Birthdays In History 1911

1911 Audrey Wurdemann American poet and author (d. 1960)

1911 Basil Dearden English director producer and screenwriter (d. 1971)

1911 Roman Totenberg Polish-American violinist and educator (d. 2012)

1911 Jean-Pierre Aumont French actor and screenwriter (d. 2001)

1911 Gypsy Rose Lee American actress dancer and author (d. 1970)

1911 Binod Bihari Chowdhury Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)

1911 Norman Heatley English biologist and chemist (d. 2004)

1911 Tommy Duncan American singer-songwriter (d. 1967)

1911 Nora Heysen Australian painter (d. 2003)

1911 Zenkō Suzuki Japanese politician 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)

1911 Joh Bjelke-Petersen New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)

1911 Anatoly Rybakov Russian-American author (d. 1998)

1911 Ivan Barrow Jamaican cricketer (d. 1979)

1911 Eduardo Frei Montalva Chilean lawyer and politician 28th President of Chile (d. 1982)

1911 Roger Lapébie French cyclist (d. 1996)

1911 Busher Jackson Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1966)

1911 John S. McCain Jr. American admiral (d. 1981)

1911 George Stigler American economist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

1911 José María Arguedas Peruvian anthropologist author and poet (d. 1969)

1911 Danny Kaye American actor singer and dancer (d. 1987)

1911 Choor Singh Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (d. 2009)

1911 Dick Garrard Australian wrestler (d. 2003)

1911 Lee Yoo-hyung Korean footballer and manager (d. 2003)

1911 Bruno Kreisky Austrian lawyer and politician 22nd Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)

1911 Polykarp Kusch German-American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)

1911 Norbert Schultze German composer and conductor (d. 2002)

1911 Roy Eldridge American jazz trumpet player (d. 1989)

1911 Jack Pizzey Australian politician 29th Premier of Queensland (d. 1968)

1911 Jehan Alain French organist and composer (d. 1940)

1911 Jussi Björling Swedish tenor (d. 1960)

1911 Elizabeth Bishop American poet and author (d. 1979)

1911 William Orlando Darby American general (d. 1945)

1911 Esa Pakarinen Finnish actor and musician (d. 1989)

1911 Faiz Ahmad Faiz Indian-Pakistani poet and journalist (d. 1984)

1911 Jean Muir American actress and educator (d. 1996)

1911 Willem Johan Kolff Dutch physician and inventor (d. 2009)

1911 Oskar Seidlin German-American author poet and scholar (d. 1984)

1911 Merle Oberon Indian-American actress (d. 1979)

1911 Oscar Heidenstam English bodybuilder (d. 1991)

1911 Hugues Lapointe Canadian lawyer and politician 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1982)

1911 Charles Greville 7th Earl of Warwick English actor (d. 1984)

1911 Subroto Mukerjee Indian Air Marshall Father of the Indian Air Force (d. 1960)

1911 Sachchidananda Vatsyayan Indian modern poet journalist and author (d. 1987)

1911 Stefan Kisielewski Polish libertarian writer and politician (d. 1991)

1911 Alan Hovhaness Armenian-American pianist and composer (d. 2000)

1911 Clara Rockmore American classical violin prodigy and theremin player (d. 1998)

1911 Sir Fitzroy Maclean 1st Baronet Scottish general and politician (d. 1996)

1911 Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Mexican academic and politician 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979)

