Famous people born on 11 March

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

1. Douglas Adams 1952British science fiction writerdied aged 49
2. Torquato Tasso 1544Italian poetdied aged 51
3. Harold Wilson 1916British politician who served as President of the Board of Tradedied aged 79
4. Rupert Murdoch 1931American businesspersonliving, 95
5. Qasem Soleimani 1957Iranian officerdied aged 62
6. Didier Drogba 1978Ivorian footballerliving, 48
7. Nicolaas Bloembergen 1920Dutch-born physicistdied aged 97
8. Urbain Le Verrier 1811French astronomerdied aged 66
9. Harald zur Hausen 1936German virologistdied aged 87
10. Frederik IX 1899Monarch of Denmarkdied aged 72
11. Fábio Coentrão 1988Portuguese footballerliving, 38
12. Nina Hagen 1955German singer and songwriterliving, 71
13. Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan 1961Emirati politician who served as President of the United Arab Emiratesliving, 65
14. Astor Piazzolla 1921Argentinian composerdied aged 71