Born on Monday, 3rd November – Famous Birthdays

03/11/2007

Ever Anderson, American actress

Ever Gabo Anderson is an American actress and model. The daughter of actress Milla Jovovich and filmmaker Paul W. S. Anderson, she is known for portraying the young Alicia Marcus/Red Queen in the 2016 film Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, young Natasha Romanoff in the 2021 film Black Widow, and Wendy Darling in the 2023 film Peter Pan & Wendy.

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03/11/2005

Fina Strazza, American actress

Fina Strazza is an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and film. She gained prominence as the youngest actress to portray the title role in Matilda the Musical on Broadway and for her role as in KJ Brandman in Prime Video series Paper Girls. She returned to Broadway in the play John Proctor is the Villain earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She also has a leading role in Netflix horror film Fear Street: Prom Queen as Tiffany Falconer.

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03/11/2001

Hailey Baptiste, American tennis player

Hailey Baptiste is an American professional tennis player. She reached her best singles ranking of world No. 39 on 9 February 2026. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and two titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. Her highest doubles ranking is No. 92, achieved 22 July 2024. She has also won four singles and four doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

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Jake LaRavia, American basketball player

Jacob Glen LaRavia is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Indiana State Sycamores and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

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03/11/1998

Maddison Elliott, Australian paralympic swimmer

Maddison Gae Elliott, is an Australian swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she became the youngest Australian Paralympic medallist by winning bronze medals in the women's 400 m and 100 m freestyle S8 events. She then became the youngest Australian gold medallist when she was a member of the women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34 points team. At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, she won three gold and two silver medals.

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03/11/1997

Izuchuckwu Anthony, Nigerian footballer

Izuchukwu Jude Anthony is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cypriot First Division club Akritas Chlorakas.

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Sarthak Golui, Indian footballer

Sarthak Golui is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Jamshedpur.

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Takumi Kitamura, Japanese actor

Takumi Kitamura is a Japanese actor, singer, and model represented by Stardust Promotion's Section 3. He is the leader of Stardust's music collective Ebidan unit Dish. As a member of Dish, he is nicknamed Takumi.

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Lázaro Martínez, Cuban athlete

Lázaro Martínez Santray is a Cuban athlete who specialises in the triple jump and the long jump. He is a former World Junior Championship record holder for the triple jump with an attempt of 17.13 m jumped at the 2014 edition in Eugene, Oregon, and also holds the former world youth best in the triple jump, with an attempt of 17.24 m jumped in Havana. Martínez won the silver medal at the 2023 World Championships in the triple jump event.

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03/11/1995

Matt Bushman, American football player

Matt Bushman is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) from 2021 to 2023. He played high school football at Sabino High School in Tucson, Arizona, where he led the country in receiving yards by a tight end his senior year with 1,583 yards and 26 touchdowns. After serving as a Mormon missionary in Chile from 2014 to 2016, Bushman played college football for the BYU Cougars from 2017 to 2020. While at BYU, he was a freshman All-American, led the team in receiving yards for three straight seasons, and was a two-time Phil Steele All-Independent first team selection. He missed the entire 2020 season due to injury.

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Kendall Jenner, American television personality and model

Kendall Nicole Jenner is an American model, socialite and media personality. She rose to fame in the reality television show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, in which she starred for 20 seasons and nearly 15 years from 2007 to 2021. The success of the show led to the creation of multiple spin-off series including Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami (2009), Kourtney and Kim Take New York (2011), Khloé & Lamar (2011), Rob & Chyna (2016) and Life of Kylie (2017). Following the decision to end their reality show, in 2022 she and her family starred in the reality television series The Kardashians on Hulu.

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03/11/1993

Kenny Golladay, American football player

Kenny Golladay is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and New York Giants. He played college football for the North Dakota Fighting Hawks and Northern Illinois Huskies and was selected by the Lions in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft. He led the NFL in receiving touchdowns with the Lions in 2019.

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Lee Min-hyuk, South Korean singer and MC

Lee Min-hyuk, known mononymously as Minhyuk, is a South Korean singer and MC. He is a member of South Korean boy group Monsta X under Starship Entertainment.

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Martina Trevisan, Italian tennis player

Martina Trevisan is an Italian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 18 by the WTA, achieved in May 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 138. For Italy, she was finalist in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup and won the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup.

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03/11/1992

Joe Clarke, English slalom canoeist

Joseph Clarke is a British slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2009, specializing in the K1 (kayak) and KX1 events.

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Valeria Solovyeva, Russian tennis player

Valeriya Alexandrovna Solovyeva is a Russian former professional tennis player.

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03/11/1991

Damisha Croney, Barbadian netball player

Damisha Croney is a Barbadian netball player who represents Barbados internationally and plays in the positions of wing attack and centre. She competed at the Netball World Cup on two occasions in 2011 and 2019. She also represented Barbados at the Commonwealth Games in 2010, 2014 and in 2018.

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03/11/1990

Ellyse Perry, Australian footballer and cricketer

Ellyse Alexandra Perry is an Australian International cricketer and former soccer player. Having debuted for both the national cricket and national soccer team at the age of 16, she is the youngest Australian to play international cricket and the first to appear in both ICC and FIFA World Cups. Gradually becoming a single-sport professional athlete from 2014 onward, Perry's acclaimed cricket career has continued to flourish and she is widely regarded to be one of the greatest female cricketers of all time.

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03/11/1989

Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress

Paula Dacia DeAnda is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for the 2006 US Billboard Hot 100 top twenty single "Walk Away ". Her debut album, Paula DeAnda, was released in 2006.

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Andrade El Idolo, Mexican wrestler

Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza is a Mexican professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performs under the ring name Andrade El Ídolo and is a member of the Don Callis Family stable. He also makes appearances on the independent circuit and for partner promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he is a member of the United Empire stable.

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Joyce Jonathan, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

Joyce Jonathan is a French singer and songwriter.

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03/11/1988

Diante Garrett, American basketball player

Diante Maurice Garrett is an American basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Iowa State Cyclones. He played college basketball for the Cyclones from 2007 to 2011.

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Jessie Loutit, Canadian rower

Jessie Loutit is a Canadian rower.

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03/11/1987

Courtney Barnett, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Courtney Melba Barnett is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician. Known for her deadpan singing style and witty, rambling lyrics, she attracted attention with the release of her debut EP I've Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris in 2012. International interest came with the release of her compilation album The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas in 2013.

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Colin Kaepernick, American football player

Colin Rand Kaepernick is an American civil rights activist and former professional football quarterback. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. In 2016, he gained national attention for kneeling during the national anthem at the start of NFL games in protest of police brutality and racial inequality in the United States.

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Ty Lawson, American basketball player

Tywon Ronell Lawson is an American former professional basketball player who played as a point guard. He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels where he won the 2009 national championship his junior year. Lawson was selected with the 18th overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves and was immediately traded to the Denver Nuggets. He played six seasons for the Nuggets and later played for the Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings and the Washington Wizards.

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Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player

Felix Schütz is a German former professional ice hockey player who played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

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Kyle Seager, American baseball player

Kyle Duerr Seager is an American former professional baseball third baseman who played his entire career for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2011 to 2021. He was selected by the Mariners in the third round of the 2009 MLB draft and made his MLB debut in 2011. In 2014, he was an All Star and won a Gold Glove Award.

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Elizabeth Smart, American kidnapping victim, activist, and journalist

Elizabeth Ann Gilmour is an American child safety activist and commentator for ABC News. She gained national attention at age 14 when she was abducted from her home in Salt Lake City by Brian David Mitchell. Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, held Smart captive for nine months and repeatedly raped and assaulted her until she was rescued by police officers on a street in Sandy, Utah.

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Gemma Ward, Australian model and actress

Gemma Louise Ward is an Australian model and actress. Born in Perth, Western Australia, Ward was first scouted at the age of 14, and made her Australian Fashion Week debut aged 15. She later became one of the youngest models to appear on the cover of the American edition of Vogue, subsequently appearing on the covers of both Teen Vogue and Time. Vogue Paris would later declare her as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. Ward is widely considered to be a supermodel.

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03/11/1986

Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby player

Paul Derbyshire is an Italian rugby union player. Derbyshire, who is a flanker, plays club rugby for Mogliano in Top12.

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Davon Jefferson, American basketball player

Davon Jefferson is an American professional basketball player for Cangrejeros de Santurce of Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He attended and played college basketball for the USC Trojans.

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Antonia Thomas, English actress

Antonia Laura Thomas is a British actress. She is best known for her roles as Alisha Daniels in the E4 comedy-drama series Misfits, Evie Douglas in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series Lovesick and Claire Browne in the ABC drama series The Good Doctor.

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Piet Velthuizen, Dutch footballer

Piet Velthuizen is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Heo Young-saeng, South Korean singer

Heo Young-saeng is a South Korean entertainer. He is the vocalist of the boy band SS501. He's also the leader of Double S 301. In 2010, Heo left DSP Media, who managed him as part of SS501, and moved to B2M Entertainment, with bandmate Kim Kyu-jong, to pursue his solo career. His debut album as a soloist entitled Let It Go was released in May 2011. He then released several albums more in Korea and Japan, with the hit tracks "Crying", "The Art of Seduction", "Weak Child", and "1.2.3", among others. In 2012, Heo played his first acting role in KBS2's sitcom I Need A Fairy.

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03/11/1985

Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player

Andrew Tyler Hansbrough is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for seven seasons and also played internationally.

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Philipp Tschauner, German footballer

Philipp Tschauner is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his career, he has played for 1. FC Nürnberg, 1860 Munich, FC St. Pauli, Hannover 96, FC Ingolstadt and RB Leipzig. Tschauner has played internationally for Germany nine times at under-20 and once at the under-21 level.