1911 José Ardévol Cuban composer and conductor (d. 1981)

1911 L. Ron Hubbard American author (d. 1986)

1911 Akira Yoshizawa Japanese origamist (d. 2005)

1911 Pierre Harmel former Prime Minister later foreign minister of Belgium (d. 2009)

1911 Josef Mengele German physician captain and mass-murderer (d. 1979)

1911 Philip Pavia American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)

1911 Smiley Burnette American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1967)

1911 Alfonso García Robles Mexican lawyer and diplomat Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

1911 Walter Lincoln Hawkins African-American scientist and inventor (d. 1992)

1911 Lennart Atterwall Swedish javelin thrower (d. 2001)

1911 J. L. Austin English philosopher and academic (d. 1960)

1911 Bernard Katz German-English biophysicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)

1911 Veronika Tushnova Russian poet and physician (d. 1965)

1911 Consalvo Sanesi Italian race car driver (d. 1998)

1911 Ekrem Akurgal Turkish archaeologist and academic (d. 2002)

1911 Freddie Green American guitarist (d. 1987)

1911 Elisabeth Grümmer German soprano (d. 1986)

1911 Augusta Braxton Baker African American librarian (d. 1998)

1911 Nanette Bordeaux Canadian-American actress (d. 1956)

1911 Michael Woodruff English-Scottish surgeon and academic (d. 2001)

1911 Stanisława Walasiewicz Polish-American runner (d. 1980)

1911 Hedi Amara Nouira Tunisian politician (d. 1993)

1911 Johnny Revolta American golfer (d. 1991)

1911 Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen German biochemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979)

1911 Emil Cioran Romanian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1995)

1911 Mahmoud Younis Egyptian engineer (d. 1976)

1911 Ico Hitrec Croatian footballer and manager (d. 1946)

1911 Jean-Louis Lévesque Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1994)

1911 Nino Sanzogno Italian conductor and composer (d. 1983)

1911 Guy Burgess English-Russian spy (d. 1963)

1911 Maurice Goldhaber Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (d. 2011)

1911 Ivan Combe American businessman developed Clearasil (d. 2000)

1911 Kemal Satır Turkish physician and politician (d. 1991)

1911 Ronald Neame English-American director cinematographer producer and screenwriter (d. 2010)

1911 Connie Marrero Cuban baseball player and coach (d. 2014)

1911 Paul Verner German soldier and politician (d. 1986)

1911 Bruno Beger German anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)

1911 Chris Berger Dutch sprinter and footballer (d. 1965)

1911 Lee Falk American director producer and playwright (d. 1999)

1911 Wilfred Watson English-Canadian poet playwright and educator (d. 1998)

1911 Evald Seepere Estonian boxer (d. 1990)

1911 Gilles Grangier French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)

1911 Andor Lilienthal Russian-Hungarian chess player (d. 2010)

1911 Pritilata Waddedar Indian educator and activist (d. 1932)

1911 Guy des Cars French journalist and author (d. 1993)

1911 Ishirō Honda Japanese director producer and screenwriter (d. 1993)

1911 Rıfat Ilgaz Turkish author poet and educator (d. 1993)

1911 Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman Dutch jurist and politician Dutch Minister of The Interior (d. 1997)

