History Deaths on October 11

Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931)

#Anita_Cerquetti

Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)

#Walther_Stampfli

Donald Dewar, Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)

#Donald_Dewar

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)

#Louis_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)

#Sokollu_Mehmed_Pasha

Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)

#Vito_Volterra

Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)

#Jean_Cocteau

Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)

#Richard_Denning

Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)

#Pope_Boniface_VIII

Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)

#Dorothea_Lange

Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)

#Benno_Schotz

Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)

#Steele_Rudd

Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)

#Werner_von_Trapp

Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)

#Rita_Cetina_Gutiérrez

James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (b. c. 1617)

#James_Tuchet,_3rd_Earl_of_Castlehaven

María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)

#María_de_Villota

MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)

#MacKinlay_Kantor

Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (b. 1934)

#Alexei_Leonov

Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader

#Jan_Žižka

William H. Sullivan, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1922)

#William_H._Sullivan

Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)

#Carmelo_Simeone

Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972)

#Cory_Lidle

Erich Priebke, German captain (b. 1913)

#Erich_Priebke

Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)

#Chico_Marx

Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)

#Samuel_Wesley

Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)

#Gotthold_Eisenstein

Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)

#Edward_Kossoy

Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)

#Alfredo_Bracchi

Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)

#Edward_Colston

Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)

#Huldrych_Zwingli

Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)

#Beni_Montresor

Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)

#Casimir_Pulaski

Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 925)

#Bruno_the_Great

Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)

#Bob_Such

Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)

#Champ_Summers

Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)

#Jörg_Haider

Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)

#Bonita_Granville

Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)

#Ehrenfried_Walther_von_Tschirnhaus

William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)

#William_Molyneux

Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)

#Anton_Bruckner

Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)

#Léon_Boëllmann

Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)

#Meriwether_Lewis

Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (b. 1939)

#Helmut_Haller

Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)

#Angelo_DiGeorge

Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)

#Guillaume_Amontons

Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)

#Dean_Chance

Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)

#Thomas_Wyatt_(poet)

Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)

#Robert_I,_Count_of_Dreux

Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)

#Norm_Cash

Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1613)

#Mattias_de'_Medici

James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)

#James_Prescott_Joule

Jack Drake, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)

#Jack_Drake_(politician)

Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)

#Selim_Sarper

Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)

#Chesty_Puller

Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)

#Edward_Szczepanik

Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)

#Sima_Guang

Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)

#Keith_Miller

Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)

#Mary_Tenney_Gray

William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)

#William_Alden_Smith

Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)

#Redd_Foxx

Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)

#Maurice_de_Vlaminck

Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)

#Neal_Hefti

Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (b. 1926)

Johnny Kovatch, American football player and coach (b. 1912)

Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)

Halit Refi?, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)

Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)

Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (b. 1932)

David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)

Attilâ ?lhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)

Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)

Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)

Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)

Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (b. 1913)

Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)

Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)

Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1943)

Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933)

M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)

R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)

Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)

Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)

Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)

Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)

Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)

John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)

Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)

William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)