Famous Deaths on 11 Jun

Famous Deaths on 11 Jun

1183 - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155)
1216 - Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire
1488 - King James III of Scotland
1557 - King John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
1695 - André Félibien, French architect (b. 1619)
1712 - Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, Marshal of France (b. 1654)
1727 - King George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
1796 - Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician (b. 1720)
1847 - John Franklin, English sea captain and explorer (b. 1786)
1852 - Karl Briullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
1858 - Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (b. 1773)
1879 - Prince Willem of the Netherlands, disgraced heir apparent to the Dutch throne (b. 1840)
1882 - Louis Maigret, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1804)
1903 - Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia (b. 1876)
1903 - Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (b. 1837)
1911 - James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (b. 1815)
1914 - Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
1924 - Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (b. 1837)
1927 - William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
1934 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (b. 1896)
1936 - Robert E. Howard, American author (b. 1906)
1937 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b. 1895)
1941 - Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
1963 - Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk, self-immolation (b. 1897)
1965 - José Mendes Cabeçadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
1970 - William 'Billy Batts' Devino, American crime figure (b. 1921)
1970 - Frank Laubach, Christian missionary (b. 1884)
1970 - Earl Grant, American musician and singer (b. 1931)
1974 - Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
1974 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (b. 1883)
1976 - Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)
1979 - John Wayne, American actor (b. 1907)
1984 - Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (b. 1922)
1985 - Sapfo Notara, Greek actress (b. 1907)
1985 - Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (b. 1954)
1986 - Chesley Bonestell, American-born engineer, architect, and artist (b. 1888)
1991 - Cromwell Everson, South African composer (b. 1925)
1993 - Ray Sharkey, American actor (b. 1952)
1996 - Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908)
1998 - Catherine Cookson, British novelist (b. 1906)
1999 - DeForest Kelley, American actor (b. 1920)
2001 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (b. 1923)
2001 - Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (by execution; b. 1968)
2003 - David Brinkley, American television reporter (b. 1920)
2004 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946)
2004 - Xenophon Zolotas, Greek politician (b. 1904)
2005 - Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general (b. 1922)
2006 - Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (b. 1944)
2006 - Michael Bartosh, computer expert and author (b. 1977)
2006 - Bruce Shand, father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (b. 1917)
2007 - Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921)
2007 - Mala Powers, American film actress (b. 1931)
2008 - Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
2008 - Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1938)
2008 - Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (b. 1951)