Famous Deaths on 11th January

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314 - St. Miltiades
705 - John VI, Catholic Pope (701-05), dies
802 - St. Paulinus II of Aquileia
812 - Staurakios, Byzantine Emperor
844 - Michael I Rhangabes, Byzantine Emperor
1055 - Constantine IX Monomachos, emperor of Byzantium, dies
1083 - Otto of Nordheim, Duke of Bavaria (c. 1020)
1494 - Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (b. 1449)
1495 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. 1428)
1547 - Pietro Bembo, Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. 1470)
1552 - Johannes Cochlaeus, [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies
1641 - Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], French theologist, dies
1641 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583)
1650 - Paul Hallman, composer, dies at 49
1674 - Jan Zoet, actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58
1696 - Charles Albanel, French missionary explorer in Canada (b. 1616)
1703 - Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (b. 1632)
1713 - Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637)
1735 - Danilo I , Vladika of Montenegro (b. c. 1670)
1753 - Hans Sloane, English physician (British Museum), dies at 92
1762 - Louis-François Roubiliac, French sculptor (b. 1695)
1763 - Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (b. 1676)
1771 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66
1775 - Yemelyan Pugachov, Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
1775 - Prithvi Narayan Shah, began the unification of modern Nepal (b. 1723)
1784 - Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 59
1791 - William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh hymnist (b. 1717)
1797 - Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer (singer Decl of Independ), dies at 62
1801 - Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Matrimonio segreto), dies at 51
1836 - John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763)
1837 - John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54
1843 - Francis Scott Key, composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63
1847 - Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld], German author, dies at 83
1856 - Nikolai I Nadezjdin, Russian archaeologist, dies [NS=Jan 23]
1867 - Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
1870 - Adolf Ganz, composer, dies at 73
1877 - Pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85
1882 - Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)
1891 - Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81
1893 - Benjamin F Butler, US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74
1898 - Gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86
1901 - Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer, dies at 34
1902 - Johnny Briggs, cricketer (118 wkts for England), dies in an asylum
1905 - Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847)
Writer & Satirist Ambrose Bierce (1914) 1914 - Ambrose Bierce, American writer and satirist, dies at 71
1914 - Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. 1842)
1923 - Constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54
1928 - Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87
1929 - Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
1931 - Oscar Fetras, composer, dies at 76
1931 - James Milton Carroll, American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. 1852)
1941 - Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868)
1943 - Carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered
1944 - Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies
1947 - Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)
1950 - Karin Michaelis, writer, dies at 77
1952 - Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies at 61
1952 - Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor (b. 1885)
1953 - Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53
1953 - Marcel Canneel, Flemish painter, dies at 58
1953 - Noach Zjordanija, Georgian Premier (1918-21), dies at 84
1954 - Edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77
1954 - Emmy Arbous, Dutch actress/cabaret performer (Boefje), dies at 56
1954 - Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83
1955 - Rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, dies at 72
1957 - Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867)
1958 - Alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65
1959 - Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies
1960 - Johan E Elias, Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at 84
1961 - Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883)
1963 - Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60
1966 - Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64
1966 - Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian premier (1964-66), dies at 61
1966 - Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1889)
1969 - Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890)
1973 - Isabel Randolph, actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83
1973 - Rudolf Kubin, composer, dies a day after 64th birthday
1975 - Max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (b. 1901)
1976 - Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies
1978 - Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), dies at 57
1978 - Ibn-e-Insha, Pakistani humorist and Urdu poet (b. 1927)
1979 - Jack Soo, actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63
1980 - Barbara Pym, English novelist (b. 1913)
1981 - Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 88
1983 - Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79
1983 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist and educator (b. 1894)
1984 - Fritz Geissler, composer, dies at 62
1984 - Jack La Rue, TV narrator (Lights Out), dies at 81
1985 - Sir William McKell, Premier of New South Wales, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
1986 - Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (b. 1916)
1987 - Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist (b. 1911)
1988 - Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, ace WW II pilot, dies at 75 of cancer
1988 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89
1988 - Florence Knapp, American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. 1873)
1990 - Mary Jane Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies
1991 - Jason Christmas, dies of gunshot wound during robbery in NY at 49
Nobel Laureat Physicist Carl David Anderson (1991) 1991 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate, dies at 85
1993 - Lacey Fosburgh, author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50
1994 - John Bradley, raised US flag at Iwo Jima, dies at 70
1994 - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80
1994 - Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician (b. 1902)
1995 - Adrian J "Ad" Kaland, Dutch MP (CDA 1977-93), dies at 72
1995 - John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael & his Circle), dies at 73
1995 - Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59
1995 - Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76
1995 - Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
1996 - Eric Hebborn, artist/faker, dies at 61
1996 - Harold Walter Bailey, philologist, dies at 96
1996 - Hubert Nicholson, poet/novelist, dies at 87
1996 - Ike Isaacs, guitarist, dies at 76
1997 - Cavan O'Connor, singer, dies at 97
1997 - Duncan Wood, television director/producer, dies at 71
1997 - Helen Foster Snow, writer, dies at 89
1997 - Joshua William Steward, polymath, dies at 83
1997 - Sheldon Leonard, producer/director (Dick Van Dyke), dies at 89
1998 - Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71
1999 - Naomi Mitchison, Scottish novelist and poet (b. 1897)
1999 - Brian Moore, Irish-born writer (b. 1921)
1999 - Fabrizio de André, Italian singer (b. 1940)
2000 - Betty Archdale, Anglo-Australian educationalist and cricketer (b. 1907)
2000 - Ivan Combe, American inventor (b. 1911)
2000 - Bob Lemon, American baseball player (b. 1920)
2001 - Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (b. 1914)
2001 - Michael Williams, British actor, husband of Judi Dench (b. 1935)
2002 - Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)
2002 - Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
2003 - Richard Simmons, American actor (b. 1913)
2003 - Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (b. 1925)
2003 - Mickey Finn, English drummer (T. Rex) (b. 1947)
2005 - Miriam Hyde, Australian composer (b. 1913)
2005 - Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) (b. 1938)
2005 - James Griffin, American musician (Bread) (b. 1943)
2005 - Fabrizio Meoni, Italian motorcyclist (b. 1957)
2006 - Markus Löffel (Mark Spoon), German DJ (b. 1966)
2006 - Nixzmary Brown, American child abuse victim (b. 1998)
2007 - Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926)
2007 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
2007 - Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
2008 - Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (b. 1917)
Mount Everest Conquerer Edmund Hillary (2008) 2008 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer/1st to climb Mt Everest in 1953, dies from a heart attack at 88
2009 - David Vine, British sports broadcaster (b. 1936)
2010 - Miep Gies, Dutch Humanitarian, discoverer of Anne Frank's diary (b. 1909)
2010 - Mick Green, British guitarist (b. 1944)
2010 - Joe Rollino, American strongman, weightlifter, and boxer (b. 1905)
2013 - Aaron H. Swartz, American computer programmer, dies from an apparent suicide at 26