11 May Deaths

May 11 is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56)

Deaths

912 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (b. 866)
1138 – William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey
1304 – Ghazan, Mongolian ruler (b. 1271)
1313 – Robert Winchelsey, archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1245)
1474 – John Stanberry, Bishop of Hereford
1610 – Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)
1672 – Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish politician (b. 1615)
1686 – Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
1696 – Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher and author (b. 1645)
1708 – Jules Hardouin-Mansart, French architect, designed the Château de Dampierre and Grand Trianon (b. 1646)
1723 – Jean Galbert de Campistron, French playwright and author (b. 1656)
1760 – Alaungpaya, Burmese king (b. 1714)
1777 – George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English politician (b. 1719)
1778 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
1779 – John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
1812 – Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
1848 – Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
1849 – Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
1871 – John Herschel, English mathematician, astronomer, and chemist (b. 1792)
1878 – Henry Norris, English civil engineer (b. 1816)
1887 – Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic (b. 1802)
1889 – John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
1891 – Edmond Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1820)
1916 – Max Reger, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
1916 – Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
1920 – James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
1920 – William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
1927 – Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
1929 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
1934 – Blaise Diagne, Senegalese-French soldier and politician (b. 1872)
1934 – Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1852)
1938 – George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
1939 – Yevgeny Miller, Latvian-Russian general and politician (b. 1867)
1940 – Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese physician (b. 1880)
1954 – Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Turkish author and poet (b. 1906)
1955 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
1960 – John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
1963 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
1966 – Alfred Wintle, English lieutenant and author (b. 1897)
1967 – James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect, designed Finlandia Hall and Paimio Sanatorium (b. 1898)
1979 – Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
1981 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1981 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (b. 1945)
1985 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)
1986 – Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)
1988 – Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (b. 1912)
1994 – Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
1996 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian journalist and politician, 1st President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
1996 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1922)
2000 – René Muñoz, Cuban-Mexican actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
2001 – Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)
2002 – Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1905)
2002 – Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)
2002 – Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)
2003 – Noel Redding, English bass player (b. 1945)
2005 – Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1908)
2005 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1917)
2006 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)
2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (b. 1913)
2008 – John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (b. 1953)
2009 – Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)
2009 – Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (b. 1939)
2009 – Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (b. 1915)
2010 – Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)
2010 – Emmanuel Ngobese, South African footballer (b. 1980)
2011 – Maurice Goldhaber, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (b. 1911)
2011 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (b. 1977)
2012 – Jack Benaroya, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1921)
2012 – Tony DeZuniga, Filipino author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2014 – Reg Gasnier, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1939)
2014 – Martin Špegelj, Croatian general and politician, 2nd Croatian Minister of Defence (b. 1927)
2015 – Jef Geeraerts, Belgian author and playwright (b. 1930)

Source: wikipedia