December 11 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on December 11, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♐︎ Sagittarius
Nov 22 – Dec 21
Birth stone
Turquoise
Birth flower
Narcissus
How common
#210 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous December 11 birthdays
Hector Berlioz · French composer and conductor1803
Alfred de Musset · French writer1810
Robert Koch · German physician, bacteriologist1843
Annie Jump Cannon · American astronomer1863
Max Born · German-Jewish physicist and mathematician1882
Naguib Mahfouz · Egyptian writer1911
Jean Marais · French actor and theatre director1913
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · Russian writer, publicist, poet and politician1918
Paul Greengard · American neuroscientist1925
Osho · Indian guru and leader of the Rajneesh movement1931
Pranab Mukherjee · President of India from 2012 to 20171935
John Kerry · American politician and diplomat1943
Teri Garr · American actress1944
Macky Sall · 4th President of Senegal, formerly Prime Minister1961
Mo'Nique · American stand-up comedian and actress1967
Emmanuelle Charpentier · French microbiologist and biochemist1968
Viswanathan Anand · Indian chess grandmaster1969
Rey Mysterio · American professional wrestler1974
Colleen Hoover · American author1979
Hailee Steinfeld · American actress and singer1996
On this day in history
1978The Lufthansa heist is committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time.
1980The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (also known as Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
2006The first action in the Mexican drug war began as President Felipe Calderón ordered Mexican soldiers and Federal Police units into the state of Michoacán.
2008American stockbroker Bernie Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in history.
1920Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army ambush of an Auxiliary patrol, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in Cork.
1925Pope Pius XI promulgated the encyclical Quas primas, establishing the Feast of Christ the King.
1964Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
1972Apollo 17 (Lunar Roving Vehicle pictured), the last Apollo mission, landed on the Moon.
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