Deaths in History on November 16

1885 Louis Riel, Canadian rebel leader and "Father of Manitoba", hanged for treason at 41

1890 Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71
1907 Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma, dies at 59
1908 Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian politician (7th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia), dies at 78
1911 Albert Alonzo Ames, Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
1922 Max Abraham, German physicist (b. 1875)
1932 Carry van Bruggen [de Haan], Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51

1934 Joachim Ringelantz, writer, dies
1934 Carl von Linde, German engineer and chemist who invented mechanical refrigeration, dies at 92
1939 Pierce Butler, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1866)
1943 Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1945 Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Kohtalon Vaaka), dies at 43
1948 Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American Inventor (electrostatic precipitator), dies at 71
1950 "Dr. Bob" Smith, American physician and co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, dies of colon cancer at 71
1954 Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist, dies at 80
1955 Tomasz Arciszewski, 31st Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London (1944-47), dies at 88
1958 Warner Fabian [S Adams], American author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87
1958 J. W. F. Werumeus Buning, Dutch poet (Daily Bread), dies at 67
1961 Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79
1965 Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66
1965 William Thomas Cosgrave, President of the Irish Free State, dies at 85
1965 Harry Blackstone Sr., American magician, dies at 80

1966 Cluny MacPherson, Canadian inventor of the gas mask, dies at 87

1982 Lenny Murphy, Leader of Belfast's notorious Shankill Butchers (b. 1952)
1982 Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov, Russian Mathematician (topology), dies at 86
1985 John Sparkman, American politician (Sen-D-Alabama 1946-79, Rep-D-Alabama 1937-46), dies at 85
1985 Stuart Chase, American writer and economist (The Tragedy of Waste), dies at 97
1988 Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Neth architect, dies at about 85
1989 Jean-Claude Malépart, Quebec politician (b. 1938)
1993 Achille Zavatta, French clown (b. 1915)
1995 Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist, dies at 70
1996 George Byatt, Scottish playwright (The Clyde Is Red), dies at 73
1996 John Reginald Bevins, British Conservative politician, dies at 88
1997 Georges Marchais, French political leader (French Communist Party), dies at 77
1998 David Lane, British Conservative politician and CEO (Commission for Racial Equality), dies at 76
1999 Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist (Nobel 1978 - discovery of restriction enzymes and their application in restriction mapping), dies at 71
2000 DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (b. 1971)
2003 Bettina Goislard, French relief worker (b. 1974)
2004 Margaret Hassan, Irish aid worker in Iraq, abducted at 59 (presumed dead)
2005 Donald Watson, English founder of the Vegan Society (b. 1910)
2005 Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

2006 Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize Economics 1976, dies at 94

2006 Yuri Levada, Russian sociologist (b. 1930)
2007 Harold Alfond, American businessman and founder of Dexter Shoe Company, dies at 93
2010 Wyngard Tracy, Filipino talent manager (b. 1952)
2010 Donald Nyrop, American airline executive (b. 1912)
2013 Chris Argyris, American business theorist and educator, dies at 90
2015 Stephen Birmingham, American author (Real Lace: America's Irish Rich, dies at 86
2016 Melvin Laird, politician (Rep-R-Mich), US Secretary of Defense (1969-73), dies at 94
2016 Jay Forrester, American engineer, invented random-access magnetic core memory, dies at 98
2019 Terry O'Neill, British fashion and celebrity photographer, dies of prostate cancer at 81