Famous Personalities Born In May - 11
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
1568 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.
1571 Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on May - 11.
1654 Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.
1720 Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.
1722 Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on May - 11.
1731 On May - 11 birth of johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer
1733 Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on May - 11.
1752 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on May - 11.
1763 János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845) was born on May - 11.
1772 On this day in history birth of henri-Jean Rigel, composer
1791 On May - 11 birth of jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer
1799 John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1801 On May - 11 birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
1807 On this day in history birth of ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello)
1811 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on May - 11.
1811 On this day in history birth of jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893)
1817 On May - 11 birth of fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)
1821 On this day in history birth of [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1823 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on May - 11.
1824 On this day in history birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
1827 On May - 11 birth of jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
1830 On this day in history birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1835 On this day in history birth of kÄrlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)
1838 On May - 11 birth of walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)
1840 On May - 11 birth of filippo Capocci, composer
1841 Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on May - 11.
1852 On May - 11 birth of charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09)
1854 John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) was born on this day in history.
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 Frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947) was born on this day in history.
1869 Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on May - 11.
1871 Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943) was born on May - 11.