Did you know
(2000), Gideon in Minority Report (2002), Doctor Steve Pendanski in Holes (2003), Doctor Jonathan Jacobo in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Danny Dalton Jr.
Famous Birthdays on May 11
1964 — Tim Blake Nelson
American actor
May 11 has 116 recorded notable births across history, from 1571 to 2006. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
By thisDay.info Editorial Team · — Wikipedia
Famous Birthdays
116 source records
1571 – 2006
Taurus
Today in history
Major events on May 11
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 2010 David Cameron takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats form the country's first coalition government since the Second World War. Source
- 973 In 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. Source
- 2009 Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Source
- 1919 Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. Source
Did you know
Feynman developed a pictorial representation scheme for the mathematical expressions describing the behavior of subatomic particles, which later became known as Feynman diagrams and remains widely used.
Did you know
In 1929, he broke from the Theosophy movement and disbanded the Order of the Star in the East which had been formed around him.
Did you know
Congressman who served from 1997 to 2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party from Tennessee's 9th congressional district, centered in Memphis.
Did you know
On 2 February 2023, Bobi was certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest living dog, along with being the oldest dog on record to ever live.
More major people born on May 11
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1918
Richard Feynman
American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988)
Richard Phillips Feynman was an American theoretical physicist.
1895
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Indian philosopher and speaker (died 1986)
Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian spiritual figure, speaker, and writer.
1970
Harold Ford Jr.
American lawyer and politician
Harold Eugene Ford Jr. is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S.
1992
Bobi
Portuguese Rafeiro do Alentejo, oldest recorded dog (died 2023)
Bobi was a male purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo dog cared for by Leonel Costa of Conqueiros, Leiria, Portugal.
1911
Phil Silvers
American actor and comedian (died 1985)
Phil Silvers was an American entertainer and comedic actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah". His career as a professional entertainer spanned nearly 60 years.
1983
Steven Sotloff
American-Israeli journalist (died 2014)
Steven Joel Sotloff was an American-Israeli journalist. In August 2013, he was kidnapped in Aleppo, Syria, and held captive by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
1934
Jim Jeffords
American lawyer and politician (died 2014)
James Merrill Jeffords was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. Originally a Republican, he served as a member of the Vermont Senate from 1967 to 1969 and Vermont Attorney General 1969 to 1973.
1903
Charlie Gehringer
American baseball player and manager (died 1993)
Charles Leonard Gehringer, nicknamed "the Mechanical Man", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played for the Detroit Tigers for 19 seasons from 1924 to 1942.
1951
Ed Stelmach
Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
Edward Michael Stelmach is a Canadian politician who served as the 13th premier of Alberta, from 2006 to 2011.
1998
Viktória Kužmová
Slovak tennis player
Viktória Hrunčáková is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 43 in singles and No. 27 in doubles in the world by the WTA.
1927
Gene Savoy
American explorer, author, and scholar (died 2007)
Douglas Eugene "Gene" Savoy was an American explorer, author, religious leader, and theologian. He served as Head Bishop of the International Community of Christ, Church of the Second Advent from 1971 until his death.
1983
Matt Leinart
American football player
Matthew Stephen Leinart is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons.
1895
William Grant Still
American composer and conductor (died 1978)
William Grant Still Jr. was an American composer of nearly two hundred works, including five symphonies, four ballets, nine operas, and more than thirty choral works, art songs, chamber music, and solo works.
1989
Cam Newton
American football player
Cameron Jerrell Newton is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Carolina Panthers.
1997
Coi Leray
American rapper and singer
Coi Leray Collins is an American rapper and singer. The daughter of rapper and media executive Benzino, she began her musical career in 2018 with the release of her debut mixtape, Everythingcoz.
1901
Gladys Rockmore Davis
American painter (died 1967)
Gladys Rockmore Davis was an American artist who worked in both commercial and fine arts. She gave up a career in advertising art to work in creative painting.
1933
Louis Farrakhan
American religious leader
Louis Farrakhan is an American religious leader who has been the head of the Nation of Islam since 1981, a new religious movement which combines black nationalism and Islamic terminology.
1974
Stanley Gene
Papua New Guinean rugby league player
Stanley Gene is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league Kumul player and Assistant Coach of Hull F.C.
1978
Judy Ann Santos
Filipino actress
Judy Anne Lumagui Santos, also nicknamed Juday, is a Filipino actress and film producer.