November 29

Pre-1600

 * 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
 * 618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.
 * 903 – The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.
 * 1114 – A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.
 * 1549 – The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.

1601–1900

 * 1612 – The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.
 * 1729 – Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
 * 1732 – The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.
 * 1776 – During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
 * 1777 – San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
 * 1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre.
 * 1783 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.
 * 1807 – John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.
 * 1830 – An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.
 * 1847 – The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
 * 1847  – Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
 * 1850 – The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.
 * 1863 – Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders in the American Civil War.
 * 1864 – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
 * 1864  – The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill.
 * 1872 – The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
 * 1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
 * 1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
 * 1899 – FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.

1901–present

 * 1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.
 * 1943 – The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).
 * 1944 – Albania is liberated by the Partisans.
 * 1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
 * 1947 – The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
 * 1947  – French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.
 * 1952 – U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
 * 1961 – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
 * 1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
 * 1963  – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
 * 1963  – "I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.
 * 1967 – U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
 * 1972 – Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
 * 1982 – Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time.
 * 1986 – The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.
 * 1987 – North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.
 * 2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
 * 2009 – Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.
 * 2013 – LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board.

Pre-1600

 * 826 – William of Septimania, Frankish nobleman (d. 850)
 * 1310 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Baron Mowbray, English Baron (d. 1361)
 * 1338 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1368)
 * 1422 – Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont, English Baron (d. 1460)
 * 1463 – Andrea della Valle, Italian cardinal (d. 1534)
 * 1528 – Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, English politician (d. 1592)

1601–1900

 * 1627 – John Ray, English biologist and botanist (d. 1705)
 * 1690 – Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (d. 1747)
 * 1705 – Michael Christian Festing, English violinist and composer (d. 1752)
 * 1752 – The Public Universal Friend, American evangelist (d. 1819)
 * 1762 – Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
 * 1781 – Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
 * 1797 – Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
 * 1798 – Alexander Brullov, Russian painter and architect, designed the Pulkovo Observatory (d. 1877)
 * 1798  – Hamilton Rowan Gamble, American jurist and politician (d. 1864)
 * 1799 – Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and academic (d. 1888)
 * 1802 – Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and author (d. 1827)
 * 1803 – Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (d. 1853)
 * 1803  – Gottfried Semper, German architect and academic, designed the Semper Opera House (d. 1879)
 * 1816 – Morrison Waite, American jurist and politician, 7th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1888)
 * 1817 – William Ellery Channing, American poet and author (d. 1901)
 * 1818 – George Brown, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 10th Premier of West Canada (d. 1880)
 * 1823 – La Fayette Grover, American lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Oregon (d. 1911)
 * 1825 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and psychologist (d. 1893)
 * 1827 – William Crichton, Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (d. 1889)
 * 1831 – Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and soldier (d. 1862)
 * 1832 – Louisa May Alcott, American novelist and poet (d. 1888)
 * 1835 – Empress Dowager Cixi of China (d. 1908)
 * 1843 – Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (d. 1932)
 * 1849 – John Ambrose Fleming, English physicist and engineer (d. 1945)
 * 1856 – Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1921)
 * 1857 – Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (d. 1911)
 * 1861 – Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (d. 1917)
 * 1873 – Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic (d. 1942)
 * 1874 – Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic (d. 1949)
 * 1874  – Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
 * 1876 – Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming (d. 1977)
 * 1879 – Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (d. 1963)
 * 1881 – Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general (d. 1944)
 * 1882 – Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer (d. 1984)
 * 1891 – Julius Raab, Austrian engineer and politician, 19th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1964)
 * 1895 – Busby Berkeley, American director and choreographer (d. 1976)
 * 1895  – William Tubman, Liberian lawyer and politician, 19th President of Liberia (d. 1971)
 * 1898 – C. S. Lewis, British novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1963)
 * 1899 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian Minister of Interior (d. 1988)
 * 1899  – Emma Morano, Italian supercentenarian, oldest Italian person ever (d. 2017)
 * 1900 – Mildred Gillars, American broadcaster, employed by Nazi Germany to disseminate propaganda during WWII (d. 1988)

