Chris Burden
Christopher Lee Burden was an American artist working in performance art, sculpture and installation art. Burden became known in the 1970s for his performance art works, including Shoot (1971), where he arranged for a friend to shoot him in the arm with a small-caliber rifle. A prolific artist, Burden created many well-known installations, public artworks and sculptures before his death in 2015.
11 April 1946
Born on the same birth date (11 April 1946): Bob Harris (radio presenter)
Born on the same birth day (11 April): Charles Hallé • Dan Maskell • Edward Lawson (VC) • Frederick I, Elector of Saxony • George Canning • Johanna Elberskirchen • John Alcock (organist) • John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich • Josh Server • K. L. Saigal • Leo Rosten • Louise Lasser • Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior) • Nicholas F. Brady • Stefanos Thomopoulos • Steve Azar • Waldemar Fornalik • Willie Royster • Władysław Komar • Yuriy Lituyev
Born in the same month (April 1946): Alan Knott • Bob Harris (radio presenter) • Carlton Sherwood • Colette Besson • Ed O'Neill • Ernst Bakker • George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen • Peter Sutherland