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March 11 birthdays

314 notable historical figures were born on March 11, and 191 died on this day. Everyone born on March 11 is a Pisces.

19% of March 11 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (80) than any other country.

Born on March 11

• Rupert Murdoch (born 1931. Australian-American business magnate (born 1931))
• Didier Drogba (born 1978. Ivorian footballer (born 1978))
• Qasem Soleimani (1957 to 2020. Iranian military officer (1957–2020))
• Harold Wilson (1916 to 1995. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964–1970, 1974–1976))
• Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (born 1961. President of the United Arab Emirates since 2022)
• John Barrowman (born 1967. Scottish and American actor, author, and singer (born 1967))
• Frederik IX (1899 to 1972. King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972)
• António José Seguro (born 1962. President of Portugal since 2026)
• Jerry Zucker (born 1950. American film director (born 1950))
• Astor Piazzolla (1921 to 1992. Argentine composer, bandoneon player and arranger (1921–1992))
• Múte Bourup Egede (born 1987. Prime Minister of Greenland from 2021 to 2025)
• Adolfo Suárez (1945 to 2014. Prime Minister of Spain from 1976 to 1981))
• Abdul Razak Hussein (1922 to 1976. Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1970 to 1976)
• Torquato Tasso (1544 to 1595. Italian poet (1544–1595))
• Christopher Rice (born 1978. American fiction writer)
• Michael Polanyi (1891 to 1976. Hungarian-British polymath (1891–1976))
• Arooj Aftab (born 1985. Pakistani musician (born 1985))
• Bobby Abreu (born 1974. Venezuelan baseball player (born 1974))
• Joseph Brooks (songwriter) (1938 to 2011. American director and composer (1938–2011))
• Cornelius Castoriadis (1922 to 1997. Greek-French philosopher (1922–1997))
• Henry Cowell (1897 to 1965. American composer (1897–1965))
• Daniella Kertesz (born 1989. Israeli actress (born 1989))
• The Lady Chablis (1957 to 2016. American actress, author, and transgender club performer)
• Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (born 1958. 72nd prime minister of Iraq)
• Rahaf Mohammed (born 2000. Saudi refugee and Honour Killing survivor)
• Harvey Mandel (born 1945. American guitarist (born 1945))
• Mary Everest Boole (1832 to 1916. Author of didactic works on mathematics)
• Marc-André Grondin (born 1984. Canadian actor)
• Joe Brainard (1942 to 1994. American poet (1942–1994))
• Mary of Woodstock (1278 to 1332. English princess and nun (born 1278))
• William Lloyd Webber (1914 to 1982. English organist and composer (1914–1982))
• John William I (1530 to 1573. Duke of Saxony)
• Edward Śmigły-Rydz (1886 to 1941. Polish politician and military leader (1886–1941))
• Sidney Sonnino (1847 to 1922. Italian politician (1847–1922))
• Harald zur Hausen (1936 to 2023. German virologist (1936–2023))
• Bodawpaya (1745 to 1819. King of Konbaung, Prince of Badon, Badon King, Royal Grandfather)
• Tappei Nagatsuki (born 1987. Japanese novelist)
• Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920 to 2017. Dutch–American physicist (1920–2017))
• Jovan Divjak (1937 to 2021. Bosnian general (1937–2021))
• Leslie Fish (1944 to 2025. American musician, author and activist (1944–2025))
• Alice von Hildebrand (1923 to 2022. Belgian-American philosopher (1923–2022))
• Andy Sturmer (born 1965. American television composer)
• Shahram Shabpareh (born 1948. Iranian pop singer and songwriter (born 1948))
• Syme, Ronald (1903 to 1989. New Zealand born British historian and classicist (1903–1989))
• Agatha Barbara (1923 to 2002. President of Malta from 1982 to 1987)
• Walter Braga Netto (born 1957. Minister of Defence of Brazil from 2021 to 2022)
• Sylvia Day (born 1973. Japanese American writer)
• Leroy Jenkins (musician) (1932 to 2007. American composer and violinist (1932–2007))
• Lynn Varley (born 1958. American comic book colorist (born 1958))
• Thomas T. Handy (1892 to 1982. United States Army general)
• Griselda Pollock (born 1949. British art historian (b. 1949))
• Antonin Scalia (1936 to 2016. US Supreme Court justice from 1986 to 2016)
• Andy Robertson (born 1994. Scottish footballer (born 1994))
• Dwijendranath Tagore (1840 to 1926. Indian poet, song composer, philosopher, mathematician, painter)
• James Speed (1812 to 1887. American lawyer and politician (1812–1887))
• Pan Jianwei (born 1970. Chinese quantum physicist and university administrator)
• Harry H. Laughlin (1880 to 1943. American eugenicist (1880–1943))
• Herbert Asquith (poet) (1881 to 1947. English poet, novelist, and lawyer (1881–1947))
• Anthony Davis (born 1993. American basketball player (born 1993))
• Libba Bray (born 1964. American writer (born 1964))

Died on March 11

• Sambhaji (1657 to 1689. Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1681 to 1689)
• Slobodan Milošević (1941 to 2006. Yugoslav and Serbian politician (1941–2006))
• Paul I of Russia (1754 to 1801. Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801)
• Elagabalus (203 to 222. Roman emperor from 218 to 222)
• Alexander Fleming (1881 to 1955. Scottish physician and microbiologist (1881–1955))
• Richard E. Byrd (1888 to 1957. American naval officer, explorer (1888–1957))
• Keith Emerson (1944 to 2016. English keyboardist, songwriter, and composer (1944–2016))
• Charles Sumner (1811 to 1874. American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874))
• Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891 to 1958. Danish businessman and founder of The Lego Group (1891–1958))
• Henri Giraud (1879 to 1949. French military officer (1879–1949))
• David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871 to 1936. Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1871–1936))
• Moshoeshoe I (1786 to 1870. First King of Lesotho)
• Benjamin West (1738 to 1820. American-born painter (1738–1820))
• William Rosecrans (1819 to 1898. American diplomat, politician and army officer (1819–1898))
• John J. McCloy (1895 to 1989. American lawyer and banker (1895–1989))
• Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860 to 1922. Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1883 to 1897)
• Marie, Countess of Champagne (1145 to 1198. Countess consort of Champagne)
• Jean Casimir-Perier (1847 to 1907. President of France from 1894 to 1895)
• Sophronius of Jerusalem (560 to 638. Patriarch of Jerusalem from 634 to 638)
• Rupiah Banda (1937 to 2022. Zambian politician (1937–2022))
• Fredric Brown (1906 to 1972. American novelist and short story author)
• William Alexander Morgan (1928 to 1961. American revolutionary)
• Ahmad Kasravi (1890 to 1946. Iranian academic (1890–1946))
• Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1916 to 1997. Indian actor)
• Walter A. Shewhart (1891 to 1967. American statistical quality control pioneer (1891-1967))
• Charlotte of Albret (1480 to 1514. Wife of Cesare Borgia; sister of King John III of Navarre)
• John Toland (1670 to 1722. Irish Enlightenment Philosopher (1670-1722))
• mother (180 to 222. Mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus (180–222))
• Bob Crow (1961 to 2014. British trade union leader)
• Siener van Rensburg (1864 to 1926. South African prophet)

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