11 July Deaths
Publish | 11 Jul 2018, 11:00
July 11 is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 173 days remaining until the end of the year.
Deaths
472 – Anthemius, Roman emperor (b. 420)
937 – Rudolph II of Burgundy (b. 880)
969 – Olga of Kiev (b. 890)
1174 – Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. 1136)
1183 – Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1117)
1302 – Robert II, Count of Artois (b. 1250)
1302 – Pierre Flotte, French politician and lawyer
1344 – Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg (b. c. 1286)
1362 – Anna von Schweidnitz, empress of Charles IV (b. 1339)
1382 – Nicole Oresme, French philosopher (b. 1325)
1451 – Barbara of Cilli, Slovenian noblewoman
1484 – Mino da Fiesole, Italian sculptor (b. c. 1429)
1535 – Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1484)
1576 – Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo, Italian noble (d. 1553)
1581 – Peder Skram, Danish admiral and politician (b. 1503)
1593 – Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Italian painter (b. 1527)
1599 – Chōsokabe Motochika, Japanese daiymo (b.1539)
1688 – Narai, Thai king (b. 1629)
1774 – Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-English general (b. 1715)
1775 – Simon Boerum, American farmer and politician (b. 1724)
1797 – Ienăchiță Văcărescu, Romanian historian and philologist (b. 1740)
1806 – James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1719)
1825 – Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
1844 – Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
1897 – Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
1905 – Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
1908 – Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
1909 – Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
1929 – Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
1937 – George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
1959 – Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
1966 – Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
1967 – Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
1971 – John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
1971 – Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1940)
1974 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1976 – León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
1979 – Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)
1983 – Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian author (b. 1915)
1987 – Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
1987 – Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, American rabbi and scholar (b. 1901)
1989 – Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
1991 – Mokhtar Dahari, Malaysian footballer and coach (b. 1953)
1994 – Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research (b. 1942)
1998 – Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (b. 1943)
1999 – Helen Forrest, American singer (b. 1917)
1999 – Jan Sloot, Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (b. 1945)
2000 – Pedro Mir, Dominican lawyer, author, and poet (b. 1913)
2000 – Robert Runcie, English archbishop (b. 1921)
2001 – Herman Brood, Dutch musician and painter (b. 1946)
2003 – Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (b. 1948)
2004 – Laurance Rockefeller, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1910)
2004 – Renée Saint-Cyr, French actress and producer (b. 1904)
2005 – Gretchen Franklin, English actress and dancer (b. 1911)
2005 – Jesús Iglesias, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1922)
2005 – Frances Langford, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
2006 – Barnard Hughes, American actor (b. 1915)
2006 – Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (b. 1959)
2006 – John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (b. 1935)
2007 – Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (b. 1939)
2007 – Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 43rd First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
2007 – Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Colombia (b. 1913)
2007 – Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded Honest Ed's (b. 1914)
2008 – Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (b. 1908)
2009 – Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1936)
2009 – Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (b. 1972)
2009 – Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (b. 1911)
2010 – Walter Hawkins, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and pastor (b. 1949)
2011 – Rob Grill, American singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)
2012 – Art Ceccarelli, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
2012 – Marion Cunningham, American author (b. 1922)
2012 – Richard Scudder, American journalist and publisher, co-founded MediaNews Group (b. 1913)
2012 – Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (b. 1924)
2012 – Marvin Traub, American businessman and author (b. 1925)
2013 – Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (b. 1923)
2013 – Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (b. 1936)
2013 – Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (b. 1918)
2014 – Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (b. 1937)
2014 – Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2014 – Bill McGill, American basketball player (b. 1939)
2014 – Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (b. 1949)
2014 – John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (b. 1927)
2014 – Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (b. 1958)
2015 – Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (b. 1928)
2015 – James U. Cross, American general (b. 1925)
2015 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (b. 1959)
2015 – Lawrence K. Karlton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1935)
2015 – André Leysen, Belgian businessman (b. 1927)
Source: wikipedia