Who are famous people born on May 11?

Famous people born on May 11 include Irving Berlin (1888), Martha Graham (1894), Salvador Dalí (1904), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Richard Feynman (1918).

What star sign is someone born on May 11?

Someone born on May 11 is a Taurus.

What is the birthstone for May 11?

The birthstone for May is emerald.

How common is a birthday on May 11?

In the US, May 11 is the No. 298 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,946 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on May 11

Famous people born on May 11, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♉ Star sign
Taurus
💎 Birthstone
Emerald
👶 How common
No. 298 of 366

Born on May 11

Irving Berlin
born 1888 · American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)
Martha Graham
born 1894 · American dancer and choreographer (1894–1991)
Salvador Dalí
born 1904 · Spanish artist (1904–1989)
Mikhail Sholokhov
born 1905 · Soviet writer (1905-1984)
Richard Feynman
born 1918 · American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
Edsger W. Dijkstra
born 1930 · Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)
Andrés Iniesta
born 1984 · Spanish footballer and manager
Sabrina Carpenter
born 1999 · American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1999)
Natasha Richardson
born 1963 · British actress (1963–2009)
Laetitia Casta
born 1978 · French actress and model
Giovani dos Santos
born 1989 · Mexican association football player
Pablo Sarabia
born 1992 · Spanish association football player
Abou Diaby
born 1986 · French footballer (born 1986)
Fermín López
born 2003 · Spanish association football player
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
born 1942 · Princess of Greece and Denmark (1942–2026)
Christoph Schneider
born 1966 · German drummer
Jürgen Schult
born 1960 · German discus thrower
Benoît Magimel
born 1974 · French actor (born 1974)
Alberto García Aspe
born 1967 · Mexican footballer
Kiti Mánver
born 1953 · Spanish actress
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Nicky Katt
born 1970 · American-Mexican actor (1970–2025)
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Zhanna Prokhorenko
born 1940 · Soviet and Russian actress (1940-2011)
Mohammed Al-Salhi
born 1986 · Saudi Arabian athletics competitor (born 1986)
Nancy Greene
born 1943 · Canadian alpine skier and politician
Milton Viera
born 1946 · Uruguayan footballer
László Polgár
born 1946 · Hungarian chess teacher
Shohreh Aghdashloo
born 1952 · Iranian actress
Sue Gardner
born 1967 · Canadian journalist
Igor Matovič
born 1973 · Slovak entrepreneur and politician
Ziad Jarrah
born 1975 · Lebanese terrorist and 9/11 hijacker (1975–2001)
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Marcos Paulo
born 1977 · Brazilian association football player
Pablo Gabriel García
born 1977 · Uruguayan footballer
Bobby Roode
born 1977 · Canadian professional wrestler
Daisuke Matsui
born 1981 · Japanese association football player
Lauren Jackson
born 1981 · Australian basketball player (born 1981)
Nadiya Savchenko
born 1981 · Ukrainian politician
Cory Monteith
born 1982 · Canadian actor (1982-2013)
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Steven Joel Sotloff
born 1983 · American journalist
Holly Valance
born 1983 · Australian actress and singer
Miguel Veloso
born 1986 · Portuguese footballer

May 11 in history

2024Start/Middle of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.
2014Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa, DRC, in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers.
2011The Istanbul Convention is signed in Istanbul, Turkey.
2009Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
1997Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
1985Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.
1970The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage.
1894Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
1878Hödel assassination attempt by anarchist Max Hödel targeting the German Kaiser, Wilhelm I.
1813William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
1560The Ottoman naval forces inflict a defeat on a Spanish fleet in the battle of Djerba. This marks the highpoint of Ottoman naval dominance in the Mediterranean, which starts declining five years later after the failed siege of Malta.
973In the first coronation ceremony ever held for an English monarch, Edgar the Peaceful is crowned King of England, having ruled since 959 AD. His wife, Ælfthryth, is crowned queen, the first recorded coronation for a Queen of England.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Anthimus of Rome
Christian feast day: Gangulphus of Burgundy
Christian feast day: Blessed John Rochester
Christian feast day: Ignatius of Laconi
Christian feast day: Majolus of Cluny
Christian feast day: Mamertus, the first of the Ice Saints

May 11 in every year

Pick a year to see the world on that exact day: the news, the No. 1 song and who else was born.

Questions about May 11 birthdays

Who are famous people born on May 11?: Famous people born on May 11 include Irving Berlin (1888), Martha Graham (1894), Salvador Dalí (1904), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), Richard Feynman (1918).
What star sign is someone born on May 11?: Someone born on May 11 is a Taurus.
What is the birthstone for May 11?: The birthstone for May is emerald.
How common is a birthday on May 11?: In the US, May 11 is the No. 298 most common birthday of the 366, with about 10,946 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).