Notable Deaths on February 11

Q: Who died on February 11?

Notable people who died on February 11 include: Britannicus, Gordian III, Heraclius, Pope Gregory II (born 669), Pope Paschal I.

Q: What is Neil Bonnett known for?

Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (born 1946)

99 people 55 – 2026

February 11 has seen 99 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 55 – 2026. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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1994 — Neil Bonnett

American race car driver (born 1946)

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Lawrence Neil Bonnett was an American NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 poles over his 18-year career

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He rose to prominence in the late 1970s with his performances in cars owned by Jim Stacy and Wood Brothers Racing, becoming one of the top competitors in the 1980s

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The Alabama native currently ranks 47th in all-time NASCAR Cup victories

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He appeared in the 1983 film Stroker Ace and the 1990 film Days of Thunder

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Bonnett hosted the TV show Winners for TNN from 1991 to 1994, and was a color commentator for CBS, TBS, and TNN in the years until his death

Britannicus

Roman son of Claudius (born 41)

AD 55 (LV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Vetus. The denomination AD 55 for this year has been used since the early…

Gordian III

Roman emperor (born 225)

Gordian III was Roman emperor from 238 to 244. At the age of 13, he became the second-youngest sole emperor of the united Roman Empire. Gordian was the son of Maecia Faustina and her husband Junius Balbus, who died…

244

Heraclius

Byzantine emperor (born 575)

Heraclius was Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641. His rise to power began in 608, when he and his father, Heraclius the Elder, the Exarch of Africa, led a revolt against the unpopular emperor Phocas.

641

Pope Gregory II (born 669)

Pope Gregory II was the bishop of Rome from 19 May 715 to his death on 11 February 731. His defiance of Emperor Leo III the Isaurian as a result of the iconoclastic controversy in the Eastern Empire prepared the way for…

731

Pope Paschal I

Pope Paschal I was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 25 January 817 to his death in 824.

824

Hugh of Saint Victor

German philosopher and theologian (born 1096)

Hugh of Saint Victor was a Saxon canon regular and a leading theologian and writer on mystical theology.

1141

Elizabeth of York (born 1466)

Elizabeth of York was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until she died in 1503. She was the daughter of King Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, and her marriage to Henry VII…

1503

Pietro Cataldi

Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1548)

Pietro Antonio Cataldi was an Italian mathematician. A citizen of Bologna, he taught mathematics and astronomy and also worked on military problems. His work included the development of simple continued fractions and a…

1626

René Descartes

French mathematician and philosopher (born 1596)

René Descartes was a French philosopher, scientist, logician, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science during the Renaissance era. Mathematics was paramount…

1650

Francesco Scipione

marchese di Maffei, Italian archaeologist, playwright, and critic (born 1675)

Francesco Scipione Maffei was an Italian writer and art critic, author of many articles and plays. An antiquarian with a humanist education whose publications on Etruscan antiquities stand as incunables of Etruscology,…

1755

William Shenstone

English poet and gardener (born 1714)

William Shenstone was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.

1763

George Dance the Elder

English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (born 1695)

George Dance the Elder was a British architect. He was the City of London surveyor and architect from 1735 until his death.

1768

Carl Michael Bellman

Swedish poet and composer (born 1740)

Carl Michael Bellman was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet, and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well as in…

1795

Juan Sánchez Ramírez

leader of the troops that fought against the French rule of Santo Domingo's colony between 1808 and 1809 (born 1762)

Juan Sánchez Ramírez was a Dominican general who was the primary leader of the War of Reconquista. He is known for leading the troops in the Battle of Palo Hincado. The decisive Dominican victory resulted in the end of…

1811

Alexander Griboyedov

Russian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1795)

Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet, and composer. His one notable work is the 1823 verse comedy Woe from Wit. He was Russia's ambassador to Qajar Persia, where he and all the…

1829

Magdalene Osenbroch

Norwegian actress (born 1830)

Magdalene Henrikke Dedichen Osenbroch was a Norwegian actress who mainly performed at the Det norske Theater in Bergen.

1854

Elizabeth Siddal

English poet and artist's model (born 1829)

Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall, better known as Elizabeth Siddal, was an English artist, art model, and poet. Siddal was perhaps the most significant of the female models who posed for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. Their…

1862

Léon Foucault

French physicist and academic (born 1819)

Jean Bernard Léon Foucault was a French physicist who invented the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy…

1868

Félix María Zuloaga

Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (born 1813)

Félix María Zuloaga Trillo was a Mexican conservative general and politician who played a key role in the outbreak of the Reform War in early 1860, a war which would see him elevated to the presidency of the nation.…

1898

Milan I of Serbia (born 1855)

Milan Obrenović IV reigned as the Prince of Serbia from 10 June 1868 until 1882, and then King of Serbia, a title he held until his abdication on 6 March 1889. Most important events during Milan's reign was the First…

1901

Mary Pitman Ailau

high chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi

Mary Ann Kinoʻole Kaʻaumokulani Pitman, later Mary Pitman Ailau, was a high chiefess of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi of part Native Hawaiian and American descent. She was raised and educated in Hilo and Honolulu and served as…

1905

Oswaldo Cruz

Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (born 1872)

Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, was a Brazilian physician, pioneer bacteriologist, epidemiologist and public health officer and the founder of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute.

1917

Alexey Kaledin

Russian general (born 1861)

Alexey Maksimovich Kaledin was a Don Cossack Cavalry General who commanded the 12th Cavalry Division and Russian Eight Army during World War I. He also led the Don Cossack White movement in the opening stages of the…

1918

Charles Algernon Parsons

English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (born 1854)

Sir Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the founder of C. A.…

1931

Kalle Korhonen

Finnish politician (born 1878)

Kaarlo (Kalle) Eeronpoika Korhonen was a Finnish farmer, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he represented Oulu Province…

1938

John Buchan

Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (born 1875)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

1940

Ellen Day Hale

American painter and author (born 1855)

Ellen Day Hale was an American Impressionist painter and printmaker from Boston. She studied art in Paris and during her adult life lived in Paris, London and Boston. She exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal…

1940

Jamnalal Bajaj

Indian businessman and philanthropist (born 1884)

Jamnalal Kaniram Bajaj was an Indian businessman and politician. He founded the Bajaj Group of companies in the 1920s, and the group now has 24 companies, including six that are listed on the bourses. He was also a…

1942

Martin Klein

Estonian wrestler and coach (born 1884)

Martin Klein was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the middleweight class, becoming the first Olympic medalist born in the territory of…

1947

Sergei Eisenstein

Russian director and screenwriter (born 1898)

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He…

1948

Axel Munthe

Swedish doctor (born 1857)

Axel Martin Fredrik Munthe was a Swedish-born physician and psychiatrist, best known as the author of The Story of San Michele, an autobiographical account of his life and work. He spoke several languages, grew up in…

1949

Ernest Jones

Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879)

Alfred Ernest Jones was a Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst. A lifelong friend and colleague of Sigmund Freud from their first meeting in 1908, he became his official biographer. Jones was the first English-speaking…

1958

John Olof Dahlgren

Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1872)

John Olof Dahlgren was an American corporal serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.

1963

Sylvia Plath

American poet, novelist, and short story writer (born 1932)

Sylvia Plath was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for The Colossus and Other Poems (1960), Ariel (1965), and The Bell Jar (1963), a…

1963

A. J. Muste

Dutch-American minister and activist (born 1885)

Abraham Johannes Muste was a Dutch-born American clergyman and political activist. He is best remembered for his work in the labor movement, the pacifist movement, the anti-war movement, and the civil rights movement in…

1967

Howard Lindsay

American playwright (born 1889)

Howard Lindsay, born Herman Nelke, was an American playwright, librettist, director, actor and theatrical producer. He is best known for his writing work as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his…

1968

J. Hans D. Jensen

German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)

Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen was a German theoretical physicist. During World War II, Jensen worked on the German nuclear energy project, known as the Uranium Club, where he contributed to the separation of uranium…

1973

Richard Ratsimandrava

Malagasy colonel and politician, President of Madagascar (born 1931)

Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava was a Malagasy politician and soldier who served as the head of state of Madagascar for six days in February 1975 before his assassination in office.

