Famous Birthdays on April 11

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• 1348 Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor, born in Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (d. 1385)

• 1370 Frederick I the Warlike, Elector of Saxony, born in Dresden, Margravate of Meissen, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1428)
• 1374 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England, born in Usk, Monmouthshire (d. 1398)
• 1492 Marguerite of Navarre, Queen of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre, born in Angoulême, France (d. 1549)
• 1586 Pietro Della Valle, Italian composer, born in Rome, Papal States (d. 1652)
• 1592 John Eliot, English parliament leader, born in Port Eliot, Cornwall, England (d. 1632)
• 1661 Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet, born in Paris (d. 1722)
• 1681 Anne Danican Philidor, French composer (Concert Spirituel), born in Paris (d. 1728)
• 1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer, born in Avignon, France (d. 1738)
• 1715 John Alcock, English composer and organist, born in London (d. 1806)
• 1721 David Zeisberger, Moravian clergyman and missionary, born in Zauchtenthal, Moravia (d. 1808)
• 1722 Christopher Smart, English poet and journalist (Ceremony of Carols), born in Shipbourne, England (d. 1771)
• 1735 Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, French violinist and composer, born in Paris (d. 1818)
• 1746 Wentworth Cheswell, American auditor and teacher, 1st African American elected to public office in the US, born in Newmarket, New Hampshire (d. 1817)
• 1755 James Parkinson, English physician (First description of Parkinson's disease) and political activist, born in Shoreditch, London (d. 1824)
• 1769 Johann Georg Lickl, Austrian organist, kapellmeister, and composer, born in Korneuburg, Lower Austria (d. 1843)

• 1772 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet (El Duque de Viseo), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1857)
• 1775 Charles-Francois Dumonchau, French pianist and composer, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1820)
• 1779 Louise Reichardt, German composer of lieder and scared songs, educator, and choral conductor, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1826)
• 1793 Nicolaas Christiaan Kist, Dutch Reformed theologian and church historian, born in Woerden, Netherlands (d. 1859)
• 1794 Edward Everett, American statesman and orator, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts (d. 1865)
• 1798 Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (radiant light), born in Parma, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1854)
• 1801 Claude Tillier, French journalist and writer (My Uncle Benjamin), born in Clamecy, Nièvre, France (d. 1844)
• 1810 Henry Rawlinson, British army officer and oriental scholar (major role in deciphering cuneiform), born in Chadlington, England (d. 1895)
• 1815 Clara Fey, German Roman Catholic Nun and the founder of the Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus, born in Aachen, Prussia (d. 1894)
• 1825 Ferdinand Lassalle, French socialist and political activist (Allgemeiner), born in Breslau, Prussia (d. 1864)
• 1837 Elmer E. Ellsworth, American soldier who was the 1st Union officer killed in the American Civil War, born in Malta, New York (d. 1861)
• 1838 Joseph Leopold Röckel, German-British composer, music publisher, and teacher, born in London, England (d. 1908)
• 1840 John Conrad Nordqvist, Swedish composer, born in Vänersborg, Älvsborg County, Sweden (d. 1920)
• 1854 Hugh Massie, Australian cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests; NSW), born in Port Fairy, Australia (d. 1938)
• 1856 Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricket batsman (23 Tests [7 captain]; 1277 runs @ 35 47; Nottinghamshire), born in New Lenton, England (d. 1903)
• 1856 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India, born in Moorslede, Belgium (d. 1893)
• 1859 Basil Harwood, English organist and composer, born in Woodhouse, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1949)
• 1862 Charles Evans Hughes, American statesman, Republican politician and 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41), born in Glens Falls, New York (d. 1948)
• 1862 William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and Director of Lick Observatory, born in Hancock County, Ohio (d. 1938)
• 1865 Mary White Ovington, American journalist, suffragist, and co-founder of the NAACP, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1951)
• 1866 Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet, born in Beaufort, Australia (d. 1953)
• 1866 Clara Ford, American suffragette supporter and wife of industrialist Henry Ford, born in Wayne County, Michigan (d. 1950)
• 1867 John Paulus Lotsy, Dutch botanist and geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1931)
• 1867 Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools (1902-2)8, born in Butte County, California (d. 1928)
• 1869 Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, born in Mandal, Norway (d. 1943)
• 1869 Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mahatma Gandhi, born in Gujarat, India (d. 1944)
• 1873 Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1955)
• 1876 Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist, born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1958)
• 1879 Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo) (d. 1942)
• 1881 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, American composer, born in New York City (d. 1945)
• 1883 Leonard Mudie, British actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence), born in Cheetham, England (d. 1965)
• 1888 Donald Calthrop, British actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express), born in London, England (d. 1940)
• 1889 Nick LaRocca, American jazz coronetist and composer ("Tiger Rag"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1961)
• 1890 Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, born in Predappio, Romagna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1979)
• 1893 Dean Acheson, American statesman and U.S. Secretary of State (1949-53), born in Middletown, Connecticut (d. 1971)
• 1893 Johannes Theodoor Thijsse, Dutch director of Delft Hydraulics Laboratory, born in Amsterdam (d. 1984)
• 1896 Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Quebec novelist (Les Engagés du Grand Portage), born in Berthier, Canada (d. 1967)
• 1897 Caspar Neher, Austrian-German set designer and librettist, born in Augsburg, Germany (d. 1962)

