Famous Deaths on 11 Feb

Famous Deaths on 11 Feb

1141 - Hugo of St. Victor, German philosopher and theologian
1160 - Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
1503 - Elizabeth of York, queen consort of Henry VII of England (b. 1466)
1511 - Henry, Duke of Cornwall, son of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
1626 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
1650 - René Descartes, French philosopher (b. 1596)
1685 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638)
1713 - Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor of India (b. 1664)
1755 - Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist (b. 1675)
1762 - Johann Tobias Krebs, German composer (b. 1690)
1763 - William Shenstone, English poet (b. 1714)
1797 - Antoine Dauvergne, French composer (b. 1713)
1829 - Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795)
1862 - Elizabeth Siddal, British poet and artist (b. 1829)
1868 - Léon Foucault, French astronomer (b. 1819)
1879 - Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808)
1917 - Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician (b. 1872)
1923 - Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician (b. 1847)
1931 - Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (b. 1854)
1939 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
1940 - John Buchan, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1875)
1945 - Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (b. 1891)
1948 - Sergei Eisenstein, Latvian film director (b. 1898)
1954 - Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (b. 1877)
1958 - Ernest Jones, British psychonanalyst (b. 1879)
1959 - Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)
1963 - Sylvia Plath, American writer (b. 1932)
1968 - Howard Lindsay, American playwright (b. 1888)
1972 - Jan Wils, Dutch architect (b. 1891)
1973 - Hans D Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1907)
1975 - Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy soldier and statesman, assassinated (b. 1931)
1976 - Frank Arnau, German writer (b. 1894)
1976 - Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (b. 1894)
1976 - Lee J Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)
1977 - Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)
1978 - James B Conant, American chemist and university president (b. 1893)
1978 - Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1904)
1982 - Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)
1982 - Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
1985 - Heinz Eric Roemheld, American composer (b. 1901)
1985 - Ben Abruzzo, American businessman and balloonist (b. 1930)
1985 - Henry Hathaway, American actor and director (b. 1898)
1986 - Frank Herbert, American author (b. 1920)
1986 - Evelio Javier, Filipino politician, lawyer, and civil servant (b. 1942)
1987 - Sadequain, famous Pakistani painter and artist. (b. 1930)
1989 - George O'Hanlon, American actor and director (b. 1912)
1991 - Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1922)
1994 - Sorrell Booke, American actor (b. 1930)
1994 - Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
1994 - William Conrad, American actor (b. 1920)
1996 - Cyril Poole, English cricketer (b. 1921)
1996 - Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet (b. 1930)
1996 - Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)
1997 - Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943)
1997 - Don Porter, American actor (b. 1912)
2000 - Roger Vadim, French director (b. 1928)
2000 - Jacqueline Auriol, French aviatrix (b. 1917)
2002 - Barry Foster, British actor (b. 1931)
2002 - Frank Crosetti, baseball player (b. 1910)
2004 - Shirley Strickland, Australian athlete (b. 1925)
2005 - Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)
2006 - Jackie Pallo, wrestler (b. 1926)
2006 - Peter Benchley, American author (b. 1940)
2006 - Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (b. 1943)
2007 - Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (b. 1927)
2008 - Tom Lantos, member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1928)
2008 - Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical designer (b. 1919)
641 - Heraclius, Emperor of Byzantium
731 - Pope Gregory II
821 - Saint Benedict of Aniane
824 - Pope Paschal I