Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 11
Births
[edit]- 1821 - George Williams, English founder of the YMCA (d. 1905)
- 1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (d. 1962) (pictured)
- 1925 - Elmore Leonard, American novelist (d. 2013)
- 1957 - Dawn French, Welsh comedienne
- 1962 - Joan Cusack, American actress
- 1989 - Michelle Wie West, American golfer
Deaths
[edit]- 1809 - Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (b. 1774)
- 1896 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (b. 1824)
- 1961 - Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
- 1963 - Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (b. 1915)
- 1965 - Dorothea Lange, American photographer (b. 1895)
- 1991 - Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (b. 1922)