Famous people born in 1911

The best-known people born in 1911, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States (1981–1989)
February 6 · d. 2004
Photo: Michael Evans, Public domain
Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian writer (1911–2006)
December 11 · d. 2006
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Georges Pompidou
President of France from 1969 to 1974
July 5 · d. 1974
Photo: Farabola, Public domain
Czesław Miłosz
Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004)
June 30 · d. 2004
Photo: Artur Pawłowski, CC BY-SA 4.0
William Golding
British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1911–1993)
September 19 · d. 1993
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
Tennessee Williams
American playwright (1911–1983)
March 26 · d. 1983
Photo: Orlando Fernandez, World Telegram staff photographer, Public domain
Marshall McLuhan
Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar (1911–1980)
July 21 · d. 1980
Photo: Josephine Smith, Public domain
Odysseas Elytis
Greek poet and art critic (1911–1996)
November 2 · d. 1996
Photo: Unknown ( Mondadori Publishers ), Public domain
Võ Nguyên Giáp
Vietnamese general and communist politician (1911–2013)
August 25 · d. 2013
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Luis Walter Alvarez
American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911–1988)
June 13 · d. 1988
Photo: Donald Cooksey / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (per [3], Public domain
Mikhail Botvinnik
Soviet chess player
August 17 · d. 1995
Photo: Harry Pot for Anefo ]], CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
Emil Cioran
Romanian-French philosopher and essayist (1911–1995)
April 8 · d. 1995
Photo: Photographer of Keyston agency/Getty Images before Rivarol Premium. Photo taken in the last years of, Public domain
Lucille Ball
American actress (1911–1989)
August 6 · d. 1989
Photo: CBS Television, Public domain
Ginger Rogers
American actress and dancer (1911–1995)
July 16 · d. 1995
Photo: Studio publicity still, Public domain
Juan Manuel Fangio
Argentine racing driver (1911–1995)
June 24 · d. 1995
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Hubert Humphrey
vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969
May 27 · d. 1978
Photo: Library of Congress, Public domain
William Alfred Fowler
American nuclear physicist (1911-1995)
August 9 · d. 1995
Photo: Federal Government of the United States, Public domain
Max Frisch
Swiss playwrighter and novelist (1911–1991)
May 15 · d. 1991
Photo: Comet Photo AG (Zürich), CC BY-SA 4.0
Jean Harlow
American film actress (1911–1937)
March 3 · d. 1937
Photo: studio, Public domain
Ernesto Sabato
Argentine writer, painter and physicist (1911-2011)
June 24 · d. 2011
Polykarp Kusch
German-American physicist (1911-1993)
January 26 · d. 1993
Photo: Nobel foundation, Public domain
Todor Zhivkov
former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party
September 7 · d. 1998
Photo: Anefo, CC0
Maurice Allais
French economist (1911–2010)
May 31 · d. 2010
Photo: ALLAIS_PN_Maurice-24x30-2001.jpg : Studio Harcourt derivative work: Materialscientist, CC BY 3.0
Melvin Calvin
American biochemist (1911–1997)
April 8 · d. 1997
Khalid of Saudi Arabia
King of Saudi Arabia (1911-1982)
February 13 · d. 1982
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author King Khalid bin Abdulaziz database, Public domain
Vincent Price
American actor (1911–1993)
May 27 · d. 1993
Louise Bourgeois
French-American artist (1911-2010)
December 25 · d. 2010
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Le Duc Tho
Vietnamese diplomat (1911–1990)
October 14 · d. 1990
Photo: Associated Press, Public domain
John Archibald Wheeler
American physicist (1911-2008)
July 9 · d. 2008
Photo: Emielke, CC BY-SA 3.0
Elizabeth Bishop
American poet (1911–1979)
February 8 · d. 1979
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

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Month by month

January

January 11 · Zenkō Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (1911-2004)
January 16 · Eduardo Frei Montalva, President of Chile (1911-1982)
January 17 · George Stigler, American economist (1911–1991)
January 18 · Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian (1911–1987)
January 20 · Alfredo Foni, Italian footballer (1911-1985)
January 22 · Bruno Kreisky, Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)