• 1900 Sándor Márai, Hungarian writer (A gyertyák csonkig égnek), born in Kassa, Hungary (d. 1989)
• 1901 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer and manufacturer (typewriter), born in Ivrea, Italy (d. 1960)
• 1901 Glenway Wescott, American writer (Apartment in Athens), born in Kewaskum, Wisconsin (d. 1987)
• 1901 Theodor Rogalski, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1954)
• 1902 Quentin Reynolds, American newscaster (Its News to Me) and author (FBI), born in New York City (d. 1965)
• 1904 Arthur Ernest Mourant, British hematologist, born in La Hougue Bie, Jersey (d. 1994)
• 1904 Paul McGrath, American actor (Witness, No Time for Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1978)
• 1905 József Attila, Hungarian poet, born in Ferencváros, Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)
• 1906 Dalia "Dale" Messick, American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005)
• 1907 Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, born in Llanymynech, Powys (d. 2001)
• 1907 Paul Douglas, American actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1959)
• 1908 Jane Bolin, first African American female judge, born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 2007)
• 1908 Karel Ančerl, Czechoslovak conductor (Czech Philharmonic, 1950-68; Toronto Symphony, 1968-73), composer, and Auschwitz survivor, born in Tučapy, Czech Republic (d. 1973)
• 1908 Leo Rosten, American writer and humourist (Joys of Yiddish), born in Łódź, Russian Empire (d. 1997)