1901–present

 * 1904 – Margaret Barr, Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (d. 1991)
 * 1905 – Marcel Lefebvre, French-Swiss archbishop and theologian (d. 1991)
 * 1906 – Barbara C. Freeman, English writer and poet (b. 1999)
 * 1908 – Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American pastor and politician (d. 1972)
 * 1910 – Elizabeth Choy, Malaysian-Singaporean educator and politician (d. 2006)
 * 1910  – Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian actor and director (d. 1961)
 * 1915 – Ludu Daw Amar, Burmese journalist and author (d. 2008)
 * 1915  – Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (d. 1967)
 * 1916 – Fran Ryan, American actress and comedian (d. 2000)
 * 1917 – Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French director and screenwriter (d. 2017)
 * 1917  – Merle Travis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1983)
 * 1918 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (d. 2007)
 * 1919 – Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and publisher, co-founded the IFBB (d. 2013)
 * 1920 – Yegor Ligachyov, Russian engineer and politician (d. 2021)
 * 1920  – Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (d. 2014)
 * 1921 – Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and wrestling promoter (d. 2020)
 * 1922 – Michael Howard, English-American historian, author, and academic (d. 2019)
 * 1923 – Chuck Daigh, American race car driver (d. 2008)
 * 1925 – Minnie Miñoso, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
 * 1926 – Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian lawyer and politician, President of Tunisia (d. 2019)
 * 1927 – Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (d. 2022)
 * 1928 – Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and educator (d. 2021)
 * 1928  – Paul Simon, American soldier and politician, 39th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (d. 2003)
 * 1929 – Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host (d. 2012)
 * 1929  – Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier (d. 2012)
 * 1930 – Shirley Porter, English politician, Lord Mayor of Westminster
 * 1930  – Vladimir Šenauer, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
 * 1930  – Alan Lee Williams, English academic and politician
 * 1931 – Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 1997)
 * 1932 – Ed Bickert, Canadian jazz guitarist (d. 2019)
 * 1932  – Jacques Chirac, French soldier and politician, 22nd President of France (d. 2019)
 * 1932  – John Gary, American singer and television host (d. 1998)
 * 1933 – John Mayall, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1933  – James Rosenquist, American painter and illustrator (d. 2017)
 * 1934 – Willie Morris, American writer (d. 1999)
 * 1935  – Thomas J. O'Brien, American bishop (d. 2018)
 * 1936 – Gregory Gillespie, American painter (d. 2000)
 * 1936  – Bill Jenkins, American politician
 * 1937 – Eric Barnes, English footballer (d. 2014)
 * 1938 – Johnny Crossan, Northern Irish footballer, author and sports analyst
 * 1939 – Peter Bergman, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)
 * 1939  – Meco, American record producer and musician (d. 2023)
 * 1940 – Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor (d. 2007)
 * 1940  – Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (d. 2013)
 * 1940  – Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer
 * 1940  – Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge
 * 1940  – Henry T. Yang, Taiwanese/Chinese-American engineer and academic
 * 1941 – Bill Freehan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021)
 * 1942 – Michael Craze, British actor (d. 1998)
 * 1942  – Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and academic (d. 1995)
 * 1942  – John Grillo, English actor and playwright
 * 1943 – Bobbi Martin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
 * 1943  – Sue Miller, American novelist and short story writer
 * 1944 – Felix Cavaliere, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
 * 1945 – Csaba Pléh, Hungarian psychologist and linguist
 * 1946 – Suzy Chaffee, American skier
 * 1946  – Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1947 – Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (d. 1992)
 * 1947  – Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
 * 1948 – Yōichi Masuzoe, Japanese politician
 * 1949 – Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster
 * 1949  – Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
 * 1949  – Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
 * 1950 – Marie Laberge, Canadian actress, educator and writer
 * 1950  – Kevin O'Donnell Jr., American author (d. 2012)
 * 1951 – Barry Goudreau, American guitarist and songwriter
 * 1951  – Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1999)
 * 1952 – John D. Barrow, English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and mathematician (d. 2020)
 * 1952  – Jeff Fahey, American actor and producer
 * 1953 – Alex Grey, American visual artist and author
 * 1953  – Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer-songwriter
 * 1953  – Christine Pascal, French actress, writer and director (d. 1996)
 * 1954 – Joel Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1954  – Chirlane McCray, American writer, editor, and activist
