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December 11th
192 Notable deaths
Hema Upadhyay
Indian visual artist (1972–2015).
Born May 18th, 1972 in Vadodara. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2015 at 43 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Regent of saxe-coburg-gotha (1863-1950).
Born September 13th, 1863 in Langenburg.
Died December 11th, 1950 at 87 years old in Langenburg.
Adile Naşit
Turkish stage, voice and film actress; comedian, story teller (1930-1987).
Born June 17th, 1930 in Istanbul.
Died December 11th, 1987 at 57 years old in Istanbul (colorectal cancer).
Nagaoka Hantarō
Japanese physicist (1865–1950).
Born August 15th, 1865 in Ōmura-shi.
Died December 11th, 1950 at 85 years old in Tokyo.
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah
Pakistani diplomat (1915–2000).
Born July 22nd, 1915 in Kolkata.
Died December 11th, 2000 at 85 years old in Karachi.
Khalil Haqqani
Afghan minister.
Born January 1st, 1966 in Paktia Province.
Died December 11th, 2024 at 58 years old in Kabul (suicide bombing). [ref]
Nanabhoy Palkhivala
Indian jurist and economist (1920-2002).
Born January 16th, 1920 in Mumbai.
Died December 11th, 2002 at 82 years old in Mumbai.
Archer Milton Huntington
Philanthropist and art patron.
Born March 10th, 1870 in New York City.
Died December 11th, 1955 at 85 years old in Bethel, Redding.
Jim Bottomley
American baseball player and coach.
Born April 23rd, 1900 in Oglesby.
Died December 11th, 1959 at 59 years old in St. Louis.
N. Richard Nash
American writer (1913–2000).
Born June 7th, 1913 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2000 at 87 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Ivan Cankar
Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist (1876-1918).
Born May 10th, 1876 in Vrhnika.
Died December 11th, 1918 at 42 years old in Ljubljana (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Ilya Tolstoy
Russian writer (1866–1933).
Born May 22nd, 1866 in Yasnaya Polyana.
Died December 11th, 1933 at 67 years old in New Haven.
Calixto García
Cuban general (1839-1898).
Born August 4th, 1839 in Holguin.
Died December 11th, 1898 at 59 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).
Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte
Pretender to the emperor of mexico (1807–1866).
Born September 30th, 1807 in Morelia.
Died December 11th, 1866 at 59 years old in New York City.
Bob Bartlett
American politician (1904-1968).
Born April 20th, 1904 in Seattle. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1968 at 64 years old in Cleveland (surgical complications). [ref]
Christian Lous Lange
Norwegian diplomat and nobel peace prize recipient (1869-1938).
Born September 17th, 1869 in Stavanger.
Died December 11th, 1938 at 69 years old in Oslo.
Joseph Maréchal
Belgian jesuit priest and philosopher (1878–1944).
Died December 11th, 1944 at 66 years old in Leuven.
Charles Émile Picard
French mathematician (1856-1941).
Born July 24th, 1856 in Paris.
Died December 11th, 1941 at 85 years old in Paris.
Yao Yilin
Chinese politician (1917-1994).
Born September 6th, 1917 in British Hong Kong.
Died December 11th, 1994 at 77 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Sydir Kovpak
Soviet general (1887–1967).
Born May 25th, 1887 in Kotelva.
Died December 11th, 1967 at 80 years old in Kyiv.
José Luis Cuciuffo
Argentine footballer (1961-2004).
Born February 1st, 1961 in Córdoba.
Died December 11th, 2004 at 43 years old in Bahía San Blas (gunshot wound). [ref]
Frank Conrad
American electrical engineer (1874–1941).
Born May 4th, 1874 in Pittsburgh.
Died December 11th, 1941 at 67 years old in Miami.
Ali Alatas
Foreign minister of indonesia (1932-2008).
Born November 4th, 1932 in Jakarta.
Died December 11th, 2008 at 76 years old in Singapore (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader (1898-1992).
Born May 28th, 1898 in Newport.
Died December 11th, 1992 at 94 years old in New York City.
Friedrich von Bernhardi
Prussian cavalry general and military historian (1849-1930).
Born November 22nd, 1849 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 11th, 1930 at 81 years old in Kunnersdorf (Schöpstal).
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