Birthday twins

Who Was Born on July 11?

July 11 is the birthday of 46 notable people we've found so far, including authors, actors, creators and historical figures, and 4 of them are billionaires.

4
billionaires
joint #32 of 366 birthdays
7
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #298 of 366 birthdays
46
notable people
joint #227 of 366 birthdays
$30.4B
combined wealth
joint #87 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • The people we list for this date were born across 516 years, from 1486 to 2002.
  • Authors are the most common group among people born on July 11: 15 of 46.
  • People born on this day come from 24 countries, most often United States (16 of 46).
  • Michał Sołowow is the wealthiest person we list for July 11, with an estimated $14B reported as of May 2025.
  • With 4 billionaires, this date has well above the average of 2.3 per birthday.
  • July 11 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including billionaires, entrepreneurs, authors and politicians.
  • 41% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • Alexander Prokhorov is the Nobel laureate born on July 11.
  • 3 of them had founded a company, won a major award or taken a top job before turning 30.

💰 Richest person born on July 11

Reported estimate as of May 2025: $13.5B. Wealth changes; this is not a live figure.

Against the other 365

How July 11 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every July birthday · battle July 11 against another date · all rankings

The July 11 wealth profile

Billionaires born on July 11

$30.4B
combined wealth
low-bound sum, newest as of September 2025
4
sourced estimates
4
billionaires
joint #32 of 366
#87
of 366 for wealth
joint

Ranked by the low end of each reported estimate; bars use a log scale.

Giorgio Armani
billionaire

Giorgio Armani

Entrepreneur · Giorgio Armani

1934–2025 · Italy

$12.1Breported estimate as of September 2025 · Forbes

Giorgio Armani was an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Armani luxury fashion house.

Jan Schroeder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Max Levchin
billionaire

Max Levchin

Entrepreneur

1975 · United States

$3Bolder estimate, as of 2021 · Forbes

Maksymilian Rafailovych "Max" Levchin is a Ukrainian-American software engineer and entrepreneur who is the co-founder and CEO of Affirm, a buy now, pay later financial services company, and co-founded PayPal as Confinity in 1998, leading the company as chief technology officer before its acquisition by eBay in 2002.

Morgan Sherwood (flawedartist) from San Francisco (CA), USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sunil Vaswani
billionaire

Sunil Vaswani

Entrepreneur

1963 · India

$1.8Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

Sunil Vaswani is an Indian-born Nigerian billionaire businessman, and the chairman of the Stallion Group; a Dubai-headquartered company with diversified interests in cars, commodities, food, steel manufacturing, plastics, packaging, petrochemicals, port operations and technology.

Rajesh Devarajan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Who shares July 11

What kind of people are born on July 11?

Share of the 46 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Authors33% (15 people)
  • Actors24% (11 people)
  • Creators22% (10 people)
  • Athletes20% (9 people)
  • Entrepreneurs15% (7 people)
  • Politicians15% (7 people)
  • Scientists15% (7 people)

Countries

24 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States16 (16 people)
  • France4 (4 people)
  • Canada2 (2 people)
  • India2 (2 people)
  • Japan2 (2 people)
  • Mexico2 (2 people)
  • Australia1 (1 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on July 11 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. ~22Alessia CaraReceived the Grammy Award for Best New Artist (2018)
  2. ~17Amad DialloJoined Atalanta BC (2019)
  3. ~18Mohamed ElnenyJoined Al Mokawloon Al Arab SC (2010)
  4. ~17Yoann GourcuffJoined Stade Rennais F.C. (2003)

26 to 30

  1. ~27Hugo SánchezNamed Pichichi Trophy (1985)
  2. 28Alexander ProkhorovReceived the Medal "For Courage" (1945)
  3. ~27Mohamed ElnenyJoined Beşiktaş J.K. (2019)
  4. ~28Raúl GarcíaJoined Spain men's national football team (2014)

31 to 40

  1. 36Yul BrynnerReceived the Academy Award for Best Actor (1957)
  2. ~33Jhumpa LahiriReceived the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2000)
  3. ~38Sela WardReceived the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (1994)
  4. ~40Jafar PanahiNotable work: The Circle (2000)

41 to 50

  1. 47Thomas MitchellReceived the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (1940)
  2. ~48Alexander ProkhorovReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (1964)
  3. ~41Giorgio ArmaniFounded Giorgio Armani (1975)
  4. 50John Quincy AdamsBecame United States Secretary of State (1817)

After 50

  1. 57John Quincy AdamsBecame President-elect of the United States (1825)
  2. 56Gough WhitlamBecame Prime Minister of Australia (1972)
  3. 88Giorgio ArmaniNamed honorary degree (2023)
  4. 52Jafar PanahiReceived the Sakharov Prize (2012)

The standouts

The most successful people born on July 11

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

John Quincy Adams
author

John Quincy Adams

Top tier

Politician

1767–1848 · United States

John Quincy Adams was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States secretary of state from 1817 to 1825; minister to Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia; and senator for Massachusetts.

jklamo Cleaned and enhanced by Julielangford, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Yul Brynner
actor

Yul Brynner

Top tier

Actor

1920–1985 · Far Eastern Republic

Yuliy Borisovich Briner, known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian and American actor.

CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Alexander Prokhorov
scientist

Alexander Prokhorov

Top tier

Scientist

1916–2002 · Russia

Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet physicist and researcher whose work focused on quantum electronics. His most famous and well-known works were on optics and electromagnetic research.

Nobel foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Stephen Lang
actor

Stephen Lang

Actor

1952 · United States

Stephen Lang is an American stage and screen actor. He gained fame for his role as Colonel Miles Quaritch in James Cameron's Avatar (2009), for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Lang reprised the role in the sequels.

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Amad Diallo
athlete

Amad Diallo

Athlete

2002 · Ivory Coast

Amad Diallo, sometimes known mononymously as Amad, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United and the Ivory Coast national team.

Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sela Ward
actor

Sela Ward

Actor

1956 · United States

Sela Ann Ward is an American actress. Her breakthrough TV role was as Teddy Reed in the NBC drama series Sisters (1991–96), for which she received her first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994.

Greg Hernandez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Builders

Entrepreneurs born on July 11

Spencer Cox
entrepreneur

Spencer Cox

Entrepreneur

1975 · United States

Spencer James Cox is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2021 as the 18th governor of Utah. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2013 to 2021 as the eighth lieutenant governor of Utah.

Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Andrew Puzder
entrepreneur

Andrew Puzder

Entrepreneur · Hardee's · food and beverage

1950 · United States

Andrew Franklin Puzder is an American attorney, author, and businessman who has served as United States Ambassador to the European Union since 2025.

United States Department of State, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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entrepreneur

Zecharia Sitchin

Entrepreneur

1920–2010 · United States

Zecharia Sitchin was an Azerbaijani-born author of a number of books proposing an explanation for human origins involving ancient astronauts.

Sources (2)
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
entrepreneur

Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Entrepreneur

1953 · Mexico

Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola is a Mexican actress, director, and producer. She has received four Ariel Awards, two for Best Actress, and two for Supporting Actress.

Secretaría de Cultura CDMX, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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July 11 in history

What else happened on July 11

  1. 472Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is killed by troops of the Roman Gothic general Ricimer.
  2. 1789Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
  3. 1899Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
  4. 1941The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana.
  5. 1977Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

More birthday twins

Famous people born on July 11

Caroline Wozniacki
athlete

Caroline Wozniacki

Athlete

1990 · Kingdom of Denmark

Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish former professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the WTA, holding the position for a total of 71 weeks.

Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Michael Rosenbaum
actor

Michael Rosenbaum

Actor

1972 · United States

Michael Owen Rosenbaum is an American actor and podcaster. He is known for portraying Lex Luthor on the television series Smallville, a role that TV Guide included in their 2013 list of "The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time".

Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Richie Sambora
musician

Richie Sambora

Musician

1959 · United States

Richard Stephen Sambora is an American musician, songwriter and singer. He was the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and co-principal songwriter for the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013.

Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jafar Panahi
actor

Jafar Panahi

Actor

1960 · Iran

Jafar Panâhi is an Iranian filmmaker and actor. He is known internationally for his artistic contributions to post-1979 Revolution Iranian cinema, and he has been associated with the Iranian New Wave.

Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Carl Schmitt
author

Carl Schmitt

Politician

1888–1985 · Germany

Carl Schmitt was a German jurist and political philosopher. An authoritarian conservative, he was noted as a critic of parliamentary democracy, liberalism, and cosmopolitanism.

ABC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Justin Chambers
actor

Justin Chambers

Actor

1970 · United States

Justin Willman Chambers is an American actor and former model best known for his role as Dr. Alex Karev in Grey's Anatomy (2005–2020). Born in Ohio, he went to Southeastern High School, South Charleston, and later studied acting at New York's HB Studio.

Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Alessia Cara
actor

Alessia Cara

Actor

1996 · Canada

Alessia Caracciolo, known professionally as Alessia Cara, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She began posting covers of songs on YouTube at age 13.

Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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athlete

Hugo Sánchez

Athlete

1958 · Mexico

Hugo Sánchez Márquez is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

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E. B. White
author

E. B. White

Creator

1899–1985 · United States

Elwyn Brooks White was an American writer, essayist, and a contributing editor for The New Yorker magazine. He was also the author of highly popular books for children: Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970).

