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Decades following his disablement, Alexander earned a bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor at the University of Texas at Austin, and was admitted to the bar in 1986.
Notable Deaths on March 11
2024 — Paul Alexander
Polio survivor (born 1946)
March 11 has 75 recorded notable deaths across history, from 222 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
75 source records
222 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on March 11
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- 2006 Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile. Source
- 1990 Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. Source
- 1941 World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan. Source
- 2008 Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station. Source
Did you know
Elagabalus only posthumously became known by the Latinised name of his god.
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Alexander Fleming shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".
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Historians credit Sumner with coining the phrase "equality before the law," which he first used as part of an early attempt to integrate Boston's public school system.
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Despite never making more than $350,000 a season during his NBA career, Bridgeman had a net worth of over $1.
More major people who died on March 11
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
222
Elagabalus
Roman emperor (born 203)
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus and Heliogabalus, was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager.
1955
Alexander Fleming
Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist.
1874
Charles Sumner
American lawyer and politician (born 1811)
Charles Sumner was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874.
2025
Junior Bridgeman
American basketball player and businessman (born 1953)
Ulysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman Jr. was an American professional basketball player and businessman.
1978
Claude François
French entertainer (born 1939)
Claude Antoine Marie François, also known by the nickname Cloclo, was a French pop singer, composer, songwriter, record producer, drummer and dancer.
1969
John Wyndham
English author (born 1903)
John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was an English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John…
1870
Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (born 1786)
Moshoeshoe I was the first king of Lesotho. He was the first son of Mokhachane, a minor chief of the Bamokoteli lineage, a branch of the Bakoena (crocodile) clan.
1971
Whitney Young
American activist (born 1921)
Whitney Moore Young Jr. was an American civil rights leader. Trained as a social worker, he spent most of his career working to end employment discrimination in the United States and turning the National Urban League…
638
Sophronius of Jerusalem (born 560)
Sophronius, called Sophronius the Sophist, was the Greek Patriarch of the city known as Aelia Capitolina and then Jerusalem from 634 until his death.
2002
James Tobin
American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
James Tobin was an American economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisers and consulted with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Yale University.
1915
Thomas Alexander Browne
English-Australian author (born 1826)
Thomas Alexander Browne was a British-born Australian police magistrate and author. He published many of his works under the pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood. He is best known for his 1882 bushranging novel Robbery Under Arms.
1198
Marie of France
Countess of Champagne (born 1145)
Marie of France was a Capetian princess who became Countess of Champagne by her marriage to Henry I of Champagne.
2006
Bernie Geoffrion
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)
Joseph André Bernard Geoffrion, nicknamed "Boom Boom" or "Boum Boum", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach.
2006
Slobodan Milošević
Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1941)
Slobodan Milošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 until his overthrow in 2000.
2025
Clive Revill
New Zealand actor and singer (born 1930)
Clive Selsby Revill was a New Zealand actor and singer, best known for his performances in musical theatre and the London stage.
1759
John Forbes
Scottish general (born 1707)
Brigadier-General John Forbes was a British Army officer. During the French and Indian War, he commanded the 1758 Forbes Expedition which occupied the French outpost of Fort Duquesne.
1960
Roy Chapman Andrews
American paleontologist and explorer (born 1884)
Roy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer, and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History.
1989
John J. McCloy
American lawyer and diplomat (born 1895)
John Jay McCloy was an American lawyer, diplomat, and banker. He served as Assistant Secretary of War during World War II under Henry Stimson.
1898
William Rosecrans
American general and politician (born 1819)
William Starke Rosecrans was an American inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and U.S. Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War.