2011 deaths

Finnish writer (1926-2011)

filmmaker (1941-2011)

Croatian football player and manager (1933-2011)

American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)

British-American jazz pianist

English painter and collage artist (1922–2011)

American actor and poet (1924–2011)

Head of the House of Zogu (1961-2011)

American actor (1936–2011)

Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile was an English media personality and disc jockey. He was known for his eccentric image, charitable work, and hosting the BBC shows Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. After his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse made against him were investigated, leading the police to conclude that he had been a predatory sex offender, possibly one of the United Kingdom's most prolific. There had been allegations during his lifetime, but they were dismissed and accusers were ignored or disbelieved. Savile's victims allegedly included young children and elderly individuals.

Catholic cardinal (1914-2011)

American author, founder of Project Gutenberg (1947–2011)

Officer and National Security Advisor for Libya (1974-2011)

British actress

American actor (1915–2011)

Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor and filmmaker (1926–2011)

First lady of South Vietnam (1924-2011)

Vietnamese politician and general (1930-2011)

Indian Hindustani classical vocalist (1922–2011)

American astronomer (1940-2011)

Australian actress (1932–2011)

Austrian actor and singer (1926-2011)

Polish basketball player (1974–2011)

Serbian footballer (1930–2011)

Polish politician (1954-2011)

Israeli business management author and thinker (1947-2011)

pole vaulter (1962-2011)

Czech film director, director, scriptwriter and university educator (1911–2011)

Yugoslav Macedonian politician (1920– 2011)

Spanish actress and model, Miss Universe 1974 winner

Swedish athlete (1931-2011)

President of Costa Rica (1915-2011)

American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher (1913–2011)

American Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (1935–2011)

American actress (1927-2011)

British author, scholar and soldier (1915–2011)

American astronaut (1946–2011)

American supercentenarian (1896–2011)

French poet and novelist of Lebanese descent (1920-2011)

Prime Minister of Slovenia (1943-2011)

French physicist (1914-2011)

Canadian actress (1907–2011)

linguist (1914–2011)

Czech footballer (1931-2011)

Finnish cross-country skier

British photographer (1970-2011)

American physicist (1928-2011)

British racing driver (1978–2011)

Iranian-born Pakistani politician (1929-2011)

Brazilian writer (1937–2011)

British fiction writer known for Redwall animal fantasy novels (1939–2011)

French ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011)

American archaeologist (1931-2011)

American singer (1943–2011)

Soviet rocket designer (1912-2011)

British actress (1937–2011)

Soviet and Russian actress (1936-2011)

Swiss mountaineer (1959-2011)

Scottish folk musician (1943–2011)

British actor (1936–2011)