1911 Bel Kaufman American author and educator (d. 2014)

1911 Mitchell Sharp Canadian economist and politician 23rd Canadian Minister of Finance (d. 2004)

1911 Charles Biro American author and illustrator (d. 1972)

1911 Robert Middleton American actor (d. 1977)

1911 Maxine Sullivan American singer and actress (d. 1987)

1911 Max Frisch Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991)

1911 Herta Oberheuser German physician (d. 1978)

1911 Lisa Fonssagrives Swedish-American model (d. 1992)

1911 Maureen O'Sullivan Irish-American actress (d. 1998)

1911 Gardner Fox American author (d. 1986)

1911 Annie M. G. Schmidt Dutch author and playwright (d. 1995)

1911 Lou Brouillard Canadian boxer (d. 1984)

1911 Paul Augustin Mayer German cardinal (d. 2010)

1911 Maurice Baquet French actor and cellist (d. 2005)

1911 Henry Ephron American playwright screenwriter and producer (d. 1992)

1911 Teddy Kollek Hungarian-Israeli politician Mayor of Jerusalem (d. 2007)

1911 Vincent Price American actor (d. 1993)

1911 Bob Crisp South African cricketer (d. 1994)

1911 Thora Hird English actress (d. 2003)

1911 Fritz Hochwälder Austrian playwright (d. 1986)

1911 Maurice Allais French economist and physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)

1911 Joe McCluskey American runner (d. 2002)

1911 Ellen Corby American actress and screenwriter (d. 1999)

1911 Brooks Stevens American engineer and designer designed the Wienermobile (d. 1995)

1911 Edmundo Rivero Argentinian singer-songwriter (d. 1986)

1911 Ralph Kirkpatrick American harpsichord player and musicologist (d. 1984)

1911 Luis Walter Alvarez American physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)

1911 Maurice Copeland American actor (d. 1985)

1911 Erwin Wilhelm Müller German physicist and academic (d. 1977)

1911 Wilbert Awdry English author created The Railway Series the basis for Thomas The Tank Engine (d. 1997)

1911 Gail Patrick American actress (d. 1980)

1911 Irving Fein American producer and manager (d. 2012)

1911 Vernon Kirby South African tennis player (d. 1994)

1911 Ernesto Sabato Argentinian physicist and academic (d. 2011)

1911 Portia White Canadian opera singer (d. 1968)

1911 William Howard Stein American chemist and biologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1980)

1911 Bronisław Żurakowski Polish pilot and engineer (d. 2009)

1911 Marion M. Magruder American Marine officer commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron (d. 1997)

1911 Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (d. 2004)

1911 Katherine DeMille Canadian-American actress (d. 1995)

1911 Bernard Herrmann American composer and conductor (d. 1975)

1911 Czesław Miłosz Polish novelist essayist and poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

1911 Nagarjun Indian poet (d. 1998)

1911 Arnold Alas Estonian landscape architect and artist (d. 1990)

1911 Sergey Sokolov Russian marshal and politician Soviet Minister of Defence (d. 2012)

1911 Reg Parnell English race car driver and manager (d. 1964)

1911 Joe Hardstaff Jr. English cricketer (d. 1990)

1911 Bruce Hamilton Australian public servant (d. 1989)

1911 Mitch Miller American singer and producer (d. 2010)

1911 Elizabeth Peratrovich Alaskan-American civil rights activist (d. 1958)

1911 Endel Aruja Estonian-Canadian physicist and academic (d. 2008)

1911 Haydn Bunton Sr. Australian footballer and coach (d. 1955)

1911 Giorgio Borġ Olivier Maltese lawyer and politician 7th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1980)

1911 June Gale American actress (d. 1996)

1911 Gian Carlo Menotti Italian-American composer (d. 2007)

1911 Ken Farnes English cricketer (d. 1941)

1911 Mervyn Peake English author and illustrator (d. 1968)

1911 John Archibald Wheeler American physicist and author (d. 2008)

1911 Terry-Thomas English comedian and character actor (d. 1990)

1911 Cootie Williams American trumpeter and bandleader (d. 1985)

1911 Erna Flegel German nurse who was still present in the Führerbunker when it was captured by Soviet troops (d. 2006)

1911 Bob Steele American radio personality (d. 2002)

1911 Pavel Prudnikau Belarusian poet and author (d. 2000)

1911 Edward Shackleton Baron Shackleton English geographer and politician Secretary of State for Air (d. 1994)

1911 Lionel Ferbos American trumpet player (d. 2014)

1911 Heinz Lehmann German-Canadian psychiatrist and academic (d. 1999)

1911 Hume Cronyn Canadian-American actor producer and screenwriter (d. 2003)

1911 Baqa Jilani Indian cricketer (d. 1941)

1911 José Zabala-Santos Filipino author and illustrator (d. 1985)

1911 Loda Halama Polish dancer and actress (d. 1996)

1911 Umashankar Joshi Indian author poet and scholar (d. 1988)

1911 Rayner Heppenstall English author and poet (d. 1981)

1911 Foster Furcolo American lawyer and politician 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)

1911 Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005)

