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January 11 birthdays

290 notable historical figures were born on January 11, and 212 died on this day. Everyone born on January 11 is a Capricorn.

18% of January 11 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (60) than any other country.

Born on January 11

• Alexander Hamilton (1757 to 1804. American Founding Father (1755–1804))
• Husayn ibn Ali (626 to 680. Grandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Imam)
• Jean Chrétien (born 1934. Prime Minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003)
• Theodosius I (347 to 395. Roman emperor from 379 to 395)
• William James (1842 to 1910. American philosopher and psychologist (1842–1910))
• Karl von Habsburg (born 1961. Austrian politician (born 1961))
• John A. Macdonald (1815 to 1891. Canadian prime minister and Father of Confederation (1815–1891))
• Möngke Khan (1209 to 1259. Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1251 to 1259)
• Albert Hofmann (1906 to 2008. Swiss chemist (1906–2008))
• George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859 to 1925. Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905)
• Matteo Renzi (born 1975. Prime Minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016)
• Alice Paul (1885 to 1977. American activist (1885–1977))
• Arthur Scargill (born 1938. British trade unionist (born 1938))
• Tony Hoare (1934 to 2026. British computer scientist (1934–2026))
• Hyon Yong-chol (1953 to 2015. North Korean general (born 1949), possibly executed in 2015)
• Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907 to 1972. Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher)
• Harold Bride (1890 to 1956. British telegraphist and Titanic survivor (1890–1956))
• Timothy D. Haugh (born 1969. U.S. Air Force general)
• Pierre Mendès France (1907 to 1982. French politician (1907–1982))
• Venetian Snares (born 1975. Canadian electronic musician)
• Parmigianino (1503 to 1540. Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker (1503–1540))
• Eva Hesse (1936 to 1970. German-born American sculptor and textile artist (1936-1970))
• Ernst Nolte (1923 to 2016. German historian (1923–2016))
• Nicolas Steno (1638 to 1686. Danish scientist and Catholic bishop (1638 – 1686))
• Zenkō Suzuki (1911 to 2004. Prime Minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982)
• Mary Rodgers (1931 to 2014. American composer, author and screenwriter (1931–2014))
• Fischer Black (1938 to 1995. American financial economist (1938–1995))
• Benjamin List (born 1968. German chemist (born 1968))
• Rafael Eitan (1929 to 2004. Israeli general and politician)
• Jamie Vardy (born 1987. English footballer (born 1987))
• Maurice Duruflé (1902 to 1986. French classical composer and organist (1902–1986))
• Duke Joachim Ernst (1901 to 1947. Duke of Anhalt in 1918)
• Constantin Fehrenbach (1852 to 1926. Chancellor of Germany from 1920 to 1921)
• Cai Yuanpei (1868 to 1940. Chinese educator and statesman (1868–1940))
• Emel Mathlouthi (born 1982. Tunisian singer and producer (born 1982))
• Peter Dale Scott (born 1929. Canadian poet, academic, and diplomat (born 1929))
• Adam Zamoyski (born 1949. British-Polish historian and author (born 1949))
• Pangalos (1878 to 1952. Leader of Greece from 1925 to 1926)
• Trygve Bratteli (1910 to 1984. 26th Prime Minister of Norway)
• Robert C. O'Brien (author) (1918 to 1973. American novelist (1918–1973))
• Christian Marclay (born 1955. Swiss-American visual artist and composer)
• Muhammad Fareed Didi (1901 to 1968. Sultan of the Maldives from 1954 to 1968)
• Ányos Jedlik (1800 to 1895. Hungarian physicist and Roman Catholic priest (1800–1895))
• Michelle of Valois (1395 to 1422. Duchess consort of Burgundy)
• Higinio Morínigo (1897 to 1983. President of Paraguay from 1940 to 1948)
• Laurens Hammond (1895 to 1973. American engineer and inventor (1895–1973))
• Alexander Stirling Calder (1870 to 1945. American sculptor (1870–1945))
• George Q. Cannon (1827 to 1901. American religious leader (1827–1901))
• Roger Guillemin (1924 to 2024. French-American neuroscientist (1924–2024))
• Zamina Begum (1917 to 1978. 1st First Lady of Afghanistan)
• Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (1827 to 1913. Austrian archduke and politician (1827–1913))
• Dani Carvajal (born 1992. Spanish footballer (born 1992))
• Christian Sinding (1856 to 1941. Norwegian composer (1856–1941))
• Mary J. Blige (born 1971. American singer and actress (born 1971))
• Maung Maung (1925 to 1994. President of Union of Myanmar (1925–1994))
• Amanda Peet (born 1972. American actress (born 1972))
• Daayiee Abdullah (1954 to 2025. Gay Muslim activist (1954–2025))
• Leroy Sané (born 1996. German footballer (born 1996))
• Vasyl Kuk (1913 to 2007. Ukrainian nationalist activist and militant (1913–2007))
• Peter Forsskål (1732 to 1763. Swedish explorer, orientalist and naturalist)

Died on January 11

• Ariel Sharon (1928 to 2014. Prime Minister of Israel from 2001 to 2006)
• Edmund Hillary (1919 to 2008. New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008))
• Thomas Hardy (1840 to 1928. English novelist and poet (1840–1928))
• Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904 to 1966. Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966)
• Anita Ekberg (1931 to 2015. Swedish actress (1931–2015))
• Constantine I (1868 to 1923. King of Greece (r. 1913–17; 1920–22))
• Aaron Swartz (1986 to 2013. American computer programmer and activist (1986–2013))
• Alberto Giacometti (1901 to 1966. Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966))
• Miltiades (Head of the Catholic Church from 311 to 314)
• Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723 to 1775. The Legendary King of Nepal (1723–1775))
• Robert Anton Wilson (1932 to 2007. American writer and futurist (1932–2007))
• Sheldon Leonard (1907 to 1997. American actor and producer (1907–1997))
• Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889 to 1952. French general (1889–1952))
• Constantine IX Monomachos (1000 to 1055. Byzantine emperor from 1042 to 1055)
• Benjamin Butler (1818 to 1893. American general and politician (1818–1893))
• Michael Atiyah (1929 to 2019. British-Lebanese mathematician (1929–2019))
• John VI (655 to 705. Head of the Catholic Church from 701 to 705)
• Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448 to 1494. Italian Renaissance painter from Florence (1448–1494))
• Jenny Longuet (1844 to 1883. Karl Marx's eldest daughter)
• Isidor Rabi (1898 to 1988. American nuclear physicist (1898–1988))
• Theodor Schwann (1810 to 1882. German physiologist (1810–1882))
• Michael I Rangabe (770 to 844. Byzantine emperor from 811 to 813)
• Hans Sloane (1660 to 1753. Anglo-Irish physician, naturalist and collector (1660–1753))
• Staurakios (775 to 812. Byzantine emperor in 811 (790s–812))
• Heraclius II (1720 to 1798. King of Kakheti (1744–1798) and Kartli (1762–98))
• Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565 to 1612. Sultan of Golconda from 1580 to 1612)
• Nguyen Khanh (1927 to 2013. South Vietnamese military supreme ruler (1927–2013))
• Ernest Shonekan (1936 to 2022. Interim President of Nigeria in 1993)
• John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873 to 1954. British politician and Lord Chancellor (1873–1954))
• François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722 to 1788. French naval officer (1722–1788))

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