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November 11 birthdays

346 notable historical figures were born on November 11, and 178 died on this day. Everyone born on November 11 is a Scorpio.

19% of November 11 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (81) than any other country.

Born on November 11

• George S. Patton (1885 to 1945. United States Army general (1885–1945))
• Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974. American actor (born 1974))
• Daniel Ortega (born 1945. Leader of Nicaragua (1979–1990; since 2007))
• Friedrich Merz (born 1955. Chancellor of Germany since 2025)
• Demi Moore (born 1962. American actress (born 1962))
• Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 to 1881. Russian novelist (1821–1881))
• Kurt Vonnegut (1922 to 2007. American author (1922–2007))
• Victor Emmanuel III (1869 to 1947. King of Italy from 1900 to 1946)
• Magda Goebbels (1901 to 1945. Wife of Joseph Goebbels (1901–1945))
• Gustaf VI Adolf (1882 to 1973. King of Sweden from 1950 to 1973)
• Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1050 to 1106. Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 to 1105)
• Charles IV of Spain (1748 to 1819. King of Spain from 1788 to 1808)
• Bartolomé de las Casas (1474 to 1566. Spanish clergyman and writer (1484–1566))
• Robert Ryan (1909 to 1973. American actor (1909–1973))
• Peaches (musician) (born 1966. Canadian musician (born 1966))
• Jigme Singye Wangchuck (born 1955. King of Bhutan from 1972 to 2006)
• Qamar Javed Bajwa (born 1960. Former general and 10th Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan))
• Edgar Lungu (1956 to 2025. President of Zambia from 2015 to 2021 (1956–2025))
• Nicole Malliotakis (born 1980. American politician (born 1980))
• Roy Jenkins (1920 to 2003. British politician (1920–2003))
• Howard Fast (1914 to 2003. Prolific American writer)
• Yuri Milner (born 1961. Israeli entrepreneur and physicist (born 1961))
• Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852 to 1925. Austrian general (1852–1925))
• Paul Signac (1863 to 1935. French painter (1863–1935))
• Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729 to 1811. French military officer and explorer (1729–1811))
• Alfonso VIII (1155 to 1214. King of Castile and Toledo from 1158 to 1214)
• Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (1912 to 1990. American painter, father of Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr)
• Sancho I (1154 to 1211. King of Portugal from 1185 to 1211)
• J. B. Kripalani (1888 to 1982. Indian politician (1888-1982))
• Charlie Sykes (born 1954. American political commentator (born 1954))
• Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (1599 to 1655. Queen of Sweden from 1620 to 1632)
• Marie Bashkirtseff (1860 to 1884. Artist (1858–1884))
• Martin Bucer (1491 to 1551. German Protestant reformer (1491–1551))
• Hana Gaddafi (born 1985. Daughter of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (1985-possibly 1986))
• Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani (born 1991) (born 1991. Qatari sheikh and minister of the Interior since 2023)
• Andrew Beal (born 1952. American banker, businessman, investor, and amateur mathematician)
• Charlotte of Savoy (1441 to 1483. Queen of France from 1461 to 1483)
• Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896 to 1977. American-Ghanaian writer and activist (1896–1977))
• Roberto Matta (1911 to 2002. Chilean painter (1911–2002))
• Abril Zamora (born 1981. Spanish actress)
• Ismail Petra of Kelantan (1949 to 2019. Sultan of Kelantan (r. 1979–2010))
• Mildred Dresselhaus (1930 to 2017. American physicist and nanotechnologist (1930–2017))
• Jukums Vācietis (1873 to 1938. Soviet military leader (1873–1938))
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929 to 2022. German writer and editor (1929–2022))
• Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean (1926 to 1987. 47th President of Argentina)
• James Morrison (jazz musician) (born 1962. Australian jazz musician (born 1962))
• Anil Kakodkar (born 1943. Indian nuclear physicist (born 1943))
• Gisela of Swabia (990 to 1043. Holy Roman Empress from 1027 to 1039)
• Blair Cottrell (born 1989. Australian neo-Nazi (born 1989))
• Carl Peter Thunberg (1743 to 1828. Swedish naturalist (1743–1828))
• Alphonse, Count of Poitou and Toulouse (1220 to 1271. 13th-century French nobleman)
• al-Mustakfi (908 to 949. Abbasid caliph from 944 to 946)
• Frans Snyders (1579 to 1657. Flemish painter (1579–1657))
• Queen Jeonghui (1418 to 1483. Queen of Joseon from 1455 to 1468)
• Marian Diamond (1926 to 2017. American professor of human anatomy and neuroanatomy (1926–2017))
• I. G. Patel (1924 to 2005. Indian banker)
• James Renwick Jr. (1818 to 1895. American architect (1818–1895))
• Ottavio Piccolomini (1599 to 1656. Italian nobleman, army general of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire (1599–1656))
• Jane Pratt (born 1962. American editor (born 1962))
• Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck (born 1994. Bhutanese royal)

Died on November 11

• Yasser Arafat (1929 to 2004. President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004)
• Søren Kierkegaard (1813 to 1855. Danish theologian and philosopher (1813–1855))
• Pope Leo I (390 to 461. Head of the Catholic Church from 440 to 461)
• F. W. de Klerk (1936 to 2021. President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994)
• Liliʻuokalani (1838 to 1917. Queen of Hawaii from 1891 to 1893)
• Yazid I (646 to 683. Umayyad caliph from 680 to 683)
• Nat Turner (1800 to 1831. American slave rebellion leader (1800–1831))
• Kuvempu (1904 to 1994. Indian poet (1904–1994))
• Jerome Kern (1885 to 1945. American composer (1885–1945))
• Lucretia Mott (1793 to 1880. American Quaker abolitionist and suffragist (1793–1880))
• Peter V (1837 to 1861. King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861)
• Peter III (1239 to 1285. King of Aragon and Valencia (1276–85); King of Sicily (1282–85))
• Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1935 to 2020. Bahraini royal, prime minister from 1970 to 2020)
• Paul Janssen (1926 to 2003. Belgian physician (1926–2003))
• Frank Auerbach (1931 to 2024. German-born British painter (1931–2024))
• Julien Offray de La Mettrie (1709 to 1751. French physician and philosopher (1709–1751))
• Teresa of León (1080 to 1130. 11/12th-century Countess and disputed Queen of Portugal)
• Stefan (1276 to 1331. King of Serbia from 1322 to 1331)
• Jahan Shah (1397 to 1467. Padishah-i Iran)
• Tupaia (navigator) (1725 to 1770. Polynesian navigator)
• Theodore the Studite (759 to 826. Byzantine monk, abbot, and scholar)
• Esther Lederberg (1922 to 2006. American microbiologist (1922–2006))
• Estanislao Figueras (1819 to 1882. Spanish politician (1819–1882))
• Arthur Rothstein (1915 to 1985. American photojournalist (1915–1985))
• Corneliu Coposu (1914 to 1995. Romanian politician (1914 - 1995))
• Yiannis Ritsos (1909 to 1990. Greek poet and communist (1909–1990))
• Anne of Cyprus (1418 to 1462. Duchess consort of Savoy)
• Ajahn Mun (1870 to 1949. Buddhist monk of Thai Forest Tradition (1870–1949))
• Lee Maracle (1950 to 2021. Indigenous Canadian writer and academic (1950–2021))
• Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895 to 1973. Finnish chemist and professor)

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