August 11th
155 Notable deaths
Gabi Novak
Croatian singer.
Born July 8th, 1936 in Berlin.
Died August 11th, 2025 at 89 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Charles Marquis Warren
Film director (1912-1990).
Born December 16th, 1912 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1990 at 77 years old in West Hills. [ref]
Armand Borel
Swiss mathematician (1923-2003).
Born May 21st, 1923 in La Chaux-de-Fonds. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2003 at 80 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Helmut Walcha
German organist.
Born October 27th, 1907 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1991 at 83 years old in Frankfurt am Main.
Pauline Lafont
Actress (1963-1988).
Born April 6th, 1963 in Nîmes. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1988 at 25 years old in Gabriac (fall). [ref]
Ion Barbu
Romanian mathematician and poet.
Born March 19th, 1895 in Câmpulung. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1961 at 66 years old in Bucharest. [ref]
Fred Sinowatz
Austrian historian and chancellor (1929-2008).
Born February 5th, 1929 in Neufeld an der Leitha.
Died August 11th, 2008 at 79 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Erwin Ding-Schuler
German surgeon (1912-1945).
Born September 19th, 1912 in Bitterfeld.
Died August 11th, 1945 at 32 years old in Freising.
Franz Nissl
German neuroscientist (1860-1919).
Born September 9th, 1860 in Frankenthal.
Died August 11th, 1919 at 58 years old in Munich.
Jiří Kolář
Czech poet, playwright, translator and artist (1914-2002).
Born September 24th, 1914 in Protivín. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2002 at 87 years old in Prague. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 155
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs