Famous Birthdays for May 11


Today's:



Irving Berlin 1888 - Composer, lyricist


Martha Graham 1894 - Dancer, choreographer


William Grant Still 1895 - Classical composer


Salvador Dali (Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domčnech) 1904 - Surrealist painter


Phil Silvers 1912 - Entertainer, comedy actor ("The Phil Silvers Show"), known as "The King of Chutzpah"


Foster Brooks 1912 - Actor, comedian


Doodles Weaver (Winstead Sheffield "Doodles" Weaver) 1914 - Actor, comedian


Denver Dell Pyle 1920 - Actor


Mort Sahl (Morton Lyon "Mort" Sahl) 1927 - Comedian, actor


Stanley Elkin 1930 - Novelist, short story writer, essayist


Louis Farrakhan (Louis Eugene Walcott) 1933 - National Representative of the Nation of Islam


Doug McClure 1938 - Actor


Carla Bley 1938 - Keyboardist


Eric Burdon 1941 - Musician (The Animals)








Les Chadwick 1943 - Musician (Gerry & The Pacemakers)


Dr. Robert Jarvik 1946 - Scientist, researcher, entrepreneur


Pam Ferris 1948 - Actor (TV: Connie, Movies: Tolkien)


Frances Fisher 1952 - Actress (Movies: Titanic, Unforgiven)


Shohreh Adhdashloo 1952 - Actor


Mike Lupica 1952 - Sports columnist


Boyd Gaines 1953 - Actor (TV: One Day at a Time)


Mark Herndon 1955 - Musician (Alabama)


J.J. Jeczalik 1955 - Musician (Art of Noise)


Martha Quinn 1959 - One of the original video jockeys on MTV


Natasha Richardson 1963 - Actress


Timothy Blake Nelson 1964 - Actor (Movies: Mintory Report, The Incredible Hulk (2008)), director


Jeffrey Donovan 1968 - Actor (TV: Burn Notice)


Nicky Katt (Nicholas Katt) 1970 - Actor (Movies: Dazed and Confused, Time to Kill)


Coby Bell 1975 - Actor (TV: Burn Notice, The Game)


Perttu Kivilaakso 1978 - Cellist (Apocalyptica)


Austin O'Brien 1981 - Actor (Movies: Last Action Hero, My Girl 2)








Jonathan Jackson 1982 - Actor (TV: General Hospital, Movie: The Deep End of the Ocean)


Cory Monteith 1982 - Actor (TV: Glee)


Matt Leinart 1983 - Football player


Ace Hood (Antoine Franklin McColister) 1988 - Rapper


Prince Royce 1989 - Singer


Annabelle Attanasio 1993 - (TV: Bull)


Howard Lawrence 1994 - Musician (Disclosure)
















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