August 11th famous deaths

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

2029 - 2020

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

2023

• Mike Ahern

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

2022

• Hanae Mori

  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

• Trini Lopez

  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 …

• Russell Kirsch

  Inventor of the first digital image scanner.

• Reg Lewis

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

• Sumner Redstone

  American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2020)

• Sumner Murray Redstone

  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

• Sergio Obeso Rivera

  Mexican roman catholic cardinal (b. 1931)

2018

• V S Naipaul

  British writer, nobel prize laureate (b. 1932)

2017

• Yisrael Kristal

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

• Segun Bucknor

  Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)

2015

• Beverly Karplus Hartline

  Neuroscientist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1967.

• Harald Nielsen

  Denmark -- soccer player (1960 olympics, silver medalist).

• Serge Collot

  French viola player and educator (b. 1923)

• Richard Oriani

  Salvadoran-american engineer and metallurgist (d. 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." …

• Raymond Gravel

  Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)

• Kika Szaszkiewiczowa

  Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)

• Vladimir Beara

  Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)

2013

• Raymond Delisle

  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.

• David Howard

  English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)

• Zafar Futehally

  Indian ornithologist and author (b. 1919)

2012

• Nicolis Frisch

  British mathematician known for work in fluid dynamics and chaos theory.

• Michael Dokes

  American boxer (d. 2012).

• Lucy Gallardo

  Argentinian-mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)

• Red Bastien

  American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1931)

2011

• George Devol

  Inventor of the first industrial robot, the Unimate.

2010

• James Mourilyan Tanner

  British paediatric endocrinologist (d. 2010)

• Markus Liebherr

  German-born swiss owner, southampton football club (born 1948).

2009 - 2000

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

2009

• Roberth Williams

  Influential sculptor whose works continue to inspire artists worldwide.

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver

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

• Eunice Shriver

  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

• George Furth

  American playwright and actor (d. 2008).

2007

• Milderd Beatty

  Known for her work in variable stars and star clusters.

2006

• Mike Douglas

  American singer and talk show host (b. 1920)

• Charlton Griffith

  Renowned American painter known for his abstract expressionist works.

• Mike Douglas

  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

• James Booth

  English screenwriter and actor (d. 2005).

2003

• Armand Borel

  Swiss-american mathematician and academic (d. 2003)

• Herb Brooks

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

2002

• Danek Kolář

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

• Porfirio Alvarez

  Renowned geologist known for his work on metamorphic petrology.

• Galen Rowell

  American photographer and mountaineer (d. 2002).

2001

• Duong Van Minh

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

• Hartley Rogers

  Pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence.

• Percy Stallard

  English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)

2000

• Usha Mehta

  Indian independence activist and politician.

• Usha Mehta

  Active participant in the Indian independence movement.

• Jean Papineau-Couture

  Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)

1999 - 1990

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

1996

• Baba Vanga

  Macedonian-born bulgarian prophet (born 1911).

• Rafael Kubelík

  Czech-american composer and conductor (d. 1996).

• Mel Taylor

  American drummer (the ventures), (born 1933).

• Ambrosio Padilla

  Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)

• Rafael Jeronym Kubelik

  Conductor dies at 82

Sigmund Koch

At 79, a philosopher/psychologist dies

1995

• Alonzo Church

  Renowned mathematician known for his work in mathematical logic.

• Phil Harris

  American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)

• Phil Harris

  Linton in, comedian/actor (jack benny show), passes away at 89

• Phil Harris

  Linton in, comedian/actor (jack benny show), passes away at 89

• Wilbur Stark

  Television/film producer dies at 83

Kenneth Lo

At 81, a cookery writer/restaurateur dies

Douglas John Gorman

At 58, a businessman dies

Herbert Whitton John Sumsion

At 96, organist / composer dies

1994

• Peter Cushing

  England, united kingdom -- actor. (dracula star wars, dr who).

• Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams

  Broadcaster dies at 60

• Gordon Cullen

  At 80, architect dies

• Mark "Red" Mitchell

  Actor (jfk 8 seconds, want to live), dies at 33

1992

• Jimie Doolittle

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

1991

• J. D. McDuffie

  American race car driver (b. 1938)

• Jef Contryn

  Flemish puppet theatre pioneer, dies at the age of 89

1989 - 1980

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

1989

• John Meillon

  Actor (wild duck crocodile dundee).

1988

• Pauline Lafont

  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).

