11 March Deaths

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March 11 is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 295 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
Deaths

222 – Elagabalus, Roman emperor (b. 203)
452 – Tai Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 408)
638 – Sophronius of Jerusalem (b. 560)
859 – Eulogius of Córdoba, Spanish martyr and saint (b. 819)
1198 – Marie of France, Countess of Champagne (b. 1145)
1296 – John le Romeyn, Archbishop of York
1353 – Theognostus, metropolitan of Kiev and Moscow
1486 – Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1414)
1514 – Donato Bramante, Italian architect, designed the San Pietro in Montorio (b. 1444)
1575 – Matthias Flacius, Croatian theologian and reformer (b. 1520)
1602 – Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian organist and composer (b. 1550)
1607 – Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer and educator (b. 1543)
1722 – John Toland, Irish philosopher and theorist (b. 1670)
1759 – John Forbes, Scottish general (b. 1710)
1820 – Benjamin West, American-English painter and academic (b. 1738)
1851 – George McDuffie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)
1854 – Willard Richards, American journalist and religious leader (b. 1804)
1863 – Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)
1869 – Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
1870 – Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
1874 – Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
1898 – William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
1898 – Dikran Tchouhadjian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
1907 – Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
1908 – Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
1908 – Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
1915 – Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
1920 – Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
1927 – Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)
1931 – F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
1937 – Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
1944 – Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
1944 – Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
1949 – Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
1949 – Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
1952 – Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
1955 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1955 – Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
1957 – Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)
1958 – Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (b. 1891)
1959 – Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)
1960 – Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884)
1965 – Harry Altham, English cricketer, historian and coach (b. 1888)
1965 – James Reeb, American minister and activist (b. 1927)
1967 – Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress (b. 1882)
1968 – Haşim İşcan, Turkish educator and politician, 18th Mayor of İstanbul (b. 1898)
1969 – John Daly, Irish runner (b. 1880)
1969 – John Wyndham, English soldier and author (b. 1903)
1970 – Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author (b. 1889)
1971 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (b. 1906)
1971 – Whitney Young, American activist (b. 1921)
1977 – Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1893)
1978 – Claude François, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter and dancer (b. 1939)
1980 – Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Indian politician, 4th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (b. 1902)
1982 – Edmund Cooper, English poet and author (b. 1926)
1982 – Horace Gregory, American poet, translator, and academic (b. 1898)
1983 – Will Glickman, American playwright (b. 1910)
1984 – Kostas Roukounas, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1903)
1986 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1911)
1987 – Joe Gladwin, English actor (b. 1906)
1989 – James Kee, American lawyer and politician (b. 1917)
1989 – John J. McCloy, American lawyer and banker (b. 1895)
1992 – Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1912)
1995 – Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress and singer (b. 1945)
1996 – Vince Edwards, American actor and director (b. 1928)
1999 – Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist, anatomist, and neurologist (b. 1906)
1999 – Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (b. 1922)
2002 – James Tobin, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
2003 – Brian Cleeve, English-Irish author and playwright (b. 1921)
2006 – Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
2006 – Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1941)
2007 – Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
2008 – Nils Taube, Estonian-English businessman (b. 1928)
2009 – Charles Lewis, Jr., American businessman, co-founded Tapout Clothing (b. 1963)
2010 – John Hill, Canadian-American wrestler (b. 1941)
2010 – Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor (b. 1940)
2010 – T. Somasekaram, Sri Lankan geographer and politician, 37th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (b. 1934)
2010 – Hans van Mierlo, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1931)
2011 – Jack Hardy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
2011 – Gary Wichard, American football player and agent (b. 1950)
2012 – Henry Adefope, Nigerian physician and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria (b. 1926)
2012 – Sid Couchey, American author and illustrator (b. 1919)
2012 – James B. Morehead, American colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
2012 – Gösta Schwarck, German-Danish pianist and composer (b. 1915)
2013 – Erica Andrews, Mexican-American drag queen performer (b. 1969)
2013 – Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (b. 1930)
2013 – Doug Christie, Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1946)
2013 – Simón Alberto Consalvi, Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Venezuela (b. 1927)
2013 – Florian Siwicki, Polish general and politician (b. 1925)
2014 – Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1967)
2014 – Joel Brinkley, American journalist and academic (b. 1952)
2014 – Bob Crow, English trade union leader (b. 1961)
2015 – Walter Burkert, German philologist and scholar (b. 1931)
2015 – Jimmy Greenspoon, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1948)
2015 – Gerald Hurst, American chemist and academic (b. 1937)
2016 – Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper and educator (b. 1936)
2016 – François-Eudes Chanfrault, French composer (b. 1974)
2016 – Doreen Massey, English geographer and academic (b. 1944)

Source: Wikipedia