On this day — 11 June

American actor (1933–2016)

French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author (1910-1997)

German composer and orchestra director (1864–1949)

American actor

American actor (born 1969)

English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637)

English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer

Australian actress (born 1988)

English painter (1776-1837)

American novelist and essayist (1925–2006)

British photographer (1815–1879)

Canadian actor

American anthropologist (1876–1960)

Spanish actress and model

American actress

French athlete

Scottish philosopher and educationalist (1818–1903)

British poet who wrote in French

English politician, writer, and activist (1847–1929)

Irish-British actor (1919-2009)

South African playwright (1932–2025)

British singer, songwriter and musician

American television personality and stunt performer (1977–2011)

American rapper (born. 1997)

Japanese actress and singer (born 1988)

American actor (1937–2012)

American composer (1910-1991)

American actor

revolutionary, poet & writer (1897–1927)

English singer-songwriter (1948–2014)

American drummer

Film director, screenwriter, film producer (1912–1998)

Portuguese composer

American jazz drummer (1920–1984)

Hungarian-American socialite and television personality

Italian composer, organist and music theorist (1697–1780)

Italian priest and composer (1672-1749)

American singer

American composer (1926–2021)

American painter (1912-1963)

American writer, literary and social critic and socialist activist (1920–1993)

American musician

American German-born mathematician and photographer

Japanese photographer and video artist (born 1951)

British ballet dancer (1927–2022)

Italian painter (1656-1730)

English poet

Italian composer and music theorist

American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer

Jordanian historian (1919–2008)

British illustrator and graphic artist (1902–1983)

Finnish ballet dancer (1881-1976)

German Painter (1709-1782)

Italian composer

English politician (1540-1594)

Greek-Swedish painter

Italian philosopher and esotericist (1898-1974)

American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer (1942–2025)

French singer (1944–2024)

American author (1906–1936)

American jazz saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer (1930–2015)

Russian painter (1799-1852)

British naval officer and explorer (1786–1847)

American actor (1920–1999)

Canadian-American actress

American actress (1922–2014)

British actor (1924–2015)

German actress (1908–1996)

British writer (1906–1998)

212nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (1856–1913)

American actor (1936–2024)

French composer and Organist (1837-1924)

American stage, film and television actor (1952–1993)

aeronautical engineer; designer of the Spitfire

American journalist (1920–2003)

Spanish conductor (1933–2014)

American actress (1931-2007)

French architecture writer (1619–1695)

American science fiction and space illustrator (1888-1986)

socialite, banker, fashion and interior designer (1946-2004)

Indian actor (1900-1962)

Mexican singer and actress (1923–2001)

American artist, writer, and youth leader (1850–1941)

playwright working in Quebec

Italian painter (1667-1748)

American journalist and author (1948–2024)

American children's book editor and writer

American children's writer (1921–2020)

Sri Lankan Tamil academic (1934–1994)

American computer scientist, academic, educator (1955-2014)