August 11 - Deaths

Deaths

  • 353 – Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
  • 449 – Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
  • 1204 – Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
  • 1259 – Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor, 4th Great Khan (b. 1208)
  • 1456 – John Hunyadi, Hungarian general (b. 1387)
  • 1464 – Nicholas of Cusa, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1401)
  • 1494 – Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. 1430)
  • 1519 – Johann Tetzel, German-Dominican preacher (b. 1465)
  • 1563 – Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
  • 1578 – Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (b. 1502)
  • 1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare, English son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
  • 1614 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
  • 1656 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
  • 1774 – Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French author (b. 1722)
  • 1813 – Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
  • 1851 – Lorenz Oken, German historian (b. 1779)
  • 1854 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)
  • 1868 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (b. 1815)
  • 1886 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
  • 1890 – John Henry Newman, English cardinal (b. 1801)
  • 1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
  • 1903 – Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican philosopher, lawyer, and sociologist (b. 1839)
  • 1908 – Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)
  • 1919 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, founded Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
  • 1936 – Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)
  • 1937 – Edith Wharton, American novelist and designer (b. 1862)
  • 1939 – Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer and engineer (b. 1909)
  • 1939 – Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
  • 1953 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
  • 1954 – Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster (b. 1886)
  • 1956 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
  • 1961 – Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, actor, and director (b. 1910)
  • 1963 – Otto Wahle, Austrian swimmer (b. 1879)
  • 1965 – Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer (b. 1897)
  • 1969 – Miriam Licette, English soprano (b. 1885)
  • 1972 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
  • 1974 – Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (Orfeón Lamas) (b. 1887)
  • 1974 – Jan Tschichold, German writer and designer (b. 1902)
  • 1975 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Israeli wife of Zalman Shazar (b. 1885)
  • 1980 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
  • 1982 – Tom Drake, American actor (b. 1918)
  • 1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
  • 1984 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (b. 1916)
  • 1986 – János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
  • 1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
  • 1991 – J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
  • 1994 – Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
  • 1995 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
  • 1996 – Tassos Isaac, Greek activist (b. 1972)
  • 1996 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
  • 1996 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (The Ventures) (b. 1933)
  • 1996 – Baba Vanga, Macedonian-Bulgarian mystic (b. 1911)
  • 2000 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer (b. 1916)
  • 2001 – Percy Stallard, English cyclist (b. 1909)
  • 2002 – Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountain climber (b. 1940)
  • 2003 – Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
  • 2003 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
  • 2005 – James Booth, English actor (b. 1927)
  • 2006 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)
  • 2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)
  • 2010 – Bruno Schleinstein, German actor, artist, and musician (b. 1932)
  • 2011 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter (Warrant and Saints of the Underground) (b. 1964)
  • 2012 – Red Bastien, American wrestler (b. 1931)
  • 2012 – Carlo Curley, American organist (b. 1952)
  • 2012 – Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)
  • 2012 – Heidi Holland, Zimbabwean journalist and author (b. 1947)
  • 2012 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (b. 1928)
  • 2012 – Bill Rafferty, American comedian and game show host (b. 1944)
  • 2012 – Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (b. 1940)

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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:

    “On almost the incendiary eve
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