History Deaths on December 11

Eddie Chapman, English spy (b. 1914)

#Eddie_Chapman

Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)

#Sam_Cooke

Ögedei Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1186)

#Ögedei_Khan

Hema Upadhyay, Indian painter and sculptor (b. 1972)

#Hema_Upadhyay

Musidora, French actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)

#Musidora

Adam Elsheimer, German artist working in Rome who died at only thirty-two (b. 1578)

#Adam_Elsheimer

Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)

#Christian_Lous_Lange

Louis, Grand Condé, French general (b. 1621)

#Louis,_Grand_Condé

Sheikh Mussa Shariefi, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1942)

#Sheikh_Mussa_Shariefi

André Lichnerowicz, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1915)

#André_Lichnerowicz

Ken Woolley, Australian architect (b. 1933)

#Ken_Woolley

Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician and diplomat (b. 1915)

#Shaista_Suhrawardy_Ikramullah

Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (b. 1867)

#Charles_Fabry

Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)

#Ludwig_Mond

Greg Bahnsen, American minister and philosopher (b. 1948)

#Greg_Bahnsen

Galina Vishnevskaya, Russian soprano and actress (b. 1926)

#Galina_Vishnevskaya

Emperor K?kaku of Japan (b. 1771)

#Emperor_K?kaku

Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)

#Carl_von_In_der_Maur

John Patrick Foley, American cardinal (b. 1935)

#John_Patrick_Foley

Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Welsh prince (b. 1223)

#Llywelyn_ap_Gruffudd

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, Spanish general and politician, 12th Constable of Portugal (b. 1508)

#Fernando_Álvarez_de_Toledo,_3rd_Duke_of_Alba

Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (b. 1897)

#Neil_Ritchie

Robert Q. Lewis, American actor, comedian, game show host/panelist, and television personality (b. 1921)

#Robert_Q._Lewis

Henry IV of Castile, King of the Crown of Castile (b. 1425)

#Henry_IV_of_Castile

William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)

#William_Milligan

Mustafa Mu?lal?, Turkish general (b. 1882)

#Mustafa_Mu?lal?

Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)

#Olive_Schreiner

Ravi Shankar, Indian-American sitar player and composer (b. 1920)

#Ravi_Shankar

Abish Kekilbayev, Kazakh academic and politician (b. 1939)

#Abish_Kekilbayev

Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)

#Kamehameha_V

Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)

#Ivan_Cankar

Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (b. 1917)

#Arthur_Lydiard

Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect and painter (b. 1853)

#Hugh_Thackeray_Turner

Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)

#Oliver_Winchester

Augusta Fox Bronner, American psychologist, specialist in juvenile psychology (b. 1881)

#Augusta_Fox_Bronner

Mendel Weinbach, Polish-Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1933)

#Mendel_Weinbach

John Strype, English priest, historian, and author (b. 1643)

#John_Strype

G. A. Kulkarni, Indian author and academic (b. 1923)

#G._A._Kulkarni

Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)

#Myron_Grimshaw

Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

#Vincent_du_Vigneaud

Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (b. 1920)

#Nadir_Afonso

Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (b. 1902)

#Richard_and_Maurice_McDonald

Artur Lundkvist, Swedish author and critic (b. 1906)

#Artur_Lundkvist

H. Arnold Steinberg, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and academic (b. 1933)

#H._Arnold_Steinberg

Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)

#Maria_Leopoldina_of_Austria

Sedat Simavi, Turkish journalist and director (b. 1896)

#Sedat_Simavi

Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922)

#Dick_Hoerner

Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722)

#Richard_Brocklesby

Al-Mutawakkil, Abbasid caliph (b. 822)

#Al-Mutawakkil

Nikephoros II Phokas, Byzantine emperor (b. 912)

#Nikephoros_II_Phokas

Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884)

#Jaan_Anvelt

Michael VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1225)

#Michael_VIII_Palaiologos

Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630)

#Ranuccio_II_Farnese,_Duke_of_Parma

Jim Bottomley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1900)

#Jim_Bottomley

Willie Rushton, English cartoonist, author, and publisher, co-founded Private Eye (b. 1937)

#Willie_Rushton

Nihal Ats?z, Turkish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1905)

#Nihal_Ats?z

Bettie Page, American model (b. 1923)

#Bettie_Page

Keith Chegwin, British TV presenter (b. 1957)

#Keith_Chegwin

John "Hot Rod" Williams, American basketball player (b. 1962)

Hans Wallat, German conductor and director (b. 1929)

Javier Jauregui, Mexican boxer (b. 1973)

Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author and academic (b. 1929)

José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962)

Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian author and playwright (b. 1927)

Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)

David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916)

Lynn Strait, American singer-songwriter (b. 1968)

Simon Jeffes, English guitarist and composer (b. 1949)

Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (b. 1900)

Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895)

George Waggner, American director, producer and actor (b. 1894)

Oskar Seidlin, German-American author, poet, and scholar (b. 1911)

James J. Gibson, American psychologist and author (b. 1904)

Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)

Lee Wiley, American singer (b. 1908)

Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1891)

Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter and author (b. 1910)

Percy Kilbride, American actor (b. 1888)

Hijri Dede, Iraqi Turkmen poet and writer (b. 1881)

Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and author (b. 1893)

Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American pilot and poet (b. 1922)

Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)

Edmund Curll, English bookseller and publisher (b. 1675)

Pietro Accolti, Italian cardinal (b. 1455)

Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Egyptian political adviser (b. 1066)

Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, chief confidant and councillor to al-Mutawakkil

Pope Damasus I (b. 305)