On This Day — November 26
3844 noted people were born and 1945 died on November 26 in our archive, including Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Vicki Ann Funk and Andrey Nikitin.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on November 26
Charles Adolphe Wurtz
1817 – 1884
Vicki Ann Funk
1947 – 2019
Andrey Nikitin
b. 1979
Andrzej Rzepliński
b. 1949
Björn von Sydow
b. 1945
Bram van Leer
b. 1942
Chris Lintott
b. 1980
Claude LeBrun
b. 1956
Elizabeth Blackburn
b. 1948
Enrico Bombieri
b. 1940
Gianni De Michelis
1940 – 2019
Harry Hinsley
1918 – 1998
Heinrich Brüning
1885 – 1970
Helen C. White
1896 – 1967
Henriette Faraggi
1915 – 1985
James Charles McGuigan
1894 – 1974
James Cossar Ewart
1851 – 1933
Jennifer Homendy
b. 1971
Jerzy Zdrada
b. 1936
John D. Hoffman
1922 – 2004
Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin
b. 1944
Kansei Nakano
b. 1940
Karl Ziegler
1898 – 1973
Mary Edwards Walker
1832 – 1919
Melville Bell Grosvenor
1901 – 1982
Norbert Wiener
1894 – 1964
Patricio Aylwin
1918 – 2016
Quentin Skinner
b. 1940
Ralph Paget
1864 – 1940
Serhij Kvit
b. 1965
Sidney Barton
1876 – 1946
Stanisław Estreicher
1869 – 1939
Suniti Kumar Chatterji
1890 – 1977
Tatsuo Nishida
1928 – 2012
Władysław Konopczyński
1880 – 1952
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
1939 – 2025
Abhijit Sen
1950 – 2022
Adam Leszczyński
b. 1975
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
b. 1931
Ajay Kumar Bhalla
b. 1960
Albert Coppé
1911 – 1999
Albert Londe
1858 – 1917
Albert Maige
1872 – 1943
Aleksandr Petrovich Chumakov
b. 1941
Aleksandr Riabeka
1959 – 2026
Alexander Khoroshavin
b. 1959
Alexandru Roman
1826 – 1897
Andrey Beketov
1825 – 1902
Andrzej Halicki
b. 1961
Ann Keen
b. 1948
Anton Schrötter von Kristelli
1802 – 1875
Ari Shavit
b. 1957
Artemas Ward
1727 – 1800
Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore
1829 – 1912
August Weberbauer
1871 – 1948
Aurel Stein
1862 – 1943
Aurora Snow
b. 1981
Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov
b. 1960
Bernard Ramanantsoa
b. 1948
Berthold Leibinger
1930 – 2018
Carol Meyers
b. 1942
Chen Bojun
1910 – 1974
Christina Olumeko
b. 1996
Claudio Grossman
b. 1947
David Håkansson
b. 1978
David S. Miller
b. 1974
David Wakikona
b. 1950
Debendra Mohan Bose
1885 – 1975
Dennis Ross
b. 1948
Dmytro Tabačnyk
b. 1963
Edmund Przegaliński
1937 – 2025
Edward Ignatius Devitt
1840 – 1920
Emmanuel Saez
b. 1972
Eric Sevareid
1912 – 1992
Erich Sackmann
1934 – 2024
Ernst von Bodelschwingh-Velmede
1794 – 1854
Eugène Ionesco
1909 – 1994
Francis Needham, 4th Earl of Kilmorey
1883 – 1961
Françoise-Hélène Jourda
1955 – 2015
Freimut Duve
1936 – 2020
Gaetano Cicognani
1881 – 1962
Gennady Ireykin
1940 – 2026
Gennady Voronin
1941 – 2025
Georg von Cancrin
1774 – 1845
Georges Octave Dujardin-Beaumetz
1833 – 1895
Gerhard Bigalk
1908 – 1942
Gilbert F. White
1911 – 2006
Gilles Wach
b. 1956
Giovanni De Micheli
b. 1955
Gordon A. Craig
1913 – 2005
Gratia Countryman
1866 – 1953
Gustave Worms
1836 – 1910
Hana Librová
b. 1943
Hana Marvanová
b. 1962
Hari Singh Gour
1870 – 1949
Harry H. Vaughan
1893 – 1981
Henry Fane
