Famous Births on 11 May

Famous Births on 11 May

1571 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)
1720 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)
1722 - Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (d. 1789)
1733 - Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
1752 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)
1763 - János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
1799 - John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)
1801 - Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
1811 - Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)
1811 - Chang and Eng Bunker, famous conjoined twins (d. 1874)
1817 - Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)
1824 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
1827 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1835 - Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
1838 - Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)
1852 - Charles W. Fairbanks, United States Vice President (d. 1918)
1854 - Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (d. 1932)
1861 - Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)
1871 - Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)
1871 - Stjepan Radic, Croatian politician (d. 1928)
1875 - Harriet Quimby, American aviator (d. 1912)
1881 - Al Cabrera, Spanish-born Cuban baseball player (d. 1964)
1881 - Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian physicist (d. 1963)
1887 - Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (d. 1961)
1888 - Irving Berlin, American composer (d. 1989)
1888 - Willis A. Lee, World War II U.S. naval admiral (d. 1945)
1890 - Woodall Rodgers, mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1961)
1892 - Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
1894 - Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
1895 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (d. 1986)
1896 - Josip Å tolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer (d. 1955)
1897 - Kurt Gerron, German director (d. 1944)
1897 - Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
1899 - Paulino Masip, Spanish playwright (d. 1963)
1903 - Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1904 - Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (d. 1989)
1907 - Rip Sewell, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1907 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)
1909 - Ellis R Dungan, American born Indian film director (d. 2001)
1909 - Herbert Murrill, English composer (d. 1952)
1911 - Mitchell Sharp, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
1911 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)
1912 - Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
1913 - Robert Jungk, Austrian publicist (d. 1994)
1914 - Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist (d. 1998)
1916 - Camilo José Cela, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1918 - Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
1921 - Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician
1922 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (d. 1992)
1922 - Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1924 - Eugene Dynkin, Russian mathematician
1924 - Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer, Nobel laureate
1925 - Edward J. King, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
1927 - Gene Savoy, American author, explorer, scholar and cleric (d. 2007)
1927 - Mort Sahl, Canadian comedian and political commentator
1928 - Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
1928 - Brother Andrew, Dutch missionary
1928 - Marco Ferreri, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1930 - Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)
1930 - Bud Ekins, American stuntman (d. 2007)
1933 - Louis Farrakhan, American Black Muslim leader
1934 - Jim Jeffords, former American politician
1935 - Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007)
1935 - Doug McClure, American actor (d. 1995)
1936 - Carla Bley, American musician and composer
1939 - Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
1939 - Dante Tinga, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1940 - Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
1941 - Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
1941 - Graham Miles, English snooker player
1942 - Rachel Billington, British author
1943 - Juliet Harmer, English actress
1943 - Nancy Greene, Canadian alpine skier
1946 - Robert Jarvik, American physician and inventor
1946 - Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician
1947 - Butch Trucks, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
1948 - Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician
1948 - Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician
1950 - Dane Iorg, American baseball player
1950 - Jeremy Paxman, British journalist and author
1952 - Warren Littlefield, American television executive
1952 - Renaud Séchan, French composer
1952 - Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
1952 - Frances Fisher, English-born actress
1952 - Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
1953 - David Gest, American television producer
1953 - Céline Lomez, Quebec singer and actress
1954 - John Gregory, English football manager
1954 - Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
1955 - John DeStefano, Jr., American politician
1956 - Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist
1956 - Alex Lester, British broadcaster
1957 - Peter North, Canadian porn star
1958 - Christian Brando, American actor; son of Marlon Brando (d. 2008)
1958 - Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player
1958 - Walt Terrell, American baseball player
1959 - Martha Quinn, American television personality
1963 - Roark Critchlow, actor
1963 - Natasha Richardson, English-born actress
1963 - Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian
1963 - Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician
1964 - John Parrott, English snooker player
1964 - Katie Wagner, American television reporter
1964 - Floyd Youmans, American baseball player
1965 - Greg Dulli, American musician
1965 - Monsour del Rosario, Filipino martial artist and actor
1966 - Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein)
1968 - Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
1970 - Nicky Katt, American actor
1970 - Glenn Hugill, British television presenter and producer
1972 - Anita Hegh, Australian actress
1973 - James Haven, American actor
1974 - Darren Ward, Welsh footballer
1974 - Benoît Magimel, French actor
1974 - Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler
1974 - Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
1974 - Kevin Brown, English-born Canadian ice hockey player
1975 - Francisco Cordero, Dominican baseball player
1977 - Matthew Newton, Australian actor
1977 - Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
1977 - Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
1977 - Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
1977 - Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
1978 - Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
1978 - Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica
1979 - Erin Lang, Canadian musician
1981 - Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
1981 - Daniel Ortmeier, American baseball player
1981 - Austin O'Brien, American actor
1982 - Jonathan Jackson, American actor
1982 - Andrew Walter, American football player
1983 - Matt Leinart, American football player
1983 - Holly Valance, Australian-born actress and singer
1983 - Frédéric Xhonneux, Belgian decathlete
1984 - Andres Iniesta, Spanish football player
1985 - sifow, Japanese pop star and business woman
1986 - Abou Diaby, French footballer
1986 - Ronny, Brazilian footballer
1986 - Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, Dutch Professional Gamer
1987 - Justin King, American football player
1987 - Louis Murphy, American college football player
1987 - Monica RoÅŸu, Romanian gymnast
1989 - Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer