Famous Deaths on November 6

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1962)

Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (2004)

Venezuelan playwright and translator (1930–2011)

Italian journalist and writer (1920–2007)

Swedish scientist (1873-1964)

Swiss mathematician (1845-1921)

Finnish politician and writer (1900–1962)

Mexican composer and interpreter of songs and boleros (1897–1970)

Canadian miner (1842–1927)

Belgian painter (1840-1905)

Irish painter (1892-1956)

Austrian journalist

Aotearoa New Zealand journalist, cartoonist, writer, broadcaster, local politician, and race relations conciliator

South African musician and activist (1920-1964)

President of the Philippines from 1943 to 1945

Peruvian geologist, mineralogist, chemist, archaeologist, politician and diplomat

French chemist (1748-1822)

American Presbyterian minister (1795–1858)

Belgian-Dutch scientist

Swiss politician (1794-1878)

Polish-Lithuanian painter (1799-1863)

French astronomer

Moroccan rabbi and writer

Norwegian artist from Vang

Spanish physician and theologian

Empress consort of Horikawa; daughter of emperor Go-Sanjo

Japanese onmyōji