Famous Birthdays on February 11

Louis Mandrin (1725-1755)

French smuggler considered the French Robin Hood, born in Dauphiné, France

1755 Albert Christoph Dies, German painter, engraver and biographer of Josef Haydn, born in Hanover (d. 1822)
1764 Marie-Joseph de Chénier, French poet (Caïus Gracchus), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1811)
1774 Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)
1776 Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece (d. 1831)
1783 Jarena Lee, African American travelling minister (1st woman preacher in African Methodist Episcopal Church), born in Cape May, New Jersey (d. 1864)
1790 Ignaz Assmayer, Austrian organist, and composer of liturgical music, born in Salzberg, Austria (d. 1862)
1799 Basil Moreau, French Founder priest (d. 1873)

William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877)

English photographic pioneer, born in Dorset, England

1802 Lydia Maria Child, American author, journalist and abolitionist (Juvenile Miscellany), born in Medford, Massachusetts (d. 1880)
1810 Loïsa Puget, French opera and salon song composer ("À la grâce de Dieu"), born in Paris, France (d. 1889)

Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883)

American Vice President of the Confederate States (1861-65), born in Crawfordville, Georgia

1812 Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander (Union Navy), (d. 1883)
1813 Otto Ludwig, German writer and critic (d. 1865)
1819 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, American sacred music composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1890)
1821 Auguste-Édouard Mariette, French Egyptologist (d. 1881)
1821 Hermann Allmers, German poet (Feldeinsamkeit), born in Rechtenfleth (d. 1902)
1829 William Anderson Pile, American politician, minister, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1889)
1830 Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, Prussian composer and musician (d. 1913)
1830 Peter Arnold Heise, Danish composer (Drot og Marsk), (d. 1879)
1833 Melville Fuller, American 8th chief justice, born in Augusta, Maine (d. 1910)
1839 Josiah Willard Gibbs, American theoretical physicist and chemist (created statistical mechanics, 1st US doctorate in engineering), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1903)
1840 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lt Cmdr (Union Navy), (d. 1884)

Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

American inventor (lightbulb, phonograph, motion picture camera), born in Milan, Ohio

1860 Rachilde [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus), born near Périgueux, France (d. 1953)
1867 August W Messer, German philosopher/educator/psychologist, born in Mainz (d. 1937)
1869 Else Lasker-Schüler, German writer (d. 1945)
1869 Helene Kroller-Muller, Dutch museum founder (d. 1939)
1872 Edward Johnston, British craftsman and calligrapher - "the father of modern calligraphy" (d. 1944)
1873 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian operatic bass-baritone singer (Man and Mask: Forty Years in the Life of a Singer), born in Kazen, Russian Empire (d. 1938)
1874 Elsa Beskow, Swedish children's author and illustrator (Tale of the Little Little Old Woman), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1963)
1874 Fritz Bennicke Hart, British composer and conductor (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), born in Greenwich, London (d. 1949)
1875 Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, Swedish organist and composer, born in Otterstad, Sweden (d. 1959)
1879 Jean Gilbert [Max Winterfeld], German composer, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1942)
1882 Gheorghe Cucu, Romanian composer, born in Puiești, Romania (d. 1932)
1883 Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer (Sulamith), and conductor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1946)
1884 Alfonso Leng, Chilean dentist and composer (Doloras), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 1974)
1887 John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), born in Goes, Netherlands (d. 1953)
1889 Vladimir Mikhaylovich Deshevov, Russian-Soviet composer (Ice and Steel), born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1955)
1890 David Drummond, Australian politician (d. 1965)
1890 Jan de Vries, Dutch scholar of Germanic linguistics and Germanic mythology, born in Amsterdam (d. 1964)
1891 J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), born in Hillingdon, England (d. 1965)
1894 Isaac Kolthoff, Dutch analytical chemist (developed cold process for producing synthetic rubber), born in Almelo, Netherlands (d. 1993)
1895 Viktor Trambitsky, Russian composer, born in Brest-Litovsk, Russian Empire (d. 1970)
1897 Yves de La Casiniere, French composer, born in Angers, France (d. 1971)

Leó Szilárd (1898-1964)

Hungarian-German-American nuclear physicist (Manhattan Project) and peace activist, born in Budapest, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire

1900 Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (Truth and Method), born in Marburg, Germany (d. 2002)
1900 Josei Toda, Japanese educator (d. 1958)
1900 Thomas Hitchcock Jr., American polo player (Westchester Cup 1924,27,30,39), born in Aiken, South Carolina (d. 1944)
1901 Roddy Connolly, Irish politician, son of James Connolly (d. 1980)
1902 Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect (d. 1971)
1903 Hans Redlich, Austrian-English composer & musicologist (Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1968)
1903 Rex Lease, American actor (Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand), born in Central City, West Virginia (d. 1966)
1904 Henry Richardson LaBouisse, American diplomat (headed UNICEF 1965-79), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1987)

