History Births on March 11

Dario Cologna, Swiss skier

#Dario_Cologna

Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (d. 1946)

#Wanda_Gág

Elias Koteas, Canadian actor

#Elias_Koteas

Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman, founded News Corporation

#Rupert_Murdoch

Renzo Gracie, Brazilian-American mixed martial artist and trainer

#Renzo_Gracie

Katsuhiko Nakajima, Japanese wrestler

#Katsuhiko_Nakajima

Allan Vainola, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Allan_Vainola

Junichi Sato, Japanese animator and director

#Junichi_Sato

Christophe Gans, French director, producer, and screenwriter

#Christophe_Gans

Mary of Woodstock, daughter of Edward I of England (d. c.1332)

#Mary_of_Woodstock

Griselda Pollock, South African-English historian and academic

#Griselda_Pollock

LeToya Luckett, American singer-songwriter and actress

#LeToya_Luckett

Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)

#Frank_Harary

Janosch, Polish-German author and illustrator

#Janosch

Robert Havemann, German chemist and academic (d. 1982)

#Robert_Havemann

Luke Johnson, English drummer and songwriter

#Luke_Johnson_(musician)

Robbie Brookside, English wrestler and trainer

#Robbie_Brookside

D. J. MacHale, American author, director, and screenwriter

#D._J._MacHale

Leroy Jenkins, American violinist and composer (Revolutionary Ensemble) (d. 2007)

#Leroy_Jenkins_(jazz_musician)

Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1946)

#Louis_Bachelier

Heidi Cortez, American businesswoman and author

#Heidi_Cortez

Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist

#Tanel_Kangert

Louis Boulanger, French Romantic painter, lithographer and illustrator (d. 1867)

#Louis_Boulanger

Keren Peles, Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist

#Keren_Peles

Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar (d. 1989)

#Ronald_Syme

Shane Richie, English actor and singer

#Shane_Richie

Marisa Del Frate, Italian actress and singer (d. 2015)

#Marisa_Del_Frate

Shawn Springs, American football player

#Shawn_Springs

László Bölöni, Romanian-Hungarian footballer and manager

#László_Bölöni

Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)

#Nicolaas_Bloembergen

Gale Norton, American lawyer and politician, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior

#Gale_Norton

Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player

#Bobby_Abreu

Brad Carson, American lawyer and politician, United States Under Secretary of the Army

#Brad_Carson

Jackie McGlew, South African cricketer (d. 1998)

#Jackie_McGlew

Colin Munro, South African-New Zealand cricketer

#Colin_Munro

Ayumi Morita, Japanese tennis player

#Ayumi_Morita

Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (d. 1852)

#Ivan_Nabokov

Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (d. 1997)

#Cornelius_Castoriadis

Elton Brand, American basketball player

#Elton_Brand

Becky Hammon, American-Russian basketball player and coach

#Becky_Hammon

Brian Anderson, American baseball player

#Brian_Anderson_(outfielder)

Roy Barnes, American lawyer and politician, 80th Governor of Georgia

#Roy_Barnes

Andres Metspalu, Estonian geneticist and academic

#Andres_Metspalu

Mariko Shinoda, Japanese singer and actress, former AKB48 member

#Mariko_Shinoda

Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and educator (d. 1595)

#Torquato_Tasso

Stéphane Bédard, Canadian lawyer and politician

#Stéphane_Bédard

Raoul Walsh, American actor and director (d. 1980)

#Raoul_Walsh

Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (d. 1992)

#Lawrence_Welk

Bodawpaya, Burmese king (d. 1819)

#Bodawpaya

Nina Hagen, German singer and actress

#Nina_Hagen

Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (d. 1974)

#Lewi_Pethrus

Sam Kekovich, Australian footballer and sportscaster

#Sam_Kekovich

Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress

#Lisa_Loeb

Timothy Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)

#Timothy_Carey

Mary Gauthier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Mary_Gauthier

Antonin Scalia, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 2016)

#Antonin_Scalia

Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1915)

#Andrew_Stoddart

Anton Yelchin, Russian-born American actor (d. 2016)

#Anton_Yelchin

James Pinkerton, American journalist and author

#James_Pinkerton

Juan H. Cintrón García, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (d. 2012)

#Juan_H._Cintrón_García

Luis Hernández, Mexican figure skater

#Luis_Hernández_(figure_skater)

Benjamin Tupper, American general (d. 1792)

#Benjamin_Tupper

Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (d. 2014)

#Josep_Maria_Subirachs

José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor and director (d. 2009)

#José_Luis_López_Vázquez

Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player

#Paul_Bissonnette

Willie Banks, American triple jumper

#Willie_Banks

Dorothy Gish, American actress (d. 1968)

#Dorothy_Gish

Derek Daly, Irish-American race car driver and sportscaster

#Derek_Daly

Matti Sippala, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 1997)

#Matti_Sippala

Benji Madden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Benji_Madden

Ömer Seyfettin, Turkish soldier, author, and educator (d. 1920)

#Ömer_Seyfettin

David Horsley, English-American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios (d. 1933)

#David_Horsley

Nigel Adkins, English footballer and manager

#Nigel_Adkins

Dominique Sanda, French model and actress

#Dominique_Sanda

Harvey Mandel, American guitarist

#Harvey_Mandel

Ian Horrocks, English computer scientist and academic

#Ian_Horrocks

Frederick IX of Denmark (d. 1972)

#Frederick_IX_of_Denmark

Henry Tate, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Tate & Lyle (d. 1899)

#Henry_Tate

Sam Donaldson, American journalist

#Sam_Donaldson

Dejan Stojanovi?, Serbian-American journalist and poet

#Dejan_Stojanovi?

Kâz?m Orbay, Turkish general and politician (d. 1964)

#Kâz?m_Orbay

Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player

#Marc-André_Gragnani

Andrew Robertson, Scottish footballer

#Andrew_Robertson

John McLean, American jurist and politician, 6th United States Postmaster General (d. 1861)

#John_McLean

Jessie Matthews, English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1981)

#Jessie_Matthews

Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer

#Nikolai_Topor-Stanley

Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)

#Henry_Cowell

Martin Ru?inský, Czech ice hockey player

#Martin_Ru?inský

Ilias Zouros, Greek basketball player and coach

#Ilias_Zouros

David LaChapelle, American photographer and director

#David_LaChapelle

Marius Petipa, French-Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)

#Marius_Petipa

?lhan Selçuk, Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2010)

#?lhan_Selçuk

Kotomitsuki Keiji, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Kotomitsuki_Keiji

Jimmy Iovine, American record producer and businessman, co-founded Interscope Records and Beats Electronics

#Jimmy_Iovine

Anissa Jones, American child actress (d. 1976)

#Anissa_Jones

Orlando Quevedo, Filipino cardinal

#Orlando_Quevedo

Louise Brough, American tennis player (d. 2014)

#Louise_Brough

J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and psychologist (d. 1990)

#J._C._R._Licklider

Lorraine Hunt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nevada

#Lorraine_Hunt

Martin Hiden, Austrian footballer and coach

#Martin_Hiden

Paul Scharner, Austrian footballer

#Paul_Scharner

Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer

#Stelios_Malezas

Bobby McFerrin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and conductor

#Bobby_McFerrin

Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (d. 1879)

#Anna_Bochkoltz

Shemp Howard, American actor (d. 1955)

#Shemp_Howard

Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer

#Didier_Drogba

Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian and author (d. 2015)

#Marcus_Borg

Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic (d. 1974)

#Vannevar_Bush

Albert Salmi, American actor (d. 1990)

#Albert_Salmi

Hakuh? Sh?, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 69th Yokozuna

#Hakuh?_Sh?

Albert Luque, Spanish footballer

#Albert_Luque

Umegatani T?tar? II, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1927)

#Umegatani_T?tar?_II

Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer

#Fábio_Coentrão

Harold Wilson, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)

#Harold_Wilson

Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1976)

#Abdul_Razak_Hussein

Jan Schelhaas, English keyboard player

#Jan_Schelhaas

Jane Meade Welch, American journalist and lecturer (d. 1931)

#Jane_Meade_Welch

João Barbosa, Portuguese racing driver

#João_Barbosa

Robert Mosbacher, American sailor, businessman, and politician, 25th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)

#Robert_Mosbacher

Mark Stein, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Mark_Stein_(musician)

John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer

#John_Barrowman

Alex Kingston, English actress

#Alex_Kingston

Flemming Rose, Danish journalist and author

#Flemming_Rose

Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper

#Ngonidzashe_Makusha

Bruce Watson, Canadian-Scottish guitarist

#Bruce_Watson_(guitarist)

Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist (d. 1990)

#Ralph_Abernathy

Wallace Langham, American actor

#Wallace_Langham

Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver and journalist (d. 1948)

#Malcolm_Campbell

Arturo Merzario, Italian race car driver

#Arturo_Merzario

Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer

#Ajantha_Mendis

Thora Birch, American actress

#Thora_Birch

Nigel Lawson, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer

#Nigel_Lawson

Johnny Knoxville, American actor, stuntman, and producer

#Johnny_Knoxville

Dan Uggla, American baseball player

#Dan_Uggla

Anna Bochkoltz, German operatic soprano, voice teacher and composer (d. 1879)

#Anna_Bochkoltz

Nina Hartley, (born Marie Louise Hartman), American pornographic actress, pornographic film director, sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and author

#Nina_Hartley

Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (d. 1573)

#Johann_Wilhelm,_Duke_of_Saxe-Weimar

John Thompson III, American basketball player and coach

#John_Thompson_III

Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1877)

#Urbain_Le_Verrier

Vinnie Paul, American drummer, songwriter and producer (d. 2018)

#Vinnie_Paul

Mark Metcalf, American actor and producer

#Mark_Metcalf

Curtis Brown, American colonel, pilot and astronaut

#Curtis_Brown

KZ Tandingan, Filipina singer and rapper

#KZ_Tandingan

Terrence Howard, American actor and producer

#Terrence_Howard

Peter Berg, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter

#Peter_Berg

Matt Mead, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Governor of Wyoming

#Matt_Mead

Douglas Adams, English author and playwright (d. 2001)

#Douglas_Adams

Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter

#Alberto_Cortez

Freda Meissner-Blau, Austrian activist and politician (d. 2015)

#Freda_Meissner-Blau

Cynthia Klitbo, Mexican actress

#Cynthia_Klitbo

Astor Piazzolla, Argentine tango composer and bandoneon player (d. 1992)

#Astor_Piazzolla

Joel Madden, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Joel_Madden

Kamohelo Mokotjo, South African footballer

#Kamohelo_Mokotjo

Martin Jurtom, Estonian basketball player

Jodie Comer, British actress

Austin Swift, American actor, brother of American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift

Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (d. 2015)

Derek Schouman, American football player

Daniel Vázquez Evuy, Equatoguinean footballer

Lucy DeVito, American actress, daughter of Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman

Hasan Raza, Pakistani cricketer

Kirk Reynoldson, Australian rugby league player

Fred Jones, American basketball player

Scott Calderwood, English-Scottish footballer and manager

Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer

Paolo Ponzo, Italian footballer (d. 2013)

Andre Nickatina, American rapper and producer

Soraya, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2006)

Simone Buchanan, Australian actress

Jenny Packham, English fashion designer

Jesse Jackson, Jr., American lawyer and politician

Warwick Taylor, New Zealand rugby player

Margus Oopkaup, Estonian actor

Manuel Negrete Arias, Mexican footballer and coach

Tetsur? Oda, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer

The Lady Chablis, American drag queen performer (d. 2016)

Helen Rollason, English journalist and sportscaster (d. 1999)

Leslie Cliff, Canadian swimmer

David Newman, American composer and conductor

Bernie LaBarge, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jerry Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Tristan Murail, French composer and educator

Geoff Hunt, Australian squash player

Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)

Joel Steiger, American director, producer and screenwriter

Joseph Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 2011)

Hollis Frampton, American director, screenwriter, and photographer (d. 1984)

Claude Jutra, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1986)

David Gentleman, English illustrator and engraver

Col Geelan, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1996)

Joachim Fuchsberger, German actor and television host (d. 2014)

Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic (d. 1983)

Jeff Stollmeyer, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1989)

Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (d. 1983)

Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (d. 2004)

Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke, German colonel and pilot (d. 1944)

Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1st Baronet, Egyptian-Scottish general and politician (d. 1996)

Hanna Bergas, German teacher who contributed to the rescue of Jewish children during WWII (d. 1987)

James H. Douglas, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (d. 1988)

Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician (d. 1981)

Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist and sociologist (d. 1943)

Carl Ruggles, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)

Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (d. 1954)

Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (d. 1900)

Nicholas Gassaway, English colonial military and political leader (d. 1691)

George Harper, English politician (d. 1558)

Pope Innocent I (d. 417)