July 11th Birthdays
If you were born on July 11th you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Giorgio Armani
Italian menswear fashion designer, costume designer for movies (American Gigolo; The Untouchables), celebrities (Lady Gaga), Giorgio Armani retail fashion stores founder, and designer of eyeglasses, ladies wear, perfumes, and more, born July 11, 1934. (Giorgio Armani 1997: GianAngelo Pistoia)
Susan Seaforth Hayes (nee Susan Seabold; married Bill Hayes)
American actress of TV (Julie Olsen Williams on Days of Our Lives; The Young Marrieds; Sunset Beach; Joanna Manning on The Young and the Restless; The F.B.I.; Venice the Series; My Three Sons) and movies (California; Billie; Angel in My Pocket) born July 11, 1943. (Susan Seaforth Hayes 1966 12 O’Clock High)
Beverly Todd
American actress of stage, TV (Monica Nelson on Love of Life; Roots; The Redd Foxx Show; Days of Our Lives; Six Feet Under; Falcon Crest; St. Elsewhere), and movies (Brother John; Lean on Me; The Bucket List; They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!; Clara’s Heart), born July 11, 1946. (Beverly Todd 2008 Photo: lukeford.net)
Jeff Hanna (nee Jeffrey R. Hanna)
Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter (Bless The Broken Road), lead guitarist & co-founder of country-rock Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (Mr. Bojangles; Modern Day Romance; Jambalaya [On the Bayou]; Fishin’ in the Dark), born July 11, 1947. (Jeff Hanna 1974: United Artists Records & Tapes)
Bruce McGill
American actor of movies (Animal House; Silkwood; My Cousin Vinny; Cliffhanger; Timecop; The Insider; Into the Night; Wildcats; Club Paradise; Runaway Jury) and TV (Vince Korsak on Rizzoli & Isles; Delta House; MacGyver; Wolf Lake), born July 11, 1950. (Bruce McGill 2014 Photo: Bob Watson)
Stephen Lang
American actor of TV (Crime Story; Terra Nova; The Fugitive; Salem; In Plain Sight) and movies (The Girl on the Train; Last Exit to Brooklyn; Another You; Guilty as Sin; Avatar; Gettysburg; The Proposal; Gods and Generals; Shadow Conspiracy), born July 11, 1952. (Stephen Lang 2011 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Mindy Sterling
American comedienne, actress of movies (Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery; Drop Dead Gorgeous; How the Grinch Stole Christmas) and TV (Desperate Housewives; The Larry Sanders Show; iCarly; The Goldbergs; A.N.T. Farm), born July 11, 1953. (Mindy Sterling 2015 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Sela Ward
Emmy Award-winning American actress of TV (Teddy Reed on Sisters; Lily Manning on Once and Again; Jo Danville on CSI: NY; Emerald Point N.A.S.; Graves; House) and movies (Rustlers’ Rhapsody; The Fugitive; The Day After Tomorrow; The Badge), born July 11, 1956. (Sela Ward 1994 Photo: Alan Light)
Mark Lester (nee Mark A. Letzer)
British former child actor of movies (Run Wild, Run Free; Oliver!; Melody; Black Beauty; The Prince and the Pauper; What the Peeper Saw; Love Under the Elms; Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?) & TV (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir), and osteopath born July 11, 1958. (Mark Lester 1977 Photo: Allan Warren)
Richie Sambora (nee Richard Stephen Sambora)
Songwriters and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American singer, songwriter & guitarist for Bon Jovi (You Give Love a Bad Name; Livin’ on a Prayer; Bad Medicine; I’ll Be There for You; Wanted Dead or Alive; Always; It’s My Life), born July 11, 1959. Ex of Heather Locklear. (Richie Sambora 2006: James Anderson)
Suzanne Vega
