Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 11

Births

 * 1274 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (d. 1329)
 * 1767 - John Quincy Adams, (pictured) President of the United States (d. 1848)
 * 1916 - Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014)
 * 1930 - Harold Bloom, American literary critic (d. 2019)
 * 1958 - Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
 * 1968 - David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
 * 1972 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor
 * 1975 - Lil' Kim, American rapper
 * 1983 - Marie Serneholt, Swedish musician (A*Teens)

Deaths

 * 1920 - Empress Eugénie de Montijo of France (b. 1826)
 * 1937 - George Gershwin, American composer (b. 1898)
 * 1971 - John W. Campbell, American writer and editor (b. 1910)
 * 1989 - Sir Laurence Olivier, English actor (b. 1907)

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