The 131st day of the year, the 132nd in a leap year
Born on 11 May
Every 11 May birthday from 1920 to 2026 was Taurus, in every time zone.
- Star sign
- TaurusEarth, fixed, ruled by Venus.
- Birthstone
- EmeraldThe same as on the 1912 list.
- Birth flower
- Lily of the valley, HawthornUsually taken today to mean returning happiness and hope.
- Most common weekdays
- Wednesday and Monday16 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 May in any year.
Which weekday 11 May falls on
Across the 107 years from 1920 to 2026, 11 May falls on every day of the week: Wednesday 16, Monday 16, Tuesday 15, Thursday 15, Friday 15, Sunday 15, Saturday 15.
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How common a birthday 11 May is
In England and Wales, from 1995 to 2014, an average of 1,797 babies were born on 11 May in each year of the twenty, making it the 218th 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 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Salvador Dalí | 1904–1989 | Spanish artist |
| Richard Feynman | 1918–1988 | American theoretical physicist |
| Jiddu Krishnamurti | 1895–1986 | Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer |
| Andrés Iniesta | 1984– | Spanish footballer and manager |
| Camilo José Cela | 1916–2002 | Spanish writer |
| Thibaut Courtois | 1992– | Belgian association football player |
| Edsger W. Dijkstra | 1930–2002 | Dutch computer scientist |
| Sabrina Carpenter | 1999– | American singer-songwriter and actress |
| Irving Berlin | 1888–1989 | American composer and lyricist |
| Antony Hewish | 1924–2021 | English physicist and radio astronomer |
| Natasha Richardson | 1963–2009 | British actress |
| Martha Graham | 1894–1991 | American dancer and choreographer |
| Laetitia Casta | 1978– | French actress and model |
| Giovani dos Santos | 1989– | Mexican association football player |
| Charles W. Fairbanks | 1852–1918 | American politician; Vice President of the United States from 1905 to 1909 |
| Pablo Sarabia | 1992– | Spanish association football player |
| Johann Friedrich Blumenbach | 1752–1840 | German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist |
| Valentino | 1932–2026 | Italian fashion designer |
Died on 11 May
| Name | Years | Known for |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Marley | 1945–1981 | Jamaican reggae musician |
| Douglas Adams | 1952–2001 | British science fiction writer and humorist |
| William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham | 1708–1778 | Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768 |
| Matteo Ricci | 1552–1610 | Italian Catholic missionary |
| Juan Gris | 1887–1927 | Spanish artist |
| Leo VI the Wise | 866–912 | Byzantine Emperor |
| Odd Hassel | 1897–1981 | Norwegian physical chemist and Nobel Laureate |
| Karl Schwarzschild | 1873–1916 | German physicist, astronomer and mathematician |
| Herbert Spencer Gasser | 1888–1963 | American physiologist |
| Spencer Perceval | 1762–1812 | 19th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom |
| Kim Philby | 1912–1988 | British intelligence officer and Soviet double agent |
| Jerry Stiller | 1927–2020 | American actor and comedian |
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