1778 – 1840
Hilary Benn
b. 1953
Ian W. D. Dalziel
b. 1937
Innokenti Gerasimov
1905 – 1985
Itamar Singer
1946 – 2012
J. Joseph Garrahy
1930 – 2012
James Neilson Lea
1815 – 1884
Jan Philipp Reemtsma
b. 1952
Jan Stankievič
1891 – 1976
Janet (Jessy) Thomson Philip
1876 – 1959
Jean Jacques Dortous de Mayran
1678 – 1771
Jelko Kacin
b. 1955
Jeremy Michael Boorda
1939 – 1996
Johan August Ekman
1845 – 1913
John Alexander Reina Newlands
1837 – 1898
John H. Cochrane
b. 1957
John Phillips
1770 – 1823
John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley
1766 – 1850
Jonathan Weiner
b. 1953
Jozefina Topalli
b. 1963
Jørgen Watne Frydnes
b. 1984
Kara Walker
b. 1969
Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria
b. 1961
Karl K. Darrow
1891 – 1982
Karl Stoss
b. 1956
Karl Sudhoff
1853 – 1938
Koji Kakizawa
1933 – 2009
Ladislav Frej
b. 1941
Lalith Athulathmudali
1936 – 1993
Larry Faulkner
b. 1944
Leonard Mlodinow
b. 1954
Leonardo Cremonini
1925 – 2010
Letizia Moratti
b. 1949
Liliana Palihovici
b. 1971
Lisa Moretti
b. 1961
Luis Gutiérrez Martín
1931 – 2016
Luisa Valenzuela
b. 1938
Luo Ronghuan
1902 – 1963
Magnus Georg Paucker
1787 – 1855
Manuel Odría
1897 – 1974
Margaret Boden
1936 – 2025
Margo Okazawa-Rey
b. 1949
Mari Alkatiri
b. 1949
Marilynne Robinson
b. 1943
Mary Gillham
1921 – 2013
Maurice Cole Tanquary
1881 – 1944
Mike Layton
b. 1980
Mikhail Innokentyevich Semyonov
1938 – 2019
Muhammad Abdul Hye
1919 – 1969
Oldřich Dědek
b. 1953
Olof af Acrel
1717 – 1806
Orly Castel-Bloom
b. 1960
Osborn Bergin
1873 – 1950
Pedro Alejandrino del Solar
1829 – 1909
Philip Manson-Bahr
1881 – 1966
Porter Goss
b. 1938
Reginald Berkeley Cole
1882 – 1925
Reidar Omang
1897 – 1964
Rita Ora
b. 1990
Rodney Jory
1938 – 2021
Ruth Patrick
1907 – 2013
Samuel Bodman
1938 – 2018
Sergei Aksyonov
b. 1972
Sergey Sheremetev
1844 – 1918
Siegfried Lorenz
b. 1930
Sourav Chatterjee
b. 1979
Steuart Bayley
1836 – 1925
Sue Wicks
b. 1966
Sven-Olof Olson
1926 – 2021
Tadeusz Tomaszewski
1881 – 1950
Takayuki Sasaki
1830 – 1910
Theodore Rappaport
b. 1960
Tom Hughes
1923 – 2024
Tony Fitzgerald
b. 1941
Tristan Rivière
b. 1967
Verena Hubertz
b. 1987
Viktor Fainberg
1931 – 2023
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
1810 – 1900
William Derham
1657 – 1735
William Lucy
1933 – 2024
William Murrell
1853 – 1912
Willis Carrier
1876 – 1950
Xiao-Gang Wen
b. 1961
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
1852 – 1933
Yash Pal
1926 – 2017
Yudo Margono
b. 1965
Yuriy Bazhal
b. 1950
Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir
b. 1957
Abraham Schrameck
1867 – 1948
Adrianus Johannes Simonis
1931 – 2020
Albert Féraud
1921 – 2008
Aleksandr Kurdyumov
b. 1967
Alexander Comstock Kirk
1888 – 1979
Alfred Gleißberg
1864 – 1963
Alfred Moore Scales
1827 – 1892
Alfredo Barrera Vásquez
1900 – 1980
Allan Ssewanyana
b. 1986
Ana Campagnolo
b. 1990
Ana Maria Popescu
b. 1984
Anatolii Kutsevol
b. 1985
Andranik Hakobyan
b. 1959
Andreas Aebi
b. 1958
Andrej Žernovski
b. 1968
Andrey Arkhangelsky
1879 – 1940
… and 3,644 more
Died on November 26
Feng Youlan
1895 – 1990
Ashley Montagu
1905 – 1999
