History Births on October 11

Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)

#Art_Blakey

Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author

#Saul_Friedländer

Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal

#Peter_Turkson

Ty Wigginton, American baseball player

#Ty_Wigginton

François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

#François_Mauriac

Jeff Larish, American baseball player

#Jeff_Larish

Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter

#Martha_MacIsaac

T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)

#T._Llew_Jones

Artie Lange, American actor and comedian

#Artie_Lange

Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (d. 1742)

#Melchior_de_Polignac

Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter

#Dawn_French

Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer

#Jane_Krakowski

Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)

#Neville_Wran

Joan Cusack, American actress

#Joan_Cusack

Terrell Suggs, American football player

#Terrell_Suggs

Ricochet, American wrestler

#Ricochet_(wrestler)

Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)

#Joe_Simon

James M. McPherson, American historian and author

#James_M._McPherson

Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer

#Álvaro_Fernández_(Uruguayan_footballer)

Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1867)

#Simon_Sechter

Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1999)

#Fred_Trump

Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Desmond_Mason

Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager

#Andy_Marriott

Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961)

#Masanobu_Tsuji

Ikioi Sh?ta, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Ikioi_Sh?ta

Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player

#Orlando_Hernández

Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)

#Nello_Pagani

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)

#Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers

Thích Nh?t H?nh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet

#Thích_Nh?t_H?nh

Nicola Bryant, English actress

#Nicola_Bryant

Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)

#Jayaprakash_Narayan

Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer

#Hardik_Pandya

Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)

#Eleanor_Roosevelt

Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)

#Samuel_Clarke

Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter

#Todd_Snider

Petra Haden, American violinist and singer

#Petra_Haden

Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager

#Jérémie_Janot

Tony Beltran, American soccer player

#Tony_Beltran

Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player

#Ligi_Sao

Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)

#Johan_Oscar_Smith

David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician

#David_Michaels_(epidemiologist)

Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby league player

#Marcus_Bai

Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay

#Nicanor_Duarte

Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (d. 1742)

#Pylyp_Orlyk

David Starr, American race car driver

#David_Starr_(racing_driver)

Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician

#Amitabh_Bachchan

Stephen Moyer, English actor

#Stephen_Moyer

Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (d. 1664)

#Andreas_Gryphius

Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)

#Dottie_West

MC Lyte, American rapper, DJ, and actress

#MC_Lyte

Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician

#Barry_Jones_(Australian_politician)

Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter

#Nesta_Carter

Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player

#Nicolás_Jarry

Patty Murray, American educator and politician

#Patty_Murray

Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer

#Riffi_Mandanda

Luke Perry, American actor and producer (d. 2019)

#Luke_Perry

Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (d. 2001)

#Billy_Higgins

Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, French noble (d. 1495)

#Charles_Orlando,_Dauphin_of_France

Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli-English footballer

#Ronny_Rosenthal

Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (d. 2015)

#Dusty_Rhodes_(wrestler)

Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1919)

#Henry_J._Heinz

LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach (d. 2016)

#LaVell_Edwards

Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)

#Jerome_Robbins

Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician

#Ilmar_Reepalu

Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia

#Vojislav_Šešelj

Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)

#Frederick_IV_of_Denmark

Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Daryl_Hall

Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)

#Lester_Bowie

John Nettles, English actor and writer

#John_Nettles

Jeando Fuchs, French footballer

#Jeando_Fuchs

Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (d. 2018)

#Maria_Bueno

Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician

#Richard_Wilson,_Baron_Wilson_of_Dinton

Sebastian Rode, German footballer

#Sebastian_Rode

Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (d. 1848)

#Stevenson_Archer_(1786-1848)

Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece

#Lucas_Papademos

Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player

#Jason_Arnott

Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician

#Sam_Johnson

Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Norm_Nixon

Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)

#Hans_Kelsen

Michael J. Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Michael_J._Nelson

Vanessa Harding, American wrestler

#Vanessa_Harding

Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (d. 1942)