• 1910 António de Spínola, Portuguese general and conservative President of Portugal (1974), born in Estremoz, Portugal (d. 1996)
• 1910 Henry William Collins, English artist, born in Colchester, Essex (d. 1994)
• 1912 John Larkin, American actor (Saints & Sinners, The Satan Bug, 12 O'Clock High), born in Oakland, California (d. 1965)
• 1913 John Lee Granderson, American Chicago-style blues guitarist, born in Ellendale, Tennessee (d. 1979)
• 1913 Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (for Jackie Kennedy), born in Paris, France (d. 2006)
• 1914 Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian film animator and director, born in Stirling, Scotland (d. 1987)
• 1916 Alberto E Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1983)
• 1916 Dan Fortmann, American College/Pro Football HOF guard (3 × NFL C'ship 1940, 41, 43 Chicago Bears; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl), born in Pearl River, New York (d. 1995)
• 1916 Howard W. Koch, American producer and director (Frankenstein, Airplane II), born in New York City (d. 2001)
• 1917 Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (Hockey Night in Canada), born in Sydney, Nova Scotia (d. 1993)
• 1917 David Westheimer, American novelist (Von Ryan's Express), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2005)
• 1918 Jimmy Lewis, American jazz double bassist and soul electric bassist, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2000)
• 1918 Richard Wainwright, English politician, Liberal MP for Colne Valley (1966–70), born in Leeds (d. 2003)
• 1919 Hugh Carey, American politician and attorney (Gov-D-NY), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2011)
• 1919 Raymond Carr, English historian and warden (St Antony's College Oxford), born in Bath, Somerset, England (d. 2015)
• 1920 Emilio Colombo, Italian Prime Minister (1970-72), born in Potenza, Basilicata (d. 2013)
• 1920 Marlen Haushofer, Austrian writer (The Wall), born in Frauenstein, Austria (d. 1970)
• 1921 Jeff Stollmeyer, West Indian cricket batsman (32 Tests 4 x 100, HS 160; Trinidad & Tobago) and executive (President WI Board of Control 1974-81), born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad (d. 1989)
• 1921 Jim Hearn, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1954 NY Giants; MLB All Star 1952), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1998)
• 1921 Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster, British barrister and diplomat, born in Paddington, London, England (d. 2007)
• 1922 Alexander Raichev, Bulgarian composer, born in Lom, Bulgaria (d. 2003)
• 1922 Antoine Blondin, French writer (L'Europe buissonnière), born in Paris (d. 1991)
• 1923 Theodore Isaac Rubin, American psychiatrist and author credited with popularising psychotherapy, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2019)
• 1925 Johan van Zonderen, Dutch painter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1996)
• 1925 Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman and founder of Quebecor, born in Montreal (d. 1997)
• 1925 Rik Kuypers, Belgian director (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor), born in Mortsel, Belgium (d. 2019)
• 1926 Gervase de Peyer, British clarinetist, born in London (d. 2017)
• 1926 Robert Hall Lewis, American composer, born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1996)
• 1926 Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer, born in Quebec City, Canada (d. 2011)
• 1927 Domenico Guaccero, Italian composer, born in Palo de Colle, Italy (d. 1984)

• 1929 Lawrence Coughlin, American lawyer and politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
• 1930 Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1997)
• 1930 Bill Hefner, American politician, Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, born in Elora, Tennessee (d. 2009)
• 1930 Clive Exton, British scriptwriter (Poirot; Jeeves and Wooster), and playwright, born in Islington, London (d. 2007)
• 1930 James Ferman, American director and secretary (British Board of Film Classification), born in New York (d. 2002)
• 1930 Joseph Burnett-Stuart, British CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings), born in the UK (d. 2010)
• 1930 Kazuo Fukushima, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo
• 1930 Nicholas F. Brady, American politician and U.S. Secretary of Treasury (1988-93), born in New York City
• 1931 Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), born in New Jersey (d. 2006)
• 1931 Johnny Sheffield, American actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2010)
• 1931 Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese television and video game composer (Dragon Quest), and Nanjing Massacre denialist, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2021)
• 1931 Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby union outside back (10 Tests Wales, 3 British Lions; Neath, Llanelli) and rugby league utility (2 Tests Wales, 17 Great Britain; Leeds, Wentworthville), born in Gorseinon, Wales (d. 2024)
• 1932 Francis G. Neubeck, USAF pilot and astronaut, born in Washington, D.C.

• 1932 Max Schubel, American composer (Opus One Records), born in New York (d. 2010)
• 1933 Denis Goldberg, South African anti-apartheid activist (convicted alongside Mandela), born in Cape Town (d. 2020)
• 1933 Futoshi Nakanishi, Japanese Baseball HOF infielder (Nishitetsu Lions; Pacific League MVP 1956; 7×Best Nine Award) and manager (Nishitetsu Lions), born in Takamatsu, Japan (d. 2023)
• 1933 Tony Brown, American journalist (Tony Brown's Journal), born in Charleston, West Virginia
• 1934 Dame Anne Poole, British chief nursing officer (Department of Health)
• 1934 Mark Strand, American poet, editor and translator (Another Republic), born in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada (d. 2014)
• 1934 Richard A. Garland, artist and photographer (d. 1994)
• 1935 Father Abraham [Pierre Kartner], Dutch singer and songwriter (The Smurf Song), born in Elst, Netherlands (d. 2022)
• 1935 Richard Berry, American doo-wop bass vocalist and songwriter ("Louie, Louie"), born in Extension, Louisiana (d. 1997)

