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In the year 1911
770 Notable birthdays
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter.
Born July 10th, 1911 in Mobile. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1985 at 74 years old in New York City (disease). [ref]
Hugh Sanders
American actor (1911-1966).
Born March 13th, 1911 in East St. Louis.
Died January 9th, 1966 at 54 years old in Los Angeles.
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter (1911-1991).
Born November 12th, 1911 in Parsons. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1991 at 80 years old in New York City. [ref]
Sybille Bedford
Writer (1911–2006).
Born March 16th, 1911 in Charlottenburg.
Died February 17th, 2006 at 94 years old in London. [ref]
Burne Hogarth
American cartoonist (1911-1996).
Born December 25th, 1911 in Chicago.
Died January 28th, 1996 at 84 years old in Paris.
Alfonso García Robles
Mexican diplomat and politician (1911-1991).
Born March 20th, 1911 in Zamora de Hidalgo. [ref]
Died September 2nd, 1991 at 80 years old in Mexico City.
David Seymour
Polish photographer and photojournalist (1911-1956).
Born November 20th, 1911 in Warsaw.
Died November 10th, 1956 at 44 years old in El-Qantarah al-Sharqiya.
Joseph Pevney
American actor and director (1911-2008).
Born September 15th, 1911 in New York City.
Died May 18th, 2008 at 96 years old in Palm Desert. [ref]
Ronnie Rooke
English association footballer and manager (1911-1985).
Born December 7th, 1911 in Guildford.
Died June 9th, 1985 at 73 years old in Bedford (lung cancer).
Brigitte Horney
Actress (1911–1988).
Born March 29th, 1911 in Berlin.
Died July 27th, 1988 at 77 years old in Hamburg (liver cancer).
Billy Fiske
American bobsledder and pilot (1911-1940).
Born June 4th, 1911 in Brooklyn.
Died August 17th, 1940 at 29 years old in Chichester (killed in action).
William Lava
American composer (1911-1971).
Born March 18th, 1911 in Saint Paul.
Died February 20th, 1971 at 59 years old in Los Angeles.
Sigrid Gurie
American actress (1911-1969).
Born May 18th, 1911 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1969 at 58 years old in Mexico City (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Jehan Alain
French organist and composer (1911-1940).
Born February 3rd, 1911 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [ref]
Died June 20th, 1940 at 29 years old in Saumur.
Norman Malcolm
American philosopher (1911-1990).
Born June 11th, 1911 in Selden.
Died August 4th, 1990 at 79 years old in London.
Leah Goldberg
Israeli poet.
Born May 29th, 1911 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died January 15th, 1970 at 58 years old in Jerusalem (cancer). [ref]
Polykarp Kusch
German-american physicist (1911-1993).
Born January 26th, 1911 in Blankenburg.
Died March 20th, 1993 at 82 years old in Dallas.
Antonio Guzmán Fernández
President of the dominican republic (1911–1982).
Born February 12th, 1911 in La Vega.
Died July 4th, 1982 at 71 years old in Santo Domingo (gunshot wound).
Jerry Wald
American screenwriter and producer (1911–1962).
Born September 16th, 1911 in Brooklyn.
Died July 13th, 1962 at 50 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Jane Hadley Barkley
Second lady of the united states from 1949 to 1953.
Born September 23rd, 1911 in Keytesville.
Died September 6th, 1964 at 52 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Garrett Birkhoff
American mathematician (1911–1996).
Born January 19th, 1911 in Princeton.
Died November 22nd, 1996 at 85 years old in Water Mill.
Mstislav Keldysh
Soviet mathematician and physicist (1911-1978).
Born February 10th, 1911 in Riga. [ref]
Died June 24th, 1978 at 67 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Grote Reber
American pioneer of radio astronomy (1911–2002).
Born December 22nd, 1911 in Wheaton.
Died December 20th, 2002 at 90 years old in Ouse.
Maxine Sullivan
American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987).
Born May 13th, 1911 in New York City.
Died April 7th, 1987 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]
Sorley MacLean
Scottish poet (1911–1996).
Born October 26th, 1911 in Isle of Raasay.
Died November 24th, 1996 at 85 years old in Inner Hebrides.
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