Famous people born on 11 December

19 of the people we track were born on 11 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Naguib Mahfouz 1911Egyptian writerdied aged 94
2. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1918Russian writerdied aged 89
3. Hector Berlioz 1803French composer and conductordied aged 65
4. Robert Koch 1843German physician and bacteriologistdied aged 66
5. Max Born 1882German physicist and mathematiciandied aged 87
6. John Kerry 1943American politician and diplomatliving, 82
7. Viswanathan Anand 1969Indian chess playerliving, 56
8. Alfred de Musset 1810French writerdied aged 46
9. Pranab Mukherjee 1935Indian politician who served as President of Indiadied aged 84
10. Osho 1931Indian guru and leaderdied aged 58
11. Pope Leo X 1475Latin Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 45
12. Emmanuelle Charpentier 1968French microbiologist and biochemistliving, 57
13. Jean Marais 1913French actor and theatre directordied aged 84
14. Macky Sall 1961Senegalese politician who served as President of Senegalliving, 64
15. Annie Jump Cannon 1863American astronomerdied aged 77
16. David Brewster 1781Scottish astronomer and mathematiciandied aged 86
17. Leighton Baines 1984British footballerliving, 41
18. Rita Moreno 1931American actorliving, 94
19. Jean-Louis Trintignant 1930French actordied aged 91