Famous Birthdays for March 11th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1278 – Mary of Woodstock, daughter of Edward I of England (d. c.1332)^[41]
• 1544 – Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and educator (d. 1595)^[42]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1738 – Benjamin Tupper, American general (d. 1792)^[43]
• 1785 – John McLean, American jurist and politician (d. 1861)^[44]
• 1806 – Louis Boulanger, French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator (d. 1867)^[45]
• 1811 – Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1877)^[46]
• 1815 – Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (d. 1879)^[47]
• 1818 – Marius Petipa, French-Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)^[48]
• 1819 – Henry Tate, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (d. 1899)^[49]
• 1822 – Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (d. 1900)^[50]
• 1863 – Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1915)^[51]
• 1870 – Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1946)^[52]
• 1876 – Carl Ruggles, American composer and painter (d. 1971)^[53]
• 1880 – Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist (d. 1943)^[54]
• 1884 – Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (d. 1974)^[55]
• 1885 – Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1948)^[56]
• 1887 – Raoul Walsh, American actor and director (d. 1980)^[57]
• 1890 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (d. 1974)^[58]
• 1893 – Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (d. 1946)^[59]
• 1897 – Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)^[60]
• 1898 – Dorothy Gish, American actress (d. 1968)^[61]
• 1899 – Frederick IX of Denmark (d. 1972)^[62]
• 1899 – James H. Douglas, Jr., American lawyer, and politician, United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 1988)^[63]

1901–present[edit]

• 1903 – Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar (d. 1989)^[64]
• 1903 – Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (d. 1992)^[65]
• 1907 – Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)^[66]
• 1908 – Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1997)^[67]
• 1910 – Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic (d. 1982)^[68]
• 1911 – Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Scottish general and politician (d. 1996)^[69]
• 1913 – Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, German colonel and pilot (d. 1944)^[70]
• 1915 – Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (d. 2004)^[71]
• 1915 – J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990)^[72]
• 1916 – Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)^[42]
• 1920 – Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)^[73]
• 1921 – Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer and bandoneon player (d. 1992)^[74]
• 1922 – Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (d. 1997)^[75]
• 1922 – Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1976)^[76]
• 1922 – José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor and director (d. 2009)^[77]
• 1923 – Louise Brough, American tennis player (d. 2014)^[78]
• 1925 – Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (d. 1983)^[79]
• 1926 – Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (d. 1990)^[80]
• 1927 – Freda Meissner-Blau, Austrian activist and politician (d. 2015)^[81]
• 1927 – Robert Mosbacher, American businessman, and politician, United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)^[82]
• 1927 – Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (d. 2014)^[83]
• 1929 – Timothy Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)^[84]
• 1929 – Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer (d. 1998)^[85]
• 1930 – David Gentleman, English illustrator and engraver^[86]
• 1930 – Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1986)^[87]
• 1931 – Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate^[42]
• 1932 – Leroy Jenkins, American violinist and composer (d. 2007)^[88]
• 1932 – Nigel Lawson, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer^[89]
• 1934 – Sam Donaldson, American journalist^[90]
• 1936 – Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 2016)^[42]
• 1940 – Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 2019)^[91]
• 1943 – Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver^[92]
• 1945 – Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)^[93]
• 1945 – Harvey Mandel, American guitarist^[94]
• 1947 – Tristan Murail, French composer and educator^[95]
• 1950 – Bobby McFerrin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor^[42]
• 1950 – Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter^[96]
• 1951 – Dominique Sanda, French model and actress^[97]
• 1952 – Douglas Adams, English author and playwright (d. 2001)^[98]
• 1953 – Derek Daly, Irish-American race car driver and sportscaster^[99]
• 1953 – Jimmy Iovine, American record producer and businessman, co-founded Beats Electronics^[100]
• 1953 – Bernie LaBarge, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist^[101]
• 1954 – David Newman, American composer and conductor^[102]
• 1954 – Gale Norton, American politician, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior^[103]
• 1955 – Leslie Cliff, Canadian swimmer^[104]
• 1955 – Nina Hagen, German singer-songwriter^[105]
• 1956 – Willie Banks, American triple jumper^[106]
• 1956 – Helen Rollason, English sports journalist and sportscaster (d. 1999)^[107]
• 1957 – Qasem Soleimani, Former Iranian commander of the Quds Force (d. 2020)^[108]
• 1958 – Anissa Jones, American child actress (d. 1976)^[109]
• 1959 – Nina Hartley, American pornographic actress/director, sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and author^[110]
• 1960 – Warwick Taylor, New Zealand rugby player^[111]
• 1961 – Elias Koteas, Canadian actor^[42]
• 1961 – Bruce Watson, Canadian-Scottish guitarist^[112]
• 1962 – Matt Mead, American politician, Governor of Wyoming^[113]
• 1963 – Gary Barnett, English footballer and manager^[114]
• 1963 – Alex Kingston, English actress^[42]
• 1963 – David LaChapelle, American photographer and director^[115]
• 1964 – Vinnie Paul, American drummer, songwriter and producer (d. 2018)^[116]
• 1964 – Shane Richie, English actor and singer^[117]
• 1965 – Nigel Adkins, English footballer and manager^[118]
• 1965 – Jesse Jackson, Jr., American lawyer and politician^[119]
• 1965 – Jenny Packham, English fashion designer^[120]
• 1966 – John Thompson III, American basketball player and coach^[121]
• 1967 – John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer^[42]
• 1967 – Brad Carson, American lawyer and politician^[122]
• 1969 – Terrence Howard, American actor and producer^[123]
• 1969 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2006)^[124]
• 1974 – Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player^[125]
• 1976 – Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer^[126]
• 1977 – Becky Hammon, American-Russian basketball player and coach^[127]
• 1978 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer^[42]
• 1978 – Albert Luque, Spanish footballer^[128]
• 1979 – Elton Brand, American basketball player^[129]
• 1979 – Fred Jones, American basketball player^[130]
• 1979 – Benji Madden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist^[131]
• 1979 – Joel Madden, American singer-songwriter and producer^[131]
• 1980 – Dan Uggla, American baseball player^[132]
• 1981 – LeToya Luckett, American singer-songwriter and actress^[133]
• 1982 – Brian Anderson, American baseball player^[134]
• 1985 – Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player^[135]
• 1985 – Daniel Vázquez Evuy, Equatoguinean footballer^[136]
• 1985 – Cassandra Fairbanks, American journalist and activist^[137]
• 1985 – Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer^[138]
• 1985 – Greg Olsen, American football player^[139]
• 1985 – Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer^[140]
• 1986 – Dario Cologna, Swiss skier^[141]
• 1987 – Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player^[142]
• 1987 – Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist^[143]
• 1987 – Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper^[144]
• 1988 – Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer^[145]
• 1988 – Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (d. 2015)^[146]
• 1989 – Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (d. 2016)^[147]
• 1990 – Ayumi Morita, Japanese tennis player^[148]
• 1993 – Jodie Comer, British actress^[42]
• 1993 – Anthony Davis, American basketball player^[149]
• 1994 – Andrew Robertson, Scottish footballer^[150]