On This Day — February 11
4276 noted people were born and 2150 died on February 11 in our archive, including Jacques Friedel, Joan Bybee and Adrian Leppard.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on February 11
Jacques Friedel
1921 – 2014
Joan Bybee
b. 1945
Adrian Leppard
b. 1962
Antonio Millán-Puelles
1921 – 2005
Arkady Volozh
b. 1964
Ben Verwaayen
b. 1952
Bryan Charles Gould
b. 1939
Bryan M. Turner
b. 1948
Catherine Dulac
b. 1963
Charles Malik
1906 – 1987
Claude Chevalley
1909 – 1984
Edward Christopher Williams
1871 – 1929
Federico Sturzenegger
b. 1966
Francis Sowerby Macaulay
1862 – 1937
François d'Orcival
b. 1942
Hardo Aasmäe
1951 – 2014
Henri Plagnol
b. 1961
Horacio Verbitsky
b. 1942
Hugo Gutiérrez Vega
1934 – 2015
Jeb Bush
b. 1953
John J. Tigert
1882 – 1965
John Jackson
1887 – 1958
Josiah Willard Gibbs
1839 – 1903
Knut Vollebæk
b. 1946
Lenar Safin
b. 1969
Leticia Cugliandolo
b. 1965
Leó Szilárd
1898 – 1964
Lloyd Bentsen
1921 – 2006
Louise O. Fresco
b. 1952
Lucio D. San Pedro
1913 – 2002
Marian Zembala
1950 – 2022
Piotr Ponikowski
b. 1961
Rob Simmons
b. 1943
Robert Lanza
b. 1956
Rudolf Chmel
b. 1939
Stephen Schneider
1945 – 2010
Thomas Edison
1847 – 1931
Tony Hulman
1901 – 1977
Vladimir Bulavin
b. 1953
William Thomson
1819 – 1890
Wolfgang Eisenmenger
1930 – 2016
Yukio Hatoyama
b. 1947
Abel Decaux
1869 – 1943
Abu Obeida
1985 – 2025
Adrian Hasler
b. 1964
Alexander H. Stephens
1812 – 1883
Amiran Revishvili
b. 1956
Andrew Gelman
b. 1965
Andrzej Alexiewicz
1917 – 1995
Andrés Martínez Trueba
1884 – 1959
Anne Stine Ingstad
1918 – 1997
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
b. 1955
Antoni Julian Nowowiejski
1858 – 1941
Antony Flew
1923 – 2010
Armen Elbakyan
b. 1954
Arnaud Danjean
b. 1971
Arystanbek Muhamediuly
b. 1963
Ashkharbek Kalantar
1884 – 1942
Auguste Mariette
1821 – 1881
Benjamin Osgood Peirce
1854 – 1914
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
1657 – 1757
Boris Sharkov
b. 1950
Bratko Kreft
1905 – 1996
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
1944 – 2021
Carlo Carrà
1881 – 1966
Carlyle Glean
1932 – 2021
Charles Daubeny
1795 – 1867
Clive Day
1871 – 1951
Clodomiro Almeyda
1923 – 1997
Clyde Cameron
1913 – 2008
Colgate Darden
1897 – 1981
Dan Mackinnon
1903 – 1983
David Fleming, Lord Fleming
1877 – 1944
Dimitri Arakishvili
1873 – 1953
Douglas Davies
b. 1947
Edward Johnston
1872 – 1944
Edward Seidensticker
1921 – 2007
Edwin J. Roland
1905 – 1985
Ely Merzbach
b. 1950
Emil Leon Post
1897 – 1954
Erik Gustaf Boström
1842 – 1907
Ernest Istook
b. 1950
Ernst Specker
1920 – 2011
Farouk I of Egypt
1920 – 1965
Francesco Forte
1929 – 2022
Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford
1812 – 1884
Francisco de Aguiar y Sejas
1632 – 1698
Frank Douglas MacKinnon
1871 – 1946
François M. M. Morel
b. 1944
Frederick Kroesen
1923 – 2020
Friedrich Bachmann
1909 – 1982
Gabriel Boric
b. 1986
Gary North
1942 – 2022
Giulio Aristide Sartorio
1860 – 1932
Gopi Chand Narang
1931 – 2022
Guillaume Lacroix
b. 1976
Gustav Friedrich Waagen
1794 – 1868
Hans-Georg Gadamer
1900 – 2002
Harold J. Greene
1959 – 2014
Henry Mitchell Jones
1831 – 1916
Herbert Gintis
1940 – 2023
Hermann Budzislawski
1901 – 1978
