Famous Birthdays for January 11th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 347 – Theodosius I, Roman emperor (d. 395)
• 889 – Abd-ar-Rahman III, first Caliph of Córdoba (d. 961)
• 1113 – Wang Chongyang, Chinese religious leader and poet (d. 1170)
• 1209 – Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1259)
• 1322 – Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1380)
• 1359 – Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (d. 1393)
• 1395 – Michele of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
• 1503 – Parmigianino, Italian artist (d. 1540)
• 1589 – William Strode, English politician (d. 1666)
• 1591 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1646)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1624 – Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw, Dutch painter (d. 1680)
• 1630 – John Rogers, English-American minister, physician, and academic (d. 1684)
• 1638 – Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist (d. 1686)
• 1642 – Johann Friedrich Alberti, German organist and composer (d. 1710)
• 1650 – Diana Glauber, Dutch-German painter (d. 1721)^[15]
• 1671 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat (d. 1745)
• 1755 – Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
• 1757 – Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect (d. 1831)
• 1760 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1833)
• 1777 – Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (d. 1837)
• 1786 – Joseph Jackson Lister, English physicist (d. 1869)
• 1788 – William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic (d. 1866)
• 1800 – Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (d. 1895)
• 1807 – Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University (d. 1874)
• 1814 – James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
• 1814 – Socrates Nelson, American businessman and politician (d. 1867)^[16]
• 1815 – John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
• 1825 – Bayard Taylor, American poet, author, and critic (d. 1878)
• 1839 – Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (d. 1903)
• 1842 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
• 1843 – Adolf Eberle, German painter (d. 1914)
• 1845 – Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
• 1850 – Joseph Charles Arthur, American pathologist and mycologist (d. 1942)
• 1852 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany (d. 1926)
• 1853 – Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 1932)
• 1856 – Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1941)
• 1857 – Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
• 1858 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (d. 1947)
• 1859 – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (d. 1925)
• 1864 – Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946)
• 1867 – Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic (d. 1927)
• 1868 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1940)
• 1870 – Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator (d. 1945)
• 1872 – G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic (d. 1956)
• 1873 – John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
• 1875 – Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic (d. 1956)
• 1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
• 1876 – Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1952)
• 1878 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1952)
• 1885 – Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist (d. 1977)
• 1887 – Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (d. 1948)
• 1888 – Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician (d. 1954)
• 1889 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (d. 1938)
• 1890 – Max Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic (d. 1954)
• 1891 – Andrew Sockalexis, American runner (d. 1919)
• 1893 – Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (d. 1969)
• 1893 – Charles Fraser, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1981)
• 1893 – Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
• 1895 – Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973)
• 1897 – Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (d. 1955)
• 1897 – August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer (d. 1991)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988)^[17]
• 1902 – Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (d. 1986)
• 1903 – Alan Paton, South African author and activist (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960)
• 1906 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (d. 2008)
• 1907 – Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
• 1908 – Lionel Stander, American actor and activist (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1999)
• 1910 – Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician (d. 1966)
• 1911 – Tommy Duncan, American singer-songwriter (d. 1967)
• 1911 – Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Don "Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980)
• 1915 – Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer (d. 1955)
• 1916 – Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor (d. 1989)
• 1917 – John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)
• 1918 – Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist (d. 1973)
• 1918 – Spencer Walklate, Australian rugby league player and soldier (d. 1945)^[18]
• 1920 – Mick McManus, English wrestler (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
• 1921 – Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1923 – Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (d. 2012)^[19]
• 1924 – Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 – Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Slim Harpo, American blues singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1970)
• 1925 – Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises (d. 2016)
• 1926 – Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1998)
• 1928 – David L. Wolper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist (d. 2020)
• 1930 – Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director
• 1933 – Goldie Hill, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
• 1936 – Eva Hesse, German-American sculptor and educator (d. 1970)
• 1938 – Arthur Scargill, English miner, activist, and politician^[20]
• 1939 – Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier
• 1940 – Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1941 – Gérson, Brazilian footballer
• 1942 – Bud Acton, American basketball player
• 1942 – Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (d. 2011)
