The 223rd day of the year, the 224th in a leap year
Born on 11 August
Every 11 August birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Leo, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- LeoFire, fixed, ruled by the Sun.
- Birthstone
- Peridot, Spinel, SardonyxThe 1912 list gave Sardonyx and Peridot.
- Birth flower
- Gladiolus, PoppyUsually taken today to mean strength of character and remembrance.
- Most common weekdays
- Thursday and Tuesday16 times each between 1920 and 2026.
Your year
Without JavaScript, the pages for each birth year give the generation and Chinese animal for a birth on 11 August in any year.
Which weekday 11 August falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 11 August falls on every day of the week: Thursday 16, Tuesday 16, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Sunday 15.
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How common a birthday 11 August is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,849 babies were born on 11 August in each year of the twenty, making it the 87th most common of the 366 dates, where 26 September came first with 1,974 and 26 December last with 1,359.
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Born on 11 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Pervez Musharraf | 1943–2023 | Pakistani soldier and politician |
| Steve Wozniak | 1950– | American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc. |
| Chris Hemsworth | 1983– | Australian actor |
| Enid Blyton | 1897–1968 | English author |
| Hulk Hogan | 1953–2025 | American professional wrestler, actor and television personality |
| Viola Davis | 1965– | American actress and producer |
| Christiaan Eijkman | 1858–1930 | Dutch physician |
| Aaron Klug | 1926–2018 | British chemist and biophysicist |
| Sadi Carnot | 1837–1894 | 5th president of France |
| Massimiliano Allegri | 1967– | Italian association football manager and former player |
| Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor | 1086–1125 | King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty |
| Jacqueline Fernandez | 1985– | Sri Lankan actress |
| Robert G. Ingersoll | 1833–1899 | American lawyer, orator, and politician |
| Joe Rogan | 1967– | American broadcaster, comedian, and actor |
| Alex Haley | 1921–1992 | American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist |
| Anna Gunn | 1968– | American actress |
| Iván Córdoba | 1976– | Colombian footballer |
| Masayoshi Son | 1957– | Japanese businessman |
Died on 11 August
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Robin Williams | 1951–2014 | American actor and comedian |
| Jackson Pollock | 1912–1956 | American painter |
| Andrew Carnegie | 1835–1919 | Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist |
| V. S. Naipaul | 1932–2018 | Trinidadian-British writer |
| Edith Wharton | 1862–1937 | American writer and designer |
| Nicholas of Cusa | 1401–1464 | German philosopher |
| Clare of Assisi | 1194–1253 | Italian saint |
| John Henry Newman | 1801–1890 | English cleric and cardinal |
| Max Theiler | 1899–1972 | South African-American virologist and doctor |
| Möngke Khan | 1209–1259 | Fourth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire |
| Lydia Koidula | 1843–1886 | Estonian poet |
| Peter Cushing | 1913–1994 | British actor |
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