April 11
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[edit] Births
- 146 - Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor (d. 211)
- 1357 - King John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
- 1373 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
- 1492 - Margaret of Navarre, Queen of Navarre and writer (d. 1549)
- 1568 - Marin Getaldić - Croatian physicist and astronomer (d. 1626)
- 1723 - Franz Anton Bustelli, porcelain moulder (d. 1763)
- 1755 - James Parkinson, English physician
- 1810 - Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, soldier and orientalist (d. 1895)
- 1819 - Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
- 1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, politician (d. 1864)
- 1869 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
- 1883 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author (d. 1951)
- 1889 - Nick LaRocca, jazz musician (d. 1961)
- 1893 - Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 1971)
- 1896 - Wieland Herzfelde, publisher and author (d. 1989)
- 1906 - Dale Messick, cartoonist (d. 2005)
- 1908 - Leo Rosten, humorist, author (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Stanislawa Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (d. 1980)
- 1913 - Oleg Cassini, fashion designer
- 1916 - Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)
- 1920 - Marlen Haushofer, author (d. 1990)
- 1928 - Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy
- 1930 - Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
- 1931 - Johnny Sheffield, American actor
- 1932 - Joel Grey, singer, actor, and dancer
- 1933 - Tony Brown, American journalist, broadcaster
- 1935 - Richard Berry, American singer, and composer (d. 1997)
- 1938 - Kurt Moll, German bass
- 1939 - Louise Lasser, American actress
- 1944 - John Milius, director, writer
- 1946 - Bob Harris, Briths disc jockey and presenter
- 1947 - Peter Riegert, American actor
- 1947 - Meshach Taylor, American actor
- 1949 - Bernd Eichinger, film producer
- 1951 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, American socialite (d. 1997)
- 1951 - James Patrick Kelly, author
- 1953 - Andrew Wiles, mathematician
- 1953 - Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
- 1955 - Kevin Brady, American politician
- 1955 - Julie Czerneda, author
- 1955 - Michael Callen, American singer and songwriter (d. 1993)
- 1957 - Marina Fitch, author
- 1958 - Stuart Adamson, British musician (Big Country) (d. 2001)
- 1960 - Jeremy Clarkson, journalist
- 1961 - Doug Hopkins, musician
- 1966 - Lisa Stansfield, singer
- 1966 - Mason Reese, American actor
- 1968 - Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian science fiction author
- 1971 - Oliver Riedel, musican (Rammstein)
- 1972 - Jason Varitek, baseball player
- 1974 - Trot Nixon, baseball player
- 1987 - Joss Stone, singer
[edit] Deaths
[edit] Events
- 1981: Brixton riot One of three riots in Brixton, London happened on this day
