May 11th famous deaths

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

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2029 - 2020

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

2021

Colt Brennan
Colt Brennan was a college football star who played quarterback at the University of Hawaii.
Norman Lloyd
American actor, director, and producer (d. 2021)

2020

Jerry Stiller
American actor, comedian and producer (d. 2020)

2019 - 2010

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

2019

Peggy Lipton
American actress. she is the archetypal hippie, with long shiny hair and hip attire. she was the female part of the tv series trio "mod squad", which ran from september 1968 to august 1973. after a long hiatus she was back on tv with "twin peaks", april 1990 to june 1991.
Thomas Silverstein
American criminal and prisoner (d. 2019)

2017

Yale Lary
American football player. he was a safety/punter and was named all-nfl four years in a row. he also played in nine pro bowls.

2015

Jef Geeraerts
Flemish writer. he was a belgian congo colonial administrator. he sent his wife, children and parents back to belgium upon the declaration of independence for the congo. in august 1960, he returned to belgium. he was paid by the government during the six years that followed (return program). he needed to find work to survive after that. he made the …
Jef Geeraerts
Belgian politician and writer.

2012

Bertina Lopes
Bertina Lopes was a renowned Cape Verdean painter known for her vibrant and expressive artwork.

2011

Robert Traylor
American basketball player (d. 2011)

2010

Doris Eaton Travis
American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)

2009 - 2000

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

2009

Claudio Huepe
Chilean economist and politician, chilean minister secretary-general of government (b. 1939)
Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda
Indian admiral (b. 1915)
Abel Goumba
Central african physician and politician, prime minister of the central african republic (b. 1926)

2008

John Rutsey
Canadian drummer (rush) (d. 2008)
John Rutsey
Canadian drummer (rush) (born 1953)
Dottie Rambo
American singer-songwriter (the rambos), (d. 2008).
Bruno Neves
Portuguese cyclist (born 1981).

2007

Malietoa Tanumafili II
Samoan head of state (o le ao o le malo), (born 1913).
Malietoa Tanumafili II
Samoan ruler (d. 2007)
Bernard Gordon
Blacklisted american producer and screenwriter (born 1918).

2006

Floyd Patterson
American boxer. he was an olympic gold medalist and a professional heavyweight champion. he weighed 165-1/2 pounds and won the gold medal for middleweight at the 1952 olympic games. he won the professional heavyweight title twice more.
Clarence Petersen
Clarence Petersen was an American journalist and author who worked for the Chicago Tribune for over 40 years.
Jim Lemon
American journalist and news anchor for NBC Nightly News.
Frankie Thomas
American actor (born in 1921)
Floyd Patterson
American boxer and actor (b. 1935)

2005

Michalis Genitsaris
Greek rebetiko singer, composer (born 1917).
Léo Cadieux
Canadian journalist and politician, 17th canadian minister of national defence (d. 2005)

2004

Mick Doyle
Irish rugby union footballer and coach (born in 1941).
John Whitehead
American politician and banker 9th united states secretary of state (d.2015)

2003

Noel Redding
Hendrix was a bass guitarist and songwriter. he left the jimi hendrix experience in 1969, a year before his death.

2002

Bill Peet
American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)
Renaude Lapointe
Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2002)
Renaude Lapointe
French canadian senator and journalist (born 1912).

2001

Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams was a British author best known for his science-fiction comedy series 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'.
Octa Hungerford
Mathematician known for contributions to algebraic geometry.

2000

Rene Munoz
Cuban actor and screenwriter of telenovelas. born 1938

1999 - 1990

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

1999

Lilliona Livingston
Jamaican singer known as Sister Nancy, famous for her hit song 'Bam Bam'.
Giorgos Kappis
Greek actor (born 1929).

1998

Oreste Kirkop
Maltese actor and tenor (born 1923)

1997

Brenda Carlin
George carlin's wife, tv producer, has died at the age of 57.

1996

Ifeanyichukwu Azikiwe
Ifeanyichukwu Azikiwe was the first President of Nigeria and a prominent figure in the country's independence movement.
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Nigerian statesman, commonly known as "the zik of africa." he was a leading figure in modern nigerian nationalism. from 1963 to 1966, he was the head of nigeria's state. from 1960 to 1963, he was the second and final governor-general. he was also the first president of nigeria between 1963 and 1966. he died may 11, 1996.
Walter Hyatt
American singer-songwriter ("uncle walt's band") (d. 1996)
Ademir Marques de Menezes
Brazilian footballer (born 1922)
Joan Thirkettle
Journalist dies at 48

Malcolm MacEwen

Writer dies at 84

Bruce Boyce

Singer/teacher, dies at age 85.

