November 15
November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 46 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 655 - Penda, King of Mercia
- 1028 – Constantine VIII, Byzantine Emperor (b. 960)
- 1136 - Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (b. 1073)
- 1210 - Ly Cap Tong, King of the Ly Dynasty of Vietnam (b. 1173)
- 1280 - Albertus Magnus, German theologian, bishop and philosopher
- 1544 - King Jungjong of Joseon of Korea (b. 1506)
- 1594 - Martin Frobisher, English explorer (b. 1539)
- 1630 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1571)
- 1670 - John Amos Comenius, Czech writer (b. 1592)
- 1706 - Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)
- 1712 - James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician (b. 1658)
- 1712 - Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
- 1787 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714)
- 1794 - John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1723)
- 1819 - Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
- 1832 - Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist (b. 1767)
- 1839 - William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor (b. 1754)
- 1853 – Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819)
1901 – 2000
- 1908 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China (b. 1835)
- 1910 - Wilhelm Raabe, German writer (b. 1831)
- 1914 - Harry Turner, American baseball player
- 1916 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish writer (b. 1846)
- 1917 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (b. 1858)
- 1919 – Alfred Werner, German chemist (b. 1866)
- 1919 - Mohammad Farid, Egyptian politician (b. 1868)
- 1922 - Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek politician (b. 1866)
- 1922 - Georgios Hatzianestis, Greek general (b. 1863)
- 1922 - Petros Protopapadakis, Greek politician (b. 1854)
- 1922 - Nikolaos Stratos, Greek politician (b. 1872)
- 1949 – Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte, conspirators against Mahatma Gandhi
- 1954 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor (b. 1879)
- 1958 – Tyrone Power, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1959 - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist (b. 1869)
- 1961 - Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
- 1963 - Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (b. 1888)
- 1967 - Michael J. Adams, American test pilot (b. 1930)
- 1976 - Jean Gabin, French actor (b. 1904)
- 1978 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (b. 1901)
- 1980 - Emilio Pujol, Catalan guitarist and composer (b. 1886)
- 1982 - Vinoba Bhave, Indian Human rights advocate (b. 1895)
- 1983 – John Le Mesurier, English actor (b. 1912)
- 1988 - Archbishop Ieronymos I of Athens, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Athens (b. 1905)
- 1996 – Alger Hiss, American government official and spy (b. 1904)
- 1998 - Stokely Carmichael, American Civil rights activist (b. 1941)
- 2000 - Piero Pasinati, Italian footballer (b. 1910)
From 2001
- 2002 – Myra Hindley, English murderer (b. 1942)
- 2003 - Dorothy Loudon, American actress (b. 1933)
- 2003 - Speedy West, American musician (b. 1924)
- 2004 - Elmer L. Anderson, American politician (b. 1909)
- 2006 – Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian fashion model (b. 1985)
- 2007 - Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player (b. 1928)
- 2009 – Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (b. 1914)
- 2009 – Pierre Harmel, Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1911)
- 2010 – Larry Evans, American chess player (b. 1932)
- 2011 – Oba Chandler, American murderer (b. 1946)
- 2011 - Dulcie Gray, British actress (b. 1915)
- 2013 - Glafcos Clerides, 4th President of Cyprus (b. 1919)
- 2013 - Raimondo D'Inzeo, Italian equestrian show jumper (b. 1925)
- 2014 - Lucien Clergue, French photographer (b. 1934)
- 2014 - Reg Withers, Australian politician (b. 1924)
- 2014 - Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1983)
- 2015 - Moira Orfei, Italian actress (b. 1931)
- 2015 - Vincent Margera, American television personality (b. 1956)
- 2015 - Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor (b. 1929)
- 2015 - Herbert Scarf, American mathematician (b. 1930)
