Famous Personalities Born In May - 11
Monday, 15 December 2025
1568 On May - 11 birth of christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) 

1571 On May - 11 birth of niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) 

1654 On May - 11 birth of cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian 

1720 On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) 

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

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 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 this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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 Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on May - 11. 

1817 Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909) was born on this day in history. 

1821 On May - 11 birth of [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) 

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

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 KÄrlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on this day in history. 

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 On this day in history birth of john Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) 

1854 On this day in history birth of ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype) 

1855 On May - 11 birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) 

1858 On this day in history birth of carl Hauptmann, writer 

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. 

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