Famous people born on 11 December

• Naguib MahfouzEgyptian writer · 1911–2006
  94 yrs
• Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRussian writer, publicist, poet and politician · 1918–2008
  89 yrs
• Hector BerliozFrench composer and conductor · 1803–1869
  65 yrs
• Robert KochGerman physician, bacteriologist · 1843–1910
  66 yrs
• Max BornGerman-Jewish physicist and mathematician · 1882–1970
  87 yrs
• Alfred de MussetFrench writer · 1810–1857
  46 yrs
• OshoIndian guru and leader of the Rajneesh movement · 1931–1990
  58 yrs
• Pranab MukherjeePresident of India from 2012 to 2017 · 1935–2020
  84 yrs
• Charles VI of FranceKing of France from 1380 to 1422 · 1368–1422
  53 yrs
• Jean MaraisFrench actor and theatre director · 1913–1998
  84 yrs
• Annie Jump CannonAmerican astronomer · 1863–1941
  77 yrs
• David Brewster ↗Scottish astronomer and mathematician · 1781–1868
  86 yrs
• Carlos Gardel ↗Uruguayan-Argentine singer, songwriter, and actor · 1890–1935
  44 yrs
• Jean-Louis Trintignant ↗French actor · 1930–2022
  91 yrs
• Carlo Ponti ↗Italian film producer · 1912–2007
  94 yrs
• Dilip Kumar ↗Indian actor and politician · 1922–2021
  98 yrs
• Maurice Leblanc ↗French writer · 1864–1941
  76 yrs
• Paul Greengard ↗American neuroscientist · 1925–2019
  93 yrs
• Clément Marot ↗French poet · 1495–1544
  48 yrs
• Manoel de Oliveira ↗Portuguese film director · 1908–2015
  106 yrs
• Teri Garr ↗American actress · 1944–2024
  79 yrs
• Ellen Key ↗Swedish writer · 1849–1926
  76 yrs
• Fiorello La Guardia ↗American politician; 99th Mayor of New York City · 1882–1947
  64 yrs
• Takeda Shingen ↗Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period · 1521–1573
  51 yrs
• Ronald Dworkin ↗American legal philosopher · 1931–2013
  81 yrs
• Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria ↗Elector Palatine (1742-1777), Elector of Bavaria · 1724–1799
  74 yrs
• Big Mama Thornton ↗American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter · 1926–1984
  57 yrs
• Charles Bachman ↗American computer scientist · 1924–2017
  92 yrs
• Qian Xuesen ↗Chinese rocket scientist · 1911–2009
  97 yrs
• Erskine Hamilton Childers ↗4th President of Ireland · 1905–1974
  68 yrs
• Amon Göth ↗Austrian SS functionary, commandant of Plaszow concentration camp and convicted war criminal · 1908–1946
  37 yrs
• Hermann von Abich ↗German-Russian mineralogist and geologist · 1806–1886
  79 yrs
• Betsy Blair ↗American actress · 1923–2009
  85 yrs
• Carlos Arias Navarro ↗Spanish politician · 1908–1989
  80 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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