- 2015 - Dora Doll, French actress (b. 1922)
- 2015 - Nicoletta Machiavelli, Italian actress (b. 1944)
- 2016 - Mose Allison, American jazz musician (b. 1927)
- 2016 - Sixto Durán Ballén, 37th President of Ecuador (b. 1921)
- 2017 - Luis Bacalov, Argentine-Italian film score composer (b. 1933)
- 2017 - Keith Barron, English actor (b. 1934)
- 2017 - Françoise Héritier, French anthropologist and feminist (b. 1933)
- 2017 - Frans Krajcberg, Polish-Brazilian artist (b. 1921)
- 2017 - Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (b. 1996)
- 2018 - John Bluthal, Polish-born British-Australian actor (b. 1929)
- 2018 - Roy Clark, American country music singer and television host (b. 1933)
- 2018 - Adolf Grünbaum, German-American science professor (b. 1923)
- 2018 - Zhores Medvedev, Russian agronomist, biologist and dissident (b. 1925)
- 2018 - Mike Noble, British comic artist and cartoonist (b. 1930)
- 2018 - Luigi Rossi di Montelera, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1946)
- 2018 - Aldyr Schlee, Brazilian writer, journalist, translator, illustrator and professor (b. 1934)
- 2018 - Sigmund Steinnes, Norwegian politician (b. 1959)
- 2019 - Mark Cady, American judge (b. 1953)
- 2019 - Jim Coates, American baseball player (b. 1932)
- 2019 - Harrison Dillard, American athlete (b. 1923)
- 2019 - Vladimir Hotineanu, Moldovan politician (b. 1950)
- 2019 - Irv Noren, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 2019 - Juliusz Paetz, Polish archbishop (b. 1935)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1905 - Mantovani, Italian-born composer (d. 1980)
- 1906 - Curtis LeMay, US Air Force General (d. 1990)
- 1907 – Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German army officer during World War II (d. 1944)
- 1910 - Hugh Greene, British journalist (d. 1987)
- 1912 - Yi Wu, Korean prince (d. 1945)
- 1912 - Albert Baez, American physicist (d. 2007)
- 1912 - Fosco Maraini, Italian photographer, anthropologist, ethnologist, writer, mountaineer and academic (d. 2004)
- 1913 - Guy Green, British movie director (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Giuseppe Caprio, Italian cardinal (d. 2005)
- 1914 - V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian judge (d. 2014)
- 1915 - David Stirling, British founder of the SAS (d. 1990)
- 1916 - Nita Barrow, 7th Governor-General of Barbados (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Bill Melendez, Mexican-American animator (d. 2008)
- 1919 - Joseph Wapner, American television personality (d. 2017)
- 1922 - David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist
- 1922 - Francesco Rosi, Italian movie director (d. 2015)
- 1925 - Howard Baker, American politician (d. 2014)
- 1927 - Bill Rowling, Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1995)
- 1927 - Gregor Mackenzie, British politician (d. 1992)
- 1929 – Ed Asner, American actor (d. 2021)
- 1930 – J. G. Ballard, English writer (d. 2009)
- 1930 - Aureliano Bolognesi, Italian boxer (d. 2018)
- 1930 - Olene S. Walker, former Governor of Utah (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Mwai Kibaki, former President of Kenya (d. 2022)
- 1931 - Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician
- 1931 - John Kerr, American actor and lawyer (d. 2013)
- 1932 – Petula Clark, English singer
- 1932 - Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher
- 1933 - Jack Burns, American comedian
- 1933 - Françoise Héritier, French anthropologist and feminist (d. 2017)
- 1934 - Joanna Barnes, American actress
- 1935 - Nera White, American basketball player (d. 2016)
- 1936 – Wolf Biermann, German writer
- 1937 - Little Willie John, American singer (d. 1968)
- 1939 - W. C. Clark, American blues musician
- 1939 - Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician (d. 2015)
- 1940 - Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer
- 1940 - Hank Wangford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
- 1940 – Sam Waterston, American actor
- 1942 – Daniel Barenboim, Argentine-born conductor
- 1945 – Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-born Swedish singer (ABBA)
- 1945 - Bob Gunton, American actor
- 1945 - Roger Donaldson, Australian-New Zealand director, producer and screenwriter
- 1946 - Vasilis Goumas, Greek basketball player