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03/11/1984

Christian Bakkerud, Danish race car driver (died 2011)

Christian Bakkerud was a Danish racing driver, who competed in the 2007 and 2008 GP2 Series seasons, albeit hindered by a recurrent back injury. Prior to GP2 he competed in British Formula 3 and Formula BMW.

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Ryo Nishikido, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor

Ryo Nishikido is a Japanese singer and actor. He was formerly under the management of Johnny & Associates as a member of Japanese boy bands Kanjani Eight and News. His first solo album was released in December 2019.

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LaMarr Woodley, American football player

LaMarr Dewayne Woodley is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Michigan, earning unanimous All-American honors. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft. In his second season, he won Super Bowl XLIII over the Arizona Cardinals as a member of the Steelers. Woodley also played for the Cardinals and the Oakland Raiders.

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03/11/1983

Julie Berman, American actress

Julie Marie Berman is an American actress. She is known for her role as Lulu Spencer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, for which she received three Daytime Emmy Awards, and for her role on the Golden Globe nominated Hulu comedy series Casual as Leia, Valerie's receptionist.

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Myrna Braza, Norwegian singer-songwriter

Myrna Braza is a Norwegian/Filipino singer, songwriter and vocal coach/producer.

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Tamba Hali, American football player

Tamba Boimah Hali is a Liberian former professional player of American football who was a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, earning unanimous All-American honors. Hali was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the 2006 NFL draft.

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03/11/1982

Jay Harrison, Canadian ice hockey player

Jay Harrison is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Carolina Hurricanes and the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League.

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Moniek Kleinsman, Dutch speed skater

Moniek Kleinsman is a Dutch speed skater who was born in Bentelo, Overijssel, and currently resides in Wolvega. She competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

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Egemen Korkmaz, Turkish footballer

Egemen Korkmaz is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back and works as an assistant coach of Abdullah Avcı at Trabzonspor.

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Janel McCarville, American professional basketball player

Janel McCarville is an American former professional basketball player from Custer, Wisconsin who is currently a high school basketball coach.

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Evgeni Plushenko, Russian figure skater

Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko is a Russian former figure skater. He is a four-time Olympic medalist, a three-time World champion, a seven-time European champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion, and a ten-time Russian national champion. Plushenko's four Olympic medals once tied with Sweden's Gillis Grafström's record for most Olympic medals in figure skating, which has since been surpassed by Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue. He also won a record total of 22 titles on the Grand Prix circuit.

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John Shuster, American Olympic curler

John Shuster is an American curler who lives in Superior, Wisconsin. He led Team USA to gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the first American team to ever win gold in curling. He also won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He has played in five straight Winter Olympics and twelve World Curling Championships.

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Pekka Rinne, Finnish ice hockey player

Pekka Päiviö Rinne is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. Drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 2004 NHL entry draft, Rinne became their starting goaltender during the 2008–09 season and quickly established himself as one of the NHL's best goaltenders. He won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goaltender in the 2017–18 season, and was a finalist for the award four times. Rinne led the Predators to their first Stanley Cup Final appearance in franchise history in 2017, losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games.

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Alexander Svitov, Russian ice hockey player

Alexander Nikolayevich Svitov is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward.

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03/11/1981

Diego López, Spanish footballer

Diego López Rodríguez is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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Vicente Matías Vuoso, Argentinian-Mexican footballer

Vicente José Matías Vuoso is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Argentina, he played for the Mexico national team.

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Rodrigo Millar, Chilean footballer

Rodrigo Javier Millar Carvajal is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Chile in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He also holds Mexican citizenship.

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Sten Pentus, Estonian race car driver

Sten Pentus is an Estonian racing driver.

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Karlos Dansby, American football player

Karlos Montez Dansby is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers and received All-American recognition. He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 2004 NFL draft, and has also played for the Miami Dolphins, the Cleveland Browns, and the Cincinnati Bengals.

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03/11/1980

Hans Andersen, Danish motorcycle racer

Hans Nørgaard Andersen is a former motorcycle speedway rider, who captained the Denmark national speedway team that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006 and 2008.

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03/11/1979

Pablo Aimar, Argentinian footballer

Pablo César Aimar is an Argentine former professional footballer and current assistant coach of the Argentina national team. He has been considered as one of the most talented and creative attacking midfielders of his generation.

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Beau McDonald, Australian footballer and coach

Beau McDonald is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

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03/11/1978

Tim McIlrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Timothy James McIlrath is an American rock musician. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of the punk rock band Rise Against. He is vegetarian and straight edge.

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Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, Norwegian drummer

Jonas Howden Sjøvaag is a Norwegian jazz drummer.

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Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player

Hiroko Sakai is a Japanese softball player who won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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03/11/1977

Marcel Ketelaer, German footballer

Marcel Ketelaer is a German professional football coach and a former striker. He is the sporting director for Admira Wacker Mödling.

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Greg Plitt, American model and actor (died 2015)

George Gregory Plitt Jr. was an American fitness model and actor. He starred in the Bravo television series Work Out. He died at age 37 when he was struck by a train locomotive while filming a video.

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Damien Woody, American football player

Damien Michael Woody is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard for the New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Boston College Eagles. He was drafted as a center by the Patriots in the first round of the 1999 NFL draft with the 17th overall pick. During his pro career, he played every position on the offensive line. A Pro Bowl selection in 2002, Woody won two Super Bowl rings with the Patriots.

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03/11/1976

Guillermo Franco, Argentinian-Mexican footballer

Guillermo "Guille" Luis Franco Farquarson is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born and raised in Argentina, he played for the Mexico national team.

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Jake Shimabukuro, American ukulele player and composer

Jake Shimabukuro is an American ukulele player and composer from Hawaii known for his fast and complex finger work. His music combines elements of jazz, blues, funk, rock, bluegrass, classical, folk, and flamenco. Shimabukuro has written numerous original compositions, including the entire soundtracks to two Japanese films, Hula Girls (2007) and Sideways (2009), the Japanese remake of the American film of the same name.

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03/11/1975

Darren Sharper, American football player and sportscaster

Darren Mallory Sharper is an American former professional football safety and convicted rapist who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons. He played college football for the William & Mary Tribe and was selected in the second round of the 1997 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers, where he spent eight seasons. Sharper played his next four seasons with the Minnesota Vikings and his final two with the New Orleans Saints.

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03/11/1974

Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player and coach

Tariq Abdul-Wahad is a French basketball coach and former player. As Olivier Saint-Jean, he played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and San Jose State Spartans. In 1997, the Sacramento Kings selected Saint-Jean in the first round of the NBA draft as the 11th overall pick, and Saint-Jean converted to Islam and changed his name to Tariq Abdul-Wahad. From 1997 to 2003, Abdul-Wahad played in the NBA for the Kings, Orlando Magic, Denver Nuggets, and Dallas Mavericks. He was the first player to be raised in France and play in the NBA.

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03/11/1973

Ben Fogle, English television host and author

Benjamin Myer Fogle is an English broadcaster, writer and adventurer, best known for his presenting roles on programmes shown on British television channels Channel 5, BBC and ITV.

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Sticky Fingaz, American rapper, producer, and actor

Kirk Jones, better known by his stage name Sticky Fingaz, is an American rapper, record producer and actor best known as a member of multi-platinum hardcore rap group Onyx.

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Christian Picciolini, American businessman and manager

Christian Marco Picciolini is an American former extremist and political activist who founded the Free Radicals Project, a nonprofit organization that works to prevent extremism and support individuals in leaving hate groups. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for Township Supervisor in Resort Township, Michigan, during the 2024 election. He is the author of a memoir, Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead, which details his time as a leader of the white power movement in the U.S. An updated version of the story was published in 2017, titled White American Youth: My Descent into America's Most Violent Hate Movement--and How I Got Out. His book Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism (2020) looks at how extremists recruit the vulnerable to their causes.

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Chrissie Swan, Australian radio and television host

Christina Swan is an Australian television and radio presenter and media personality. She currently hosts the national afternoon radio show The Chrissie Swan Show on Nova, and the weekly lifestyle program Healthy, Wealthy and Wise on the Seven Network.

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Mick Thomson, American guitarist

Mickael Gordon "Mick" Thomson is an American musician. He is one of two guitarists for the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #7. Thomson, who originally met founding Slipknot members Anders Colsefni, Donnie Steele and Paul Gray through their mutual involvement in death metal band Body Pit, joined Slipknot in early 1996. Following the departure of bandmates drummer Joey Jordison in 2013 and sampler Craig Jones in 2023, Thomson is now the second longest-serving member of Slipknot.

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03/11/1972

Armando Benitez, Dominican baseball player

Armando Germán Benítez is a Dominican former major league relief pitcher. Benítez debuted with the Baltimore Orioles in 1994 and within a few years became their closer. He was a reliever for several other organizations after Baltimore in 1999 and last played in Major League Baseball in 2008. His 289 saves rank 32nd all time. After 2008, he played in minor league and independent league baseball.

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Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer and manager (died 2017)

Ugochukwu Ehiogu was an English professional football coach and player who played as a centre-back. After retiring, he became a record executive, jointly founding the successful record label, Dirty Hit. Ehiogu was the head coach of the Tottenham Hotspur Under-21s from 2014 until his death in 2017.

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Annette Gozon-Valdes, Filipino businesswoman, producer, and lawyer

Anna Theresa "Annette" M. Gozon-Valdes is a Filipino business executive, lawyer, professor, film producer, scriptwriter and actress. She is the Senior Vice President of GMA Network, one of the largest media networks in the Philippines.