 * 1955 – Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian, actor, and television host
 * 1955  – Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somali politician, 8th president of Somalia
 * 1956 – Hinton Battle, German-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2024)
 * 1956  – Yvonne Fovargue, English lawyer and politician
 * 1957 – Janet Napolitano, American politician, lawyer, and university administrator
 * 1957  – Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker
 * 1958 – Michael Dempsey, Zimbabwean-English bass player
 * 1958  – John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian historian and politician, 4th President of Ghana
 * 1959 – Richard Borcherds, South African-English mathematician and academic
 * 1959  – Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
 * 1959  – Rahm Emanuel, American businessman and politician, 55th Mayor of Chicago
 * 1960 – Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (d. 2013)
 * 1960  – Cathy Moriarty, American actress
 * 1961 – Kim Delaney, American actress
 * 1961  – Tom Sizemore, American actor (d. 2023)
 * 1962 – Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
 * 1962  – Andrew McCarthy, American actor and director
 * 1963 – Will Downing, American singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1963  – Lalit Modi, Indian businessman
 * 1964 – Don Cheadle, American actor and producer
 * 1964  – Ken Monkou, Dutch footballer
 * 1965 – Lauren Child, English author
 * 1965  – Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress
 * 1966 – John Layfield, American wrestler, football player, and news commentator
 * 1966  – Dru Pagliassotti, American author
 * 1966  – Sophia Rosenfeld, American author
 * 1967 – Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor (d. 1987)
 * 1967  – Charles Smith, American basketball player
 * 1967  – Rebecca Wolff, American author and poet
 * 1968 – Dee Brown, American basketball player and executive
 * 1968  – Jonathan Knight, American singer
 * 1968  – Andy Melville, Welsh footballer
 * 1968  – Iolanda Nanni, Italian politician (d. 2018)
 * 1969 – Tomas Brolin, Swedish footballer
 * 1969  – Mariano Rivera, Panamanian-American baseball player
 * 1970 – Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director
 * 1970  – Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach
 * 1971 – David E. Campbell, Canadian political scientist
 * 1971  – Steve May, American soldier and politician
 * 1971  – Gena Lee Nolin, American actress and model
 * 1972 – Brian Baumgartner, American actor and producer
 * 1972  – Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player and sportscaster
 * 1973 – Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer and manager
 * 1973  – Fredrik Norrena, Finnish ice hockey player
 * 1974 – Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player (d. 2011)
 * 1974  – Sarah Jones, American actress and playwright
 * 1974  – Jedediah Purdy, American legal scholar and cultural commentator
 * 1975 – Craig Ireland, Scottish footballer
 * 1975  – Scott McCulloch, Scottish footballer
 * 1976 – Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (d. 2020)
 * 1976  – Anna Faris, American actress
 * 1977 – Andy Beshear, American attorney and politician, 63rd Governor of Kentucky
 * 1977  – Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
 * 1978 – Lauren German, American actress
 * 1978  – Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Greek footballer
 * 1979 – Adam Barrett, English footballer
 * 1979  – The Game, American rapper
 * 1980 – Janina Gavankar, American actress and singer
 * 1980  – Dean Howell, English footballer
 * 1981 – Fawad Khan, Pakistani actor, model and singer
 * 1981  – Jon Klassen, Canadian writer and illustrator
 * 1982 – Lucas Black, American actor
 * 1982  – Gemma Chan, English actress
 * 1983 – Franchesca Ramsey, American comedian
 * 1983  – Aylin Tezel, German actress
 * 1983  – Tanisha Wright, American basketball player and coach
 * 1985 – Shannon Brown, American basketball player
 * 1985  – Dominic Roma, English footballer
 * 1986 – Asa Hall, English footballer
 * 1987 – Wayne Ellington, American basketball player and coach
 * 1988 – Abby Bishop, Australian basketball player
 * 1988  – Dana Brooke, American wrestler and bodybuilder
 * 1988  – Damon Harrison, American football player
 * 1988  – Bradley Hudson-Odoi, Ghanaian footballer
 * 1988  – Russell Wilson, American football player
 * 1989 – Adam Chapman, Northern Irish footballer
 * 1990 – Diego Boneta, Mexican actor and singer
 * 1990  – Sheldon Richardson, American football player
 * 1990  – Andrej Šustr, Czech ice hockey player
 * 1990  – Yacouba Sylla, French footballer
 * 1991 – Becky James, Welsh cyclist
 * 1992 – Ben Nugent, English footballer
 * 1993 – Stefon Diggs, American football player
 * 1994 – Shaun Lane, Australian rugby league player
 * 1994  – Julius Randle, American basketball player
 * 1995 – Laura Marano, American actress and singer
 * 1995  – Siobhan-Marie O'Connor, English swimmer
 * 1997 – Nick Richards, Jamaican basketball player
 * 1998 – MJ Melendez, American baseball player
 * 1998  – Ye Qiuyu, Chinese tennis player
 * 1998  – Lovie Simone, American actress
 * 2002 – Yunus Musah, American soccer player