• Anne Ramsey

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

• Jean-Pierre Ponnele

  56 years old, carmina burana, opera director, dies

1986

• János Drapál

  Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)

1984

• Alfred A. Knopf Sr.

  American publisher, founded alfred a. knopf, inc. (b. 1892)

• Paul Felix Schmidt Estonian

  German born chess player (born 1916).

• Alfred A Knopf

  Us publisher dies at 91

• Percy Mayfield

  Us singer hit the road jack, dies at 63

1982

• Tom Drake

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

1980

• Felis Miller

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

• Willi Forst

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

• Angalina Wray

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

• Paul Robert

  French publisher and lexicographer (d. 1980).

• Victory Lasky

  American playwright and screenwriter who wrote for Broadway and Hollywood.

Robert Paul

French field and track champions for the olympics long jump at berlin 1936.

1979 - 1970

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

1979

• Homer Barron

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

• J.G. Farrell

  British author known for his historical fiction novels.

• J. G. Farrell

  English author (b. 1935)

1978

• Berta Ruck

  Indian-born welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)

1977

• Freddie Williams

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

• Frederic Calland Williams

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

1975

• Alfred Loomis

  Contributed to the development of radar technology during World War II.

• Howard Wendell

  Actor (black dakotas), died at 81

• Rachel Katznelson-Shazar

  Belarusian-born israeli zionist politician, wife of zalman shahar (born 1885).

• Anthony C McAuliffe

  At 77, us general/commandant 101st division dies

1974

• Jan Tschichold

  German-swiss graphic designer and typographer (d. 1974)

• Vicente Emilio Sojo

  Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)

• Vicente Emilio Sojo

  Venezuelan composer and musicologist (born 1887).

1973

• Peggy Castle

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

1972

• Max Theiler

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

• Max Theiler

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

1971

• Nedda

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

• Rafał Wojaczek

  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

• Miriam Licette

  English soprano and educator (d. 1969)

1968

• Lucien Cerfaux

  Belgian biblical scholar

1965

• Bill Woodfull

  Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)

1963

• Otto Wahle

  Austrian-american swimmer and coach (b. 1879)

1962

• Ling Shuhua

  Chinese writer known for her modernist and feminist works.

1961

• Ion Barbu

  Romanian mathematician known for his work in differential equations.

• Antanas Škėma

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

• Antanas Skema

  Lithuanian actor, writer and director (born 1910).

1960

• Ervine Morrow

  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

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

• Jackson Pollock

  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.

• Javel Pollock

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

• Jackston Pollock

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

• Florrie Baker

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

1954

• Santo Trafficante

  Sr., american mobster born in sicilian (born 1886).

1953

• Tazio Nuvolari

  Italian race car driver who was killed on august 11, 1953.

• Ludwig Strauss

  German / israeli writer (heimliche gegenwart)

1952

• Riccardo Martin

  Composer dies at 77

1951

• Ebbe Hamerik

  Composer dies at 52

1949 - 1940

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

1949

• Karl Weigl

  Composer dies at 68

1945

• Stefan Jaracz

  Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)

1944

• Owin Cobb

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

1942

• Richard Heinrich Stein

  Composer dies at the age of 60

1939 - 1930

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

1939

• Siegfried Flesch

  Austrian fencer (d. 1939)

• Jean Bugatti

  German-born automobile designer (d. 1939)

1937

• Mabrey Wharton

  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

  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

  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.

• Bakr Sidqi

  General/dictator of iraq

• Edith N Wharton[-Jones]

  Us author (house of mirth), dies at 75

Edith Wharton

American novelist and designer (born in 1862).

1936

• Blas Infante

  Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)

• Blas Infante

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

1935

• William Watson

  English botanist and physician physicist (d. 1787).

1932

• Maximilian Voloshin

  Russian Symbolist poet known for his mystical and philosophical themes.

1929 - 1920

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

1923

• Grizelda Winkle

  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

• Mary Sumner

  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

• Ndrew Carnegie

  Steel magnate and philanthropist

• Andrew Carnegie

  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.

• Other Carnegie

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

• Andrew Carnegie

  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

1908

• Khudiram Bose

  Indian freedom fighter (born in 1889).

1903

• Eugenio María de Hostos

  Puerto rican-american sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)

• Eugenio Maria de Hostos

  Puerto rican nationalist and educator (born 1839).

1901

• Francesco Crispi

  At 82, the italian minister of war/prime, dies