9 notable people died on November 15, including Alfred Werner, C.T.R. Wilson, Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia.
20th Century
3 deaths
Alfred Werner
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1913)
C.T.R. Wilson
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1927)
Henryk Sienkiewicz
journalistnovelist
Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)
19th Century
1 death
Lorenzo de Zavala
diplomatminister
19th-century Mexican politician (1788-1836)
18th Century
1 death
John Witherspoon
ministerpolitician
Scottish-American Presbyterian minister and Founding Father of the United States (1723–1794)
16th Century
1 death
Barnabé Brisson
diplomatjurist-consultant
French jurist, politician and humanist (1531-1591)
13th Century
1 death
Louis VIII of France
monarch
King of France 1223-1226 (1187–1226)
11th Century
1 death
Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia
monarch
Duke of Bohemia
10th Century
1 death
Adelaide of Paris
queen
Queen of the West Franks from 877 to 879
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