History Births on December 11

Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician

#Taku_Yamasaki

Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian physicist, economist, and jurist (d. 1835)

#Gian_Domenico_Romagnosi

Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer and manager

#Stig_Inge_Bjørnebye

Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (d. 2013)

#Ronald_Dworkin

Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer

#Maarten_Lafeber

Gete Wami, Ethiopian runner

#Gete_Wami

Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)

#Elmer_Vasko

Emanuele d'Astorga, Italian composer (d. 1736)

#Emanuele_d'Astorga

Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer

#Tim_Southee

Amar Singh Rathore, Rajput nobleman (d. 1644)

#Amar_Singh_Rathore

Robert Koch, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)

#Robert_Koch

Dave King, Irish-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dave_King_(Irish_singer)

Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist (d. 1857)

#Alfred_de_Musset

Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player

#Mark_Streit

Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1935)

#Carlos_Gardel

Marco Pierre White, English chef and mentor

#Marco_Pierre_White

Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter

#Jean-Louis_Trintignant

Leon Lai, Hong Kong singer and actor

#Leon_Lai

Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentinian race car driver

#Pablo_Pérez_Companc

Lynda Day George, American actress

#Lynda_Day_George

Anna Carteret, English actress

#Anna_Carteret

Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Enrico_Macias

David Gates, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#David_Gates

Kamehameha V of Hawaii (d. 1872)

#Kamehameha_V

Peter Kelamis, Australian voice actor

#Peter_Kelamis

Brandon Rogers, American singer and actor

#Brandon_Rogers_(singer)

Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright (d. 1998)

#Elena_Garro

Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1764)

#Francesco_Algarotti

Alex Russell, Australian actor

#Alex_Russell_(actor)

Hailee Steinfeld, American actress and singer

#Hailee_Steinfeld

Leighton Baines, English footballer

#Leighton_Baines

Rhoma Irama, Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Rhoma_Irama

Karla Souza, Mexican actress

#Karla_Souza

Jean Marais, French actor and director (d. 1998)

#Jean_Marais

Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist

#Gerben_de_Knegt

Rider Strong, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Rider_Strong

Willie McGinest, American football player and sportscaster

#Willie_McGinest

Rey Mysterio, American wrestler

#Rey_Mysterio

Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic (d. 1967)

#Josip_Plemelj

Mos Def, American rapper

#Mos_Def

Carl Friedrich Zelter, German composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1832)

#Carl_Friedrich_Zelter

René Bull, British illustrator and photographer (d. 1942)

#René_Bull

Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm (d. 1981)

#Walter_Knott

Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress (Roma)

#Yalitza_Aparicio

Thomas McGuane, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter

#Thomas_McGuane

Nigel Winterburn, English footballer and coach

#Nigel_Winterburn

Roy Hibbert, American basketball player

#Roy_Hibbert

Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (d. 1869)

#Hector_Berlioz

Santiago Creel, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior

#Santiago_Creel

Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer (d. 1994)

#Gilbert_Roland

Adi Keissar, Israeli poet

#Adi_Keissar

Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Manoel_de_Oliveira

Ben Shephard, English journalist and television host

#Ben_Shephard

Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

#Max_Born

Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (d. 2007)

#Carlo_Ponti

Nikki Sixx, American bass player, songwriter, and producer

#Nikki_Sixx

Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Paul_Greengard

John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State

#John_Kerry

Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player

#Daniel_Alfredsson

Pope Leo X (d. 1521)

#Pope_Leo_X

John Lammers, Dutch footballer and manager

#John_Lammers

Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player

#Viswanathan_Anand

Julio de Caro, Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1980)

#Julio_de_Caro

Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shogun (d. 1489)

#Ashikaga_Yoshihisa

Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer and manager

#Sami_Al-Jaber

Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German poet and playwright (d. 1836)

#Christian_Dietrich_Grabbe

Keith Waldrop, American author and poet

#Keith_Waldrop

Dave Schools, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

#Dave_Schools

Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

#Jermaine_Jackson

Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1987)

#Hákun_Djurhuus

Hans van den Broek, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Hans_van_den_Broek

Heo Mok, Korean politician, poet and scholar (d. 1682)

#Heo_Mok

Mo'Nique, American comedian, actress, and producer

#Mo'Nique

Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher, theorist, and author (d. 1918)

#Georgi_Plekhanov

Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)

#Marie_Windsor

Dilip Kumar, Pakistani-Indian actor, director, and screenwriter

#Dilip_Kumar

Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)

#Amon_Göth

Peter Bagge, American author and illustrator

#Peter_Bagge

David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1868)

#David_Brewster

Javier Saviola, Argentinian footballer

#Javier_Saviola

Chris Hughton, English-born Irish footballer and manager

#Chris_Hughton

Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1988)

#Rogier_van_Otterloo

Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician (d. 1962)

#Yehuda_Leib_Maimon

Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)

#Maila_Nurmi

Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager

#Mario_Been

Christina Onassis, American-born Greek/Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress (d. 1988)

#Christina_Onassis

Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer and manager

#Fabrizio_Ravanelli

Clifton Geathers, American football player

#Clifton_Geathers

Dalton Pompey, Canadian baseball player

#Dalton_Pompey

Pranab Mukherjee, Indian journalist and politician, 13th President of India

#Pranab_Mukherjee

Glenn Lazarus, Australian rugby league player and politician

#Glenn_Lazarus

James Ellsworth, American professional wrestler

#James_Ellsworth_(wrestler)

