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February 11th
213 Notable deaths
Desanka Maksimović
Serbian writer (1898-1993).
Born May 16th, 1898 in Divci. [ref]
Died February 11th, 1993 at 94 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Shirley Strickland
Australian hurdler and sprinter.
Born July 18th, 1925 in Northam.
Died February 11th, 2004 at 78 years old in Perth (myocardial infarction, stroke).
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat
French mathematician and physicist.
Born December 29th, 1923 in Lille. [ref]
Died February 11th, 2025 at 101 years old in Mérignac. [ref]
Jacqueline Auriol
French aviator (1917–2000).
Born November 5th, 1917 in Challans.
Died February 11th, 2000 at 82 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Frank Piasecki
American aerospace engineer (1919–2008).
Born October 24th, 1919 in Philadelphia.
Died February 11th, 2008 at 88 years old in Haverford. [ref]
George Coyne
American astronomer (1933–2020).
Born January 19th, 1933 in Baltimore.
Died February 11th, 2020 at 87 years old in Syracuse (cancer). [ref]
Alexey Kaledin
Russian general (1861-1918).
Born October 24th, 1861 in Ust-Khopyorskaya.
Died February 11th, 1918 at 56 years old in Novocherkassk (gunshot wound).
Alfredo Reinado
East timorese military commander (1968-2008).
Born November 11th, 1968 in Dili.
Died February 11th, 2008 at 39 years old in Dili. [ref]
Joseph Vilsmaier
German film director (1939–2020).
Born January 24th, 1939 in Munich. [ref]
Died February 11th, 2020 at 81 years old in Munich. [ref]
Gerhard Schmidhuber
German general.
Born April 9th, 1894 in Dresden.
Died February 11th, 1945 at 50 years old in Budapest (killed in action).
Deaths 81 to 90 of 213
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