kids encyclopedia robot

December 11 facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

2024 Calendar

<< January >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
 
<< February >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29
 
<< March >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
<< April >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
 
<< May >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
 
<< June >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
<< July >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
 
<< August >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
 
<< September >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
 
<< October >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
 
<< November >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
<< December >>
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
 
December 11 in recent years

December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 20 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1904Marge, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
  • 1905 – Robert Henriques, English farmer, author, and broadcaster (d. 1967)
  • 1905 – Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer (d. 1994)
  • 1908Elliott Carter, American composer and academic (d. 2012)
  • 1908 – Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1908 – Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, fourth Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1987)
  • 1908 – Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)
  • 1909Ronald McKie, Australian soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1991)
  • 1910Mildred Cleghorn, Native American chairwoman and educator (d. 1997)
  • 1911 – Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 2006)
  • 1911 – Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
  • 1911 – Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (d. 2009)
  • 1912Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer (d. 2007)
  • 1913Jean Marais, French actor and director (d. 1998)
  • 1916Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright (d. 1998)
  • 1916 – Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader (d. 1989)
  • 1918 – Clinton Adams, American painter and historian (d. 2002)
  • 1918 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
  • 1919Cliff Michelmore, English television host and producer (d. 2016)
  • 1919 – Marie Windsor, American actress (d. 2000)
  • 1920 – Mary Ivy Burks, American environmental activist (d. 2007)
  • 1920 – Denis Jenkinson, English motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 1996)
  • 1921Ilmar Laaban, Estonian poet and publicist (d. 2000)
  • 1921 – Liz Smith, English actress (d. 2016)
  • 1922Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
  • 1922 – Dilip Kumar, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2021)
  • 1922 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
  • 1922 – Grace Paley, American short story writer and poet (d. 2007)
  • 1923Betsy Blair, American actress and dancer (d. 2009)
  • 1923 – Lillian Cahn, Hungarian-born American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. (d. 2013)
  • 1923 – Morrie Turner, American comics creator (d. 2014)
  • 1924 – Doc Blanchard, American football player and colonel (d. 2009)
  • 1925 – Aaron Feuerstein, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2021)
  • 1925 – Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
  • 1925 – James Sullivan, American politician (d. 2012)
  • 1926Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
  • 1927 – John Buscema, American illustrator (d. 2002)
  • 1929 – Axel Anderson, German actor and production manager (d. 2012)
  • 1929 – Subhash Gupte, Indian cricketer (d. 2002)
  • 1930Chus Lampreave, Spanish actress (d. 2016)
  • 1930 – Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
  • 1931 – Ernie Beck, American basketball player
  • 1931 – Ronald Dworkin, American philosopher and scholar (d. 2013)
  • 1931 – Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican actress, singer, and dancer
  • 1931 – Pierre Pilote, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2017)
  • 1931 – Rajneesh, Indian guru, mystic, and educator (d. 1990)
  • 1932 – Enrique Bermúdez, Nicaraguan colonel and engineer (d. 1991)
  • 1932 – Keith Waldrop, American author and poet (d. 2023)
  • 1933Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines (d. 2019)
  • 1934 – Salim Durani, Afghan-Indian cricketer (d. 2023)
  • 1935Pranab Mukherjee, Indian journalist and politician, 13th President of India (d. 2020)
  • 1935 – Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1998)
  • 1936Hans van den Broek, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 1936 – Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
  • 1937Jim Harrison, American novelist, essayist, and poet (d. 2016)
  • 1938Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1938 – McCoy Tyner, American jazz musician (d. 2020)
  • 1939Tom Hayden, American activist and politician (d. 2016)
  • 1939 – Thomas McGuane, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
  • 1940 – David Gates, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1940 – Donna Mills, American actress and producer
  • 1941Max Baucus, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 11th United States Ambassador to China
  • 1941 – J. P. Parisé, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2015)
  • 1941 – Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1988)
  • 1941 – J. Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
  • 1942 – Anna Carteret, English actress
  • 1943John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State
  • 1944Teri Garr, American actress and comedian
  • 1944 – Jon Garrison, American tenor and educator
  • 1944 – Lynda Day George, American actress
  • 1944 – Michael Lang, American concert promoter and producer (d. 2022)
  • 1944 – Brenda Lee, American singer-songwriter
  • 1946Rhoma Irama, Indonesian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
  • 1946 – Rick McCosker, Australian cricketer
  • 1946 – Diana Palmer, American journalist and author
  • 1948 – Stamatis Spanoudakis, Greek guitarist and composer
  • 1948 – Shinji Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (d. 2023)