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Michael Hofmann, German footballer

Michael Hofmann is a Germany football manager and former football player, who is goalkeeper coach of Türkgücü München.

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Marko Koers, Dutch runner

Marko Ewout Koers is a retired middle distance runner from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. He competed in the 800 and 1500 metres. Koers won the silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships, behind Germany's Nils Schumann. He won the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's 1,500 meter run while competing for the Illinois Fighting Illini.

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03/11/1971

Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver

Diego Alessi is an Italian race car driver. He competed in the Italian Touring Car Championship from 1996–1999 and 2001–2002 - obtaining 12 poles and 12 wins - then moved to the Trofeo Maserati Europe - with 19 poles and three wins between 2003 and 2006 - as well as making three starts in FIA GT for Autorlando Porsche. From 2006 to 2010, he competed in FIA GT3 Championship at the wheel of Maserati Grand Sport, Aston Martin DBRS9, Corvette Z06 and Ferrari 430 Scuderia, obtaining one pole, two wins and the third final overall place on 2007 championship.

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Unai Emery, Spanish football manager and former player

Unai Emery Etxegoien is a Spanish football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Aston Villa. Since 2021, he has been the majority shareholder of fourth-tier Spanish club Real Unión. One of the most successful managers in the history of European continental competitions, Emery holds the record for the most UEFA Europa League titles and is widely considered one of the best managers in the world.

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Dylan Moran, Irish actor, comedian, and screenwriter

Dylan William Moran is an Irish comedian, writer, actor and artist. He is best known for his observational comedy, the comedy series Black Books, and his work with Simon Pegg in films such as Shaun of the Dead and Run Fatboy Run. He was also one of two lead characters in the Irish black comedy film A Film with Me in It.

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Alison Williamson, English archer

Alison Jane Williamson MBE is a retired British archer who represented Great Britain at six consecutive Olympic Games from 1992 to 2012. She won a bronze medal in the women's individual event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, becoming the first British woman to win an Olympic archery medal in ninety-six years. Williamson achieved two medals at the World Archery Championships and represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, winning two silver medals.

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Dwight Yorke, Tobagonian footballer and coach

Dwight Eversley Yorke CM is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian professional football coach and former player and former head coach of Trinidad and Tobago. Throughout his club career, he played for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, Sydney FC and Sunderland, mainly as a forward, between 1989 and 2009. Yorke formed a prolific strike partnership with Andy Cole at Manchester United, where he won numerous honours including several Premier League titles and the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League in 1999. Yorke scored 123 goals in the Premier League, a record for a non-European which was not broken until Sergio Agüero in 2017.

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03/11/1970

Geir Frigård, Norwegian footballer

Geir Frigård is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played five times for the Norway national team, scoring one goal. In 1997–98, he was top scorer in the Austrian Bundesliga. He retired from playing in 2007.

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Jeanette J. Epps, American aerospace engineer and astronaut

Jeanette Jo Epps is an American aerospace engineer and retired NASA astronaut. Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, where she was part of the rotor-craft research group and was a NASA GSRP Fellow. She was chosen for the 20th class of NASA astronauts in 2009, graduating in 2011. She served as a member of the ISS Operations Branch and completed analog astronaut missions, including NEEMO 18 and CAVES 19. She is the second woman and first African-American woman to have participated in CAVES. She was part of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission that spent 235 days in space and 232 days on the ISS from launch on March 4, 2024 to return to Earth on October 25, 2024.

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Doug Zmolek, American ice hockey player

Douglas Allan Zmolek is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL for eight seasons between 1992 and 2000.

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03/11/1969

Robert Miles, Swiss-Italian DJ and producer (died 2017)

Roberto Concina, known professionally as Robert Miles, was an Italian record producer, composer, musician, and DJ. His 1995 composition "Children" sold more than five million copies and topped the charts worldwide.

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Petteri Orpo, Finnish politician

Antti Petteri Orpo is a Finnish politician currently serving as the prime minister of Finland since 2023. He has also been the leader of the National Coalition Party since 2016 and briefly served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland after the 2023 parliamentary election.

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Niels van Steenis, Dutch rower

Niels Henning van Steenis is a former rower from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the gold medal with the Holland Acht.

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03/11/1968

Alberto Iñurrategi, Spanish mountaineer

Alberto Iñurrategi Iriarte is a Basque Spanish mountaineer born in Aretxabaleta, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country. In the year 2002, he became the second Basque and Spaniard and the 10th person to climb the 14 eight-thousanders.

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Paul Quantrill, Canadian baseball player and coach

Paul John Quantrill is a Canadian former professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 14 seasons, from 1992 to 2005; his longest tenure was six seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays. Quantrill appeared in 80 or more games during a season five times, led his league in pitching appearances for four consecutive seasons, and did not walk more than 25 batters in a season from 1996 onwards.

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03/11/1967

Mike O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player

Michael Anthony O'Neill is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Mark Roberts, Welsh singer and guitarist

Mark Roberts is a Welsh rock musician, first known as a founding member of Y Cyrff. He then met Cerys Matthews and formed Catatonia along with Paul Jones.

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Steven Wilson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Steven John Wilson is an English musician, songwriter, record producer and audio engineer. He is best known as the founder and frontman of Porcupine Tree, as well as his solo career. Besides Porcupine Tree, he is also a member of several other bands, including Blackfield, Storm Corrosion and No-Man.

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03/11/1965

Gert Heerkes, Dutch footballer and manager

Gert Heerkes is a Dutch football manager who is the assistant manager of Norwegian side Rosenborg's reserve team.

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Ann Scott, French-English author

Ann Scott is a French novelist. She is regarded as a social realist for her novels which paint portraits of contemporary youth and her second novel Superstars has given her a cult status in France.

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Mike Springer, American golfer

Michael Paul Springer is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

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03/11/1964

Algimantas Briaunis, Lithuanian footballer and manager

Algimantas Briaunys is a Lithuanian professional football coach and a former goalkeeper. He played the position of goalkeeper. He won a total of four international caps for the Lithuania national football team.

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Bryan Young, New Zealand cricketer

Bryan Andrew Young is a former international cricketer who played 35 Test matches and 74 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for New Zealand between 1990 and 1999. He played internationally as a right-handed opening batsman who scored over 2,000 Test runs, including a highest score of 267 not out against Sri Lanka in 1997.

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03/11/1963

Davis Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Philip Davis Guggenheim is an American screenwriter, director, and producer.

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Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese race car driver

Shigeaki Hattori was a Japanese professional race car driver and team owner based in the United States. As a driver, he competed in the CART and IndyCar Series, and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

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Ian Wright, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

Ian Edward Wright is an English media personality and former professional footballer.

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Howard Ballard, American football player

Howard Louis Ballard is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks. He was selected by the Bills in the 11th round of the 1987 NFL draft. Nicknamed "House", for his sturdy build, he played in four Super Bowls and was selected to two Pro Bowls while a member of the Bills. He played college football at Alabama A&M University.

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03/11/1962

Gabe Newell, American businessman, co-founded Valve

Gabe Logan Newell, also known by his nickname GabeN, is an American video game developer and businessman. He is the co-founder, president and majority owner of the video game company Valve Corporation.

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David J. Schiappa, American lawyer and politician

David J. Schiappa was a Republican staff member of the United States Senate from 1984 to 2013, most recently as Secretary for the Minority. He is now a vice president at The Duberstein Group. He is a native of Washington, D.C., and a 1984 graduate of the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University in the School of Professional studies in Business and Education.

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Jacqui Smith, English lawyer and politician

Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith, Baroness Smith of Malvern is a British politician, broadcaster and life peer who has been serving as Minister of State for Skills since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Redditch from 1997 to 2010. Smith previously served as Home Secretary under Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2009, and was the first woman to hold the position.

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03/11/1961

David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman

David Albert Charles Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, styled as Viscount Linley until 2017 and known professionally as David Linley, is a member of the British royal family, an English furniture maker, and honorary chairman of the auction house Christie's. He is the only son of Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret, and through his mother a grandson of King George VI and first cousin of King Charles III. When he was born, he was 5th in the line of succession to the British throne; as of 2025, he is 26th, and the highest who is not a descendant of Queen Elizabeth II, his aunt.

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Dave Hahn, Japanese-American mountaineer and journalist

David Allen Hahn is an American mountaineer, ski patroller and journalist. In May 2013, he reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 15th time—at the time, this was the most summits for a non-Sherpa climber, according to Outside Magazine contributor and climber Alan Arnette. His record was surpassed by Kenton Cool in 2022. Among Hahn’s other notable accomplishments are his 39 summits of Vinson Massif, Antarctica’s highest mountain. He has reached the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest peak, 25 times over the course of 37 expeditions.

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Greg Townsend, American football player

Gregory Townsend Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Long Beach City before transferring to TCU and was selected by the Los Angeles Raiders in the fourth round of the 1983 NFL draft. He also played for the Philadelphia Eagles.

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03/11/1960

Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player, coach, and sportscaster

Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly is an American volleyball player, coach, and broadcast announcer. He was a central part of the U.S National Team that won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. He went on to win the gold medal again at the 1996 Olympic Games, the first Olympic competition to feature beach volleyball. He is the only player to have won Olympic medals of any color in both the indoor and beach volleyball categories. He played college volleyball for the UCLA Bruins, where his teams won three national championships under head coach Al Scates. Kiraly is widely regarded as the greatest male volleyball player of all time.

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Ian McNabb, English singer-songwriter and musician

Robert Ian McNabb is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Previously the frontman of the Icicle Works, McNabb has since embarked on a solo career and performed with Ringo Starr, Neil Young/Crazy Horse, Mike Scott, and Danny Thompson of folk band Pentangle.

