Did you know
Rupert Murdoch was also the owner of Sky, 21st Century Fox, and the now-defunct News of the World.
Famous Birthdays on March 11
1931 — Rupert Murdoch
Australian-American businessman and media magnate
March 11 has 154 recorded notable births across history, from 1278 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1278 – 2004
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Major events on March 11
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- 2006 Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile. Source
- 1990 Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. Source
- 1941 World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan. Source
- 2008 Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station. Source
Did you know
Anton Yelchin began his career as a child actor, appearing as the lead of the mystery drama film Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and a series regular on the Showtime comedy-drama Huff (2004–2006).
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Thora Birch made her film debut with a starring role in Purple People Eater (1988) and won a Young Artist Award for "Best Actress Under Nine Years of Age".
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For catalyzing an originalist and textualist movement in American law, he has been described as one of the most influential jurists of the twentieth century, and one of the most important justices in the history of the Supreme Court.
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Greg Olsen played college football for the Miami Hurricanes and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft.
More major people born on March 11
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1989
Anton Yelchin
Russian-American actor (died 2016)
Anton Viktorovich Yelchin was an American actor. Born in the Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he emigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six months.
1982
Thora Birch
American actress, producer, and director
Thora Josephine Birch is an American actress. She made her film debut with a starring role in Purple People Eater (1988) and won a Young Artist Award for "Best Actress Under Nine Years of Age".
1936
Antonin Scalia
American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 2016)
Antonin Gregory Scalia was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016.
1985
Greg Olsen
American football player and commentator
Gregory Walter Olsen Jr. is an American professional football sportscaster and former tight end who played for 14 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
1932
Nigel Lawson
English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 2023)
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby was a British politician, journalist and climate change denier.
1965
Wallace Langham
American actor
James Wallace Langham II is an American actor. He is known for his roles in television shows, playing the role of Phil the Head Writer on The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1998), Josh Blair in Veronica's Closet (1997–2000),…
1926
Ralph Abernathy
American minister and activist (died 1990)
Ralph David Abernathy Sr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was ordained in the Baptist tradition in 1948.
1887
Raoul Walsh
American actor and director (died 1980)
Raoul Walsh was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent cinema actor George Walsh.
1925
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff
American biochemist and academic (died 1983)
Margaret Belle (Oakley) Dayhoff was an American biophysicist and a pioneer in the field of bioinformatics.
1963
Gary Barnett
English footballer and manager
Gary Lloyd Barnett is an English former professional footballer and football coach.
1876
Carl Ruggles
American composer and painter (died 1971)
Carl Ruggles was an American composer, painter and teacher. His pieces employed "dissonant counterpoint", a term coined by fellow composer and musicologist Charles Seeger to describe Ruggles' music.
1987
Ngonidzashe Makusha
Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper
Ngonidzashe Makusha is a Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper. He is the national record holder over 100 m and long jump for Zimbabwe with 9.89 s (+1.3 m/s) and 8.40 m (0.0 m/s), respectively.
1980
Rich Hill
American baseball player
Richard Joseph Hill, nicknamed "Dick Mountain", is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
1893
Wanda Gág
American author and illustrator (died 1946)
Wanda Hazel Gág was an American artist, author, translator, and illustrator. She is best known for writing and illustrating the children's book Millions of Cats, the oldest American picture book still in print.
1957
Qasem Soleimani
Former Iranian commander of the Quds Force (died 2020)
Qasem Soleimani was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
1978
Didier Drogba
Ivorian footballer
Didier Yves Drogba Tébily is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team.
1981
LeToya Luckett
American singer-songwriter and actress
LeToya Nicole Luckett-Coles is an American R&B singer and actress. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as a founding member of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.
1929
Timothy Carey
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994)
Timothy Agoglia Carey was an American film and television character actor who was typically cast as manic or violent characters who are driven to extremes.
1945
Dock Ellis
American baseball player and coach (died 2008)
Dock Phillip Ellis Jr. was an American professional baseball player.