Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 11

Births

 * 1572 - Ben Jonson, English dramatist (d. 1637)
 * 1776 - John Constable, English painter (d. 1837)
 * 1864 - Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
 * 1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (pictured) French explorer and inventor (d. 1997)
 * 1913 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach (d. 1970)
 * 1933 - Gene Wilder, American actor (d. 2016)
 * 1939 - Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver
 * 1956 - Joe Montana, American football player
 * 1959 - Hugh Laurie, English actor and comedian

Deaths

 * 323 BC - Alexander the Great, King of Macedon (b. 356 BC)
 * 1557 - King John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
 * 1727 - King George I of Great Britain (b. 1668)
 * 1934 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (b. 1896)
 * 1979 - John Wayne (born Marion Morrison), American actor (b. 1907)

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