1975

Lee J. Cobb

American actor (born 1911)

Lee J. Cobb was an American actor, known both for film roles and his work on the Broadway stage, as well as for his starring role on the television series The Virginian. He often played arrogant, intimidating, and…

1976

Alexander Lippisch

German pilot and engineer (born 1894)

Alexander Martin Lippisch was a German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics who made important contributions to the understanding of tailless aircraft, delta wings and the ground effect, and also worked in…

1976

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (born 1905)

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1974 to 1977.

1977

Louis Beel

Dutch academic and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1902)

Louis Joseph Maria Beel was a Dutch politician of the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and later co-founder of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 3 July…

1977

James Bryant Conant

American chemist and academic (born 1893)

James Bryant Conant was an American chemist, a President of Harvard University, and the first U.S. Ambassador to West Germany.

1978

Harry Martinson

Swedish novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)

Harry Martinson was a Swedish writer, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson "for…

1978

Eleanor Powell

American actress and dancer (born 1912)

Eleanor Torrey Powell was an American dancer and actress. Best remembered for her tap dance numbers in musical films in the 1930s and 1940s, she was one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's top dancing stars during the Golden Age…

1982

Henry Hathaway

American actor, director, and producer (born 1898)

Henry Hathaway was an American film director and producer, whose career spanned from the 1930s through the 1970s. He was best known as a director of Western, adventure, and noir films, especially starring John Wayne,…

1985

Frank Herbert

American journalist and author (born 1920)

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and five sequels to it. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book…

1986

Evelio Javier

Filipino politician (born 1942)

Evelio Bellaflor Javier was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He served as governor of the province of Antique and was an opponent of the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos. His assassination on February 11,…

1986

George O'Hanlon

American actor and voice artist (born 1912)

George O'Hanlon was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was best known for his role as Joe McDoakes in the Warner Bros.' live-action Joe McDoakes short subjects from 1942 to 1956 and as the voice of George Jetson…

1989

Dude Martin

American country singer, bandleader, radio and television host (born 1915)

John Stephen McSwain, better known by his stage name Dude Martin, was an American country singer and bandleader, radio and early television personality.

1991

Robert W. Holley

American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)

Robert William Holley was an American biochemist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 for describing the structure of alanine transfer RNA, linking DNA and protein synthesis.

1993

Sorrell Booke

American actor and director (born 1930)

Sorrell Booke was an American actor. He appeared in over 130 film, television, and stage productions, and was best known for his role as "Boss" Hogg, the principal antagonist of the television series The Dukes of…

1994

William Conrad

American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)

William Conrad was an American actor, producer, and director whose entertainment career spanned five decades in radio, film, and television.

1994

Paul Feyerabend

Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (born 1924)

Paul Karl Feyerabend was an Austrian philosopher best known for his work in the philosophy of science. He started his academic career as lecturer in the philosophy of science at the University of Bristol (1955–1958);…

1994

Amelia Rosselli

Italian poet and author (born 1930)

Amelia Rosselli was an Italian poet, musician, and musicologist close to John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

1996

Lord Kitchner

Trinidadian singer (born 1922)

Aldwyn Roberts, better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener, was a Trinidadian calypsonian. He has been described as "the grand master of calypso" and "the greatest calypsonian of the post-war age".

