Anniversaries 11 August

Birth

Mian Mir2

Sufi saint 1550–1635

Richard Mead4

British physician 1673–1754

Robert G. Ingersoll439

Union United States Army officer 1833–1899

Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt7

American writer 1836–1919

Charles Henry Fowler6

American bishop 1837–1908

Benjamin Tillman7

American politician 1847–1918

Eleftherios Venizelos11

Greek politician 1864–1936

Rodolfo Graziani5

Italian general 1882–1955

Edgar Zilsel1

Austrian historian and philosopher 1891–1944

Hugh MacDiarmid5

Scottish poet, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve 1892–1978

Elmer Eric Schattschneider8

American political scientist 1892–1971

Enid Blyton9

author 1897–1968

Erwin Chargaff6

Ukrinian-born biochemist who emigrated to the United States 1905–2002

Paolo Monti3

Italian photographer 1908–1982

George C. Homans7

American sociologist 1910–1989

Robert Sidney Foster2

British Colonial governor 1913–2005

Angus Wilson4

british author 1913–1991

Nathalia Crane37

American writer 1913–1998

Sebastian de Grazia1

American writer 1917–2000

Alex Haley22

African American biographer, screenwriter, and novelist 1921–1992

Carl Rowan17

American journalist 1925–2000

Aaron Klug2

British chemist and biophysicist 1926–2018

Daniele Amati1

Italian physicist 1931

Jerry Falwell29

American evangelical pastor, televangelist, and conservativ… 1933–2007

Andre Dubus9

Novelist, short story writer, teacher 1936–1999

George Ellis1

cosmologist from South Africa 1939

Phil Liggett3

sports journalist, commentator 1943

Pervez Musharraf4

10th President of Pakistan 1943

Ian McDiarmid1

Scottish actor and stage director 1944

Joanna Cole1

American children's books author 1944

Marilyn vos Savant13

US American magazine columnist, author and lecturer 1946

Steve Wozniak18

American inventor, computer engineer and programmer 1950

Dominique Bourg2

French philosopher, specialist of sustainability 1953

David Henry Hwang5

Playwright 1957

David Brooks17

American journalist, commentator and editor 1961

Viola Davis1

American actress 1965

Shinji Mikami2

Japanese video game designer 1965

Joe Rogan6

American martial artist, podcaster, sports commentator and … 1967

Charles M. Blow4

American journalist 1970

Luis Lacalle Pou1

42nd and current president of Uruguay 1973

Kristin Armstrong2

American road bicycle racer 1973

Ben Gibbard29

American singer, songwriter and guitarist 1976

Pavel 1832

Russian street artist 1983–2013

Tomi Lahren3

American television and online video host 1992

Death

Nicholas of Cusa49

German philosopher, theologian, jurist, and astronomer 1401–1464

Johann Tetzel1

German Dominican friar and seller of indulgences 1460–1519

Mian Mir2

Sufi saint 1550–1635

Augustus Toplady5

British divine 1740–1778

Thaddeus Stevens19

American politician 1792–1868

John Henry Newman37

English cleric and cardinal 1801–1890

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton12

British politician and poet 1809–1885

Andrew Carnegie34

American businessman and philanthropist 1835–1919

William Watson (poet)12

English poet, born 1858 1858–1935

Edith Wharton103

American novelist, short story writer, designer 1862–1937

Charles E. Sorensen10

American businessman 1881–1968

John Howard Lawson2

American politician 1894–1977

Anthony McAuliffe2

American general 1898–1975

Jan Tschichold1

German graphic designer 1902–1974

Jackson Pollock33

American artist 1912–1956

Peter Cushing3

English actor 1913–1994

Eunice Kennedy Shriver2

sister of John F. Kennedy and founder of Camp Shriver 1921–2009

David Holbrook1

British writer 1923–2011

V.S. Naipaul34

Trinidadian-British writer of Indo-Nepalese ancestry 1932–2018

David Hull2

American philosopher 1935–2010

Harold Wallace Rosenthal1

American terrorist victim 1947–1976

Robin Williams52

American actor and stand-up comedian 1951–2014