Famous people born on 11 January

• CleopatraQueen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE · 69–30 BC
  39 yrs
• William JamesAmerican philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist · 1842–1910
  68 yrs
• Alexander HamiltonAmerican Founding Father and statesman · 1757–1804
  47 yrs
• Gregory XIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585 · 1502–1585
  83 yrs
• Albert HofmannSwiss chemist · 1906–2008
  102 yrs
• George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston ↗Viceroy of India and British Foreign Secretary · 1859–1925
  66 yrs
• John A. Macdonald ↗1st prime minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and 1878 to 1891 · 1815–1891
  76 yrs
• Abd-ar-Rahman III ↗Final Emir of Córdoba (r. 912–929); founder and 1st Caliph of Córdoba · AD 891–961
  70 yrs
• Roger Guillemin ↗French-American neuroscientist · 1924–2024
  100 yrs
• Nicolas Steno ↗Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop · 1638–1686
  48 yrs
• Masashi Watanabe ↗Japanese association football player and manager · 1936–1995
  59 yrs
• Alice Paul ↗American suffragist, feminist, and activist · 1885–1977
  92 yrs
• Constantin Fehrenbach ↗German politician · 1852–1926
  74 yrs
• Alan Paton ↗South African writer and activist · 1903–1988
  85 yrs
• Rod Taylor ↗Australian actor · 1930–2015
  84 yrs
• Zenkō Suzuki ↗Prime Minister of Japan · 1911–2004
  93 yrs
• Piero di Cosimo ↗Italian painter · 1462–1522
  60 yrs
• Pierre Mendès France ↗French politician · 1907–1982
  75 yrs
• Elizabeth of Aragon ↗Queen of Portugal · 1271–1336
  65 yrs
• Basilios Bessarion ↗Greek theologian, cardinal bishop and Latin Patriarch of Constantinople · 1403–1472
  69 yrs
• Reinhold Glière ↗Soviet Ukrainian composer · 1875–1956
  81 yrs
• Abraham Joshua Heschel ↗Polish-American rabbi, philosopher, and civil rights activist · 1907–1972
  65 yrs
• Aldo Leopold ↗American writer and scientist · 1887–1948
  61 yrs
• Edward B. Titchener ↗American psychologist · 1867–1927
  60 yrs
• Eva Hesse ↗German-born American sculptor and textile artist · 1936–1970
  34 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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