Who Was Born Today – February 11 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on February 11 | ||
1535 | Gregory XIV, Roman Catholic Pope. | |
1800 | William Henry Fox Talbot, photography pioneer, produced the first book with photographic illustrations (The Pencil of Nature). | |
1833 | Melville Weston Fuller, eighth U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice. | |
1847 | Thomas Alva Edison, prolific American inventor who jointly or singly held over 1,300 patents. | |
1855 | Josephine Marshall Jewell Dodge, American educator, pioneer in the concept of day nurseries for children. | |
1898 | Leo Szilard, physicist, instrumental in the Manhattan Project. | |
1907 | William J. Levitt, U.S. businessman and community builder who led the postwar housing revolutions with his Levittowns. | |
1908 | Phillipe Dunne, screenwriter and director (How Green Was My Valley). | |
1912 | Roy Fuller, poet and novelist. |