Hermann Jacobi
1850 – 1937
Hu Ning
1916 – 1997
Ilinka Mitreva
1950 – 2022
Ilya Novikov
b. 1982
Inés Alberdi
b. 1948
James Massey
1934 – 2013
James Polshek
1930 – 2022
Jeanne Bamberger
1924 – 2024
Joel Anderson
b. 1960
Johann Alexander Döderlein
1675 – 1745
John Beyrle
b. 1954
John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
1759 – 1840
Josh Green
b. 1970
Joy Williams
b. 1944
Jukka Kopra
b. 1967
Jūrō Kara
1940 – 2024
K. Alexander Adelaar
b. 1953
Ko Ni
1953 – 2017
Leoš Heger
b. 1948
Louis Visconti
1791 – 1853
Lourdes Méndez Monasterio
b. 1957
Ludwig Barnay
1842 – 1924
Luis Eduardo Garzón
b. 1951
Maite Pagazaurtundúa
b. 1965
Manuel Sandoval Vallarta
1898 – 1976
Marie-Joseph Chénier
1764 – 1811
Martha Ackmann
b. 1951
Marvin H. Caruthers
b. 1940
Maryse Condé
1934 – 2024
Maxim Strauch
1900 – 1974
Mel Carnahan
1934 – 2000
Michael Roden
b. 1961
Mike Leavitt
b. 1951
Mike Oxley
1944 – 2016
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Rusinov
1909 – 2004
Mohamed Gad-el-Hak
b. 1945
Nathan Witt
1903 – 1982
Neritan Ceka
b. 1941
Nick Carter
b. 1959
Pablo González Casanova
1922 – 2023
Pepu Hernández
b. 1958
Philip Sales, Lord Sales
b. 1962
Pico Iyer
b. 1957
Pierre Victor, baron Malouet
1740 – 1814
Pinchas Polonsky
b. 1958
Randolph McCall Pate
1898 – 1961
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
1797 – 1861
Rima Abdul Malak
b. 1979
Roy Moore
b. 1947
Rudolf Firkušný
1912 – 1994
Sarah Palin
b. 1964
Sardar Singh I of Marwar
1880 – 1911
Seiichi Katsumata
1908 – 1989
Shinobu Orikuchi
1887 – 1953
Sigrun Gjerløw Aasland
b. 1978
Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Bt.
1876 – 1963
Stanley Harwood McCuaig
1891 – 1986
Stanton J. Peelle
1843 – 1928
Stepan Poltorak
b. 1965
Stephen D. Thorne
1953 – 1986
Sugiono
b. 1979
Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana
1908 – 1994
Svenn Stray
1922 – 2012
Tammy Baldwin
b. 1962
Tetiana Yablonska
1917 – 2005
Thomas Blaikie
1802 – 1861
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
1836 – 1918
Tommy Hitchcock Jr.
1900 – 1944
Tuula Haatainen
b. 1960
Urs Eggli
b. 1959
Vache Sharafyan
b. 1966
Verashni Pillay
b. 1984
Virginie Calmels
b. 1971
Wilhelm von Gümbel
1823 – 1898
William Henry Fox Talbot
1800 – 1877
William Levitt
1907 – 1994
William Pearly Oliver
1912 – 1989
Wolfgang Gröbner
1899 – 1980
Yasufumi Tanahashi
b. 1963
Yvette Jaggi
b. 1941
Zambaali Bulasio Mukasa
b. 1986
Ágnes Vadai
b. 1974
A.F.M Ruhal Haque
b. 1944
Ada Kepley
1847 – 1925
Adelheid Popp
1869 – 1939
Adolf Gröber
1854 – 1919
Adèle Haenel
b. 1989
Ahmad Alirezabeighi
b. 1964
Ahmad Madani
1928 – 2006
Alando Tucker
b. 1984
Albert Azaryan
1929 – 2023
Albert de la Chapelle
1933 – 2020
Albéric Boivin
1919 – 1991
Alexander Hotovitzky
1872 – 1937
Alexander Maconochie
1787 – 1860
Alexander Monroe Dockery
1845 – 1926
Alexander Wehrle
b. 1975
Alexey Naumets
b. 1968
… and 4,076 more
Died on February 11
Anders Sandvig
1862 – 1950
Charles Algernon Parsons
1854 – 1931
Charles Lyell
1797 – 1875
Gershon Ben-Shakhar
1942 – 2026
Vincent Wigglesworth
1899 – 1994
Vladimir Kotelnikov
1908 – 2005
Wilhelm Killing
1847 – 1923
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat
1923 – 2025
Arthur H. Hayes Jr.
