Famous Personalities Born In May - 11

1568  On this day in history birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain)   

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 this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On this day in history birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer   

1733  On this day in history birth of victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)   

1752  On May - 11 birth of johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)   

1763  On May - 11 birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)   

1772  Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on May - 11.   

1791  On May - 11 birth of jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer   

1799  On May - 11 birth of john Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836)   

1801  Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875) was born on May - 11.   

1807  Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) was born on this day in history.   

1811  Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on this day in history.   

1811  On May - 11 birth of jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)   

1817  Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born on May - 11.   

1821  [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.   

1823  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on this day in history.   

1824  On May - 11 birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)   

1827  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)   

1830  On May - 11 birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1835  Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on May - 11.   

1838  On this day in history birth of walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)   

1840  On May - 11 birth of filippo Capocci, composer   

1841  On May - 11 birth of ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter   

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  On May - 11 birth of ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype)   

1855  Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born on this day in history.   

1858  On May - 11 birth of carl Hauptmann, writer   

1861  On this day in history birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)   

1869  On May - 11 birth of francisco Lacerda, composer   

1871  Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943) was born on this day in history.   

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1304  Death of Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271) on this day in history.   

1610  On this day in history matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on May - 11.   

1672  On May - 11 death of charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)   

1708  On this day in history death of jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)   

1723  Death of Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

1742  Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 on May - 11.   

1772  Death of Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged on May - 11.