1911 George Liberace American violinist (d. 1983)

1911 Jackie Ormes American journalist and cartoonist (d. 1985)

1911 Ann Dvorak American actress (d. 1979)

1911 Alex McCrindle Scottish actor and producer (d. 1990)

1911 Robert Taylor American actor and singer (d. 1969)

1911 Norman Gordon South African cricketer (d. 2014)

1911 Constance Heaven English author and actress (d. 1995)

1911 István Bibó Hungarian lawyer and politician (d. 1979)

1911 Nicholas Ray American director and screenwriter (d. 1979)

1911 Rosetta LeNoire American actress (d. 2002)

1911 William Alfred Fowler American astronomer and astrophysicist Nobel Laureate (d. 1996)

1911 Eddie Futch American boxer and trainer (d. 2001)

1911 John McQuade Northern Irish soldier boxer and politician (d. 1984)

1911 Leonidas Andrianopoulos Greek footballer (d. 2011)

1911 A. N. Sherwin-White English historian and author (d. 1993)

1911 Thanom Kittikachorn Thai field marshal and politician 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)

1911 Cantinflas Mexican actor screenwriter and producer (d. 1993)

1911 William Bernbach American advertiser co-founded DDB Worldwide (d. 1982)

1911 E. F. Schumacher German economist and statistician (d. 1977)

1911 Mikhail Botvinnik Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)

1911 Martin Sandberger German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010)

1911 Amelia Boynton Robinson American activist (d. 2015)

1911 Klara Dan von Neumann Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (d. 1963)

1911 Anna Terruwe Dutch psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)

1911 Betty Robinson American sprinter (d. 1999)

1911 Otto Binder American author and screenwriter (d. 1974)

1911 Kay Walsh English actress and dancer (d. 2005)

1911 Joseph Luns Dutch politician and diplomat 5th Secretary General of NATO (d. 2002)

1911 John Charnley British orthopedic surgeon (d. 1982)

1911 Edward Brongersma Dutch journalist and politician (d. 1998)

1911 Arsenio Rodríguez Cuban-American tres player composer and bandleader (d. 1970)

1911 Romare Bearden American painter and author (d. 1988)

1911 William F. Harrah American businessman founded Harrah's Entertainment (d. 1978)

1911 Lill Tschudi Swiss artist (d. 2004)

1911 Bernard Mammes American cyclist and sergeant (d. 2000)

1911 Harry Danning American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)

1911 Charles Deutsch French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker co-founder of the brand "DB (d. 1980)