1995

Webster Kirkpatrick
American science fiction writer and editor.
William John Phillips
Actor (nothing but man), dies at age 80
David Avidan
Israeli filmmaker, poet, playwright, and publicist. he published 20 books of hebrew poetry.

1994

Timothy Carey
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
Danny Overbea
Blues guitarist/singer, who dies at the age of 68.
Alfred James Broomhall
Methodist missionary dies at the age of 82
Lewis B Puller
Us writer (pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at age 48.
Leonard Friedman
Violinist dies at the age of 63.

1992

Elizabeth McDonald
Span, inventor, dies at the age of 98.
Carlos Herrera
Margarita, the drink inventor, dies at 90.

1991

Ho Dam
Foreign minister north-korea (1970-83)
Filip J Field
Dies at 67

1990

Stratos Dionysiou
Greek singer, composer and lyricist (b. 1935)

1989 - 1980

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

1988

Kim Philby
British double agent, master spy and traitor. the mysterious "third man", whose identity as a soviet agent was revealed in 1963, rocked the empire. he was the son of a wealthy english family. he was educated at the top schools in england and was valued by the british secret services as an expert on espionage.
H A R (Kim) Philby
British double agent, dies (born 1912).

1986

Fritz Pollard
First African American head coach in the NFL and a standout player in the early days of professional football.

1985

Chester Gould
Creator of the comic strip 'Dick Tracy' known for its futuristic technology.
Chester Gould
Creator of the comic strip 'Dick Tracy' known for its futuristic technology.
Samuel Frith
English co-founder of the soccer team (bradford city), is dead.
Chester Gould
Dick tracy, an american cartoonist and author, was born in 1985.
Jorja Curtright
Actor, whistle stop, dies from a heart attack

Garmt Stuiveling

Literatrary (ego and echo) dies at 77

1983

Zenna Henderson
American science-fiction writer. she was the first woman to use her own name in science fiction without concealing her gender. she is the author of "the people" and "the pilgrimage".
Zena Henderson
American science fiction and fantasy author known for her stories about The People.
Bridie Smith
Pioneering chemist who discovered the first antibiotic, penicillin.
Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson
Author (anything box), passes away at 65

1982

Leigh Snowden
Actress (hot rod rumble) dies from cancer at 51
Piet van Egmond
At 70, organist/conductor dies.

1981

Mega Marley
Mega Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician who is considered one of the pioneers of reggae music.
Bob Marley
Jamaican reggae singer and song writer, musician and guitarist, who has achieved international fame. he began his career in 1963 as a member of the wailers. his distinctive songwriting and vocal style would resonate with worldwide audiences. the wailers would release some of the first reggae records together with lee scratch perry. marley began a solo career after the wailers …
Bob Marley
Jamaican reggae singer and song writer, musician and guitarist, who has achieved international fame. he began his career in 1963 as a member of the wailers. his distinctive songwriting and vocal style would resonate with worldwide audiences. the wailers would release some of the first reggae records together with lee scratch perry. marley began a solo career after the wailers …
Odd Hassel
Norwegian chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1897)
Bob Marley
Legendary reggae musician known for hits like 'No Woman, No Cry' and 'Redemption Song.'

Hoyt J Fuller

Editor (1st world magazine), died at 57

1979 - 1970

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

1979

Lester Flatt
American singer-songwriter/guitarist (foggy mountains boys and nashville grass). (d. 1979).
Joan Chandler
Dies at 55
Lester Raymond Flatt
Musician (flatt & scruggs – "ballad of jed clampett"), who dies at the age of 64.

1978

John Clinge Doorenbos
Dutch journalist/poet dies at the age of 93

1976

Alver Aalto
Famous architect known for his innovative designs.
Oiva Aalto
Renowned Finnish architect known for his modernist designs.
Camille Schmit
Composer dies at 68
Alva R. Aalto
Finnish architect and designer known for his modernist buildings and furniture designs.
Alvar Aalto
Finnish architect designed finlandia hall & aalto theatre (d. 1976).

