Famous Birthdays for May 11th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1571 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (d. 1637)^[17]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1715 – Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist (d. 1739)^[18]
• 1752 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1840)^[19]: 94
• 1797 – José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician (d. 1867)^[20]
• 1811 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (d. 1893)^[21]
• 1852 – Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918)^[22]
• 1854 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (d. 1932)^[23]
• 1869 – Archibald Warden, English tennis player (d. 1943)^[24]
• 1871 – Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author (d. 1943)^[25]
• 1875 – Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (d. 1912)^[26]
• 1881 – Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1964)^[27]
• 1881 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)^[28]
• 1881 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1963)^[29]
• 1888 – Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)^[30]
• 1888 – Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (d. 1945)^[31]
• 1889 – Paul Nash, British painter (d. 1946)^[32]
• 1890 – Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter (d. 1958)^[33]
• 1890 – Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete (d. 1984)^[34]
• 1894 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)^[35]
• 1895 – Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (d. 1978)^[36]
• 1895 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher and speaker (d. 1986)^[37]
• 1895 – William Grant Still, American composer and conductor (d. 1978)^[38]
• 1896 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic (d. 1955)^[39]
• 1897 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)^[40]

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author (d. 1988)^[41]
• 1901 – Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (d. 1967)^[42]
• 1902 – Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician (d. 1984)^[43]
• 1903 – Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)^[44]
• 1904 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (d. 1989)^[45]
• 1905 – Lise de Baissac, Mauritian-born SOE agent, war hero (d. 2004)^[46]
• 1905 – Catherine Bauer Wurster, American architect and public housing advocate (d. 1964)^[47]
• 1907 – Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)^[48]
• 1911 – Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2004)^[49]
• 1911 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)^[50]
• 1912 – Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955)^[51]
• 1916 – Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)^[52]
• 1918 – Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)^[53]
• 1921 – Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author (d. 2014)^[54]
• 1921 – Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician (d. 2016)^[55]
• 1924 – Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)^[56]
• 1925 – Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)^[57]
• 1927 – Bernard Fox, British actor (d. 2016)^[58]
• 1927 – Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (d. 2007)^[59]
• 1930 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)^[60]
• 1930 – Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1995)^[61]
• 1932 – Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer^[62]
• 1933 – Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader^[63]
• 1934 – Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)^[64]
• 1934 – Jack Twyman, American basketball player (d. 2012)^[65]
• 1935 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2007)^[66]
• 1937 – Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer^[67]
• 1938 – Narendra Patel, Baron Patel, Tanzanian-English obstetrician, academic, and politician^[68]
• 1941 – Eric Burdon, English musician^[69]
• 1941 – Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach^[70]
• 1943 – Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician^[71]
• 1944 – John Benaud, Australian cricketer^[72]
• 1948 – Jack Cantoni, French rugby player (d. 2013)^[73]
• 1948 – Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-English politician^[74]
• 1950 – Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author^[75]
• 1950 – Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (d. 2014)^[76]
• 1951 – Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta^[77]
• 1954 – John Gregory, English footballer and manager^[78]
• 1955 – John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven^[79]
• 1957 – Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician^[80]
• 1962 – Steve Bono, American football player^[81]
• 1964 – Bobby Witt, American baseball player^[82]
• 1964 – Floyd Youmans, American baseball player, coach, and manager^[83]
• 1967 – Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager^[84]
• 1969 – Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach^[85]
• 1969 – Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner^[86]
• 1970 – Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician^[87]
• 1970 – Jason Queally, English cyclist^[88]
• 1972 – Tomáš Dvořák, Czech decathlete and coach^[89]
• 1973 – Tsuyoshi Ogata, Japanese runner^[90]
• 1974 – Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league player^[91]
• 1974 – Darren Ward, English-Welsh footballer and coach^[92]
• 1974 – Tony Warner, English born Trinidadian international footballer and coach^[93]
• 1975 – Francisco Cordero, Dominican-American baseball player^[94]
• 1976 – Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper and record producer/executive^[95]
• 1977 – Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer^[96]
• 1977 – Victor Matfield, South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster^[97]
• 1977 – Bobby Roode, Canadian professional wrestler^[98]
• 1978 – Laetitia Casta, French model and actress^[99]
• 1981 – Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player^[100]
• 1981 – JP Karliak, American actor, voice actor and comedian^[101]
• 1982 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2013)^[102]
• 1983 – Matt Leinart, American football player^[103]
• 1983 – Steven Sotloff, American-Israeli journalist (d. 2014)^[104]
• 1983 – Holly Valance, Australian actress, singer and model^[105]
• 1984 – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer^[106]
• 1985 – Beau Ryan, Australian rugby league player and television host^[107]
• 1986 – Abou Diaby, French footballer^[108]
• 1986 – Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer^[109]
• 1987 – Lim Seul-ong, South Korean singer and actor^[110]
• 1987 – Monica Roșu, Romanian gymnast^[111]
• 1988 – Jeremy Maclin, American football player^[112]
• 1988 – Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player^[113]
• 1989 – Alyssa Brown, Canadian artistic gymnast^[114]
• 1989 – Giovani dos Santos, Mexican international footballer^[115]
• 1989 – Cam Newton, American football player^[116]
• 1992 – Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer^[117]
• 1992 – Pablo Sarabia, Spanish footballer^[118]
• 1993 – Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player^[119]
• 1994 – Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner^[120]
• 1994 – Nene Macdonald, Papua New Guinean rugby league player^[121]
• 1995 – Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer^[122]
• 1995 – Sachia Vickery, American tennis player^[123]
• 1998 – Viktória Kužmová, Slovak tennis player^[124]
• 1999 – Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress^[125