Famous Personalities Born In May - 11

1568  On May - 11 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 this day in history birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian   

1720  Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) was born on May - 11.   

1722  On May - 11 birth of peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam)   

1731  On May - 11 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  Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer was born on May - 11.   

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

1801  On May - 11 birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)   

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  Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of alfred Stevens, Belgian painter   

1824  On this day in history birth of jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)   

1827  Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.   

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

1835  On this day in history birth of kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905)   

1838  On May - 11 birth of walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912)   

1840  Filippo Capocci, composer was born on this day in history.   

1841  Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on this day in history.   

1852  Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

1858  On this day in history 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  On May - 11 birth of frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)   

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1304  On this day in history death of mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)   

1610  Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies on May - 11.   

1631  Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1672  Death of Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615) on May - 11.   

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

1723  On this day in history death of jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)   

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 this day in history.