• 1944 – Mohammed Abdul-Hayy, Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989)
• 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand

• 1945 – Christine Kaufmann, German actress, author, and businesswoman (d. 2017)
• 1946 – Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2022)
• 1946 – Tony Kaye, English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter
• 1946 – John Piper, American theologian and author
• 1947 – Hamish Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1948 – Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
• 1948 – Joe Harper, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Madeline Manning, American runner and coach
• 1948 – Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Yokozuna (d. 2018)
• 1948 – Terry Williams, Welsh drummer
• 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1949 – Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
• 1951 – Charlie Huhn, American rock singer and guitarist
• 1951 – Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
• 1951 – Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop (d. 2021)
• 1952 – Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Ben Crenshaw, American golfer and architect
• 1952 – Michael Forshaw, Australian lawyer and politician
• 1952 – Diana Gabaldon, American author
• 1952 – Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer
• 1953 – Graham Allen, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
• 1953 – Kostas Skandalidis, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
• 1954 – Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Defence
• 1954 – Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1956 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (d. 2014)
• 1956 – David Grant, Australian rugby league player (d. 1994)^[21]
• 1957 – Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1957 – Peter Moore, Australian rules footballer and coach
• 1957 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
• 1958 – Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Brett Bodine, American NASCAR driver^[22]
• 1959 – Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish racing driver (d. 1989)
• 1962 – Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1962 – Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
• 1962 – Brian Moore, English rugby player
• 1963 – Tracy Caulkins, American-Australian swimmer
• 1963 – Petra Schneider, German swimmer
• 1964 – Ralph Recto, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Albert Dupontel, French actor and director
• 1965 – Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
• 1965 – Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
• 1966 – Marc Acito, American author and screenwriter
• 1967 – Michael Healy-Rae, Irish politician
• 1968 – Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Finance
• 1968 – Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer
• 1968 – Steve Mavin, Australian rugby league player^[23]
• 1969 – Manny Acta, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster
• 1970 – Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor
• 1970 – Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Malcolm D. Lee, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
• 1970 – Ken Ueno, American composer
• 1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1971 – Jeff Orford, Australian rugby league player
• 1971 – Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
• 1972 – Christian Jacobs, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1972 – Anthony Lledo, Danish composer
• 1972 – Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright
• 1973 – Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
• 1973 – Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer and captain
• 1974 – Roman Görtz, German footballer
• 1974 – Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
• 1974 – Jens Nowotny, German footballer
• 1975 – Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
• 1975 – Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach
• 1975 – Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy
• 1976 – Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
• 1977 – Shamari Buchanan, American football player
• 1977 – Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
• 1977 – Shane Kelly, Australian rugby league player^[24]
• 1977 – Olexiy Lukashevych, Ukrainian long jumper
• 1978 – Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
• 1978 – Holly Brisley, Australian actress
• 1978 – Michael Duff, Irish footballer
• 1978 – Emile Heskey, English footballer
• 1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
• 1979 – Michael Lorenz, German footballer
• 1979 – Terence Morris, American basketball player^[25]
• 1979 – Henry Shefflin, Irish hurler
• 1979 – Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian singer-songwriter and businesswoman^[26]
• 1980 – Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1980 – Mike Williams, American football player
• 1982 – Tony Allen, American basketball player
• 1982 – Clint Greenshields, Australian-French rugby league player^[27]
• 1982 – Blake Heron, American actor (d. 2017)
• 1982 – Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
• 1983 – Turner Battle, American basketball player
• 1983 – André Myhrer, Swedish skier
• 1983 – Ted Richards, Australian rules footballer
• 1983 – Adrian Sutil, German racing driver
• 1984 – Kevin Boss, American football player
• 1984 – Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
• 1984 – Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
• 1984 – Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
• 1984 – Glenn Stewart, Australian rugby league player^[28]
• 1985 – Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 – Lucy Knisley, American author and illustrator
• 1987 – Scotty Cranmer, American Professional BMX rider
• 1987 – Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer
• 1987 – Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Jamie Vardy, English footballer
• 1987 – Kim Young-kwang, South Korean actor and model
• 1988 – Rodrigo José Pereira, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 – Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Ryan Griffin, American football player
• 1991 – Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
• 1992 – Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer
• 1993 – Michael Keane, English footballer
• 1993 – Will Keane, Irish footballer
• 1995 – Nick Solak, American baseball player^[29]
• 1996 – Leroy Sané, German footballer
• 1997 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1998 – Thomas Mikaele, New Zealand rugby league player^[30]
• 1999 – Brandon Wakeham, Australian-Fijian rugby league player^[31]