Keith Holyoake (1904-1983)

26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (National: 1960-72), born in Pahiatua, New Zealand

1905 Beb Vuyk, Dutch-Indonesian writer (Camp Diary), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1991)
1906 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal (WWII, Suez Canal) (d. 1992)
1907 Anita Garvin, American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Sailors Beware; Laurel and Hardy - Swiss Miss; Blotto; The Charlatan; Hats Off), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
1907 E. W. Swanton, English author and sports commentator (cricket - BBC Radio), born in London, England (d. 2000)
1908 Sutan Takdir Alishahbana, Indonesian linguist and writer (Poedjangga Baroe), born in Natal, Dutch East Indies (d. 1994)
1908 Vivian Fuchs, English geologist and explorer (led Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1st to cross Antarctica via South Pole), born in Freshwater, Isle of Wight (d. 1999)
1909 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and film director (Sleuth), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 1993)
1909 Max Baer, American heavyweight boxing champion (1934-35), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1959)
1911 Alexander Cairncross, Scottish economist (Chancellor of Glasgow University), born in Lesmahagow, Scotland (d. 1998)
1911 Ben Carter, American actor (Crash Dive, Dark Alibi, Maryland), born in Fairfield, Iowa (d. 1946)
1911 Helen Hicks, American golfer (Western Open 1937, Titleholders Championship 1940), born in Cedarhurst, NY (d. 1974)
1912 Roy Fuller, English poet and novelist (Lost Season), born in Failsworth, England (d. 1991)
1912 Rudolf Firkušný, Moravian-American concert pianist and educator (Julliard), born in Napajedla, Moravia (d. 1994)
1913 Lucio San Pedro, Filipino composer ("Sa Ugoy ng Duyan"), born in Angono, Philippines (d. 2002)
1914 French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer (d. 1981)
1914 Josh White, Blues, folk and gospel musician, born in Greenville, South Carolina (d. 1969)
1914 Matt Dennis, American pop singer, pianist, composer, and arranger ("Everything Happens To Me"; "Angel Eyes"), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 2002)
1915 Haakon Stotijn, Dutch oboist (Orkestgebouw Orchestra), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1964)
1915 Mervyn Levy, Welsh artist and critic, born in Swansea, Wales (d. 1996)
1915 Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier and travel writer (A Time of Gifts), born in London, England (d. 2011)
1915 Richard Hamming, American Mathematician and Computer Scientist (Hamming code), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998)
1916 Bernice Neugarten, American physiologist (work on psychology of aging), born in Norfolk, Nebraska (d. 2001)
1917 Richard Jock Kinneir, British graphic designer (modern road signs), born in Hampshire, England (d. 1994)

Sidney Sheldon (1917-2007)

American novelist and playwright (Master of the Game, Bloodline, The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer), born in Chicago, Illinois

