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Birthdays of Personalities on December 11

1475 : Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1513-21)
1712 : Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia)
1781 : David Brewster, Scotland, physicist/inventor (kaleidoscope)
1783 : Max von Schenkendorf, German poet
1797 : Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1878
1801 : Grabbe, writer
1810 : Alfred de Musset, Paris, writer (Un Caprice, Bettine)
1835 : Adolf Stoecker, German anti semite/PM
1836 : Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner
1838 : Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)
1840 : Kemal Bey, Turkey, poet/author (Fatherland-1872)
1843 : Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, cholera, Nobel 1905)
1849 : Ellen Key, Swedish theory/author/feminist (Courageous Woman)
1856 : Georgi V Plechanov, Russian revolutionary theorist
1856 : Plechanow, writer
1863 : Annie Jump Cannon, US, stellar spectroscopist (Harvard-classification)
1882 : Fiorello La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45)
1882 : Max Born, Germany, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954)
1889 : Paul Kornfeld, writer
1896 : Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense (WW II) [OS-Dec 2]
1898 : Nils J E Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn)
1899 : Vera von der Heydt, psychoanalyst
1904 : Joe Coral, bookmaker
1905 : Eugen Fink, German philosopher
1906 : Birago Diop, Senegalees writer/ambassador (Leurres et Lueurs)
1910 : Robert Grieve, civil servant
1911 : Nagib Machfus, Egyptian writer (Nobel 1988)
1911 : Vincent Henry Kemp, poet
1913 : Carlo Ponti, Milan Italy, married to Sophia Loren/director (2 Women)
1918 : Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia, writer (Cancer Ward, Nobel 1970)
1922 : Grace Paley, writer (1970 Arts & Letters Award)
1922 : Peter Birch, Bronx, choreographer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen)
1926 : Big Mama Thornton, blues singer (Ball & Chain, Stronger than Dirt)
1928 : Tomas Gutierrez Alea, filmmaker
1930 : Leonard Friedman, violinist
1931 : Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, leader B-sect/guru of rich
1931 : Rita Moreno, [Rosa Dolores Alverio], Humacao PR, (West Side Story)
1932 : Anne Heywood, [Violet Pretty], Engl, Miss GB (1949)/actress (Brain)
1933 : Earnest P van Altena, author/interpreter (Chansons van Earnest)
1936 : Hans van den Broek, Dutch foreign minister (-1992)
1937 : Adrian J Vlok, South African NP-minister of Law & Order (1986- )
1939 : David Gates, Tulsa Ok, rock vocalist (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You)
1939 : Thomas McGuane, US, writer (Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks)
1939 : Tom Hayden, 60's activist/Mr Jane Fonda/(Rep-D-Ca)
1941 : Max Baucus, (Sen-D-Mont)
1944 : Booker T Jones, US organist (Booker T & MGs-Green Onions) [or Nov 12]
1944 : Brenda Lee, [Brenda Mae Tarpley], Lithonia Ga, singer (I'm Sorry)
1945 : Robert Pickett, rocker
1950 : Christine Onassis, [Andreadis], NYC, Aristotle's daughter
1952 : Susan Seidelman, director (Desperately Seeking Susan)
1954 : Jermaine Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (Jackson 5-ABC)
1958 : Nicki Sixx, San Jose Calif, rock guitarist (M”tley Cre-Girls Girls)
1959 : Tina Gayle, Frankfurt GFR, Cowboy cheerleader/actress (Kathy-Chips)
1961 : Mike Henneman, St Charles MO, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
1962 : Curtis Williams, rocker
1962 : Kim Linehan, swimmer (1979 1500m World record)
1964 : Justin Currie, Scottish rock vocalist/bassist (Del Amitri)
1964 : Thomas Howard, Middletown OH, outfielder (Cin Reds)
1965 : Jay Bell, Eglin AFB FL, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
1965 : Laurie Carr, Dallas Tx, playmate (Dec, 1986)
1966 : Terry Sharpe, rocker (The Adventures, Starjets-Starjets)
1967 : Katy Steding, Lake Oswego Oregon, basketball forward (Oly-gold-96)
1968 : Derek Bell, Tampa Florida, outfielder (Houston Astros)
1968 : Mark Dailey, Parma Ohio, 1.5k runner
1970 : Victoria Fuller, Santa Barbara Calif, playmate (Jan, 1996)
1972 : Francisco Rodriguez, Brooklyn NY, pitcher (Minn Twins)
1972 : Robert Robinson, CFL defensive linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1973 : Erin Moorad, Chicago Ill, pairs skater (& Richard Gillam)
1974 : Kevin Devine, cornerback/kick returner (Jacksonville Jaguars)

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