Born on November 11
November 11 birthdays & history
If you were born on November 11, you share a birthday with Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kurt Vonnegut. November 11 babies are Scorpio, with topaz as their birthstone and the chrysanthemum as their birth flower. November 11 is the 316th day of the year in leap years (315th in other years).
Famous people born on November 11
- 1821Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher
- 1974Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor and producer
- 1922Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
- 1903Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American Yiddish writer (Yentl, Nobel Prize for Literature 1978)
- 1962Demi Moore, American actress, director, and producer
- 1966Benedicta Boccoli, Italian model and actress
- 1493Paracelsus, Swiss-German physician, botanist, astrologer, and occultist
- 1945Daniel Ortega, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua
- 1983Philipp Lahm, German footballer
- 1928Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist
What happened on November 11
- 1889The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
- 1911Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.
- 1918Józef Piłsudski, appointed the commander-in-chief of Polish forces by the Regency Council, was entrusted with the creation of a national government for the newly independent Poland.
- 1918Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.
- 1926The plan for the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials.
- 1930Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
- 1942The Turkish parliament passes the Varlık Vergisi, a capital tax mostly levied on non-Muslim citizens with the unofficial aim to inflict financial ruin on them and end their prominence in the country's economy.
- 1962Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
- 1965Rhodesia, led by Prime Minister Ian Smith, unilaterally declared independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1966NASA launches Gemini 12.
- 1999The House of Lords Act was given royal assent, removing most hereditary peers from the British House of Lords.
- 2008After 30 years in power, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was succeeded by Mohamed Nasheed as the president of the Maldives.
Also observed on November 11
- Birthday of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (Bhutan)
- Children's Day (Croatia)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975.
- Independence of Cartagena (Colombia)
- National Education Day (India)
- Republic Day (Maldives)
Questions, answered
What star sign is November 11?
People born on November 11 are Scorpio. Their birthstone is topaz and their birth flower is the chrysanthemum.
Which famous people were born on November 11?
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821), Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903), Demi Moore (1962), Benedicta Boccoli (1966) were all born on November 11.
What happened on November 11 in history?
Among other things: in 1966, NASA launches Gemini 12; in 1999, The House of Lords Act was given royal assent, removing most hereditary peers from the British House of Lords; in 2008, After 30 years in power, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was succeeded by Mohamed Nasheed as the president of the Maldives.
Can I get a newspaper front page from November 11?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any November 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, “November 11”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.