May 11 - Deaths

Deaths

• 912 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine Emperor (b. 866)
• 1304 – Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)
• 1610 – Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (b. 1552)
• 1672 – Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline (b. 1615)
• 1686 – Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician (b. 1602)
• 1708 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
• 1723 – Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)
• 1760 – Alaungpaya, Myanmar founder of Konbaung Dynasty (b. 1714)
• 1777 – George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English governor (b. 1719)
• 1778 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
• 1779 – John Hart, American delegate and a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1711)
• 1812 – Spencer Perceval, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 – Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 – Juliette Récamier, French society leader (b. 1777)
• 1871 – John Herschel, British mathematician and astronomer (b. 1792)
• 1887 – Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)
• 1891 – A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)
• 1915 – Arthur Hussey, American golfer (b. 1882)
• 1916 – Max Reger, German composer (b. 1873)
• 1916 – Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1920 – William Dean Howells, American writer (b. 1837)
• 1927 – Juan Gris, Spanish cubist artist (b. 1887)
• 1929 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter, patriot, and priest (b. 1864)
• 1934 – Blaise Diagne, Sengalese politician (b. 1872)
• 1934 – Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)
• 1938 – George Lyon, Canadian golfer (b. 1858)
• 1939 – Evgenii Miller, Russian general (b. 1867)
• 1940 – Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese Physician (b. 1880)
• 1955 – Gilbert Laird Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 – John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
• 1966 – Alfred Wintle, English soldier and author (b. 1897)
• 1967 – James E. Brewton, American painter and printmaker (b. 1930)
• 1970 – Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist (b. 1906)
• 1973 – Lex Barker, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (b. 1898)
• 1979 – Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and musician (Foggy Mountain Boys and Nashville Grass) (b. 1914)
• 1981 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician (Bob Marley & The Wailers) (b. 1945)
• 1985 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1986 – Alexander Akimov, Ukrainian Chernobyl worker (b. 1953)
• 1986 – Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
• 1986 – Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
• 1988 – Kim Philby, English spy (b. 1912)
• 1990 – Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer (b. 1935)
• 1994 – Timothy Carey, American actor (b. 1928)
• 1996 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigerian politician, President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Rodney Culver, American football running back (b. 1969)
• 1996 – Walter Hyatt, American songwriter and musician (b. 1949)
• 1996 – Candi Kubeck, American pilot of Valujet Flight 592 (b. 1961)
• 1996 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
• 1996 – Sam Ragan, American author, journalist and poet (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Ernie Fields, American musician, arranger, and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1998 – Oreste Kirkop, Maltese tenor and actor (b. 1923)
• 1999 – Giorgos Kappis, Greek actor (b. 1929)
• 2000 – René Muñoz, Cuban actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
• 2000 – Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907)
• 2001 – Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952)
• 2002 – Joseph Bonanno, Sicilian-American mafioso (b. 1905)
• 2002 – Renaude Lapointe, French-Canadian journalist and senator (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Road, Fat Mattress, and The Noel Redding Band) (b. 1945)
• 2004 – Mick Doyle, Irish rugby player and coach (b. 1941)
• 2004 – John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)
• 2005 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek singer and composer (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician (b. 1908)
• 2006 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935)
• 2006 – Frankie Thomas, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Yossi Banai, Israeli singer and actor (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan head of state (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Dottie Rambo, American singer-songwriter (The Rambos) (b. 1934)
• 2008 – John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush) (b. 1953)
• 2008 – Bruno Neves, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1981)
• 2009 – Pat Booth, English model, photographer, and author (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Lude Check, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1917)
• 2009 – Abel Goumba, African politician (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Claudio Huepe, Chilean politician, engineer, and economist (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Bill Kelso, American baseball player (b. 1940)
• 2009 – Mark Landon, American actor (b. 1948)
• 2009 – Shanthi Lekha, Sri Lankan actress (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Peter Philips, Australian politician (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Leonard Shlain, American surgeon and writer (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Angel Arce Torres, American hit and run victim (b. 1931)
• 2010 – Robert H. Burris, American biochemist and educator (b. 1914)
• 2010 – John Fugh, Chinese-American general (b. 1934)
• 2010 – Brian Gibson, English footballer (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Timothy Grubb, English slow jumper (b. 1954)
• 2010 – Rauf Jabbarov, Azerbaijani boxing manager and trainer (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Maciej Kozłowski, Polish actor (b. 1957)
• 2010 – Richard LaMotta, American inventor, businessman, lawyer, inventor of Chipwich (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Bud Mahurin, American pilot (b. 1918)
• 2010 – Emmanuel Ngobese, South African soccer player (b. 1980)
• 2010 – Jeff Shaw, Australian lawyer, politician, and judge (b. 1949)
• 2010 – Doris Eaton Travis, American actress, dancer, and author (b. 1904)
• 2010 – Bob Watt, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
• 2011 – Maurice Goldhaber, Austrian-American physicist (b. 1911)
• 2011 – Leo Kahn, American businessman, co-founder of Staples Inc. (b. 1916)
• 2011 – Reach Sambath, Cambodian journalist (b. 1964)
• 2011 – Elisabeth Svendsen, English animal welfare advocate, founded The Donkey Sanctuary (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Robert Traylor, American basketball player (b. 1977)
• 2011 – Glyn Williams, Welsh footballer (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Snooky Young, American trumpeter (Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and Count Basie Orchestra)
• 2012 – Jack Benaroya, American real estate developer and philanthropist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Patrick Bosch, Dutch footballer (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Tony DeZuniga, Filipino comic-book artist (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Ramesh Mehta, India playwright, director, actor, and translator (b. 1923)