Deaths on 11 July
2000s
Martin Cruz Smith
2025
American writer (1942–2025)
Shelley Duvall
2024
American actress and producer (1949–2024)
Monte Kiffin
2024
American football coach (1940–2024)
Stanley Tshabalala
2024
South African soccer player and coach (1949–2024)
Milan Kundera
2023
Czech and French novelist (1929–2023)
Charlie Robinson (actor)
2021
American actor (1945–2021)
Renée Simonot
2021
French actress and voice artist (1911–2021)
Marc Angelucci
2020
American lawyer and men's rights activist
Frank Bolling
2020
American baseball player (1931–2020)
Jim Wong-Chu
2017
Canadian writer
Giacomo Biffi
2015
Catholic cardinal (1928–2015)
Satoru Iwata
2015
Japanese video game executive (1959–2015)
André Leysen
2015
Charlie Haden
2014
American musician and educator (1937–2014)
Carin Mannheimer
2014
Swedish author, dramatist and director (1934–2014)
Bill McGill
2014
American basketball player (1939–2014)
Tommy Ramone
2014
American drummer (1949–2014)
John Seigenthaler
2014
American journalist, writer, and political figure (1927–2014)
Randall Stout
2014
American architect
Emik Avakian
2013
Armenian American inventor
Egbert Brieskorn
2013
German mathematician (1936–2013)
Eugene Parks Wilkinson
2013
US Navy officer
Reg Fleming
2009
Ice hockey player
Arturo Gatti
2009
Canadian boxer (1972–2009)
Ji Xianlin
2009
Chinese academic
Michael DeBakey
2008
American surgeon and innovator (1908–2008)
Glenda Adams
2007
Australian novelist and short story writer
Lady Bird Johnson
2007
First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969
Alfonso López Michelsen
2007
President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978
Ed Mirvish
2007
American-Canadian businessman
Barnard Hughes
2006
American actor (1915–2006)
Bronwyn Oliver
2006
Australian sculptor (1959–2006)
John Spencer (snooker player)
2006
English snooker player (1935–2006)
Gretchen Franklin
2005
English actress (1911–2005)
Shinya Hashimoto
2005
Japanese professional wrestler (1965–2005)
Jesús Iglesias
2005
Argentine racing driver (1922–2005)
Frances Langford
2005
American singer, entertainer and actress (1913–2005)
Laurance Rockefeller
2004
American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist (1910-2004)
Renée Saint-Cyr
2004
French actress
Zahra Kazemi
2003
Iranian-Canadian photojournalist (1948–2003)
Herman Brood
2001
Dutch musician, painter, actor, poet and media personality (1946–2001)
Pedro Mir
2000
Dominican poet and writer
Robert Runcie
2000
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991
1900s
Helen Forrest
1999
American pop singer (1917–1999)
Sloot Digital Coding System
1999
Alleged data encoding technique
Panagiotis Kondylis
1998
Greek philosopher and intellectual historian (1943–1998)
Gary Kildall
1994
American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur (1942–1994)
Mokhtar Dahari
1991
Malaysian footballer (1953–1991)
Laurence Olivier
1989
English actor and director (1907–1989)
Avi Ran
1987
Israeli footballer
Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman
1987
American rabbi (1900–1987)
Ross Macdonald
1983
American writer (1915–1983)
Claude Wagner
1979
Canadian politician and judge (1925–1979)
León de Greiff
1976
Colombian poet (1895–1976)
Pär Lagerkvist
1974
Swedish writer (1891-1974)
John W. Campbell
1971
American science fiction writer and editor (1910–1971)
Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)
1971
Mexican racing driver (1940–1971)
Guy Favreau
1967
Canadian politician (1917–1967)
Delmore Schwartz
1966
American poet (1913–1966)
Charlie Parker (cricketer)
1959
English cricketer
George Gershwin
1937
American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
Billy Mosforth
1929
English footballer
Simon Newcomb
1909
Canadian-American polymath (1835–1909)
Friedrich Traun
1908
German tennis player
Muhammad Abduh
1905
Egyptian jurist and theologian (1849–1905)
1800s
Patrick Jennings
1897
Australian politician (1831–1897)
Yevgeny Baratynsky
1844
Russian poet
Thomas P. Grosvenor
1825
American politician
James Smith (Pennsylvania politician)
1806
American Founding Father and politician
Before 1800
Ienăchiță Văcărescu
1797
Wallachian Romanian poet and historian
Simon Boerum
1775
American politician
Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet
1774
British Army officer and colonial administrator
Narai
1688
27th monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1656–1688)
Chōsokabe Motochika
1599
Japanese Daimyo
Giuseppe Arcimboldo
1593
Italian painter (1527–1593)
Peder Skram
1581
Danish naval officer
Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
1535
Elector of Brandenburg from 1499 to 1535
Mino da Fiesole
1484
Italian sculptor (c. 1429–1484)
Barbara of Cilli
1451
Holy Roman Empress from 1433 to 1437
Nicole Oresme
1382
French philosopher
Anna von Schweidnitz
1362
Holy Roman Empress from 1355 to 1362
Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg
1344
Count of Württemberg from 1325 to 1344
Robert II, Count of Artois
1302
Count of Artois (1250–1302)
Pierre Flotte
1302
Otto I, Duke of Bavaria
1183
Duke of Bavaria from 1180 (1117–1183)
Amalric, King of Jerusalem
1174
Crusader ruler from 1163 to 1174
Olga of Kiev
969
Princess of Kiev, Orthodox saint (c. 890–925)
Rudolph II of Burgundy
937
King of Burgundy from 912 to 937
Anthemius
472
Western Roman emperor from 467 to 472