• 1936 Janet Allen, Headmistress (Benenden School)
• 1937 Jill Gascoine, British stage and pioneering TV actress (The Gentle Touch - "Maggie Forbes"), and novelist, born in Lambeth, London, England (d. 2020)
• 1938 Kurt Moll, German bass opera singer, born near Cologne, Germany (d. 2017)
• 1938 Lamberto Puggelli, Italian stage and opera director (Spoleto Festival), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2013)
• 1938 Michael Deaver, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff, born in Bakersfield, California (d. 2007)
• 1939 Louise Lasser, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Mary Hartman"), born in New York City
• 1940 Wladyslaw Komar, Polish athlete (Olympic gold shot put 1972) and actor, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 1998)
• 1941 Ellen Goodman, American political columnist (Pulitzer 1980), born in Newton, Massachusetts
• 1941 Frederick "Rick" Hauck, American astronaut (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26), born in Long Beach, California
• 1942 Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5), born in Enem, Russia (d. 2014)
• 1943 Egbert Dommering, Dutch lawyer
• 1943 John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, British entrepreneur, politician and nobleman
• 1944 John Milius, American screenwriter (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday), born in St. Louis, Missouri
• 1944 R. J. B Knight, British deputy director (National Maritime Museum)
• 1946 Bob Harris, English radio presenter (The Old Grey Whistle Test, Time Out), born in Northampton, England
• 1947 Lev Bulat, Russian physicist, born in Chernovtsy, Ukraine
• 1947 Meshach Taylor, American actor, born in Altadena, CA, (d. 2014)
• 1947 Michael Hindley, British politician, Member of the European Parliament, born in Blackburn, England
• 1947 Michael Wright, British academic, Vice-Chancellor of Aston University
• 1947 Peter Riegert, American actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey), born in New York City
• 1947 Uli Edel, German film director (Last Exit to Brooklyn), born in Neuenburg am Rhein, South Baden, Germany
• 1948 Georgi Yartsev, Russian soccer forward (5 caps USSR; FC Spartak Moscow) and manager (Russia; Spartak, Dynamo, Torpedo Moscow), born in Nikolskoye, Russia (d. 2022)
• 1948 Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach, born in Viareggio, Italy
• 1949 Bernd Eichinger, German film producer and director, born in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany (d. 2011)
• 1949 Carl Franklin, American actor (Devil in a Blue Dress), born in Richmond, California
• 1949 Jean-Pierre Bastiat, French rugby union lock (32 Tests; US Dax), born in Pouillon, France (d. 2021)
• 1950 Bill Irwin, American actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall), born in Santa Monica, California
• 1950 Ferenc Mészáros, Hungarian soccer goalkeeper (29 caps; Vasas SC 252 games), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2023)
• 1951 Doris Angleton, American socialite and murder victim (d. 1997)
• 1951 Glyn Shaw, Welsh rugby union prop (12 caps; Neath RFC), and rugby league prop (7 caps Wales, 1 GB; Widnes RLFC, Wigan RLFC), born in Rhigos, Wales (d. 2022)
• 1951 James Patrick Kelly, American sci-fi author (Think Like a Dinosaur), born in Mineola, New York
• 1951 Jim Holton, Scottish soccer defender (15 caps; Manchester United, Coventry City), born in Lesmahagow, Scotland (d. 1993)
• 1951 Paul Fox, English musician and singer (The Ruts), born in United Kingdom (d. 2007)
• 1951 Robbie House, American country-rockabilly guitarist (Snuff - "Bad, Bad, Billy"), born in the USA
• 1952 Michael Shea, American director and actor (The Fugitive, The Wild Wild West, Mission: Impossible), born in Queens, New York
• 1952 Peter Windsor, English motor racing journalist and reporter, born in Reigate, Surrey, England
• 1953 Andrew Wiles, British mathematician (number theory, proved Fermat's last theorem), born in Cambridge, England
• 1953 Branimir "Johnny" Štulić, Croatian rock singer (Azra), born in Skopje, Yugoslavia
• 1953 Guy Verhofstadt, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (1999-2008), born in Dendermonde, Belgium
• 1955 Kevin Brady, American politician (Rep Texas (R) 1997-), born in Vermillion, South Dakota
• 1955 Michele Scarabelli, Canadian actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas), born in Montreal, Quebec
• 1955 Neville Staple, English ska singer (The Specials - "Ghost Town"; "Free Nelson Mandela"), born in Manchester, Jamaica
• 1955 Piers J Sellers, English astronaut and climate scientist, born in Sussex (d. 2016)
• 1956 William Burns, American diplomat, CIA director (2021-), US Ambassador to Russia, born in Fort Liberty, North Carolina [1]
• 1957 Everton Mattis, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica
• 1957 John Castellanos, American actor (The Young and The Restless - "John Silva"), born in Mesa, California
• 1958 Brynn Hartman, American actress and murderer, born in Thief River Falls, Minnesota (d. 1998)
• 1958 Hanna Havrylets, Ukrainian composer (David's Psalms; Ėlegiya), and educator, born in Vydyniv, Ukrainian SSR (d. 2022)
• 1958 Sally Clark, New Zealand equestrian (World C'ship gold team eventing 1998; Olympic silver individual 1996), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
• 1958 Stuart Adamson, Scottish rock vocalist and guitarist (Big Country - "Wonderland"; "In A Big Country"), born in Manchester, England (d. 2001)

