11 May Births

May 11 is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 234 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56)

Births

1014 – Anawrahta, founder of the Pagan Empire (d. 1077)
1366 – Anne of Bohemia (d. 1394)
1571 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyo (d. 1637)
1715 – Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist (d. 1739)
1715 – Ignazio Fiorillo, Italian composer and educator (d. 1787)
1720 – Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen, the historical Baron Munchausen
1722 – Petrus Camper, Dutch physician, anatomist, and physiologist (d. 1789)
1733 – Princess Victoire of France (d. 1799)
1752 – Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1840)
1771 – Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek commander (d. 1825)
1799 – John Lowell, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist, founded Lowell Institute (d. 1836)
1801 – Henri Labrouste, French architect and academic, designed the Sainte-Geneviève Library (d. 1875)
1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twins (d. 1874)
1811 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (d. 1893)
1817 – Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballerina and choreographer (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 – Isabelle Bogelot, French philanthropist (d. 1923)
1838 – Walter Goodman, English painter, illustrator, and author (d. 1912)
1852 – Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President (d. 1918)
1854 – Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer (d. 1932)
1861 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (d. 1947)
1869 – Archibald Warden, English tennis player (d. 1943)
1870 – Otto von Friesen, Swedish linguist and academic (d. 1942)
1871 – Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author (d. 1943)
1875 – Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter (d. 1912)
1881 – Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1881 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (d. 1944)
1881 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1963)
1882 – Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, educator, and critic (d. 1964)
1888 – Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1888 – Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (d. 1945)
1889 – Paul Nash, British painter (d. 1946)
1890 – Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter (d. 1958)
1890 – Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete (d. 1984)
1892 – Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
1894 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
1895 – Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player (d. 1978)
1895 – William Grant Still, American composer and conductor (d. 1978)
1896 – Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer and academic (d. 1955)
1897 – Kurt Gerron, German actor and director (d. 1944)
1897 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (d. 1961)
1899 – Paulino Masip, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1963)
1901 – Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter (d. 1967)
1902 – Karl Pärsimägi, Estonian painter (d. 1942)
1903 – Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1993)
1904 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and illustrator (d. 1989)
1907 – Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author (d. 1988)
1907 – Rip Sewell, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
1909 – Ellis R. Dungan, American director and producer (d. 2001)
1911 – Mitchell Sharp, Canadian economist and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2004)
1911 – Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)
1912 – Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
1912 – Saadat Hasan Manto, Indian-Pakistani author and screenwriter (d. 1955)
1913 – Robert Jungk, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1994)
1914 – Haroun Tazieff, French volcanologist and geologist (d. 1998)
1916 – Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1918 – Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1920 – Denver Pyle, American actor and director (d. 1997)
1921 – Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author (d. 2014)
1921 – Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician (d. 2016)
1922 – Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera, Filipino lawyer and jurist
1924 – Eugene Dynkin, Russian-American mathematician and theorist (d. 2014)
1924 – Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006)
1927 – Bernard Fox, British actor (d. 2016)
1927 – Mort Sahl, Canadian-American comedian and actor
1927 – Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (d. 2007)
1928 – Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
1928 – Andrew van der Bijl, Dutch missionary and author
1930 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic, co-developed THE multiprogramming system (d. 2002)
1930 – Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1995)
1932 – Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer, founded Valentino SpA
1933 – Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader
1933 – Narendra Patel, Baron Patel, Tanzanian-English obstetrician, academic, and politician
1934 – Jim Jeffords, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 2014)
1934 – Arthur Labatt, Canadian businessman and academic
1935 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish journalist and author (d. 2007)
1936 – Carla Bley, American pianist, composer, and bandleader
1937 – Cheng Yen, Taiwanese Buddhist nun and philanthropist