  • 1949Christina Onassis, Greek-Argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress (d. 1988)
  • 1951Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist and astronomer
  • 1951 – Ria Stalman, Dutch discus thrower and shot putter
  • 1953Bess Armstrong, American actress
  • 1954 – Brad Bryant, American golfer
  • 1954 – Sylvester Clarke, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1999)
  • 1954 – Santiago Creel, Mexican lawyer and politician, Mexican Secretary of the Interior
  • 1954 – Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1954 – Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic guitarist, mathematician, and engineer
  • 1955 – Gene Grossman, American economist and academic
  • 1955 – Stu Jackson, American basketball player, coach, and manager
  • 1955 – Ray Kelvin, British fashion designer
  • 1955 – Christian Sackewitz, German footballer and manager
  • 1956 – Lani Brockman, American actress and director
  • 1956 – Andrew Lansley, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
  • 1957 – Peter Bagge, American author and illustrator
  • 1958 – Chris Hughton, English-born Irish footballer and manager
  • 1958 – Tom Shadyac, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1958 – Nikki Sixx, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
  • 1960 – Anders Eldebrink, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
  • 1961 – Dave King, Irish-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1961 – Steve Nicol, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1961 – Macky Sall, Senegalese engineer and politician, fourth President of Senegal
  • 1961 – Marco Pierre White, English chef and mentor
  • 1962 – Ben Browder, American actor
  • 1963 – Mario Been, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Mark Greatbatch, New Zealand cricketer
  • 1963 – Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, German tennis player
  • 1963 – John Lammers, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Nigel Winterburn, English footballer and coach
  • 1964 – Justin Currie, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1964 – Dave Schools, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1964 – Carolyn Waldo, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster
  • 1965 – Jay Bell, American baseball player and coach
  • 1965 – Gavin Hill, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1965 – Glenn Lazarus, Australian rugby league player and politician
  • 1965 – Giannis Ragousis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence
  • 1966Gary Dourdan, American actor
  • 1966 – Erik Honoré, Norwegian guitarist and producer
  • 1966 – Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (d. 2002)
  • 1966 – Leon Lai, Hong Kong singer and actor
  • 1967Peter Kelamis, Australian voice actor
  • 1967 – Mo'Nique, American comedian, actress, and producer
  • 1967 – Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1967 – Katy Steding, American basketball player and coach
  • 1968Emmanuelle Charpentier, French researcher in microbiology, genetics and biochemistry, and Nobel laureate
  • 1968 – Fabrizio Ravanelli, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1969Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player
  • 1969 – Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer and manager
  • 1969 – Max Martini, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1969 – Alessandro Melli, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1970 – Victoria Fuller, American model and actress
  • 1971 – Willie McGinest, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1972Daniel Alfredsson, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1972 – Sami Al-Jaber, Saudi Arabian footballer and manager
  • 1972 – Murray Goodwin, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 1972 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
  • 1973Mos Def, American rapper
  • 1974 – Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer
  • 1974 – Rey Mysterio, American wrestler
  • 1974 – Lisa Ortiz, American theatre and voice actress
  • 1974 – Ben Shephard, English journalist and television host
  • 1974 – Gete Wami, Ethiopian runner
  • 1975 – Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
  • 1976Shareef Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player, coach, and manager
  • 1976 – Yujiro Shirakawa, Japanese actor
  • 1977Mark Streit, Swiss ice hockey player
  • 1978Roy Wood, Jr., American comedian, actor, and radio host
  • 1979Colleen Hoover, American author
  • 1979 – Valdis Mintals, Estonian figure skater
  • 1979 – Rider Strong, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1980 – Adi Keissar, Israeli poet
  • 1980 – Kristjan Kitsing, Estonian basketball player
  • 1981 – Rebekkah Brunson, American basketball player and coach
  • 1981 – Jason Kennedy, American journalist
  • 1981 – Jeff McComsey, American author and illustrator
  • 1981 – Paul Medhurst, Australian footballer
  • 1981 – Javier Saviola, Argentine footballer
  • 1982 – Roman Harper, American football player
  • 1982 – Pablo Pérez Companc, Argentine race car driver
  • 1984Leighton Baines, English footballer
  • 1984 – Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress and singer
  • 1984 – James Ellsworth, American wrestler
  • 1984 – Xosha Roquemore, American actress
  • 1985Karla Souza, Mexican actress
  • 1986 – Roy Hibbert, American basketball player
  • 1987 – Clifton Geathers, American football player
  • 1987 – Alex Russell, Australian actor
  • 1987 – Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress
  • 1988Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer
  • 1989 – Kellie Harrington, Irish boxer
  • 1990Alexa Demie, American actress and singer
  • 1992 – Tiffany Alvord, American singer-songwriter
  • 1992 – Malcolm Brogdon, American basketball player
  • 1993Yalitza Aparicio, Mexican actress
  • 1995 – Abbi Grant, Scottish footballer
  • 1996Hailee Steinfeld, American actress, singer and songwriter
  • 1997Matthew Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
  • 2000Onyeka Okongwu, American basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: 11 de diciembre para niños

kids search engine
December 11 Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.