List of Famous people who died in 2011

Jan Marek was a Czech professional ice hockey centre. He was selected by the New York Rangers in the 8th round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft.

Anis Mansour, also transliterated as Anīs Manṣūr was an Egyptian writer.

Samuel Kamau Wanjiru was a Kenyan long-distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympics Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32; becoming the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon. He became the youngest gold medallist in the marathon since 1932.

Sonia Osorio de Saint-Malo was a Colombian ballet dancer and choreographer. During her long career she became an important folklorist and promoter of the arts and culture having worked closely with and for the Carnival of Barranquilla and having founded in 1960 the Colombia Ballet, a national ballet company that incorporates the native dances, styles and rhythms of Colombia.

Vitaly Yakovlevich Vulf was a Russian art, drama, film critic, literary critic, translator, TV and radio broadcaster and critic.

Gloria Valencia de Castaño was a Colombian journalist and television presenter, best known as the "first lady" of Colombian television. She was born in Ibagué and died in Bogotá.

Ruslan Albiertavič Saliej, better known as Ruslan Salei, was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player. Salei played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the latter of which selected him ninth overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft.

Sheikh Saleh Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi was a businessman and philanthropist from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was the founder of Al-Rajhi Bank, the largest Islamic banking institution.

Mieczysław "Mietek" Pemper was a Polish Jew and a Holocaust survivor. Pemper helped compile and type Oskar Schindler's now-famous list, which saved 1,200 people from being killed in the Holocaust during World War II.

Ali Reza Pahlavi was a member of the Pahlavi Imperial Family of the Imperial State of Iran. He was the younger son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the former Shah of Iran and his third wife Farah Diba. He was second in order of succession to the Iranian throne before the Iranian Revolution.