Pre-1600

 * 521 – Jacob of Serugh, Syrian poet and theologian (b. 451)
 * 524 – Ahkal Mo' Naab' I, ruler of Palenque (b. 465)
 * 561 – Chlothar I, Frankish king (b. 497)
 * 835 – Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth of the Twelve Imams (b. 811)
 * 1253 – Otto II, duke of Bavaria (b. 1206)
 * 1268 – Clement IV, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1190)
 * 1314 – Philip IV, king of France (b. 1268)
 * 1330 – Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1287)
 * 1342 – Michael of Cesena, Italian general, priest, and theologian (b. 1270)
 * 1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1316)
 * 1530 – Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1473)
 * 1577 – Cuthbert Mayne, English priest (b. 1543)
 * 1590 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b. 1547)
 * 1594 – Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (b. 1533)

1601–1900

 * 1626 – Ernst von Mansfeld, German commander (b. 1580)
 * 1628 – John Felton, English soldier and assassin of the Duke of Buckingham (b. c. 1595)
 * 1632 – Frederick V, Elector Palatine (b. 1596)
 * 1643 – William Cartwright, English priest and playwright (b. 1611)
 * 1643  – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1567)
 * 1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (b. 1565)
 * 1661 – Brian Walton, English bishop and scholar (b. 1600)
 * 1695 – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1619)
 * 1699 – Patrick Gordon, Scottish-Russian general (b. 1635)
 * 1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687)
 * 1780 – Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1717)
 * 1797 – Samuel Langdon, American pastor, theologian, and academic (b. 1723)
 * 1830 – Charles-Simon Catel, French composer and educator (b. 1773)
 * 1846 – Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
 * 1847 – Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
 * 1872 – Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
 * 1894 – Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Francesc Pi i Margall, Spanish federalist and republican politician and theorist (b. 1824)
 * 1918 – Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince (b. 1881)
 * 1924 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
 * 1927 – George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
 * 1932 – Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)
 * 1939 – Philipp Scheidemann, German lawyer and politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)
 * 1941 – Frank Waller, American sprinter and hurdler (b. 1884)
 * 1942 – Boyd Wagner, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
 * 1942 – Ron Middleton (VC), Australian bomber pilot and Victoria Cross Recipient (b. 1916)
 * 1950 – Walter Beech, American aviator and early aviation entrepreneur (b. 1891)
 * 1953 – Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)
 * 1954 – Dink Johnson, American pianist, clarinet player, and drummer (b. 1892)
 * 1957 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
 * 1967 – Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)
 * 1970 – Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)
 * 1972 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (b. 1888)
 * 1974 – Peng Dehuai, Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1898)
 * 1975 – Graham Hill plane crash
 * Tony Brise, English race car driver (b. 1952)
 * Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1929)
 * 1980 – Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist, co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement (b. 1897)
 * 1981 – Natalie Wood, American actress (b. 1938)
 * 1982 – Percy Williams, Canadian sprinter (b. 1908)
 * 1984 – Nora Thompson Dean, American Lenape educator and author (b. 1907)
 * 1986 – Cary Grant, English-American actor (b. 1904)
 * 1987 – Irene Handl, English actress (b. 1901)
 * 1991 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor (b. 1904)
 * 1991  – Joe Bonson, English footballer (b. 1936)
 * 1992 – Jean Dieudonné, French mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
 * 1993 – J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (b. 1904)
 * 1996 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and illustrator (b. 1933)
 * 1996  – Denis Jenkinson, English journalist and author (b. 1920)
 * 1997 – Coleman Young, American politician, 66th Mayor of Detroit (b. 1918)
 * 1998 – George Van Eps, American swing and mainstream jazz guitarist (b. 1913)
