22 notable people died on August 11, including Olaf II of Denmark, Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell, Félix María de Samaniego.
21st Century
6 deaths
Rahat Indori
lyricistpoet
Indian Bollywood lyricist and Urdu poet (1950–2020)
Kazimierz Karabasz
film directorscreenwriter
Polish film director (1930–2018)
GM
Geoff Malcolm
chemistphysical chemist
New Zealand physical chemist
DP
Denis Perera
diplomatengineer
Sri Lankan general and diplomat
MQ
Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi
engineernuclear physicist
Pakistani nuclear physicist
MK
Mazisi Kunene
civil rights advocatepoet
South African poet (1930–2006)
20th Century
4 deaths
Vladimir Gaćinović
anarchistrevolutionary
Bosnian Serb writer and revolutionary (1890-1917)
Ambrosio Padilla
basketball playerpolitician
Filipino basketball player and senator (1910-1996)
AŠ
Antanas Škėma
actorstage actor
Lithuanian actor-writer
SV
Sergei Vonsovsky
physicistuniversity teacher
Russian physicist (1910–1998)
19th Century
6 deaths
Félix María de Samaniego
politicianwriter
Spanish writer (1745-1801)
Adolf Ernst
bibliographerbotanist
German-American botanist, natural scientist and philologist (1832-1899)
Franciszek Kareu
architectvicar general
Temporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus
Moritz Thausing
art criticart historian
Austrian art historian (1838-1884)
Georges-Isidore Barthe
editorjournalist
Canadian politician
MM
Mary Stanislaus MacCarthy
poetwriter
Irish poet
18th Century
2 deaths
Francis Barlow
draftspersonetcher
British artist (1624-1704)
LB
Louis de Beaufort
classical scholarhistorian
French classical scholar (1703-1795)
17th Century
2 deaths
Johannes Heurnius
anatomistphilosopher
Dutch physician (1543-1601)
Virgilio Malvezzi
historianpolitician
Italian historian
14th Century
1 death
Olaf II of Denmark
monarch
King of Denmark and Norway
12th Century
1 death
Ermengol VII, Count of Urgell
aristocratwriter
Spanish noble
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