History Births on August 11

Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985)

#Lloyd_Nolan

Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)

#Mike_Douglas

Viola Davis, American actress

#Viola_Davis

Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956)

#Johnny_Claes

Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (d. 1970)

#Louise_Bogan

Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1882)

#Frederick_Innes

Nikolaus von Schönberg, Catholic cardinal (d. 1537)

#Nikolaus_von_Schönberg

Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)

#Richard_Mead

William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)

#William_W._Chapman

Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player

#Mike_Hugg

Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1953)

#Princess_Louise_Charlotte_of_Saxe-Altenburg

Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor

#Chris_Hemsworth

Kido Takayoshi, Japanese samurai and politician (d. 1877)

#Kido_Takayoshi

Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)

#Gustavo_Cerati

Carolyn Murphy, American model and actress

#Carolyn_Murphy

David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)

#David_Rice_Atchison

Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge (d. 1954)

#Adolph_M._Christianson

Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (d. 1968)

#Enid_Blyton

Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager

#Theo_de_Jong

Joseph Schuster, German composer (d. 1812)

#Joseph_Schuster_(composer)

Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)

#Alfredo_Binda

Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)

#Richard_Brocklesby

Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)

#Ernst_Jaakson

Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)

#Peter_Mohr_Dam

John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (d. 2013)

#John_"Mule"_Miles

Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)

#Ronnie_Dawson_(musician)

Bryan Bassett, American guitarist

#Bryan_Bassett

Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress and screenwriter

#Alejandra_Barros

Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek journalist and politician

#Georgios_Karatzaferis

Isy Suttie, English comedian, musician, actress, and writer

#Isy_Suttie

James B. Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)

#James_B._Longacre

Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host

#Joe_Rogan

Warren Brown, American historian and politician (d. 1919)

#Warren_Brown_(politician)

Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player

#Melky_Cabrera

Hadiqa Kiani, Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist

#Hadiqa_Kiani

Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer

#Mokhtar_Benmoussa

Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer

#Arlene_Dahl

Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician

#Martin_Linton

Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager

#Iván_Córdoba

Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress

#Jacqueline_Fernandez

Y?ji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)

#Y?ji_Koseki

Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (d. 1791)

#Frederick_Haldimand

Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)

#Bill_Monbouquette

Tommy Mooney, English footballer

#Tommy_Mooney

Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic

#Pierre-Louis_Lions

Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player

#Storm_Sanders

Luke Lewis, Australian rugby league player

#Luke_Lewis

Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer

#Cristian_Tello

Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (d. 1999)

#Jerzy_Grotowski

Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)

#Thanom_Kittikachorn

Reid Blackburn, American photographer (d. 1980)

#Reid_Blackburn

Petter Wettre, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

#Petter_Wettre

Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter

#Gemma_Hayes

Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

#Aaron_Klug

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (d. 1852)

#Friedrich_Ludwig_Jahn

Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (d. 1978)

#Don_Freeman

Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)

#Eiji_Yoshikawa

Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia

#Peter_Eisenman

Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator

#Jim_Lee

Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)

#Bob_Scheffing

Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player

#Pablo_Sandoval

Patty Mills, Australian basketball player

#Patty_Mills

Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist

#Anton_Cooper

Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player

#Hiromi_Makihara

Sophie Okonedo, British actress

#Sophie_Okonedo

Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster

#Daniel_Lloyd_(cyclist)

?ubomír Viš?ovský, Slovak ice hockey player

#?ubomír_Viš?ovský

Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater

#Marie-France_Dubreuil

Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter and musician

#Joe_Jackson_(musician)

Richard Scudamore, English businessman

#Richard_Scudamore

Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer

#Mustafa_Pektemek

Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992)

#Alex_Haley

Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1125)

#Henry_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Enrique_Bunbury

Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright

#Fernando_Arrabal

Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 1962)

#Hermann_Wlach

Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician

#Tim_Hutchinson

Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)

#Aleksander_Aberg

Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer

#Wijda_Mazereeuw

Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1899)

#Robert_G._Ingersoll

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan

#Pervez_Musharraf

Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)

#Chuck_Rayner

Rob Minkoff, American director and producer

#Rob_Minkoff

Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist

#Daniel_Poohl

John Ellison, American-Canadian musician and songwriter

#John_Ellison

Dany N'Guessan, French footballer

#Dany_N'Guessan

Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player

#Jah_Wobble

Drew Storen, American baseball player

#Drew_Storen

Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)

#Marie_François_Sadi_Carnot

Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Eric_Carmen

Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software

#Charles_Cecil

Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.

#Steve_Wozniak

John Conlee, American singer-songwriter

#John_Conlee

Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)

#Tom_Richardson_(cricketer)

Brian Azzarello, American author

#Brian_Azzarello

Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver

#Lucas_di_Grassi

Yolande of Aragon (d. 1442)

#Yolande_of_Aragon

Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

#Marc_Bergevin

Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)

#Morris_Weiss

Jim Kale, Canadian bass player

#Jim_Kale

Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)

#Hugh_MacDiarmid

Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (d. 1939)

#Ottó_Bláthy

Massimiliano Allegri, Italian footballer and manager

#Massimiliano_Allegri

Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer

#Walter_Ayoví

Denis Payton, English saxophonist (d. 2006)

#Denis_Payton

Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager

#Tarmo_Rüütli

Hulk Hogan, American wrestler

#Hulk_Hogan

Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)

#Uku_Masing

Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Ben_Gibbard

Anna Massey, English actress (d. 2011)

#Anna_Massey

Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician

#Sylvia_Hermon

Kristin Armstrong, American cyclist

#Kristin_Armstrong

Charlie Sexton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Charlie_Sexton

Will Friedle, American actor and screenwriter

#Will_Friedle

Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor

#Ian_McDiarmid

Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group (d. 2014)

#Patrick_Joseph_McGovern

Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)

#Christiaan_Eijkman

Margaret Paleologa, Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (d. 1566)

#Margaret_Paleologa

Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer

#Bob_Mothersbaugh

Gianluca Pessotto, Italian footballer

#Gianluca_Pessotto

Joseph Barbato, French footballer

Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player

Sebastian Huke, German footballer

Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)

Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player

Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)

Lee Suggs, American football player

Lillian Nakate, Ugandan politician

Charlotte Leslie, British politician

Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer

Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer

Bubba Crosby, American baseball player

Chris Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter

Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (d. 2002)

Dirk Hannemann, German footballer and manager

Juan María Solare, Argentinian pianist and composer

Nigel Martyn, English footballer and coach

Embeth Davidtz, American actress

Grant Waite, New Zealand golfer

John Micklethwait, English journalist and author

Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach

David Brooks, American journalist and author

László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor

Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)

Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman

Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player

Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)

Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau

Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire

Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach (d. 2012)

Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)

Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)

Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)

Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter

Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author

Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx

Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2012)

Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic

Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (d. 1999)

Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015)

Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor

Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (d. 2007)

John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter

Geoffrey Cass, English businessman

Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003)

Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007)

Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor

Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006)

Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (d. 2015)

Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)

Angus Wilson, English author and academic (d. 1991)

Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)

Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)

Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)

Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)

Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)

Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)

Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)

Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (d. 1944)

Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)

Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)

Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (d. 1955)

John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)