2000

Roger Vadim

French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

Roger Vadim Plemiannikov was a French screenwriter, film director, and producer, as well as an author, artist, and occasional actor. His best-known works are visually lavish films with erotic qualities, such as And God…

2000

Frankie Crosetti

American baseball player and coach (born 1910)

Frank Peter Joseph Crosetti, nicknamed "The Crow", was an American baseball player. From 1932 to 1948, he spent his entire seventeen-year Major League Baseball playing career with the New York Yankees at shortstop.…

2002

Barry Foster

English actor (born 1931)

John Barry Foster was an English actor who had an extensive career in film, radio, stage and television over almost 50 years. He was best known for portraying the title character in the British crime series Van der Valk…

2002

Tony Pope

American voice actor (born 1947)

Anthony J. Pope was an American voice actor. He appeared in over 100 titles during his three-decade career, including as the voice of Goofy from 1979 to 1988. His anime roles include Colonel Shikishima in the Streamline…

2004

Shirley Strickland

Australian runner (born 1925)

Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE, known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports.

2004

Jack L. Chalker

American author (born 1944)

Jack Laurence Chalker was an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a member of the…

2005

Peter Benchley

American author and screenwriter (born 1940)

Peter Bradford Benchley was an American author. He is best known for his bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for both cinema and…

2006

Ken Fletcher

Australian tennis player (born 1940)

Kenneth Norman Fletcher was an Australian tennis player who won numerous doubles and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles.

2006

Jackie Pallo

English wrestler and actor (born 1926)

Jackie "Mr TV" Pallo was an English professional wrestler, a star of British televised wrestling in its 1960s and 1970s heyday, when the sport had a regular 40-minute slot before the Saturday afternoon football results…

2006

Matilda

American chicken and stage magician, oldest known chicken (h. 1990)

Matilda was a fourteen-ounce (400 g) hen, and the first chicken to receive the title of World's Oldest Living Chicken from Guinness World Records. She is thought to have been descended from the Red Pyle color variation…

2006

Tom Lantos

American lawyer and politician (born 1928)

Thomas Peter Lantos was a Hungarian-born American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California from 1981 until his death in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 11th…

2008

Frank Piasecki

American engineer (born 1919)

Frank Piasecki was an American engineer and helicopter aviation pioneer. Piasecki pioneered tandem rotor helicopter designs and created the compound helicopter concept of vectored thrust using a ducted propeller.

2008

Estelle Bennett

American singer (born 1941)

Estelle Bennett was an American singer. She was a member of the girl group the Ronettes, along with her sister Ronnie and cousin Nedra Talley.

2009

Willem Johan Kolff

Dutch-American physician and academic (born 1911)

Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff was a pioneer of hemodialysis, artificial heart, as well as in the entire field of artificial organs. Willem was a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician family. He made his major…

2009

Heward Grafftey

Canadian businessman and politician (born 1928)

William Heward Grafftey was a Canadian politician and businessman.

2010

Alexander McQueen

English fashion designer, founder of his eponymous brand (born 1969)

Lee Alexander McQueen was a British fashion designer and couturier. He founded his own Alexander McQueen label in 1992 and was chief designer at Givenchy from 1996 to 2001. His achievements in fashion earned him four…

2010

Chuck Tanner

American baseball player and manager (born 1928)

Charles William Tanner was an American professional baseball player and manager. A left fielder and pinch hitter who appeared in 396 games in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1955 and 1962, he was known for his…

2011

Siri Bjerke

Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of the Environment (born 1958)

Siri Bjerke was a Norwegian politician. She was substitute member of the Norwegian legislature between 1997 and 2005, state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1993 and 1997 and Minister of the…

2012

Aharon Davidi

Israeli general (born 1927)

Aharon Davidi was an Israeli general and founder of the Sar-El volunteer program of the IDF.

2012

Whitney Houston

American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1963)

Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer, actress, film producer, and record producer. Commonly referred to as "the Voice", she is one of the most awarded performers of all time. A cultural icon, she broke down…

2012

Rick Huxley

English bass player (born 1940)

The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark was the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter. In January 1964, they had their…

2013

Alice Babs

Swedish singer and actress (born 1924)

Hildur Alice Nilson, known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known internationally as a jazz…

2014

Tito Canepa

Dominican-American painter (born 1916)

Tito Enrique Canepa Jiménez was a leading Dominican painter of the generation that came of age in the 1930s and 1940s. Canepa's artistic identity was shaped in New York City, where he lived from the age of 21, never…

2014

Fernando González Pacheco

Colombian journalist and actor (born 1932)

Fernando González-Pacheco Castro, also known as Pacheco, was a Colombian television host, announcer, journalist and occasional actor with a career spanning over six decades. Pacheco was born in Spain and received the…

2014

Roger Hanin

French actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1925)

Roger Hanin was a French actor and film director, best known for playing the title role in the TV police drama, Navarro.

