James van Hoften (79)
June 11th, 1944

American astronaut – James van Hoften was born in Fresno (County seat of Fresno County, California, United States) on June 11th, 1944 and is 79 years old today.

Other personalities born on June 11

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

66

Roland Moreno

French inventor (1945-2012)

*June 11th, 1945, Cairo †April 29th, 2012, 6th arrondissement of Paris

28

Tems

Nigerian singer-songwriter

*June 11th, 1995, Lagos

46

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

70

Barbara Minty

American writer

*June 11th, 1953, Seattle

83

Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

*June 11th, 1933, Milwaukee †August 29th, 2016, Stamford

82

Volkmar Sigusch

German sexologist

*June 11th, 1940, Bad Freienwalde †February 7th, 2023

58

Christian Streich

German association football player and manager

*June 11th, 1965, Weil am Rhein

64

Hugh Laurie

English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer

*June 11th, 1959, Oxford

78

Ernst Bahr

German politician

*June 11th, 1945, Chlum

54

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

*June 11th, 1969, Morristown

65

Jürgen Pföhler

German jurist and politician (CDU)

*June 11th, 1958, Wittlich

72

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist (1899–1972)

*June 11th, 1899, Osaka †April 16th, 1972, Zushi

37

Shia LaBeouf

American actor (born 1986)

*June 11th, 1986, Los Angeles

75

Gunter Gabriel

German singer

*June 11th, 1942, Bünde †June 22nd, 2017, Hanover

61

Annabella Incontrera

Italian actress (1943-2004)

*June 11th, 1943, Milan †September 19th, 2004, Rome

91

Athol Fugard

South African playwright (born 1932)

*June 11th, 1932, Middelburg

84

Jackie Stewart

Scottish racing driver

*June 11th, 1939, Dumbarton

73

Oleg Vidov

Soviet/American actor (1943-2017)

*June 11th, 1943, Vidnoye †May 15th, 2017, Westlake Village

87

Jacques Cousteau

French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

*June 11th, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac †June 25th, 1997, 17th arrondissement of Paris

87

Douglas Campbell

Canadian actor (1922–2009)

*June 11th, 1922, Glasgow †October 6th, 2009, Montreal

78

Helmut Krauss

German actor (1941–2019)

*June 11th, 1941, Augsburg †August 26th, 2019, Goslar

71

Wolfgang Bosbach

German politician

*June 11th, 1952, Bergisch Gladbach

24

Kai Havertz

German association football player (born 1999)

*June 11th, 1999, Aachen

67

Joe Montana

American football player (born 1956)

*June 11th, 1956, New Eagle

35

Claire Holt

Australian actress

*June 11th, 1988, Brisbane

64

Lynsey de Paul

English singer-songwriter (1948–2014)

*June 11th, 1950, Southwark †October 1st, 2014, Southwark

80

Johann Kurzbauer

Austrian politician

*June 11th, 1943, Neulengbach

34

Lorenzo Ariaudo

Italian footballer

*June 11th, 1989, Turin

Also born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

79

Mary Robinson

Former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

*May 21st, 1944, Ballina

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

80

Françoise Hardy

French singer and songwriter

*January 17th, 1944, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Alan Parker

English film producer and director (1944-2020)

*February 14th, 1944, Islington †July 31st, 2020, London

80

Rakel Surlien

Norwegian judge and politician

*February 10th, 1944, Svelvik

73

Wolfgang Bochow

Badminton player

*May 26th, 1944, Brunswick †September 14th, 2017, Siegburg

72

László Csendes

Hungarian actor (1944-2017)

*September 21st, 1944, Rimavská Sobota †March 24th, 2017

72

Sibylle Tönnies

German opinion journalist, sociologist and jurist

*November 24th, 1944, Potsdam †March 25th, 2017

James van Hoften