Died on
Who died on September 11
129 figures who shaped history died on September 11.
- 129deaths
- 80events
Best known
Best known
Béla I of Hungary
King of Hungary from 1060 to 1063
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem
Crusader ruler from 1131 to 1152
Stephen Hagiochristophorites
Byzantine official (c. 1130 – 1185)
Robert Kilwardby
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1272 to 1278
Hugh de Cressingham
13th-century English nobleman
Philip of Artois
French nobleman
Béla I of Hungary — King of Hungary from 1060 to 1063, who died on September 11 1063.
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem — Crusader ruler from 1131 to 1152, who died on September 11 1161.
Stephen Hagiochristophorites — Byzantine official (c. 1130 – 1185), who died on September 11 1185.
Robert Kilwardby — Archbishop of Canterbury from 1272 to 1278, who died on September 11 1279.
Hugh de Cressingham — 13th-century English nobleman, who died on September 11 1297.
Philip of Artois — French nobleman, who died on September 11 1298.
All entries
- 883KKesta Styppiotes
- 1349
Bonne of LuxembourgFrench noblewoman - 1569VVincenza ArmaniItalian opera singer
- 1599
Beatrice CenciRoman noblewoman - 1677
James Harrington (author)English political theorist - 1680
Emperor Go-MizunooEmperor of Japan from 1611 to 1629 - 1721
Rudolf Jakob CamerariusGerman botanist and physician - 1733
François CouperinFrench composer - 1760
Louis GodinFrench astronomer - 1823
David RicardoBritish economist and politician - 1843
Joseph NicolletFrench geographer, astronomer, and mathematician - 1846
José Núñez de CáceresEarly Dominican independence leader; 1st and only president of Spanish Haiti - 1851
Sylvester GrahamAmerican Presbyterian minister and dietary reformer - 1865
Louis Juchault de LamoricièreFrench general - 1888
Domingo Faustino SarmientoPresident of Argentina from 1868 to 1874 - 1896
Francis James ChildAmerican folklorist - 1898NNikoline HarbitzNorwegian writer
- 1911
Louis Henri BoussenardFrench author - 1915
William Sprague IVAmerican politician and soldier - 1917
Georges GuynemerFrench World War I flying ace - 1921
Subramania BharatiIndian writer, poet, and Independence activist - 1926
Matsunosuke OnoeJapanese actor - 1932
Stanisław WiguraPolish aircraft designer and aviator - 1932
Franciszek ŻwirkoPolish aviator - 1935
Charles Norris (medical examiner)New York City coroner - 1939
Konstantin KorovinRussian impressionist painter - 1941
Christian RakovskyBulgarian-born Soviet diplomat - 1941
Aleksandra IzmailovichBelarusian socialist revolutionary - 1941
Maria SpiridonovaRussian revolutionary - 1948
Muhammad Ali JinnahFounder and 1st Governor-General of Pakistan - 1949
Henri RabaudFrench conductor, composer and pedagogue - 1950
Jan SmutsSouth African statesman and military officer - 1956
Billy BishopCanadian aviator and author - 1957
Mary ProctorBritish astronomer - 1958
Camillien HoudeCanadian politician - 1958
Robert W. ServiceBritish-Canadian poet and writer - 1959
Paul Douglas (actor)American actor - 1964
Gajanan Madhav MuktibodhIndian writer - 1965
Ralph C. SmedleyFounder of Toastmasters International - 1966
Collett E. WoolmanAmerican entrepreneur - 1967
Tadeusz Żyliński - 1968RRené Cogny
- 1971
Nikita KhrushchevLeader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 - 1973
Salvador AllendePresident of Chile from 1970 to 1973 - 1973
Neem Karoli BabaHindu religious leader (c. 1900–1973) - 1974
Lois LenskiAmerican author and illustrator - 1978
Mike GazellaAmerican baseball player - 1978
Georgi MarkovBulgarian dissident writer - 1978
1978 smallpox outbreak in the United KingdomEvent leading to the last known smallpox death - 1978
Ronnie PetersonSwedish racing driver - 1982AAlbert SoboulFrench historian
- 1983BBrian LawranceAustralian musician
- 1984
Jerry VoorhisDemocratic politician from California - 1985
William AlwynEnglish composer - 1985
Henrietta Barnett (WRAF officer) - 1985
Eleanor DarkAustralian novelist - 1986
Panagiotis KanellopoulosGreek politician - 1986
Noel StreatfeildEnglish author - 1987
Lorne GreeneCanadian actor - 1987
