April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (102nd in Leap Year s). There are 264 days remaining.
- 146 - Septimius Severus , Roman Emperor (d. 211 )
- 1357 - King John I Of Portugal "the One With Good Memory" (d. 1433 )
- 1374 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl Of March , heir to the throne of England (d. 1398 )
- 1492 - Marguerite Of Navarre , wife of Henry II Of Navarre (d. 1549 )
- 1592 - John Eliot , English statesman (d. 1632 )
- 1705 - William Cookworthy , English chemist (d. 1780 )
- 1721 - David Zeisberger , Moravian missionary (d. 1808 )
- 1722 - Christopher Smart , English poet (d. 1771 )
- 1755 - James Parkinson , English physician (d. 1824 )
- 1769 - Jean Lannes , French marshal (d. 1809 )
- 1798 - Macedonio Melloni , Italian physicist (d. 1854 )
- 1810 - Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson , English soldier and orientalist (d. 1895 )
- 1819 - Charles Hallé , German pianist and conductor (d. 1895 )
- 1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle , German politician (d. 1864 )
- 1852 - Cap Anson , American baseball player (d. 1922 )
- 1869 - Gustav Vigeland , Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943 )
- 1876 - Paul Henry , Northern Irish artist (d. 1958 )
- 1883 - Hozumi Shigeto , Japanese author (d. 1951 )
- 1889 - Nick LaRocca , American musician (d. 1961 )
- 1893 - Dean Acheson , U.S. Secretary Of State (d. 1971 )
- 1900 - Sandor Marai , Hungarian writer (d. 1989 )
- 1906 - Dale Messick , American cartoonist (d. 2005 )
- 1908 - Leo Rosten , American humorist and author (d. 1997 )
- 1910 - António De Spínola , Portuguese general and politician (d. 1996 )
- 1911 - Stanislawa Walasiewicz , Polish-born runner (d. 1980 )
- 1913 - Oleg Cassini , American fashion designer (d. 2006 )
- 1914 - Robert Stanfield , Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003 )
- 1916 - Alberto Ginastera , Argentine composer (d. 1983 )
- 1917 - David Westheimer , American novelist (d. 2005 )
- 1928 - Ethel Kennedy , wife of Robert F. Kennedy
- 1930 - Anton LaVey , American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997 )
- 1931 - Johnny Sheffield , American actor
- 1932 - Joel Grey , American singer and actor
- 1935 - Richard Berry , American singer, and composer (d. 1997 )
- 1938 - Kurt Moll , German bass
- 1939 - Louise Lasser , American actress
- 1944 - John Milius , American director and writer
- 1946 - Bob Harris , British disc jockey and presenter
- 1947 - Peter Riegert , American actor
- 1947 - Meshach Taylor , American actor
- 1949 - Bernd Eichinger , German film producer
- 1951 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton , American socialite (d. 1997 )
- 1951 - James Patrick Kelly , American author
- 1953 - Andrew Wiles , British mathematician
- 1953 - Guy Verhofstadt , Prime Minister Of Belgium
- 1955 - Kevin Brady , American politician
- 1955 - Michael Callen , American singer and songwriter (d. 1993 )
- 1958 - Stuart Adamson , British musician ( Big Country ) (d. 2001 )
- 1959 - Frank C Scott , Australian photo-journalist
- 1960 - Jeremy Clarkson , British journalist
- 1961 - Doug Hopkins , American musician
- 1962 - Vincent Gallo , American actor
- 1963 - Chris Ferguson , American poker player
- 1966 - Mason Reese , American actor
- 1966 - Lisa Stansfield , English singer
- 1968 - Sergey Lukyanenko , Russian author
- 1970 - Trevor Linden , Canadian professional hockey player
- 1971 - Oliver Riedel , German musican ( Rammstein )
- 1972 - Jason Varitek , American baseball player
- 1974 - Trot Nixon , American baseball player
- 1975 - Walid Soliman , Tunisian author
- 1979 - Malcolm Christie , English footballer
- 1980 - Mark Teixeira , American baseball player
- 1981 - Alessandra Ambrosio , Brazilian model
- 1982 - Ian Bell , English cricketer
- 1984 - Kelli Garner , American actress
- 1987 - Joss Stone , English singer
- 1034 - Romanus III , Byzantine Emperor (b. 1028 )
- 1240 - Llywelyn The Great , Prince of Gwynedd
- 1554 - Thomas Wyatt The Younger , English rebel (executed) (b. 1521 )
- 1555 - Joanna Of Castile , mother of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1479 )
- 1612 - Emanuel Van Meteren , Flemish historian (b. 1535 )
- 1612 - Edward Wightman , English Baptist preacher (burned at the stake) (b. 1566 )
- 1626 - Marin Getaldić , Croatian mathematician (b. 1568 )
- 1712 - Richard Simon , French Biblical critic (b. 1638 )
- 1723 - John Robinson , English diplomat (b. 1650 )
- 1798 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler , German poet (b. 1725 )
- 1856 - Juan Santamaría , national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831 )
- 1861 - Francisco González Bocanegra , Mexican poet (b. 1824 )
- 1873 - Edward Canby , U.S. general (assassinated) (b. 1817 )
- 1906 - James Anthony Bailey , American circus impresario (b. 1847 )
- 1906 - Francis Pharcellus Church , American editor and publisher (b. 1839 )
- 1916 - Richard Harding Davis , American author (b. 1864 )
- 1926 - Luther Burbank , American botanist (b. 1849 )
- 1970 - Cathy O'Donnell , American actress (b. 1923 )
- 1970 - John O'Hara , American author (b. 1905 )
- 1977 - Jacques Prévert , French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900 )
- 1983 - Dolores Del Rio , Mexican actress (b. 1905 )
- 1985 - Enver Hoxha , Albanian Communist dictator (b. 1908 )
- 1987 - Erskine Caldwell , American author (b. 1903 )
- 1987 - Primo Levi , Italian chemist, composer, librettist, and author (b. 1919 )
- 1996 - Jessica Dubroff , American pilot (b. 1988 )
- 1999 - Jean Vander Pyl , American voice actress (b. 1919 )
- 2001 - Harry Secombe , Welsh actor and comedian (b. 1921 )
- 2003 - Cecil Howard Green , British-born geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900 )
- 2005 - André François , French cartoonist (b. 1915 )
- 2005 - Lucien Laurent , French footballer (b. 1907 )
- 2006 - DeShaun Holton , a.k.a Proof , American rapper of the group D12 (b. 1973 )
April 10 - April 12 - March 11 - May 11 -- Listing Of All Days
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