December 11th famous deaths

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

2029 - 2020

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

2023

• Andre Braugher

  Chicago, illinois -- actor (frank pembleton-homicide)

2021

• Anne Rice

  American author (d. 2021)

2020

• Eugene McCabe

  Acclaimed playwright known for his powerful dramas.

• Boniface Mutinda Kabaka

  Kenyan politician and former Member of Parliament for Machakos.

• Leena Peltonen

  Finnish geneticist known for her research on genetic diseases.

• James Flynn

  New zealand intelligence researcher. (b. 1934)

2019 - 2010

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

2019

• Kyrus Wong

  Renowned Chinese-American artist known for his innovative style and contributions to the art world.

2017

• Keith Chegwin

  British tv personality, host of "multi-colored swap shop", from 1976-82. followed by "cheggers plays pop." chegwin discussed his alcohol problems on live television on 11/05/1992, and wrote extensively about his addiction in his autobiography. on 11/01/1991, he checked in to rehab for five weeks. he stopped drinking seven months later and began an acrimonious separation to end his 11-year-old marriage.

2016

• Esma Redzepova

  Prominent writer known for her impactful literary works.

• Esma Redžepova

  Renowned Romani singer known as the 'Queen of Romani Music'.

2015

• Hema Upadhyay

  Hema Upadhyay was an Indian contemporary artist known for her multimedia installations and sculptures.

• Hema Upadhyay

  Hema Upadhyay was an Indian politician who served as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

• John Williams (Hot Rod)

  American basketball player (d. 2015)

• Abish Kekilbayev

  Kazakh academic and politician (b. 1939)

• Ken Woolley

  Australian architect (b. 1933)

H. Arnold Steinberg

Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and academic (b. 1933)

2014

• Hans Wallat

  German conductor and director (b. 1929)

2013

• Nadir Afonso

  Nadir Afonso was a Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter.

• Javier Jáuregui (boxer)

  Mexican boxer (b. 1973)

• Barbara Branden

  Canadian-american author and academic (b. 1929)

• Sheikh Mussa Shariefi

  Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1942)

2012

• Ravi Shankar

  Ravi shankar was an indian composer and sitar virtuoso who is best known for popularizing indian classical music in the west and collaborating with the beatles' george harrison.

• Galina Vishnevskaya

  Leningrad, russia -- soprano (madama butterfly)

• Mendel Weinbach

  Mendel Weinbach was a renowned painter known for his vibrant and expressive artworks.

2011

• John Patrick Foley

  American cardinal (b. 1935)

2010

• Dick Hoerner

  American football player (b. 1922)

• Dick Hoerner

  American football player (born in 1922)

2009 - 2000

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

2009

• Derward Powers

  Award-winning journalist and author.

2008

• Bettey Page

  Famous pin-up model known for her iconic images in the 1950s.

• Pasty Holland

  Renowned poet with a unique style.

• Bettie Page

  American beauty queen, model and american beauty queen. the ultimate pinup babe. she was the second child of six children, and was the daughter of an auto mechanic father and a housewife mother. she was co-editor of her high school newspaper and was voted "the girl most likely succeeds."

• Maddie Blaustein

  American voice actress (born in 1960)

2007

• Christie Hennessy

  Irish singer (born 1945)

2006

• Elizabeth Bolden

  American supercentenarian (born in 1890).

2004

• Eunice Shriver

  Pioneering computer scientist known for her work in programming languages and software development.

• Arthur Lydiard

  New zealand track and field coach (born 1917).

• José Luis Cuciuffo

  Argentinian footballer (d. 2004)

• Jose Luis Cuciuffo

  Argentinian footballer (born 1962)

• MS Subbulakshmi

  Indian singer (born 1916)

2003

• Ahmadou Kourouma

  Renowned Ivorian writer known for his novels depicting African history and culture.

2002

• Nagi Nagabhushanam

  Indian film actor known for his versatile performances in Telugu cinema.

2001

• Cyprus Emmanuel

  Cypriot poet and writer known for his contributions to modern Greek literature.

• Joab Meyer

  Joab Meyer was a mathematician known for his work in algebraic geometry.

• Mainza Chona

  Zambian lawyer and politician, first prime minister of zambia (b. 1930)

2000

• Glendel Gilman

  Glendel Gilman was an American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his novel 'The Jewel-Hinged Jaw'.

• Victor Grinich

  Victor Grinich was a pioneering computer scientist who made significant contributions to the development of early computer systems.

• Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah

  Indian-pakistani politician and diplomat (d. 2000)

• David Lewis

  American actor (b. 1916)

• Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah

  Author and diplomat from pakistan (born 1915).

David Lewis

Producer of hollywood films in the 1940s and 1950s. he produced films such as dark victory (1939), arch of triumph (488) and raintree county (577) he was employed by warner brothers, paramount, and m-g-m. in 1946, he was elected vice president of enterprise productions, inc.