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03/11/1959

Hal Hartley, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Hal Hartley is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and composer who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and '90s. His films include The Unbelievable Truth (1989), Trust (1990), Simple Men (1992), Amateur (1994) and Henry Fool (1997), which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat characters quoting philosophical dialogue. Hartley frequently scores his own films, sometimes under the pseudonym Ned Rifle, and his soundtracks regularly feature music by Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo and PJ Harvey.

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03/11/1958

Brady Hoke, American football coach

Brady Patrick Hoke is an American former football coach. He was most well known for serving as the head football coach at the University of Michigan from 2011 to 2014. He also served as the head football coach at Ball State (2003–2008) and San Diego State

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03/11/1957

Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and martial artist

Hans "Dolph" Lundgren is a Swedish actor, filmmaker, and martial artist. He gained recognition for portraying the Soviet boxer Ivan Drago in his breakthrough role in Rocky IV (1985), a role he reprised in Creed II (2018).

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Gary Olsen, English actor (died 2000)

Gary Olsen was an English actor. He played Ben Porter on the BBC television sitcom 2point4 Children from 1991 to 1999.

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Steve Johnson, American basketball player

Clarence Stephen Johnson is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played the power forward and center positions.

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03/11/1956

Cathy Jamieson, Scottish politician, 2nd Scottish Minister for Justice

Catherine Mary Jamieson is a Scottish business director, currently a director at Kilmarnock Football Club and former politician. She served as the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2000 to 2008. She previously served in the Scottish Executive as Minister for Justice from 2003 to 2007 and Minister for Education and Young People from 2001 to 2003. Jamieson was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley from 1999 to 2011 and was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 2010 to 2015.

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Kevin Murphy, American actor, puppeteer, producer, and screenwriter

Kevin Wagner Murphy is an American actor and writer best known as the voice and puppeteer of Tom Servo on the Peabody Award-winning comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Murphy also records audio commentary tracks with Michael J. Nelson and Bill Corbett for Nelson's RiffTrax website.

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Gary Ross, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Gary Ross is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He is best known for writing and directing the fantasy comedy-drama film Pleasantville (1998), the sports drama film Seabiscuit (2003), the dystopian action film The Hunger Games (2012), and the heist comedy film Ocean's 8 (2018). Ross has been nominated for four Academy Awards.

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Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (died 2014)

Robert Lynn Welch was an American professional baseball starting pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers (1978–87) and Oakland Athletics (1988–94). Prior to his professional career, he attended Eastern Michigan University, where he played college baseball for the Hurons baseball team. He helped lead the Hurons, coached by Ron Oestrike, to the 1976 College World Series, losing to Arizona in the championship game. He also played for the U.S. national collegiate team in 1976.

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Chrystian, Brazilian sertanejo singer (died 2024)

José Pereira da Silva Neto, better known by the stage name Chrystian, was a Brazilian singer of the sertanejo genre. With his brother Ralf he was part of the duo Chrystian & Ralf.

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03/11/1955

Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Teresa De Sio is an Italian pop-folk singer and songwriter. She is the elder sister of actress Giuliana De Sio.

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Anne Milton, English nurse and politician

Anne Frances Milton is a British former politician and lobbyist who served as Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships from 2017 to 2019. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Guildford from 2005 to 2019. Elected as a Conservative, she had the whip removed in September 2019 and subsequently sat as an independent politician.

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Phil Simms, American football player and sportscaster

Phillip Martin Simms is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the New York Giants. After playing college football for the Morehead State Eagles, Simms was selected in the first round by the Giants as the seventh overall pick in the 1979 NFL draft. Simms was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Super Bowl XXI, after he led the Giants to a 39–20 win over the Denver Broncos and set the record for highest completion percentage in a Super Bowl, completing 22 of 25 passes (88%), as well as the highest passer rating in a Super Bowl at 150.9; both of these records still stand. He was also named to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985 and 1993 seasons.

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03/11/1954

Adam Ant, English singer-songwriter and actor

Stuart Leslie Goddard, known professionally as Adam Ant, is an English musician and actor. He gained popularity as the lead singer of new wave group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring 10 UK top ten hits from 1980 to 1983, including three UK No. 1 singles. He has also worked as an actor, appearing in many films and television episodes.

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Kathy Kinney, American actress and comedian

Kathy Kinney is an American actress and comedian. After appearing as Prudence Godard on the CBS sitcom Newhart (1989–1990), she achieved fame with her portrayal of Mimi Bobeck on ABC's The Drew Carey Show (1995–2004). Her film credits include Parting Glances (1987), Scrooged (1988), Three Fugitives (1989), Stanley & Iris, Arachnophobia, This Boy's Life (1993), and Picking Up the Pieces (2000).

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03/11/1953

Kate Capshaw, American actress and producer

Kathleen Sue Spielberg, known professionally as Kate Capshaw, is an American retired actress, producer and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of Willie Scott in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), directed by her eventual husband, Steven Spielberg. She subsequently starred in Dreamscape (1984), Power (1986), SpaceCamp (1986), Black Rain (1989), Love Affair (1994), Just Cause (1995), The Locusts (1997), and The Love Letter (1999). Her portraiture work has been shown in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.

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Helios Creed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Barry Johnson, known professionally as Helios Creed, is an American guitarist, singer and bandleader. He first came to prominence in the mid-1970s with the San Francisco band Chrome, who were considered an early influence on industrial rock. Chrome broke up in the mid-1980s when founding member Damon Edge moved to Paris. Helios then recruited some local hard rock musicians and launched a solo career.

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Larry Herndon, American baseball player and coach

Larry Darnell Herndon, sometimes referred to by the nickname "Hondo", is an American former baseball outfielder and hitting coach. He played in Major League Baseball in 1974 and from 1976 to 1988.

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Claire van Kampen, English director and composer (died 2025)

Claire Louise van Kampen, Lady Rylance was an English director, composer, and playwright. She was the founding director of music at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre from 1997 to 2015, first as assistant to her husband, actor and director Mark Rylance, then with his successor, Dominic Dromgoole, often creating "period" music for Shakespeare's plays. Van Kampen composed music for productions in both London's West End theatres and on New York City's Broadway which often starred her husband, covering a wide range of repertoire from Helen by Euripides to contemporary plays such as Nice Fish. She also worked as musical director and stage director for some of them. She ventured into composing music for a film, Nights and Days, advising and arranging music for the Wolf Hall television series of the BBC, and composing a ballet for the New York Theatre Ballet. She wrote a play, Farinelli and the King, which was successfully performed both in London and on Broadway.

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Dennis Miller, American comedian, producer, and talk show host

Dennis Michael Miller is an American political commentator, stand-up comedian, talk show host, writer, actor and former sportscaster.

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Vilma Santos, Filipino actress and politician

Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos is a Filipino actress and politician. Known for her versatile work on screen, she began her career as a child actress in the 1960s and was one of the biggest box-office draw from the 1970s to early 1980s. Her accolades include a Dhaka International Film Festival Award, thirteen FAMAS Awards, eleven Gawad Urian, and five Luna Awards. She served as the Mayor of Lipa from 1998 to 2007, then as Governor of Batangas in 23rd and 25th congress. She also served as the representative for Batangas' 6th district from 2016 to 2022, and as the House Deputy Speaker from 2019 to 2022.

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03/11/1952

Roseanne Barr, American comedian, actress, and producer

Roseanne Cherrie Barr, also known mononymously as Roseanne, is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She began her career in stand-up comedy, going on to achieve widespread recognition for her work as the eponymous lead character on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, for which she received an Emmy and a Golden Globe.

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Jim Cummings, American voice actor

James Jonah Cummings is an American voice actor. Beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in over 600 titles. Cummings has frequently worked with the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., serving as the official voice of Winnie the Pooh since 1984, Tigger since 1989, the Tasmanian Devil since 1991, and Pete since 1992. Other roles include Fat Cat and Monterey Jack on Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989–1990), the titular character on Darkwing Duck (1991–1992), Dr. Julian Robotnik on Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1994), Steele in Balto (1995), Kaa on Jungle Cubs (1996–1998) and The Jungle Book 2 (2003), Cat on CatDog (1998–2005), Ray in The Princess and the Frog (2009), and The Voice of Tomorrow for Tomorrowland music festival (2004–2025).

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David Ho, Taiwanese-American scientist

David Da-i Ho is a Taiwanese-American physician-scientist and virologist known for his contributions in HIV/AIDS research. He pioneered the use of combination anti-retroviral therapy instead of single therapy in the treatment of HIV infection which transformed HIV from an absolute terminal disease into a chronic disease.

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03/11/1951

Dwight Evans, American baseball player and coach

Dwight Michael "Dewey" Evans is an American former professional baseball right fielder and right-handed batter who played with the Boston Red Sox (1972–1990) and Baltimore Orioles (1991) in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a three-time All-Star, won eight Gold Glove Awards, and won two Silver Slugger Awards. Evans played the second-most career games for the Red Sox of any player, surpassed only by Carl Yastrzemski.

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Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist

Edward Murawinski is an American cartoonist. He was formerly employed by the New York Daily News in New York City as an artist and is currently a member of the National Cartoonist Society. He attended Manhattan's School of Visual Arts and was employed by the Daily News from 1968 to 2015.

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André Wetzel, Dutch footballer and manager

André Wetzel is a Dutch football manager and former player who manages HVV Den Haag.

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03/11/1950

Massimo Mongai, Italian journalist and author (died 2016)

Massimo Mongai was an Italian writer of science fiction and crime fiction.

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Joe Queenan, American author and critic

Joe Queenan is an American satirist and critic. He is the author of nine books, including Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon and If You’re Talking to Me, Your Career Must Be in Trouble. His memoir Closing Time was a 2009 New York Times Notable Book. 

