Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 24 November today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for November 24
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on November 24
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 654 | Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596) |
| 1072 | Bagrat IV of Georgia (b. 1018) |
| 1227 | Leszek I the White, High Duke of Poland (b. c. 1186) |
| 1265 | Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles |
| 1326 | Hugh Despenser the Younger, English courtier (b. 1296) |
| 1426 | Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter, (b. c. 1363) |
| 1468 | Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402) |
| 1492 | Loys of Gruuthuse, Earl of Winchester (b. c. 1427) |
| 1530 | Mingyi Nyo, Burmese ruler (b. 1459) |
| 1531 | Johannes Oecolampadius, German theologian and reformer (b. 1482) |
| 1572 | John Knox, Scottish pastor and theologian (b. 1510) |
| 1583 | René de Birague, French cardinal (b. 1506) |
| 1615 | Sethus Calvisius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556) |
| 1642 | Walatta Petros, saint in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (b. 1592) |
| 1650 | Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1566) |
| 1675 | Guru Tegh Bahadur, Indian guru (b. 1621) |
| 1722 | Johann Adam Reincken, Dutch-German organist and composer (b. 1623) |
| 1741 | Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (b. 1688) |
| 1770 | Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author (b. 1685) |
| 1775 | Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1703) |
| 1781 | James Caldwell, American minister (b. 1734) |
| 1793 | Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1723) |
| 1801 | Franz Moritz von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725) |
| 1807 | Joseph Brant, American tribal leader (b. 1742) |
| 1848 | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779) |
| 1870 | Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1846) |
| 1885 | Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837) |
| 1890 | August Belmont, German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1816) |
| 1895 | Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (b. 1823) |
| 1916 | Hiram Maxim, American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840) |
| 1920 | Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857) |
| 1922 | Erskine Childers, Irish soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1870) |
| 1929 | Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1841) |
| 1932 | William Arnon Henry American academic and agriculturist (b. 1850) |
| 1943 | Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Navy Cross recipient (b. 1919) |
| 1954 | Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (b. 1874) |
| 1956 | Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920) |
| 1957 | Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1886) |
| 1958 | Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864) |
| 1959 | Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (b. 1883) |
| 1960 | Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882) |
| 1961 | Ruth Chatterton, American actress (b. 1892) |
| 1963 | Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (b. 1939) |
| 1965 | Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1895) |
| 1968 | D. A. Levy, American poet and publisher (b. 1942) |
| 1973 | John Neihardt, American author and poet (b. 1881) |
| 1980 | Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897) |
| 1982 | Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist and academic, father of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (b. 1936) |
| 1987 | Jehane Benoît, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1904) |
| 1990 | Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1934) |
| 1991 | Freddie Mercury, Tanzanian-English singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of Queen, and producer (b. 1946) |
| 1993 | Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932) |
| 1995 | Eduard Ole, Estonian-Swedish painter (b. 1898) |
| 1996 | Sorley MacLean, Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1911) |
| 1997 | Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1930) |
| 2002 | John Rawls, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1921) |
| 2003 | Warren Spahn, American baseball player and coach (b. 1921) |
| 2004 | Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920) |
| 2005 | Pat Morita, American actor (b. 1932) |
| 2006 | Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1950) |
| 2007 | Casey Calvert, American guitarist (b. 1981) |
| 2008 | Kenny MacLean, Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (b. 1956) |
| 2009 | Abe Pollin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923) |
| 2012 | Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican-American boxer (b. 1962) |
| 2013 | Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (b. 1926) |
| 2014 | Jorge Herrera Delgado, Mexican engineer and politician (b. 1961) |
| 2015 | Robert Ford, English general (b. 1923) |
| 2016 | Paul Futcher, English footballer (b. 1956) |
| 2019 | Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1991) |
| 2022 | Börje Salming, Swedish hockey player (b. 1951) |
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