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• 1911–1995Juan Manuel FangioArgentine racing driverJune 24
• 1911–1979Merle OberonAmerican-British actressFebruary 19
• 1911–2013Võ Nguyên GiápVietnamese general and communist politicianAugust 25
• 1911–1974Georges PompidouPresident of France from 1969 to 1974July 5
• 1911–1980Marshall McLuhanCanadian philosopher and communications scholarJuly 21
• 1911–2006Joseph BarberaAmerican animator and cartoonistMarch 24
• 1911–1972Mahalia JacksonAmerican gospel singerOctober 26
• 1911–2000Władysław SzpilmanPolish pianist, composer and Holocaust survivorDecember 5
• 1911–1995Emil CioranRomanian philosopher, aphorist, and essayistApril 8
• 1911–2006Naguib MahfouzEgyptian writerDecember 11
• 1911–1998Maureen O'SullivanIrish and American actressMay 17
• 1911–1969Robert TaylorAmerican actorAugust 5
• 1911–1993CantinflasMexican actor and filmmakerAugust 12
• 1911–1988Luis Walter AlvarezAmerican physicist, inventor and professorJune 13
• 1911–1986Broderick CrawfordAmerican actorDecember 9
• 1911–1976Lee J. CobbAmerican actorDecember 8
• 1911–1988Klaus FuchsGerman-born British physicist and atomic spyDecember 29
• 1911–1998Roy RogersAmerican singer and actorNovember 5
• 1911–2004Czesław MiłoszPolish-American poet and Nobel laureateJune 30
• 1911–2010Louise BourgeoisFrench-American artistDecember 25
• 1911–1998Todor ZhivkovLeader of Bulgaria from 1956 to 1989September 7
• 1911–1975Bernard HerrmannAmerican composerJune 29
• 1911–2008John Archibald WheelerAmerican theoretical physicistJuly 9
• 1911–2001Ashok KumarIndian actorOctober 13
• 1911–2004Prince Bernhard of Lippe-BiesterfeldPrince consort of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980June 29
• 1911–1995Mikhail BotvinnikSoviet chess grandmasterAugust 17
• 1911–1999Ellen CorbyAmerican actressJune 3
• 1911–1956Babe Didrikson ZahariasAmerican golfer and athleteJune 26
• 1911–1979Nicholas RayAmerican film directorAugust 7
• 1911–1979Nino RotaItalian composerDecember 3
• 1911–1990Lê Đức ThọVietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politicianOctober 14
• 1911–2003Hume CronynCanadian actor and writerJuly 18
• 1911–1979Elizabeth BishopAmerican poet and short-story writerFebruary 8
• 1911–1963Guy BurgessBritish diplomat and Soviet agentApril 16
• 1911–2008Jules DassinAmerican filmmaker, theatre director and actorDecember 18
• 1911–2009Qian XuesenChinese rocket scientistDecember 11
• 1911–1979Gustavo Díaz OrdazPresident of Mexico from 1964 to 1970March 12
• 1911–2002John GortonPrime Minister of Australia from 1968 to 1971September 9
• 1911–1970Gypsy Rose LeeAmerican burlesque performer, actress and writerJanuary 8
• 1911–1984Faiz Ahmad FaizPakistani poet and authorFebruary 13
• 1911–1990Bruno KreiskyAustrian diplomat and chancellorJanuary 22
• 1911–1991Max FrischSwiss playwrighter and novelistMay 15
• 1911–1990Terry-ThomasEnglish actor and comedianJuly 10
• 1911–1991George StiglerAmerican economist and Nobel LaureateJanuary 17
• 1911–1996Bill MonroeAmerican bluegrass musician, songwriterSeptember 13
• 1911–1993Ishirō HondaJapanese filmmakerMay 7
• 1911–1985Phil SilversAmerican actorMay 11
• 1911–1960J. L. AustinEnglish philosopherMarch 26
• 1911–2007Gian Carlo MenottiItalian-American composer and librettistJuly 7
• 1911–1966Flann O'BrienIrish writerOctober 5
• 1911–1996Odysseas ElytisGreek poet and art criticNovember 2
• 1911–1998Jeanette NolanAmerican actressDecember 30
• 1911–2011Ernesto SabatoArgentine writer and physicistJune 24
• 1911–1978Mary BlairAmerican artist, animator, and designerOctober 21
• 1911–1992Samuel ReshevskyPolish-American chess grandmasterNovember 26
• 1911–1997Wilbert AwdryBritish author and vicarJune 15
• 1911–1968Mervyn PeakeBritish author and illustratorJuly 9
• 1911–1986Leif EricksonAmerican actorOctober 27
• 1911–1997Melvin CalvinAmerican biochemistApril 8
• 1911–1982Eduardo Frei MontalvaPresident of Chile From 1964 to 1970January 16