Famous Personalities Born In May - 11
Friday, 11 July 2025
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 KÄrlis 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.