Grammy Award-winning American folk musician, record producer, songwriter & singer (Luka; Tom’s Diner; Blood Makes Noise; No Cheap Thrill), Peabody Award-winning radio host (American Mavericks), born July 11, 1959. (Suzanne Vega 2004 Photo: Anders Krusberg / Peabody Awards)
Lisa Rinna (married Harry Hamlin)
American host & actress of TV (Taylor McBride on Melrose Place; Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives; The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills; SoapTalk; Entertainment Tonight; Dancing With the Stars; Valerie; Veronica Mars) and movies (Captive Rage), born July 11, 1963. (Lisa Rinna 2008 Photo: The Heart Truth / US Govt)
Greg Grunberg (nee Gregory Phillip Grunberg)
American actor of TV (Sean Blumberg on Felicity; Eric Weiss on Alias; Matt Parkman on Heroes; The Client List; NYPD Blue; Lost; Masters of Sex; Love Bites; Hawaii Five-0) and movies (Mission: Impossible III; Super 8; Star Trek: Beyond; Hollow Man), born July 11, 1966. (Greg Grunberg 2008 Photo: Ewen Roberts)
Jeff Corwin (nee Jeffrey Corwin)
American producer & TV host (Jeff Corwin Unleashed; Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin; Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin; Going Wild with Jeff Corwin; The Jeff Corwin Experience; Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin; Wildlife Nation), born July 11, 1967. (Jeff Corwin 2006 Photo: Brenden Delzer / Coelacan)
American model, actor of TV (Dr. Alex Karev on Grey’s Anatomy; Four Corners; Cold Case; Another World; Seasons of Love) and films (The Musketeer; Leo; The Zodiac; The Wedding Planner; Lakeview Terrace; Liberty Heights; Broken City), born July 11, 1970. (Justin Chambers 2009 Photo: Angela George / CC BY-SA)
(Yul Brynner 1957 | Sally Blane 1929: Lansing Brown [colorized])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on July 11th!
Remember These July 11th Famous Birthdays
1976 Montreal Olympic Games light heavyweight American gold medalist amateur boxer, 1978 World Heavyweight Champion (defeated Muhammad Ali) stripped of the WBC title (refused to fight Ken Norton) (born July 11, 1953 – died Feb. 5, 2021; age 67). Leon Spinks had prostate cancer before he died. (Leon Spinks in front of the Waldorf Astoria 1978 AP Laserphoto)
Bonnie Pointer (nee Patricia Eva Pointer)
Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, singer (Heaven Must Have Sent You; I Can’t Help Myself [Sugar Pie Honey Bunch]), with The Pointer Sisters (Yes We Can Can; Fairytale; How Long [Betcha’ Got a Chick on the Side]; Neutron Dance; I’m So Excited; Jump) (born July 11, 1950 – died June 8, 2020; age 69). Sister of Anita, June, & Ruth Pointer. (Bonnie Pointer 1974: Nationaal Archief)
Yul Brynner (nee Yuliy Borisovich Briner; ex of Virginia Gilmore)
Tony and Academy Award-winning Russian-Swiss actor of stage and movies (The King and I; The Ten Commandments; Anastasia; Westworld; Catlow; The Ten Commandments; The Brothers Karamazov; The Buccaneer; Triple Cross; Taras Bulba) (born July 11, 1920 – died Oct. 10, 1985; age 65). Yul Brynner died of lung cancer. (Yul Brynner 1960 The Magnificent Seven Trailer)
Tab Hunter (nee Arthur Andrew Kelm; ex-partner of Anthony Perkins)
American singer (Young Love), actor of TV (The Tab Hunter Show; Climax!) and movies (Island of Desire; Return to Treasure Island; Battle Cry; Track of the Cat; Damn Yankees; The Sea Chase; Ride the Wild Surf; The Burning Hills) (born July 11, 1931– died July 8, 2018; age 86). Tab Hunter died of cardiac arrest / deep vein thrombosis complications. (Tab Hunter 1957 What’s My Line?)