1917 T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976)
1918 Margaret Heldt, American hairdresser who created the beehive hairstyle, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
1919 Eva Gabor, Hungarian-born American actress (Green Acres - "Lisa Douglas"; Gigi), comedian, singer, and socialite, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1995)
1919 Gretchen Fraser, American slalom skier (Olympic gold 1948, 1st American skiing gold), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1994)
1919 Israel Baker, American concert and session violinist (NBC Symphony; Paramount Studios Orchestra), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
1920 Billy Halop [William Halop Cohen], American actor (Angels with Dirty Faces, All in the Family), born in NYC, New York (d. 1976)
1920 Daniel F[rancis] Galouye, American sci-fi author (Dark Universe, Last Leap)
1920 Farouk I, Cairo, last King of Egypt (1936-52)
1920 Paul Peter Piech, artist
1921 Edward Seidensticker, American scholar (d. 2007)
1921 Lloyd Bentsen, (Sen-D-TX, 1971- )/1989 Dem VP nominee)
1922 Tudor Jarda, Romanian composer, born in Cluj (d. 2007)
1923 Baroness Sharples, made a life peer after the assassination of her husband (Sir Richard Sharples)
1923 Ronald Arculus, British diplomat
1923 Sy Kattelson, American photographer, born in the Bronx, New York (d. 2018)
1924 Budge Patty, American tennis player (French C'ship, Wimbledon men's singles 1950), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas (d. 2021)
1924 Mary Tregear, Oriental art historian
1925 Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], American actress (Séance on a Wet Afternoon, The Chase, Right Stuff), born in Tularosa, New Mexico (d. 2001)
1925 Virginia E. Johnson, American doctor and sexologist (Masters & Johnson), born in Springfield, Missouri (d. 2013)
1926 Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera, born in Motherwell, Scotland (d. 1995)
1926 Leslie Nielsen, Canadian actor (Spy Hard, Forbidden Planet, Naked Gun), born in Regina, Saskatchewan (d. 2010)
1926 Paul Bocuse, French great chef (Legion of Honor), born in Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, France (d. 2018)
1927 Michel Sénéchal, French operatic tenor, and educator, born in Paris (d. 2018)
1928 Archibald Forster, CEO (Esso UK)
1928 Conrad Janis, American actor (Mork & Mindy, Quark, Bonino), and traditional jazz trombonist, born in NYC, New York
1928 Gerry Alexander, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (25 Tests, top score 108, 90 dismissals), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2011)
1928 Raoul Cita, R&B pianist and songwriter (Harptones), born in NYC, New York (d. 2014)
1929 Leonard Kastle, opera composer, librettist, director (The Passion of Mother Ann), and film maker (The Honeymoon Killers), born New York City (d. 2011)
1930 Alevtina Koltschina, USSR, cross coutry relay skier (Olympic gold 1960)
1930 C H Dearnley, organist
1930 Roy De Forest, American Painter (d. 2007)
1931 Bobby Lamb, Irish jazz trombonist, composer, and conductor, born in Cork, Irish Free State
1931 Larry Merchant, American boxing author and analyst (International Boxing Hall of Fame; HBO, Showtime), born in Brooklyn, New York
1932 Dennis Skinner, British politician (L), Chairman of the Labour Party (1988-89), born in Clay Cross, Derbyshire
1932 Jerome Lowenthal, American concert pianist, and educator (Julliard; Jerusalem Academy of Music), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1933 Mildred Sampson, New Zealand distance runner (world marathon record 3:19:33 1964), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1934 Francesco Pennisi, Italian contemporary classical composer, born in Acireale, Sicily (d. 2000)
1934 John Surtees, British auto racer (World F1 C'ship 1964) and motorcycle racer (World C'ships: 350 cc – 1958, 59, 60; 500 cc – 1956, 58, 59, 60), born in Tatsfield, England (d. 2017)

Manuel Noriega (1934-2017)

Panamanian general and dictator (1983-89), born in a Panama City slum, Panama

Mary Quant (1934-2023)

English fashion designer (Chelsea Look, Mod Look), born in Kent, England [1]

1934 Mel Carnahan, American politician (d. 2000)
1934 Patrick Holmes Sellors, British ophthalmologist (d. 2010)
1934 Tina Louise, American actress (Ginger-Gilligan's Island, Julie-Dallas), born in NYC, New York
1935 Bent Lorentzen, Danish orchestral, electronic, and opera composer, born in Stenvad, Denmark (d. 2018)
1935 Gene Vincent [Vincent Eugene Craddock], American rock guitarist and vocalist ("Be-Bop-A-Lula"), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1971)

Burt Reynolds (1936-2018)

American actor (Deliverance, Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball), born in Lansing, Michigan