Peter ToshJamaican reggae musician - 1987
Mahadevi VarmaIndian writer and poet - 1988
Roger HargreavesEnglish author and illustrator - 1990MMyrna MackGuatemalan anthropologist
- 1991EErnst HerbeckAustrian poet
- 1993AAntoine IzméryHaitian businessman and activist (died 1993)
- 1993
Erich LeinsdorfAmerican conductor - 1993MMary Jane ReochAmerican cyclist
- 1994LLuciano SgrizziItalian harpsichordist, organist, pianist and composer
- 1994
Jessica TandyBritish actress - 1995AAnita HardingIrish-British neurologist
- 1997
Camille HenryCanadian ice hockey player
- 1997HHannah WeinerAmerican poet
- 1998
Dane ClarkAmerican film actor - 1999
Belkis AyónCuban visual artist - 1999
Gonzalo Rodríguez (racing driver)Uruguayan racing driver - 2001AAlice Stewart TrillinAmerican educator and writer
- 2001
Casualties of the September 11 attacksVictims of terror attacks in the US - 2002
Kim HunterAmerican actress - 2002
Johnny UnitasAmerican football player - 2002DDavid WisniewskiAmerican writer
- 2003
Anna LindhSwedish politician - 2003
John RitterAmerican actor - 2004
Fred EbbAmerican lyricist - 2004
David Mann (artist)American painter - 2004
Patriarch Peter VII of AlexandriaGreek Patriarch of Alexandria from 1997 to 2004 - 2006
William AuldScottish poet and translator - 2006
Joachim FestGerman historian - 2007
Ian PorterfieldBritish footballer - 2007
Gene SavoyAmerican explorer and theologian
- 2007
Jean SéguyFrench sociologist - 2007
Joe ZawinulAustrian jazz keyboardist and composer - 2009
Jim CarrollAmerican author and musician - 2009
Pierre Cossette (producer)Canadian television executive producer and Broadway producer - 2009
Larry GelbartAmerican comedy writer and playwright - 2009
Yoshito UsuiJapanese manga artist - 2010
Harold GouldAmerican actor - 2010
Kevin McCarthy (actor)American actor
- 2011CChristian BakkerudDanish racing driver
- 2011RRalph GubbinsEnglish footballer
- 2011
Anjali GuptaIndian Air Force officer - 2011
Andy WhitfieldWelsh actor - 2012
Finn BergesenNorwegian civil servant and businessperson - 2012TTomas EvjenNorwegian film creator
- 2012
J. Christopher StevensAmerican diplomat and lawyer - 2013
Francisco ChavezFilipino lawyer and former Solicitor General - 2013
Albert JacquardFrench biologist - 2013
Andrzej TrybulecPolish mathematician and computer scientist - 2014BBob CreweAmerican songwriter and record producer
- 2014
Antoine DuhamelFrench composer - 2014
Donald SindenEnglish actor
- 2016
Alexis ArquetteAmerican actress - 2019
B. J. HabibiePresident of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999 - 2020
Toots HibbertJamaican musician - 2020
AgniveshIndian Marxist social activist and politician - 2021
Abimael GuzmánPeruvian Maoist terrorist leader - 2022
Javier MaríasSpanish novelist, translator, and columnist - 2022
John W. O'MalleyAmerican academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest - 2022
Joyce Reynolds (classicist)British classicist - 2024
Kenneth CopeBritish actor - 2024
Alberto FujimoriPresident of Peru from 1990 to 2000 - 2024
Chad McQueenAmerican actor and race car driver - 2024
Joe Schmidt (American football)American football player and coach - 2025JJohn D. PetersenAmerican chemist, educator and academic administrator
Frequently asked questions
Who died on September 11?
129 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 11, including Béla I of Hungary, Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, Stephen Hagiochristophorites. 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 September 11?
80 documented historical events happened on September 11, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces under Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated English troops at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on the River Forth. On the same day, in another year: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland: Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army ended the Siege of Drogheda, took over the town and massacred its garrison. 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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