11 February: today's birthdays

  • Jennifer Aniston - American actress of Greek descent. She starred in Along Came Polly and He's Just Not That into You
  • Paul Bocuse - French chef, pioneer of Nouvelle cuisine
  • Gabriel Boric - Chilean politician of Croatian descent, born Gabriel Boric Font. He was elected President of Chile on 19 December 2021.
  • Carlo Carrà - Italian painter, one of the leading figures of the Futurist movement
  • Georges Charachidzé - French linguist, historian, and scholar of the Caucasian cultures born in a Georgian family
  • Maryse Condé - French novelist from Guadeloupe, born Maryse Boucolon.
     
  • Sheryl Crow - American singer, songwriter and guitarist
  • Dieudonné - Stage name of French comedian and actor Dieudonné M'bala M'bala
  • Carel Eiting - Dutch professional footballer 
  • Hans-Georg Gadamer - German philosopher
  • Gianluca Ginoble - Italian baritone, a member of the group Il Volo (The Flight) along with Piero Barone and Ignazio Boschetto
  • Yukio Hatoyama - Japanese politician
  • Hubert Hurkacz - Polish professional tennis player.
  • Damian Lewis - English actor, born Damian Watcyn Lewis. He starred, along with Claire Danes, in the TV series Homeland and he is as the billionaire Bobby Axelrod in the TV series Billions
  • Irène Némirovsky - Ukrainian-born French writer.
  • Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini - Italian writer and humanist
  • Mary Quant - English fashion designer, best known as the inventor of the miniskirt and hot pants.
  • Burt Reynolds - American actor, director and screenwriter, born Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. 
  • Khalid Robinson - Khalid Robinson, who is often known only by his first name, Khalid, is an American singer and songwriter. His full name is ​Khalid Donnel Robinson. He rose to fame with his first single Location, in 2016.
    Khalid is a name of Arabic origins that means "eternal" or "immortal". The original Arabic pronunciation of Khalid is Kah-Leed. However, Khalid is not Muslim, nor is he of Arabic ethnicity. He was actually raised in Christian household, although he does not consider himself as religious.
    Because of the confusion around how to pronounce his name, on Twitter he clarified that in his case, Khalid is pronounced as Kuh-Leed.
  • Kelly Rowland - American singer and songwriter
  • Sidney Sheldon - American writer
  • Adrian Marius Stoian - Romanian soccer player
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