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03/11/1949

Mike Evans, American actor and screenwriter (died 2006)

Michael Jonas Evans was an American actor and television writer, best known as Lionel Jefferson on both All in the Family and The Jeffersons. Evans was a creator/writer of the series Good Times (1974–79). He was also a guest celebrity panelist on the TV game show Match Game.

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Osamu Fujimura, Japanese engineer and politician

Osamu Fujimura is a former Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, who served as Chief Cabinet Secretary under Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda from 2011 to 2012. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2012.

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Larry Holmes, American boxer and talk show host

Larry Holmes is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 2002 and was world heavyweight champion from 1978 until 1985. He is often considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He grew up in Easton, Pennsylvania, which led to his boxing nickname of "the Easton Assassin".

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Stephen Oliver, English biochemist and academic

Stephen George Oliver is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

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Anna Wintour, English-American journalist

Dame Anna Wintour is a British and American media executive who served as editor-in-chief of Vogue from 1988 to 2025. Currently, Wintour serves as global chief content officer and artist director at Condé Nast. Known for her trademark pageboy bob haircut and dark sunglasses, Wintour is regarded as the most powerful woman in publishing, and has become an important figure in the fashion world, serving as the lead chairperson of the annual haute couture Met Gala global fashion spectacle in Manhattan since the 1990s. Wintour is praised for her skill in identifying emerging fashion trends, but has been criticised for her reportedly aloof and demanding personality.

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03/11/1948

Takashi Kawamura, Japanese politician

Takashi Kawamura is a Japanese politician who has served as a member of the House of Representatives representing Aichi 1st since October 2024, a position he had previously held from 1993 to 2009. Prior to this, he served as the 35th mayor of Nagoya from 2009 to 2024. Kawamura was the Deputy Leader of the far-right Conservative Party of Japan, until a falling out with the leader, Naoki Hyakuta. He is also the founder and leader of the Nagoya-based regional party Genzei Nippon.

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Helmut Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (died 1974)

Helmut Koinigg was an Austrian racing driver who died in a crash in the 1974 United States Grand Prix, in his second Grand Prix start.

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Rick Kreuger, American baseball player and coach

Richard Allen Kreuger is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1975 through 1978 for the Boston Red Sox (1975–77) and Cleveland Indians (1978). Listed at 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 185 lb., he batted right-handed and threw left-handed.

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Lulu, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress

Lulu Kennedy-Cairns is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actress and television personality whose career has spanned six decades. Her debut single, a cover version of The Isley Brothers song "Shout", reached the top ten of the UK Singles Chart in 1964. In 1967, she rose to international prominence after appearing in the film To Sir, with Love, singing the theme song, the melody written by Mark London, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States for five consecutive weeks and became America's biggest-selling single of 1967.

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Rainer Zobel, German footballer, coach, and manager

Rainer Zobel is a German football manager and former player.

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Mahbubul Haque, Bangladeshi linguist (died 2024)

Mahbubul Haque was a Bangladeshi professor, researcher and linguist. He was awarded Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2018 for his contributions in essay and Ekushey Padak in the research category in 2019.

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03/11/1947

Mazie Hirono, Japanese-American lawyer and politician, U.S. Senator from Hawaii

Mazie Keiko Hirono is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Hawaii. A member of the Democratic Party, Hirono previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013. She has been the dean of Hawaii's congressional delegations since 2013, when Senator Daniel Akaka retired. Hirono also served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1981 to 1994 and as Hawaii's tenth lieutenant governor from 1994 to 2002. She was the Democratic nominee for governor of Hawaii in 2002, but lost to Republican Linda Lingle.

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Siiri Oviir, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Estonian Minister of Social Affairs

Siiri Oviir is an Estonian politician and Member of the European Parliament.

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Faraj Sarkohi, Iranian journalist and critic

Faraj Sarkohi is an Iranian literary critic and journalist. He was cofounder and editor in chief of the Iranian magazine Adineh.

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03/11/1946

Reinhard Karl, German mountaineer, photographer, and author (died 1982)

Reinhard Karl was a German mountaineer, photographer, and writer.

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Wataru Takeshita, Japanese lawyer and politician (died 2021)

Wataru Takeshita was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Kakeya, Shimane and graduate of Keio University he was elected for the first time in 2000. His elder brother was former prime minister Noboru Takeshita.

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03/11/1945

Ken Holtzman, American baseball player and manager (died 2024)

Kenneth Dale Holtzman was an American professional baseball player and coach. He was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1965 through 1979 for the Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and New York Yankees.

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Gerd Müller, German footballer and manager (died 2021)

Gerd Müller was a German professional footballer. A prolific striker, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers and players in the history of the sport. With success at club and international level, he is one of ten players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d'Or.

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Nick Simper, English bass guitarist

Nicholas John Simper is an English bass guitarist, who was a co-founding member of Deep Purple and Warhorse. In the 1960s, he began his professional career in bands such as Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, The Flower Pot Men, and Lord Sutch's Savages.

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03/11/1944

Jan Boerstoel, Dutch poet and songwriter

Jan Boerstoel is a Dutch writer and poet who is perhaps best known for his song texts, especially for cabaret. He lives in Amsterdam. His poetry is melancholy, but often humorous as well. In his songs, Boerstoel frequently criticizes society. Many of his lyrics have been used by well-known Dutch artists such as Karin Bloemen, Martine Bijl, and Youp van 't Hek.

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03/11/1943

Bert Jansch, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)

Herbert Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter. He recorded more than 28 albums and toured extensively from the 1960s to the 21st century.

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03/11/1942

Martin Cruz Smith, American author and screenwriter (died 2025)

Martin Cruz Smith was an American writer of mystery and suspense fiction, mostly in an international or historical setting. He was best known for his 11-book series featuring Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park and last appeared in Hotel Ukraine (2025).

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03/11/1940

Sonny Rhodes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)

Clarence Smith, known as Sonny Rhodes, was an American blues singer and lap steel guitar player. He recorded over two hundred songs. "I'm what you call a self-proclaimed Disciple of the Blues!" said Rhodes about his years playing and singing for fans of blues around the world. He was nominated 15 times for Blues Music Awards and won in the category 'Instrumentalist – Other' in 2011.

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03/11/1938

Martin Dunwoody, English mathematician and academic

Martin John Dunwoody is an emeritus professor of Mathematics at the University of Southampton, England.

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Akira Kobayashi, Japanese actor

Akira Kobayashi is a Japanese actor and singer. His nickname is "Mighty Guy" .

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Jean Rollin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)

Jean Michel Rollin Roth Le Gentil was a French film director, actor, and novelist best known for his work in the fantastique genre.

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Shao Yu-ming, Taiwanese politician (died 2026)

Shao Yu-ming was a Taiwanese politician.

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03/11/1937

Dietrich Möller, German lawyer and politician, 15th Mayor of Marburg

Dietrich Möller was a German politician, member of the Landtag of Hesse (CDU) and former mayor of Marburg.

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Jim Houston, American football player (died 2018)

James Edward Houston was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for 13 seasons with the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

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03/11/1936

Roy Emerson, Australian-American tennis player and coach

Roy Stanley Emerson is an Australian former tennis player. He won 12 Grand Slam tournament singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam tournament titles. All of his singles Grand Slam victories and 14 of his Grand Slam doubles victories were achieved before the Open era began in 1968. He is the only male player to have completed the career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles, and the first of four male players to complete the double career Grand Slam in singles. His 28 major titles are the all-time record for a male player. He was ranked world No. 1 amateur in 1961 by Ned Potter, 1964 by Potter, Lance Tingay and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 14 experts and 1965 by Tingay, Joseph McCauley, Sport za Rubezhom and an Ulrich Kaiser panel of 16 experts.

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Takao Saito, Japanese author and illustrator, created Golgo 13 (died 2021)

Takao Saito was a Japanese manga artist, although he rejected the term and considered his work gekiga. He was best known for Golgo 13, which has been serialized in Big Comic since 1968, making it the oldest manga still in publication. Golgo 13 holds the Guinness World Record for "Most volumes published for a single manga series" and, in accordance with Saito's wishes, it continues to be serialized following his death from pancreatic cancer in September 2021. Saito won several awards in his 66-year career, including the Shogakukan Manga Award twice, and received the Medal with Purple Ribbon and Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government for his contributions to the arts.

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03/11/1935

Ingrid Rüütel, Estonian philologist and academic, 3rd First Lady of Estonia

Ingrid Rüütel is an Estonian folklorist, philologist and former First Lady of Estonia. She was married to former President of Estonia Arnold Rüütel until his death on 31 December 2024.

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03/11/1934

Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Kenneth Wilfred Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking is a British politician, Conservative Member of Parliament from 1968 to 1997, and a cabinet minister, including holding the offices of Home Secretary, Education Secretary and Chairman of the Conservative Party. He is a life member of the Tory Reform Group.

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Hans Janmaat, Dutch businessman, educator, and politician (died 2002)

Johannes Gerardus Hendrikus "Hans" Janmaat was a Dutch businessman and politician of the far-right Centre Party (CP) who later founded the Centre Democrats (CD).

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03/11/1933

John Barry, English-American composer and conductor (died 2011)

John Barry Prendergast was an English composer and conductor of film music. Born in York, Barry spent his early years working in cinemas owned by his father. During his national service with the British Army in Cyprus, Barry began performing as a musician after learning to play the trumpet. Upon completing his national service, he formed a band in 1957, the John Barry Seven. He later developed an interest in composing and arranging music, making his début for television in 1958. He came to the notice of the filmmakers of the first James Bond film Dr. No, who were dissatisfied with a theme for James Bond given to them by Monty Norman. Noel Rogers, the head of music at United Artists, approached Barry. This started a successful association between Barry and the Bond series that lasted for 25 years.