February

February 5 · Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (1911–1960)
February 10 · Mstislav Keldysh, Soviet mathematician and physicist (1911-1978)
February 12 · Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Irish judge and 5th President of Ireland (1911-1978)
February 13 · Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Pakistani Urdu poet and author (1911–1984)
February 19 · Merle Oberon, British actress (1911-1979)
February 28 · Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet (1911-1946)

March

March 12 · Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz, 56th President of Mexico
March 13 · L. Ron Hubbard, American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)
March 20 · Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician (1911-1991)
March 24 · Joseph Barbera, American animator and cartoonist (1911–2006)
March 26 · Bernard Katz, German-British biophysicist (1911–2003)
March 26 · John Langshaw Austin, English philosopher (1911–1960)

April

April 1 · Fauja Singh, British-Indian centenarian marathon runner
April 6 · Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist, Nobel Laureate (1911–1979)
April 13 · Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish Olympic champion
April 17 · Hervé Bazin, French writer (1911–1996)
April 23 · Józef Cyrankiewicz, Polish politician (1911–1989)
April 23 · Simone Simon, French actress

May

May 7 · Ishirō Honda, Japanese filmmaker (1911–1993)
May 8 · Robert Johnson, American blues singer and guitarist
May 17 · Maureen O'Sullivan, Irish-American actress (1911-1998)
May 20 · Annie M.G. Schmidt, Dutch writer (1911-1995)
May 24 · Ne Win, Military leader and head of state of Burma from 1962 to 1988
May 29 · Leah Goldberg, Israeli poet (1911–2070)

June

June 12 · Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav politician, theorist and author (1911-1995)
June 22 · Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Greek and Danish princess
June 25 · William Howard Stein, American biochemist (1911–1980)
June 26 · Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American golfer and athlete
June 29 · Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (1911-1975)
June 29 · Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, husband of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1911-2004); prince consort of the Netherlands (1911-2004)

July

July 1 · Sergey Sokolov, Soviet military commander (1911-2012)
July 7 · Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer and librettist (1911–2007)
July 9 · Mervyn Peake, English author and illustrator (1911–1968)
July 17 · Yang Jiang, Chinese writer (1911-2016)
July 18 · Hume Cronyn, Canadian-American actor (1911–2003)
July 27 · Nikolai Kuznetsov, Soviet partisan and intelligence agent

August

August 5 · Robert Taylor, American actor (1911-1969)
August 7 · Nicholas Ray, American film director (1911-1979)
August 11 · Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand from 1958 and 1963 to 1973
August 12 · Cantinflas, Mexican comic film actor, producer, and screenwriter (1911–1993)
August 16 · E. F. Schumacher, British economist (1911–1977)
August 28 · Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat (1911–2002)

September

September 9 · John Gorton, Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (1911–2002)
September 9 · Paul Goodman, American writer and public intellectual (1911–1972)
September 10 · Renée Simonot, French actress (1911–2021)
September 13 · Bill Monroe, American bluegrass musician, songwriter (1911-1996)
September 25 · Eric Williams, first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (1911–1981)
September 25 · Lillian Ngoyi, South African anti-apartheid activist (1911–1980)

October

October 5 · Brian O'Nolan, Irish writer (1911-1966)
October 9 · Mark Bernes, Soviet actor and singer (1911–1969)
October 13 · Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (1911–2001)
October 21 · Mary Blair, American artist (1911-1978)
October 26 · Mahalia Jackson, American gospel singer (1911–1972)
October 26 · Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and poet (1911-2004)

November

November 1 · Henri Troyat, French Armenian writer
November 5 · Roy Rogers, American actor and singer (1911-1998)
November 7 · Mikhail Yangel, Soviet engineer and missile designer
November 11 · Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (1911-2002)
November 20 · Jean Shiley, American athletics competitor
November 26 · Samuel Reshevsky, American chess player

December

December 3 · Nino Rota, Italian composer
December 5 · Władysław Szpilman, (1911-2000) Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor
December 9 · Broderick Crawford, American actor (1911–1986)
December 13 · Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and econometrician
December 18 · Jules Dassin, American film director (1911–2008)
December 23 · Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish immunologist

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