J Anaya

Bolivian ambassador to france and military, killed

1973

Lex Barker
American actor, best known for his portrayal of tarzan of the apes as well as leading characters in karl may's novels.
Grigory M Kosinzev
Russian director, dies.

1971

Lillan Bland
Pioneering aviator who became the first woman to fly an aircraft across the Irish Sea.
Lefty Gordon
Lefty Gordon was a prominent figure in politics, advocating for labor rights.
Klein
Klein was a celebrated poet whose works touched many hearts.

1970

Johnny Hodges
American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 1970).

1969 - 1960

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

1967

James E. Brewton
American painter (b. 1930)

1966

Alfred Wintle
British ww1 and ww2 soldier; author, ''the last englishman'' (born in 1897).

1965

Roger Vailland
French author (la novice, et mourir de plasir)
Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans
Flemish playwright dies at 86

1963

Herbert Spencer Gasser
American physiologist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1888)

1962

Milcah Mitchell
Renowned botanist who specialized in plant genetics.

1960

Gunnar Björling
Finnish-Swedish poet known for his modernist poetry.
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
John D Rockefeller Jr
Philanthropist, who dies at 86
John D Rockefeller
Jr., american philanthropist (born in 1874)

1959 - 1950

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

1958

Gwyn Staley
Gwyn Staley was a talented NASCAR driver known for his skills on the track.

1956

Hubie Marshall
Noted American painter known for his landscapes and portraits.
Walter S Adams
Us astronomer/director of mount wilson, dies at the age of 79

1955

Ewin Schröter
Contributed to the study of solar activity and sunspots.
Gilbert Jessop
English soldier and cricketer (d. 1955).

1953

Jean Adair
Dies at 80

1952

Giovanni Tebaldini
Composer dies at 87

1949 - 1940

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

1949

Adrianus PHA de Kleyn
65 years old. throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor).

1947

Ture Rangstrom
Composer dies at 62

1946

Seán McCaughey Irish Republican
Hunger striker

1944

Florine Stettheimer
Florine Stettheimer was an American painter known for her avant-garde works.
Henk Hos
At 37, a resistance fighter was executed

1940

Chujiro Hayashi
Japanese reiki master (born 1880)

1939 - 1930

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

1939

Evgenii Miller
Russian counter-revolutionary (born 1867)

1938

George Lyon
Canadian cricketer and golfer (d. 1938).
Arnold Sauwen
Flemish poet (hours of solitude), is killed at 81

1937

Viliam Figus
Composer dies at 62

1936

Mitchell Palmer
Mitchell Palmer was a U.S. Attorney General known for his involvement in the Red Scare.

1935

Edward H Thompson
American archaeologist (mayan civilization), is killed at the age of 78.

1934

Blaise Diagne
First black African elected to the French Chamber of Deputies.
Orest Khvolson
Russian physicist (born 1852)

1930

Brigham Morris Young
Brigham Morris Young was an American artist known for his landscape paintings and illustrations.

1929 - 1920

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

1929

Jozef Murgaš
Slovak-american priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
Jozef Murgas
Slovak inventor (born 1864)

1927

Juan Gris
Spanish painter known for his Cubist artworks.
Juan Gris
Spanish painter and sculpturer who spent most of his adult life in france. his works, which are closely connected to an innovative artistic genreaeur"cubismaeur"are among the movement's most distinctive.

1926

Goble Wetzstein
Inventor of a popular household gadget.

1924

Fleet Walker
Fleet Walker was the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball.

1920

Durante Colosimo
Italian-American mobster and political figure in Chicago.
James Colosimo
Italian-american mob boss (d. 2021)
William Dean Howells
American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
William Dean Howells
American writer (born 1837).

1919 - 1910

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

1918

George Elmslie
Australian politician, 25th premier of victoria (b. 1861)

1917

Otto Adolf Klauwell composer
At the age of 66, he dies.

1916

Maxamus Reger
German composer and pianist known for his late Romantic and early modern musical style.
Max Reger
Johannes brahms was a german organist, composer and conductor. he was prolific and composed music for organ, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works. his many creations include "fantasy," "bapcklin suite," and "fugue in c minor," as well as "improvisation," and "fugue on bach".
Karl Schwarzschild
Developed the first exact solution to Einstein's field equations of general relativity.
Max [Johann BJM] Reger
German composer / pianist/organist dies at 43