1911: The Year in People

The Greatest Generation · Year of the Pig 🐖 · Born in 1911 turn 115 in 2026

The year in numbers

US president

William Howard Taft

In the news: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 in New York

What happened in 1911

1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1911th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 911th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1911, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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Born in 1911

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Gustave Gilbert

1911–1977 · September 30

American psychologist

Danny Kaye

1911–1987 · January 18

American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian

Ellen Corby

1911–1999 · June 3

American actress

Ashok Kumar

1911–2001 · October 13

Indian actor

Georges Pompidou

1911–1974 · July 5

President of France from 1969 to 1974

Cantinflas

1911–1993 · August 12

Mexican actor and filmmaker

Broderick Crawford

1911–1986 · December 9

American actor

Bernard Herrmann

1911–1975 · June 29

American composer

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

1911–1956 · June 26

American golfer and athlete

Dixie Lee

1911–1952 · November 4

American actress, dancer, and singer

Hank Greenberg

1911–1986 · January 1

American baseball player

Bill Monroe

1911–1996 · September 13

American bluegrass musician, songwriter

Ann Dvorak

1911–1979 · August 2

American actress

Czesław Miłosz

1911–2004 · June 30

Polish-American poet and Nobel laureate

Betty Robinson

1911–1999 · August 23

American Olympic champion

Big Joe Turner

1911–1985 · May 18

American blues singer

Buck O'Neil

1911–2006 · November 13

American baseball player

Mitch Miller

1911–2010 · July 4

American record producer and musician

Bruno Kreisky

1911–1990 · January 22

Austrian diplomat and chancellor

E. F. Schumacher

1911–1977 · August 16

British statistician and economist

Fe del Mundo

1911–2011 · November 27

Filipino pediatrician

Basil Dearden

1911–1971 · January 1

English film director

Eduardo Frei Montalva

1911–1982 · January 16

President of Chile From 1964 to 1970

Alan Hovhaness

1911–2000 · March 8

American composer

Died in 1911

Francis Galton1822–1911 · British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist
Carrie Nation1846–1911 · American temperance advocate
Emilio Salgari1862–1911 · Italian writer
Alfred Binet1857–1911 · French psychologist, IQ test developer
Addie Joss1880–1911 · American baseball player
Edward Whymper1840–1911 · English mountaineer
Alexandre Guilmant1837–1911 · French organist and composer
18411851–1911 · Calendar year
Alexandros Papadiamantis1851–1911 · Greek writer
Alfred Iverson Jr.1829–1911 · Confederate Army officer in the American Civil War
Bob Caruthers1864–1911 · American baseball player
Frederic Shields1833–1911 · English painter