Famous Births on 11 Dec

Famous Births on 11 Dec

1465 - Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)
1475 - Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
1566 - Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer (d. 1650)
1680 - Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)
1709 - Louise Elisabeth of Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)
1712 - Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (d. 1764)
1725 - George Mason, American statesman (d. 1792)
1761 - Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist (d. 1835)
1781 - Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist (d. 1868)
1801 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
1803 - Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
1810 - Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
1830 - Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (d. 1872 on his birthday)
1838 - John Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer (d. 1915)
1843 - Robert Koch, German bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
1856 - Georgi Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary and Marxist theoretician (d. 1918)
1858 - Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian theatre director (d. 1943)
1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (d. 1941)
1873 - Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician (d. 1967)
1880 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
1882 - Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921)
1882 - Max Born, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
1882 - Fiorello La Guardia, American statesman (d. 1947)
1883 - Victor McLaglen, English-born American actor (d. 1959)
1889 - Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981)
1890 - Carlos Gardel, tango singer (d. 1935)
1890 - Mark Tobey, American painter (d. 1976)
1904 - Marge, American cartoonist (d 1993)
1905 - Robert Henriques, English writer (d. 1967)
1905 - Gilbert Roland, American actor (d. 1994)
1908 - Elliott Carter, American composer
1909 - John Wyer, English sports car racing team manager (d.1989)
1910 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937)
1911 - Val Guest, English film director (d. 2006)
1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2006)
1912 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007)
1913 - Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998)
1916 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban-born bandleader (d. 1989)
1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer (d. 2008)
1919 - Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)
1922 - Grace Paley, American writer (d. 2007)
1922 - Dilip Kumar, Indian actor
1922 - Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer (d. 2005)
1923 - Betsy Blair, American actress
1925 - Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, Nobel laureate
1926 - Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
1927 - John Buscema, American comics artist (d. 2002)
1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
1930 - Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress
1931 - Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress
1931 - Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 - Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru (d. 1990)
1932 - Anne Heywood, English actress
1933 - Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino politician
1935 - Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
1935 - Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician
1935 - Ron Carey, American actor (d. 2007)
1936 - Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
1937 - Jim Harrison, American writer
1938 - Enrico Macias, Algerian-born French singer
1938 - McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
1939 - Tom Hayden, American politician and activist
1939 - Thomas McGuane, American writer
1940 - David Gates, American musician (Bread)
1941 - Max Baucus, American politician, senior senator of Montana
1941 - J.P. Parise, Canadian ice hockey player
1942 - Donna Mills, American actress
1943 - John Kerry, American politician
1944 - Teri Garr, American film actress
1944 - Jon Garrison, American tenor
1944 - Lynda Day George, American actress
1944 - Brenda Lee, American singer
1948 - Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek composer
1950 - Christina Onassis, American heiress (d. 1988)
1953 - Bess Armstrong, American actress
1954 - Jermaine Jackson, American singer
1954 - Guðlaugur Kristinn Ã"ttarsson, Icelandic engineer
1954 - Santiago Creel, Mexican politician
1956 - Lani Brockman, Playwright
1958 - Nikki Sixx, American musician (Mötley Crüe)
1959 - Lisa Gastineau, American reality show star
1960 - Rachel Portman, English film composer
1961 - Marco Pierre White, English chef and restaurateur
1962 - Ben Browder, American actor
1962 - Paul Haslinger, Austrian-born composer
1962 - Nele Karajlić, Bosnian singer
1963 - Jon Brion, American musician/record producer
1964 - Justin Currie, Scottish singer and songwriter
1964 - Carolyn Waldo, Canadian synchronized swimmer
1964 - Cosy Sheridan, American singer
1964 - David Schools, American musician (Widespread Panic)
1964 - John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case
1964 - Michel Courtemanche, Quebec comedian
1966 - Gary Dourdan, American actor
1966 - Leon Lai, Hong Kong Cantonese singer/actor
1967 - DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer (N.W.A)
1967 - Mo'Nique, American actress/comedienne
1969 - Vishwanathan Anand, Indian chess grandmaster
1969 - Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer
1969 - Sean Grande, American sportscaster
1969 - Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer
1971 - Willie McGinest, NFL Linebacker
1972 - Dana Macsim, Romanian television news reporter
1972 - Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer
1972 - Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1973 - Mos Def, American rapper and actor
1974 - Rey Mysterio, American professional wrestler
1974 - Ben Shephard, English TV personality
1975 - Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
1975 - Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress
1976 - Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player
1977 - Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
1979 - Rider Strong, American actor
1980 - Arya, Indian actor
1981 - Nikki Benz, Ukraine-born Canadian pornographic actress
1981 - Hamish Blake, Australian comedian
1981 - Paul Medhurst, Australian rules footballer
1981 - Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
1981 - Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
1982 - Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine racing driver
1983 - Yoh Miyamori, Japanese Musician (Orange Range)
1984 - Leighton Baines, English footballer
1987 - Natalia Gordienko, Moldovan singer and dancer
1988 - Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess prodigy
1988 - Tim Southee, New Zealand Cricket Player
1993 - Gina Miele, American singer and actress.