460)
1526 – Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Italian captain (b. 1498)
1580 – Richard Farrant, English playwright and composer (b. 1530)
1600 – Nanda Bayin, Burmese king (b. 1535)
1603 – William Gilbert, English scientist (b. 1544)
1623 – Thomas Weelkes, English organist and composer (b. 1576)
1647 – Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1598)
1647 – Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter (b. 1582)
1654 – John Selden, English jurist and scholar (b. 1584)
1675 – Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, English lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1605)
1703 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (b. 1672)
1718 – Charles XII of Sweden (b. 1682)
1761 – John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (b. 1706)
1765 – George Glas, Scottish merchant and explorer (b. 1725)
1864 – Patrick Cleburne, Irish-American general (b. 1828)
1873 – Alexander Berry, Scottish-Welsh surgeon, merchant, and explorer (b. 1781)
1892 – Dimitrios Valvis, Greek judge and politician, 69th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
1900 – Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright, novelist, and poet (b. 1854)
1901 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (b. 1815)
1907 – Ludwig Levy, German architect (b. 1854)
1908 – Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Yokozuna (b. 1855)
1920 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (b. 1867)
1923 – John Maclean, Scottish educator and activist (b. 1879)
1930 – Ponnambalam Ramanathan, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd Solicitor General of Sri Lanka (b. 1851)
1930 – Mary Harris Jones, American Labor organizer (b. 1837)
1931 – Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1848)
1933 – Arthur Currie, Canadian general (b. 1875)
1934 – Hélène Boucher, French pilot (b. 1908)
1935 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet, philosopher, and critic (b. 1888)
1942 – Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (b. 1893)
1943 – Etty Hillesum, Dutch author (b. 1914)
1944 – Paul Masson, French cyclist (b. 1876)
1949 – Frank Cooper, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Queensland (b. 1872)
1953 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)
1954 – Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
1955 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and educator (b. 1896)
1958 – Hubert Wilkins, Australian pilot, ornithologist, geographer, and explorer (b. 1888)
1966 – Salah Suheimat, Jordanian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
1967 – Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
1972 – Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (b. 1883)
1977 – Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1979 – Laura Gilpin, American photographer (b.1891)[2]
1979 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)
1987 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
1988 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
1989 – Ahmadou Ahidjo, Cameroonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Cameroon (b. 1924)
1989 – Alfred Herrhausen, German banker (b. 1930)
1990 – Fritz Eichenberg, German-American illustrator and arts educator (b. 1901)
1992 – Peter Blume, American painter and sculptor (b. 1906)
1993 – David Houston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
1994 – Guy Debord, French theorist and author (b. 1931)
1994 – Lionel Stander, American actor (b. 1908)
1996 – Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (b. 1932)
1997 – Kathy Acker, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1947)
1998 – Janet Lewis, American novelist and poet (b. 1899)[3]
1998 – Margaret Walker, American author and poet (b. 1915)
1999 – Charlie Byrd, American guitarist (b. 1925)
2000 – Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (b. 1915)
2000 – Scott Smith, Canadian bass player (b. 1955)
2003 – Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (b. 1906)
2004 – Pierre Berton, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)
2004 – Seungsahn, South Korean spiritual leader, founded the Kwan Um School of Zen (b. 1927)
2005 – Jean Parker, American actress (b. 1915)
2006 – Elhadi Adam, Sudanese poet and songwriter (b. 1927)
2006 – Rafael Buenaventura, Filipino banker (b. 1938)
2006 – Shirley Walker, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)
2007 – Engin Arık, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1948)
2007 – Evel Knievel, American motorcycle rider and stuntman (b. 1938)
2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (b. 1958)
2010 – Rajiv Dixit, Indian author and activist (b. 1967)
2010 – Garry Gross, American photographer (b. 1937)
2012 – Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1938)
2012 – I. K. Gujral, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919)
2012 – Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1931)
2012 – Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Chief Minister of Western Province (b. 1930)
2012 – Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist and academic (b. 1922)
2013 – Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founded Trinity Broadcasting Network (b. 1934)
2013 – Jean Kent, English actress (b. 1921)
2013 – Tabu Ley Rochereau, Congolese-Belgian singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
2013 – Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1968)
2013 – Paul Walker, American actor and producer (b. 1973)
2014 – Qayyum Chowdhury, Bangladeshi painter and academic (b. 1932)
2014 – Jarbom Gamlin, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1961)
2014 – Martin Litton, American rafter and environmentalist (b. 1917)
2014 – Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (b. 1924)
2014 – Go Seigen, Chinese-Japanese Go player (b. 1914)
2014 – Kent Haruf, American novelist (b. 1943)
2015 – Pío Caro Baroja, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1928)
2015 – Minas Hatzisavvas, Greek actor and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2015 – Marcus Klingberg, Polish-Israeli physician and biologist (b. 1918)
2015 – Fatema Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist and author (b. 1940)
2015 – Shigeru Mizuki, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1922)
2015 – Eldar Ryazanov, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2015 – Nigel Buxton, British travel writer and wine critic (b. 1924)
2017 – Jim Nabors, American actor and comedian (b. 1930)
2017 – Surin Pitsuwan, Thai politician and diplomat (b. 1949)
2017 – Alfie Curtis, British actor (b. 1930)

Source: wikipedia