11 October Deaths

Published : 11 Oct 2018, 10:39

Jagoroniya Desk

October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

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 (b. 1613)
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 – 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)
1967 – Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
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)
1993 – Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933)
1996 – Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (b. 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 – Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (b. 1932)
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)
2017 – Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (b. 1926)

Source: wikipedia

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