April 11 – Famous Birthdays
Alessandra Ambrosio (MODEL) 1981
Jeremy Clarkson (TV SHOW HOST) 1960
Matt Ryan (TV ACTOR) 1981
April 11 – Famous Birthdays
1370 Frederick I the Warlike elector of Saxony
1586 Pietro Della Valle composer
1602 Johann Neukrantz composer
1638 Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer
1661 Antoine Coypel French painter/poet
1681 Anne Danican Philidor composer
1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret composer
1715 John Alcock composer
1722 Christopher Smart English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols)
1735 Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye composer
1769 Johann Georg Lickl composer
1770 George Canning (C) British PM (1827)
1772 Manuel José Quintana Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo)
1775 Charles-François Dumonchau composer
1779 Louise Reichardt composer
1793 Nicolaas C Kist Dutch church historian/archivist
1794 Edward Everett Dorchester MA, (Governor-MA), statesman/orator
1801 Claude Tillier French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin)
1815 Klara Fey German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein)
1825 Ferdinand Lassalle French politician/founder (Allgemeiner)
1837 Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth Colonel (Union Army), died in 1861
1838 Joseph Leopold Rockel composer
1840 John Conrad Nordqvist composer
1854 Hugh Massie cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880’s)
1856 Arthur Shrewsbury cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent)
1856 Constantly Lievens Flemish missionary in India
1859 Basil Harwood composer
1862 Charles Evans Hughs 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41)
1862 William W Campbell US astronomer/director Lick Observatory
1866 Carla Ford Henry’s wife
1867 John P Lotsy Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics)
1879 Leendert Round Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo)
1881 Harvey Bartlett Gaul composer
1883 Leonard Mudie England, actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence)
1888 Donald Calthrop London, actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express)
1889 Nick La Rocca US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag)
1893 Dean G Acheson statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53)
1893 Johannes T Thijsse Dutch founder (Waterloopkundig lab Delft)
1897 Caspar Neher German set designer/librettist
1898 Lou Holtz comedian/actor (Follow the Leader)
1899 Percy L Julian chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis)
19– Cathie Shirriff Toronto Ontario Canada, actress (Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Shaping Up)
1901 Glenway Wescott American writer (Apartment in Athens)
1901 Adriano Olivetti Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter)
1901 Theodor Rogalski composer
1902 Quentin Reynolds New York NY, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI)
1904 Arthur Ernest Mourant haematologist
1904 Paul McGrath Chicago IL, actor (Witness, No Time for Love)
1907 Paul Douglas Philadelphia PA, actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night)
1907 William Henry Swinburne music teacher
1908 Karel Ancerl Czechoslovakia, conductor (Prague/Toronto)
1908 Leo Rosten writer/humourist
1908 Masura Ibuka industrialist
1910 Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spínola General/President of Portugal
1910 Henry William Collins artist
1911 Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz Poland, sprinter (Olympics-gold-32, won 41 AAU track titles)
