List of Famous people who died in 2011

Harry Morgan was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and his starring role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1985). Morgan appeared in more than 100 films.

Cesária Évora GCIH, more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album Voz d'Amor. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without shoes, she was known as the "Queen of Morna".

Nawab Mohammad Mansoor Ali Khan Siddiqui Pataudi was an Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team. He was the titular Nawab of Pataudi from 1952 until 1971, when, by the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India, the privy purses of the princes were abolished and official recognition of their titles came to an end.

José Manuel Rodríguez Delgado was a Spanish professor of neurophysiology at Yale University, famed for his research on mind control through electrical stimulation of the brain.

Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell was an American actress, singer, and model. She is known as one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.

Aracy de Carvalho Guimarães Rosa was a Brazilian diplomatic clerk who has been recognized with the title of Righteous Among the Nations.

Christopher Eric Hitchens was an English intellectual, polemicist, and socio-political critic who expressed himself as an author, orator, essayist, journalist, and columnist. Hitchens was the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of over 30 books, including five collections of essays on culture, politics, and literature. He became an American citizen in 2007.

Rosalie Helga Lina Zech, known as Rosel Zech, was a German theater and film actress, especially with the "Autorenkino" movement, which began in the 1970s.

Eleanor Jane Mondale Poling was an American radio personality, television host, and actress.

Iya Sergeyevna Savvina was a Soviet film actress who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1990.