Famous people born on 11 May

• Salvador DalíSpanish artist · 1904–1989
  84 yrs
• Richard FeynmanAmerican theoretical physicist · 1918–1988
  69 yrs
• Camilo José CelaSpanish writer · 1916–2002
  85 yrs
• Edsger W. DijkstraDutch computer scientist · 1930–2002
  72 yrs
• Antony HewishEnglish physicist and radio astronomer · 1924–2021
  97 yrs
• Irving BerlinAmerican composer and lyricist · 1888–1989
  101 yrs
• Pridi Banomyong ↗Thai prime minister · 1900–1983
  82 yrs
• Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor ↗Holy Roman Emperor from 1014 to 1024 · 973–1024
  51 yrs
• Baron Munchausen ↗German nobleman · 1720–1797
  76 yrs
• Natasha Richardson ↗British actress · 1963–2009
  45 yrs
• Jean-Léon Gérôme ↗French painter and sculptor · 1824–1904
  79 yrs
• Martha Graham ↗American dancer and choreographer · 1894–1991
  96 yrs
• Charles W. Fairbanks ↗American politician; Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909 · 1852–1918
  66 yrs
• Johann Friedrich Blumenbach ↗German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist · 1752–1840
  87 yrs
• Margaret Rutherford ↗British actress · 1892–1972
  80 yrs
• Theodore von Kármán ↗Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer and physicist · 1881–1963
  81 yrs
• Cory Monteith ↗Canadian actor · 1982–2013
  31 yrs
• Muhammad al-Baqir ↗Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams · AD 677–733
  55 yrs
• Ethel Lilian Voynich ↗British writer and musician · 1864–1960
  96 yrs
• Teddy Scholten ↗Dutch singer · 1926–2010
  83 yrs
• Max Morlock ↗German footballer · 1925–1994
  69 yrs
• Pedro Petrone ↗Uruguayan footballer · 1905–1964
  59 yrs
• Wilhelm Windelband ↗German philosopher · 1848–1915
  67 yrs
• Alexandre Kojève ↗Russian-born French philosopher and statesman · 1902–1968
  66 yrs
• Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ↗Russian grand duke (1857–1905); seventh child and fifth son of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) · 1857–1905
  47 yrs
• Marco Ferreri ↗Italian film director, screenwriter and actor · 1928–1997
  68 yrs
• Laskarina Bouboulina ↗Heroine of the Greek War of Independence · 1771–1825
  54 yrs
• Rose Ausländer ↗Jewish poet from the Bukowina writing in German and English · 1901–1988
  86 yrs
• Harriet Quimby ↗American aviator, screenwriter · 1875–1912
  37 yrs
• Henry Morgenthau Jr. ↗American politician · 1891–1967
  75 yrs
• Kirill Moskalenko ↗Soviet marshal · 1902–1985
  83 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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