1911 Todor Zhivkov Bulgarian police officer and politician Head of State of Bulgaria (d. 1998)

1911 Paul Goodman American author poet and playwright (d. 1972)

1911 John Gorton Australian lieutenant and politician 19th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2002)

1911 Lala Amarnath Indian cricketer (d. 2000)

1911 Bola de Nieve Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1971)

1911 Bill Monroe American singer-songwriter and mandolin player (d. 1996)

1911 William H. Armstrong American author and educator (d. 1999)

1911 Karsten Solheim Norwegian-American businessman founded PING (d. 2000)

1911 Luther Terry American physician and academic 9th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985)

1911 Wilfred Burchett Australian journalist and author (d. 1983)

1911 Paul Henning American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)

1911 Syd Howe Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)

1911 Frank Moss American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)

1911 Eric Williams Trinidadian historian and politician 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981)

1911 Al Helfer American sportscaster (d. 1975)

1911 Marcey Jacobson American-Mexican photographer (d. 2009)

1911 Charles Court English-Australian politician 21st Premier of Western Australia (d. 2007)

1911 Reginald Victor Jones British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert (d. 1997)

1911 Gustave Gilbert American psychologist (d. 1977)

1911 Irwin Kostal American songwriter screenwriter and publisher (d. 1994)

1911 Heinrich Mark Estonian lawyer and politician 5th Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 2004)

1911 Michael Hordern English actor (d. 1995)

1911 Mary Two-Axe Earley Canadian indigenous women's rights activist (d. 1996)

1911 Pierre Dansereau Canadian ecologist and academic (d. 2011)

1911 Brian O'Nolan Irish author and playwright (d. 1966)

1911 Vaughn Monroe American singer trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1973)

1911 Joe Rosenthal American photographer (d. 2006)

1911 Nello Pagani Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)

1911 Vijay Merchant Indian cricketer (d. 1987)

1911 Ashok Kumar Indian film actor (d. 2001)

1911 Millosh Gjergj Nikolla Albanian poet and author (d. 1938)

1911 Lê Đức Thọ Vietnamese general and politician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)

1911 Otto von Bülow German commander (d. 2006)

1911 Mary Blair American illustrator and animator (d. 1978)

1911 Jack Keller American hurdler (d. 1978)

1911 Paul Grégoire Canadian cardinal (d. 1993)

1911 Sonny Terry American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)

1911 Sid Gillman American football player and coach (d. 2003)

1911 Sorley MacLean Scottish poet and educator (d. 1996)

1911 Ruth Hussey American actress (d. 2005)

1911 Mingun Sayadaw Burmese monk and scholar (d. 1993)

1911 Henri Troyat French historian and author (d. 2007)

1911 Odysseas Elytis Greek poet and critic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

1911 Raphael M. Robinson American mathematician philosopher and theorist (d. 1995)

1911 Kick Smit Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1974)

1911 Dixie Lee American actress and singer (d. 1952)

1911 Marie Osborne Yeats American actress and costume designer (d. 2010)

1911 Roy Rogers American singer guitarist and actor (d. 1998)

1911 Al Brosch American golfer (d. 1975)

1911 Robert Jackson Australian public servant and diplomat (d. 1991)

1911 Roberto Matta Chilean-Italian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)

1911 Buck Clayton American trumpet player and academic (d. 1991)

1911 Christian Fouchet French lawyer and politician French Minister of the Interior (d. 1974)

1911 Attilio Bertolucci Italian poet and author (d. 2000)

1911 Eduard Kainberger Austrian footballer (d. 1974)

1911 David Seymour Polish photographer (d. 1956)

1911 Jean Shiley American high jumper (d. 1998)

1911 Rupert Weinstabl Austrian sprint canoeist (d. 1953)

1911 Paul Zielinski German footballer (d. 1966)

1911 Kirby Grant American actor (d. 1985)

1911 Joe Medwick American baseball player and manager (d. 1975)

1911 Roelof Frankot Dutch painter and photographer (d. 1984)

1911 Samuel Reshevsky Polish-American chess player and author (d. 1992)

1911 Fe del Mundo Filipino pediatrician and educator (d. 2011)

1911 David Merrick American director and producer (d. 2000)

1911 Václav Renč Czech poet and playwright (d. 1973)

1911 Carle Hessay German-Canadian painter (d. 1978)

1911 Jorge Negrete Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)

1911 Calvin Griffith Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999)

1911 Nino Rota Italian pianist composer conductor and academic (d. 1979)

1911 Władysław Szpilman Polish pianist and composer (d. 2000)

1911 Lee J. Cobb American actor (d. 1976)

1911 Nikos Gatsos Greek poet and songwriter (d. 1992)

1911 Ryūzō Sejima Japanese colonel and businessman (d. 2007)

1911 Chet Huntley American journalist (d. 1974)

1911 Val Guest English-American director producer screenwriter and composer (d. 2006)

1911 Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian author playwright and screenwriter Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)

1911 Qian Xuesen Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (d. 2009)

1911 Trygve Haavelmo Norwegian economist and mathematician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)

1911 Spike Jones American singer and bandleader (d. 1965)

1911 Hans von Ohain German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1998)

1911 Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (d. 1943)

1911 Nicholas P. Dallis American psychiatrist and illustrator (d. 1991)

1911 Stan Kenton American pianist and composer (d. 1979)

1911 Jules Dassin American-Greek actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 2008)

1911 Hortense Calisher American author (d. 2009)

1911 Josh Gibson American baseball player (d. 1947)

1911 Danny O'Dea English actor (d. 2003)

1911 James Gregory American actor (d. 2002)

1911 Niels Kaj Jerne English-Danish physician and immunologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

1911 Louise Bourgeois French-American sculptor and painter (d. 2010)

1911 Anna Russell English-Canadian singer and actress (d. 2006)

1911 Wil van Beveren Dutch sprinter and journalist (d. 2003)

1911 Jeanette Nolan American actress (d. 1998)

1911 Dal Stivens Australian soldier and author (d. 1997)

1911 Johan van Hulst Dutch politician academic and author Yad Vashem recipient (d. 2018)

1911 Charles Mathiesen Norwegian speed skater (d. 1994)

1911 Tarō Okamoto Japanese painter and sculptor (d. 1996)

1911 Martin Denny American pianist and composer (d. 2005)

1911 Maurice Schumann French journalist and politician Minister of Foreign and European Affairs for France (d. 1998)

1911 Evald Mikson Estonian footballer (d. 1993)

1911 Sonny Tufts American actor (d. 1970)

1911 Big Joe Turner American blues/R&B singer (d. 1985)

1911 Harry Simeone American music arranger conductor and composer (d. 2005)

1911 Walter Alston American

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