Deaths on 11 May
2000s
Susan Backlinie
2024
American actress and stuntwoman (1946–2024)
Colt Brennan
2021
American football player (1983–2021)
Norman Lloyd
2021
American actor, producer and director (1914–2021)
Jerry Stiller
2020
American comedian and actor (1927–2020)
Peggy Lipton
2019
American actress (1946–2019)
Thomas Silverstein
2019
American murderer (1952–2019)
Robert Traylor
2011
American basketball player (1977–2011)
Doris Eaton Travis
2010
American actress (1904–2010)
Abel Goumba
2009
Central African politician (1926–2009)
Claudio Huepe
2009
Chilean politician, engineer and economist
Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda
2009
Indian naval officer
John Rutsey
2008
Canadian drummer (1952–2008)
Malietoa Tanumafili II
2007
O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa from 1962 to 2007
Floyd Patterson
2006
American boxer (1935–2006)
Léo Cadieux
2005
Canadian politician (1908-2005)
Horton Davies
2005
Welsh Protestant minister and historian (1916–2005)
Noel Redding
2003
English musician (1945–2003)
Renaude Lapointe
2002
Canadian journalist and Senator
Bill Peet
2002
American illustrator and animator (1915–2002)
Douglas Adams
2001
English writer and humorist (1952–2001)
1900s
Timothy Carey
1994
American actor (1929–1994)
Ulyana Barkova
1991
Russian farm worker (1906–1991)
Stratos Dionysiou
1990
Musical artist
Kim Philby
1988
British intelligence officer and Soviet double agent (1912–1988)
James Jesus Angleton
1987
Central Intelligence Agency officer (1917–1987)
Fritz Pollard
1986
American football player and coach (1894–1986)
Chester Gould
1985
American cartoonist (1900–1985)
Zenna Henderson
1983
American science fiction and fantasy writer (1917–1983)
Odd Hassel
1981
Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate
Bob Marley
1981
Jamaican singer, songwriter and guitarist (1945–1981)
Dyre Vaa
1980
Norwegian sculptor and painter
Lester Flatt
1979
American singer-songwriter (1914–1979)
James E. Brewton
1967
American painter and printmaker (1930 - 1967)
Janne Mustonen
1964
Finnish politician (1901–1964)
Herbert Spencer Gasser
1963
American physiologist (1888–1963)
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1960
American financier and philanthropist (1874–1960)
Gilbert Jessop
1955
English cricketer (1874–1955)
Seán McCaughey
1946
Irish militant and Republican activist
George Lyon (golfer)
1938
Canadian golfer
Jozef Murgaš
1929
Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter and Catholic priest
Juan Gris
1927
Spanish artist (1887–1927)
Big Jim Colosimo
1920
American mobster (1878–1920)
William Dean Howells
1920
American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920)
George Elmslie (politician)
1918
Australian politician
Karl Schwarzschild
1916
German physicist (1873–1916)
Charles Kingston
1908
Australian politician (1850–1908)
1800s
John Cadbury
1889
English Quaker and businessperson (1801–1889)
Frederick Innes
1882
Australian politician
Juliette Récamier
1849
French salon-holder (1777–1849)
Tom Cribb
1848
English bare-knuckle boxer (1781–1848)
Spencer Perceval
1812
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1809 to 1812
Before 1800
John Hart (New Jersey politician)
1779
American Founding Father and politician
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
1778
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768
Matteo Ricci
1610
Italian Catholic missionary (1552–1610)
Leo VI the Wise
912
Byzantine emperor from 886 to 912