What happened on August 11 ?

1667 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)

1673 - Richard Mead, English physician (d. 1754)

1718 - Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)

1722 - Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)

1794 - James Barton Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)

1807 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (d. 1886)

1833 - Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and soldier (d. 1899)

1833 - Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)

1836 - Warren Brown, American politician (d. TBA)

1837 - Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (d. 1894)

1858 - Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)

1863 - Gaston Doumergue, President of France (d. 1937)

1870 - Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912).

1872 - Shidehara Kijuro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)

1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (d. 1962)

1897 - Louise Bogan, American poet (d. 1970)

1897 - Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)

1900 - Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)

1902 - Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)

1902 - Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1982)

1905 - Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (d. 2002)

1912 - Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (d. 1954)

1912 - Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)

1913 - Angus Wilson, British novelist (d. 1991)

1914 - José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (d. 1999)

1919 - Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)

1921 - Alex Haley, American historian and novelist (d. 1992)

1925 - Mike Douglas, American entertainer and talk show host

1926 - Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1928 - Arlene Dahl, American actress

1932 - Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer

1933 - Jerry Falwell, American preacher and politician

1938 - Branko Stanovnik, Slovenian chemist

1943 - Abigail Folger, American heiress and murder victim (d. 1969)

1943 - Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and leader

1944 - Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor

1946 - Marilyn vos Savant, American newspaper columnist

1946 - John Conlee, American country music singer

1948 - Jan Palach, Czechoslovakian student who died of self-immolation

1950 - Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor

1950 - Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer

1953 - Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler

1954 - Joe Jackson, English singer

1954 - Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer and pianist

1955 - Sylvia Hermon, British politician

1957 - Richie Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones)

1964 - Jim Lee, Korean-born comic book artist and publisher

1966 - Nigel Martyn, English footballer

1967 - Joe Rogan, American comedian and television host

1967 - Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer and songwriter

1968 - Lorenzo Bernardi, Italian volleyball player

1968 - Charlie Sexton, American guitarist, singer and songwriter

1970 - Andy Bell, English bass player (Oasis)

1972 - Jonathon Prandi, American model

1974 - Audrey Mestre, French diver

1976 - Ben Gibbard, American musician (Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service)

1976 - ?ubomir Visnovsky, Slovak ice hockey player

1978 - Jermain Taylor, American boxer and undisputed middleweight boxing champion

1980 - Lee Suggs, American football player

1993 - Alyson Stoner, American child actress and dancer