Born on May 11
May 11 birthdays & history
If you were born on May 11, you share a birthday with Salvador Dalí, Richard Feynman and Jiddu Krishnamurti. May 11 babies are Taurus, with emerald as their birthstone and the lily of the valley as their birth flower. May 11 is the 132nd day of the year in leap years (131st in other years).
Famous people born on May 11
- 1904Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist
- 1918Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1895Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher and speaker
- 1984Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
- 1916Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1992Thibaut Courtois, Belgian footballer
- 1999Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress
- 1930Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic
- 1888Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer
- 1924Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on May 11
- 330Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 868A copy of the Diamond Sutra was printed in Tang-dynasty China, making it the world's oldest dated printed book.
- 973In the first coronation ceremony ever held for an English monarch, Edgar the Peaceful is crowned King of England, having ruled since 959 AD. His wife, Ælfthryth, is crowned queen, the first recorded coronation for a Queen of England.
- 1258Louis IX of France and James I of Aragon sign the Treaty of Corbeil, renouncing claims of feudal overlordship in one another's territories and separating the House of Barcelona from the politics of France.
- 1813William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth departed westward from Sydney on an expedition to become the first confirmed Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains.
- 1858Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.
- 1910Glacier National Park was established in the U.S. state of Montana.
- 1919Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1973Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
- 1981Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, opened at the New London Theatre.
- 2009Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 2024The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden. Nemo from Switzerland win with their song "The Code", making them the contest's first non-binary winner.
Questions, answered
What star sign is May 11?
People born on May 11 are Taurus. Their birthstone is emerald and their birth flower is the lily of the valley.
Which famous people were born on May 11?
Salvador Dalí (1904), Richard Feynman (1918), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), Andrés Iniesta (1984), Camilo José Cela (1916), Thibaut Courtois (1992) were all born on May 11.
What happened on May 11 in history?
Among other things: in 1981, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, opened at the New London Theatre; in 2009, Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on the final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope; in 2024, The 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest is held in Malmö, Sweden. Nemo from Switzerland win with their song "The Code", making them the contest's first non-binary winner.
Can I get a newspaper front page from May 11?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any May 11 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “May 11”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.