February 11 - Deaths

Deaths

• 244 – Gordian III, Emperor of Rome
• 641 – Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium
• 731 – Pope Gregory II
• 821 – Saint Benedict of Aniane
• 824 – Pope Paschal I
• 1141 – Hugo of St. Victor, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1096)
• 1160 – Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
• 1503 – Elizabeth of York, queen consort of Henry VII of England (b. 1466)
• 1626 – Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
• 1650 – René Descartes, French philosopher, mathematician and writer (b. 1596)
• 1685 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638)
• 1713 – Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor of India (b. 1664)
• 1755 – Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675)
• 1762 – Johann Tobias Krebs, German composer (b. 1690)
• 1763 – William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
• 1795 – Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
• 1797 – Antoine Dauvergne, French composer (b. 1713)
• 1829 – Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795)
• 1862 – Elizabeth Siddal, British poet and artist (b. 1829)
• 1868 – Léon Foucault, French astronomer (b. 1819)
• 1879 – Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808)
• 1917 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)
• 1923 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)
• 1931 – Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (b. 1854)
• 1935 – Germanos Karavangelis, Greek bishop and fighter (b. 1866)
• 1939 – Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
• 1940 – John Buchan, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 1940 – Ellen Day Hale, American painter and printmaker (b. 1855)
• 1945 – Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (b. 1891)
• 1948 – Sergei Eisenstein, Soviet film director (b. 1898)
• 1954 – Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (b. 1877)
• 1958 – Ernest Jones, British psychonanalyst (b. 1879)
• 1959 – Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
• 1963 – John Olof Dahlgren, American recipient of the Medal of Honor (b. 1872)
• 1963 – Sylvia Plath, American writer (b. 1932)
• 1967 – Tran Tu Binh, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1967 – A.J. Muste, American peace activist (b. 1885)
• 1968 – Howard Lindsay, American playwright (b. 1888)
• 1972 – Jan Wils, Dutch architect (b. 1891)
• 1973 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1907)
• 1975 – Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy soldier and statesman, assassinated (b. 1931)
• 1976 – Frank Arnau, German writer (b. 1894)
• 1976 – Lee J Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1976 – Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (b. 1894)
• 1977 – Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
• 1978 – James B Conant, American chemist and university president (b. 1893)
• 1978 – Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1904)
• 1981 – Franz Sondheimer, British chemist (b. 1926)
• 1982 – Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
• 1982 – Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
• 1985 – Ben Abruzzo, American businessman and balloonist (b. 1930)
• 1985 – Henry Hathaway, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1985 – Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer (b. 1901)
• 1986 – Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
• 1986 – Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer and civil servant (b. 1942)
• 1989 – George O'Hanlon, American actor and director (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1922)
• 1993 – George A. Stephen, founder of Weber-Stephen Products Co. (b. 1922)
• 1994 – Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1994 – Sorrell Booke, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1994 – William Conrad, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian philosopher (b. 1924)
• 1994 – Nicole Germain, Canadian actress (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)
• 1996 – Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
• 1997 – Don Porter, American actor (b. 1912)
• 2000 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (b. 1917)
• 2000 – Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928)
• 2002 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Barry Foster, British actor (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
• 2005 – Guy Lechasseur, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Stan Richards English television actor (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Peter Benchley, American author (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Jackie Pallo, English wrestler (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)(b. 1943)
• 2007 – Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Tom Lantos, American politician (b. 1928)
• 2008 – Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical designer (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Estelle Bennett, American singer (The Ronettes) (b. 1941)
• 2009 – Eleanor Harz Jorden, American linguistics scholar and an influential Japanese language educator and expert. (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Willem Kolff, Dutch pioneer of hemodialysis as well as in the field of artificial organs. (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Heward Grafftey, Canadian politician and businessman (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Vance A. Larson, American artist (b. 1951)
• 2010 – Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer (b. 1969)
• 2011 – Bad News Brown, Canadian entertainer and hip hop MC (b. 1977)
• 2011 – Tom Carnegie, American sports announcer (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Chuck Tanner, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Whitney Houston, American singer, actress, model and producer (b. 1963)