1912 John Larkin Oakland CA, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O’Clock High)
1913 Oleg Cassini Paris France, fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy)
1915 [Hanlon] Pat Clarke cyclist
1916 Alberto E Ginastera Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi)
1916 Dan Fortmann NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
1916 Howard Koch producer/director (Frankenstein, Airplane II)
1918 Cameron Mitchell actor (Hombre, How to Marry a Millionaire)
1918 Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber journalist
1918 Richard Wainwright MP
1918 William Perrie British prison governor
1919 Hugh Carey (Governor-Democrat-NY)
1919 Raymond Carr Warden (St Antony’s College Oxford)
1920 Marlen Haushofer writer
1921 Jeff Stollmeyer cricketer (West Indies batsman pre/post-war)
1921 Virginia O’Brien Los Angeles CA, actress (Francis in the Navy)
1921 Viscount Buckmaster
1922 Alexander Raichev composer
1922 Antoine Blondin writer
1925 Johan van Zonderen painter
1925 Oscar De Ville CEO (Meyer International)
1925 Rik Kuijpers Belgian director (Sea gulls die in the harbor)
1926 Gervase de Peyer clarinettist
1926 Robert Hall Lewis composer
1927 Domenico Guaccero composer
1928 Ethel [Skakel] Kennedy Chicago IL, wife of Bobby
1929 Lawrence Coughlin (Representative-Republican-PA, 1969- )
1930 Carl Franklin Richmond CA, actor (Fantastic Journey)
1930 Nicholas F Brady US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93)
1930 Clive Exton scriptwriter & playwright
1930 James Alan Ferman secretary (British Board of Film Classification)
1930 Joseph Burnett-Stuart CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings)
1930 Kazuo Fukushima composer
1930 W G [Bill] Hefner (Representative-Democrat-NC, 1975- )
1931 John[ny] Sheffield Pasadena CA, actor (boy in many Tarzan movies)
1932 F Gregory Neubeck USAF pilot
1932 Joel Grey [Joe Katz] Cleveland OH, actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution)
1932 Max Schubel composer
1933 Tony Brown Charleston WV, newsman (Tony Brown’s Journal)
1934 Mark Strand American poet/editor/translator (Another Republic)
1934 Dame Anne Poole chief nursing officer (Department of Health)
1934 Richard A Garland artist/photographer
1935 Pierre Kartner [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song)
1935 Richard Berry musician
1936 Janet Allen Headmistress (Benenden School)
1938 Michael Deaver politician/influence peddler (S&L scandal)
1939 Louise Lasser New York NY, actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!)
1941 Frederick “Rick” Hauck Long Beach CA, astronaut (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26)
1941 David Lyle Boren (Senator-Democrat-OK, 1979- )
1942 Anatoli Nikolayevich Berezovoi Enem Adygeya Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5)
1943 E J Dommering Dutch lawyer
1943 Elmer R Wilsoe Island mayor (Curaçao)
1944 John Milius writer (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday)
1944 R J B Knight deputy director (National Maritime Museum)
1945 Robert Fripp guitarist (King Crimson)
1947 Peter Riegert New York NY, actor (Americathon, Animal House, Crossing Delancey)
1947 Michael Hindley British Member of European Parliament
1947 Michael Wright Vice-Chancello, (Aston University)
1947 Ulrich Edel Neuenburg am Rhein West Germany, film director (The Little Vampire, Body of Evidence)
1948 Ellen Goodman syndicated columnist
1950 Bill Irwin Santa Monica, actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall)
1951 Robbie House rocker (Snuff)
1952 Michael Daly Toronto Ontario Canada, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 British Columbia Winter Tour)
1954 Chris Difford rocker (Squeeze)
1955 Michele Scarabelli Montréal Québec Canada, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas)
1955 Piers J Sellers Sussex England, PhD/astronaut
1957 Everton Mattis cricketer (West Indies batsman early 80’s)
1958 [William] Stuart Adamson Manchester England, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland)
1958 John Castellanos San Diego CA, actor (John Silva-Young and Restless)
1958 Sally Clark Feilding New Zealand, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-silver-96)
1961 Lucky Vanous Lincoln NE, model (GQ, Diet Coke)
1962 André Wasiman soccer player (FC Volendam)
1962 Terry Hoage NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1963 Eddy Moya El Paso TX, actor
1963 Elizabeth Smylie Perth Australia, tennis star (1987 Oklahoma City)
1966 Dave Richards NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1966 Kara McGaw Toronto Ontario Canada, softball rightfielder (Olympics-96)
1966 Lisa Stansfield English pop singer (Around the World)
1966 Mark Higgs NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals)
1966 Steve Scarsone Anaheim CA, infielder (San Francisco Giants)
1967 Lachlan Dreher Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-silver-92, 96)
1967 Mark Seay NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
1967 Stefan Johnstown Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km)
1967 Wendel Suckow Marquette MI, luger (Olympics-1994)
1968 Eric Moten NFL guard/tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1969 Gavin Briant cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993)
1969 J Nick Adamson Freeport Bahamas, US laser yachter (Olympics-21st-1996)
1969 Janeth Arcain WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
1969 Jesse Campbell NFL safety (New York Giants, Washington Redskins)
1970 Delroy Pearson Romford Essex England, rocker (Five Star-Between the Lines)
1970 Joe Vitiello Cambridge MA, infielder (Kansas City Royals)
1970 Sean Bergman Joliet IL, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1970 Trevor Linden Medicine Hat, NHL right wing (Canucks, New York Islanders)
1972 Avo Avetisyan WLAF defensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 Dietrich Jells wide receiver (New England Patriots)
1972 Kunihiko Sakurai hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1972 Nicole Levesque WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
1972 Ted Johnson linebacker (New England Patriots)
1973 Blake Brockermeyer NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1973 Monica Chala Miss Ecuador-Universe (1996)
1973 Reggie Tongue NFL safety (Kansas City Chiefs)
1974 Alex Corretja Barcelona Spain, tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16)
1974 Sascha van Wissen Dutch soccer player (MVV)
1975 Terry Cousin NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears)
1978 Victor Sikora soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1984 ? 1st deep freeze baby, in Australia
