March 11 - Births

Births

• 1544 – Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1595)
• 1725 – Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)
• 1738 – Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792)
• 1785 – John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1861)
• 1787 – Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (d. 1852)
• 1811 – Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (d. 1877)
• 1818 – Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)
• 1822 – Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (d. 1900)
• 1863 – Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer (d. 1915)
• 1870 – Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (d. 1946)
• 1873 – David Horsley, English-born film executive (d. 1933)
• 1876 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (d. 1971)
• 1878 – Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20^th Yokozuna (d. 1927)
• 1880 – Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenecist (d. 1943)
• 1884 – Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (d. 1974)
• 1885 – Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1948)
• 1887 – Raoul Walsh, American film director (d. 1980)
• 1890 – Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)
• 1897 – Henry Cowell, American composer and impresario (d. 1965)
• 1898 – Dorothy Gish, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1899 – Frederick IX of Denmark, Danish King (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Ronald Syme, New Zealand classicist and historian (d. 1989)
• 1903 – Lawrence Welk, American musician (d. 1992)
• 1907 – Jessie Matthews, English actress (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Robert Havemann, German chemist (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (d. 2004)
• 1915 – Hans Peter Keller, German writer (d. 1988)
• 1915 – J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (d. 1990)
• 1916 – Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
• 1916 – Ezra Jack Keats, children's literature author (d. 1983)
• 1920 – Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1921 – Frank Harary, American mathematician (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Ástor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (d. 1997)
• 1922 – José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Reverend Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights leader (d. 1990)
• 1926 – İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish musician and composer
• 1927 – Robert Mosbacher, 28^th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Albert Salmi, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1929 – Timothy Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1930 – Claude Jutra, Quebec film actor and director (d. 1986)
• 1931 – Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born entrepreneur
• 1932 – Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Sam Donaldson, American reporter
• 1935 – Sandra Milo, Italian actress
• 1936 – Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice
• 1937 – Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
• 1939 – Lorraine Hunt, former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
• 1939 – Flaco Jiménez, American musician
• 1940 – Alberto Cortez, Argentinian singer
• 1942 – Joel Steiger, American Producer / Writer
• 1945 – Dock Ellis, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Harvey Mandel, American musician
• 1945 – Jose Mari Chan, Chinese-Filipino singer and songwriter
• 1946 – Patty Waters, American jazz singer
• 1947 – Tristan Murail, French composer
• 1948 – Roy Barnes, 80^th Governor of Georgia
• 1948 – César Gerónimo, Dominican baseball player
• 1948 – Dominique Sanda, French actress
• 1950 – Bobby McFerrin, American singer
• 1950 – Jerry Zucker, American director
• 1952 – Douglas Adams, English writer (d. 2001)
• 1953 – Bernie LaBarge, Canadian musician
• 1953 – László Bölöni, Romanian football player and manager
• 1954 – Gale Norton, 48^th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1955 – Nina Hagen, German singer
• 1956 – Curtis Brown, NASA astronaut
• 1956 – Joey Buttafuoco, American statutory rapist
• 1956 – D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
• 1956 – Rob Paulsen, American voice actor
• 1956 – Helen Rollason, British sports journalist and television presenter (d. 1999)
• 1957 – Lady Chablis, American entertainer
• 1957 – Cheryl Lynn, American singer
• 1958 – Anissa Jones, American actress (d. 1976)
• 1958 – Jim Pinkerton, American pundit
• 1958 – Flemming Rose, Danish journalist
• 1958 – Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, interim President of Iraq
• 1959 – Nina Hartley, American porn star
• 1959 – Dejan Stojanović, Serbian-American poet
• 1960 – Christophe Gans, French film director
• 1961 – Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
• 1962 – Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
• 1963 – Alex Kingston, English actress
• 1963 – Davis Guggenheim, American director and producer
• 1964 – Peter Berg, American film actor, director and producer
• 1964 – Libba Bray, American author
• 1964 – Vinnie Paul, American drummer (Pantera)
• 1964 – Shane Richie, British actor
• 1965 – Nigel Adkins, English football manager
• 1965 – Jesse Jackson, Jr., American politician
• 1965 – Wallace Langham, American actor
• 1965 – Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter
• 1966 – Joe Hachem, Lebanese-born Australian poker player
• 1967 – John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor
• 1967 – Brad Carson, American politician
• 1968 – Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Jerod Shelby, founder of Shelby SuperCars and creater of the SSC Ultimate Aero
• 1969 – Terrence Howard, American actor
• 1969 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer (d. 2006)
• 1970 – Delia Gallagher, American journalist
• 1971 – Johnny Knoxville, American television personality
• 1971 – Martin Ručinský, Czech ice hockey player
• 1972 – Paolo Ponzo, Italian footballer
• 1973 – Martin Hiden, Austrian footballer
• 1974 – Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1974 – Jon Dalton, American Survivor castmember
• 1974 – Kate Brian, American writer, Private
• 1975 – Eric the Midget, American radio personality
• 1975 – Shawn Springs, American football player
• 1976 – Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer
• 1977 – Andre Nickatina, American rapper
• 1977 – Becky Hammon, American basketball player
• 1978 – Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer
• 1978 – Albert Luque, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Paulo Musse, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – Christopher Rice, American author
• 1979 – Elton Brand, American basketball player
• 1979 – Fred Jones, American basketball player
• 1979 – Benji Madden, American guitarist (Good Charlotte)
• 1979 – Joel Madden, American singer (Good Charlotte)
• 1980 – Paul Scharner, Austrian footballer
• 1980 – Dan Uggla, American baseball player
• 1981 – David Anders, American actor
• 1981 – Heidi Cortez, American erotic broadcaster
• 1981 – Lee Evans, American football player
• 1981 – Russell Lissack, English musician (Bloc Party)
• 1981 – LeToya Luckett, American singer (ex-Destiny's Child)
• 1981 – Paul Wall, American rapper
• 1982 – Brian Anderson, Major League Baseball player
• 1982 – Thora Birch, American actress
• 1982 – Benjamin Krause, German rugby player
• 1982 – Lindsey McKeon, American actress
• 1983 – Marietta Chrousala, Greek fashion model
• 1983 – Bianca Gonzalez, Filipina TV host and model
• 1983 – Adil Mezgour, Moroccan footballer
• 1984 – Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
• 1984 – Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer
• 1984 – Tom James, British rower
• 1985 – Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Hakuhō Shō, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 69^th Yokozuna
• 1985 – Derek Schouman, American football player
• 1985 – Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian soccer player
• 1985 – Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan Cricketer
• 1986 – Mariko Shinoda, Japanese actress and member of AKB48
• 1987 – Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Anton Yelchin, Russian/American actor
• 1990 – Janna Dominguez, Filipina actress
• 1990 – Reiley McClendon, American Actor
• 1991 – Jack Rodwell, British football player