History Deaths on January 11

Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632)

#Johann_Georg_Graevius

Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)

#Oscar_Straus_(composer)

Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (b. 1670)

#Danilo_I,_Metropolitan_of_Cetinje

Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)

#Carl_David_Anderson

Jen? Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925)

#Jen?_Buzánszky

Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895)

#Edward_Buzzell

Staurakios, Byzantine emperor

#Staurakios

Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931)

#Anita_Ekberg

Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695)

#Louis-François_Roubiliac

Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania

#Swietopelk_II,_Duke_of_Pomerania

Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)

#Steinar_Schjøtt

Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (b. 1914)

#Denys_Lasdun

Aaron Swartz, American programmer (b. 1986)

#Aaron_Swartz

Eleanor of Lancaster, English noblewoman (b. 1318)

#Eleanor_of_Lancaster

Louis Krages, German-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1949)

#Louis_Krages

Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1912)

#Pappy_Boyington

Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885)

#Aureliano_Pertile

Henri Verneuil, French-Armenian director and playwright (b. 1920)

#Henri_Verneuil

Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)

#Stuart_Donaldson

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)

#Lal_Bahadur_Shastri

Skirgaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania

#Skirgaila

Pietro Bembo, Italian poet, scholar, and theorist (b. 1470)

#Pietro_Bembo

Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)

#Galeazzo_Ciano

Paul Lynde, American Actor and comedian (b. 1926)

#Paul_Lynde

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (b. 1704)

#Jean-Baptiste_de_Boyer,_Marquis_d'Argens

Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman

#Boso_of_Provence

Tom Parry Jones, Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer (b. 1935)

#Tom_Parry_Jones

Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)

#Francis_Scott_Key

Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1868)

#Noe_Zhordania

Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889)

#Jean_de_Lattre_de_Tassigny

Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)

#Georges-Eugène_Haussmann

Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)

#Alberto_Giacometti

Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1920)

#Éric_Rohmer

Gaudenzio Ferrari, Italian painter and sculptor (b. c. 1471)

#Gaudenzio_Ferrari

François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)

#François_Joseph_Paul_de_Grasse

Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)

#Thomas_Hardy

David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)

#David_Nelson_(actor)

Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (b. 1941)

#Mariangela_Melato

Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)

#Wally_Pipp

Min Bin, king of Arakan (b. 1493)

#Min_Bin

Heraclius II of Georgia (b. 1720)

#Heraclius_II_of_Georgia

Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)

#Ariel_Sharon

Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901)

#Max_Lorenz_(tenor)

Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)

#Edna_Purviance

Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660)

#Hans_Sloane

Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)

#Constantine_I_of_Greece

Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1000)

#Constantine_IX_Monomachos

Nguy?n Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (b. 1927)

#Nguy?n_Khánh

Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935)

#Chai_Trong-rong

Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)

#Theodor_Schwann

Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian (b. 1637)

#Pierre_Jurieu

Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (b. 1883)

#Elena_Gerhardt

Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)

#Michael_I_Rangabe

Helmut Poppendick, German physician (b. 1902)

#Helmut_Poppendick

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1449)

#Domenico_Ghirlandaio

Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)

#Isidor_Isaac_Rabi

Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919)

#Monte_Irvin

Eva Tanguay, Canadian singer (b. 1879)

#Eva_Tanguay

William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)

#William_McKell

William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717)

#William_Williams_Pantycelyn

Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)

#Gustavus_Vaughan_Brooke

Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)

#Bob_Lemon

Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)

#Carl_Jacobsen

Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (b. 1749)

#Domenico_Cimarosa

Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909)

#Miep_Gies

Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)

#Fabrizio_De_André

Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676)

#Caspar_Abel

Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1961)

#Steven_Rawlings

John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)

#John_Molson

Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919)

#Edmund_Hillary

Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (b. 1428)

#Pedro_González_de_Mendoza

Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (b. 1867)

#Robert_Garran

Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)

#Johnny_Briggs_(cricketer)

Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889)

#Beulah_Bondi

Edgar Ray Killen, American murderer (b.1925)

#Edgar_Ray_Killen

Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player (b. 1928)

#Wally_Osterkorn

Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881)

#Padraic_Colum

Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (b. 1918)

#Lewis_Nixon_III

Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)

#Robert_Anton_Wilson

Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)

#Nuri_Conker

Adenan Satem, Malaysian politician and Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia (b. 1944)

#Adenan_Satem

Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)

#Andrzej_Czok

Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933)

#Keiko_Awaji

Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868)

#Emanuel_Lasker

David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937)

Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918)

Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941)

Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928)

#Muhammad_Habibur_Rahman

Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988)

Guido Forti, Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team (b. 1940)

David Whitaker, English composer and conductor (b. 1931)

Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942)

Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (b. 1968)

Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980)

Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (b. 1917)

Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)

Jože Pu?nik, Slovenian sociologist and politician (b. 1932)

Ivan Combe, American businessman, invented Clearasil (b. 1911)

Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)

Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (b. 1897)

Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1942)

Theodor Wisch, German general (b. 1907)

Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (b. 1936)

Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist and educator (b. 1909)

Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator (b. 1898)

Ray Moore, English radio host (b. 1942)

Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)

Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)

Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913)

Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)

Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)

Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)

Alec Rowley, English organist and composer (b. 1892)

James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)

William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)

John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)

Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (b. 1736)

Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616)

Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583)

Isidore Glabas, Metropolitan bishop of Thessalonica (b.c. 1341)

Thomas Charlton, Bishop of Hereford and Lord Chancellor of Ireland

Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020)

Egbert I, Margrave of Meissen

Liu, empress of Later Tang

Li Congke, emperor of Later Tang (b. 885)

Li Chongmei, prince of Later Tang

Cao, empress of Later Tang

Emperor K?nin of Japan (b. 709)

Pope John VI (b. 655)

Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome (b. 74)