History Deaths on April 11

Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1831)

#Juan_Santamaría

Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (b. 1925)

#Maria_Tallchief

Merlin German, American sergeant (b. 1985)

#Merlin_German

Erskine Caldwell, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1903)

#Erskine_Caldwell

Corín Tellado, Spanish author (b. 1927)

#Corín_Tellado

Larry Sweeney, American wrestler and manager (b. 1981)

#Larry_Sweeney

Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)

#Konstantin_Yuon

John O'Hara, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1905)

#John_O'Hara

Wade Hampton III, American general and politician, 77th Governor of South Carolina (b. 1818)

#Wade_Hampton_III

James Brown, American actor and singer (b. 1920)

#James_Brown_(actor)

Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect (b. 1923)

#Clorindo_Testa

Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (b. 1919)

#Primo_Levi

Harold Ballard, Canadian businessman (b. 1903)

#Harold_Ballard

Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (b. 1839)

#Francis_Pharcellus_Church

Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)

#Edward_Canby

Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1377)

#Henry_Beaufort

Thomas Farrell, American general (b. 1891)

#Thomas_Farrell_(general)

Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)

#Jacques_Prévert

Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)

#Luther_Burbank

Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Polish-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1718)

#Nikita_Ivanovich_Panin

Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (b. 1824)

#Francisco_González_Bocanegra

Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (b. 1916)

#Ahmed_Ben_Bella

Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków (b. 1030)

#Stanislaus_of_Szczepanów

Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (b. 1926)

#Rolf_Brem

Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist (b. 1832)

#Constantin_Lipsius

Otto Wagner, Austrian architect and urban planner (b. 1841)

#Otto_Wagner

Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian and author (b. 1535)

#Emanuel_van_Meteren

Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet and academic (b. 1725)

#Karl_Wilhelm_Ramler

Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (b. 1900)

#Cecil_Howard_Green

Ronald Speirs, Scottish-American colonel (b. 1920)

#Ronald_Speirs

John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1650)

#John_Robinson_(bishop_of_London)

Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)

#Paul_Specht

Richard Simon, French priest and critic (b. 1638)

#Richard_Simon_(priest)

Anawrahta, king of Burma and founder of the Pagan Empire (b. 1014)

#Anawrahta

Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel leader (b. 1521)

#Thomas_Wyatt_the_Younger

Bruno Hoffmann. German glass harp player (b. 1913)

#Bruno_Hoffmann

Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)

#Walker_Cooper

Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)

#Henry_Bird_(chess_player)

Thomas Bromley, English lord chancellor (b. 1530)

#Thomas_Bromley

Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist (b. 1916)

#Hilary_Koprowski

Bill Henry, American baseball player (b. 1927)

#Bill_Henry_(baseball,_born_1927)

Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (b. 968)

#Romanos_III_Argyros

Yang Guang, Chinese emperor of the Sui Dynasty (b. 569)

#Emperor_Yang_of_Sui

André François, Romanian-French cartoonist, painter, and sculptor (b. 1915)

#André_François

Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (b. 1921)

#Sergey_Nepobedimy

Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (b. 1922)

#Roscoe_Lee_Browne

François Maspero, French journalist and author (b. 1932)

#François_Maspero

Gaston de Foix, French military commander (b. 1489)

#Gaston_of_Foix,_Duke_of_Nemours

Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)

#Rosa_Grünberg

Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1925)

#Jonathan_Winters

Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)

#Cathy_O'Donnell

Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1922)

#Grady_Hatton

Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)

#Joseph_Merrick

Llywelyn the Great, Welsh prince (b. 1172)

#Llywelyn_the_Great

Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)

#Gemma_Galgani

Loïc Leferme, French diver (b. 1970)

#Loïc_Leferme

Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (b. 1907)

#Lucien_Laurent

Enver Hoxha, Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1908)

#Enver_Hoxha

James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)

#James_Anthony_Bailey

John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, English noble (b. 1533)

#John_Lumley,_1st_Baron_Lumley

Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1922)

#Kurt_Vonnegut

Stephen IV, king of Hungary and Croatia

#Stephen_IV_of_Hungary

George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)

#George_Poage

Tippy Dye, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)

#Tippy_Dye

J. Geils, American singer and guitarist (b. 1946)

#J._Geils

Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (b. 1904)

#Dolores_del_Río

Marino Ghetaldi, Ragusan mathematician and physicist (b. 1568)

#Marino_Ghetaldi

Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author (b. 1864)

#Richard_Harding_Davis

Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (b. 1948)

#Julia_Tsenova

Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)

#Ukichiro_Nakaya

Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)

#Kurtdereli_Mehmet

Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)

#Jesse_Winchester

Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (b. 1945)

Tekena Tamuno, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1932)

Hanut Singh, Indian general (b. 1933)

Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (b. 1952)

Jimmy Gunn, American football player (b. 1948)

Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (b. 1914)

Lou Hudson, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1944)

Edna Doré, English actress (b. 1921)

Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)

Thomas Hemsley, English actor and singer (b. 1927)

Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1953)

Agustin Roman, American bishop (b. 1928)

Hal McKusick, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (b. 1924)

Roger Caron, Canadian criminal and author (b. 1938)

Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (b. 1912)

Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (b. 1914)

Janet McDonald, American lawyer and author (b. 1954)

June Pointer, American singer (b. 1953)

Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (b. 1921)

Diana Darvey, English actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)

William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (b. 1911)

Wang Xiaobo, contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist (b. 1952)

Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (b. 1899)

Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)

Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter, sculptor, and engraver (b. 1920)

Eve Merriam, American author and poet (b. 1916)

John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator (b. 1898)

Bunny Ahearne, Irish-born English businessman (b. 1900)

Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1910)

Caroline Gordon, American author and critic (b. 1895)

Ümit Kaftanc?o?lu, Turkish journalist and producer (b. 1935)

Phanishwar Nath 'Renu', Indian author and activist (b. 1921)

Ernst Ziegler, German actor (b. 1894)

Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)

Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)

Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830)

David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist (b. 1808)

Edward Wightman, English minister and martyr (b. 1566)

Herman I, chancellor and archbishop of Cologne

Donus, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 610)