May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (132nd in
leap years). There are 234 days remaining.
- 1720 - Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, officer and adventurer (+ 1797)
- 1801 - Henri Labrouste, architect (+ 1875)
- 1887 - Paul Wittgenstein, pianist (+ 1961)
- 1888 - Irving Berlin, composer (+ 1989)
- 1892 - Margaret Rutherford, actress (+ 1972)
- 1894 - Martha Graham[?], dancer, choreographer (+ 1991)
- 1896 - Mari Sandoz[?], writer (+ 1966)
- 1904 - Salvador Dalí, surrealist painter: The Persistence of Memory (+ 1989)
- 1907 - Rose Ausänder[?], poet (+ 1988)
- 1911 - Phil Silvers[?], actor, comedian (+ 1985)
- 1913 - Robert Jungk[?], publicist and futurologist (+ 1994)
- 1918 - Richard Feynman, physicist (+ 1988)
- 1921 - Hildegard Hamm-Brücher[?], politician
- 1928 - Mort Sahl[?], comedian, political commentator
- 1933 - Louis Farrakhan, Black Muslim leader
- 1940 - Juan Downey, video artist (+ 1993)
- 1946 - Robert Jarvik[?], physicist, inventor
- 1952 - Renaud[?], French composer
- 1952 - Frances Farmer[?], actress
- 1952 - Mike Lupica[?], sports journalist
- 1963 - Natasha Richardson[?], actress
See Also:
May 10 - May 12 - April 11 - June 11 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December