2015

Bob Simon

American journalist (born 1941)

Robert David Simon was an American television correspondent for CBS News. He covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries during his career. Simon reported the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, the…

2015

Jerry Tarkanian

American basketball player and coach (born 1930)

Jerry Tarkanian was an American basketball coach. He coached college basketball for 31 seasons over five decades at three schools. He spent the majority of his career coaching with the UNLV Runnin' Rebels, leading them…

2015

Kevin Randleman

American mixed martial artist and wrestler (born 1971)

Kevin Christopher Randleman was an American mixed martial artist, amateur and professional wrestler, and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. Randleman's background was in collegiate wrestling, in which he became a two-time…

2016

Zeng Xuelin

Thai-Chinese footballer and manager (born 1929)

Zeng Xuelin was a Chinese football manager and player.

2016

Fab Melo

Brazilian basketball player (born 1990)

Fabricio Paulino de Melo was a Brazilian professional basketball player. He played one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics before returning to his home country and playing for Liga…

2017

Jaap Rijks

Dutch Olympian (born 1919)

Jacob "Jaap" Rijks was a Dutch equestrian who competed for his home nation in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was born in Nijmegen.

2017

Trish Doan

Korean-Canadian musician (born 1985)

Trisha Jaimee Doan was a Korean-Canadian musician, photographer and television producer, best known for her tenure as the bass guitarist for the Canadian heavy metal band Kittie.

2017

Vic Damone

American singer, songwriter and actor (born 1928)

Vic Damone was an American traditional pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My Heart", and other hits such as "On the Street…

2018

Asma Jahangir

Pakistani human-rights lawyer and social activist (born 1952)

Asma Jilani Jahangir was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and AGHS Legal Aid Cell. Jahangir was known for playing a prominent role in…

2018

Jan Maxwell

American stage and television actress (born 1956)

Janice Elaine Maxwell was an American stage and television actress. She was a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award winner. In a career spanning over thirty years, Maxwell was one of the most…

2018

Qazi Wajid

Pakistani drama actor, writer and artist (born 1930)

Qazi Wajid was a Pakistani actor.

2018

Donald Spoto

American biographer (born 1941)

Donald Spoto was an American biographer and theologian. He was known for his biographies of people in the worlds of film and theater, and for his books on theology and spirituality.

2023

Allen J. Bard

American chemist (born 1933)

Allen Joseph Bard was an American chemist. He was the Hackerman-Welch Regents Chair Professor and director of the Center for Electrochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. Bard developed innovations such as the…

2024

Kelvin Kiptum

African long-distance runner(born 1999)

Kelvin Kiptum Cheruiyot was a Kenyan long-distance runner who held the marathon world record between 2023 and 2026. As of 2026, he still held two of the six fastest times running marathons in history, and was ranked…

2024

Betsy Arakawa

American classical pianist (born 1959)

Betsy Machiko Arakawa Hackman was an American classical pianist and businesswoman. Born in Hawaii, she performed with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra at the age of eleven and later worked for the television game show…

2025

Moses Lim

Singaporean actor (born 1949)

Moses Lim Aik Ming was a Singaporean actor, television host, comedian, and food critic, best known for playing Tan Ah Teck in the Singaporean sitcom Under One Roof (1995–2003). Together with his comedy partner, Jack…

2025

James Van Der Beek

American actor (born 1977)

James David Van Der Beek was an American actor. Known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery on The WB's Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), he also played a fictionalized version of himself on the cult ABC sitcom Don't Trust the…

2026

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