Famous Personalities Born In May - 11
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
1568 Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (Battle of White Mountain) was born on May - 11.
1571 Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637) was born on this day in history.
1654 Cornelis van Alkemade, Dutch historian was born on May - 11.
1720 On this day in history birth of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797)
1722 Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) was born on this day in history.
1731 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer was born on May - 11.
1733 Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.
1752 Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840) was born on this day in history.
1763 On this day in history birth of jános Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
1772 Henri-Jean Rigel, composer was born on this day in history.
1791 On this day in history birth of jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer
1799 John Lowell, American philanthropist (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.
1801 On May - 11 birth of henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
1807 Ira Aldridge, Great 19th century black Shakespearian actor (Othello) was born on this day in history.
1811 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese Siamese twins was born on this day in history.
1811 Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1893) was born on this day in history.
1817 On May - 11 birth of fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer (d. 1909)
1821 [Carlos] Charles John Stolbrand, Brig General (Union volunteers) was born on May - 11.
1823 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter was born on May - 11.
1824 Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904) was born on May - 11.
1827 Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875) was born on May - 11.
1830 On May - 11 birth of john Converse Starkweather, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1835 KÄrlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (d. 1905) was born on this day in history.
1838 Walter Goodman, British painter, illustrator and author (d. 1912) was born on May - 11.
1840 Filippo Capocci, composer was born on this day in history.
1841 Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter was born on this day in history.
1852 Charles Warren Fairbanks, (R) 26th US VP (1905-09) was born on May - 11.
1854 John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper) was born on this day in history.
1854 Ottmar Mergenthaler, Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype) was born on this day in history.
1855 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born on May - 11.
1858 On this day in history birth of carl Hauptmann, writer
1861 On this day in history birth of frederick Russell Burnham, father of the international scouting movement (d. 1947)
1869 Francisco Lacerda, composer was born on this day in history.
1871 On this day in history birth of frank Schlesinger, American astronomer (d. 1943)