August 11th, 2009

Born on August 11th, 2009

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 5,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 486 days, exactly on January 14th, 2026, people who were born on August 11th, 2009 will be 6,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 11th?

August 11th, 1999

Ken Levine's System Shock 2 was released to mediocre sales, but later received critical acclaim and influenced subsequent first-person shooter game design.

August 11th, 1973

At a party in New York City, Jamaican musician DJ Kool Herc (pictured) began rapping during an extended break, laying the foundation for hip hop music.

August 11th, 1952

King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein .

August 11th, 1945

Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at least one death.

August 11th, 1929

The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.

August 11th, 1786

Francis Light founded George Town (city hall pictured), the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and the present-day capital of the Malaysian state of Penang.

August 11th, 1492

The first papal conclave to be held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Innocent VIII.

August 11th, 1309

Reconquista: Aragonese forces led by King James II landed on the coast of Almería, beginning an ultimately unsuccessful siege of the city, then held by the Emirate of Granada.

August 11th, 1975

The Timorese Democratic Union launches a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.

August 11th, 1991

Nickelodeon's first line of “Nicktoons” (Doug, Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.

August 11th, 2023

Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

August 11th, 2006

The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.

August 11th, 2003

Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

August 11th, 1992

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.

August 11th, 1982

A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 11th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 11th?

25

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Badminton player

*August 11th, 1999, Wonogiri

37

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

44

Joy Mogensen

Danish politician

*August 11th, 1980, Toronto

75

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

32

Heuss l'Enfoiré

French rapper

*August 11th, 1992, Villeneuve-la-Garenne

43

Fiona Sit

Hong Kong singer and actress

*August 11th, 1981, British Hong Kong

66

Jah Wobble

British bass guitarist and music producer (born 1958)

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

27

Elena Kitić

Serbian pop singer

*August 11th, 1997, Hanover

31

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer and dancer

*August 11th, 1993, Toledo

76

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

59

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

41

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

37

Paul Boche

German actor and model

*August 11th, 1987, Eisenach

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

96

Rosemarie Müller-Streisand

German church historian and theologian

*August 11th, 1923, Berlin †June 26th, 2020, Berlin

48

Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

56

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

74

Steve Wozniak

American–Serbian computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

74

Eric Carmen

American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist (1949–2024)

*August 11th, 1949, Cleveland †March 11th, 2024, Lyndhurst

67

David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

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15

Julia Butters

American actress

*April 15th, 2009, Los Angeles

15

Count Henrik of Monpezat

Danish former prince; son of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark

*May 4th, 2009, Rigshospitalet

15

Kim Kang-hoon

South Korean actor

*June 7th, 2009, Cheongju

14

Willis Gibson

Tetris player from Oklahoma

*November 30th, 2009, Stillwater

14

Samaya Clark Gabriel

American basketball player

*October 1st, 2009, Brooklyn

15

Heo Yool

South Korean actress

*August 26th, 2009, South Korea

14

Leanne Bautista

Filipino child actress

*October 14th, 2009, Philippines

14

Kler Çaku

Albanian chess player

*November 30th, 2009, Shkodër

15

Fairooj Labiba

Bangladeshi singer

*June 13th, 2009, Khulna

15

Alihan Türkdemir

Turkish actor

*June 29th, 2009, Istanbul

15

Suleman octuplets

Six male and two female children conceived via in vitro fertilization

*January 26th, 2009, Bellflower

15

Txunamy Ortiz

American actress

*March 23rd, 2009, Perris

15

Moon Woo-jin

South Korean television and film actor

*February 19th, 2009, Incheon

15

Hend Zaza

Syrian table tennis player

*January 1st, 2009, Hama

15

Isabella Damla Güvenilir

American-Turkish actress

*January 18th, 2009, New York City

15

Valentina Tronel

French singer

*April 6th, 2009, Rennes

14

Prince Gaston d’Orléans

French prince

*November 19th, 2009, 14th arrondissement of Paris

14

Coco Yoshizawa

Japanese skateboarder

*September 22nd, 2009, Sagamihara

14

Lee Go-eun

South Korean actress

*November 6th, 2009, Incheon

12

Tomiii 11

Chilean YouTuber

*June 13th, 2009, Quinta de Tilcoco †August 30th, 2021, Quinta de Tilcoco

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Born on August 11th, 2009
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2009 is a normal year and no leap year.

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