Famous Deaths on 11 Sep

Famous Deaths on 11 Sep

1161 - Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
1185 - Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier
1279 - Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. c. 1215)
1298 - Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1269)
1349 - Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (b. 1315)
1599 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman executed for planned fratricide (b. 1577)
1677 - James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611)
1680 - Roger Crab, English Puritan political writer (b. 1621)
1680 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
1721 - Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
1733 - François Couperin, French composer (b. 1668)
1760 - Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704)
1822 - Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (b. 1777)
1823 - David Ricardo, economist (b. 1772)
1843 - Joseph Nicollet, mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
1851 - Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (b. 1794)
1865 - Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
1888 - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (b. 1811)
1896 - Francis James Child, American ballad collector (b. 1825)
1911 - Louis Henri Boussenard, French novelist (b. 1847)
1915 - William Cornelius Van Horne, American railway executive (b. 1843)
1915 - William Sprague IV, American politician (b. 1830)
1917 - Georges Guynemer, French aviator (b. 1894)
1921 - Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil poet (b. 1882)
1926 - Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (b. 1875)
1931 - Salvatore Maranzano, American crime boss (b. 1868)
1932 - Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura, Polish pilots (Żwirko b. 1895 Wigura b. 1901)
1939 - Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
1941 - Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary (b. 1873)
1948 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (b. 1876)
1950 - Jan Smuts, South African soldier and statesman (b. 1870)
1956 - Billy Bishop, Canadian pilot in World War I (b. 1894)
1958 - Robert W. Service, Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. 1874)
1958 - Camillien Houde, French Canadian politician (b. 1889)
1965 - Ralph C. Smedley, Founder of Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
1966 - C. E. Woolman, American airline magnate (b. 1889)
1967 - Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (b. 1904)
1968 - René Cogny, French General (b. 1904)
1971 - Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Soviet politician and leader (b. 1894)
1971 - Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (b. 1928)
1972 - Max Fleischer, American animator (b. 1883)
1973 - Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru
1973 - Salvador Allende, President of Chile (b. 1908)
1974 - Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean Socialist Party member
1978 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish F1 driver (b. 1944)
1978 - Janet Parker, medical photographer (b. c. 1938)
1978 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929)
1978 - Mike Gazella, American baseball player (b. 1895)
1984 - Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
1985 - William Alwyn, English composer (b. 1905)
1985 - Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)
1987 - Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b. 1915)
1987 - Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician and singer (b. 1944)
1988 - John Sylvester White, American actor (b. 1919)
1990 - Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist (b. 1949)
1991 - Ernst Herbeck, German Poet (b. 1920)
1993 - Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)
1993 - Antoine Izméry, Haitian pro-democracy activist (b. unknown)
1994 - William Obanhein, police officer, mentioned in "Alice's Restaurant" (b. 1924)
1994 - Jessica Tandy, American actress (b. 1909)
1995 - Anita Harding, neurologist (b. 1952)
1997 - Camille Henry, National Hockey League player (b. 1933)
1998 - Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1913)
1999 - Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan auto racing driver (b. 1972)
1999 - Belkis Ayón, Cuban artist (b. 1967)
2001 - Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Chief of Department, FDNY (b. 1946)
2001 - Hani Hanjour, 9/11 terrorist (b. 1972)
2001 - Ziad Jarrah, 9/11 terrorist (b. 1975)
2001 - Father Mychal F. Judge, Chaplain, FDNY (b. 1933)
2001 - Angel L. Juarbe, Jr., American firefighter (b. 1966)
2001 - John P. O'Neill, American anti-terrorism FBI agent (b. 1952)
2001 - John Ogonowski, pilot for American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1951)
2001 - Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955)
2001 - Tom Burnett, American businessman (b. 1963)
2001 - Mark Bingham, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1970)
2001 - Alice Stewart Trillin, American author (b. 1938)
2001 - see also Category:Victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks:
2001 - Marwan Al-Shehhi, 9/11 terrorist (b. 1978)
2001 - David Angell, American sitcom creator (b. 1946)
2001 - Mohamed Atta, 9/11 terrorist (b. 1968)
2001 - Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player and scout (b. 1948)
2001 - Todd Beamer, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1968)
2001 - Berry Berenson, widow of Anthony Perkins (b. 1948)
2001 - Daniel M. Lewin, founder of Akamai Technologies (b. 1970)