Famous People Who Died on This Day in History, Who Died Today in History?
Here is a list who died on date 11 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history died on this day. Today's famous deaths list for December 11
Who Died Today, Famous Deaths on December 11
| Name | Date |
|---|---|
| 384 | Pope Damasus I (b. c.304) |
| 861 | Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, chief confidant and councillor to al-Mutawakkil |
| 969 | Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor (b. 912) |
| 1121 | Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Egyptian political adviser (b. 1066) |
| 1198 | Averroes, Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1126) |
| 1241 | Ögedei Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1186) |
| 1282 | Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Welsh prince (b. 1223) |
| 1474 | Henry IV of Castile, King of the Crown of Castile (b. 1425) |
| 1532 | Pietro Accolti, Italian cardinal (b. 1455) |
| 1582 | Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general and politician, 12th Constable of Portugal (b. 1508) |
| 1610 | Adam Elsheimer, German artist working in Rome (b. 1578) |
| 1686 | Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621) |
| 1694 | Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630) |
| 1737 | John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643) |
| 1747 | Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675) |
| 1797 | Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722) |
| 1826 | Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797) |
| 1840 | Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771) |
| 1872 | Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830) |
| 1880 | Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810) |
| 1892 | William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821) |
| 1906 | Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872) |
| 1909 | Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839) |
| 1913 | Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852) |
| 1918 | Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876) |
| 1920 | Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855) |
| 1936 | Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875) |
| 1937 | Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884) |
| 1938 | Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) |
| 1941 | John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (b. 1922) |
| 1945 | Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (b. 1867) |
| 1950 | Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (b. 1893) |
| 1951 | Mustafa Muğlalı, Turkish general (b. 1882) |
| 1953 | Sedat Simavi, Turkish journalist and director (b. 1896) |
| 1957 | Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889) |
| 1959 | Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1900) |
| 1964 | Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931) |
| 1966 | Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (b. 1881) |
| 1968 | Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter and author (b. 1910) |
| 1975 | Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908) |
| 1978 | Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901) |
| 1979 | James J. Gibson, American psychologist and author (b. 1904) |
| 1983 | Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (b. 1897) |
| 1984 | Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (b. 1911) |
| 1987 | G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (b. 1923) |
| 1989 | Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895) |
| 1991 | Robert Q. Lewis, American actor, comedian, game show host/panelist, and television personality (b. 1921) |
| 1994 | Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (b. 1900) |
| 1995 | Greg Bahnsen, American minister and philosopher (b. 1948) |
| 1996 | Willie Rushton, English cartoonist, author, and publisher, co-founded Private Eye (b. 1937) |
| 1997 | Eddie Chapman, English spy (b. 1914) |
| 1998 | André Lichnerowicz, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1915) |
| 2000 | Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician and diplomat (b. 1915) |
| 2001 | Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, first Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930) |
| 2003 | Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author and playwright (b. 1927) |
| 2004 | José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962) |
| 2008 | Bettie Page, American model (b. 1923) |
| 2010 | Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922) |
| 2011 | John Patrick Foley, American cardinal (b. 1935) |
| 2012 | Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano and actress (b. 1926) |
| 2013 | Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (b. 1920) |
| 2014 | Hans Wallat, German conductor and director (b. 1929) |
| 2015 | Abish Kekilbayev, Kazakh academic and politician (b. 1939) |
| 2017 | Keith Chegwin, British TV presenter (b. 1957) |
| 2020 | James Flynn, New Zealand intelligence researcher. (b. 1934) |
| 2021 | Anne Rice, American author (b. 1941) |
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