Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 11
Saturday, 20 December 2025
1877 On January - 11 pietro Romani, composer, dies at 85 

1882 On this day in history death of theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810) 

1891 On January - 11 georges-Eugene Haussmann, French senator/baron, dies at 81 

1893 On January - 11 benjamin F Butler, US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74 

1898 On this day in history gaetano Capocci, composer, dies at 86 

1901 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, composer, dies at 34 on January - 11. 

1902 Johnny Briggs, cricketer (118 wkts for England), dies in an asylum on this day in history. 

1905 Death of Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter, Hasidic rabbi (b. 1847) on January - 11. 

1914 Ambrose Bierce, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history. 

1923 Constantine I, king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54 on this day in history. 

1928 Thomas Hardy, novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies near Dorchester at 87 on January - 11. 

1929 Death of Julio Antonio Mella, Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28 on this day in history. 

1931 Oscar Fetras, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history. 

1941 Death of Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (b. 1868) on this day in history. 

1943 Death of Carlo Tresca, NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered on January - 11. 

1944 Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian politician, dies on this day in history. 

1947 On January - 11 death of eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879) 

1950 On this day in history karin Michaelis, writer, dies at 77 

1952 Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny, gen (N-Africa/Indo-China), dies at 61 on this day in history. 

1953 Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53 on January - 11. 

1954 On this day in history edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77 

1955 On January - 11 rodolfo Graziani, Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, dies at 72 

1957 Death of Sir Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and early leading expert in Australian constitutional law (b. 1867) on January - 11. 

1958 Alec Rowley, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history. 

1959 Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies on this day in history. 

1960 On January - 11 johan E Elias, Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at 84 

1961 Death of Elena Gerhardt, German mezzo-soprano singer (b. 1883) on this day in history. 

1963 Arthur D Nock, English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60 on January - 11. 

1966 Albert Giacometti, Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64 on this day in history. 

1968 Death of Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) on January - 11. 

1969 Death of Richmal Crompton, British author (b. 1890) on this day in history. 

1973 Isabel Randolph, actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83 on this day in history. 

1975 On January - 11 death of max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (b. 1901) 

1976 On January - 11 mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies 

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