Cornell University senior photograph. Uploaded by w:user:cornell2010., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Lawrence Stroll

Lawrence Stroll

F1 aston martin team owner

1959 · Canada

Lawrence Sheldon Strulović, commonly known as Lawrence Stroll, is a Canadian businessman who is part-owner and executive chairman of Aston Martin, as well as the owner of their Formula One team. According to Forbes, he has a net worth of US$3.9 billion, as of March 2024.

Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Suzanne Vega
musician

Suzanne Vega

Musician

1959 · United States

Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American singer-songwriter of folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans 40 years.

Peabody Awards, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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David Henrie
actor

David Henrie

Actor

1989 · United States

David Clayton Henrie is an American actor, writer, and director.

David_Henrie_2010.jpg: Music4mix at https://www.flickr.com/photos/music4mix/ derivative work: Tabercil (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Gough Whitlam
politician

Gough Whitlam

Politician

1916–2014 · Australia

Edward Gough Whitlam was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975.

Australian Conservation Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jhumpa Lahiri
actor

Jhumpa Lahiri

Actor

1967 · United States

Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in Italian.

librairie mollat, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Thomas Mitchell
actor

Thomas Mitchell

Actor

1892–1962 · United States

Thomas John Mitchell was an American character actor, writer, and theater director. He is considered one of the both greatest supporting and character actors of the Golden Age of Hollywood and a leading man on Broadway.

Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Harold Bloom
author

Harold Bloom

Author

1930–2019 · United States

Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called "probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world".

Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Amitav Ghosh
author

Amitav Ghosh

Author

1956 · India

Amitav Ghosh is an American writer. He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honour. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia.

Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Mohamed Elneny
athlete

Mohamed Elneny

Athlete

1992 · Egypt

Mohamed Naser Elsayed Elneny is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Egypt national team. He is regarded as one of the best Egyptian players in history.

Анна Нэсси, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Yoann Gourcuff
athlete

Yoann Gourcuff

Athlete

1986 · France

Yoann Miguel Gourcuff is a French former professional footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder. He could also be utilized as a withdrawn striker; he was described as a "playmaker of real quality", "an accomplished passer of the ball".

S. Plaine, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Léon Bloy
author

Léon Bloy

Author

1846–1917 · France

Léon Bloy was a French Catholic novelist, essayist, pamphleteer, and satirist, known additionally for his eventual and passionate defense of Catholicism and for his influence within French Catholic circles.

Dornac, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Émerson Leão
athlete

Émerson Leão

Athlete

1949 · Brazil

Émerson Leão is a Brazilian former football goalkeeper and manager. He is regarded by pundits as one of the best Brazilian goalkeepers of all time. A documentary video produced by FIFA, FIFA Fever, called him the third-most impressive defense player of all time.

Júnior Faria/flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jérôme Lalande
scientist

Jérôme Lalande

Author

1732–1807 · France

Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande was a French astronomer, freemason and writer. He is known for having estimated a precise value of the astronomical unit using measurements of the transit of Venus in 1769.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jacopo Sansovino
artist

Jacopo Sansovino

Artist

1486–1570 · Republic of Venice

Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino was an Florentine sculptor and architect of the Italian Renaissance. He was active in Florence, in Rome and in the Republic of Venice, where he worked particularly around Piazza San Marco.

Jacopo Tintoretto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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William Robert Grove
inventor

William Robert Grove

Inventor

1811–1896 · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Sir William Robert Grove, FRS FRSE was a Welsh judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology. He invented the Grove voltaic cell.

Lock & Whitfield (active 1856-1894), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jean-François Marmontel
author

Jean-François Marmontel

Politician

1723–1799 · France

Jean-François Marmontel was a French historian, writer and a member of the Encyclopédistes movement.

Alexander Roslin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Robert Jameson
investor

Robert Jameson

Investor

1774–1854 · Kingdom of Great Britain

Robert Jameson FRS FRSE was a Scottish naturalist and mineralogist.

George Watson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Johann Matthäus Bechstein
investor

Johann Matthäus Bechstein

Investor

1757–1822 · Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Johann Matthäus Bechstein was a German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist. In Great Britain, he was known for his treatise on singing birds.

Emil Eugen Sachse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Paolo Savi
investor

Paolo Savi

Investor

1798–1871 · Kingdom of Italy

Paolo Savi was an Italian geologist and ornithologist.

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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athlete

Tomoyuki Kajino

Athlete

1960 · Japan

Tomoyuki Kajino is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team. His brother Satoshi Kajino is also former footballer.

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Sources and method for this page

This page lists 46 people born on July 11, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. 4 of them carry a dated net-worth estimate citing Forbes or Bloomberg; combined wealth is the sum of the low end of those estimates, the newest as of September 2025. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on July 11. Read the full methodology.

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