#Douglas_Albert_Munro

Cardi B, American rapper

#Cardi_B

Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer

#Sean_Patrick_Flanery

Michelle Wie, American golfer

#Michelle_Wie

Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (d. 1881)

#Pierre_Napoléon_Bonaparte

Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter

#Andrew_Logan

Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)

#Alfonso_de_Portago

Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885)

#Gregor_von_Helmersen

Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (d. 1926)

#Hans_E._Kinck

Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)

#Nanaji_Deshmukh

Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Gene_Watson

Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Alexander_Hacke

Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer

#Wayne_Gardner

Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter

#Dominic_Aitchison

Marcus Graham, Australian actor

#Marcus_Graham

Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer

#Nyron_Nosworthy

Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

#Elmore_Leonard

Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach

#Shin_Tae-yong

Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands

#Prince_Constantijn_of_the_Netherlands

Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Charles_Shyer

Matt Bomer, American actor and producer

#Matt_Bomer

Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jean-Jacques_Goldman

Jay Grdina, American businessman and pornographic actor

#Jay_Grdina

Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)

#Sig_Ruman

Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author

#Amos_Gitai

Emily Davison, English educator and activist (d. 1913)

#Emily_Davison

Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host

#Dmitri_Young

Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)

#Friedrich_Bergius

Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791)

#Grigory_Potemkin

Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer

#Mauricio_Victorino

Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter

#Lucy_Morgan

Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress

#Michelle_Trachtenberg

Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager

#Curt_Ford

Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)

#Arthur_Phillip

Theodore Thomas, American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (d. 1905)

#Theodore_Thomas_(conductor)

Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)

#Roman_Jakobson

Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player

#Omar_Gonzalez

Earle Hyman, American actor (d. 2017)

#Earle_Hyman

Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer

#Kim_Yong-dae

Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)

#Princess_Joséphine_Charlotte_of_Belgium

Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist and educator

#Rachel_Barton_Pine

Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)

#Harlan_F._Stone

Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (d. 1888)

#Jean-Baptiste_Lamy

Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager

#Francky_Dury

C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)

#C._Gordon_Fullerton

Jane Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter

#Jane_Zhang

Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager

#Steven_Pressley

Zeb Taia, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player

#Zeb_Taia

Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster

#Steve_Young

Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager

#Bobby_Charlton

Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer

#Emily_Deschanel

Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)

#Julius_Kuperjanov

Jon Miller, American sportscaster

#Jon_Miller

Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer and explorer

#Merieme_Chadid

Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician

#Austin_Currie

T.J. Watt, American football player

Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer

Christian Davis, English cricketer

Patrick Leyland, American baseball player

Joo, South Korean singer and actress

Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer

Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player

Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer

Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer

Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer

Andy Douglas, American wrestler

Jamar Beasley, American football player

Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer

Carl Bussey, American soccer player

Rhett MacLaughlin, American Youtuber

Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player

Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper

Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer

Brendan B. Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager

Chidi Ahanotu, American football player

Brett Salisbury, American football player and author

Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician

Volodymyr Horilyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach

Brian Rice, Scottish footballer and manager

Neil Buchanan, English guitarist

Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager

Randy Breuer, American basketball player

Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author

Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver

David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author

William R. Forstchen, American historian and author

Lawrence Tanter, American basketball player and sportscaster

Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop

David Rendall, English tenor and actor

Alan Pascoe, English hurdler

Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author

Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast

Elinor Goodman, English journalist

Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic

Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1996)

Michael Stear, English air marshal

Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter

R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic

Daniel Quinn, American author and environmentalist (d. 2018)

Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)

Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman

Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist (d. 2002)

Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician (d. 2019)

Roscoe Robinson, Jr., American general (d. 1993)

Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016)

Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (d. 2017)

Jean Alexander, English actress (d. 2016)

Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)

André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (d. 2007)

G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (d. 1995)

Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012)

Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 1997)

Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)

Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (d. 1982)

A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)

Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)

George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)

Maria James, Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (d. 1868)

Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1553)