1933 – 2010
Asma Jahangir
1952 – 2018
Charles-Marie de Féletz
1767 – 1850
Colin Munro MacLeod
1909 – 1972
Irina Arkhipova
1925 – 2010
James Bryant Conant
1893 – 1978
Jean-François de La Harpe
1739 – 1803
John Hutton Balfour
1808 – 1884
Kazimierz Twardowski
1866 – 1938
Louis Beel
1902 – 1977
Louis-Edmond Hamelin
1923 – 2020
Léon Foucault
1819 – 1868
Nikolai Tikhomirov
1952 – 2026
Nikolai V. Nasonov
1855 – 1939
Robert W. Holley
1922 – 1993
Tom Lantos
1928 – 2008
Victor Klemperer
1881 – 1960
Vladimir Smirnov
1887 – 1974
William Blake Richmond
1842 – 1921
William Howley
1766 – 1848
Winslow R. Briggs
1928 – 2019
Yakov Malik
1906 – 1980
A. J. Muste
1885 – 1967
Aart van Rhijn
1892 – 1986
Aharon Davidi
1927 – 2012
Aleksandr Samarsky
1919 – 2008
Alexander Johnson
1830 – 1912
Alexander McQueen
1969 – 2010
Alexey Kaledin
1861 – 1918
Anatoly Grigoryev
1943 – 2023
Anders Gustaf Ekeberg
1767 – 1813
Antoni Fijałkowski
1797 – 1883
Aristide Rinaldini
1844 – 1920
Arnold Ashley Miles
1904 – 1988
Bazyli (Doroszkiewicz)
1914 – 1998
Ben Abruzzo
1930 – 1985
Bob Cashell
1938 – 2020
Carl Gustaf Bielke
1683 – 1754
Carl Johan Malmsten
1814 – 1886
Carl Meinhof
1857 – 1944
Charles C. Price
1913 – 2001
Charles Hercules Read
1857 – 1929
Charles L. Bolte
1895 – 1989
Christian J. Lambertsen
1917 – 2011
DeWitt Clinton
1769 – 1828
Deniz Baykal
1938 – 2023
Dorothy Maud Wrinch
1894 – 1976
Dénes Kovács
1930 – 2005
Edwin G. Corr
1934 – 2026
Egbert van Kampen
1908 – 1942
Elbert D. Thomas
1883 – 1953
Ernest Jones
1879 – 1958
Francis Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater
1756 – 1829
Frédéric Montenard
1849 – 1926
Fusae Ichikawa
1893 – 1981
Félix Lecomte
1737 – 1817
Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine
1787 – 1871
George Coyne
1933 – 2020
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham
1753 – 1813
Georges Loustaunau-Lacau
1894 – 1955
Hans Valdemar Ludvigsen
1861 – 1939
Helmuth Rilling
1933 – 2026
Henry Thoby Prinsep
1793 – 1878
Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
1785 – 1847
Isaac Isaacs
1855 – 1948
Isadore Singer
1924 – 2021
Isztar Zawadzki
1939 – 2023
Ivan Velho
1830 – 1899
Jacques Loeb
1859 – 1924
Jacques Mehler
1936 – 2020
Johannes Hans Daniel Jensen
1907 – 1973
John Buchan
1875 – 1940
John Carrington
1847 – 1913
John Taylor Coleridge
1790 – 1876
John Voce Moore
1826 – 1904
Jozef Lenárt
1923 – 2004
Juan Bravo Murillo
1803 – 1873
Juan José Bonel y Orbe
1782 – 1857
Katsuya Nomura
1935 – 2020
Lester Dubins
1920 – 2010
Louis Ferdinand Alfred Maury
1817 – 1892
Louis de Carné
1804 – 1876
Luther Vose Bell
1806 – 1862
Macvey Napier
1776 – 1847
Maqbool Bhat
1938 – 1984
Mary Jackson
1921 – 2005
Maurice Zermatten
1910 – 2001
Mehmet Tevfik Biren
1867 – 1956
Merle Fainsod
1907 – 1972
Mikhail Speransky
1772 – 1839
Nerio Nesi
1925 – 2024
Otto Kratky
1902 – 1995
Patsy O'Connell Sherman
1930 – 2008
Pio Filippani Ronconi
1920 – 2010
Pip Cheshire
1950 – 2026
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar
1888 – 1980
Rem Viakhirev
1934 – 2013
Richard Ratsimandrava
1931 – 1975
Rubén Alfonso Ramírez
1936 – 2021
Ryszard Kukliński
1930 – 2004
Sergei Eisenstein
1898 – 1948
Sergey Blazhko
1870 – 1956
Sergey Kolosov
1921 – 2012
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi
1925 – 2019
Sigrid Metz-Göckel
1940 – 2025
Syed Mujtaba Ali
1904 – 1974
Sylvia Plath
1932 – 1963
Tahsin Yazıcı
1892 – 1970
Thomas Chenery
1826 – 1884
Tom Carnegie
1919 – 2011
Uri Eppstein
1925 – 2025
Victor Cădere
1891 – 1980
Willem Johan Kolff
1911 – 2009
Willi Geiger
1878 – 1971
William Baxter
1820 – 1880
William Thomas Brande
1788 – 1866
William Thomas White
1866 – 1955
Zofia Daszyńska-Golińska
1866 – 1934
Émile Blanchard
1819 – 1900
Abraham Hinckelmann
1652 – 1695
Adam S. Bennion
1886 – 1958
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
1852 – 1937
Adolph C. Miller
1866 – 1953
Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen
1903 – 1992
Adolph M. Christianson
1877 – 1954
Albert Facey
1894 – 1982
Albert Hall
1878 – 1941
Alberto Montezuma Hurtado
1906 – 1987
Albion Parris
1788 – 1857
Alexander Filippovich Fedotov
1841 – 1895
Alexander Ross Clarke
1828 – 1914
Ali Kelmendi
1900 – 1939
Altynbek Sarsenbayuly
1962 – 2006
Amirteymour Kalali
1894 – 1988
Anatole Vakhnianyn
1841 – 1908
Ante Pavelić
1869 – 1938
Antoine Biancamaria
1923 – 1959
Asser Salo
1902 – 1938
Augustinus Wichmans
1596 – 1661
Augustus, Elector of Saxony
1526 – 1586
Axel Munthe
1857 – 1949
Benedict Joseph Flaget
1763 – 1850
Bertil Malmberg
1889 – 1958
Beth Bentley
1921 – 2021
Betty Siegel
1931 – 2020
Biodun Jeyifo
1946 – 2026
Bo Carpelan
1926 – 2011
Bolesław Hieronim Kłopotowski
1848 – 1903
Carl Michael Bellman
1740 – 1795
Carlos Rein Segura
1897 – 1992
Caroline McWilliams
1945 – 2010
Charles Garabedian
1923 – 2016
Charles Gayarré
1805 – 1895
Charles II d'Amboise
1473 – 1511
Charles McMorris
1890 – 1954
Charles Passmore Graham
1927 – 2021
Chauncey N. Olds
1816 – 1890
Christen Dalsgaard
1824 – 1907
Christian Bérard
1902 – 1949
Clint Calvin Hearn
1866 – 1928
Colin Gubbins
1896 – 1976
D. Vinayachandran
1946 – 2013
Dafydd ab Owain
Daniel Irujo
1864 – 1911
Danièle Djamila Amrane-Minne
1939 – 2017
Dario Antiseri
1940 – 2026
David Lawrence
1888 – 1973
David Schenk Jacobus
1862 – 1955
Desanka Maksimović
1898 – 1993
Edward Brodhead Green
1855 – 1950
Edward MacCabe
1816 – 1885
Edwin V. Champion
1890 – 1976
Elmar Lohk
1901 – 1963
Emil Ábrányi
1882 – 1970
Emilio Arrieta
1821 – 1894
Emory Hilliard Price
1899 – 1976
Eric W. Mann
1882 – 1954
Fab Melo
1990 – 2017
Fadil Sylejmani
1940 – 2013
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
1905 – 1977
Ferdinand von Miller
1813 – 1887
Filippo Taglioni
1777 – 1871
Fran Albreht
1889 – 1963
Frances Frost
1905 – 1959
Francesco Landi
1682 – 1757
Frank Herbert
1920 – 1986
Frank Piasecki
1919 – 2008
François Laurent
1810 – 1887
Fred Ernst Busbey
1895 – 1966
Fyodor Glinka
1786 – 1880
Gabriel Kolenda
1606 – 1674
Gaetano Stammati
1908 – 2002
… and 1,950 more