1999 - 1990

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

1998

• Lynn Strait

  American singer-songwriter "snot" (d. 1998).

• André Lichnerowicz

  French differential geometer, and math physicist of polish heritage, was one of the first researchers hired by the centre national de la recherche scientifique.

• Andre Lichnerowicz

  Polish-french physicist (born 1915).

1997

• Eddie Chapman

  British world war ii spy, double agent, aka agent zigzag (d. 1997).

• Simon Jeffes

  English guitarist and composer (b. 1949)

• Kenneth William Gatland

  Aerospace scientist dies at the age of 73.

1996

• Willie Rushton

  English cartoonist, author, and publisher, co-founded private eye (b. 1937)

• William George Rushton

  English actor (tw3)/author/cartoonist, dies at age 59 (born 1937).

• Herbert Sally Frankel

  Economics professor, who dies at the age of 93.

• W G G Duncan-Smith

  Fighter pilot dies at the age of 82.

• Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell

  Soldier, dies at 95

1995

• Arthur Mullard

  English comedian (born 1910).

• Reuel Denney

  American author known for his works in the mystery and science fiction genres.

• Greg Bahnsen

  American minister and philosopher (b. 1948)

• John Heawood

  Actor singer/choreographer (pleasure garden), passes away at 75

• Robert Shelton (Shapiro)

  Journalist dies at 69

1994

• Philip Phillips

  American archaeologist and scholar (b. 1900)

• Stanislaw Maczek

  Polish/british general major (wwii), died at the age of 102.

• Yao Yilin

  Vice prime minister of china (1979).

1993

• Elvira Popescu

  Actress and director of romanian-french films (d. 1993).

• Ales Gartner

  Norway's slavic ski instructor, who dies at 45

• Eliva "Elvire" Popesco

  At 99, a french-romanian actress (le roi) dies

1992

• Michael Robbins

  Actor (lunch hour on the buses), who dies at 62

1991

• Artur Lundkvist

  Swedish writer/professor (swedish academy), dies.

• Robert Q. Lewis

  American actor, comedian, game show host/panelist, and television personality (b. 1921)

• Robert Q Lewis

  At 70, a us comic/tv panelist (rql show) dies.

• Headman Tshabala

  At 44 years old, a south african musician (ladysmith black mambazo) was killed.

1990

• Fernand J Collin

  Belgian banker/economist, who dies at the age of 92.

1989 - 1980

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

1989

• Lousie Dahl-Wolfe

  Influential photographer known for her fashion and portrait photography.

• Chiyo Kusuhara

  Pioneering chemist who made significant contributions to organic chemistry.

• Louise Dahl-Wolfe

  American photographer (born 1895).

1987

• Leaira Fitzgerald

  Leaira Fitzgerald was a celebrated actress known for her roles in classic Hollywood films.

• G. A. Kulkarni

  Indian author and academic (d. 1987)

• G A Kulkarni

  Indian marathi writer (born in 1923)

1986

• Paul Keenan

  Actor (summer fantasy), dead at 30

1984

• George Waggner

  American actor, director, and producer (d.1984)

• George Waggner

  American director, producer and actor (b. 1894)

• Oskar Seidlin

  German-american author, poet, and scholar (d. 1984)

1983

• Neil Ritchie

  Guyanese-english general (d. 1983)

• Szymon Laks

  Composer dies at 82

1980

• Estelene Wilkins

  Estelene Wilkins was a British essayist known for her incisive social commentary and literary criticism.

1979 - 1970

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

1979

• James Gibson

  Prominent figure in visual perception research.

• James J. Gibson

  American psychologist and academic (d. 1979)

• James J Gibson

  American perceptual psychologist (born in 1904)

• Claire Carleton

  Actress (alice-cimarron city), is killed in new york city at the age of 66.

1978

• Evelette Blackwell

  Renowned chemist known for groundbreaking research in organic chemistry.

• Verbon Wilkins

  Verbon Wilkins was a renowned American playwright known for his thought-provoking and socially conscious works.

• Vincent du Vigneaud

  American biochemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (d. 1978)

• Earsel Harding

  Earsel Harding was a pioneering American physicist who conducted groundbreaking research in the field of quantum mechanics.

• Heyden Chappell

  Heyden Chappell was a British sculptor who specialized in public monuments and memorials.

Vincent Du Vigneaud

American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1955 for his work on the structure of peptides and the synthesis of insulin.

Paul O'Dea

American baseball manager and player (d. 1978).

1977

• Dewell Gann

  Dewell Gann was an American novelist known for his Western and adventure stories.

1975

• Lee Wiley

  American jazz singer (born in 1908)

• Benton MacKaye

  Benton MacKaye was an American forester, planner, and conservationist, known as the originator of the Appalachian Trail.

• Benton Mackaye

  Known as the father of the Appalachian Trail.

