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January 11th
247 Notable deaths
Carlo Tresca
American newspaper editor (1879–1943).
Born March 9th, 1879 in Sulmona.
Died January 11th, 1943 at 63 years old in New York City.
John Walter Christie
Automotive engineer and inventor (1865-1944).
Born May 6th, 1865 in Campbell-Christie House.
Died January 11th, 1944 at 78 years old in Falls Church.
Jack La Rue
American actor (1902-1984).
Born May 3rd, 1902 in New York City.
Died January 11th, 1984 at 81 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).
Noe Zhordania
Georgian politician and chairman of the government of the democratic republic of georgia (1868-1953).
Born January 14th, 1868 in Lanchkhuti.
Died January 11th, 1953 at 84 years old in Paris.
Henri Verneuil
French-armenian playwright and filmmaker (1920-2002).
Born October 15th, 1920 in Tekirdağ.
Died January 11th, 2002 at 81 years old in Bagnolet.
Francis Channing Barlow
Lawyer, politician, and union general during the american civil war (1834-1896).
Born October 19th, 1834 in Brooklyn.
Died January 11th, 1896 at 61 years old in New York City (nephritis).
Vasily Kalinnikov
Russian composer (1866–1900).
Born January 13th, 1866 in Pervy Voin.
Died January 11th, 1901 at 34 years old in Yalta (tuberculosis).
Muhammad Habibur Rahman
Chief justice of bangladesh supreme court (1930-2014).
Born December 3rd, 1930 in Murshidabad.
Died January 11th, 2014 at 83 years old in Dhaka (pneumonia).
Hjalmar Siilasvuo
Finnish general (1892-1947).
Born March 18th, 1892 in Helsinki.
Died January 11th, 1947 at 54 years old in Oulu.
Lynn Frazier
American politician (1874–1947).
Born December 21st, 1874 in Steele County.
Died January 11th, 1947 at 72 years old in Riverdale.
Vugar Gashimov
Azerbaijani chess grandmaster (1986-2014).
Died January 11th, 2014 at 27 years old in Heidelberg (brain cancer).
Padraic Colum
Irish writer (1881-1972).
Born December 8th, 1881 in County Longford.
Died January 11th, 1972 at 90 years old in Hartford County (disease).
Julio Antonio Mella
Cuban politician (1903-1929).
Born March 25th, 1903 in Havana.
Died January 11th, 1929 at 25 years old in Mexico City.
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler
German gallerist, art dealer and historian naturalised french (1884-1979).
Born June 25th, 1884 in Mannheim.
Died January 11th, 1979 at 94 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Louis E. Brus
American chemist (1943–2026).
Born August 10th, 1943 in Cleveland.
Died January 11th, 2026 at 82 years old in Hastings-on-Hudson. [ref]
Theodor Wisch
Ss general (1907-1995).
Born December 13th, 1907 in Wesselburenerkoog.
Died January 11th, 1995 at 87 years old in Norderstedt.
A. V. Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough
British labour co-operative politician (1885-1965).
Born May 1st, 1885 in Weston-super-Mare.
Died January 11th, 1965 at 79 years old in London.
Isidor Isaac Rabi
American physicist (1898–1988).
Born July 29th, 1898 in Rymanów.
Died January 11th, 1988 at 89 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Hannes Kolehmainen
Finnish long-distance runner.
Born December 9th, 1889 in Kuopio.
Died January 11th, 1966 at 76 years old in Helsinki.
Werner March
German architect (1894–1976).
Born January 17th, 1894 in Charlottenburg.
Died January 11th, 1976 at 81 years old in Dahlem.
Harriet A. Hall
American medical doctor and skeptic.
Born July 2nd, 1945 in St. Louis.
Died January 11th, 2023 at 77 years old in Puyallup. [ref]
Agustín Pedro Justo
Former president of argentina (1876-1943).
Born February 26th, 1876 in Concepción del Uruguay.
Died January 11th, 1943 at 66 years old in Buenos Aires (cerebral hemorrhage).
Roger Crozier
Canadian ice hockey player (1942-1996).
Born March 16th, 1942 in Bracebridge.
Died January 11th, 1996 at 53 years old in Newark (cancer).
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi arabian islamic scholar (1929-2001).
Born March 8th, 1929 in Unaizah. [ref]
Died January 11th, 2001 at 71 years old in Damad governorate (colorectal cancer).
Ihsan Abdel Quddous
Egyptian writer and novelist (1919–1990).
Born January 1st, 1919 in Cairo.
Died January 11th, 1990 at 71 years old in Cairo.
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It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius