April 11 - Births

Births

• 145 – Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor (d. 211)
• 1357 – John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
• 1374 – Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398)
• 1492 – Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
• 1592 – John Eliot, English statesman (d. 1632)
• 1715 – John Alcock, English organist and composer (d. 1806)
• 1721 – David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)
• 1722 – Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771)
• 1755 – James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)
• 1770 – George Canning, British statesman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1827)
• 1794 – Edward Everett, American politician and educator, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1865)
• 1798 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)
• 1810 – Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English army officer, politician, and Orientalist(d. 1895)
• 1819 – Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
• 1825 – Ferdinand Lassalle, German politician (d. 1864)
• 1827 – Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Indian social reformer (d. 1890)
• 1852 – Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922)
• 1856 – Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (d. 1903)
• 1859 – Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek writer and historian (d. 1939)
• 1862 – Charles Evans Hughes, American statesman, lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1948)
• 1862 – William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer (d. 1938)
• 1866 – Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet (d. 1953)
• 1867 – Mark Keppel, American educator, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d. 1928)
• 1869 – Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist, wife of Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
• 1873 – Edward Lawson, English private, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1955)
• 1876 – Paul Henry, Irish artist (d. 1958)
• 1876 – Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian (d. 1940)
• 1887 – Jack Phillips, British wireless telegraphist (d. 1912)
• 1887 – Jamini Roy, Indian-Bengali painter (d. 1972)
• 1888 – Donald Calthrop, English actor (d. 1940)
• 1889 – Nick LaRocca, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (d. 1961)
• 1890 – Rachele Mussolini, Italian author and wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)
• 1893 – Dean Acheson, American statesman (d. 1971)
• 1896 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian novelist (d. 1967)
• 1899 – Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
• 1904 – Kundan Lal Saigal, Indian singer and actor (d. 1947)
• 1905 – József Attila, Hungarian poet (d. 1937)
• 1906 – Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Paul Douglas, American actor (d. 1959)
• 1907 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer and entrepreneur (d. 2001)
• 1908 – Jane Bolin, American judge, first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School and to join the New York City Bar Association (d. 2007)
• 1908 – Masaru Ibuka, Japanese industrialist (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (d. 1992)
• 1908 – Leo Rosten, American humorist and author (d. 1997)
• 1910 – António de Spínola, Portuguese politician (d. 1996)
• 1912 – John Levy, African-American jazz double-bassist and businessman (d. 2012)
• 1913 – Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Norman McLaren, Canadian animator and director (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Robert Stanfield, Canadian politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)
• 1916 – Howard W. Koch, American director (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1993)
• 1917 – David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)
• 1918 – Richard Wainwright, English politician (d. 2003)
• 1920 – Peter O'Donnell, British writer (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
• 1923 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980)
• 1925 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founder of Quebecor Inc. (d. 1997)
• 1926 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Ethel Kennedy, American wife of Robert F. Kennedy
• 1930 – Nicholas F. Brady, American political figure, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1930 – Anton LaVey, American writer, occultist, and musician, founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
• 1931 – Johnny Sheffield, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer
• 1932 – Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1933 – Tony Brown, American journalist
• 1934 – Mark Strand, Canadian-American poet
• 1935 – Richard Berry, American singer and songwriter (The Flairs) (d. 1997)
• 1935 – Richard Kuklinski, American contract killer (d. 2006)
• 1938 – Michael Deaver, American political figure, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
• 1938 – Kurt Moll, German opera singer
• 1939 – Louise Lasser, American actress
• 1941 – Ellen Goodman, American columnist
• 1941 – Shirley Stelfox, English actress
• 1943 – Harley Race, American wrestler
• 1944 – Peter Barfuß, German footballer
• 1944 – John Milius, American director and writer
• 1946 – Bob Harris, British disc jockey and presenter
• 1946 – Laurie Faso, American actor and game show host
• 1947 – Peter Riegert, American actor
• 1947 – Uli Edel, German director
• 1947 – Frank Mantooth, American jazz pianist and arranger
• 1947 – Meshach Taylor, American actor
• 1947 – Lev Bulat, Russian physicist
• 1949 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (d. 2011)
• 1949 – Carl Franklin, American actor
• 1950 – Tom Hill, English bass guitarist, songwriter and businessman (Geordie)
