Born on May 11th, 1579
Weekday
Friday
May 11th, 1579 was a Friday.
Zodiac
♉
Taurus (The Bull)
April 21st, 1579 - May 21st, 1579
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 162,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 478 days, exactly on August 20th, 2025, people who were born on May 11th, 1579 will be 163,000 days old!
162,522 Days
23,217 Weeks
5,339 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on May 11th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 11th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 11th?
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43 Sudheer Babu
Indian film actor and former professional badminton player
*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada
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69 Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
*May 11th, 1918, Queens †February 15th, 1988, Los Angeles
101 Irving Berlin
American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)
*May 11th, 1888, Talačyn †September 22nd, 1989, New York CityChristian Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
Co-ruler of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
*May 11th, 1578, Sondershausen †November 25th, 1642, Arnstadt
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45 Natasha Richardson
British actress (1963–2009)
*May 11th, 1963, Marylebone †March 18th, 2009, Upper East Side
78 Mikhail Sholokhov
Soviet writer (1905-1984)
*May 11th, 1905, Kruzhilin †February 21st, 1984, Vyoshenskaya
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83 Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
*May 11th, 1914, Warsaw †February 2nd, 1998, 4th arrondissement of Paris
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Same year
Born in 1579
Thomas Dempster
British philologist, historian, poet and etruscologist
*August 23rd, 1579, Aberdeenshire †September 6th, 1625, Bologna
69 Tirso de Molina
Spanish writer c. 1583-c.1648
*March 24th, 1579, Madrid †February 20th, 1649, Almazán
60 Johannes Meursius
Dutch philologist and historian
*February 9th, 1579, Loosduinen district †September 20th, 1639, SorøTokugawa Hidetada
Japanese shogun (1579–1632)
*May 2nd, 1579, Hamamatsu †March 14th, 1632, Edo CastleJohn Fletcher
English Jacobean playwright (1579–1625)
*November 30th, 1579, Rye †August 1st, 1625, London.JPG "Luis Vélez de Guevara")
Martin de Porres
Dominican lay brother and saint
*December 9th, 1579, Lima †November 3rd, 1639, LimaJan Cornelisz. Geelvinck
Dutch politician (1579-1651)
*June 11th, 1579, Amsterdam †November 9th, 1651, AmsterdamFrançois de Bassompierre
French courtier and Marshal of France (1579-1646)
*April 12th, 1579, Haroué †October 12th, 1646, ProvinsHermann Samson
German-Baltic clergyman and pedagogue
*January 1st, 1579, Riga †December 16th, 1643, RigaElisabeth of Hesse-Darmstadt
German countess (1579-1655)
*November 29th, 1579, Darmstadt †July 17th, 1655, WehenLouis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen
German prince
*June 17th, 1579, Dessau †January 17th, 1650, KöthenFrans Snyders
Flemish painter (1579–1657)
*November 11th, 1579, Antwerp †August 19th, 1657, Antwerp
61 Friedrich Hortleder
German politician and historian (1579-1640)
*March 22nd, 1579, Ampfurth †June 5th, 1640, JenaMarie of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
*January 23rd, 1579, Königsberg †February 11th, 1649, BayreuthFederico Baldissera Bartolomeo Cornaro
Catholic cardinal
*November 16th, 1579, Venice †June 5th, 1653, RomeAugustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel (1579-1666)
*April 10th, 1579, Dannenberg (Elbe) †September 17th, 1666, WolfenbüttelBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on May 11th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 11th.
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
11.5.1579
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | L = 50 | X = 10 | IX = 9 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1579 is a normal year and no leap year.