Born on May 11th, 1856
Weekday
Sunday
May 11th, 1856 was a Sunday.
Zodiac
♉
Taurus (The Bull)
April 21st, 1856 - May 21st, 1856
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 61,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 654 days, exactly on February 9th, 2026, people who were born on May 11th, 1856 will be 62,000 days old!
61,346 Days
8,763 Weeks
2,015 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
Born on May 11th, 1856
Hermann Adolf Christian Dietrich
German politician (1856-1930)
*May 11th, 1856, Schmargendorf, Uckermark †July 5th, 1930, TemplinSame 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
101 Irving Berlin
American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)
*May 11th, 1888, Talačyn †September 22nd, 1989, New York City.jpg "Richard Feynman"){kind=icon}
69 Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)
*May 11th, 1918, Queens †February 15th, 1988, Los Angeles
78 Mikhail Sholokhov
Soviet writer (1905-1984)
*May 11th, 1905, Kruzhilin †February 21st, 1984, Vyoshenskaya
78 Jack Blackham
Australian cricketer (1854-1932)
*May 11th, 1854, Fitzroy North †December 28th, 1932, Melbourne
45 Natasha Richardson
British actress (1963–2009)
*May 11th, 1963, Marylebone †March 18th, 2009, Upper East Side
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83 Haroun Tazieff
French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)
*May 11th, 1914, Warsaw †February 2nd, 1998, 4th arrondissement of ParisCharles W. Fairbanks
Vice president of the United States from 1905 to 1909
*May 11th, 1852, Unionville Center †June 4th, 1918, Indianapolis
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Same year
Born in 1856
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83 Jens Bratlie
13th Prime Minister of Norway
*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo.jpg "Sigmund Freud")
83 Sigmund Freud
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London
86 Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)
*July 10th, 1856, Smiljan †January 7th, 1943, New York City
94 George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)
*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St LawrenceWoodrow Wilson
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921
*December 28th, 1856, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace †February 3rd, 1924, Woodrow Wilson HouseGeorg von der Marwitz
German general (1856–1929)
*July 7th, 1856, Słupsk †October 27th, 1929, UnichowoAnna Elizabeth Klumpke
American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)
*October 28th, 1856, San Francisco †February 9th, 1942, San FranciscoAlexander Bernewitz
Latvian theologian (1856-1919)
*May 26th, 1856, Kandava †January 16th, 1919, KandavaL. Frank Baum
American author of children's books (1856–1919)
*May 15th, 1856, Chittenango †May 6th, 1919, HollywoodPhilippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856–1951)
*April 24th, 1856, Cauchy-à-la-Tour †July 23rd, 1951, Port-JoinvilleJohn Singer Sargent
American painter (1856–1925)
*January 12th, 1856, Florence †April 15th, 1925, London
64 Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
German politician (1856–1921)
*November 29th, 1856, Hohenfinow †January 1st, 1921, Hohenfinow
80 Frank B. Kellogg
American politician (1856-1937)
*December 22nd, 1856, Potsdam †December 21st, 1937, Saint PaulJ. J. Thomson
British physicist (1856-1940)
*December 18th, 1856, Cheetham Hill †August 30th, 1940, Cambridge
59 Booker T. Washington
African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)
*April 5th, 1856, Hale's Ford †November 14th, 1915, TuskegeeAndreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper
German botanist (1856–1901)
*May 12th, 1856, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1901, Basel
59 William Wallace Denslow
American illustrator and caricaturist
*May 25th, 1856, Philadelphia †May 27th, 1915, Knickerbocker HospitalDiamond Jim Brady
American businessman
*August 12th, 1856, New York City †April 13th, 1917, Atlantic City
55 Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
Spanish author
*November 3rd, 1856, Santander †May 19th, 1912, SantanderBirthdays 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
11.5.1856
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1856 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).