Famous Birthdays In May - 11
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1568 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on this day in history.
1571 Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.
1654 On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian
1720 Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.
1722 Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.
1731 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on this day in history.
1733 On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
1752 On this day in history birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)
1763 János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845) was born on this day in history.
1772 On May - 11 birth of henri-Jean Rigel, composer
1791 On May - 11 birth of jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer
1799 On this day in history birth of john Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)
1801 Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.
1807 Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) was born on May - 11.
1811 On this day in history birth of chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins
1811 Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
1817 Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born on May - 11.
1821 On May - 11 birth of [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1823 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on May - 11.
1824 Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904) was born on May - 11.
1827 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1830 John Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on this day in history.
1835 On May - 11 birth of kÄrlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
1838 Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912) was born on May - 11.
1840 On this day in history birth of filippo Capocci, composer
1841 Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on May - 11.
1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09) was born on May - 11.
1854 John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) was born on May - 11.
1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype) was born on this day in history.
1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born on this day in history.
1858 Carl Hauptmann, writer was born on May - 11.
1861 Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947) was born on May - 11.
1869 On this day in history birth of francisco Lacerda, composer
1871 Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943) was born on May - 11.