February 11 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on February 11, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Jan 20 – Feb 18
Birth stone
Amethyst
Birth flower
Violet
How common
#224 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous February 11 birthdays
Josiah Willard Gibbs · American scientist1839
Thomas Edison · American inventor and businessman1847
Leo Szilard · Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor1898
Hans-Georg Gadamer · German philosopher1900
Joseph L. Mankiewicz · American film director, screenwriter, and producer1909
Sidney Sheldon · American writer1917
Eva Gabor · Hungarian-American actress and socialite1919
Leslie Nielsen · Canadian-American actor and comedian1926
Burt Reynolds · American actor1936
Yukio Hatoyama · Prime Minister of Japan from 2009 to 20101947
Sheryl Crow · American musician1962
Sarah Palin · Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 20091964
Jennifer Aniston · American actress1969
Alex Jones · American far-right conspiracy theorist1974
Mike Shinoda · American musician, rapper, singer and songwriter1977
Brandy Norwood · American singer, songwriter and actress1979
Kelly Rowland · American singer, songwriter and actress1981
Gabriel Boric · President of Chile from 2022 to 20261986
Taylor Lautner · American actor1992
Rosé · South Korean-New Zealand singer1997
On this day in history
1976The Frente de Liberación Homosexual made their final public appearance, shortly before the group's dissolution due to political repression after the Argentine coup d'état.
1990Anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, having been a political prisoner for 27 years, was released from Victor Verster Prison near Paarl, South Africa.
2001The computer worm Anna Kournikova, which would affect millions of users worldwide, was released by a 20-year-old Dutch student.
2008Rebel East Timorese soldiers invaded the homes of President José Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão, seriously wounding the former.
1919Friedrich Ebert was elected the provisional president of Germany by the Weimar National Assembly.
1933LAPD Red Squad raid on John Reed Club art show in the U.S. results in the destruction of a dozen political artworks.
1938The BBC aired an adaptation of a section of Czech writer Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. in the first broadcast of science fiction on television.
1953Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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