A presence during the unrest in Côte d ' Ivoire, 2010 – 2011, were not officially confirmed.

* 2011 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 bodies were exhumed from several mass graves made by Los Zetas.

* 1917 – Leonora Carrington, British surrealist painter ( d. 2011 )

* 1916 – Russell Garcia, American composer ( d. 2011 )

* 1936 – Charles Napier, American actor ( d. 2011 )

* 1921 – Tove Maës, Danish actress ( d. 2011 )

* 1943 – Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia ( d. 2011 )

* 1915 – Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr., American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2011 )

* 1925 – Nat Lofthouse, English footballer ( d. 2011 )

* 1941 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer ( d. 2011 )

* 2011 – A peaceful march in protest of the death of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, London ends in a riot, sparking off a wave of rioting throughout the country over the following four nights.

* 1919 – George Shearing, English-American pianist ( d. 2011 )

Chris Tremlett bowls Michael Beer ( cricketer ) | Michael Beer to complete England's 3 – 1 Ashes victory on 7 January 2011

* 1951 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer ( Wax ) ( d. 2011 )

* 1946 – Rick Coonce, American drummer ( The Grass Roots ) ( d. 2011 )

* 2011 – Bubba Smith, American football player and actor ( b. 1945 )

* 1932 – Edward Hardwicke, English actor ( d. 2011 )

* 1937 – Zoltán Berczik, Hungarian table tennis player ( d. 2011 )

* 1993 – Ben Breedlove, American blogger ( d. 2011 )

* 1947 – Gerry Rafferty, Scottish musician and songwriter ( The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel ) ( d. 2011 )

* 2011 – Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton.

* 1936 – Trevor Bannister, English actor ( d. 2011 )

* 1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer ( d. 2011 )

* 1928 – Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( d. 2011 )

* 1934 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author ( d. 2011 )

In 2010 the Space Needle Corporation submitted a proposal for an exhibition of Chihuly's work at a site in the Seattle Center, in competition with proposals for other uses from several other groups. The project, which sees the new Chihuly exhibition hall occupy the site of the former Fun Forest amusement park in the Seattle Center park and entertainment complex, received the final green light from the Seattle City Council on April 25, 2011. Divisive Dale Chihuly Glass-Art " Museum " Approved for Former Seattle Amusement Park ARTINFO. com It opened May 21, 2012. Chihuly Garden and Glass Opens with Dedication Ceremony on Monday, May 21 prnewswire. comDale Chihuly's ' Glass House ' shines in Seattle publicbroadcasting. net

* Des Hasler – Former Rugby league player, NSW & Australian representative player, 1987 & 1996 Manly Sea Eagles premiership player, 2008 & 2011 Manly Sea Eagles premiership coach

* 2012 – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.

Former Wizard / Sporting Kansas City player Sasha Victorine provided color commentary in the beginning of 2011 but stepped down to spend more time with family.

" Former American Psychological Association President Dr. Nicholas Cummings was the Keynote Speaker at the 2011 NARTH Conference and said that he had a " high regard " for NARTH and considered it an honor to be invited to speak at NARTH's scientific gathering.

* Former Liberian President Charles G. Taylor was also brought to The Hague charged with war crimes ; his trial stretched from 2007 to March 2011.

* Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was indicted for allegedly ordering the killings of protesters and civilians during the 2011 Libyan civil war, however he was killed before he could stand trial in October 2011.

* Sheila Fraser — Former Auditor General of Canada ( 2001 – 2011 )

Former rival and the current second-largest chain of bookstores in the United States, Books-A-Million, had made a bid to acquire 30-35 stores and their assets on July 19, 2011, the day liquidation was approved by the courts.

Former Mayor Gary Burtka resigned unexpectedly on May 31, 2011 due to a recently diagnosed cancer.

Former Township Committee member Frank Salvato, re-elected in 2008, served until his death in 2011 at the age of 98, having been first elected to the Committee in the 1938 and served as mayor in 1939, the township's youngest.

* Butch Davis, Head football coach, University of North Carolina ( 2007 – 2011 ), Former Head Coach, University of Miami ( 1995 – 2000 )

Former standouts from the Nebraska Wrestling Team include 2004 Greco-Roman Olympic Gold Medalist at 120 kg Rulon Gardner and NCAA Champion in 2009 and 2011 Jordan Burroughs who won the 2011 Freestyle World Championships at 74 kg in Istanbul, Turkey.

On 21 July 2011: Former MP, Evan Harris, " said that every scientific advisor had agreed it was a good idea to declassify cannabis from category B to C. But because of a story in the Mail on Sunday, the Labour government broke the law.

Former diplomat Carne Ross writes that in 2011 that the debates arising from deliberative democracy are also much more civil, collaborative, and evidence-based than the debates in traditional town hall meetings or in internet forums.

* Uhuru Kenyatta, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Former Minister of Trade, Former Official Leader of Opposition. Accused and has a case at the ICC in 2011 following the investigation of the killing of more than 1000 people in 2007 political violence.

Former German president Christian Wulff was visited on May 10, 2011 by a group of so-called Wolf children from Lithuania.

Former guitarist Sergio Embroni committed suicide on February 17, 2011.

File: Former Bethlehem Steel HQ Oct 11. JPG | Former Bethlehem Steel Company Headquarters Building, Bethlehem, PA, October 2011

Former village trustee John Higgins currently holds the post ; his term expires in April 2011.

Former Mayor McCabe's lack of action regarding the 2011 Chief Devlin scandal was roundly criticized in a December 2011 Times-Journal editorial.