• 1950 – Bill Irwin, American actor
• 1951 – Doris Angleton, American socialite and murder victim (d. 1997)
• 1951 – Paul Fox, English guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007)
• 1951 – James Patrick Kelly, American author
• 1952 – Peter Windsor, English journalist and reporter
• 1952 – Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist
• 1953 – Andrew Wiles, British mathematician
• 1953 – Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1954 – Abdullah Atalar, Turkish scientist and academic
• 1955 – Kevin Brady, American politician
• 1955 – Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter, composer, author, and activist (The Flirtations) (d. 1993)
• 1955 – Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player
• 1955 – Neville Staple, Jamaican singer (The Specials, Fun Boy Three, and Special Beat)
• 1957 – Michael Card, American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and radio host
• 1957 – Richard Sevigny, Canadian hockey player
• 1958 – Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter, and musician (The Skids, Big Country, and The Raphaels) (d. 2001)
• 1959 – Pierre Lacroix, Canadian hockey player
• 1959 – Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and arbitrator
• 1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist
• 1961 – Doug Hopkins, American musician and songwriter (Gin Blossoms) (d. 1993)
• 1962 – Vincent Gallo, American actor
• 1963 – Chris Ferguson, American poker player
• 1963 – Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricket umpire
• 1963 – Nigel Pulsford, British guitarist (Bush)
• 1964 – Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist
• 1964 – Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player
• 1964 – Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
• 1966 – Mason Reese, American actor
• 1966 – Steve Scarsone, American baseball player
• 1966 – Lisa Stansfield, English singer and songwriter (Blue Zone UK)
• 1968 – Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author
• 1969 – Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer and songwriter (Catatonia)
• 1969 – Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress
• 1969 – Dustin Rhodes, American wrestler
• 1969 – Michael von Grünigen, Swiss alpine skier
• 1970 – Trevor Linden, Canadian hockey player
• 1970 – Dylan Keefe,American bassist (Marcy Playground)
• 1970 – Delroy Pearson, British singer and songwriter (Five Star)
• 1970 – Johnny Messner, American actor
• 1971 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein and The Inchtabokatables)
• 1971 – Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor
• 1972 – Balls Mahoney, American wrestler
• 1972 – Allan Théo, French singer
• 1972 – Jason Varitek, American baseball player
• 1973 – Jennifer Esposito, American actress
• 1974 – Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player
• 1974 – Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter
• 1974 – Anton Glanzelius, Swedish actor
• 1974 – Tricia Helfer, Canadian model and actor
• 1974 – Zöe Lucker, British actor
• 1974 – Trot Nixon, American baseball player
• 1974 – David Jassy, Swedish musician, songwriter, and producer (Navigators)
• 1975 – Olga Hostáková, Czech tennis player
• 1975 – Walid Soliman, Tunisian author
• 1976 – Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1977 – Ivonne Teichmann, German athlete
• 1978 – Brett Claywell, American actor
• 1978 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1978 – Tom Thacker, Canadian singer and musician (Gob, Sum 41, and The McRackins)
• 1979 – Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Iranian-Canadian model, singer, and activist, Miss World Canada 2003
• 1979 – Malcolm Christie, English footballer
• 1979 – Chris Gaylor, American drummer (The All-American Rejects)
• 1979 – Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer and musician (Death from Above 1979)
• 1979 – Michel Riesen, Swiss hockey player
• 1979 – Josh Server, American actor
• 1979 – María Elena Swett, Chilean actress
• 1980 – Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer
• 1980 – Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
• 1980 – Festus Baise, Nigerian footballer
• 1981 – Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
• 1981 – Alexandre Burrows, Canadian hockey player
• 1982 – Ian Bell, English cricketer
• 1982 – Danja, American record producer, composer, and songwriter
• 1983 – Jessica Burciaga, American model
• 1983 – Joanna Douglas, Canadian actress
• 1983 – Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier
• 1983 – Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver
• 1984 – Kelli Garner, American actress
• 1984 – Monica May, American actress
• 1985 – Will Minson, Australian rules footballer
• 1985 – Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Matt Dorame, American dancer
• 1986 – Roman Heart, American porn actor
• 1986 – Stephanie Pratt, American reality TV personality
• 1986 – Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete
• 1987 – Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter, and musician
• 1987 – Giuseppe Caccavallo, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter, and actress (SuperHeavy)
• 1988 – Leland Irving, Canadian hockey goaltender
• 1989 – Eka Darville, Australian actor
• 1990 – Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1990 – Thulani Serero, South African footballer
• 1991 – Andreea Grigore, Romanian gymnast
• 1991 – James Magnussen, Australian swimmer
• 1991 – Erina Mano, Japanese singer and actress (Ongaku Gatas and Petitmoni)
• 1991 – Poonam Pandey, Indian model
• 1994 – Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
• 1995 – Ryan Hanson Bradford, American actor
• 1998 – Oliver Dillon, English actor
• 2000 – Morgan Lily, American actress
• 2002 – Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress