April 11 - Births

Births

• 145 – Septimius Severus (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)
• 1721 – David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)
• 1722 – Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771)
• 1755 – James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)
• 1769 – Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)
• 1770 – George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1827)
• 1794 – Edward Everett, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1865)
• 1798 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)
• 1810 – Henry Rawlinson, English scholar (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)
• 1862 – Charles Evans Hughes, 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, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d. 1928)
• 1869 – Kasturba Gandhi, Wife of Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
• 1873 – Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1955)
• 1876 – Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)
• 1889 – Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
• 1890 – Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)
• 1893 – Dean Acheson, American statesman (d. 1971)
• 1896 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Quebec novelist (d. 1967)
• 1899 – Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
• 1905 – József Attila, Hungarian poet (d. 1937)
• 1906 – Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer and entrepreneur (d. 2001)
• 1908 – Jane Bolin, first African-American woman judge (d. 2007)
• 1908 – Masaru Ibuka, Japanese industrialist (Sony) (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)
• 1911 – Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish runner (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Norman McLaren, Canadian film animator and director (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)
• 1916 – Howard W. Koch, American film director (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993)
• 1917 – David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)
• 1918 – Richard Wainwright, English politician (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
• 1923 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980)
• 1925 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman and newspaper editor (Quebecor) (d. 1997)
• 1926 – Victor Bouchard, Quebec pianist and composer
• 1928 – Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy
• 1930 – Nicholas Brady, American political figure, 68th Secretary of Treasury
• 1930 – Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
• 1931 – Johnny Sheffield, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer
• 1932 – Joel Grey, American singer and actor
• 1933 – Tony Brown, American journalist
• 1934 – Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet
• 1935 – Richard Berry, American singer and composer (d. 1997)
• 1935 – Richard Kuklinski, American mafia hitman (d. 2006)
• 1938 – Michael Deaver, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
• 1938 – Kurt Moll, German bass
• 1939 – Louise Lasser, American actress
• 1941 – Ellen Goodman, American political columnist
• 1941 – Shirley Stelfox, English actress
• 1943 – Harley Race, American professional wrestler
• 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 film director
• 1947 – Meshach Taylor, American actor
• 1947 – Lev Bulat, Russian physicist
• 1948 – Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach
• 1949 – Bernd Eichinger, German film producer
• 1949 – Carl Franklin, American actor
• 1950 – Tom Hill, English bass guitarist (Geordie)
• 1951 – Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, American socialite (d. 1997)
• 1951 – Paul Fox, English guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007)
• 1951 – James Patrick Kelly, American author
• 1952 – Peter Windsor, English motor racing journalist and reporter
• 1953 – Andrew Wiles, British mathematician
• 1953 – Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1954 – Abdullah Atalar, Turkish scientist and academic
• 1955 – Kevin Brady, American politician
• 1955 – Michael Callen, American musician (d. 1993)
• 1955 – Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player
• 1955 – Neville Staple, Jamaican musician
• 1958 – Stuart Adamson, British musician (Big Country) (d. 2001)
• 1958 – Brynn Hartman, wife and murderer of comedian Phil Hartman (d. 1998)
• 1959 – Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and arbitrator
• 1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist
• 1961 – Doug Hopkins, American musician (d. 1993)
• 1962 – Vincent Gallo, American actor
• 1963 – Chris Ferguson, American poker player
• 1963 – Billy Bowden, New Zealand umpire
• 1964 – Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter
• 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
• 1968 – Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author
• 1969 – Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer
• 1969 – Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer
• 1969 – Dustin Rhodes, American professional wrestler
• 1970 – Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Delroy Pearson, former singer Five Star
• 1970 – Johnny Messner, American actor
• 1971 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
• 1971 – Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor
• 1972 – Jason Varitek, American baseball player
• 1972 – Balls Mahoney, American professional wrestler
• 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 television actor
• 1974 – Trot Nixon, American baseball player
• 1974 – David Jassy, Swedish musician, songwriter, and music producer
• 1975 – Walid Soliman, Tunisian author
• 1976 – Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1978 – Brett Claywell, American actor
• 1978 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1978 – Tom Thacker, Canadian musician
• 1979 – Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Canadian beauty pageant winner
• 1979 – Malcolm Christie, English footballer
• 1979 – Chris Gaylor, American drummer
• 1979 – Sebastien Grainger, Canadian musician
• 1979 – Michel Riesen, Swiss ice 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 ice hockey player
• 1982 – Ian Bell, English cricketer
• 1982 – Danja, American record producer, composer, and songwriter
• 1983 – Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch racing driver
• 1983 – Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish football player
• 1984 – Kelli Garner, American actress
• 1985 – Will Minson, Australian rules footballer
• 1986 – Roman Heart, American porn actor
• 1986 – Stephanie Pratt, American reality TV personality (The Hills)
• 1987 – Giuseppe Caccavallo, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Lights Poxleitner, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Joss Stone, English singer
• 1994 – Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
• 2000 – Morgan Lily, American actress
• 2002 – Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress