May 11

Famous births on May 11:

• 1571 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyo and retainer (d. 1637)
• 1720 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, officer and adventurer (d. 1797)
• 1752 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (d. 1840)
• 1763 - János Bacsanyi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)
• 1801 - Henri Labrouste, French architect (d. 1875)
• 1871 - Stjepan Radic, Croatian politician (d. 1928)
• 1887 - Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (d. 1961)
• 1888 - Irving Berlin, American composer (d. 1989)
• 1892 - Margaret Rutherford, English actress (d. 1972)
• 1894 - Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
• 1895 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (d. 1986)
• 1896 - Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Croatian composer (d. 1955)
• 1897 - Kurt Gerron German director (d. 1944)
• 1903 - Charlie Gehringer, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1993)
• 1904 - Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (d. 1989)
• 1907 - Rose Ausänder, poet (d. 1988)
• 1911 - Phil Silvers, American actor and comedian (d. 1985)
• 1912 - Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (d. 2001)
• 1913 - Robert Jungk, Austrian publicist (d. 1994)
• 1916 - Camilo José Cela, Spanish writer (d. 2002)
• 1918 - Richard Feynman, American physicist (d. 1988)
• 1921 - Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, politician
• 1928 - Mort Sahl, Canadian comedian and political commentator
• 1930 - Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist (d. 2002)
• 1933 - Louis Farrakhan, American Black Muslim leader
• 1938 - Carla Bley, American musician and composer
• 1940 - Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
• 1941 - Graham Miles, English snooker player
• 1946 - Robert Jarvik, American physicist and inventor
• 1950 - Jeremy Paxman, British journalist and author
• 1952 - Renaud Séchan, French composer
• 1952 - Mike Lupica, sports journalist
• 1952 - Shohreh Aghdashloo, actress
• 1952 - Frances Fisher, actress
• 1953 - Boyd Gaines, actor
• 1956 - Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist
• 1956 - Alex Lester, British broadcaster
• 1959 - Martha Quinn, American television personality
• 1963 - Natasha Richardson, actress
• 1964 - John Parrott, English snooker player
• 1966 - Christoph Schneider, drummer (Rammstein)
• 1966 - Nancy Hower, American actress, sceenwriter, director, and producer
• 1976 - Richard Kyanka, webmaster for Something Awful
• 1981 - Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
• 1982 - Jonathan Jackson, actor
• 1983 - Matt Leinart, American football player
• 1983 - Holly Valance, actress and singer

Well, if I can't win a Heisman trophy myself, I'll at least be born on the same day as a guy who did.