Derrick Nix, American basketball player

#Derrick_Nix

George Mason, American lawyer and politician (d. 1792)

#George_Mason

Denis Jenkinson, English motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 1996)

#Denis_Jenkinson

Betsy Blair, American actress and dancer (d. 2009)

#Betsy_Blair

Rajneesh, Indian guru, mystic, and educator (d. 1990)

#Rajneesh

Tiffany Alvord, American singer-songwriter

#Tiffany_Alvord

Frederick Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 5th Baron Ventry, British Army officer and Anglo-Irish peer (d. 1923)

#Frederick_Eveleigh-de-Moleyns,_5th_Baron_Ventry

Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (d. 1951)

#Frank_Tarrant

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)

#Aleksandr_Solzhenitsyn

Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (d. 1941)

#Annie_Jump_Cannon

Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player, coach, and manager

#Shareef_Abdur-Rahim

Doc Blanchard, American football player and colonel (d. 2009)

#Doc_Blanchard

Jay Bell, American baseball player and coach

#Jay_Bell

Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)

#Naguib_Mahfouz

Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress

#Miranda_Tapsell

Bess Armstrong, American actress

#Bess_Armstrong

Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (d. 2002)

#Göran_Kropp

Max Martini, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Max_Martini

McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician

#McCoy_Tyner

Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet (d. 1921)

#Subramania_Bharati

Donna Mills, American actress and producer

#Donna_Mills

Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player (d. 1961)

#Piet_Ooms

Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter

#Ria_Stalman

Macky Sall, Senegalese engineer and politician, 4th President of Senegal

#Macky_Sall

Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer

#Mazlan_Othman

Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player

#Claudia_Kohde-Kilsch

Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014)

#Andriy_Husin

Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (d. 1887)

#Webster_Paulson

Erik Honoré, Norwegian guitarist and producer

#Erik_Honoré

Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer

#Sandra_Echeverría

Brad Bryant, American golfer

#Brad_Bryant

Max Baucus, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to China

#Max_Baucus

Andrew Lansley, English politician, Secretary of State for Health

#Andrew_Lansley

Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (d. 1976)

#Mark_Tobey

Stu Jackson, American basketball player, coach, and manager

#Stu_Jackson

Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 2002)

#Leo_Ornstein

Giannis Ragousis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence

#Giannis_Ragousis

Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-American actress, singer, and dancer

#Rita_Moreno

Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Chris_Shepherd

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (d. 1943)

#Vladimir_Nemirovich-Danchenko

Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1496)

#Eberhard_I,_Duke_of_Württemberg

Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (d. 2009)

#Qian_Xuesen

Brenda Lee, American singer-songwriter

#Brenda_Lee

Tom Hayden, American activist and politician (d. 2016)

#Tom_Hayden

Paul Medhurst, Australian footballer

Jeff McComsey, American author and illustrator

Jason Kennedy, American journalist

Kristjan Kitsing, Estonian basketball player

Valdis Mintals, Estonian figure skater

Roy Wood, Jr., American comedian, actor, and radio host

Yujiro Shirakawa, Japanese actor

Lisa Ortiz, American theatre and voice actress

Murray Goodwin, Zimbabwean cricketer

Victoria Fuller, American model and actress

Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer and manager

Gary Dourdan, American actor

Gavin Hill, New Zealand rugby player

Carolyn Waldo, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster

Justin Currie, British singer-songwriter and guitarist

Mark Greatbatch, New Zealand cricketer

Steve Nicol, Scottish footballer and manager

Tom Shadyac, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Lani Brockman, American actress and director, founded Studio East

Christian Sackewitz, German footballer and manager

Ray Kelvin, British fashion designer

Gene Grossman, American economist and academic

Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic guitarist, mathematician, and engineer

Sylvester Clarke, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1999)

Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek guitarist and composer

Tanimura Shinji, Japanese singer-songwriter

Diana Palmer, American journalist and author

Rick McCosker, Australian cricketer

Jon Garrison, American tenor and educator

J. Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)

J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2015)

Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2016)

Salim Durani, Afghan-Indian cricketer

Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines

Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan colonel and engineer (d. 1991)

Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (d. 2016)

Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (d. 2002)

Axel Anderson, German actor and production manager (d. 2012)

John Buscema, American illustrator (d. 2002)

Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)

James Sullivan, American politician (d. 2012)

Aaron Feuerstein, American businessman and philanthropist

Morrie Turner, American comics creator (d. 2014)

Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-born American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (d. 2013)

Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (d. 2007)

Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005)

Liz Smith, English actress (d. 2016)

Ilmar Laaban, Estonian poet and publicist (d. 2000)

Cliff Michelmore, English television host and producer (d. 2016)

Clinton Adams, American painter and historian (d. 2002)

Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader (d. 1989)

Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 2006)

Mildred Cleghorn, Native American chairwoman and educator (d. 1997)

Ronald McKie, Australian soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1991)

Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (d. 2012)

Robert Henriques, English farmer, author, and broadcaster (d. 1967)

Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993)

Hermína Týrlová, Czechoslovakian animator, screenwriter, and film director (d. 1993)

Ronald Skirth, English soldier (d. 1977)

Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (d. 1947)

John Labatt, Canadian brewer and businessman (d. 1915)

Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (d. 1650)