• 1960 Marko Elsner, Slovenian soccer defender (14 caps Yugoslavia, 2 Slovenia; Red Star Belgrade), born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 2020)
• 1961 Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms - "Til I Hear It From You"), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1993)
• 1961 Lucky Vanous, American model (GQ, Diet Coke), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
• 1961 Nigel Pulsford, British rock guitarist (Bush - Sixteen Stone), born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
• 1961 Vincent Gallo, American actor, director, writer (Buffalo '66, The Brown Bunny), born in Buffalo, New York
• 1962 Terry Hoage, American College Football HOF wide receiver (NCAA C'ship 1980 Uni of Georgia; New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins, Arizona Cardinals), born in Ames, Iowa
• 1963 Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricket umpire (84 Tests, 200 ODIs, 24 T20Is), born in Auckland, New Zealand
• 1963 Chris Ferguson, American professional poker player, born in Los Angeles, California
• 1963 Eddy Moya, actor, born in El Paso, Texas
• 1963 Elizabeth Smylie, Australian tennis player (Wimbledon doubles [Kathy Jordan] 1985; Wimbledon mixed doubles 1991; US Open mixed doubles 1983, 90) and broadcaster (7 Network), born in Perth, Australia
• 1964 Bret Saberhagen, American baseball pitcher (World Series MVP 1985 Kansas City Royals; Cy Young Award 1985, 89; 3 x MLB All Star), born in Chicago Heights, Illinois
• 1964 Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist and musician, born in Colorado Springs
• 1964 Steve Azar, American country singer and songwriter ("I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)"), born in Greenville, Mississippi
• 1966 Dustin Patrick Runnels, American professional wrestler (Goldust), born in Austin, Texas
• 1966 Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer ("Around the World"), born in Manchester, England
• 1966 Mason Reese, American actor (Underwood Deviled Ham), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1966 Steve Bullock, American politician (Governor of Montana 2013-), born in Missoula, Montana
• 1966 Tomas Leandersson, Swedish ten-pin bowler (FIQ World C'ships 1999; World Tenpin Team Cup 1994; World Games 1993), born in Degerfors, Sweden (d. 2021)
• 1967 Jimmy Kim, American taekwondo practitioner (Olympic gold heavyweight 1988; World Cup gold 1987), born in Cerritos, California (d. 2023)
• 1967 Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Champions Trophy gold 1999; Olympic silver 1992, bronze 2000), born in Melbourne, Australia
• 1967 Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km)

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