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December 11 birthdays

297 notable historical figures were born on December 11, and 195 died on this day. Everyone born on December 11 is a Sagittarius.

19% of December 11 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (78) than any other country.

Born on December 11

• John Kerry (born 1943. American politician and diplomat (born 1943))
• Viswanathan Anand (born 1969. Indian chess grandmaster (born 1969))
• Rajneesh (1931 to 1990. Indian mystic (1931–1990))
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918 to 2008. Soviet-Russian author and dissident (1918–2008))
• Colleen Hoover (born 1979. American writer (born 1979))
• Yasiin Bey (born 1973. American rapper (born 1973))
• Leo X (1475 to 1521. Head of the Catholic Church from 1513 to 1521)
• Max Born (1882 to 1970. German–British physicist (1882–1970))
• Pranab Mukherjee (1935 to 2020. President of India from 2012 to 2017)
• Hector Berlioz (1803 to 1869. French Romantic composer and conductor (1803–1869))
• Arya (born 1980. Indian actor and film producer (born 1980))
• Robert Koch (1843 to 1910. German physician and bacteriologist (1843–1910))
• Naguib Mahfouz (1911 to 2006. Egyptian writer (1911–2006))
• George Mason (1725 to 1792. American Founding Father and Bill of Rights advocate (1725–1792))
• Qian Xuesen (1911 to 2009. Chinese rocket scientist (1911–2009))
• Subramania Bharati (1882 to 1921. Indian writer, poet, and Independence activist)
• Liz Smith (1921 to 2016. English actress (1921–2016))
• Nguyen Ngoc Loan (1930 to 1998. Vietnamese police chief (1930–1998))
• Ali Hazelwood (born 1989. Italian author and neuroscientist)
• Emmanuelle Charpentier (born 1968. French microbiologist, biochemist and Nobel laureate (born 1968))
• Jean Marais (1913 to 1998. French actor, writer, director and sculptor (1913–1998))
• Macky Sall (born 1961. President of Senegal from 2012 to 2024)
• Peter Scholze (born 1987. German mathematician (born 1987))
• Kamehameha V (1830 to 1872. King of Hawaii from 1863 to 1872)
• Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905 to 1974. President of Ireland from 1973 to 1974)
• Ronald Dworkin (1931 to 2013. American legal philosopher (1931–2013))
• Alain de Benoist (born 1943. French journalist and political theorist (born 1943))
• Derek Parfit (1942 to 2017. British philosopher (1942–2017))
• Annie Jump Cannon (1863 to 1941. American astronomer (1863–1941))
• Alfred de Musset (1810 to 1857. French writer (1810–1857))
• Michael Oakeshott (1901 to 1990. English philosopher (1901–1990))
• Charles Theodore (1724 to 1799. Elector Palatine (1742–1777), Elector of Bavaria (1777–1799))
• Carlos Arias Navarro (1908 to 1989. Spanish politician (1908–1989))
• Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996. American actress and singer (born 1996))
• David Brewster (1781 to 1868. British astronomer and mathematician (1781–1868))
• Abdel Hakim Amer (1919 to 1967. Egyptian politician and general (1919–1967))
• Ayelet Waldman (born 1964. American-Israeli writer)
• Elliott Carter (1908 to 2012. American composer (1908–2012))
• Rajagopala Chidambaram (1936 to 2025. Indian physicist (1936–2025))
• Stephen Timoshenko (1878 to 1972. Ukrainian engineer and academic (1878–1972))
• Phil Woolas (1959 to 2026. British politician (1959–2026))
• Sherrilyn Kenyon (born 1965. American novelist (born 1965))
• Paul Greengard (1925 to 2019. American neuroscientist (1925–2019))
• Ken Tamplin (born 1963. American vocal coach)
• Francesco Algarotti (1712 to 1764. Italian polymath (1712–1764))
• Dilawar (1979 to 2002. Afghan torture victim)
• Paul Haslinger (born 1962. Austrian musician and composer)
• Dilip Kumar (1922 to 2021. Indian actor (1922–2021))
• Rey Mysterio (born 1974. American professional wrestler (born 1974))
• Yoshihisa (1465 to 1489. Military ruler of Japan from 1465 to 1489)
• Yakov Eliashberg (born 1946. Russian-American mathematician)
• Carolyn Beug (1952 to 2001. American filmmaker and producer (1952-2001))
• Alexander Fadeyev (writer) (1901 to 1956. Soviet writer and politician (1901–1956))
• Carole Pateman (born 1940. British political theorist (born 1940))
• Pyotr Saltykov (1698 to 1772. Russian statesman and military officer (1698–1773))
• David D. McKiernan (born 1950. US Army general)
• Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876 to 1909. Polish composer and conductor)
• Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1833 to 1891. Royal Navy Admiral and a sculptor (1833–1891))
• Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton (1850 to 1922. Princess of Monaco (1850–1922))
• Adolph Alexander Weinman (1870 to 1952. German-American sculptor and architectural sculptor (1870–1952))

Died on December 11

• Ravi Shankar (1920 to 2012. Indian musician and sitar player (1920–2012))
• Anne Rice (1941 to 2021. American author (1941–2021))
• Charles XII (1682 to 1718. King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718)
• Ögedei Khan (1186 to 1241. Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1229 to 1241)
• Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892 to 1980. Duchess of Brunswick from 1913 to 1918)
• Justinian II (669 to 711. Byzantine emperor from 685 to 695 and 705 to 711)
• Damasus I (305 to 384. Bishop of Rome from 366 to 384)
• Michael VIII Palaiologos (1224 to 1282. Byzantine emperor from 1261 to 1282)
• Kōkaku (1771 to 1840. Emperor of Japan from 1779 to 1817)
• Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220 to 1282. Prince of Gwynedd from 1255 to 1282)
• Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797 to 1826. Empress of Brazil (1822–1826) and Queen of Portugal (1826))
• Henry IV of Castile (1425 to 1474. King of Castile and León from 1454 to 1474)
• Kamehameha V (1830 to 1872. King of Hawaii from 1863 to 1872)
• Al-Mutawakkil (822 to 861. 10th Abassid caliph (r.822–861 CE))
• Joanna Trollope (1943 to 2025. English writer (1943–2025))
• Louis, Grand Condé (1621 to 1686. French military leader (1621–1686))
• Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507 to 1582. Spanish military officer, statesman and diplomat (1507–1582))
• Raghunath Rao (1734 to 1783. Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy from 1773 to 1774)
• Maddie Blaustein (1960 to 2008. American voice actress and comics writer (1960–2008))
• Nihal Atsız (1905 to 1975. Turkish ultranationalist writer, novelist, and poet (1905–1975))
• Marie Walewska (1787 to 1817. Polish countess belonging to inner circle of Napoleon Bonaparte)
• Maria Amalia of Austria (1701 to 1756. Holy Roman Empress from 1742 to 1745)
• Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918–2007) (1918 to 2007. Austrian entrepreneur and nobleman (1918–2007))
• Pinturicchio (1454 to 1513. Italian painter (1454–1513))
• Stanisław Maczek (1892 to 1994. Polish general (1892–1994))
• Elmyr de Hory (1906 to 1976. Hungarian painter and art forger (1906–1976))
• Frank Merrill (1903 to 1955. United States Army general (1903–1955))
• Olive Schreiner (1855 to 1920. South African author and activist (1855–1920))
• Prince Ernst of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863 to 1950. Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg)
• Archer Milton Huntington (1870 to 1955. Philanthropist and art patron)

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