History Births on April 11

Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (d. 2011)

#Bernd_Eichinger

Walid Soliman, Tunisian author and translator

#Walid_Soliman_(writer)

Sergei Lukyanenko, Kazakh-Russian journalist and author

#Sergei_Lukyanenko

Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (d. 211)

#Septimius_Severus

Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)

#Michael_Deaver

Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)

#Jim_Hearn

Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (d. 1895)

#Charles_Hallé

Peeter Kümmel, Estonian skier

#Peeter_Kümmel

Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian-Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1983)

#Alberto_Ginastera

Jane Bolin, American lawyer and judge (d. 2007)

#Jane_Bolin

Stuart Adamson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)

#Stuart_Adamson

Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and AIDS activist (d. 1993)

#Michael_Callen

William Royer, American soldier and politician (d. 2013)

#William_Royer

Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist

#Luther_Johnson_(Guitar_Junior)

Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer

#Harley_Race

Hugh Massie, Australian cricketer (d. 1938)

#Hugh_Massie

Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (d. 1997)

#Anton_LaVey

Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player

#Michel_Riesen

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, French miniaturist and portrait painter (d. 1803)

#Adélaïde_Labille-Guiard

Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (d. 2006)

#Oleg_Cassini

Jennifer Esposito, American actress

#Jennifer_Esposito

John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician

#John_Montagu,_11th_Earl_of_Sandwich

John Leech, English politician

#John_Leech_(politician)

W?adys?aw Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (d. 1998)

#W?adys?aw_Komar

Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player and coach

#Bret_Saberhagen

Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet, essayist, and translator (d. 2014)

#Mark_Strand

Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1854)

#Macedonio_Melloni

Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby player and coach

#Lewis_Jones_(rugby)

Tom Thacker, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Tom_Thacker_(musician)

John Eliot, English lawyer and politician (d. 1632)

#John_Eliot_(statesman)

James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (d. 1824)

#James_Parkinson

Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer-songwriter

#Cerys_Matthews

Nikola Karabati?, French handball player

#Nikola_Karabati?

Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (d. 1997)

#Pierre_Péladeau

John I of Portugal (d. 1433)

#John_I_of_Portugal

Steve Scarsone, American baseball player and manager

#Steve_Scarsone

Reatha King, American chemist and businesswoman

#Reatha_King

Ellen Goodman, American journalist and author

#Ellen_Goodman

Balls Mahoney, American wrestler (d. 2016)

#Balls_Mahoney

Dele Alli, English footballer

#Dele_Alli

Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach

#Micheal_Ray_Richardson

Zöe Lucker, English actress

#Zöe_Lucker

Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist

#Ethel_Kennedy

Peter Riegert, American actor, screenwriter and film director

#Peter_Riegert

George I, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1531)

#George_I,_Duke_of_Pomerania

John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic

#John_Krebs,_Baron_Krebs

Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, producer, and musician

#Vincent_Gallo

Ferdinand Lassalle, German philosopher and jurist (d. 1864)

#Ferdinand_Lassalle

Aleksandr Averin, Azerbaijani cyclist and coach

#Aleksandr_Averin_(cyclist)

Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)

#Andronikos_IV_Palaiologos

Lisa Stansfield, English singer-songwriter and actress

#Lisa_Stansfield

Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007)

#Josh_Hancock

K. L. Saigal, Indian singer and actor (d. 1947)

#K._L._Saigal

Andrew Wiles, English mathematician and academic

#Andrew_Wiles

Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997)

#Leo_Rosten

Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)

#Edward_Lawson_(VC)

Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer

#Keiji_Tamada

Gyula Kellner, Hungarian runner (d. 1940)

#Gyula_Kellner

Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer

#Joel_Grey

Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Sebastien_Grainger

Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver

#Nicky_Pastorelli

Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

#Trevor_Linden

David Jassy, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

#David_Jassy

Olivier Magne, French rugby player

#Olivier_Magne

Indira Samarasekera, Sri Lankan engineer and academic

#Indira_Samarasekera

Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer

#Thiago_Alcântara

António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1996)

#António_de_Spínola

Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model

#Alessandra_Ambrosio

Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer

#Rubén_Palazuelos

Mark Keppel, American educator (d. 1928)

#Mark_Keppel

John Levy, American bassist and businessman (d. 2012)

#John_Levy_(musician)

Jyotirao Phule, Indian scholar, philosopher, and activist (d. 1890)

#Jyotirao_Phule

Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)

#Anatoly_Berezovoy

Trot Nixon, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Trot_Nixon

Edward Everett, English-American educator and politician, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1865)

#Edward_Everett

Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1724)

#Marie_Jeanne_Baptiste_of_Savoy-Nemours

Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricketer and umpire

#Billy_Bowden

Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001)

#Howard_W._Koch

Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (d. 1943)

#Johanna_Elberskirchen

Louise Lasser, American actress

#Louise_Lasser

Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium

#Guy_Verhofstadt

Will Minson, Australian footballer

#Will_Minson

Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist

#Johann_Sebastian_Paetsch

Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1953)

#Bernard_O'Dowd

Mark Teixeira, American baseball player

#Mark_Teixeira

Kelli Garner, American actress

#Kelli_Garner

John Cryer, English journalist and politician

#John_Cryer

William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1938)

#William_Wallace_Campbell

Peter Windsor, English-Australian journalist and sportscaster

#Peter_Windsor

James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer (d. 1712)

#James_Hamilton,_4th_Duke_of_Hamilton

John Alcock, English organist and composer (d. 1806)

#John_Alcock_(organist)