1938 – Johnny Devlin, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter
1938 – Jeanne Little, Australian television personality
1939 – Dante Tiñga, Filipino jurist and politician
1940 – Herbert Müller, Swiss race car driver (d. 1981)
1941 – Eric Burdon, English singer-songwriter, actor, and painter
1941 – Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach
1943 – Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician
1944 – John Benaud, Australian cricketer
1945 – Floyd Adams Jr., American publisher and politician, 63rd Mayor of Savannah, Georgia (d. 2014)
1946 – Robert Jarvik, American cardiologist, developed the Artificial heart
1947 – Butch Trucks, American drummer (d. 2017)
1948 – Jack Cantoni, French rugby player (d. 2013)
1948 – Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-English politician
1950 – Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
1951 – Mike Slemen, English rugby player and educator
1951 – Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
1952 – Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian-American actress
1952 – Frances Fisher, English-American actress
1952 – Warren Littlefield, American businessman
1952 – Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
1954 – John Clayton, American journalist
1954 – John Gregory, English footballer and manager
1954 – Judith Weir, English composer and educator
1955 – John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
1956 – Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist and producer
1956 – Alex Lester, English radio host
1957 – Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
1958 – Dan Ireland, American director and producer (d. 2016)
1958 – Nalliah Kumaraguruparan, Sri Lankan accountant and politician
1958 – Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player and coach
1958 – Walt Terrell, American baseball player
1959 – Martha Quinn, American radio and television host
1961 – Luis Felipe, Cuban gang leader, founded the Latin Kings
1961 – Cecile Licad, Filipino classical pianist
1962 – Steve Bono, American football player
1963 – Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician, 10th Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation
1963 – Roark Critchlow, Canadian-American actor
1963 – Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian and actor
1963 – Natasha Richardson, English-American actress (d. 2009)
1964 – Tim Blake Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1964 – John Parrott, English snooker player and sportscaster
1964 – Bobby Witt, American baseball player
1964 – Floyd Youmans, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1965 – Greg Dulli, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Christoph Schneider, German drummer
1967 – Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager
1968 – Wenn V. Deramas, Filipino director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1968 – Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
1969 – Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach
1969 – Simon Vroemen, Dutch runner
1970 – Harold Ford, Jr., American lawyer and politician
1970 – Jason Queally, English cyclist
1972 – Tomáš Dvořák, Czech decathlete and coach
1972 – Daniel Ornellas, South African bass player
1973 – Tsuyoshi Ogata, Japanese runner
1974 – Kevin Brown, English-Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league player and coach
1974 – Benoît Magimel, French actor
1974 – Darren Ward, English-Welsh footballer and coach
1975 – Francisco Cordero, Dominican-American baseball player
1977 – Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper and race car driver
1977 – Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
1977 – Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer
1977 – Victor Matfield, South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
1978 – Laetitia Casta, French model and actress
1978 – Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish cellist and composer
1979 – Erin Lang, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Ernest Vardanean, Armenian-Moldovan political scientist and journalist
1980 – Kulap Vilaysack, American actress, comedian, and writer
1981 – Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
1981 – Dusán Mukics, Slovene journalist, poet, and translator
1982 – Cory Monteith, Canadian actor and singer (d. 2013)
1983 – Matt Leinart, American football player
1983 – Steven Sotloff, American-Israeli journalist (d. 2014)
1984 – Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
1985 – Beau Ryan, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1985 – Sifow, Japanese singer
1986 – Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Abou Diaby, French footballer
1986 – Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
1987 – Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo jurist and politician
1987 – Monica Roșu, Romanian gymnast
1988 – Jeremy Maclin American football player
1988 – Brad Marchand, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Ami Nakashima, Japanese singer and dancer
1989 – Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
1989 – Cam Newton, American football player
1992 – Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer
1993 – Maurice Harkless, American-Puerto Rican basketball player
1993 – Jirapong Meenapra, Thai sprinter
1993 – Miguel Sanó, Dominican baseball player
1994 – Hagos Gebrhiwet, Ethiopian runner
1994 – Nene Macdonald, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
1995 – Gelson Martins, Portuguese footballer
1999 – Sabrina Carpenter, American actress

Source: wikipedia