List of Famous people who born in 1911

Friedrich Karl Dörner was a German classics, epigrapher and Classical Archeologist.

Alfa Tofft was a pioneering Danish badminton enthusiast who later became an educator. In 1935, she founded Denmark's first badminton club, Aarhus Badmintonklub. Ten years later, she was a co-founder of Red Barnet, the Danish branch of Save the Children. From 1965 to 1974, she was director of Jydsk Børnehave-Seminarium, a teacher-training establishment for kindergarten teachers.

Sir Frederick Charles Frank, OBE, FRS, known as Sir Charles Frank, was a British theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work on crystal dislocations, including the idea of the Frank–Read source of dislocations. He also proposed the cyclol reaction in the mid-1930s, and made many other contributions to solid-state physics, geophysics, and the theory of liquid crystals.

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry. A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945. This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe —as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reich Labour Service and the Volkssturm. There were also 43 foreign recipients of the award.

Luis Díez del Corral y Pedruzo was a Spanish jurist, writer and political scientist. He was legal counsel and a deputy in the Spanish Cortes from 1943–49, during the first legislative sessions of the Franco Period and was the chief of the "Section for Corporate and Social Management" of the Institute for Political Studies.

Victoria Horne was an American character actress, appearing in 49 films during the 1940s and 1950s.

Paul John Hallinan was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Charleston (1958–1962) and Archbishop of Atlanta (1962–68). He was known as a champion of racial equality and liturgical reform.

Giorgio Borg Olivier, was a Maltese statesman and leading politician. He twice served as Prime Minister of Malta as the Leader of the Nationalist Party. He was also Leader of the Opposition between 1955–58, and again between 1971–77.