On This Day — May 11
4013 noted people were born and 1893 died on May 11 in our archive, including Anders Sandvig, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach and Sue Gardner.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on May 11
Anders Sandvig
1862 – 1950
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
1752 – 1840
Sue Gardner
b. 1967
Theodore von Kármán
1881 – 1963
Antony Hewish
1924 – 2021
Camilo José Cela
1916 – 2002
Cyparissos Stephanos
1857 – 1917
Dmitry Vasilenko
b. 1969
Ellsworth Bunker
1894 – 1984
Eugenio Calabi
1923 – 2023
Frank Schlesinger
1871 – 1943
František Šebej
b. 1947
George Murdock
1897 – 1985
Hermann Behrends
1907 – 1948
Hiroshi Shimomura
1875 – 1957
Jean-Pascal Tricoire
b. 1963
Jeremy Paxman
b. 1950
John F. Kelly
b. 1950
Kirk Schulz
b. 1963
Konstantin Pokrovsky
1868 – 1944
Lynn J. Rothschild
b. 1957
Michael Grätzel
b. 1944
Paschalis Kitromilides
b. 1949
Paul Rosenmöller
b. 1956
Petrus Camper
1722 – 1789
René Bousquet
1909 – 1993
Richard Feynman
1918 – 1988
Stefano Domenicali
b. 1965
Thomas Buergenthal
1934 – 2023
Zhautilov Primbek
1911 – 1989
Aceng Jane Ruth Ocero
b. 1968
Akiko Santō
b. 1942
Albion Woodbury Small
1854 – 1926
Aleksandr Vishnevsky
1906 – 1975
Alireza Monadi Sefidan
b. 1969
Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera
1922 – 2020
Andrzej Mazurkiewicz
1963 – 2008
Anna Akhmanova
b. 1967
Anna Brożek
b. 1980
Anna Federmesser
b. 1977
Anna Komorowska
b. 1953
Anna Marguerite McCann
1933 – 2017
Anna Streżyńska
b. 1967
Antoine Rufenacht
1939 – 2020
Arthur Anthony Macdonell
1854 – 1930
Atanáz Orosz
b. 1960
Benedetto Lorenzelli
1853 – 1915
Betty Castor
b. 1941
Borja Prado
b. 1956
Brice Hortefeux
b. 1958
Bruce Allen
b. 1959
Byron M. Cutcheon
1836 – 1908
Cam Newton
b. 1989
Carl Benedict Hase
1780 – 1864
Catherine Bauer Wurster
1905 – 1964
Charles Doherty
1855 – 1931
Clementina Ródenas i Villena
b. 1949
Corinne Lepage
b. 1951
Cory Monteith
1982 – 2013
Cyrus S. Poonawalla
b. 1941
Dan H. Yaalon
1924 – 2014
Donald Othmer
1904 – 1995
Ed Stelmach
b. 1951
Edsger W. Dijkstra
1930 – 2002
Eleanor Anne Ormerod
1828 – 1901
Emmanuel-Louis Gruner
1809 – 1883
Emmanuelle Haïm
b. 1962
Erias Lukwago
b. 1970
Eric Kaufmann
b. 1970
Eugene Dynkin
1924 – 2014
Eva Kantůrková
b. 1930
Eva Schloss
1929 – 2026
Evgeny Fyodorov
b. 1963
Fiona Woolf
b. 1948
Forrest M. Holly Jr.
1946 – 2017
Frank R. Parker
1940 – 1997
Gary Foley
b. 1950
George Cholmondeley, 1st Marquess of Cholmondeley
1749 – 1827
Georgiy Kim
b. 1953
Godefroid Kurth
1847 – 1916
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
b. 1953
Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
1815 – 1891
Griffith C. Evans
1887 – 1973
Gustavo Turecki
b. 1965
Guy McKenna
b. 1969
Guy-Crescent Fagon
1638 – 1718
Halvor Schou
1823 – 1879
Hanoi Hannah
1931 – 2016
Harold Ford Jr.
b. 1970
Haroun Tazieff
1914 – 1998
Harvey Sollberger
b. 1938
Henri Filhol
1843 – 1902
Henri Joseph Dugué
1835 – 1914
Henri Labrouste
1801 – 1875
Henri Reznik
b. 1938
Henry Cantwell Wallace
1866 – 1924
Henry Morgenthau Jr.
