1953 73 years ago Notable Births July 11 2 sources

Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy

On July 11, in the year 1953, Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of July 11, one of 432 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Piyasvasti Amranand. Learn more below.

Piyasvasti Amranand, born 11 July 1953) is a former Thailand's Energy Minister between 9 October 2006 and 6 February 2008. He is former Secretary-General of the Thai National Energy Policy Office, Chairman of Kasikorn Asset Management, and Chairman of the Panel of Advisors to the CEO of Kasikornbank. He was President of Thai Airways International between October 2009 and June 2012 and Chairman of PTT Public Company Limited between July 2014 and 2018. He is currently Chairman of PTT Global Chemical plc., board member of Kasikorn Bank, board member of Pruksa Holding plc., and Chairman of Thai Airways Rehabilitation Plan Administrator. Piyasvasti plays active roles in three non-profit organizations as a founding and core member of the Energy Reform for Sustainability Group (ERS); Chairman of the Energy for Environment Foundation, a non-profit organization undertaking renewable energy and energy efficiency projects; and as president of the Ski and Snowboard Association of Thailand.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on July 11, 1953 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 2 Wikipedia articles.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 11 April 2026.

On This Date in History 432

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2025 Jul 11 Martin Cruz Smith, American author and screenwriter (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jul 11 Shelley Duvall, American actress (born 1949)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jul 11 Monte Kiffin, American football coach (born 1940)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jul 11 Stanley Tshabalala, South African soccer player and coach (born 1949)
Notable Deaths 2023 Jul 11 Milan Kundera, Czech-French writer (born 1929)
Historical Events 2021 Jul 11 Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so.
Notable Deaths 2021 Jul 11 Charlie Robinson, American actor (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2021 Jul 11 Renée Simonot, French actress (born 1911)
Notable Deaths 2020 Jul 11 Marc Angelucci, American attorney and men's rights activist, Vice-president of the National Coalition for Men (born…
Notable Deaths 2020 Jul 11 Frank Bolling, American baseball second baseman (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2017 Jul 11 Jim Wong-Chu, Canadian poet (born 1949)
Historical Events 2015 Jul 11 Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 11 Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (born 1928)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 11 Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (born 1959)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jul 11 André Leysen, Belgian businessman (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 11 Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 11 Carin Mannheimer, Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 11 Bill McGill, American basketball player (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 11 Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (born 1949)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 11 John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jul 11 Randall Stout, American architect, designed the Taubman Museum of Art (born 1958)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 11 Emik Avakian, Iranian-American inventor (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 11 Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jul 11 Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (born 1918)
Historical Events 2011 Jul 11 Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus.
Selected Events 2011 Jul 11 An explosion at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base killed 13 people, including the head of the Cyprus Navy.
Historical Events 2010 Jul 11 The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carries out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and…
Historical Events 2010 Jul 11 In Johannesburg, Spain defeat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title.
Selected Events 2010 Jul 11 The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and…
Selected Events 2010 Jul 11 Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title (pictured lifting the…
Notable Deaths 2009 Jul 11 Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2009 Jul 11 Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (born 1972)
Notable Deaths 2009 Jul 11 Ji Xianlin, Chinese linguist and paleographer (born 1911)
Notable Deaths 2008 Jul 11 Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and educator (born 1908)
Historical Events 2007 Jul 11 The Siege of Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan, ends after the Pakistan Army storms the mosque which had been occupied…
Notable Deaths 2007 Jul 11 Glenda Adams, Australian author and academic (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2007 Jul 11 Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 43rd First Lady of the United States (born 1912)
Notable Deaths 2007 Jul 11 Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Colombia (born 1913)
Notable Deaths 2007 Jul 11 Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded Honest Ed's (born 1914)
Historical Events 2006 Jul 11 Mumbai train bombings: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
Notable Deaths 2006 Jul 11 Barnard Hughes, American actor (born 1915)
Notable Deaths 2006 Jul 11 Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (born 1959)
Notable Deaths 2006 Jul 11 John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (born 1935)
Notable Deaths 2005 Jul 11 Gretchen Franklin, English actress and dancer (born 1911)
Notable Deaths 2005 Jul 11 Shinya Hashimoto, Japanese professional wrestler (born 1965)
Notable Deaths 2005 Jul 11 Jesús Iglesias, Argentinian racing driver (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2005 Jul 11 Frances Langford, American actress and singer (born 1913)
Notable Deaths 2004 Jul 11 Laurance Rockefeller, American financier and philanthropist (born 1910)
Notable Deaths 2004 Jul 11 Renée Saint-Cyr, French actress and producer (born 1904)
Notable Deaths 2003 Jul 11 Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (born 1948)

This article draws on content from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

People Involved

Piyasvasti Amranand

Thai politician

birth

More on July 11

1984

Joe Pavelski, American ice hockey player

Joseph James Pavelski is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks and Dallas Stars.

Joe Pavelski, American ice hockey player

1983

Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer and dancer

Marie Eleonor Serneholt is a Swedish singer and model. She is a member of the Swedish pop band A*Teens which reunited in 2024, and briefly pursued a solo recording career after th…

Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer and dancer

Browse Further

📅 All events on July 11 432 events 📖 All events in 1953 🏷 More Notable Births events
0

Comments 0

Sign in to join the discussion.