Died on
Who died on December 11
95 figures who shaped history died on December 11.
- 95deaths
- 64events
Best known
Best known
Pope Damasus I
Head of the Catholic Church from 366 to 384
Nikephoros II Phokas
Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969
Averroes
Andalusian Muslim polymath
Ögedei Khan
Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1229 to 1241
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
Prince of Gwynedd from 1255 to 1282
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Byzantine emperor from 1261 to 1282
Pope Damasus I — Head of the Catholic Church from 366 to 384, who died on December 11 384.
Nikephoros II Phokas — Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969, who died on December 11 969.
Averroes — Andalusian Muslim polymath, who died on December 11 1198.
Ögedei Khan — Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1229 to 1241, who died on December 11 1241.
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd — Prince of Gwynedd from 1255 to 1282, who died on December 11 1282.
Michael VIII Palaiologos — Byzantine emperor from 1261 to 1282, who died on December 11 1282.
All entries
- 861AAl-Fath ibn Khaqan9th-century Abbasid official
- 1121AAl-Afdal ShahanshahFatimid Vizier from 1094 to 1121
- 1474
Henry IV of CastileKing of Castile and León from 1454 to 1474 - 1532
Pietro AccoltiItalian Roman Catholic cardinal and judge of the Roman Rota - 1582
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of AlbaSpanish military officer, statesman and diplomat - 1610
Adam ElsheimerGerman painter - 1686
Louis, Grand CondéFrench military leader
- 1694
Ranuccio II FarneseDuke of Parma and Piacenza from 1646 to 1694 - 1737
John StrypeEnglish clergyman, historian and biographer - 1747EEdmund CurllBritish publisher and bookseller (c. 1675–1747)
- 1797
Richard Brocklesby - 1826
Maria Leopoldina of AustriaEmpress of Brazil (1822–1826) and Queen of Portugal - 1840
Emperor KōkakuEmperor of Japan from 1779 to 1817 - 1872
Kamehameha VKing of Hawaii from 1863 to 1872 - 1880
Oliver WinchesterAmerican businessman and politician - 1892
William MilliganScottish theologian - 1906FFitzhugh TownsendAmerican fencer
- 1909
Ludwig MondBritish chemist and businessman - 1913
Carl von In der MaurGovernor of Liechtenstein during 1884–1892 and 1897–1913 - 1918
Ivan CankarSlovene writer and political activist - 1920
Olive SchreinerSouth African author and activist - 1928
Juho Kekkonen (forester)Finnish forester and tenant farmer - 1936
Myron GrimshawAmerican baseball player - 1937
Jaan AnveltEstonian communist - 1937
Hugh Thackeray TurnerEnglish architect - 1938
Christian Lous LangeNorwegian diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize recipient - 1941
John Gillespie Magee Jr.Royal Canadian Air Force officer and poet - 1941
Émile PicardFrench mathematician - 1945
Charles FabryFrench physicist - 1950LLeslie ComrieNew Zealand astronomer
- 1951
Mustafa MuğlalıTurkish general - 1951HHijri Dede
- 1953
Sedat SimaviTurkish journalist
- 1957
MusidoraFrench actress - 1959
Jim BottomleyAmerican baseball player and manager - 1964
Sam CookeAmerican singer and songwriter - 1964
Percy KilbrideAmerican character actor - 1966
Augusta Fox BronnerAmerican psychologist - 1968
Richard SagritsEstonian painter - 1968
Arthur Hays SulzbergerPublisher of The New York Times from 1935 to 1961 - 1971
Richard and Maurice McDonaldAmerican fast food company founders - 1975
Lee WileyAmerican jazz singer - 1975
Nihal AtsızTurkish ultranationalist writer, novelist, and poet - 1978
Vincent du VigneaudAmerican biochemist and Nobel laureate - 1978PPaul O'DeaAmerican baseball player
- 1979JJames J. GibsonAmerican psychologist
- 1983
Neil RitchieBritish Army officer - 1984OOskar SeidlinGerman-American academic
- 1984GGeorge WaggnerAmerican actor
- 1987
G. A. KulkarniIndian writer - 1989
Louise Dahl-WolfeAmerican photographer - 1991
Robert Q. LewisAmerican actor and broadcaster
- 1991
Artur LundkvistSwedish writer - 1994PPhilip Phillips (archaeologist)American archaeologist
- 1995GGreg BahnsenAmerican theologian and philosopher
- 1996
Willie RushtonEnglish cartoonist and comedian - 1997
Eddie ChapmanDouble agent for Britain during WW2 - 1997
Simon JeffesBritish musician and composer - 1998
André LichnerowiczFrench mathematical physicist - 1998
Lynn StraitAmerican singer - 2000
Shaista Suhrawardy IkramullahPakistani diplomat - 2000
David Lewis (American actor)American actor - 2001MMainza ChonaZambian politician and diplomat
- 2003
Ahmadou KouroumaIvorian novelist - 2004
José Luis CuciuffoArgentine footballer - 2004
Arthur LydiardNew Zealand runner and athletics coach - 2008
Bettie PageAmerican pin-up model - 2010
Dick HoernerAmerican football player - 2011
John Patrick FoleyAmerican Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal - 2012
Galina VishnevskayaRussian soprano - 2012
Mendel Weinbach - 2012
Ravi ShankarIndian musician and sitar player - 2013
Nadir AfonsoPortuguese geometric abstractionist painter - 2013
Barbara BrandenCanadian writer - 2013JJavier Jáuregui (boxer)Mexican boxer
- 2013
Sheikh Mussa Shariefi - 2014HHans WallatGerman conductor
- 2015
Abish KekilbayevKazakh politician and writer - 2015
H. Arnold SteinbergCanadian businessman - 2015
Hema UpadhyayIndian visual artist - 2015JJohn "Hot Rod" WilliamsAmerican basketball player
- 2015
Ken WoolleySydney based Australian architect - 2017
Keith ChegwinEnglish TV presenter, actor & musician - 2020
James Flynn (academic)New Zealand intelligence researcher - 2021
Anne RiceAmerican author - 2023
Andre BraugherAmerican actor - 2024
David BondermanAmerican billionaire businessman - 2024KKhalil HaqqaniAfghan politician
- 2024PPurushottam UpadhyayIndian musician, singer and composer
Frequently asked questions
Who died on December 11?
95 people with a Wikipedia article died on December 11, including Pope Damasus I, Nikephoros II Phokas, Averroes. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What happened on December 11?
64 documented historical events happened on December 11, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Abbasid caliph al-Mutawakkil was assassinated by his guards, beginning the Anarchy at Samarra. On the same day, in another year: A crowd of 1,500 people presented the Root and Branch petition to the Long Parliament, calling for abolishing the episcopacy of the Church of England. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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