List of Famous people who died in 2011

George Marsaglia was an American mathematician and computer scientist. He is best known for creating the diehard tests, a suite of software for measuring statistical randomness.

Pietro Sambi was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1969 until his death in 2011. He had the rank of archbishop and the title of nuncio from 1985, fulfilling assignments in Burundi, Indonesia, Cyprus, Israel, Jerusalem and Palestine, and the United States.

Ludo Martens was a Belgian activist and historian who founded and served as the first leader of the Workers' Party of Belgium. He wrote several works on the political history of Central Africa and the Soviet Union.

Al Israel was an American film and TV actor who is best known for his role as the Colombian drug dealer "Hector the Toad" in the 1983 film Scarface. He also appeared alongside Al Pacino in Carlito's Way a decade later.

Mārtiņš Freimanis was a Latvian musician, singer, songwriter, actor, and TV personality.

Thomas Patrick McKenna was an Irish actor, born in Mullagh, County Cavan. He had an extensive stage and screen career.

John Bailey (1931–2011) was a British luthier who made and repaired guitars and other stringed instruments during the 1960s revival of English folk music and beyond. Bailey lived in London until 1972 when he moved to Dartmouth in Devon.