List of Famous people who died in 2011
Gino Latilla
Gennaro "Gino" Latilla was an Italian singer. In 1954 he won the Sanremo Music Festival in partnership with Giorgio Consolini, with the song "Tutte le mamme".
Mario Echandi Jiménez
Mario José Echandi Jiménez was the 33rd President of Costa Rica, serving from 1958 to 1962.
Bernard Cottret
Louis Bazin
Louis Bazin was a French orientalist.
Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era". His three best known works are The End of Ideology, The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism.
Ram Revilla
Ram Revilla, born Ramgen Jose Magsaysay Bautista and also known as Ramgen Revilla, was a Filipino actor best known for his roles in various Filipino television series including his role as Jeff Gatdula in Tonyong Bayawak. Revilla was murdered on October 28, 2011. He was declared dead on arrival at the Parañaque Medical Center after being shot and stabbed in their family residence. There is no clear evidence about the gunman or the mastermind.
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl was an American academic and psychotherapist, who from 2007 until her death resided in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She published a wide range of books, most notably biographies of Hannah Arendt and Anna Freud. Her 1982 biography of Hannah Arendt won the first Harcourt Award while The Anatomy of Prejudices won the Association of American Publishers' prize for Best Book in Psychology in 1996. She was a member of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society and co-founder of Caversham Productions, a company that makes psychoanalytic educational materials.
Albert Heijn
Albert Heijn was a Dutch entrepreneur, major stock holder and founder and chairman of the board of Ahold.
Willard Boyle
Willard Sterling Boyle, was a Canadian physicist. He was a pioneer in the field of laser technology and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device. As director of Space Science and Exploratory Studies at Bellcomm he helped select lunar landing sites and provided support for the Apollo space program.
Ricardo Legorreta
Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis was a Mexican architect. He was a prolific designer of private houses, public buildings and master plans in Mexico, the United States of America and some other countries.