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Ken Berry, American actor, singer, and dancer (died 2018)

Kenneth Ronald Berry was an American actor, comedian, dancer, and singer. Berry starred on the television series F Troop (1965–1967), Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971) and Mama's Family (1983–1990). He also appeared on Broadway in The Billy Barnes Revue, headlined as George M. Cohan in the musical George M! and provided comic relief for the medical drama Dr. Kildare with Richard Chamberlain in the 1960s.

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Jeremy Brett, English actor (died 1995)

Peter Jeremy William Huggins, known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes from 1984 to 1994 in 41 episodes of the Granada TV series. He also played the smitten Freddy Eynsford-Hill in the 1964 Warner Bros. production of My Fair Lady. His career spanned stage, television and film, to Shakespeare and musical theatre.

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Aneta Corsaut, American actress (died 1995)

Aneta Louise Corsaut was an American actress and writer. She is best known for playing Helen Crump on The Andy Griffith Show (1963–1968), Judge Cynthia Justin on Matlock (1991–1992), and Jane in The Blob (1958).

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Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 65th Governor of Massachusetts

Michael Stanley Dukakis is an American politician and lawyer who was governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history, after Spiro Agnew. He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election, losing to the Republican nominee, Vice President George H. W. Bush.

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Amartya Sen, Indian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher. Sen has taught and worked in England and the United States since 1972. In 1998, he received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics. He has also made major contributions to social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, decision theory, development economics, public health, and the measures of well-being of countries.

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03/11/1932

Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2014)

Albert Martin Reynolds was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1992 to 1994. Between 1979 and 1991, he held several cabinet positions, including Minister for Finance from 1988 to 1991. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Longford–Roscommon from 1977 to 1992, and for Longford–Westmeath from 1992 to 2002.

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Gerry Ehman, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2006)

Gerald Joseph Ehman was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals between 1957 and 1971, and also spent several years in the minor American Hockey League, and other leagues. He won the Stanley Cup once as a player with Toronto in 1964. After retiring, he worked in executive positions for several years. He scouted for the New York Islanders during their dynasty, which led to his name being engraved on the Stanley Cup four straight times from 1980 to 1983.

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03/11/1931

Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean soldier and politician, 7th Premier of North Korea (died 2005)

Yon Hyong-muk, also spelt Yong Hyong-muk, was a long-serving politician in North Korea and at the height of his career the most powerful person in that country outside the Kim family. He was Prime Minister of North Korea from 1988 to 1992.

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Monica Vitti, Italian actress, singer, and screenwriter (died 2022)

Maria Luisa Ceciarelli, known professionally as Monica Vitti, was an Italian actress who starred in several award-winning films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the 1960s. She appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, and Dirk Bogarde. On her death, Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini called her "the Queen of Italian cinema".

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Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (died 2007)

Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan of Beijing was a top leader of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA).

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03/11/1930

Phil Crane, American academic and politician (died 2014)

Philip Miller Crane was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 2005, representing the 8th district of Illinois in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. At the time of his defeat in the 2004 election, Crane was the longest-serving Republican member of the House.

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William H. Dana, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (died 2014)

William Harvey Dana was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, NASA test pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.

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Mable John, American blues singer (died 2022)

Mable John was an American blues vocalist and the first female artist signed by Berry Gordy to Motown's Tamla label.

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D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (died 2007)

Dennis James Kennedy was an American Presbyterian pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until his death in 2007. Kennedy also founded Evangelism Explosion International, Coral Ridge Ministries, the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, the Knox Theological Seminary, radio station WAFG-FM, and the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, a socially conservative political group.

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Brian Robinson, English cyclist (died 2022)

Brian Robinson was an English road bicycle racer of the 1950s and early 1960s. He was the first Briton to finish the Tour de France and the first to win a Tour stage. He won the 1961 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré stage race. His success as a professional cyclist in mainland Europe paved the way for other Britons such as Tom Simpson and Barry Hoban.

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Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer and academic

Tsutomu Seki is a Japanese amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets, born in Kōchi, Japan.

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Lois Smith, American actress

Lois Arlene Smith is an American actress whose career spans eight decades. She made her film debut in the 1955 drama film East of Eden, and later played supporting roles in a number of movies, including Five Easy Pieces (1970), Resurrection (1980), Fatal Attraction (1987), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Falling Down (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Dead Man Walking (1995), Twister (1996), Minority Report (2002), The Nice Guys (2016), Lady Bird (2017), and The French Dispatch (2021).

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Frits Staal, Dutch philosopher and scholar (died 2012)

Johan Frederik "Frits" Staal was the department founder and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and South/Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Staal specialized in the study of Vedic ritual and mantras, and the scientific exploration of ritual and mysticism. He was also a scholar of Greek and Indian logic and philosophy and Sanskrit grammar.

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03/11/1929

Alfonso Orueta, Chilean footballer, manager, and politician (died 2012)

Alfonso Orueta Ansoleaga was a Chilean politician and football manager.

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03/11/1928

Goseki Kojima, Japanese illustrator (died 2000)

Goseki Kojima was a Japanese manga artist. He is known for his collaborations with manga writer Kazuo Koike, the most famous of them being Lone Wolf and Cub.

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Bill Morrison, Australian politician and diplomat, 37th Australian Minister for Defence (died 2013)

William Lawrence Morrison was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the Whitlam government as Minister for External Territories (1972–1973), Science (1972–1975), and Defence (1975). He had been a member of the diplomatic service before entering politics, and later served a term as Ambassador to Indonesia (1985–1989).

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Osamu Tezuka, Japanese animator and producer (died 1989)

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Considered to be among the greatest and most influential cartoonists of all time, his prolific output, pioneering techniques and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the Father of Manga" , "the Godfather of Manga" and "the god of Manga" . Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka's formative years. Though this phrase praises the quality of his early manga works for children and animations, it also blurs the significant influence of his later, more literary, gekiga works.

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George Yardley, American basketball player (died 2004)

George Harry Yardley III was an American basketball player. He was the first player in National Basketball Association (NBA) history to score 2,000 points in one season, breaking the 1,932-point record held by George Mikan. Yardley was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.

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03/11/1927

Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (died 2004)

Harold Harrison McCain was a Canadian businessman and co-founder, along with his three brothers, of international frozen foods giant McCain Foods.

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Peggy McCay, American actress (died 2018)

Margaret Ann "Peggy" McCay was an American actress whose career began in 1949, and includes theatre, television, soap operas, and feature films. McCay may be best known for originating the roles of Vanessa Dale on the CBS soap opera Love of Life, and Caroline Brady, which she played from 1983 to 2016 on NBC's Days of Our Lives.

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Odvar Nordli, Norwegian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Norway (died 2018)

Odvar Nordli was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. He was the prime minister of Norway from 1976 to 1981. Before serving as prime minister, Nordli served as the minister of local government from 1971 to 1972.

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03/11/1926

Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania

Valdas Adamkus is a Lithuanian politician, diplomat and civil engineer and an American civil servant. He served as the fifth and seventh president of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009.

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Maurice Couture, Canadian archbishop (died 2018)

Maurice Couture, was a Canadian Catholic bishop who served as Archbishop of Québec from 1990 until his retirement in 2002. Born in Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec, he was ordained a priest in 1951. He was Bishop of Baie-Comeau from 1988 until 1990.

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Robert W. Wilson, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)

Robert Warne Wilson was an American hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and art collector.

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03/11/1924

Marc Breaux, American actor, director, and choreographer (died 2013)

Marc Breaux was an American choreographer and occasional film director best known for his work on musical films of the 1960s and 1970s. Most of his well-known work was in collaboration with Dee Dee Wood to whom he was married for many years. Much of Breaux's best recognized work was also in collaboration with the songwriting Sherman Brothers.

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Samuel Ruiz, Mexican bishop (died 2011)

Samuel Ruiz García was a Mexican Catholic prelate who served as bishop of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, from 1959 until 1999. Ruiz is best known for his role as mediator during the conflict between the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) and the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), a Mexican political party which had held power for over seventy years, and whose policies were often disadvantageous to the indigenous populations of Chiapas. Inspired by Liberation Theology, which swept through the Catholic Church in Latin America after the 1960s, Ruiz's diocese helped some hundreds of thousands of indigenous Maya people in Chiapas who were among Mexico's poorest marginalized communities.

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03/11/1923

Violetta Elvin, Russian ballerina (died 2021)

Violetta Elvin was a Russian prima ballerina and actress. In 1986, The Times described Elvin as "the only rival ever to give Dame Margot Fonteyn a run for her money".

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Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal (died 1990)

Tomás Séamus Ó Fiaich, KGCHS was an Irish cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 2 October 1977 until his death. He was created a Cardinal in 1979. Ó Fiaich was born in 1923 in Cullyhanna and raised in Camlough, County Armagh.

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Yamaguchi Hitomi, Japanese author and critic (died 1995)

Hitomi Yamaguchi was a novelist and essayist in Shōwa period Japan.

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03/11/1922

Dennis McDermott, English-Canadian union leader and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to Ireland (died 2003)

Dennis McDermott was a Canadian trade unionist who served as Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers from 1968 to 1978 and president of the Canadian Labour Congress from 1978 to 1986.

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03/11/1921

Charles Bronson, American soldier and actor (died 2003)

Charles Bronson was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town in the Allegheny Mountains. Bronson's father, a miner, died when Bronson was young. Bronson himself worked in the mines as well until joining the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 to fight in World War II. After his service, he joined a theatrical troupe and studied acting. During the 1950s, he played various supporting roles in motion pictures and television, including anthology drama TV series in which he would appear as the main character. Near the end of the decade, he had his first cinematic leading role in Machine-Gun Kelly (1958).

