Famous people born on 11 August

• Pervez MusharrafPakistani soldier and politician · 1943–2023
  79 yrs
• Edgar de WahlEstonian teacher and linguist · 1867–1948
  80 yrs
• Enid BlytonEnglish author · 1897–1968
  71 yrs
• Hulk HoganAmerican professional wrestler, actor and television personality · 1953–2025
  71 yrs
• Christiaan EijkmanDutch physician · 1858–1930
  72 yrs
• Aaron Klug ↗British chemist and biophysicist · 1926–2018
  92 yrs
• Jan Palach ↗Czech student who killed himself by self-immolation in protest · 1948–1969
  20 yrs
• Sadi Carnot ↗5th president of France · 1837–1894
  56 yrs
• Sigismund II Augustus ↗King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania · 1520–1572
  51 yrs
• Robert Green Ingersoll ↗American lawyer, orator, and politician · 1833–1899
  65 yrs
• Alex Haley ↗American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist · 1921–1992
  70 yrs
• Yoshio Okada ↗Japanese association football player · 1926–2002
  75 yrs
• Rodolfo Graziani ↗Italian general · 1882–1955
  72 yrs
• Władysław Anders ↗Polish general, politician and national hero · 1892–1970
  77 yrs
• Eric Carmen ↗American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist · 1949–2024
  74 yrs
• Jerzy Grotowski ↗Polish theatre director · 1933–1999
  65 yrs
• Eiji Yoshikawa ↗Japanese historical novelist · 1892–1962
  70 yrs
• Friedrich Ludwig Jahn ↗German educator, writer and politician · 1778–1852
  74 yrs
• Erwin Chargaff ↗Ukrainian-born biochemist who emigrated to the United States · 1905–2002
  96 yrs
• Jerry Falwell ↗American evangelical pastor, televangelist, and conservative political commentator · 1933–2007
  73 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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