Abdullah Atalar, Turkish engineer and academic

#Abdullah_Atalar

Oliver Riedel, German bass player

#Oliver_Riedel

Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier

#Jennifer_Heil

Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (d. 1971)

#Dean_Acheson

Jason Varitek, American baseball player and manager

#Jason_Varitek

Paul Douglas, American actor (d. 1959)

#Paul_Douglas_(actor)

Kevin Brady, American lawyer and politician

#Kevin_Brady

Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge

#Ana_María_Polo

Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1903)

#Arthur_Shrewsbury

Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (d. 1987)

#Norman_McLaren

Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1428)

#Frederick_I,_Elector_of_Saxony

Tony Brown, American journalist and academic

#Tony_Brown_(journalist)

Ian Bell, English cricketer

#Ian_Bell

Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (d. 1940)

#Ivane_Javakhishvili

Shin Seung-hun, South Korean singer-songwriter

#Shin_Seung-hun

Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player

#Kelvim_Escobar

Josh Server, American actor

#Josh_Server

Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete

#Lena_Schöneborn

Dai Greene, Welsh hurdler

#Dai_Greene

Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German astronomer and optician (d. 1935)

#Bernhard_Schmidt

Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television presenter

#Jeremy_Clarkson

David Zeisberger, Czech-American clergyman and missionary (d. 1808)

#David_Zeisberger

Waldemar Fornalik, Polish footballer and manager

#Waldemar_Fornalik

Jack Rayner, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2008)

#Jack_Rayner

Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter and actress

#Joss_Stone

Nicholas F. Brady, American businessman and politician, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury

#Nicholas_F._Brady

Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State (d. 1948)

#Charles_Evans_Hughes

Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author (d. 1989)

#Sándor_Márai

Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Steve_Azar

Veronica Pyke, Australian cricketer

#Veronica_Pyke

Lokesh Chandra, Indian historian

#Lokesh_Chandra

Bartholomeus Strobel, Silezian painter (d. 1650)

#Bartholomeus_Strobel

Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (d. 1771)

#Christopher_Smart

Emilio Colombo, Italian lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)

#Emilio_Colombo

Bill Irwin, American actor and clown

#Bill_Irwin

Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player

#Leland_Irving

David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (d. 2014)

#David_Manker_Abshire

Shirley Stelfox, English actress (d. 2015)

#Shirley_Stelfox

Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (d. 1398)

#Roger_Mortimer,_4th_Earl_of_March

Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer and conductor (d. 1738)

#Jean-Joseph_Mouret

Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player and coach

#Àlex_Corretja

Thulani Serero, South African footballer

#Thulani_Serero

Misuzu Kaneko, Japanese poet (d. 1930)

#Misuzu_Kaneko

Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal (d. 1943)

#Gustav_Vigeland

Attila József, Hungarian poet and educator (d. 1937)

#Attila_József

George Canning, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1827)

#George_Canning

Miriam Kolodziejová, Czech tennis player

Georgia Bohl, Australian swimmer

Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer

Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (d. 2014)

Sarodj Bertin, Haitian model and human rights lawyer

Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer

Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player

Malcolm Christie, English footballer

Ivonne Teichmann, German runner

Olga Hostáková, Czech tennis player

Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter

Allan Théo, French singer

Delroy Pearson, English singer-songwriter and producer

Michael von Grünigen, Swiss skier

Patrick Sang, Kenyan runner

Elizabeth Smylie, Australian tennis player

Mark Lawson, English journalist and author

Franck Ducheix, French fencer

Nobuaki Kakuda, Japanese martial artist

Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1993)

Pierre Lacroix, Canadian ice hockey player

Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian sprinter

Willie Royster, American baseball player (d. 2015)

Ian Redmond, English biologist and conservationist

David Perrett, Scottish psychologist and academic

Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer

Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist

Paul Fox, English singer and guitarist (d. 2007)

Michael T. Wright, English engineer and academic (d. 2015)

Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)

Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter

Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 2016)

Bob Harris, English journalist and radio host

Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (d. 2015)

John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Peter Barfuß, German footballer

James Underwood, English pathologist and academic

Thomas Harris, American author and screenwriter

Col Firmin, Australian politician (d. 2013)

Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (d. 2013)

Jill Gascoine, English actress and author

Brian Noble, English bishop

Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (d. 1997)

Ron Pember, English actor, director and playwright

Walter Krüger, German javelin thrower

Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)

Edwin Pope, American journalist and author (d. 2017)

Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007)

Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2011)

Viktor Masing, Estonian botanist and ecologist (d. 2001)

Viola Liuzzo, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)

Yuriy Lituyev, Russian hurdler and commander (d. 2000)

Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist and politician (d. 2014)

George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980)

Arved Viirlaid, Estonian-Canadian soldier and author (d. 2015)

Peter O'Donnell, English soldier and author (d. 2010)

Raymond Carr, English historian and academic (d. 2015)

Richard Wainwright, English soldier and politician (d. 2003)

David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005)

Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television broadcaster and sportscaster (d. 1993)

Dorothy Lewis Bernstein, American mathematician (d. 1988)

Robert Stanfield, Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)

Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (d. 1992)

Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1997)

Ivor Spencer-Thomas, Welsh farmer and businessman (d. 2001)

Dale Messick, American author and illustrator (d. 2005)

Percy Lavon Julian, African-American chemist and academic (d. 1975)

Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1967)

Jamini Roy, Indian painter (d. 1972)

Paul Henry, Irish painter (d. 1958)

Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek historian and author (d. 1939)

William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg (d. 1213)