1937 Bill Lawry AM, Australian cricket batsman and captain (67 Tests, 5,234 runs @ 47.15, 13 x 100s) and broadcaster (9 Network), born in Melbourne, Australia
1937 Eddie Shack, Canadian ice hockey left wing (NHL All Star 1962, 63, 64; Stanley Cup 1962, 63, 64, 67; Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Sudbury, Ontario (d. 2020)
1937 Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violinist/playwright (The Family)
1937 Marilyn Butler, Rector (Exeter College-Oxford)
1937 Peter Lashley, cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66)
1937 Phillip Walker, American electric blues guitarist, and singer ("Hello My Darling"), born in Welsh, Louisiana (d. 2010)
1938 Bevan Congdon, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and captain (61 Tests; 3448 runs @ 32.22, 7 x 100; 59 wickets), born in Motueka, New Zealand (d. 2018)
1938 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter ("Monster Mash"), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
1938 Boris Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic gold 1964)
1938 Simone de Oliveira, Portuguese actress
1938 Willy Correa de Oliveira, composer
1938 Yevgeniy Majorov, USSR, ice hockey (Olympic gold 1964)
1939 Bryan Gould, New Zealand and British politician (L), born in Hawera, New Zealand
1939 Gerry Goffin, American pop and rock lyricist ("Will You Love Me Tomorrow"; "Up On The Roof"; "Pleasant Valley Sunday"), married to Carole King, 1959-69, born in Queens, New York (d. 2014)
1939 Jane Yolen, American sci-fi and children's literature author and poet (Spider Jane; Heart's Blood), born in Manhattan, New York City
1940 Calvin Fowler, American basketball point guard (Olympic gold 1968 co-captain; Saint Francis University), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1941 Glenn Randall Jr, stuntman (Species, Mrs Soffel, Return of the Jedi)
1941 Jeremy Mackenzie, general
1941 Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian jazz, bossa nova, and pop pianist, composer, and band leader (Brazil '66/'77/'88), born in Niterói, Brazil
1942 Archie Andrews, comic book character (Archie)
1942 Leon Haywood, American funk and soul singer, and keyboardist ("It's Got To Be Mellow"; "I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You"), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2016)
1942 Otis Clay, American gospel, soul, and R&B-singer ("That's How It Is (When You're In Love)"), born in Waxhaw, Mississippi (d. 2006)
1942 Tony Colton [Chalk], British singer-songwriter, and record producer (Head, Hands, and Feet), born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England (d. 2020)
1943 Alan Rubin, American jazz and session trumpeter and flugelhorn player (SNL; Blues Brothers) known as "Mr Fabulous", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2011)
1943 Iain Cameron, British brigadier
1943 Serge Lama [Chauvier], French singer ("Je suis malade"), born in Bordeaux, France
1944 Bert Greene, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1969 3rd), born in Gray, Georgia
1944 Buddhadev Dasgupta, director (Charachar, Grihajuddha)
1944 Michael G. Oxley, American politician (Rep-R-OH, 1981-2007), born in Findlay, Ohio (d. 2016)
1945 Ralph Doubell, Australian athlete (Olympic gold 800m WR 1:44.40 1968), born in Melbourne, Australia
1946 Heinz Winbeck, German composer, conductor and teacher, born in Piflas, Germany (d. 2019)
1946 Ian Porterfield, English footballer, born in Dunfermline, United Kingdom (d. 2007)
1947 Joselito [José Jiménez], Spanish singer and actor, born in Beas de Segura, Andalucia, Spain
1947 Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress, born in Tokyo, Japan
1948 Lynn Goldsmith, American photographer, filmmaker, recording artist, and album cover designer (Grand Funk Railroad; Patti Smith; Frank Zappa; Paul Simon), born in Detroit Michigan
1948 Susan Bernard, American author, actress (Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!) Playboy playmate (Dec, 1966), born in Los Angeles, California
1948 Vangelis Kordompoulis, Greek jazz pianist, composer, and music educator, born in Patras, Greece
1950 Clarence Ellis, American football safety, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1950 Ernest Istook, American politician (Rep-R-Oklahoma), born in Fort Worth, Texas

Jeb Bush (70 years old)

1953 American politician (Governor of Florida (R) 1999-2007), born in Midland, Texas

1953 Neil Henderson, Scottish pop guitarist (Middle Of The Road - "Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep Cheep"), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1953 Philip Anglim, American actor (Dane-Thorn Birds), born in San Francisco, California
1953 Stephen Thorne, American naval officer, born in Frankfurt, Germany
1953 Yitzhak "Vicky" Peretz, Israeli soccer striker (40 caps; Maccabi Tel Aviv, Strasbourg, Rennes), born in Kfar Saba, Israel (d. 2021)
1954 Noriyuki Asakura, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo, Japan
1954 Wesley Strick, American screenwriter, born in New York
1956 Catherine Hickland, American actress (One Life to Live), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1956 David Uosikkinen, American drummer (The Hooters - "All You Zombies"; "And We Danced"), born in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
1956 Didier Lockwood, French violinist, born in Calais, France (d. 2018)
1956 H.R. [Paul D. Hudson], British-American singer (Bad Brains), born in London, England
1956 Raoul Björkenheim, American avant-garde jazz guitarist, born in Los Angeles, California
1958 Alberto Bica, Uruguayan soccer right winger (9 caps; Racing, River Plate, Nacional Montevideo), born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 2021)
1958 Michael Jackson, British television producer & executive (BBC2), born in Cheshire, England
1960 Richard Mastracchio, American astronaut, born in Waterbury, Connecticut
1961 Becky LeBeau, American vocalist (Mischief), born in Los Angeles, California
1961 Carey Lowell, American actress (Me & Him, Guardian, Dangerously Close), born in New York City, New York
1961 Mary Docter, American 3000m speed skater (Olympics 1980, 84, 88, 92), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1962 Eric Vanderaerden, Belgian cyclist, born in Herk-de-Stad, Belgium
1962 Scott Kolden, American actor (Scott-Me & the Champ), born in Torrance, California

Sheryl Crow (61 years old)

1962 American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("All I Want to Do"; "If It Makes You Happy"), born in Kennett, Missouri

1962 Tammy Baldwin, American politician (Senator-D-Wisconsin 2013-), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1963 José Mari Bakero, Spanish footballer, born in Goizueta, Spain
1963 Todd Benzinger, American baseball player (SF Giants), born in Dayton, Kentucky
1964 Ken Shamrock, American martial artist, born in Macon, Georgia
1964 Sarah Palin, American politician, born in Sandpoint, Idaho
1965 Vicki Wilson, Australian netballer, born in Brisbane, Australia
1966 Alexander Semak, Russian NHL center (NY Islanders), born in Ufa, Russia