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August 11th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 11th

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

  • Australian politician, 32nd premier of queensland (d. 2023)

2022

  • Renowned fashion designer known for her elegant and feminine designs.

  • Anne Heche

    American actress, heche, who started her career in new york at age 17 as a soap star. she played twins in "another world" for four years and earned an emmy award for her performance. heche, pronounced "haytch") left the soap to do a few tv shows but she remained mostly in the shadows. she had a major film role in …

2020

  • American guitarist and singer, who was also a popular performer in the 1960s. he learned to play the guitar and quit high school to travel the southwest with his own band. they performed a variety of american and mexican folk songs, as well as current top-40 hits. 1963 was his peak year, with a record contract that saw him achieve …

  • Inventor of the first digital image scanner.

  • Reg Lewis was a British boxer who became the world heavyweight champion in 1959.

  • American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2020)

  • Chairman and CEO of National Amusements, which owns ViacomCBS.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2019

2018

  • British writer, nobel prize laureate (b. 1932)

2017

  • Polish-israeli supercentenarian; oldest living holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)

  • Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)

2015

2014

  • Robin Williams

    After learning improv at l.a. comedy store, he became an american actor and turned his madness into the television series "mork and mindy". he played mork, an interplanetary visitor with delightfully demented mental faculties, starting at $15,000 per week from 9/14/1978. he was a juilliard drama student at the time and had his first appearance as mork on "happy days." …

  • Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)

  • Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)

  • Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)

2013

  • French road bike racer and the only one to win a stage in the tour de france on july 14, france's national holiday, wearing the jersey as national champion.

  • English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)

  • Indian ornithologist and author (b. 1919)

2012

2011

  • Inventor of the first industrial robot, the Unimate.

2010

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • Influential sculptor whose works continue to inspire artists worldwide.

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded the Special Olympics, a global sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.

  • Rose kennedy, a social activist from america and a well-known family member, is rose kennedy's daughter. in 1953, she married robert shriver, jr. and had five children. maria, her daughter, became a television anchor and married arnold schwarzenegger.

2008

2007

2006

  • American singer and talk show host (b. 1920)

  • Renowned American painter known for his abstract expressionist works.

  • American singer and entertainer, kay kayser was also a kay kayser mc. he was a popular entertainer and singer, and was a television host for his own tv show in the '60s. he was the first tv show to be syndicated to win an emmy and "the mike douglas show" ran for twenty years. he was a charming host and …

2005

2003

  • Swiss-american mathematician and academic (d. 2003)

  • Led the US men's ice hockey team to a gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics.

2002

  • Danek Kolář was a Czech poet and translator recognized for his contributions to Czech literature.

  • Renowned geologist known for his work on metamorphic petrology.

  • American photographer and mountaineer (d. 2002).

2001

  • Duong Van Minh was the last president of South Vietnam before the Fall of Saigon in 1975.

  • Pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence.

  • English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)

2000

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1996

1995

1994

1992

  • American photographer and photojournalist, known for his iconic images documenting the Great Depression and World War II.

1991

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

1988

  • French actress, daughter diourka medveczky (hungarian sculptor) and bernadette lefont (french actress). she was the most promising actress and she died in a hiking accident at age 25.

  • Anne Ramsey

    American actress (d. 1988).

  • American actress dies from cancer at the age of 59 (born in 1929).

  • 56 years old, carmina burana, opera director, dies

1986

1984

1982

  • Tom Drake

    Actor, green years, warkill, dies from lung cancer at the age of 63

1980

  • Renowned American novelist known for his works exploring the human condition.

  • Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, and film producer.

  • Angalina Wray was a British novelist best known for her novels set in the English countryside.

  • French publisher and lexicographer (d. 1980).

  • American playwright and screenwriter who wrote for Broadway and Hollywood.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

  • American author known for his novels and short stories, including 'The Treasure of Pleasant Valley' and 'The House of Pride.'

  • British author known for his historical fiction novels.

  • English author (b. 1935)

1978

  • Indian-born welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)

1977

  • Freddie Williams was a British physicist known for his work on radar and the development of the Williams-Kilburn tube.

  • British co-inventor of the williams-kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)

1975

1974

1973

  • Actress lily merrill-lawman, dies at 46 from cirrhosis.

1972

  • South african-american virologist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1899)

  • South african virologist who was awarded the nobel prize in physiology or medicine. 1899)

1971

  • Renowned Italian soprano known for her performances in leading opera houses.

  • Rafał Wojaczek was a Polish poet known for his raw, confessional style and exploration of themes like death, sexuality, and existential angst.

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

1968

1965

1963

  • Austrian-american swimmer and coach (b. 1879)

1962

  • Chinese writer known for her modernist and feminist works.

1961

  • Romanian mathematician known for his work in differential equations.

  • Lithuanian-american author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)

  • Lithuanian actor, writer and director (born 1910).

1960

  • Ervine Morrow was an American essayist and social critic who wrote extensively on political and cultural issues.

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1956

  • Jaxxson Pollock was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement.

  • American painter, exponent of abstract expressionism, and in particular the form known as "action paintings", pollack is an american artist. pollack developed his signature technique, "drip painting," however. pollack believed art was derived from the unconscious. one of his earliest works, "the moon-woman cuts the circle", 1943, shows the passion with which he pursued the realization of his vision.

  • American abstract expressionist painter known for his unique drip painting technique.

  • Jackston Pollock was an American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement.

  • Florrie Baker was a pioneering playwright who pushed boundaries in her works.

1954

1953

1952

1951

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

1945

1944

  • Owin Cobb was a professional baseball player who played in the Major League Baseball during the early 20th century.

1942

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1939

1937

  • Mabrey Wharton was an American novelist known for her novels depicting the lives of the upper-class society in late 19th-century New York.

  • Elliet Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer known for her works depicting the lives of the wealthy upper class in late 19th-century New York.

  • Edith Wharton was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer, known for her novels and short stories that explore themes of social class and morality.

  • General/dictator of iraq

  • Us author (house of mirth), dies at 75

1936

  • Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)

  • Andalucista writer, historian, and musicologist. he is known as padre de la patria andaluza, the father of andalusian nationalism.

1935

1932

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1923

  • Grizelda Winkle was a prolific inventor who made significant contributions to the field of mechanical engineering, particularly in the design of steam-powered machinery.

1921

  • English philanthropist, founded the mothers' union (b. 1828)

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1919

  • Steel magnate and philanthropist

  • Scottish-american industrialist who in 1899 consolidated his steel industries. he merged two companies to create the largest corporation the world had ever seen, u.s. steel co. two years later, his contributions to civic organizations were valued at $350 million.

  • Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, known for founding the Carnegie Steel Company and becoming one of the richest people in the world.

  • Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century.

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on August 11th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

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1903

1901

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