January 11 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on January 11, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Dec 22 – Jan 19
Birth stone
Garnet
Birth flower
Carnation
How common
#179 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous January 11 birthdays
John A. Macdonald · 1st prime minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 18911815
William James · American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist1842
Constantin Fehrenbach · German politician1852
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston · Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary1859
Alice Paul · American suffragist, feminist, and activist1885
Alan Paton · South African writer and activist1903
Albert Hofmann · Swiss chemist1906
Roger Guillemin · French-American neuroscientist1924
Jean Chrétien · Prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 20031934
Masashi Watanabe · Japanese association football player and manager1936
Kailash Satyarthi · Indian Social Worker1954
Benjamin List · German chemist1968
Mary J. Blige · American singer1971
Amanda Peet · American actress1972
Matteo Renzi · Italian politician1975
Emile Heskey · English association football player1978
Siti Nurhaliza · Malaysian singer, actress, and model1979
Jamie Vardy · English association football player1987
Dani Carvajal · Spanish footballer1992
Leroy Sané · German association football player1996
On this day in history
1863American Civil War: The Battle of Arkansas Post concluded with the Union Army capturing a fort from Confederate forces near the mouth of the Arkansas River.
1961Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
1973Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
1986The Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, opened as the largest prestressed-concrete, single-box bridge in the world.
1927Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
1935Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
1943The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
1946The People's Republic of Albania was proclaimed, with Enver Hoxha as the country's de facto head of state.
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