Discover the most famous people who died on November 22. The list includes people like C. S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Jack London, Mae West, Anthony Burgess. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, novelists, composers and anthropologists and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Australia & New Zealand and many more countries.
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Birthdate: May 29, 1917
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1963
The 35th President of the United States, John F Kennedy was a charismatic leader who, during his tenure, ably dealt with Cuban missile crisis, proposed public service programmes and lent support to the growing civil rights movement. Before becoming one of the youngest Presidents of the country, he served in the navy, U.S. House of Representatives and the US Senate.
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C. S. Lewis(Known for His Classic Series 'The Chronicles of Narnia')
Birthdate: November 29, 1898
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
Died: 1963
C. S. Lewis was a British writer whose books have sold millions of copies worldwide after having been translated into over 30 languages. His works, such as The Chronicles of Narnia, have inspired the works of other famous authors. Lewis' work continues to attract readership and he was ranked 11th on The Times' 50 greatest British writers since 1945 list.
Birthdate: January 22, 1960
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 1997
Michael Hutchence, co-founder of the Australian rock band INXS, was known for his wild lifestyle, his affairs with celebrities, and his history of drug abuse. He was named to News.com’s list of the 15 greatest Australian singers of all time but unfortunately died by suicide in a Sydney hotel room.
Birthdate: January 12, 1876
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: 1916
Jack London was an American novelist, social activist, and journalist. A pioneer of American magazines and commercial fiction, London was one of the first authors from the US to become an international celebrity. His life and work inspired several films, such as the 1943 movie Jack London and 1980 film Klondike Fever. He was also portrayed in several TV series.
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Aldous Huxley(Writer and Philosopher Best Known for His Novels: ‘Brave New World’, ‘Island’ and ‘Point Counter Point’)
Birthdate: July 26, 1894
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Godalming, England
Died: 1963
English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley wrote countless books, including novels, short stories, non-fiction, and poems. He is best remembered for his science-fiction novels Brave New World and Island. The seven-time Nobel Prize nominee was also a Companion of Literature of the Royal Society of Literature and a Vedanta believer.
Birthdate: August 17, 1893
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: 1980
Mae West began her career as a child actor in vaudeville. She later appeared in films such as You Done Me Wrong and Go West, Young Man. She became famous for her signature double entendres and sexual liberty she projected on screen. She also wrote books and plays later.
Birthdate: November 10, 1934
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Parrott, Georgia, United States
Died: 1997
Joanna Moore was an American actress whose career reached its peak during the 1960s when she was often featured in popular TV shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents. However, she lost her popularity to drug and alcohol abuse, which worsened during the 1970s and 1980s. Eventually, she started making headlines for the wrong reasons and died of lung cancer in 1997.
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Shemp Howard(Comedian, Actor and Member of the Comedy Team ‘The Three Stooges’)
Birthdate: March 11, 1895
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: 1955
Samuel Horwitz, better known as Shemp Howard, gained fame as part of the comedy act Ted Healy and his Stooges, which later turned into the iconic slapstick comedy group The Three Stooges, featured in scores of movies. Samuel had marked phobias regarding many things, such as airplanes and dogs.
Birthdate: May 23, 1910
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Died: 1986
Scatman Crothers was an American musician and actor. Also a prolific voice-over actor, Crothers contributed immensely to the success of several animated TV series, such as Harlem Globetrotters, The Transformers, and Hong Kong Phooey. For his contribution to the American TV and film industry, Scatman Crothers was awarded a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Sterling Holloway(Voice actor, Film actor, Stage actor, Television actor)
Birthdate: January 4, 1905
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Georgia
Died: 1992
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: April 18, 1590
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Manisa, Turkey
Died: 1617
Ahmed I reigned as the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 till 1617. He ended the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide upon taking over the throne. He constructed the iconic Blue Mosque of Turkey. He also patronized art, especially calligraphy, and wrote poems under the pseudonym Bahti.
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Khadīja bint Khuwaylid(First Wife of Muhammad ibn Abdullah)
Birthdate: 0555 AD
Birthplace: Saudi Arabia
Died: 0619
Khadīja bint Khuwaylid was the first wife of Muhammad ibn Abdullah, the founder of Islam. She is also widely regarded as Muhammad's first follower. A successful businesswoman, Khadīja is an important female figure in the Islamic tradition and is counted among the four ladies of heaven. Khadīja bint Khuwaylid is often referred to as The Mother of Believers by Muslims.
