2011: The Year in People

Generation Z · Year of the Rabbit 🐇 · Born in 2011 turn 15 in 2026

The year in numbers

Gas, per gallon

$3.53

Median home

$138,400

Minimum wage

$7.25/hr

Movie ticket

$7.93

US population

7.04B

US president

Barack Obama

Top song

"Rolling in the Deep" — Adele

Top film

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Top TV show

American Idol

Best Picture

The Artist

In the news: Osama bin Laden killed; Arab Spring sweeps the Middle East

What happened in 2011

2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade.

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Born in 2011

2 people in our data · most viewed first

Violet McGraw

b. 2011 · April 22

American actress

Lil Bub

2011–2019 · June 21

Internet celebrity cat

Died in 2011

Christopher Hitchens1949–2011 · British and American author and journalist
Gary Moore1952–2011 · Northern Irish musician
Mike Starr (musician)1966–2011 · American bassist
Gil Scott-Heron1949–2011 · American soul and jazz poet, musician and author
Cliff Robertson1923–2011 · American actor
Jani Lane1964–2011 · American rock singer
Kenneth Mars1935–2011 · American actor
Ferenc Mádl1931–2011 · President of Hungary from 2000 to 2005
Dan Peek1950–2011 · American musician
Bubba Smith1945–2011 · American actor and athlete
Betty Ford1918–2011 · First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
Anne Francis1930–2011 · American actress