1891 – 1967
Henry Willard Denison
1846 – 1914
Herbert Giersch
1921 – 2010
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher
1921 – 2016
Irving Berlin
1888 – 1989
Isaac Greenwood
1702 – 1745
Isidoro Álvarez
1935 – 2014
István Deák
1926 – 2023
Jaap van Praag
1911 – 1981
James W. Holsinger
b. 1939
Jan Englert
b. 1943
Jan Ołdakowski
b. 1972
Jan Wasilkowski
1898 – 1977
Jean Willybiro-Sako
b. 1946
Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824 – 1904
Jeannie Little
1938 – 2020
Jim Jeffords
1934 – 2014
Joan Margarit i Consarnau
1938 – 2021
Johanna Rolland
b. 1979
Joseph Marx
1882 – 1964
Joseph Tolchanov
1891 – 1981
Julian Flaux
b. 1955
Józef Mroszczak
1910 – 1975
Katherine Richardson
b. 1954
Keiko Chiba
b. 1948
Ken Cheuvront
b. 1961
Kevin Scannell
b. 1970
Kirill Petrenko
b. 1972
Koji Nakanishi
1925 – 2019
Laphonza Butler
b. 1979
Leonard Garment
1924 – 2013
Libuše Havelková
1924 – 2017
Likhit Dhiravegin
1941 – 2016
Lisbeth Larsson
1949 – 2021
Lucie Randoin
1885 – 1960
Ludovico Geymonat
1908 – 1991
M. Margaret McKeown
b. 1951
Martha Graham
1894 – 1991
Martin Graf
b. 1960
May L. Cheney
1862 – 1942
Michael Hartmann
b. 1963
Michał Wawrykiewicz
b. 1971
Mitchell Sharp
1911 – 2004
Mustafa Tlass
1932 – 2017
Mykhailo Stelmakh
1912 – 1983
Myron Michailidis
b. 1968
Mózes Csoma
b. 1978
Nadiya Savchenko
b. 1981
Narendra Patel, Baron Patel
b. 1938
Niels Birbaumer
b. 1945
Nikolay Zubov
1885 – 1960
Nina Stemme
b. 1963
Obren Petrovic
b. 1957
Okiharu Yasuoka
1939 – 2019
Otto von Friesen
1870 – 1942
Philipp Foltz
1805 – 1877
Pierre-Paul Guieysse
1841 – 1914
Pridi Banomyong
1900 – 1983
Radimir Čačić
b. 1949
Raivo Vare
b. 1958
Renaud
b. 1952
Rhodes Boyson
1925 – 2012
Ricardo Lewandowski
b. 1948
Richard Spencer
b. 1978
Robert Raynolds McMath
1891 – 1962
Rodolfo Gambini
b. 1946
Sascha Lobo
b. 1975
Sergei Chernikov
1912 – 1987
Susanna Zimmermann
b. 1987
Tawfik Toubi
1922 – 2011
Thomas H. Robbins, Jr.
1900 – 1972
Thomas Hugues
b. 1966
Thomas Middelhoff
b. 1953
Thomas Montagu Steele
1820 – 1890
Tina Hassel
b. 1964
Tom Shakespeare
b. 1966
Vachagan Khalatyan
1932 – 2004
Vincent R. Stewart
1958 – 2023
Vinzenz Eduard Milde
1777 – 1853
Vladimir Kolokolcev
b. 1961
Václav Cílek
b. 1955
W. N. Medlicott
1900 – 1987
Wakako Hironaka
b. 1934
Wilhelm von Tangen Hansteen
1896 – 1980
William C Davis
1866 – 1958
William David Butler-Adams
b. 1974
William Glasser
1925 – 2013
William Hewins
1865 – 1931
William Rees Morgan Davies
1863 – 1939
Wojciech Karpiński
1943 – 2020
Władysław Puślecki
1933 – 2008
Yaacov Agam
1928 – 2026
Yaakov Bar-Shalom
b. 1941
Yuji Yamamoto
b. 1952
Zoran Radmilović
1933 – 1985
Akierra Missick
b. 1983
Alaksiej Awramienka
1977 – 2023
Alberto Rodríguez Librero
b. 1971
Albulena Haxhiu
b. 1987
Alexander Korotich
b. 1960
Alexandra Benado
b. 1976
Alfred H. Kingon
1931 – 2025
Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz
1787 – 1862
Alfred Potier
1840 – 1905
… and 3,813 more
Died on May 11
Afonso Costa
1871 – 1937
Edmond Becquerel
1820 – 1891
Edward Ingram
1890 – 1941
Eugenio Bulygin