• Nihal Atsız

  Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975)

1974

• Reed Hadley

  Actor (racket squad, public defender) dies at 63

1972

• Semjon I Kirsanov

  Ukrainian poet (zolushka) dies at 66

1971

• Maurice McDonald

  Mcdonald's was founded by an american businessman (d. 1971).

1970

• Arsenio Rodriguez

  Cuban musician who played a key role in the development of Afro-Cuban music.

1969 - 1960

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

1968

• Arthur Hays Sulzberger

  American publisher (b. 1891)

• Richard Sagrits

  Estonian painter and author (b. 1910)

• Richard Sagrits

  Estonian painter (born1910)

• Nadine Riga

  At the age of 59, dies from cerebral hemorhage.

1967

• Richard Stemp

  Cricket player (yorkshire, england) a left-arm spinner

• Victor De Sabata

  Composer dies at 75

• Howard Freeman

  Actor (double dynamite) dies from illness in new york city, new york.

1966

• Court Whiteside

  Known for his work in nuclear physics and cosmic rays.

• Augusta Fox Bronner

  American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (b. 1881)

1965

• Pavle Beljanski

  Renowned Serbian painter known for his landscapes and portraits.

1964

• Sam Cooke

  American singer with amazing singing talent. his mix of gospel and pop laid the foundations of modern soul music. before his tragic death, he had 29 top forty hits.

• Sam Cooke

  American singer with amazing singing talent. his mix of gospel and pop laid the foundations of modern soul music. before his tragic death, he had 29 top forty hits.

• Alma Mahler

  Viennese socialite, born in vienna. she was well-known for her beauty and her vivacity when she was young. she was the wife of gustav mahler, walter gropius and franz werfel respectively, as well as a consort to several other notable men. she was a prolific composer of songs for piano and voice since her teens. her salon was an important …

• Percy Kilbride

  Actor (ma & pa kettle), died at 76

1959 - 1950

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

1959

• Jim Bottomley

  American sportscaster and baseball player (d. 1959).

1957

• Musidora

  French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)

• Musidora (Jeanne Roques)

  French actress (born 1889).

1955

• Archer Milton Huntington

  American art collector and philanthropist.

• Franz Adolf Syberg

  Composer dies at 51

• Johan C Altorf

  At 79, sculptor (october 3, monument), dies.

1953

• Fryda Lindström

  Notable sculptor recognized for her innovative use of materials.

• Sedat Simavi

  Turkish journalist and director (b. 1896)

1951

• Mustafa Muğlalı

  Turkish general (b. 1882)

• Hijri Dede

  Iraqi turkmen poet and writer (b. 1881)

1950

• Leslie Comrie

  New zealand academic and astronomer (d. 1950).

1949 - 1940

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

1945

• Charles Fabry

  French physicist. he was a specialist in optics, photometry and the development of the fabry perot interferometer to astronomy.

1941

• Émile Picard

  French mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

• John Gillespie Magee

  Jr., american pilot and poet (b. 1922)

• Charles Emile Picard

  French mathematician (born in 1856).

• John Gillespie Magee

  Jr., american poet & aviator (born in 1922)

1939 - 1930

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

1938

• Christian Lous Lange

  Norwegian historian and educator, nobel prize laureate (b. 1869)

• Christian Lous Lange

  Norwegian historian, teacher, political scientist. he was a world-renowned exponent of internationalism theory and practice.

1937

• Jaan Anvelt

  Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884)

• Hugh Thackeray Turner

  English architect and painter (b. 1853)

1936

• Myron Grimshaw

  American baseball player (b. 1875)

1933

• Emile C Wauters

  Belgian painter (van der goes klooster), dies at age 87.

1930

• Friedrich von Bernhardi

  German war historian/theorist, dies at the age of 81.

1929 - 1920

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

1928

• Lewis Latimer

  Played a key role in the development of the carbon filament for the incandescent light bulb.

1920

• Elliet Schreiner

  Elliet Schreiner was a South African novelist and feminist who is best known for her novel 'The Story of an African Farm'.

• Olive Schreiner

  South African author known for her novel 'The Story of an African Farm.'

• Olive Schreiner

  South african author and activist (b. 1855)

1919 - 1910

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

1918

• Ivan Cankar

  Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)

• Ivan Cankar Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej)

  At the age of 42, he dies.

1913

• Carl von In der Maur

  Governor of liechtenstein (b. 1852)

1911

• Thomas Ball US sculptor/painter/singer

  At the age of 92, he dies.

1909 - 1900

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

1909

• Ludwig Mond

  German-born chemist and british industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)

• Innokenty Annensky

  Russian poet and critic (d. 1909)

1906

• Ettore Baldi

  Italian mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry.

• Charles Townsend

  American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)

1902

• Matthias Hohner German manufacturer (harmonica)

  At the age of 68, he dies.