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Robert Clive(The First British Governor of the Bengal Presidency in British India)
Birthdate: September 25, 1725
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Styche Hall, England
Died: 1774
Robert Clive was a military officer and the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency in British India. Nicknamed Clive of India, Robert Clive is credited with laying the foundation of the East India Company rule in Bengal. He won the Battle of Plassey in 1757, which enabled him to establish Company rule in Bengal.
Birthdate: May 12, 1918
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hot Wells, Cypress, Texas, United States
Died: 2001
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J. D. Tippit(Police officer)
Birthdate: September 18, 1924
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Annona, Texas, United States
Died: 1963
Birthdate: April 2, 1885
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tbilisi, Georgia
Died: 1907
Ekaterine "Kato" Svanidze, a shy girl from a poor Georgian family, was the first of Joseph Stalin’s two wives. Stalin, then 24, fell in love with a 16-year-old Kato while studying together at the Tiflis Spiritual Seminary. She died a year after the birth of their son, Yakov.
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Michael Conrad(Actor)
Birthdate: October 16, 1925
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: 1983
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
Birthdate: February 25, 1917
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Harpurhey, Lancashire, England
Died: 1993
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Jean Batten(Aviator Who Made Record Breaking Trans-world Flights)
Birthdate: September 15, 1909
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rotorua, New Zealand
Died: 1982
Born to a dentist father in New Zealand, Jean Batten was initially sent to England to study music. However, she earned a pilot’s license instead and made many aviation records, which included completing the first solo flight from England to New Zealand. In her final years, she became a recluse.
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Parley Baer(Actor)
Birthdate: August 5, 1914
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Died: 2002
Birthdate: March 5, 1938
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago
Died: 2011
Lynn Margulis was an evolutionary theorist, biologist, educator, and science author. She was a modern proponent of the significance of symbiosis in evolution. Along with British chemist James Lovelock, Margulis was the co-developer of the Gaia hypothesis. She was a strong critic of neo-Darwinism. In 2001, she was honored with the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
Birthdate: December 28, 1882
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kendal
Died: 1944
Arthur Eddington was an English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician. He wrote numerous articles that explained Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity to the English-speaking world. He began his career in academics and eventually shifted to astronomy, becoming the chief assistant to the Astronomer Royal at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. He was a recipient of the Henry Draper Medal.
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky(Opera singer)
Birthdate: October 16, 1962
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Died: 2017
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Walter Reed(U.S. Army Physician Who Led a Team Which Confirmed That Yellow Fever Gets Transmitted By a Mosquito)
Birthdate: September 13, 1851
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belroi, Virginia, United States
Died: 1902
Walter Reed was a U.S. Army physician best remembered for leading a team which confirmed that yellow fever gets transmitted by a mosquito rather than by direct contact. His work went a long way in the fight against yellow fever.
Birthdate: July 18, 1916
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Moscow
Died: 1998
While some called him a mad scientist, Vladimir Demikhov is now remembered as a pioneer of organ transplantation. The Soviet scientist coined the term transplantology and shocked the world by creating two-headed dogs, by attaching the head of one dog to the body of another.
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu(15th and Last ShōGun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan)
Birthdate: October 28, 1837
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: 1913
Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. During his tenure, he aimed to reform the shogunate but was largely unsuccessful. He resigned in 1867 and went into retirement, choosing to lead a private life away from the public eye. He had multiple hobbies, including photography, oil painting, archery, hunting, and cycling.
Birthdate: May 13, 1842
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lambeth, London
Died: 1900
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Bryce Courtenay(One of Australia's Best-Selling Authors, Known for His Book ‘The Power of One’)
Birthdate: August 14, 1933
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Johannesburg, South Africa
Died: 2012
Bryce Courtenay was a South African-Australian novelist and advertising director. Best remembered for his novel The Power of One, Courtenay remains one of Australia's best-selling writers several years after his death. Bryce Courtenay's relationship with his readers played an important role in his success; he often gave away free books to gain a loyal fan base.