1931 – 2021
Eugène Pittard
1867 – 1962
Georg Wissowa
1859 – 1931
Gianni De Michelis
1940 – 2019
Isabella Gordon
1901 – 1988
James Kendall Hosmer
1834 – 1927
Jean de La Bruyère
1645 – 1696
Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
1801 – 1887
John Frederick William Herschel
1792 – 1871
John R. Commons
1862 – 1945
Leon Kozłowski
1892 – 1944
Maurice Goldhaber
1911 – 2011
Nnamdi Azikiwe
1904 – 1996
Odd Hassel
1897 – 1981
Oleg Kovalyov
1948 – 2020
Ralph Paget
1864 – 1940
Sharpe James
1936 – 2025
Shireen Abu Akleh
1971 – 2022
Viktor Gerashchenko
1937 – 2025
William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
1783 – 1843
Alena Veselá
1923 – 2025
Alexander Akimov
1953 – 1986
Alexander Toradze
1952 – 2022
Andrus Saareste
1892 – 1964
Arthur Kerman
1929 – 2017
Auguste-Théodore-Paul de Broglie
1834 – 1895
Bill Peet
1915 – 2002
Boris Pash
1900 – 1995
Carlo Emery
1848 – 1925
Carlo Tiengo
1892 – 1945
Chalmers Hadley
1872 – 1958
Colin Moyle
1929 – 2024
Daniel De Leon
1852 – 1914
Douglas A. Zembiec
1973 – 2007
Ferenc Erdei
1910 – 1971
Frederic Goudy
1865 – 1947
Gérard Genette
1930 – 2018
Hans Luther
1879 – 1962
Harry Luke
1884 – 1969
Heinrich Fehlis
1906 – 1945
Heinz Hajek-Halke
1898 – 1983
Herbert Spencer Gasser
1888 – 1963
Ho Dam
1929 – 1991
Hugh Hudson
1930 – 1993
Ignaz von Rudhart
1790 – 1838
Israel Hwasser
1790 – 1860
Ivo Samkalden
1912 – 1995
Jacob Burck
1907 – 1982
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
1648 – 1716
James Rorimer
1905 – 1966
Jay Doblin
1920 – 1989
Joachim Kaiser
1928 – 2017
John A. Wickham
1928 – 2024
John Crawfurd
1783 – 1868
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1874 – 1960
John Fugh
1934 – 2010
Jonas Juška
1815 – 1886
Josef Dostál
1903 – 1999
K. R. Gowri Amma
1919 – 2021
Karl Schwarzschild
1873 – 1916
Kim Philby
1912 – 1988
Lazăr Șăineanu
1859 – 1934
Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith
1832 – 1918
Léopold Genicot
1914 – 1995
Maciej Kozłowski
1957 – 2010
Miloslav Stingl
1930 – 2020
Miyoshi Manabu
1862 – 1939
Montserrat Minobis i Puntonet
1942 – 2019
Nikolai Krylov
1879 – 1955
Orest Khvolson
1852 – 1934
Otto von Guericke
1602 – 1686
Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau
1823 – 1878
Pierre-Dominique Martin
1771 – 1855
Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda
1909 – 1992
Robert Treat Paine
1731 – 1814
Rolf Kreienberg
1946 – 2021
Salchak Toka
1901 – 1973
Sidney Colvin
1845 – 1927
Simon Kaukhchishvili
1895 – 1981
Stanley Woodwark
1875 – 1945
Thomas Andrew Knight
1759 – 1838
Théophile de Donder
1872 – 1957
Vilhelm Kyhn
1819 – 1903
Vladimir Yastrebchak
1979 – 2024
W. Harry Vaughan
1900 – 1993
Walter Sydney Adams
1876 – 1956
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
1708 – 1778
William Porcher Miles
1822 – 1899
Abdul Reza Pahlavi
1924 – 2004
Adolf Naef
1883 – 1949
Alexander Mitchell Palmer
1872 – 1936
Alfred Henry Lloyd
1864 – 1927
Alfred Holt Stone
1870 – 1955
Alvar Aalto
1898 – 1976
Anatoly Serov
1910 – 1939
Anna Rochester
1880 – 1966
Anne Dybka