Walter Wanger (nee Walter Feuchtwanger)
American WWI US Army pilot, theatre & film producer (Stagecoach; History is Made at Night; Queen Christina; I Want to Live!; Cleopatra; The Case Against Mrs. Ames; The Trail of the Lonesome Pine; Joan of Arc; 52nd Street; The House Across the Bay; Canyon Passage; Arabian Nights), (born July 11, 1894 – died Nov. 18, 1968; age 74). Ex of Justine Johnstone, Joan Bennett. (Walter Wanger 1921)
Gene Evans (nee Eugene Barton Evans)
American actor of TV (Rob McLaughlin on My Friend Flicka; Spencer’s Pilots; Gunsmoke; The Lone Ranger) & films (I Was an American Spy; Storm Warning; The Golden Blade; Donovan’s Brain; Wyoming Renegades; Operation Petticoat; Support Your Local Sheriff; Thunderbirds; Young and Wild; The Hangman) (born July 11, 1922 – died Apr. 1, 1998; age 75). (Gene Evans 1960 Bonanza)
E. B. White (nee Elwyn Brooks White)
American reporter (The Seattle Times; United Press International), Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, journalist (The New Yorker; Harper’s Magazine), poet (The Lady is Cold), and children’s author (Stuart Little; Charlotte’s Web; The Trumpet of the Swan) (born July 11, 1899 – died Oct. 1, 1985; age 86). Cause of death for E. B. White was Alzheimer’s Disease. (E. B. White Photo: White Literary LLC)
German-American actor of TV (Dr. Ted Powell on Young Dr. Malone; Another World; Dallas; The F.B.I.; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Our Private World; Mannix; Days of Our Lives; Starsky and Hutch) and movies (What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?; Altered States) (born July 11, 1926 – died Nov. 27, 1983; age 57). Cause of death for Peter Brandon is unknown. (Peter Brandon 1977 Good Against Evil)
Tony & Emmy-winning American actor of TV (Mayor of the Town; The O. Henry Playhouse; Glencannon) & films (The Hurricane; Stagecoach; Destry; Pocketful of Miracles; Secret of the Incas; High Noon; While the City Sleeps; Gone With the Wind; The Black Swan; It’s a Wonderful Life ; Theodora Goes Wild; Lost Horizon) (born July 11, 1892 – died Dec. 17, 1962; age 70). (Thomas Mitchell 1941)
Antrim Short (nee Mark Antrim Short; son of Lew Short)
American actor of Broadway & silent movies (The Broadway Boob; Wildfire; Beauty’s Worth; The Yellow Dog; Tom Sawyer; Married?; A Jewel in Pawn; Pride and the Man; The Narrow Path; Romance and Arabella) (born July 11, 1900 – died Nov. 24, 1972; age 72). Brother of Florence Short, Gertrude Short; cousin of Blanche Sweet; married Frances Morris) (Antrim Short 1926)
Sally Blane (nee Elizabeth Jane Young; married Norman Foster)
American film actress (Shanghaied Love; X Marks the Spot; Trick for Trick; The Vagabond Lover; Heritage of the Desert; Dead Man’s Curve; Cross-Examination; Horseman of the Plains; Ten Cents a Dance; The Phantom Express; Once a Sinner; Wild Horse Mesa) (born July 11, 1910 – died Aug. 27, 1997; age 87). Sister of Polly Ann, Georgiana, & Loretta Young. (Sally Blane 1928: Richee)
Howard Estabrook (nee Howard Bolles)
Academy Award-winning American screenwriter of silent movies & classic films (Cimarron; Hell’s Angels; Street of Chance; The Virginian; David Copperfield; The Corsican Brothers; The Human Comedy; The Bridge of San Luis Rey; A Bill of Divorcement; Kismet; The Four Feathers) (born July 11, 1884 – died July 16, 1978; age 94). (Howard Estabrook 1916 Photo: Motion Picture News)
Alfred E. Green (nee Alfred Edward Green; married Vivian Reed)
American actor & director of TV (The Millionaire; The Lone Wolf) & movies (Ella Cinders; Irene; The Ghost Breaker; The Jolson Story; Dangerous; Four Faces West; Baby Face; Silver Dollar; The Dark Horse; The Eddie Cantor Story; The Jackie Robinson Story; Sierra; Flowing Gold) (born July 11, 1889 – died Sept. 4, 1960; age 71). (Alfred E. Green 1914 Photo: Who’s Who in the Film World)
American silent film actor (Timothy’s Quest; The Fifth Horseman; The Swan; The Daring Years; The Steadfast Heart; Grit; Icebound), director & producer of TV (The Beverly Hillbillies; The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show; The Bob Cummings Show) & movies (The Macomber Affair) (born July 11, 1912 – died Oct. 30, 1988; age 76). (Joseph Depew 1921 Photo: Motion Picture News)
Robert the Bruce, King of Scots
Scottish great-grandson of King David I of Scotland; Earl of Carrick; Guardian of Scotland & warrior leader of the First War of Scottish Independence from England / revolt of William Wallace vs King Edward I of England; crowned King of Scots; father of King David II of Scotland, grandfather of King Robert II of Scotland (born July 11, 1274 – died June 7, 1329; age 54).
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