Historical DeathsToday: 11 October

Deaths

• 1188 - Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France


• 1303 - Pope Boniface VIII


• 1347 - Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)


• 1424 - Jan Žižka, leader of the Hussites (b. 1360)


• 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (b. 1484)


• 1705 - Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)


• 1708 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651)


• 1721 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636)


• 1725 - Hans Herr, Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b. 1639)


• 1779 - Kazimierz Pułaski, Polish fighter for American independence (b. 1745)


• 1809 - Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (b. 1774)


• 1811 - Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (b. 1724)


• 1821 - John Ross Key, American judge and lawyer (b. 1754)


• 1852 - Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (b. 1823)


• 1889 - James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818)


• 1896 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (b. 1824)


• 1896 - Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829)


• 1935 - Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)


• 1940 - Lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)


• 1940 - Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)


• 1961 - Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)


• 1963 - Jean Cocteau, French writer (b. 1889)


• 1963 - Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (b. 1915)


• 1965 - Dorothea Lange, American photographer (b. 1895)


• 1965 - Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1884)


• 1971 - Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in history (b. 1898)


• 1976 - Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (b. 1897)


• 1977 - MacKinlay Kantor, American author (b. 1904)


• 1988 - Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)


• 1989 - M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (b. 1904)


• 1991 - Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)


• 1991 - Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (b. 1922)


• 1993 - Jess Thomas, American tenor (b. 1927)


• 1996 - Lars Ahlfors, Finnish mathematician (b. 1907)


• 1996 - Joe Morris, C.C., LL.D., Canadian trade unionist (b. 1913)


• 1996 - Renato Russo, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (b. 1960)


• 1998 - Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)


• 2000 - Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)


• 2002 - Dina Pathak, Indian Actress (b. 1922)


• 2004 - Keith Miller, Australian sportsman (b. 1919)


• 2005 - Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915)


• 2005 - Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Linguist, and writer of Pakistan (b. 1917)


• 2006 - Cory Lidle, American baseball pitcher (b. 1972)


• 2006 - Howard Kerzner, Chief Executive Officer of Kerzner International (b. 1964)


• 2006 - Benito Martínez, Cuban who claimed to be the oldest person, died mildly ironically. Family didn't mourn - mostly dead also. (b. ?1880)


• 2007 - Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (b. 1915)


• 2007 - David Lee "Tex" Hill, World War Two fighter pilot, flying ace, 1st American Volunteer Group (b. 1915)