The 345th day of the year, the 346th in a leap year
Born on 11 December
Every 11 December birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Sagittarius, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- SagittariusFire, mutable, ruled by Jupiter.
- Birthstone
- Turquoise, Zircon, TanzaniteThe 1912 list gave Turquoise and Lapis lazuli.
- Birth flower
- Narcissus, HollyUsually taken today to mean good wishes and defence.
- Most common weekdays
- Sunday and Friday16 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 December in any year.
Which weekday 11 December falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 11 December falls on every day of the week: Sunday 16, Friday 16, Saturday 15, Monday 15, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Wednesday 15.
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How common a birthday 11 December is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,797 babies were born on 11 December in each year of the twenty, making it the 214th 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 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Naguib Mahfouz | 1911–2006 | Egyptian writer |
| Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | 1918–2008 | Soviet and Russian writer and dissident |
| Hector Berlioz | 1803–1869 | French composer and conductor |
| Robert Koch | 1843–1910 | German physician, bacteriologist |
| Max Born | 1882–1970 | German-Jewish physicist and mathematician |
| John Kerry | 1943– | American politician and diplomat |
| Viswanathan Anand | 1969– | Indian chess grandmaster |
| Alfred de Musset | 1810–1857 | French writer |
| Pranab Mukherjee | 1935–2020 | President of India from 2012 to 2017 |
| Osho | 1931–1990 | Indian guru and leader of the Rajneesh movement |
| Pope Leo X | 1475–1521 | pope from 1513 to 1521 |
| Emmanuelle Charpentier | 1968– | French microbiologist and biochemist |
| Jean Marais | 1913–1998 | French actor and theatre director |
| Georgi Plekhanov | 1856–1918 | Russian philosopher |
| Hailee Steinfeld | 1996– | American actress and singer |
| Macky Sall | 1961– | President of Senegal from 2012 to 2024 and Prime Minister from 2004 to 2007 |
| Annie Jump Cannon | 1863–1941 | American astronomer |
| Leighton Baines | 1984– | English association football player |
Died on 11 December
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Averroes | 1126–1198 | Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher |
| Ravi Shankar | 1920–2012 | Indian sitar player |
| Pope Damasus I | 305–384 | pope |
| Ögedei Khan | 1186–1241 | Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1229 to 1241 |
| Charles XII of Sweden | 1682–1718 | King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718; died 11 December in the Gregorian calendar, 30 November in the Julian |
| Anne Rice | 1941–2021 | American author |
| Michael VIII Palaiologos | 1224–1282 | founder of the Palaiologan dynasty |
| Sam Cooke | 1931–1964 | American singer and songwriter |
| Christian Lous Lange | 1869–1938 | Norwegian diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize recipient |
| Vincent du Vigneaud | 1901–1978 | American biochemist |
| Nikephoros II Phokas | 912–969 | Byzantine emperor from 963 to 969 |
| Ivan Cankar | 1876–1918 | Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist |
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