List of Famous people who died in 2011

Olga Dmitriyeva Ulyanova was a Russian chemist, physicist, and writer. The niece of Vladimir Lenin, she was one of his last-known living relatives before her death. Ulyanova was a supporter of Lenin's legacy, writing extensively about her uncle and family. She was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour by the Soviet Union for her writing. Ulyanova actively campaigned for Lenin's body to stay in Lenin's Mausoleum during discussions of reburying it outside of the Red Square. While supportive of maintaining Lenin's legacy, she told European press that it was a mistake to make him into an icon.

The Honounorable John Murdoch Mitchison FRS, FRSE was a British zoologist.

Pedro Armendáriz Bohr, better known by his stage name Pedro Armendáriz Jr., was a Mexican actor who made films and television series from the United States and Mexico.

Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison was a British Conservative politician.