List of Famous people who died in 2011

Harold Garfinkel was an American sociologist, ethnomethodologist, and a Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is known for establishing and developing ethnomethodology as a field of inquiry in sociology. He is probably best known for his classic book, Studies in Ethnomethodology, which was published in 1967, a collection of articles some of which had previously been published. Selections from unpublished materials were later published in two volumes: Seeing Sociologically and Ethnomethodology's Program. There was also a collection of 'studies of work' by his students which he edited.

Françoise Olivier-Coupeau was a member of the National Assembly of France.

Andrew Pataki was an Eastern Catholic hierarch, the second bishop of Parma for the Byzantines, and the third bishop of Passaic for the Byzantines.

Juan Piquer Simón was a Spanish film director most well known for directing two cult classic horror exploitation films, Pieces (1982) and Slugs: The Movie (1988). He directed two Jules Verne-based films, Where Time Began (1976) and Mystery on Monster Island (1981), as well as The Supersonic Man in 1979, and The Pod People in 1983. He also directed Cthulhu Mansion and The Rift, both in 1990.

Eduardo Davino was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palestrina, Italy.

Jacques Yandé Sarr was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Thiès, Senegal.