May 11
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Art and culture
- 1865 - In a letter written to Édouard Manet, Baudelaire said: "Rops is the one true artist"
- 2006 - Undercover Surrealism exhibition opens in London.
Births
- 1824 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor of the Orientalist style
- 1904 - Salvador Dalí, Spanish surrealist artist
- 1928 - Marco Ferreri, Italian filmmaker (d. 1997)
- 1952 - Renaud, popular French singer
Deaths
- 1952 - Eugène François Vidocq, French criminal and first detective
- 1952 - Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae musician
- 1952 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish modernist architect and designer
Events
- 1927 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
- 1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
Births
- 1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, famous conjoined twins (d. 1874)
- 1824 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
- 1827 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
- 1894 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
- 1904 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (d. 1989)
- 1928 – Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
- 1928 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
- 1935 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007)
- 1936 – Carla Bley, American musician and composer
- 1939 – Carlos Lyra, Brazilian musician
- 1939 – Dante Tinga, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
- 1940 – Juan Downey, Chilean video artist (d. 1993)
- 1941 – Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
- 1941 – Graham Miles, English snooker player
- 1942 – Rachel Billington, British author
- 1943 – Nancy Greene, Canadian alpine skier
- 1943 – Juliet Harmer, English actress
- 1946 – Robert Jarvik, American physician and inventor
- 1946 – Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician
- 1947 – Butch Trucks, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band)
- 1948 – Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-British politician
- 1948 – Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician
- 1950 – Dane Iorg, American baseball player
- 1950 – Jeremy Paxman, British journalist and author
- 1952 – Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress
- 1952 – Frances Fisher, English-born actress
- 1952 – Mike Lupica, American sports journalist
- 1952 – Renaud Séchan, French composer
- 1952 – Warren Littlefield, American television executive
- 1953 – David Gest, American television producer
- 1953 – Céline Lomez, Quebec singer and actress
- 1954 – John Gregory, English football manager
- 1954 – Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
- 1955 – John DeStefano, Jr., American politician
- 1956 – Theresa Burke, Canadian journalist
- 1956 – Alex Lester, British broadcaster
- 1957 – Peter North, Canadian porn star
- 1958 – Christian Brando, American actor; son of Marlon Brando (d. 2008)
- 1958 – Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player
- 1958 – Walt Terrell, American baseball player
- 1959 – Martha Quinn, American television personality
- 1963 – Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish politician
- 1963 – Masatoshi Hamada, Japanese comedian
- 1963 – Natasha Richardson, English-born actress (d. 2009)
- 1963 – Roark Critchlow, actor
- 1964 – John Parrott, English snooker player
- 1964 – Katie Wagner, American television reporter
- 1964 – Floyd Youmans, American baseball player
- 1965 – Greg Dulli, American musician
- 1965 – Monsour del Rosario, Filipino martial artist and actor
- 1966 – Christoph Schneider, German drummer (Rammstein)
- 1968 – Jeffrey Donovan, American actor
- 1970 – Nicky Katt, American actor
- 1970 – Glenn Hugill, British television presenter and producer
- 1972 – Anita Hegh, Australian actress
- 1972 – Daniel Ornellas, Zimbabwean musician
- 1973 – James Haven, American actor
- 1974 – Kevin Brown, English-born Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 – Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
- 1974 – Billy Kidman, American professional wrestler
- 1974 – Benoît Magimel, French actor
- 1974 – Darren Ward, Welsh footballer
- 1975 – Francisco Cordero, Dominican baseball player
- 1977 – Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper
- 1977 – Gonzalo Colsa, Spanish footballer
- 1977 – Pablo García, Uruguayan footballer
- 1977 – Victor Matfield, South African rugby union footballer
- 1977 – Matthew Newton, Australian actor
- 1978 – Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
- 1978 – Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist (Apocalyptica)
- 1979 – Erin Lang, Canadian musician
- 1981 – Lauren Jackson, Australian basketball player
- 1981 – Daniel Ortmeier, American baseball player
- 1981 – Austin O'Brien, American actor
- 1982 – Jonathan Jackson, American actor
- 1982 – Andrew Walter, American football player
- 1983 – Matt Leinart, American football player
- 1983 – Holly Valance, Australian-born actress and singer
- 1983 – Frédéric Xhonneux, Belgian decathlete
- 1984 – Gerald Clayton, Dutch-American jazz pianist
- 1984 – Andres Iniesta, Spanish football player
- 1985 – sifow, Japanese pop star and business woman
- 1985 – Matt Giraud, American singer
- 1986 – Abou Diaby, French footballer
- 1986 – Miguel Veloso, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Ronny, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 – Manuel "Grubby" Schenkhuizen, Dutch Professional Gamer
- 1987 – Justin King, American football player
- 1987 – Louis Murphy, American college football player
- 1987 – Monica Roşu, Romanian gymnast
- 1989 – Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
- 1989 – Ace Hood, American rapper
Deaths
- 912 – Leo VI, Byzantine Emperor (b. 866)
- 1304 – Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol ruler (b. 1271)
- 1610 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (b. 1552)
- 1672 – Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, English royalist (b. 1615)
- 1708 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
- 1723 – Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656)
- 1777 – George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (b. 1719)
- 1778 – William Pitt, the Elder, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
- 1812 – Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (assassinated) (b. 1762)
- 1848 – Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
- 1849 – Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, French socialite (b. 1777)
- 1871 – John Herschel, British mathematician and astronomer (b. 1792)
- 1887 – Jean Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist (b. 1802)
- 1891 – A. E. Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1820)
- 1916 – Max Reger, German composer (b. 1873)
- 1916 – Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
- 1920 – William Dean Howells, American writer (b. 1837)
- 1929 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (b. 1864)
- 1934 – Blaise Diagne, Sengalese politician (b. 1872)
- 1934 – Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (b. 1852)
- 1939 – Evgenii Miller, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867)
- 1955 – Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
- 1960 – John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American philanthropist (b. 1874)
- 1963 – Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
- 1970 – Johnny Hodges, American musician (b. 1906)
- 1973 – Lex Barker, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898)
- 1979 – Lester Flatt, American bluegrass musician (b. 1914)
- 1981 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1981 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1945)
- 1985 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
- 1986 – Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
- 1988 – Kim Philby, British spy (b. 1912)
- 1994 – Timothy Carey, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1996 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
- 1996 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
- 2000 – Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907)
- 2001 – Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952)
- 2002 – Renaude Lapointe, French Canadian journalist and senator (b. 1912)
- 2003 – Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1945)
- 2004 – Mick Doyle, Irish rugby union footballer and coach
- 2004 – John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)
- 2005 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer and composer (b. 1917)
- 2006 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935)
- 2006 – Frankie Thomas, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Yossi Banai, Israeli singer (b. 1932)
- 2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa (b. 1913)
- 2007 – Bernard Gordon, blacklisted American author (b. 1918)
- 2008 – Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. 1934)
- 2008 – John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, formerly for Canadian progressive rock band Rush (b. 1953)
- 2008 – Bruno Neves, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1981)
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