Died on
Who died on November 1
95 figures who shaped history died on November 1.
- 95deaths
- 82events
Best known
Best known
Guillaume Durand
French canonist and bishop
John IV of Brittany
Duke of Brittany from 1365 to 1399
Joanna of Brabant
Duchess of Brabant
David of Trebizond
Emperor of Trebizond from 1460 to 1461
Filippo Buonaccorsi
Italian humanist
Giulio Romano
Italian painter and architect
Guillaume Durand — French canonist and bishop, who died on November 1 1296.
John IV of Brittany — Duke of Brittany from 1365 to 1399, who died on November 1 1399.
Joanna of Brabant — Duchess of Brabant, who died on November 1 1406.
David of Trebizond — Emperor of Trebizond from 1460 to 1461, who died on November 1 1461.
Filippo Buonaccorsi — Italian humanist, who died on November 1 1496.
Giulio Romano — Italian painter and architect, who died on November 1 1546.
All entries
- 934BBeornstan of Winchester10th-century Bishop of Winchester
- 970BBoso of Merseburg
- 1038
Herman I of Meissen - 1319
Uguccione della Faggiuola13/14th-century Italian mercenary and magistrate - 1324JJohn de Halton13th and 14th-century Bishop of Carlisle
- 1391AAmadeus VII of SavoyCount of Savoy from 1383 to 1391
- 1423NNicholas Eudaimonoioannes
- 1588
Jean DauratFrench poet and scholar - 1596
Pierre PithouFrench lawyer and scholar - 1629
Hendrick ter BrugghenDutch painter - 1642
Jean NicoletFrench coureur des bois - 1676
Gisbertus VoetiusDutch theologian - 1678
William CoddingtonMagistrate of the Massachusetts Bay Colony - 1700
Charles II of SpainKing of Spain from 1665 to 1700 - 1814
Alexander SamoylovRussian statesman and general - 1888
Nikolay PrzhevalskyPolish-Russian explorer - 1894
Alexander III of RussiaEmperor of Russia from 1881 to 1894 - 1903
Theodor MommsenGerman classical scholar and historian - 1907
Alfred JarryFrench symbolist writer - 1920
Kevin BarryIrish republican - 1925
Max LinderFrench actor and director - 1938
Charles WeeghmanGerman-American restaurant entrepreneur and sports executive - 1942
Hugo DistlerGerman organist, conductor, teacher and composer - 1952
Dixie LeeAmerican actress, dancer, and singer - 1955
Dale CarnegieAmerican writer and lecturer - 1958
Yahya Kemal BeyatlıTurkish poet, author, politician and diplomat - 1961
Livia GouverneurVenezuelan communist - 1962
Ricardo Rodríguez (racing driver)Mexican racing driver - 1968
Georgios PapandreouPrime minister of Greece - 1970
Robert Staughton LyndAmerican sociologist - 1972
Waldemar HammenhögSwedish writer - 1972
Robert H. MacArthurCanadian-American ecologist - 1972
Ezra PoundAmerican poet and critic - 1982
James BroderickAmerican actor
- 1982
King VidorAmerican writer and director - 1983
Anthony van HobokenDutch musicologist - 1984
Norman KrasnaAmerican dramatist, screenwriter, and film director - 1985
Arnold PihlakEstonian footballer - 1985
Phil SilversAmerican actor
- 1986
Serge GarantCanadian composer, conductor, critic, professor and radio host - 1987
Vasso DevetziGreek pianist - 1987
René LévesquePremier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 - 1993
Severo OchoaSpanish biochemist and Nobel laureate - 1993
A. N. Sherwin-WhiteBritish historian and academic - 1994
Noah Beery Jr.American actor - 1996
J. R. JayewardenePresident of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989 - 1999
Theodore HallAmerican physicist and spy - 1999
Walter PaytonAmerican football player - 2000
George Armstrong (footballer)English footballer and manager - 2004
Mac DreAmerican rapper and record producer - 2004TTerry KnightAmerican DJ, singer-songwriter, and music producer
- 2005
Skitch HendersonAmerican pianist, conductor, and composer
- 2005
Michael PillerAmerican television producer and scriptwriter - 2006
Adrienne ShellyAmerican actress and filmmaker - 2006
William StyronAmerican writer - 2007SS. Ali RazaFilm screenwriter from India
- 2007
Paul TibbetsUnited States Air Force general
- 2008
Jacques PiccardSwiss oceanographer and engineer - 2008SShakir StewartAmerican record producer
- 2008
Yma SumacPeruvian singer - 2009EEsther HautzigAmerican writer
- 2009EEndel LaasEstonian forest scientist
- 2009RRobert H. RinesAmerican lawyer, inventor, musician and writer
- 2010
Shannon TavarezAmerican actress - 2010
Diana Wellesley, Duchess of WellingtonBritish aristocrat and WWII intelligence agent - 2011
Cahit AralTurkish politician - 2012
Agustín García CalvoSpanish writer - 2012
Mitch LuckerAmerican singer - 2012
Pascual Pérez (baseball)Dominican baseball player - 2013
John Y. McCollisterAmerican politician - 2013PPiet RietveldDutch economist
- 2014
Joel BarnettBritish politician - 2014
Jackie FairweatherAustralian triathlete, long-distance runner and coach - 2014AAbednigo NgcoboSouth African soccer player
- 2014
Jean-Pierre RoyCanadian baseball player - 2014
Wayne StaticAmerican musician - 2015TThomas R. Fitzgerald (judge)American judge
- 2015HHouston McTearAmerican sprinter
- 2015
Charles Duncan MichenerAmerican entomologist - 2015
Günter SchabowskiGerman politician - 2015
Fred ThompsonAmerican politician and actor - 2020KKeith HitchinsAmerican historian member of the Romanian Academy
- 2020
Lady Elizabeth ShakerleyBritish party planner and socialite - 2021HHugo DittfachCanadian jockey
- 2022
Takeoff (rapper)American rapper - 2023BBrian BrainEnglish cricketer
- 2025
Martha Layne CollinsAmerican politician - 2025JJohn FarragherAustralian rugby league player
- 2025
Carlos ManzoMexican politician
Frequently asked questions
Who died on November 1?
95 people with a Wikipedia article died on November 1, including Guillaume Durand, John IV of Brittany, Joanna of Brabant. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on November 1?
82 documented historical events happened on November 1, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: After Empress Matilda released her rival King Stephen, he in turn released Robert of Gloucester, her strongest supporter, thus prolonging the Anglo-Norman civil war known as The Anarchy. On the same day, in another year: Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuq Turks captured the important port city of Sinope. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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