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
1824 – 1896
Franz Bracht
1877 – 1933
Gabriel Malleterre
1858 – 1923
Gordon Gray
1909 – 1982
Henry John Elwes
1846 – 1922
Ida Blom
1931 – 2016
John Cockburn
1850 – 1929
John Steggall
1855 – 1935
Joseph Cogswell
1786 – 1871
Louis Léopold Ollier
1830 – 1900
Marvin Leonard Goldberger
1922 – 2014
Max Euwe
1901 – 1981
Pafnuty Chebyshev
1821 – 1894
Sergei Gerasimov
1906 – 1985
Stephen Hillenburg
1961 – 2018
Thomas Andrews
1813 – 1885
Émile Cartailhac
1845 – 1921
Émile Chatelain
1851 – 1933
Adam Mickiewicz
1798 – 1855
Adrien Proust
1834 – 1903
Ahmet Gündüz Ökçün
1936 – 1986
Albert Christiaan Willem Beerman
1901 – 1967
Albert G. Schmedeman
1864 – 1946
Alexander Goldenweiser
1875 – 1961
Alexey Gribov
1902 – 1977
Amelita Galli-Curci
1882 – 1963
Amir Aczel
1950 – 2015
Antanas Baranauskas
1835 – 1902
Ashok Kamte
1965 – 2008
Asoke Nath Mitra
1929 – 2022
August Bernthsen
1855 – 1931
Benedict Carpzov
1565 – 1624
Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr.
1877 – 1970
Bernard Lonergan
1904 – 1984
Birgitta Dahl
1937 – 2024
Brian Garner Wybourne
1935 – 2003
Carl Alarik Wachtmeister
1865 – 1925
Caroline Durieux
1886 – 1989
Cyrus Chothia
1942 – 2019
D. M. Smith
1884 – 1962
Dmitry Vasilyevich Dashkov
1788 – 1839
Duncan Sandys
1908 – 1987
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
1750 – 1801
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire
1895 – 1950
Edward Johnston
1872 – 1944
Elsie Inglis
1864 – 1917
Emanuel Kviring
1888 – 1937
Ernest Lapointe
1876 – 1941
Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre
1810 – 1885
François Billetdoux
1927 – 1991
Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann
1797 – 1873
George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent
1789 – 1850
George Weinstock
1949 – 2023
Gunnar Hedlund
1900 – 1989
Günter Sieber
1930 – 2006
H. K. Kesavan
1926 – 2014
Hans Klein
1931 – 1996
Hap Spuhler
1918 – 1982
Helen Alma Newton Turner
1908 – 1995
Henry Dye
1926 – 1986
Henry King
1776 – 1839
Homer Jones
1893 – 1970
Ignacy Tadeusz Baranowski
1879 – 1917
Ivor Atkins
1869 – 1953
Jacob Scavenius
1838 – 1915
James L. Holloway III
1922 – 2019
James Powell
1853 – 1922
Jarl Hjalmarson
1904 – 1993
Jaroslav Skála
1916 – 2007
John Barlow
1872 – 1944
John Edwin Pomfret
1898 – 1981
John Galbraith Graham
1921 – 2013
John Josiah Guest
1785 – 1852
Jonas Žemaitis
1909 – 1954
Joseph von Colloredo-Waldsee
1735 – 1818
Jules Guiffrey
1840 – 1918
Julian Klaczko
1825 – 1906
Karl August von Hardenberg
1750 – 1822
Karl von Rotteck
1775 – 1840
Leander Starr Jameson
1853 – 1917
Lucien Fabre
1889 – 1952
Magnus Cormack
1906 – 1994
Mamert Stankiewicz
1889 – 1939
Marcel L'Herbier
1888 – 1979
Marcelino Arana Franco
1877 – 1936
María Dolores Juliano Corregido
1932 – 2022
Matthew Henry Davies
1850 – 1912
Matthijs Siegenbeek
1774 – 1854
May Gorslin Preston Slosson
1858 – 1943
Mike Calvert
1913 – 1998
Mykhailo Hrushevskyi
1866 – 1934
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
1943 – 2001
Noboru Karashima
1933 – 2015
Néstor Perlongher
1949 – 1992
Oka Gorodovikov
1879 – 1960
Oliver Ellsworth