- 1947 – Bill Richardson, American politician and former Governor of New Mexico
- 1947 - Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lankan cardinal
- 1948 - David Caygill, New Zealand politician
- 1950 - Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter
- 1950 - Egon Vaupel, German politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg
1951 – 1975
- 1951 - Beverly D'Angelo, American actress
- 1951 - Billy McColl, Scottish actor (d. 2014)
- 1952 – Randy Savage, American professional wrestler (d. 2011)
- 1953 – Alexander O'Neal, American singer
- 1953 - Toshio Takabayashi, Japanese footballer
- 1954 - Emma Dent Coad, English politician
- 1954 – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former President of Poland
- 1954 - Uli Stielike, German footballer
- 1956 - Michael Hampton, American guitarist (Funkadelic)
- 1957 - Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist
- 1957 - Harold Marcuse, American historian and educator
- 1958 - Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman
- 1958 - Lesley Laird, Scottish politician
- 1960 - Susanne Lothar, German actress (d. 2012)
- 1963 – Andrew Castle, English television presenter and former tennis player
- 1963 - Toru Sano, Japanese footballer
- 1965 – Nigel Bond, English snooker player
- 1967 – Dom Joly, English comedian and journalist
- 1967 – Gustavo Poyet, Uruguayan footballer
- 1967 - François Ozon, French director and screenwriter
- 1967 - Pandeli Majko, former Prime Minister of Albania
- 1968 – Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (d. 2004)
- 1968 - Jennifer Charles, American singer-songwriter
- 1968 - Fausto Brizzi, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1968 - Uwe Rösler, German footballer and manager
- 1970 - Pedro Caixinha, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1970 - Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer
- 1972 - Jessica Hynes, English actress
- 1972 - Jonny Lee Miller, English actor
- 1973 - Albert Portas, Spanish tennis player
- 1974 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer (Nickelback)
- 1975 - Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
From 1976
- 1976 - Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian, actor and stuntman
- 1976 - Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
- 1977 – Peter Phillips, first grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II
- 1977 - Sean Murray, American actor
- 1979 - Josemi, Spanish footballer
- 1979 - Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
- 1979 - Robert Kendrick, American tennis player
- 1979 - Albert Rivera, Spanish politician
- 1981 - Jordan Buckley, American guitarist
- 1981 - Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
- 1982 - Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer
- 1983 - John Heitinga, Dutch footballer
- 1983 - Veli-Matti Lindström, Finnish ski jumper
- 1983 - Laura Smet, French actress
- 1983 – Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
- 1984 – Gemma Atkinson, English actress
- 1985 - Lily Aldridge, American fashion model
- 1985 - Jeffree Star, American performer
- 1986 - Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
- 1988 - Zena Grey, American actress
- 1988 - B.o.B, American rapper and producer
- 1988 - Morgan Parra, French rugby player
- 1988 - Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player
- 1991 – Shailene Woodley, American actress
- 1992 - Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer
- 1992 - Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)
- 1993 - Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer
- 1993 - Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
- 1994 - Saffron Coomber, English actress
- 1995 - Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player
- 1998 - Benedict Mateo, Filipino artist
- 2005 - Tsehay Hawkins, Australian musician (The Wiggles)
Deaths
Holidays and observances
- Brazil – Republic Proclamation Day (1889)
- Palestine – Independence Day (declared 1988)
- Japan – Shichi-Go-San – traditional rite of passage and festival day for three and seven-year-old girls and three and five-year-old boys
- Belgium
- Day of the German-speaking Community
- King's Feast
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity - beginning of Winter Lent