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03/11/1920

Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet, educator, and activist (died 1993)

Oodgeroo Noonuccal, earlier known as Kath Walker, was an Aboriginal Australian political activist, artist and educator, who campaigned for Aboriginal rights. Noonuccal was best known for her poetry, and was the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of verse.

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03/11/1919

Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (died 1995)

Jesús Blasco was a Spanish author and artist of comic books, whose career covered most of the conventional history of comic strips. He worked extensively in British comics in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Ludovic Kennedy, Scottish journalist and author (died 2009)

Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy, was a Scottish journalist, broadcaster, humanist and author. As well as his wartime service in the Royal Navy, he is known for presenting many current affairs programmes and for reexamining cases such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the murder convictions of Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley. He also campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom.

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Květa Legátová, Czech author (died 2012)

Květa Legátová, born Věra Hofmanová was a Czech novelist and writer whose work spanned a period from the 1950s to the 2000s. Her best known work, a 2001 collection of short stories and essays entitled "Želary," and her 2002 book, "Jozova Hanule," were adapted into the 2003 film, Želary. The film received a 2004 Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film.

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03/11/1918

Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1992)

Claude Barma, was a French director and screenwriter, and an early creator of French television programmes.

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Bob Feller, American sailor, baseball player, and sportscaster (died 2010)

Robert William Andrew Feller, nicknamed "the Heater from Van Meter", "Bullet Bob", and "Rapid Robert", was an American baseball player who was a pitcher for 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians between 1936 and 1956. In a career spanning 570 games, Feller pitched 3,827 innings and posted a win–loss record of 266–162, with 279 complete games, 44 shutouts, and a 3.25 earned run average (ERA). His career 2,581 strikeouts were third all-time upon his retirement.

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Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (died 2007)

Elizabeth Paschel Hoisington was a United States Army officer who was one of the first two women to attain the rank of brigadier general.

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Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (died 2003)

Russell Billiu Long was an American Democratic politician and United States senator from Louisiana from 1948 until 1987. The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1966 to 1981, Long was instrumental in the implementation of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty programs. Long also served as Assistant Majority Leader from 1965 to 1969.

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03/11/1917

Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (died 2012)

Annapurna Maharana was an India pro-independence activist active in the Indian independence movement. She was also a prominent social and women's rights activist. Maharana was a close ally of Mahatma Gandhi.

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03/11/1915

Hal Jackson, American journalist and radio host (died 2012)

Harold Baron Jackson was an American disc jockey and radio personality who broke a number of color barriers in American radio broadcasting.

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03/11/1912

Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (died 2006)

Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda was a Paraguayan politician, army general, and military dictator who ruled as the 42nd president of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 until his overthrow in 1989. Known as El Stronato, his dictatorship was marked by political violence. Before his accession to the presidency, he was the country's de facto leader from May to August 1954.

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03/11/1911

Kick Smit, Dutch footballer and manager (died 1974)

Johannes Chrishostomus "Kick" Smit was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker. He earned 29 caps and scored 26 goals for the Netherlands national team, and played in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. He is the first Netherlands football player who scored a goal in a World Cup. During his club career, he played for HFC Haarlem.

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03/11/1910

Karel Zeman, Czech director, animator, production designer, and screenwriter (died 1989)

Karel Zeman was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator. He is best known for directing fantasy films combining live-action footage with animation, including Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955) and Invention for Destruction (1958). Because of his creative use of special effects and animation in his films, he has often been called the "Czech Méliès".

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03/11/1909

James Reston, Scottish-American journalist and author (died 1995)

James "Scotty" Barrett Reston was an American journalist whose career spanned the mid-1930s to the early 1990s. He was associated for many years with The New York Times.

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03/11/1908

Giovanni Leone, Italian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Italy (died 2001)

Giovanni Leone was an Italian politician, jurist and university professor who was the president of Italy from 1971 to 1978. A founding member of Christian Democracy (DC), Leone briefly served as Prime Minister of Italy from June to December 1963 and again from June to December 1968. He was also President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1955 to 1963.

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Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player, wrestler, and coach (died 1990)

Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski was a Canadian-American professional football player who was a fullback and defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). Renowned for his strength and size, Nagurski was considered to be the most dangerous fullback of his era, and was also a successful professional wrestler, recognized as a multiple-time World Heavyweight Champion.

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03/11/1906

Julia Boyer Reinstein, American teacher and historian (died 1998)

Julia Boyer Reinstein was an American teacher and historian who grew up in western New York and began her career teaching in Deadwood, South Dakota. After more than a decade of teaching, she became a founder of the Erie County Historical Federation and the first historian of Cheektowaga, New York. Committed to preserving the history of the area and educating citizens about their heritage, she and her husband were instrumental in donating properties for the establishment of a nature preserve, several libraries and to higher education. She was a subject of an anthropological study evaluating gender fluidity and the nature of being public about one's sexuality in the 1990s.

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03/11/1905

Lois Mailou Jones, American painter and academic (died 1998)

Lois Mailou Jones was an artist and educator. Her work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Muscarelle Museum of Art, and The Phillips Collection. Jones is often associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

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03/11/1903

Walker Evans, American photographer and journalist (died 1975)

Walker Evans was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Evans published his first photos at the age of 27. Much of Evans' New Deal work uses the large format, 8 × 10-inch (200×250 mm) view camera. He said that his goal as a photographer was to make pictures that are "literate, authoritative, transcendent".

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03/11/1901

Leopold III of Belgium (died 1983)

Leopold III was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951. At the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but after the German invasion in May 1940, he surrendered his country, earning him much hostility, both at home and abroad.

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André Malraux, French historian, theorist, and author (died 1976)

Georges André Malraux was a French novelist, member of the French Resistance, art theorist, and minister of cultural affairs. Malraux's novel La Condition Humaine (1933) is set during the 1927 Shanghai uprising and won the Prix Goncourt; L'Espoir arose from his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. After the Second World War he abandoned fiction and wrote several works on art history, collected as La Psychologie de l'Art. He was appointed by President Charles de Gaulle as information minister (1945–46) and subsequently as France's first cultural affairs minister during de Gaulle's presidency (1959–1969).

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Lionel Hitchman, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1969)

Frederick Lionel Hitchman was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played twelve seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins.

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03/11/1900

Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas (died 1978)

Adolf "Adi" Dassler was a German cobbler, inventor, and businessman who founded the sportswear company Adidas.

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03/11/1899

Ralph Greenleaf, American billiards player (died 1950)

Ralph Greenleaf was an American professional pool and carom billiards player. Greenleaf is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time. Between the years 1919 and 1938, he won the World Straight Pool Championship nineteen times.

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Rezső Seress, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 1968)

Rezső Seress was a Hungarian pianist and composer. Some sources give his birth name as Rudolf ("Rudi") Spitzer.

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Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (died 1986)

Gleb Wataghin was an Italian theoretical and experimental physicist and a great scientific leader who gave a great impulse to the teaching and research on physics in two continents: in the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and in the University of Turin, Turin, Italy.

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03/11/1896

Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (died 1970)

Gustaf Adolf Tenggren was a Swedish illustrator and animator. He is known for his Arthur Rackham-influenced fairy-tale style and use of silhouetted figures with caricatured faces. Tenggren was a chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company in the late 1930s, in what has been called the Golden Age of American animation, when animated feature films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi and Pinocchio were produced.

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03/11/1894

William George Barker, Canadian pilot and colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1930)

William George Barker, was a Canadian First World War fighter ace and Victoria Cross recipient. He is the most decorated serviceman in the history of Canada.

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Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (died 1964)

Sofoklis Venizelos was a Greek politician who served three times as Prime Minister of Greece: in 1944, 1950 and 1950–1951.

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03/11/1890

Harry Stephen Keeler, American author (died 1967)

Harry Stephen Keeler was a prolific but little-known American fiction writer, who developed a cult following for his eccentric mysteries. He also wrote science fiction.

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Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch-Brazilian priest and missionary (died 1943)

Eustáquio van Lieshout, SSCC was a Dutch Catholic missionary priest in Brazil from the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary.

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03/11/1887

Samuil Marshak, Russian author and poet (died 1964)

Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak was a Soviet writer of Belarusian Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and adults. He translated the sonnets and some other of the works of William Shakespeare, English poetry, and poetry from other languages. Maxim Gorky proclaimed Marshak to be "the founder of Russia's (Soviet) children's literature".

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Eileen Hendriks, British geologist (died 1978)

Eileen Mary Lind Hendriks (1887–1978) was a geologist specialising in the geology of Devon and Cornwall. In 1930, she attempted to become the first female geologist employed by the Geological Survey of Great Britain, but her application was unsuccessful.

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03/11/1884

Joseph William Martin Jr., American publisher and politician, 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1968)

Joseph William Martin Jr. was an American Republican politician who served as the 44th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1949 and 1953 to 1955. He represented a House district centered on his hometown of North Attleborough, Massachusetts, from 1925 to 1967 and was the leader of House Republicans from 1939 until 1959, when he was ousted from leadership after the party's disastrous losses in the 1958 elections. He was the only Republican to serve as Speaker in a sixty-four year period from 1931 to 1995. He was a "compassionate conservative" who opposed the New Deal and supported the conservative coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats.

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03/11/1882

Yakub Kolas, Belarusian writer (died 1956)

Yakub Kolas, real name Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich was a Belarusian writer, dramatist, poet and translator. People's Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1926), member (1928) and vice-president of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences.

