History Deaths on February 11

George O'Hanlon, American actor and voice artist (b. 1912)

#George_O'Hanlon

Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (b. 1924)

#Paul_Feyerabend

Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1552)

#Pietro_Cataldi

D. Vinayachandran, Indian poet and educator (b. 1946)

#D._Vinayachandran

Aharon Davidi, Israeli general (b. 1927)

#Aharon_Davidi

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (b. 1905)

#Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed

Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (b. 1675)

#Francesco_Scipione,_marchese_di_Maffei

Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)

#Alexey_Kaledin

René Descartes, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1596)

#René_Descartes

William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)

#William_Conrad

Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian journalist, economist, and politician (b. 1916)

#Deendayal_Upadhyaya

Harry Martinson, Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)

#Harry_Martinson

Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)

#Jerry_Tarkanian

Barry Foster, English actor (b. 1931)

#Barry_Foster_(actor)

John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)

#John_Olof_Dahlgren

Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1932)

#Sylvia_Plath

Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)

#Frankie_Crosetti

Ken Fletcher, Australian tennis player (b. 1940)

#Ken_Fletcher

Jack L. Chalker, American author (b. 1944)

#Jack_L._Chalker

Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (b. 1912)

#Eleanor_Powell

Fernando González Pacheco, Spanish-Colombian journalist and actor (b. 1932)

#Fernando_González_Pacheco

Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)

#Sergei_Eisenstein

Frank Piasecki, American engineer (b. 1919)

#Frank_Piasecki

Jim Boatwright, American basketball player and coach (b. 1952)

#Jim_Boatwright

Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1942)

#Evelio_Javier

Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter and actor (b. 1928)

#Vic_Damone

Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)

#Charles_Algernon_Parsons

Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1884)

#Martin_Klein_(wrestler)

Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1879)

#Ernest_Jones

Gordian III, Roman emperor (b. 225)

#Gordian_III

Elizabeth of York (b. 1466)

#Elizabeth_of_York

Estelle Bennett, American singer (b. 1941)

#Estelle_Bennett

Alexander Griboyedov, Russian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1795)

#Alexander_Griboyedov

Alexander McQueen, English fashion designer, founder of his eponymous brand (b. 1969)

#Alexander_McQueen

Alexander Lippisch, German pilot and engineer (b. 1894)

#Alexander_Lippisch

A. J. Muste, Dutch-American minister and activist (b. 1885)

#A._J._Muste

Germanos Karavangelis, Greek-Austrian metropolitan (b. 1866)

#Germanos_Karavangelis

Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (b. 1924)

#Alice_Babs

Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (b. 1930)

#Amelia_Rosselli

Hugh of Saint Victor, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1096)

#Hugh_of_Saint_Victor

Asma Jahangir, Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (b. 1952)

#Asma_Jahangir

Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (b. 1847)

#Wilhelm_Killing

Chuck Tanner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)

#Chuck_Tanner

Roger Vadim, French director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

#Roger_Vadim

Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)

#Ellen_Day_Hale

Tr?n T? Bình, Vietnamese general and diplomat (b. 1907)

#Tr?n_T?_Bình

William Shenstone, English poet and gardener (b. 1714)

#William_Shenstone

Frank Herbert, American journalist and author (b. 1920)

#Frank_Herbert

William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1071)

#William_IX,_Duke_of_Aquitaine

Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)

#Carl_Michael_Bellman

Roger Hanin, Algeria-born French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1925)

#Roger_Hanin

Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)

#Oswaldo_Cruz

Neil Bonnett, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1946)

#Neil_Bonnett

Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (b. 1963)

#Whitney_Houston

Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)

#Milan_I_of_Serbia

Tom Lantos, American lawyer and politician (b. 1928)

#Tom_Lantos

J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)

#J._Hans_D._Jensen

R. C. Majumdar, Indian historian (b. 1888)

#R._C._Majumdar

Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)

#Robert_W._Holley

Nicole Germain, Canadian actress and journalist (b. 1917)

#Nicole_Germain

Jan Maxwell, American stage and television actress (b. 1956)

#Jan_Maxwell

Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1902)

#Louis_Beel

Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist, founded Bajaj Group (b. 1884)

#Jamnalal_Bajaj

Kamal Amrohi, Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1918)

#Kamal_Amrohi

Richard Ratsimandrava, Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (b. 1931)

#Richard_Ratsimandrava

Lee J. Cobb, American actor (b. 1911)

#Lee_J._Cobb

Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (b. 1971)

#Kevin_Randleman

Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and model (b. 1829)

#Elizabeth_Siddal

Axel Munthe, Swedish doctor (b. 1857)

#Axel_Munthe

Rick Huxley, English bass player (b. 1940)

#Rick_Huxley

Fab Melo, Brazilian basketball player (b. 1990)

#Fab_Melo

Heraclius, Byzantine emperor (b. 575)

#Heraclius

Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)

#Félix_María_Zuloaga

Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1889)

#Ugo_Pasquale_Mifsud

Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)

#Léon_Foucault

Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and coach (b. 1925)

#Shirley_Strickland

John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)

#John_Buchan

Siri Bjerke, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (b. 1958)

#Siri_Bjerke

Britannicus, Roman son of Claudius (b. 41)

#Britannicus

Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)

#Minamoto_no_Yoshitomo

Anne Cuneo, Swiss journalist and author (b. 1936)

#Anne_Cuneo

Pope Paschal I

#Pope_Paschal_I

Qazi Wajid, Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (b. 1930)

Jaap Rijks, Dutch Olympic medalist (b. 1919)

Zeng Xuelin, Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1929)

Bob Simon, American journalist (b. 1941)

Tito Canepa, Dominican-American painter (b. 1916)

Heward Grafftey, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1928)

Willem Johan Kolff, Dutch-American physician and academic (b. 1911)

Jackie Pallo, English wrestler and actor (b. 1926)

Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (b. 1940)

Lord Kitchner, Trinidadian singer (b. 1922)

Kebby Musokotwane, Zambian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946)

Sorrell Booke, American lieutenant, actor, and director (b. 1930)

C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan academic, lawyer, and politician (b. 1895)

Henry Hathaway, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1898)

James Bryant Conant, American chemist, academic, and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to West Germany (b. 1893)

Kosaburo Eto, Japanese nationalist and social activist (b. 1946)

Howard Lindsay, American actor, director, producer, and playwright (b. 1888)

Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922)

Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, first Bahmani Sultan of Deccan

Karl von Trier, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

Emperor Shunzong of Tang (b. 761)

Pope Gregory II (b. 669)