On This Day
This Day in History: (11-June)
John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (d. 1456)
Barnabe Googe, English poet and translator (d. 1594)
Lodovico Zacconi, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1627)
Ben Jonson, English poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1637)
Evert Horn, Swedish soldier (d. 1615)
George Wither, English poet (d. 1667)
John Moore, English businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1702)
Antonio Cifrondi, Italian painter (d. 1730)
Tokugawa Ienobu, Japanese shogun (d. 1712)
Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
Giovanni Antonio Giay, Italian composer (d. 1764)
James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)
Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1780)
Carlos Seixas, Portuguese harpsichord player and composer (d. 1742)
Joachim Martin Falbe, German painter (d. 1782)
Benjamin Ingham, American missionary (d. 1772)
Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788)
Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (d. 1746)
Joseph Warren, American physician and general (d. 1775)
John Constable, English painter and academic (d. 1837)
José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran philosopher and theorist (d. 1855)
James F. Schenck, American admiral (d. 1882)
Julia Margaret Cameron, Indian-Sri Lankan photographer (d. 1879)
Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1903)
Edward Braddon, English-Australian politician, 18th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1904)
Lucy Pickens, American wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (d. 1899)
Carl von Linde, German engineer and academic (d. 1934)
William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (d. 1920)
Millicent Fawcett, English academic and activist (d. 1929)
Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (d. 1933)
Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (d. 1945)
Stjepan Radić, Croatian lawyer and politician (d. 1928)
Alfred L. Kroeber, American-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 1960)
Renée Vivien, English-French poet and author (d. 1909)
Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (d. 1944)
Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (d. 1973)
Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (d. 1963)
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American anarchist and convicted criminal (d. 1927)
Hugo Wieslander, Swedish decathlete (d. 1976)
Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (d. 1952)
Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet politician (d. 1975)
Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian activist, founded the Hindustan Republican Association (d. 1927)
Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
Cap Fear, Canadian football player and rower (d. 1978)
Ernie Nevers, American football player and coach (d. 1976)
Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (d. 1982)
Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (d. 1919)
Natascha Artin Brunswick, German-American mathematician and photographer (d. 2003)
Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer (d. 1991)
Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (d. 1997)
James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963)
Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (d. 2012)
Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 1970)
Risë Stevens, American soprano and actress (d. 2013)
Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012)
Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1997)
Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist (d. 1999)
Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2008)
Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (d. 1980)
Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (d. 2008)
Shelly Manne, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)
Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American singer, actress, and pianist (d. 1981)
Keith Seaman, Australian lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (d. 2013)
Jean Sutherland Boggs, Peruvian-Canadian historian, academic, and civil servant (d. 2014)
Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Cypriot director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
Johnny Esaw, Canadian sportscaster (d. 2013)
William Styron, American novelist and essayist (d. 2006)
Carlisle Floyd, American composer and educator
Beryl Grey, English ballerina
John W. O'Malley, American Catholic historian, academic and Jesuit priest
Kit Pedler, English parapsychologist and author (d. 1981)
Queen Fabiola of Belgium (d. 2014)
Ayhan Şahenk, Turkish businessman (d. 2001)
Charles Rangel, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright
Tim Sainsbury, English businessman and politician, Minister of State for Trade
Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
Chad Everett, American actor and director (d. 2012)
Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer and journalist (d. 2017)
Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
Parris Glendening, American politician, 59th Governor of Maryland
Henry Hill, American mobster (d. 2012)
Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
Richard Palmer-James, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter
Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 2014)
Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Matthew Engel, English journalist and author
Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter and photographer
Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Russian runner
Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton, English politician
José Bové, French farmer and politician
Barbara Minty, American model
John Dyson, Australian cricketer
Johnny Neel, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Yuriy Sedykh, Ukrainian hammer thrower
Duncan Steel, English-Australian astronomer and author
Joe Montana, American football player and sportscaster
Simon Plouffe, Canadian mathematician and academic
Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (d. 2015)
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American bass player and bandleader
Barry Adamson, English singer and bass player
Hugh Laurie, English actor and screenwriter
Mehmet Oz, American surgeon, author, and television host
Mano Menezes, Brazilian footballer and coach
Gioia Bruno, American singer-songwriter
Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler and sportscaster (d. 2000)
Jean Alesi, French race car driver
Kim Gallagher, American runner (d. 2002)
Georgios Bartzokas, Greek former professional basketball player
Gavin Hill, New Zealand rugby player and coach
Bruce Robison, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
João Garcia, Portuguese mountaineer
Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
Manoa Thompson, Fijian rugby player
Peter Dinklage, American actor and producer
Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
Olaf Kapagiannidis, German footballer
Vladimir Gaidamașciuc, Moldovan footballer
Liz Kendall, British politician
Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese voice actor
Stephen Kearney, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
José Manuel Abundis, Mexican footballer and coach
Fragiskos Alvertis, Greek basketball player, coach, and manager
Reiko Tosa, Japanese runner
Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer
Joshua Jackson, Canadian-American actor
Ali Boussaboun, Moroccan-Dutch footballer
Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer
Kristo Tohver, Estonian footballer and referee
Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
Jacques Freitag, South African high jumper
Joey Graham, American basketball player
Stephen Graham, American basketball player
Eldar Rønning, Norwegian skier
Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
Chuck Hayes, American basketball player
José Reyes, Dominican baseball player
Andy Lee, Irish boxer
Vágner Love, Brazilian footballer
Tim Hoogland, German footballer
Sebastian Bayer, German long jumper
Shia LaBeouf, American actor
Marsel İlhan, Turkish tennis player
Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer
Jesús Fernández Collado, Spanish footballer
Maya Moore, American basketball player
Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter
Daniel Howell English Internet celebrity
Brittany Boyd, American basketball player
Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
Ayaka Sasaki, Japanese singer