Who Was Born Today – June 11 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on June 11 | ||
1572 | Ben Jonson, English playwright and poet. | |
1769 | Anne Newport Royall, American newspaper reporter. | |
1823 | James L. Kemper, Confederate general during the American Civil War. | |
1880 | Jeannette Rankin, U.S. Representative from Montana, the first woman in Congress. | |
1888 | Bartolomeo Vanzetti, anarchist, executed with Nicola Sacco. | |
1895 | Nikolai A. Bulganin, premier of the Soviet Union from 1955 to 1958. | |
1910 | Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French oceanic explorer, filmaker, author and inventor of the aqualung. | |
1913 | Vince Lombardi, American football coach. | |
1925 | William Styron, American novelist (The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie’s Choice). | |
1932 | Athol Fugard, South African playwright, director and actor (The Blood Knot, “Master Harold” . . . and the Boys). |
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