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03/11/1878

Bangalore Nagarathnamma, Indian Carnatic singer and activist (died 1952)

Bangalore Nagarathnamma was an Indian Carnatic singer, cultural activist, scholar, and devadasi. A descendant of devadasis, she was also a patron of the arts and a historian. Nagarathnamma built a temple over the samadhi of the Carnatic singer Tyagaraja at Thiruvaiyaru and helped establish the Tyagaraja Aradhana festival in his memory. Within a male-dominated festival, she was the feminist strong enough to ensure that women artists were given equality to participate in it. She "was among the last practitioners of the devadasi tradition in India," and the first president of the Association of the Devadasis of Madras Presidency. She also edited and published books on poetry and anthologies.

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03/11/1877

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean general and politician, 20th President of Chile (died 1960)

Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as president twice, first between 1927 and 1931, and then from 1952 to 1958, serving for 10 years in office.

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Rosalie Edge, American environmentalist (died 1962)

Rosalie Barrow Edge was an American environmentalist and suffragist. In 1929, she established the Emergency Conservation Committee to expose the conservation establishment's ineffectiveness and advocate for species preservation. In 1934, Edge also founded the world's first preserve for birds of prey—Hawk Mountain Sanctuary near Kempton, Pennsylvania. Edge was considered the most militant conservationist of her time, and she clashed publicly for decades with leaders of the Audubon Society over approaches to wildlife preservation. An environmentalist colleague described her in 1948 as "the only honest, unselfish, indomitable hellcat in the history of conservation".

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03/11/1876

Stephen Alencastre, American bishop and missionary (died 1940)

Bishop Stephen Peter Alencastre, SSCC was a bishop of the Catholic Church who served as the fifth and last Vicar Apostolic of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Hawaiian Islands. He was also an apparent titular bishop of Arabissus.

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03/11/1875

Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer and conductor (died 1910)

Emīls Dārziņš was a Latvian composer, conductor and music critic. Dārziņš' work bears a distinct romantic character, with a strong trend towards national themes. His main musical authorities and influences were Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Jean Sibelius. Dārziņš musical contribution is mainly to vocal music, but he also composed orchestral music, though only one piece, Melanholiskais valsis has survived. His only opera, Rožainās dienas, remained unfinished after his early death at the age of 34.

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03/11/1871

Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby player and manager (died 1943)

Albert Edward Goldthorpe was an English rugby footballer from the period around 1895's schism in English rugby, which led to the formation of rugby league football around the turn of the century.

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03/11/1866

Harry Staley, American baseball player (died 1910)

Henry Eli Staley was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from 1888 to 1895. He played for the Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Alleghenys/Pirates, Pittsburgh Burghers, and St. Louis Browns. On June 1, 1893, in a game against the Louisville Colonels, Staley had nine runs batted in, a record for most RBIs in a game by a pitcher. The record stood for over 70 years until equaled by Atlanta Braves pitcher Tony Cloninger in 1966.

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03/11/1863

Alfred Perot, French physicist and academic (died 1925)

Jean-Baptiste Alfred Perot was a French physicist.

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03/11/1862

Henry George Jr., American journalist and politician (died 1916)

Henry George Jr. was an American newspaperman who served two terms as a United States representative from New York from 1911 to 1915.

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03/11/1857

Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (died 1918)

Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917 he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Chief of Staff of the Stavka, and after the February Revolution, was its commander-in-chief under the Russian Provisional Government from March to May 1917. He later played a principal role in founding the Volunteer Army in the Russian Civil War and died in 1918 of heart failure while fighting the Bolsheviks in the Volga region.

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03/11/1856

Jim McCormick, Scottish-American baseball player and manager (died 1918)

James McCormick was a Scottish right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. A native of Glasgow, he was the first ballplayer born in Scotland to appear in a major league game.

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03/11/1854

Carlo Fornasini, Italian micropalaeontologist (died 1931)

Cavaliere dottore Carlo Fornasini was an Italian micropalaeontologist who specialised in Foraminifera ('forams'). He was a pioneer in using fossil forams to sequence marine sedimentary deposits by their relative dates; a technique called biostratigraphy.

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03/11/1852

Emperor Meiji of Japan (died 1912)

Emperor Meiji was Emperor of Japan from 30 January 1867 until his death in 1912. The Meiji Restoration proclaimed the Empire of Japan in 1868, beginning the Meiji era. During his reign, Japan transformed from a feudal state under the Tokugawa shogunate into a major imperial power.

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03/11/1845

Edward Douglass White, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1921)

Edward Douglass White Jr. was an American politician and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1894 to 1910 and as the ninth Chief Justice of the United States from 1910 until his death in 1921, for a total of 27 years on the bench. He was a descendant of the Lee Family of Virginia.

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03/11/1816

Jubal Early, American general and lawyer (died 1894)

Jubal Anderson Early was an American lawyer, politician and military officer who served in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. Trained at the United States Military Academy, Early resigned his United States Army commission after the Second Seminole War and his Virginia military commission after the Mexican–American War, in both cases to practice law and participate in politics. Accepting a Virginia and later Confederate military commission as the American Civil War began, Early fought in the Eastern Theater throughout the conflict. He commanded a division under Generals Stonewall Jackson and Richard S. Ewell, and later commanded a corps.

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Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (died 1898)

Calvin Fairbank was an American abolitionist and Methodist minister from New York state who was twice convicted in Kentucky of aiding the escape of slaves, and served a total of 19 years in the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort. Fairbank is believed to have aided the escape of 47 slaves.

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03/11/1815

John Mitchel, Irish journalist and activist (died 1875)

John Mitchel was an Irish nationalist writer and journalist chiefly renowned for his indictment of British policy in Ireland during the years of the Great Famine. Concluding that, in Ireland, legal and constitutional agitation was a "delusion", Mitchel broke first with Daniel O'Connell's Repeal Association and then with his Young Ireland colleagues at the paper The Nation. In 1848, as editor of his own journal, United Irishman, he was convicted of a treason felony and sentenced to 14-years penal transportation after advocating James Fintan Lalor's programme of co-ordinated resistance to landlords and to the continued shipment of harvests to England.

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03/11/1801

Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher, founded the Baedeker Publishing Company (died 1859)

Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists.

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Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (died 1835)

Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer famed for his long, graceful melodies and evocative musical settings. A central figure of the bel canto era, he was admired not only by the public but also by many composers who were influenced by his work. His songs balanced florid embellishment with a deceptively simple approach to lyric setting.

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03/11/1799

William Sprague III, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (died 1856)

William Sprague, also known as William III or William Sprague III, was a politician and industrialist from the U.S. state of Rhode Island, serving as the 14th Governor, a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator. He was the uncle of William Sprague IV, also a Governor and Senator from Rhode Island.

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03/11/1794

William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (died 1878)

William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry early in his life.

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03/11/1793

Stephen F. Austin, American businessman and politician (died 1836)

Stephen Fuller Austin was an American-born empresario, i.e. a person granted the right to settle on land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for settling the eastern areas of the Tejas region of Mexico in the early nineteenth century. Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States in 1825.

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03/11/1777

Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (died 1848)

Princess Sophia was the twelfth child and fifth daughter of King George III and Queen Charlotte. Sophia is perhaps best known for the rumours surrounding a supposed illegitimate child to whom she gave birth as a young woman.

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03/11/1757

Robert Smith, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of State (died 1842)

Robert Smith was an American politician, diplomat, and admiralty lawyer. He served as the second United States Secretary of the Navy from 1801 to 1809 and the sixth United States Secretary of State from 1809 to 1811. He was the younger brother of Senator Samuel Smith.

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03/11/1749

Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (died 1819)

Daniel Rutherford was a British physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772.

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03/11/1689

Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Czech composer (died 1742)

Jan Josef Ignác Brentner was a Czech composer of the Baroque era.

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03/11/1659

Hui-bin Jang, Royal consort (died 1701)

Royal Noble Consort Hui of the Indong Jang clan, personal name Jang Ok-jeong, was a consort of Sukjong of Joseon and the mother of King Gyeongjong. She was queen of Joseon from 1690 until her deposition in 1694.

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03/11/1656

Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (died 1738)

Georg Reutter was an Austrian organist, theorbo player, and composer.

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03/11/1618

Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor of India (died 1707)

Alamgir I, commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707. Under his reign, the Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent, with territory spanning nearly the entirety of the Indian subcontinent.

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03/11/1604

Osman II, Ottoman sultan (died 1622)

Osman II, also known as Osman the Young, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 26 February 1618 until his regicide on 20 May 1622.

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03/11/1587

Samuel Scheidt, German organist, composer, and educator (died 1654)

Samuel Scheidt was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era.

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03/11/1560

Annibale Carracci, Italian painter and illustrator (died 1609)

Annibale Carracci was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother Agostino and cousin Ludovico, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of the Baroque style, borrowing from styles from both north and south of their native city, and aspiring for a return to classical monumentality, but adding a more vital dynamism. Painters working under Annibale at the gallery of the Palazzo Farnese would be highly influential in Roman painting for decades.

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03/11/1527

Tilemann Heshusius, Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (died 1588)

Tilemann Heshusius was a Gnesio-Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer.

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03/11/1505

Achilles Gasser, German physician and astrologer (died 1577)

Achilles Pirmin Gasser was a German physician and astrologer. He is now known as a well-connected humanistic scholar, and supporter of both Copernicus and Rheticus.

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03/11/1500

Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor and painter (died 1571)

Benvenuto Cellini was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the Cellini Salt Cellar, the sculpture of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, and his autobiography, which has been described as "one of the most important documents of the 16th century".

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03/11/0039

Lucan, Roman poet (died 65)

AD 39 (XXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Caesianus. The denomination AD 39 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

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