 * 1998  – Robin Ray, English broadcaster, actor, and musician (b. 1934)
 * 1999 – Germán Arciniegas, Colombian historian, author and journalist (b. 1900)
 * 1999  – John Berry, American-French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
 * 1999  – Gene Rayburn, American game show panelist and host (b. 1917)
 * 1999  – Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (b. 1918)
 * 2000 – Ilmar Laaban, Estonian-Swedish poet and publicist (b. 1921)
 * 2001 – Mic Christopher, American-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1969)
 * 2001  – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (b. 1943)
 * 2001  – John Knowles, American novelist (b. 1926)
 * 2002 – Daniel Gélin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * 2003 – Rudi Martinus van Dijk, Dutch composer (b. 1932)
 * 2004 – John Drew Barrymore, American actor (b. 1932)
 * 2004  – Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
 * 2004  – Jack Shields, Canadian member of Parliament (b. 1929)
 * 2005 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (b. 1979)
 * 2006 – Allen Carr, English-Spanish accountant and author (b. 1934)
 * 2006  – Ernie Tagg, English footballer (b. 1917)
 * 2007 – James Barber, Canadian chef and author (b. 1923)
 * 2007  – Ralph Beard, American basketball player (b. 1927)
 * 2007  – Henry Hyde, American lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
 * 2008 – Jørn Utzon, Danish architect, designed the Sydney Opera House (b. 1918)
 * 2009 – Robert Holdstock, English author (b. 1948)
 * 2009  – Zuhair Al-Karmi, Palestinian author, scientific programs presenter on TV (b. 1922).
 * 2010 – Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet and author (b. 1937)
 * 2010  – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1915)
 * 2010  – S. Sivanayagam, Sri Lankan journalist and author (b. 1930)
 * 2010  – Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (b. 1940)
 * 2010  – Maurice Wilkes, English physicist and computer scientist (b. 1913)
 * 2011 – Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (b. 1969)
 * 2011  – Guillermo O'Donnell, Argentine political scientist (b. 1936)
 * 2012 – Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (b. 1936)
 * 2012  – Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (b. 1911)
 * 2013 – Oliver Cheatham, American singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
 * 2013  – Colin Eglin, South African soldier and politician (b. 1925)
 * 2013  – Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Russian-Polish poet and activist (b. 1936)
 * 2013  – Brian Torrey Scott, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1976)
 * 2014 – Dwayne Alons, American general and politician (b. 1946)
 * 2014  – Dick Bresciani, American businessman (b. 1938)
 * 2014  – Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (b. 1934)
 * 2015 – Joseph F. Girzone, American Catholic priest and author (b. 1930)
 * 2015  – Joe Marston, Australian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
 * 2015  – Christopher Middleton, British poet and translator (b. 1926)
 * 2015  – O'tkir Sultonov, Uzbek lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan (b. 1939)
 * 2016 – Luis Alberto Monge, Costa Rican politician, 39th President of Costa Rica (b. 1925)
 * 2016  – Ruta Šaca-Marjaša, Latvian lawyer, writer and politician (b. 1927)
 * 2017 – Slobodan Praljak, Croatian general (b. 1945)
 * 2019 – Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
 * 2020 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer (b. 1978)
 * 2021 – Kinza Clodumar, Nauruan politician, 7th President of Nauru (b. 1945)
 * 2021  – Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (b. 1925)
 * 2021  – LaMarr Hoyt, Major League Baseball player, 1983 AL Cy Young Award winner (b. 1955)
 * 2022 – Derek Granger, British film and television producer and screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * 2022  – Tapunuu Niko Lee Hang, Samoan politician (b. 1953/1954)
 * 2023 – Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state (b. 1923)
 * 2023  – Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Brendan of Birr
 * Francis Fasani
 * Illuminata
 * Radboud of Utrecht
 * Saturnin
 * November 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (United Nations)
 * Liberation Day or Dita e Çlirimit (Albania)
 * Republic Day (Yugoslavia)
 * Unity Day (Vanuatu)
 * William Tubman's Birthday (Liberia)