1922 – 2007
Antoine d'Estrées
1529 – 1609
Armando Aráuz Aguilar
1922 – 2002
Arthur Henry Cheatle
1866 – 1929
Arthur Lasenby Liberty
1843 – 1917
Attila Demény
1955 – 2021
August Orth
1828 – 1901
Auguste de Talhouët-Roy
1819 – 1884
Benedykt Zientara
1928 – 1983
Bennett Boskey
1916 – 2016
Bernard Kettlewell
1907 – 1979
Beverley Anne Holloway
1931 – 2023
Blaise Diagne
1872 – 1934
Bob Marley
1945 – 1981
Bob Stuart
1920 – 2005
Brandon Clarke
1996 – 2026
Bruno Lietz
1925 – 2005
Bud Mahurin
1918 – 2010
Camillus Paul Maes
1846 – 1915
Carmi Schooler
1933 – 2018
Charles Kingston
1850 – 1908
Charles Niven
1845 – 1923
Charles Rosenthal
1875 – 1954
Charles de Tricornot de Rose
1876 – 1916
Christian Cappelen
1845 – 1916
Christian Cecil Kohlsaat
1844 – 1918
Chujiro Hayashi
1880 – 1940
Claudio Huepe
1939 – 2009
Clelio Darida
1927 – 2017
David Avidan
1934 – 1995
David E. Morgan
1849 – 1912
David Irving
1778 – 1860
David Redden
1949 – 2024
David Wade
1911 – 1990
Don Z. Zimmerman
1903 – 1983
Dyre Vaa
1903 – 1980
Ed Ricketts
1897 – 1948
Edward Togo Salmon
1905 – 1988
Egerton Wright
1885 – 1918
Elizaveta I. Gnevusheva
1916 – 1994
Emerson Coatsworth
1854 – 1943
Engelsina Markizova
1928 – 2004
Enrique S. Quintana
1851 – 1896
Eqbal Ahmad
1933 – 1999
Eric Dorman-Smith
1895 – 1969
Eugenio Munizaga
1941 – 2018
Felix von Eckardt
1903 – 1979
Ferdinand Hiller
1811 – 1885
Floyd Patterson
1935 – 2006
Floyd T. Christian
1914 – 1998
Fred A. Hartley, Jr.
1902 – 1969
Frederick Bellenger
1894 – 1968
Frederick Innes
1816 – 1882
Fritz Pollard
1894 – 1986
Fritz Ursell
1923 – 2012
Fuat Ağralı
1877 – 1957
George Comstock
1855 – 1934
George Edmund Badger
1795 – 1866
George White
1840 – 1912
George William Howlan
1835 – 1901
Gerard van Spaendonck
1746 – 1822
Gilbert Carlton Walker
1833 – 1885
Gilbert Jessop
1874 – 1955
Giovanni Tebaldini
1864 – 1952
Gottfried, 8th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
1897 – 1960
Grigori Kozintsev
1905 – 1973
Gunther Cunningham
1946 – 2019
Guy de Larigaudie
1908 – 1940
Hanny Thalmann
1912 – 2000
Harold Lederman
1940 – 2019
Harry Hill Bandholtz
1864 – 1925
Hassan Konopacki
1878 – 1953
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
1821 – 1881
Henry S. Caulfield
1873 – 1966
Hermann Deiters
1833 – 1907
Hodding Carter III
1935 – 2023
Hugh Cameron
1836 – 1918
Hyacinth
1777 – 1853
India Catalina
1495 – 1538
Ion Keith-Falconer
1856 – 1887
James Langhorne
1879 – 1950
James Paull
1818 – 1875
James Troup
1883 – 1975
James W. Nance
1921 – 1999
Jason John Nassau
1893 – 1965
Jean Galbert de Campistron
1656 – 1723
Jeb Stuart Magruder
1934 – 2014
Jef Geeraerts
1930 – 2015
Jerry Stiller
1927 – 2020
Jesús Aguirre
1934 – 2001
Joachim, 6th Prince Murat
1885 – 1938
Joaquim Manuel de Macedo
1820 – 1882
Joe Farman
1930 – 2013
Joe Temperley
1929 – 2016
John Balmer
1910 – 1944
John Brown
1810 – 1882
John Gregory Crace
1887 – 1968
John H. Rousselot
1927 – 2003
John Hart
1711 – 1779
John J. Hemphill
1849 – 1912
John Trumbull
1750 – 1831
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