The 192nd day of the year, the 193rd in a leap year
Born on 11 July
Every 11 July birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Cancer, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- CancerWater, cardinal, ruled by the Moon.
- Birthstone
- RubyThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Larkspur, Water lilyUsually taken today to mean an open heart and purity.
- Most common weekdays
- Monday and Saturday16 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 July in any year.
Which weekday 11 July falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 11 July falls on every day of the week: Monday 16, Saturday 16, Sunday 15, Tuesday 15, Wednesday 15, Friday 15, Thursday 15.
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How common a birthday 11 July is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,876 babies were born on 11 July in each year of the twenty, making it the 38th 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 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| John Quincy Adams | 1767–1848 | President of the United States from 1825 to 1829 |
| Alexander Prokhorov | 1916–2002 | Soviet and Russian physicist |
| Giorgio Armani | 1934–2025 | Italian fashion designer |
| Robert the Bruce | 1274–1329 | King of Scotland (1306–1329) |
| Yul Brynner | 1920–1985 | Russian-born American actor |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 1990– | Danish tennis player |
| Jhumpa Lahiri | 1967– | American author of Indian origin |
| Carl Schmitt | 1888–1985 | German jurist, political theorist and professor of law |
| Luis de Góngora | 1561–1627 | Spanish Baroque lyric poet |
| Frederick I of Prussia | 1657–1713 | Elector of Brandenburg and the first King in Prussia |
| Gough Whitlam | 1916–2014 | Prime Minister of Australia from 1972 to 1975 |
| Howard Gardner | 1943– | American developmental psychologist & academic |
| Yoann Gourcuff | 1986– | French footballer |
| Peter I of Serbia | 1844–1921 | Serbian noble; King of Serbia from 1903 to 1918; born 11 July in the Gregorian calendar, 29 June in the Julian |
| Thomas Mitchell | 1892–1962 | American actor, playwright and screenwriter |
| Harold Bloom | 1930–2019 | American literary critic, scholar, and writer |
| Hugo Sánchez | 1958– | Mexican footballer and manager |
| Suzanne Vega | 1959– | American singer-songwriter |
Died on 11 July
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Milan Kundera | 1929–2023 | Czech and French novelist |
| Pär Lagerkvist | 1891–1974 | Swedish writer |
| Laurence Olivier | 1907–1989 | English actor and director |
| George Gershwin | 1898–1937 | American composer and pianist |
| Shelley Duvall | 1949–2024 | American actress |
| Giuseppe Arcimboldo | 1527–1593 | Italian painter of the late Renaissance |
| Olga of Kiev | 890–969 | regent of Kievan Rus’ for her son Sviatoslav, and Orthodox saint |
| Muhammad Abduh | 1849–1905 | Egyptian Islamic jurist, religious scholar and liberal reformer |
| Lady Bird Johnson | 1912–2007 | First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 |
| Lindsey Graham | 1955–2026 | American politician and attorney |
| Anthemius | died 472 | Western Roman Emperor from 467 to 472 |
| Satoru Iwata | 1959–2015 | Japanese video game programmer and businessman |
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