Who passed away in 2011?

JANUARY

Vital Taras, Belarusian journalist and publicist.

Uladzimir Babaryka, journalist, cameraman

Alyaksandr Radzivonau, Belarusian basketball player

Barys Danilyuk, Belarusian immigtation activist

FEBRUARY

Ryd Talipau, art director of the National academic drama theatre named after Yakub Kolas.

Pavel Urban,Belarusian immigration historian, journalist

Yan Zbazhyna, a poet from Baranavichy

Annie Girardot, French actress

MARCH

Svyatlana Navumava, Belarusian political scientist

Alyaksandr Hrytsanau, Belarusian philosopher

Yanka Sipakou, Belarusian writer

Valery Rubinchyk, Belarusian movie director who shot "Wild Hunting of King Stakh" 

Ivan Lahvinovich, a poet from Baranavichy

Alyaksandra Hes, archivist

Elisabeth Taylor, English-American actress

Lyudmila Hurchanka, Soviet actress

APRIL

Alyaksandr Antsypin, sculptor from Hrodna

Mikalaj Birukou, Lieutenant Colonel in reserve, one of the funders of BUM

Syarhej Lahun, Belarusian weight-lifter, died in a car accident

Ales Zhaukouski, local historian from Lida

Yury Zayats, Belarusian archeologist, historian

Valyantsina Koutun, Belarusian writer

MAY

Osama Bin Laden, the most famous terrorist, killed by Americal special forces in Pakistan

Romuald Klim, Olympic champion in hammer throw

JUNE

Vital Silitski, Belarusian political scientist

Edward Mazko, Belarusian scientist, poet

Uladzimir Konan, Belarusian philosopher

Yefrasinnya Bondarava, cinema critic

Svyatlana Yavar (Sachanka), Belarusian poet

Pavel Misko, Belarusian writer

Peter Falk, Americal actor ("lieutenant Colombo")

JULY

Kazimierz Świątek, cardinal, former head of the Roman Catholic Church in Belarus

Yadviha Hryharovich,former rector of the University of Culture

Syamyon Halipski, famous basketball coach

Amy Winehouse, English singer

AUGUST

Mikola Stashkevich, Belarusian historian, former director of the Institute of History

Ismail Varanovich, Belarusian mufti

Yaraslau Zvyaruha, Belarusian archeologist

Yakau Trashchanok, Belarusian historian, teacher of Alyaksandr Lukashenka

Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician-populist, committed suicide

Vital Skalaban, Belarusian historian-archivist

Uladzimir Hryhoryeu, former Ambassador of Belarus to Russia

SEPTEMBER

Ruslan Saley— Belarusian hockey player

Syarhej Astapchuk — Belarusian hockey player

Mikalaj Kryvanosau — Belarusian coach. They died in an air catastrophe near Yaraslaul together with the "Lokomotiv HC" team.

Halina Syamdzyanava, one of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition in the 90s, member of the Supreme Council of the 12th convocation

Nadzeya Trayan, Hero of the Soviet Union, participant of Gauleiter Kube's assasination in Minsk in 1943

Tatsyana Lioznava, director of the famous "17 Moments of Spring"

OCTOBER

Steve Jobbs, co-founder of Apple

 
Anatol Kazlovich, Belarusian writer, journalist

Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan dictator, killed by insurgents

NOVEMBER

Iryna Buhrova, Belarusian political scientist

Anatol Bely, Belarusian scientist and collectioner

 
Valery Rayeuski, director-producer of Kupala theatre

Joe Frazer, legendary American professional boxer

Svyatlana Alilueva, Joseph Stalin's daughter

DECEMBER

Václav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic, literature figure and dissident

Cesaria Evora, singer

Sokrates, famous Brasilian footballer

Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea

Alyaksej Dubrouski, local historian and journalist from Pinsk

Volha Hudkova, sociologist, graduate of Kolas Lyceum, run over by a car in Moscow

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