Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 11
Births
[edit]- 1572 - Ben Jonson, English dramatist (d. 1637)
- 1776 - John Constable, English painter (d. 1837)
- 1864 - Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
- 1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (pictured) French explorer and inventor (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach (d. 1970)
- 1933 - Gene Wilder, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1939 - Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver
- 1956 - Joe Montana, American football player
- 1959 - Hugh Laurie, English actor and comedian
Deaths
[edit]- 323 BC - Alexander the Great, King of Macedon (b. 356 BC)
- 1557 - King John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
- 1727 - King George I of Great Britain (b. 1668)
- 1934 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (b. 1896)
- 1979 - John Wayne (born Marion Morrison), American actor (b. 1907)