Did you know
Angela Lansbury won numerous accolades including six Tony Awards, six Golden Globe Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, 18 Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award.
Notable Deaths on October 11
2022 — Angela Lansbury
English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925)
October 11 has 91 recorded notable deaths across history, from 965 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
By thisDay.info Editorial Team · — Wikipedia
Notable Deaths
91 source records
965 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on October 11
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1890 In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. Source
- 1958 NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit. Source
- 1968 NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission. Source
- 1811 The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor. Source
Did you know
President Thomas Jefferson appointed him Governor of Upper Louisiana in 1806.
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In the United States, they became well known as the "Trapp Family Singers" until they ceased to perform as a unit in 1957.
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After the end of World War II in Europe, he fled to Argentina, where he lived for almost 50 years.
Did you know
Cromwell's fame was perhaps first assured in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), with Gary Cooper and Franchot Tone.
More major people who died on October 11
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1809
Meriwether Lewis
American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (born 1774)
Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William…
2007
Werner von Trapp
Austrian-American singer (born 1915)
The Trapp Family was a singing group formed from the family of former Austrian naval commander Georg von Trapp.
2013
Erich Priebke
German captain (born 1913)
Erich Priebke was a German mid-level Schutzstaffel (SS) commander in the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) of Nazi Germany.
1960
Richard Cromwell
American actor (born 1910)
Richard Cromwell also known as Roy Radabaugh, was an American actor. His career was at its pinnacle with his work in Jezebel (1938) with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda and again with Fonda in John Ford's Young Mr.
1531
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss pastor and theologian (born 1484)
Huldrych Zwingli was a Swiss Christian theologian, musician, and leader of the Reformation in Switzerland.
1579
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha
Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1506)
Sokollu Mehmed Pasha was an Ottoman statesman of Serb origin. He was most notable for being the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
2000
Donald Dewar
Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (born 1937)
Donald Campbell Dewar was a Scottish statesman and politician who served as the first first minister of Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000 and leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 1998 until his death in…
1986
Norm Cash
American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1934)
Norman Dalton Cash was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who spent almost his entire career with the Detroit Tigers.
2014
Bob Such
Australian educator and politician (born 1944)
Robert Bruce Such was a South Australian politician. He was the member for the seat of Fisher in the South Australian House of Assembly from 1989 until his death in 2014.
1904
Mary Tenney Gray
American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (born 1833)
Mary Davy Tenney Gray was a 19th-century American editorial writer, clubwoman, philanthropist, and suffragist from Pennsylvania, who later became a resident of Kansas.
1971
Tamanoumi Masahiro
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (born 1944)
Tamanoumi Masahiro was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Aichi. He was the sport's 51st yokozuna. Making his professional debut in 1959, he reached the top makuuchi division in 1964.
1779
Casimir Pulaski
Polish-American general (born 1745)
Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski, anglicised as Casimir Pulaski, was a Polish nobleman, soldier, and military commander who has been called "The Father of American cavalry" or "The Soldier of Liberty".
1998
Richard Denning
American actor (born 1914)
Richard Denning was an American actor who starred in science fiction films of the 1950s, including Unknown Island (1948), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Target Earth (1954), Day the World Ended (1955), Creature…
1961
Chico Marx
American comedian (born 1887)
Leonard "Chico" Marx was an American comedian, actor, and pianist.
1542
Thomas Wyatt
English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
Sir Thomas Wyatt was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature.
2025
Diane Keaton
American actress (born 1946)
Diane Keaton was an American actress. Her career spanned more than five decades, during which she rose to prominence in the New Hollywood movement.
2015
Dean Chance
American baseball player and manager (born 1941)
Wilmer Dean Chance was an American professional baseball player.
1988
Bonita Granville
American actress (born 1923)
Bonita Gloria Granville Wrather was an American character actress and producer. The daughter of vaudevillians, Granville began her career on the stage at age three.
1991
Redd Foxx
American actor and comedian (born 1922)
John Elroy Sanford, better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub act before and during the civil rights movement.