11 October Deaths

October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Deaths

965 – Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 925)
1086 – Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)
1159 – William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
1188 – Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)
1303 – Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
1347 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
1424 – Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
1531 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)
1542 – Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
1579 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
1667 – Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1667)
1684 – James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (b. c. 1617)
1698 – William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)
1705 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
1708 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
1721 – Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
1725 – Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
1779 – Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
1821 – John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
1837 – Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
1852 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1889 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
1896 – Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
1896 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
1897 – Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
1904 – Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
1908 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
1932 – William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
1935 – Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
1940 – Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
1940 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
1941 – Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
1941 – Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
1958 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
1961 – Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
1963 – Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
1965 – Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
1965 – Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
1968 – Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
1971 – Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
1971 – Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
1976 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
1977 – MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1983 – R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
1984 – Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
1986 – Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
1988 – Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
1989 – M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
1991 – Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
1996 – Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1943)
1996 – Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)
1996 – Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
1996 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (b. 1913)
1998 – Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
1999 – Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
2000 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)
2000 – Donald Dewar, Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
2001 – Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
2005 – Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)
2005 – Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)
2005 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
2006 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972)
2007 – David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)
2007 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
2008 – Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
2008 – Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)
2008 – Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2009 – Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
2009 – Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2012 – Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
2012 – Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
2012 – Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
2012 – Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
2013 – María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)
2013 – Johnny Kovatch, American football player and coach (b. 1912)
2013 – Erich Priebke, German captain (b. 1913)
2013 – William H. Sullivan, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1922)
2014 – Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931)
2014 – Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
2014 – Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
2015 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)
2015 – Jack Drake, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)

Source: wikipedia