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February 11 Deaths in History - February 11 Birthdays - February 11 Events
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February 11, 2003 Thomas Leonard, American Businessman February 11, 2000 Roger Vadim, director, And God Created Woman, dies at 72 February 11, 1997 Don Porter, actor, Gidget, dies at 84 February 11, 1996 Amelia Rosselli, poet, dies at 65 February 11, 1996 Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64 February 11, 1996 Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies February 11, 1996 Kebby Musokotwane, prime minister of Zambia in (1985-89), dies February 11, 1996 Phil Regan, actor (Las Vegas Night, Dames, Housewife), dies at 88 February 11, 1994 Antonio Martin, Spanish cyclist, dies in cycling accident at 23 February 11, 1994 Sorrell Brooke, actor (Mayor Hogg-Dukes of Hazzard), dies at 64 February 11, 1994 William Conrad, actor (Cannon), dies of a heart attack at 73 February 11, 1993 George A Stephen, inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71 February 11, 1993 Joy Garrett, actress (Days of Our Lives), dies of liver failure February 11, 1993 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnist, dies in an auto accident February 11, 1992 Ray Danton, U.S. actor and director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60 February 11, 1991 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at 90 February 11, 1989 George O'Hanlon, actor and director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71 February 11, 1986 Frank [Patrick] Herbert, sci-fi author (Dune), dies at 65 February 11, 1986 Frank Herbert, American Writer February 11, 1985 Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83 February 11, 1985 Henry Hathaway, actor and director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86 February 11, 1985 Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68 February 11, 1982 Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer February 11, 1982 Takashi Shimura, Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76 February 11, 1982 Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79 February 11, 1978 James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at 84 February 11, 1978 James Bryant Conant, American Scientist February 11, 1977 Louis J M Beel, Dutch premier (1946-48, 58-59), dies at 74 February 11, 1976 Alice Allen, actress (Call of the Hills), dies February 11, 1976 Charlie Naughton, actor (Frozen Limits), dies at 89 February 11, 1976 Lee J Cobb, actor (12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront), dies at 64 February 11, 1976 Lee J. Cobb, American Actor February 11, 1974 Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell and Son), dies at 85 February 11, 1973 Hans D Jensen, German physicist (Nobel prize 1963), dies at 65 February 11, 1972 Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80 February 11, 1971 Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria February 11, 1970 Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87 February 11, 1969 James Lanphier, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at 48 February 11, 1968 Howard Lindsay, U.S. playwright (State of the Union), dies at 78 February 11, 1967 A. J. Muste, American Activist February 11, 1963 Sylvia Plath, poet and novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at 30 February 11, 1961 Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor and director (Pygmalion), dies at 82 February 11, 1961 Patrice Lumumba, 1st premier Congo, murdered at 34 February 11, 1948 Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50 February 11, 1945 Al Dubin, Swiss songwriter (Tiptoe Thru The Tulips), dies at 53 February 11, 1945 J S H Lokerman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Neugengamme February 11, 1944 Ivan Sollertinski, friend of Russian composer D Sjostakovitsj, dies February 11, 1941 Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63 February 11, 1940 John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada (1935-40), dies February 11, 1939 Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer, dies at 64 February 11, 1931 Charles Algernon Parsons, British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76 February 11, 1931 Charles Parsons, inventor of the steam turbine, dies February 11, 1922 Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67 February 11, 1911 Albert von Rothschild, baron/Austrian banker, dies at 66 February 11, 1907 Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limbourg monastery founder, dies at 80 February 11, 1907 William Howard Russell, Irish Journalist February 11, 1903 Henryk Szulc, composer, dies at 67 February 11, 1901 Milan I, king of Serbia, dies at 56 February 11, 1899 George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies February 11, 1894 Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 February 11, 1892 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, composer, dies at 63 February 11, 1882 Gustav Schmidt, composer, dies at 65 February 11, 1879 Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies February 11, 1879 Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author/novelist/writer, dies at 67 February 11, 1870 Jacob M de Kempenaer, Dutch min of Internal Aff (1848-49), dies at 76 February 11, 1870 Leopold Eugen Mechura, composer, dies at 66 February 11, 1868 Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies February 11, 1841 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter, dies at 55 February 11, 1806 Vicente Martin y Soler, composer, dies at 51 February 11, 1797 Antoine Dauvergne, composer, dies at 83 February 11, 1762 Johann Tobias Krebs, composer, dies at 71 February 11, 1685 David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46 February 11, 1650 Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking February 11, 1622 Alfonso Fontanelli, composer, dies at 64 February 11, 1554 Lady Jane Grey, deposed Queen of England, beheaded after 9 day rule February 11, 1543 Ahmed Gran, sultan of Adal, dies in battle February 11, 1503 Elizabeth of York, Consort of King Henry VII, dies on 38th birthday February 11, 1141 Hugo of St-Victor, philosopher/theologist/mystic, dies February 11, 867 Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies February 11, 824 Paschal I, Italian Pope (817-24), dies February 11, 821 Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies February 11, 731 Gregory II, Greek-Syrian Pope, dies February 11, 641 Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium (610-641), dies at about 65 |