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579 Notable birthdays

Austin O'Brien

American actor.

Born May 11th, 1981 (age 45 years) in Eugene.

Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia

Grand duke of russia (1857–1905).

Born May 11th, 1857 in Tsarskoye Selo.

Died February 17th, 1905 at 47 years old in Moscow.

Clive Wearing

British musicologist.

Born May 11th, 1938 (age 88 years).

László Polgár

Hungarian chess teacher.

Born May 11th, 1946 (age 80 years) in Gyöngyös. [ref]

Erika Linder

Swedish model and actress.

Born May 11th, 1990 (age 36 years) in Sundbyberg Municipality.

Gelson Martins

Portuguese and cape-verdean association football player.

Born May 11th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Praia.

Eva Schloss

Austrian‑british holocaust survivor and memoirist (1929–2026).

Born May 11th, 1929 in Vienna.

Died January 3rd, 2026 at 96 years old in London. [ref]

Christoph Schneider

German drummer.

Born May 11th, 1966 (age 60 years) in East Berlin.

Judy Ann Santos

Filipino actress, media personality, chef and singer.

Born May 11th, 1978 (age 48 years) in Manila.

Mychal Judge

American friar minor and 1st wtc victim (1933–2001).

Born May 11th, 1933 in Brooklyn.

Died September 11th, 2001 at 68 years old in 1 World Trade Center (collapse of the World Trade Center).

Benoît Magimel

French actor (born 1974).

Born May 11th, 1974 (age 52 years) in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Steven Joel Sotloff

American journalist.

Born May 11th, 1983 in Miami. [ref]

Died September 2nd, 2014 at 31 years old in Syrian Desert (decapitation). [ref]

Zhang Zhehan

Chinese actor and singer.

Born May 11th, 1991 (age 35 years) in Xinyu. [ref]

Christopher Bailey

British fashion designer (born 1971).

Born May 11th, 1971 (age 55 years) in Halifax.

Mort Sahl

Canadian-born american comedian (1927–2021).

Born May 11th, 1927 in Montreal.

Died October 26th, 2021 at 94 years old in Mill Valley. [ref]

John B. Calhoun

American ethologist and behavioral researcher (1917–1995).

Born May 11th, 1917 in Elkton.

Died September 7th, 1995 at 78 years old in Tennessee.

Lorenzo Sonego

Italian tennis player (born 1995).

Born May 11th, 1995 (age 31 years) in Turin.

Trịnh Thị Ngọ

Vietnamese radio personality (1931–2016).

Born May 11th, 1931 in Hanoi.

Died September 30th, 2016 at 85 years old in Ho Chi Minh City. [ref]

Kardinal Offishall

Canadian rapper, songwriter, record producer, dj, and record executive.

Born May 11th, 1976 (age 50 years) in Scarborough.

John Parrott

English snooker player.

Born May 11th, 1964 (age 62 years) in Liverpool. [ref]

Maurice Harkless

American basketball player.

Born May 11th, 1993 (age 33 years) in New York City.

Theodore von Kármán

Hungarian-american mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist (1881–1963).

Born May 11th, 1881 in Budapest.

Died May 7th, 1963 at 81 years old in Aachen.

Donald Bren

American businessman.

Born May 11th, 1932 (age 94 years) in Los Angeles.

Kunlavut Vitidsarn

Badminton player.

Born May 11th, 2001 (age 25 years) in Bangkok. [ref]

Jacqueline Cochran

American aviator and businesswoman (1906–1980).

Born May 11th, 1906 in Pensacola.

Died August 9th, 1980 at 74 years old in Indio.

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