Deaths on 11 August
2000s
Miguel Uribe Turbay
2025
Colombian politician (1986–2025)
Danielle Spencer (American actress)
2025
American actress and veterinarian (1965–2025)
Ángel Salazar
2024
Cuban-American comedian and actor (1956–2024)
Noël Treanor
2024
Irish Roman Catholic prelate (1950–2024)
Mike Ahern (Australian politician)
2023
Australian politician (1942–2023)
Anne Heche
2022
American actress (1969–2022)
Hanae Mori
2022
Japanese fashion designer (1926–2022)
Trini Lopez
2020
American singer and guitarist (1937–2020)
Sumner Redstone
2020
American business and media magnate (1923–2020)
Sergio Obeso Rivera
2019
Mexican cardinal (1931–2019)
V. S. Naipaul
2018
Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)
Terry A. Davis
2018
American computer programmer (1969–2018)
Yisrael Kristal
2017
Polish-Israeli supercentenarian (1903–2017)
Segun Bucknor
2017
Musician and journalist (1946–2017)
Serge Collot
2015
French violist and music educator (1923–2015)
Harald Nielsen
2015
Danish footballer (1941–2015)
Richard Oriani
2015
American chemical engineer (1920–2015)
Vladimir Beara
2014
Yugoslav footballer and manager
Raymond Gravel
2014
Canadian Québécois Roman Catholic priest and politician
Kika Szaszkiewiczowa
2014
Polish cabaret performer and writer (1917–2014)
Robin Williams
2014
American actor and comedian (1951–2014)
Sam Hall (diver)
2014
American diver (1937–2014)
Raymond Delisle
2013
French cyclist (1943–2013)
Zafar Futehally
2013
Indian naturalist and conservationist (1920–2013)
David Howard (ballet teacher)
2013
English ballet dancer and teacher
Red Bastien
2012
American professional wrestler (1931–2012)
Michael Dokes
2012
American boxer (1958–2012)
Lucy Gallardo
2012
Argentine-born Mexican actress and screenwriter
James Mourilyan Tanner
2010
British paediatric endocrinologist (1920–2010)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
2009
American philanthropist (1921–2009)
George Furth
2008
American librettist, playwright, and actor (1932–2008)
Dursun Karataş
2008
Turkish politician (1952–2008)
Mike Douglas
2006
Entertainer, talk show host (1920–2006)
Armand Borel
2003
Swiss mathematician (1923–2003)
Herb Brooks
2003
American ice hockey player and coach (1937–2003)
Galen Rowell
2002
American wilderness photographer, mountaineer, and author (1940–2002)
Percy Stallard
2001
English cyclist
Jean Papineau-Couture
2000
Canadian composer and academic
1900s
Rafael Kubelík
1996
Czech conductor and composer (1914–1996)
Ambrosio Padilla
1996
Filipino lawyer, basketball player and politician
Phil Harris
1995
American actor and musician (1904–1995)
Peter Cushing
1994
English actor (1913–1994)
J. D. McDuffie
1991
American racing driver (1938–1991)
John Meillon
1989
Australian actor (1934–1989)
Anne Ramsey
1988
American actress (1929–1988)
János Drapál
1986
Hungarian motorcycle racer
Alfred A. Knopf Sr.
1984
American publisher
Paul Felix Schmidt
1984
Estonian chess player and chemist (1916–1984)
Tom Drake
1982
American actor (1918–1982)
Paul Robert (lexicographer)
1980
French lexicographer and publisher
J. G. Farrell
1979
English-born writer of Irish descent (1935–1979)
Berta Ruck
1978
Welsh novelist in English (1878–1978)
Frederic C. Williams
1977
English engineer (1911–1977)
Vicente Emilio Sojo
1974
Venezuelan musicologist, educator and composer (1887–1974)
Max Theiler
1972
South African-American virologist and physician
Miriam Licette
1969
English operatic soprano
Bill Woodfull
1965
Australian cricketer (1897–1965)
Otto Wahle
1963
Austrian swimmer
Antanas Škėma
1961
Lithuanian actor-writer
Jackson Pollock
1956
American painter (1912–1956)
Tazio Nuvolari
1953
Italian racing driver (1892–1953)
Stefan Jaracz
1945
Polish actor (1883–1945)
Jean Bugatti
1939
Automotive designer and test engineer (1909–1939)
Siegfried Flesch
1939
Austrian fencer
Edith Wharton
1937
American writer and designer (1862–1937)
Blas Infante
1936
Andalusian politician (1885–1936)
Mary Sumner
1921
British Christian activist
Andrew Carnegie
1919
American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)
Khudiram Bose
1908
Indian revolutionary, freedom fighter and martyr (1889–1908)
Eugenio María de Hostos
1903
Puerto Rican writer, activist and sociologist (1839–1921)
1800s
Enrico Betti
1892
Italian mathematician (1823–1892)
John Henry Newman
1890
English theologian and cardinal (1801–1890)
Lydia Koidula
1886
Estonian poet (1843–1886)
Halfdan Kjerulf
1868
Norwegian composer (1815–1868)
Macedonio Melloni
1854
Italian physicist (1798–1854)
Lorenz Oken
1851
German naturalist (1779–1851)
Henry James Pye
1813
English Poet Laureate (1745–1813)
Before 1800
Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche
1774
French novelist (1722-1774)
Prince Vittorio Amedeo Teodoro, Duke of Aosta
1725
Duke of Aosta
Ottavio Piccolomini
1656
Italian nobleman, army general of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire (1599–1656)
Lavinia Fontana
1614
Italian artist (1552–1614)
Hamnet Shakespeare
1596
Son of William Shakespeare (1585–1596)
Pedro Nunes
1578
Portuguese mathematician (1502–1578)
Bartolomé de Escobedo
1563
Spanish composer of the Renaissance
John Bell (bishop of Worcester)
1556
English bishop
Johann Tetzel
1519
German Dominican friar and seller of indulgences (c. 1465–1519)
Hans Memling
1494
German-Flemish painter (c. 1430–1494)
William Waynflete
1486
15th-century English bishop and educator
Kettil Karlsson (Vasa)
1465
Regent of Sweden
Nicholas of Cusa
1464
German cardinal and philosopher (1401–1464)
John Hunyadi
1456
Hungarian military and political figure (c. 1406–1456)
Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
1332
14th-century Scottish nobleman
Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
1332
Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
1332
Scottish military commander (died 1332)
Muireadhach III, Earl of Menteith
1332
Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale
1332
Bastard son of Robert the Bruce (c. 1293–1332)
Agnes of Faucigny
1268
Countess of Savoy
Möngke Khan
1259
Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1251 to 1259
Clare of Assisi
1253
Foundress of the Franciscan Second Order and saint
Guttorm of Norway
1204
King of Norway in 1204
Sokkate
1044
King of Pagan
Byrhtnoth
991
10th-century English nobleman
Gero, Count of Alsleben
979
Dhuka al-Rumi
919
Rusticula
632
Abbess of Saint-Jean d'Arles
Flavian of Constantinople
449
Archbishop of Constantinople from 446 to 449
Magnentius
353
Roman usurper
Jia Xu
223
Cao Wei politician and official (147-223)