28 notable people died on November 15, including Alfred Werner, C.T.R. Wilson, Adelaide of Paris.
21st Century
3 deaths
Witold Sadowy
actorjournalist
Polish actor
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Fereydoon Batmanghelidj
physicianwriter
Iranian writer (1931–2004)
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Gisèle Prassinos
artistpainter
French artist (1920–2015)
20th Century
15 deaths
Alfred Werner
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1913)
C.T.R. Wilson
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1927)
Franz S. Exner
physicistuniversity teacher
Austrian physicist (1849–1926)
Thomas Pennington Lucas
botanical collectorentomologist
Australian doctor (1843-1917)
Agnes Christina Laut
historianjournalist
Canadian journalist, novelist, historian, and social worker (1871–1936)
Fredrik Ramm
editing staffexplorer
Norwegian journalist
Stanislas Bormans
archivisthistorian
Belgian archivist and historian
Henryk Sienkiewicz
journalistnovelist
Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)
Amund Helland
geologistglaciologist
Norwegian geologist (1846–1918)
Vasyl Krychevsky
architectart educator
Ukrainian artist (1872-1952)
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Séamus Mac an Iomaire
authorbotanist
Irish botanist (1891-1967)
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Arthur Stein
historianphilologist
Austrian-Czech historian and epigrapher (1871–1950)
Ada Rogato
aircraft pilotexplorer
Pilot
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Vladimir Vengerov
film directorscreenwriter
Soviet film director (1920-1997)
Henry George Gore-Browne
military officer
Irish military officer (1830–1912); recipient of the Victoria Cross
19th Century
5 deaths
Lorenzo de Zavala
diplomatminister
19th-century Mexican politician (1788-1836)
George Romney
artistpainter
English painter (1734-1802)
Sigmund Freudenberger
draftspersonpainter
Swiss artist (1745-1801)
Giocondo Albertolli
architectdecorator
Architect, painter, sculptor (1743-1839)
Frédéric Houde
journalistnewspaper editor
Canadian politician
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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