July 11 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 11, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#15 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 11 birthdays
Carl Schmitt · German jurist, political theorist and professor of law1888
Thomas Mitchell · American actor, playwright and screenwriter1892
E. B. White · American author1899
Alexander Prokhorov · Soviet and Russian physicist1916
Gough Whitlam · Australian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia1916
Yul Brynner · Russian-born American actor1920
Harold Bloom · American literary critic, scholar, and writer1930
Giorgio Armani · Italian fashion designer1934
Howard Gardner · American developmental psychologist & academic1943
Stephen Lang · American actor1952
Sela Ward · American actress, author, and producer1956
Suzanne Vega · American singer-songwriter1959
Richie Sambora · American rock musician1959
Jafar Panahi · Iranian film director1960
Jhumpa Lahiri · American author of Indian origin1967
Justin Chambers · American actor and former model1970
Michael Rosenbaum · American actor1972
Henrique Capriles · Venezuelan politician and lawyer1972
David Henrie · American actor1989
Caroline Wozniacki · Danish tennis player1990
On this day in history
1864American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
1962Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
1982Italy defeated West Germany 3–1 to win their third FIFA World Cup title.
2010Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title.
1914The US Navy launched the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first Standard-type battleship.
1921Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
1928Archaeologist Ivan Borkovský discovered a medieval skeleton at Prague Castle; competing factions claimed the skeleton as Germanic or Slavic in origin.
1936The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
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