On this day · Aquarius

February 11 birthdays

310 notable historical figures were born on February 11, and 219 died on this day. Everyone born on February 11 is a Aquarius.

19% of February 11 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (77) than any other country.

Born on February 11

• Rosé (born 1997. New Zealand and South Korean singer (born 1997))
• Jennifer Aniston (born 1969. American actress (born 1969))
• Sarah Palin (born 1964. American politician (born 1964))
• Thomas Edison (1847 to 1931. American inventor and businessman (1847–1931))
• Manuel Noriega (1934 to 2017. Military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989)
• Elizabeth of York (1466 to 1503. Queen of England from 1486 to 1503)
• Gabriel Boric (born 1986. President of Chile from 2022 to 2026)
• Farouk of Egypt (1920 to 1965. King of Egypt from 1936 to 1952)
• Ken Shamrock (born 1964. American professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter (born 1964))
• Kazimir Malevich (1878 to 1935. Russian artist and painter (1879–1935))
• Leo Szilard (1898 to 1964. Hungarian-American physicist and inventor (1898–1964))
• Nurhaci (1559 to 1626. Founding khan of the Later Jin dynasty)
• Sérgio Mendes (1941 to 2024. Brazilian musician (1941–2024))
• Dennis Skinner (born 1932. British politician (born 1932))
• Mary Quant (1934 to 2023. British fashion designer and fashion icon (1930–2023))
• Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839 to 1903. American scientist (1839–1903))
• Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900 to 2002. German philosopher (1900–2002))
• Taylor Lautner (born 1992. American actor (born 1992))
• Burt Reynolds (1936 to 2018. American actor (1936–2018))
• Daniel James Jr. (1920 to 1978. United States Air Force general)
• Henry Fox Talbot (1800 to 1877. English photography pioneer (1800–1877))
• Antony Flew (1923 to 2010. English analytic and evidentialist philosopher (1923–2010))
• Arne Jacobsen (1902 to 1971. Danish architect (1902–1971))
• Poggio Bracciolini (1380 to 1459. Italian scholar, writer and humanist (1380–1459))
• Yoo Byung-eun (1941 to 2014. South Korean clergyman and businessman (1941–2014))
• Keith Holyoake (1904 to 1983. New Zealand politician (1904–1983))
• Gregory XIV (1535 to 1591. Head of the Catholic Church from 1590 to 1591)
• Otto V (1261 to 1312. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1305 to 1307)
• Jane Yolen (1939 to 2026. American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books (born 1939))
• Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 to 1945. German poet and playwright (1869–1945))
• Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657 to 1757. French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757))
• Harold J. Greene (1959 to 2014. United States Army general (1959–2014))
• Nan Shepherd (1893 to 1981. Scottish memoirist, novelist and poet (1893–1981))
• Leslie Nielsen (1926 to 2010. Canadian-American actor (1926–2010))
• Almon Brown Strowger (1839 to 1902. American inventor of the telephone exchange (1839–1902))
• May Ziadeh (1886 to 1941. Lebanese-Palestinian writer (1886–1941))
• Prince Komatsu Akihito (1846 to 1903. Japanese Army officer)
• Mona Hatoum (born 1952. British-Palestinian multimedia and installation artist)
• Mike Shinoda (born 1977. American musician (born 1977))
• Jeb Bush (born 1953. American politician and businessman (born 1953))
• Tilka Majhi (1750 to 1784. Tribal freedom fighter)
• Varg Vikernes (born 1973. Norwegian criminal and musician (born 1973))
• Ellen van Dijk (born 1987. Dutch professional cyclist)
• Anneli Jäätteenmäki (born 1955. Prime minister of Finland in 2003)
• Kelly Rowland (born 1981. American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1981))
• Charles Malik (1906 to 1987. Lebanese politician (1906–1987))
• Sheryl Crow (born 1962. American singer-songwriter (born 1962))
• Frederick Kroesen (1923 to 2020. American Army general (1923–2020))
• Louis Banks (born 1941. Indian composer and singer (born 1941))
• Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani (born 1958. Prime minister of Qatar (1996–2007))
• Alphonse Massamba-Débat (1921 to 1977. President of Congo-Brazzaville from 1963 to 1968)
• Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1728 to 1793. Duke of Württemberg (1728–1793))
• Rachilde (1860 to 1953. French Decadent writer (1860–1953))
• Brandy Norwood (born 1979. American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1979))
• Daniil Medvedev (born 1996. Russian tennis player (born 1996))
• Vivian Fuchs (1908 to 1999. British polar explorer (1908–1999))
• Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944 to 2021. Indian director (1944–2021))
• Hannah Callowhill Penn (1671 to 1726. Anglo-American governor (1671–1726))
• Ellen Day Hale (1855 to 1940. American painter)
• Johan Söderqvist (born 1966. Swedish film score composer (born 1966))

Died on February 11

• Sylvia Plath (1932 to 1963. American poet and writer (1932–1963))
• Whitney Houston (1963 to 2012. American singer and actress (1963–2012))
• René Descartes (1596 to 1650. French philosopher and mathematician (1596–1650))
• Elizabeth of York (1466 to 1503. Queen of England from 1486 to 1503)
• Heraclius (575 to 641. Byzantine emperor from 610 to 641)
• Sergei Eisenstein (1898 to 1948. Soviet-Russian filmmaker and theorist (1898–1948))
• Mary Jackson (engineer) (1924 to 2005. American aerospace engineer (1921–2005))
• John William Waterhouse (1849 to 1917. English painter (1849–1917))
• Gordian III (225 to 244. Roman emperor from 238 to 244)
• Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905 to 1977. President of India from 1974 to 1977)
• John Buchan (1875 to 1940. Scottish author and statesman (1875–1940))
• Thomas Cole (1801 to 1848. Anglo-American artist (1801–1848))
• Olha Khokhlova (1891 to 1955. Russian model and dancer (1891–1955))
• Gregory II (669 to 731. Head of the Catholic Church from 715 to 731)
• Charles Lyell (1797 to 1875. Scottish geologist (1797–1875))
• Victor Klemperer (1881 to 1960. German romance languages scholar and diarist)
• Léon Foucault (1819 to 1868. French physicist (1819–1868))
• Tahmasp II (1704 to 1740. Shah of Iran)
• Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1905 to 1989. Emirati politician (1905–1989))
• Asma Jahangir (1952 to 2018. Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer)
• Pope Paschal I (775 to 824. Head of the Catholic Church from 817 to 824)
• Walter Burley Griffin (1876 to 1937. American architect and landscape architect (1876–1937))
• Charles Algernon Parsons (1854 to 1931. Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor (1854–1931))
• Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618 to 1680. Princess-Abbess of Herford Abbey from 1667 to 1680)
• Taytu Betul (1851 to 1918. Empress of Ethiopia from 1889 to 1913)
• Axel Munthe (1857 to 1949. Swedish doctor and psychiatrist)
• Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925 to 2019. Acting President of Afghanistan in April–June 1992)
• R. C. Majumdar (1888 to 1980. Indian historian and academician (1888–1980))
• Ernest Jones (1879 to 1958. Welsh neurologist, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1879–1958))
• Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1740 to 1785. Shah of Iran 1781 to 1785)

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