14 notable people died on November 15, including Alfred Werner, C.T.R. Wilson, Adelaide of Paris.
20th Century
7 deaths
Alfred Werner
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1913)
C.T.R. Wilson
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physics (1927)
Thomas Pennington Lucas
botanical collectorentomologist
Australian doctor (1843-1917)
Franz S. Exner
physicistuniversity teacher
Austrian physicist (1849–1926)
Stanislas Bormans
archivisthistorian
Belgian archivist and historian
Henryk Sienkiewicz
journalistnovelist
Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)
Agnes Christina Laut
historianjournalist
Canadian journalist, novelist, historian, and social worker (1871–1936)
19th Century
2 deaths
Lorenzo de Zavala
diplomatminister
19th-century Mexican politician (1788-1836)
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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