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Ralph Branca(Baseball player)
Birthdate: January 6, 1926
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, New York, United States
Died: 2016
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Hans Adolf Krebs(British Biologist Who was a Pioneer Scientist in the Study of Cellular Perspiration)
Birthdate: August 25, 1900
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hildesheim, Germany
Died: 1981
Born to an ENT surgeon in Germany, Hans Adolf Krebs followed in his father’s footsteps and studied medicine. After fleeing Nazi Germany, he went to England, where he joined the University of Cambridge as a researcher. The Nobel Prize-winning scientist is remembered for his groundbreaking discovery of cellular respiration.
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Lorenz Hart(Lyricist, Composer, Playwright, Songwriter, Librettist)
Birthdate: May 2, 1895
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 1943
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Mustafa Nadarević(Actor)
Birthdate: May 2, 1943
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Died: 2020
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Luis Barragán(Mexican architect)
Birthdate: March 9, 1902
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Guadalajara
Died: 1988
Birthdate: February 16, 1812
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Farmington
Died: 1875
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Kim Young-sam(Politician)
Birthdate: December 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Geoje
Died: 2015
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Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut(Writer)
Birthdate: March 31, 1823
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: near Stateburg, South Carolina, U.S.
Died: 1886
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Christian Marquand(Actor)
Birthdate: March 15, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: 2000
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Asima Chatterjee(Chemist)
Birthdate: September 23, 1917
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kolkata, India
Died: 2006
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Lin Zexu(Official)
Birthdate: August 30, 1785
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fuzhou, China
Died: 1850
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Danielle Mitterrand(François Mitterrand's wife)
Birthdate: October 29, 1924
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Verdun, Meuse, France
Died: 2011
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María Casares(Actress)
Birthdate: November 21, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
Died: 1996
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Philip de László(Painter)
Birthdate: April 30, 1869
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1937
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Maurice Béjart(Swiss Dancer, Choreographer and Opera Director Who Ran the 'Béjart Ballet Lausanne')
Birthdate: January 1, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Marseille, France
Died: 2007
Maurice Béjart was a French-born Swiss dancer, opera director, and choreographer. He is credited with founding the popular Swiss ballet company Béjart Ballet Lausanne. During his lifetime, Maurice Béjart was honored with several awards, including the Belgian Ordre de la Couronne, Erasmus Prize, Deutscher Tanzpreis, and the Prix Benois de la Danse for his contributions to the arts.
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Frank Fenner(Australian Scientist With a Distinguished Career in the Field of Virology Across the Globe)
Birthdate: December 21, 1914
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ballarat, Australia
Died: 2010
Frank Fenner was an Australian scientist best remembered for his achievements in the field of virology. He played a key role in the eradication of smallpox. He is also credited with introducing the Myxoma virus, which played a major role in controlling Australia's rabbit plague. During his illustrious career, Fenner was honored with prestigious awards, such as the WHO Medal.
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Kurt Koffka(German Psychologist and Professor)
Birthdate: March 18, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: 1941
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Raymond Dart(Anatomist & Anthropologist Known for His Involvement in the Discovery of the First Fossil of 'Australopithecus Africanus')
Birthdate: February 4, 1893
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Brisbane, Australia
Died: 1988
Born to a farmer in Australia, Raymond Dart initially wished to become a medical missionary to China. However, he was later pushed by his father to study science. He later grew up to be a renowned anatomist and anthropologist, best known for discovering the first fossil of the Australopithecus africanus.
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John W. McCormack(Politician)
Birthdate: December 21, 1891
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1980
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John Colter(American Explorer and the First White Man to Have Seen and Described 'Yellowstone National Park')
Birthdate: 1774 AD
Birthplace: Stuarts Draft, Virginia, United States
Died: 1813
Trapper-explorer John Colter, who was part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is remembered as the first white man to visit and describe the Yellowstone National Park. He had a brush with death on three occasions, when he came face-to-face with Indian tribes. He later settled in a Missouri farm.
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Tatiana Nikolayeva(Pianist)
Birthdate: May 4, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Russia
Died: 1993
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René Coty(President of France from 1954 to 1959)
Birthdate: March 20, 1882
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Le Havre, France
Died: 1962
A qualified lawyer, René Coty had been the last president of the Fourth French Republic. His presidency was plagued by issues such as the Algerian question, and his threat to resign during the May 1958 crisis accelerated the election of Charles de Gaulle as the prime minister of France.
