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April 11 birthdays

270 notable historical figures were born on April 11, and 194 died on this day. Everyone born on April 11 is a Aries.

17% of April 11 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (58) than any other country.

Born on April 11

• Jyotirao Phule (1827 to 1890. Indian social activist and reformer (1827–1890))
• Kasturba Gandhi (1869 to 1944. Wife of Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1944))
• John Milius (born 1944. American screenwriter and director (born 1944))
• Harley Race (1943 to 2019. American professional wrestler, promoter and trainer (1943–2019))
• Andrew Wiles (born 1953. British mathematician who proved Fermat's Last Theorem)
• Charles Evans Hughes (1862 to 1948. Chief Justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941)
• John I of Portugal (1357 to 1433. King of Portugal from 1385 to 1433)
• George Canning (1770 to 1827. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1827)
• David Banner (born 1974. American rapper (born 1974))
• Margaret of Angoulême (1492 to 1549. Queen of Navarre from 1527 to 1549)
• Guy Verhofstadt (born 1953. Prime Minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008)
• Viktor Abakumov (1908 to 1954. Soviet security official (1908–1954))
• Peter Lord (born 1953. English animator (born 1953))
• Dorothy Allison (1949 to 2024. American writer (1949–2024))
• António de Spínola (1910 to 1996. Portuguese president and politician)
• Koichi Sugiyama (1931 to 2021. Japanese composer and conductor (1931–2021))
• Gustav Vigeland (1869 to 1943. Norwegian sculptor)
• Alberto Ginastera (1916 to 1983. Argentine composer (1916–1983))
• Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348 to 1385. Byzantine emperor from 1376 to 1379)
• Frederick I the Warlike (1370 to 1428. Margrave of Meissen & Elector of Saxony)
• Christopher Smart (1722 to 1771. English poet (1722–1771))
• Luísa Diogo (1958 to 2026. Prime Minister of Mozambique from 2004 to 2010)
• Marlen Haushofer (1920 to 1970. Austrian writer (1920–1970))
• Johanna von Puttkamer (1824 to 1894. Prussian noblewoman (1824–1894))
• Luís Cabral (1931 to 2009. President of Guinea-Bissau from 1974 to 1980)
• Jim Molan (1950 to 2023. Australian military officer and politician (1950–2023))
• Sadie Benning (born 1973. American visual artist (born 1973))
• Donald Howard Menzel (1901 to 1976. American astronomer (1901–1976))
• Daniel Funeriu (born 1971. Romanian politician)
• Jeremy Clarkson (born 1960. English television presenter, journalist and author (born 1960))
• Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977. Poet, critic, translator and professor (born 1977))
• Maria Miloslavskaya (1624 to 1669. Tsaritsa consort of All Russia)
• Thiago Alcântara (born 1991. Spain international footballer (born 1991))
• Dele Alli (born 1996. English footballer (born 1996))
• Pietro Della Valle (1586 to 1652. Italian composer, musicologist, traveller and author (1586–1652))
• Hajime Kamoshida (born 1978. Japanese writer)
• Emilio Colombo (1920 to 2013. Italian politician (1920–2013))
• Torquil Norman (1933 to 2025. British businessman and philanthropist (1933–2025))
• Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark (1649 to 1704. Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp from 1667 to 1695)
• Claire Weekes (1903 to 1990. Australian general practitioner and health writer)
• Pip Williams (author) (born 1969. Australian writer)
• Marshall Hodgson (1922 to 1968. American historian (1922–1968))
• Christopher Longuet-Higgins (1923 to 2004. British chemist and cognitive scientist (1923–2004))
• Fred Anderson (historian) (born 1949. American historian (born 1949))
• Marie Jeanne Baptiste de Savoie-Nemours (1644 to 1724. Duchess consort of Savoy)
• Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (1872 to 1947. Albanian poet, writer and activist)
• William I the Great (1598 to 1662. Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Duke of Saxe-Jena)
• Natacha Régnier (born 1974. Belgian actress (born 1974))
• William Wallace Campbell (1862 to 1938. American astronomer)
• John Leech (born 1971. British Liberal Democrat politician)
• Elizabeth Roboz Einstein (1904 to 1995. American chemist)
• Misuzu Kaneko (1903 to 1930. Japanese poet)
• John Douglas (English architect) (1830 to 1911. English architect (1830–1911))
• José Antonio Remón Cantera (1908 to 1955. 29th President of Panama (1952-55))
• Anton LaVey (1930 to 1997. American writer and Satanist (1930–1997))
• Joss Stone (born 1987. English singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1987))
• Conny Méndez (1898 to 1979. Venezuelan composer, singer, writer, caricaturist and actress (1898–1979))
• Hasan Muratović (1940 to 2020. Bosnian politician (1940–2020))
• Vincent Gallo (born 1961. American actor, filmmaker and musician (born 1961))
• Dustin Rhodes (born 1969. American professional wrestler (born 1969))

Died on April 11

• Kurt Vonnegut (1922 to 2007. American author (1922–2007))
• Enver Hoxha (1908 to 1985. Leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985)
• Primo Levi (1918 to 1987. Italian Holocaust survivor and writer (1919–1987))
• Augusta Victoria (1858 to 1921. German Empress from 1888 to 1918)
• Ahmed Ben Bella (1916 to 2012. President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965)
• John Horton Conway (1937 to 2020. English mathematician (1937–2020))
• Luther Burbank (1849 to 1926. American botanist and horticulturist (1849–1926))
• Llywelyn Fawr ap Iorwerth (1173 to 1240. Prince of Gwynedd from 1199 to 1240)
• Romanos III Argyros (968 to 1034. Byzantine emperor from 1028 to 1034)
• Emperor Yang of Sui (569 to 617. Emperor of China from 604 to 618)
• Shirley Williams (1930 to 2021. British politician and academic (1930–2021))
• Donato Bramante (1443 to 1514. Italian architect and painter (1444–1514))
• Maurice Hilleman (1919 to 2005. American vaccinologist (1919–2005))
• Joanna of Austria (1547 to 1578. Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1574 to 1578)
• Otto Wagner (1841 to 1918. Austrian architect (1841–1918))
• Rahmon Nabiyev (1930 to 1993. Leader of Tajikistan (1982–1985, 1991–1992))
• Saint Stanislaus (1030 to 1079. 11th-century Polish Catholic bishop)
• Henry Beaufort (1375 to 1447. English bishop (1375–1447))
• Anawrahta (1014 to 1077. Emperor of the Bagan Dynasty, Myanmar)
• John Dalgleish Donaldson (1941 to 2026. Scottish-Australian academic (1941–2026))
• Hilary Koprowski (1916 to 2013. Polish virologist and immuologist (1916–2013))
• Hanut Singh (soldier) (1933 to 2015. Indian Army officer (1933–2015))
• Justo José de Urquiza (1801 to 1870. General and first constitutional president of Argentina)
• Donald Sangster (1911 to 1967. Jamaican politician (1911-1967))
• Corín Tellado (1927 to 2009. Spanish writer (1927-2009))
• Jagaddipendra Narayan (1915 to 1970. Last ruling Maharaja of Cooch Behar from 1922–1949)
• Mikhail Lazarev (1788 to 1851. Russian fleet commander and explorer (1788–1851))
• Hüsamettin Cindoruk (1933 to 2026. Turkish politician (1933–2026))
• Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784 to 1842. Hungarian linguist and orientalist (1784–1842))
• Clifton Sprague (1896 to 1955. United States Navy admiral (1896–1955))

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