History Deaths on November 21

J. B. M. Hertzog, South African general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1866)

#J._B._M._Hertzog

Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist, philologist, and scholar (b. 1490)

#Georgius_Agricola

Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1659)

#Henry_Purcell

Norris Church Mailer, American author (b. 1949)

#Norris_Church_Mailer

Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1346)

#Philip_I,_Duke_of_Burgundy

Pierre Amine Gemayel, Lebanese lawyer and politician (b. 1972)

#Pierre_Amine_Gemayel

Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (b. 1909)

#Max_Baer_(boxer)

Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)

#Ricardo_Flores_Magón

Ivan Krylov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1769)

#Ivan_Krylov

Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)

#Ami_Boué

Konstantin Feoktistov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1926)

#Konstantin_Feoktistov

Carl Hubbell, American baseball player and scout (b. 1903)

#Carl_Hubbell

Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)

#Carl_Friedrich_Schmidt_(1832)

Quentin Crisp, English actor, author, and illustrator (b. 1908)

#Quentin_Crisp

Alexander Patch, American general (b. 1889)

#Alexander_Patch

Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)

#Peder_Severin_Krøyer

Abdus Salam, Pakistani-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)

#Abdus_Salam

Sara García, Mexican actress (b. 1895)

#Sara_García

Thomas Gresham, English merchant and financier (b. 1519)

#Thomas_Gresham

Robert Benchley, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (b. 1889)

#Robert_Benchley

Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)

#Garret_Hobart

David Nolan, American activist and politician (b. 1943)

#David_Nolan_(libertarian)

Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (b. 1858)

#Heinrich_XXVII,_Prince_Reuss_Younger_Line

Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)

#Franz_Joseph_I_of_Austria

Jan Bro?ek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)

#Jan_Bro?ek

Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)

#Karel_Jaromír_Erben

Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1893)

#Larry_Shields

Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (b. 1709)

#Jacques_de_Vaucanson

Annibale Caro, Italian poet and author (b. 1507)

#Annibale_Caro

Ameen Faheem, Indian-Pakistani poet and politician (b. 1939)

#Ameen_Faheem

John Hill, English botanist and author (b. 1719)

#John_Hill_(botanist)

Artur Lemba, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1885)

#Artur_Lemba

Ellen Glasgow, American author (b. 1873)

#Ellen_Glasgow

Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)

#Marià_Fortuny

John H. Land, American soldier and politician (b. 1920)

#John_H._Land

Robert Stroud, American ornithologist and author (b. 1890)

#Robert_Stroud

Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (b. 1860)

#Henrietta_Vinton_Davis

Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic author (b. 1889)

#Gunnar_Gunnarsson

Yury of Moscow, Prince of Moscow and Vladimir

#Yury_of_Moscow

David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)

#David_Cassidy

Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1870)

#Leopold_Godowsky

Hadda Brooks, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)

#Hadda_Brooks

Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)

#Francis_Burton_Harrison

Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)

#Harry_Boyle_(cricketer)

Harry von Zell, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)

#Harry_von_Zell

García Ramírez of Navarre (b. 1112)

#García_Ramírez_of_Navarre

Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (b. 1938)

#Bob_Foster_(boxer)

Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)

#Paula_Modersohn-Becker

Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)

#Jean-Baptiste_Henri_Lacordaire

Heinrich von Kleist, German poet and author (b. 1777)

#Heinrich_von_Kleist

William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1879)

#William_McCormack

John Hargrave, English activist and author (b. 1894)

#John_Hargrave

Peter Grant, English actor and manager (b. 1935)

#Peter_Grant_(music_manager)

Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (b. 1583)

#Henry_Grey,_8th_Earl_of_Kent

C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)

#C._V._Raman

John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1876)

#John_Scaddan

Vern Mikkelsen, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)

#Vern_Mikkelsen

Columbanus, Irish missionary and saint (b. 543)

#Columbanus

Bernard Parmegiani, French composer (b. 1927)

#Bernard_Parmegiani

Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Somalian-Djiboutian politician, 1st President of Djibouti (b. 1916)

#Hassan_Gouled_Aptidon

Yoshida Sh?in, Japanese academic and politician (b. 1830)

#Yoshida_Sh?in

Thomas Pelly, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)

#Thomas_Pelly

Kaysone Phomvihane, Laotian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Laos (b. 1920)

#Kaysone_Phomvihane

Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)

#Jerry_Colonna_(entertainer)

Ernest Lluch, Spanish economist and politician (b. 1937)

#Ernest_Lluch

Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)

#Newsy_Lalonde

Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)

#Edward_Cummins

Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (b. 1890)

#Frank_Martin_(composer)

Anne McCaffrey, American science fiction and fantasy author (b. 1926)

#Anne_McCaffrey

Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)

#Mel_Ott

Hassan Sadpara, Pakistani mountaineer and adventurer (b. 1963)

#Hassan_Sadpara

Bill Bixby, American actor (b. 1934)

#Bill_Bixby

Joseph Silverstein, American violinist and conductor (b. 1932)

#Joseph_Silverstein

Anthony Read, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1935)

Gil Cardinal, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)

Robert Richardson, English general (b. 1929)

J. C. Gilbert, American soldier, farmer, and politician (b. 1922)

Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1929)

Tôn Th?t ?ính, Vietnamese general (b. 1926)

Dimitri Mihalas, American astronomer and author (b. 1939)

Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (b. 1927)

John Egerton, American journalist and author (b. 1935)

Austin Peralta, American pianist (b. 1990)

Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)

Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, American painter and author, co-founded the DuSable Museum of African American History (b. 1917)

Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)

Tom Johnson, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1928)

Fernando Fernán Gómez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)

Hugh Sidey, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)

Alfred Anderson, Scottish soldier (b. 1896)

Bernard Rose, English organist and composer (b 1916)

Noel Jones, Indian-English diplomat, British ambassador to Kazakhstan (b. 1940)

Willem Jacob Luyten, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1899)

Ricky Williams, American singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1956)

Sonny Werblin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1907)

Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler and referee (b. 1954)

Margot Zemach, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)

Harvey Hart, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

Ben Wilson, American basketball player (b. 1967)

John B. Gambling, American radio host (b. 1897)

C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (b. 1896)

Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (b. 1905)

Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)

Al Davis, American boxer (b. 1920)

Count Leopold Berchtold, Austrian-Hungarian politician, Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary (b. 1863)

William de Corbeil, English archbishop (b. 1070)

Reizei, emperor of Japan (b. 950)

Al-Tahawi, Arab imam and scholar (b. 853)