1745 – 1807
Otto Theodor von Manteuffel
1805 – 1882
Paul Bar
1853 – 1945
Peter Hans Kolvenbach
1928 – 2016
Peter Hintze
1950 – 2016
Raoul Bricard
1870 – 1943
Regine Hildebrandt
1941 – 2001
Reinhard Scheer
1863 – 1928
Robert Branner
1927 – 1973
Roberto Bachi
1909 – 1995
Ruth Moufang
1905 – 1977
Sam E. Haddon
1937 – 2025
Sigfrid Siwertz
1882 – 1970
Sven Hedin
1865 – 1952
Tadeusz Paweł Zakrzewski
1883 – 1961
Tapan Raychaudhuri
1926 – 2014
Ton van Trier
1926 – 1983
Vladimir Admoni
1909 – 1993
Vladimir Grabar
1865 – 1956
Vladimir Makei
1958 – 2022
Vsevolod Shilovsky
1938 – 2025
Yu Jae-hung
1921 – 2011
Zentarō Kosaka
1912 – 2000
Óscar Catacora
1987 – 2021
Adolf Schmidt
1925 – 2013
Adrien-François Servais
1807 – 1866
Ahmed Abdallah
1919 – 1989
Al Bunge
1937 – 2019
Albert Saléza
1867 – 1916
Albert Sarraut
1872 – 1962
Albert Warner
1884 – 1967
Alex Mitchell
1947 – 2010
Alexander Brogden
1825 – 1892
Alexander Robertson MacEwen
1856 – 1916
Alfred Barnes
1887 – 1974
Andrew Adams
1736 – 1797
Andronik Stepovych
1856 – 1935
André Lajoinie
1929 – 2024
Anton Storch
1892 – 1975
Armando Hart Dávalos
1930 – 2017
Arne Novák
1880 – 1939
Arnold Zweig
1887 – 1968
Arseny Meshchersky
1834 – 1902
Arthur Arnould
1833 – 1895
Ascher H. Shapiro
1916 – 2004
August Martin
1847 – 1933
Augustus Herman Pettibone
1835 – 1918
Berton E. Spivy, Jr.
1911 – 1997
Bichu Thirumala
1942 – 2021
Bill Stauffer
1930 – 2015
Boleslav Yavorsky
1877 – 1942
Bushrod Washington
1762 – 1829
Carl Seemann
1910 – 1983
Celestino Cavedoni
1795 – 1865
Chandra Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
1863 – 1929
Charles Evans Whittaker
1901 – 1973
Charles G. D. Roberts
1860 – 1943
Charles Huxtable
1931 – 2018
Charles Lavigerie
1825 – 1892
Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett
1913 – 1998
Charles Norwood
1871 – 1966
Charles W. Whittlesey
1884 – 1921
Charles de Haldat du Lys
1769 – 1852
Dan Reisinger
1934 – 2019
David Ayres Depue Ogden
1897 – 1969
David Bache
1925 – 1994
Delia Austrian
1874 – 1928
Dexter Fellows
1871 – 1937
Doris Patty Rosenthal
1889 – 1971
Ed Heinemann
1908 – 1991
Edward O'Hare
1914 – 1943
Edward R. Kirkland
1923 – 2012
Edward Russell
1653 – 1727
Edwin Dunkin
1821 – 1898
Edwin E. Salpeter
1924 – 2008
Eldzier Cortor
1916 – 2015
Elkanah Armitage
1794 – 1876
Faith Winter
1980 – 2025
Felipe Ángeles
1868 – 1919
Fernand Crémieux
1857 – 1928
Ferruccio Lantini
1886 – 1958
Firmin Gémier
1865 – 1933
Francis Landey Patton
1843 – 1932
Frank Gillespie
1869 – 1954
Frank N. Mitchell
1921 – 1950
Franz Graf von Wimpffen
1797 – 1870
Frederick Broome
1842 – 1896
Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren
1760 – 1798
Friedrich Rosen
1856 – 1935
Gaetano L. Vincitorio
1921 – 2007
Gary Rhodes
1960 – 2019
Georg Loeschcke
1852 – 1915
George Edward Dobson
1848 – 1895
George Kingston
1807 – 1880
Gerald Regan
1928 – 2019
Gheorghe Argeșanu
1883 – 1940
Giovanni Stefano Donghi
1608 – 1669
Gusztáv Jány
1883 – 1947
Guy Lewis
1922 – 2015
Hans Mol
1922 – 2017
Hans Schaffner
1908 – 2004
Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
1868 – 1940
Heinrich Nauen
1880 – 1940
… and 1,745 more