Anniversaries 11 April

Birth

Septimius Severus5

Emperor of Ancient Rome 145–211

Marguerite de Navarre14

Queen consort of Navarre 1492–1549

Christopher Smart4

English poet 1722–1771

George Canning11

British statesman and politician 1770–1827

Edward Everett12

American politician, orator, statesman 1794–1865

John Milner Fothergill1

British physician and medical writer 1841–1888

John Park Finley1

American meteorologist 1854–1943

John Davidson9

Scottish poet 1857–1909

Charles Evans Hughes34

American judge 1862–1948

Aleksandër Stavre Drenova1

Albanian poet 1872–1947

Sergei Prokofiev7

Ukrainian & Russian Soviet pianist and composer 1891–1953

Dean Acheson49

Statesman and lawyer 1893–1971

Quentin Reynolds1

American journalist and war correspondent 1902–1965

Leo Rosten11

American writer 1908–1997

Masaru Ibuka8

Japanese businessman 1908–1997

Lokesh Chandra1

Indian historian 1927

Anton LaVey42

Founder of the Church of Satan, author of the Satanic Bible 1930–1997

Sergio Sebastiani1

Catholic cardinal 1931

Ralph Compton1

American writer 1934–1998

Mark Strand14

Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator 1934–2014

Richard Kuklinski1

American contract killer 1935–2006

Thomas Harris66

American author and screenwriter 1940

Ellen Goodman21

American journalist and writer 1941

Frederick Henry (bishop)1

Catholic Bishop 1943

Winston Peters4

New Zealand politician 1945

Dorothy Allison2

poet, novelist, critic 1949

Louis-Marie de Blignières1

French traditionalist Catholic priest 1949

Andrew Wiles19

British mathematician 1953

Guy Verhofstadt6

former prime minister of Belgium 1953

Michael Card2

singer, songwriter, author, composer, Radio Host 1957

Jeremy Clarkson60

English broadcaster, journalist and writer 1960

Vincent Gallo34

American film director, writer, model, actor and musician 1961

Sergei Lukyanenko2

Russian science fiction writer 1968

Alessandra Ambrosio4

Brazilian model 1981

Joss Stone2

English singer and actress 1987

Slim Burna11

Nigerian singer and record producer 1988

Death

Rowland Hill (preacher)10

British preacher 1744–1833

John Galt (novelist)7

British writer 1779–1839

Edward Coote Pinkney5

American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editor 1802–1828

Charles Reade14

British writer 1814–1884

Monier Monier-Williams9

Linguist and dictionary compiler 1819–1899

Francis Pharcellus Church7

American publisher and editor 1839–1906

Luther Burbank30

American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultur… 1849–1926

Joseph Merrick5

English man with severe deformities 1862–1890

Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar2

Scottish Distiller and Conservative Party politician 1864–1930

Gemma Galgani1

ITALIANA 1878–1903

Susan Ertz3

British writer 1887–1985

S. S. Van Dine12

American journalist 1888–1939

Eric Blom3

Swiss-born British-naturalised music lexicographer, musicol… 1888–1959

Caroline Gordon1

Novelist, literary critic 1895–1981

Jacques Prevért12

French poet, screenwriter 1900–1977

Cecil Howard Green1

American businessman 1900–2003

John O'Hara4

American journalist 1905–1970

Enver Hoxha27

the Communist leader of Albania from 1944 until his death i… 1908–1985

Eve Merriam1

American poet and writer 1916–1992

Ahmed Ben Bella3

First President of Algeria 1916–2012

Primo Levi44

Italian chemist, memoirist, short story writer, novelist, e… 1918–1987

Harry Secombe4

British entertainer 1921–2001

Kurt Vonnegut318

American writer 1922–2007

Jonathan Winters2

American comedian, actor, and artist 1925–2013

Patrick F. McManus1

American journalist 1933–2018

Joseph Epstein1

American essayist, short story writer and editor 1937–1944

Judith Krug17

librarian and freedom of speech proponent 1940–2009

Miss Shangay Lily7

Spanish artivist and drag queen 1963–2016

Jessica Dubroff5

American child pilot trainee 1988–1996