Famous Deaths on 11 Apr

Famous Deaths on 11 Apr

1034 - Romanus III, Byzantine emperor (b. 968)
1240 - Llywelyn the Great, King of Gwynedd
1554 - Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521)
1612 - Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b. 1535)
1612 - Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (b. 1566)
1626 - Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)
1712 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638)
1723 - John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)
1798 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725)
1856 - Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831)
1861 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824)
1873 - Edward Canby, U.S. general (b. 1817)
1890 - Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man" (b. 1862)
1894 - Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832)
1906 - James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (b. 1847)
1906 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)
1908 - Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829)
1916 - Richard Harding Davis, American author (b. 1864)
1926 - Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)
1947 - Louise Peete, American murderess (b. 1880)
1953 - Kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869)
1958 - Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)
1967 - Donald Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911)
1970 - Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)
1970 - John O'Hara, American author (b. 1905)
1977 - Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1983 - Dolores del Rio, Mexican actress (b. 1905)
1985 - Enver Hoxha, Albanian Communist dictator (b. 1908)
1985 - Bunny Ahearne, British ice hockey promoter (b. 1900)
1987 - Erskine Caldwell, American author (b. 1903)
1987 - Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (b. 1919)
1990 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904)
1990 - Harold Ballard, Canadian ice hockey club owner and executive (b. 1903)
1991 - Walker Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1915)
1992 - Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920)
1992 - Eve Merriam, American playwright, director, and poet (b. 1916)
1996 - Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)
2000 - Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
2001 - Harry Secombe, Welsh actor and comedian (b. 1921)
2001 - Sandy Bull, American musician (b. 1941)
2003 - Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900)
2005 - André François, French cartoonist (b. 1915)
2005 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)
2006 - Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973)
2006 - June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)
2007 - Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925)
2007 - Kurt Vonnegut, American author (b. 1922)
2007 - Ronald Speirs, American Army officer(CO of Easy Company) (b. 1920)
2007 - Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954)
2008 - Merlin German, United States Marine