Anniversaries 11 January

Birth

Nicolas Steno4

Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop 1638–1686

Alexander Hamilton106

Founding Father of the United States 1757–1804

Andrew Cherry2

irish writer 1762–1812

Charles Jefferys8

British music publisher 1807–1865

John A. Macdonald7

1st Prime Minister of Canada 1815–1891

Bayard Taylor13

United States poet, novelist and travel writer 1825–1878

William James246

American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist 1842–1910

George William Foote4

British secularist and journal editor 1850–1915

Harry Gordon Selfridge23

America born English businessman 1858–1947

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston21

British politician 1859–1925

Edward B. Titchener2

American psychologist 1867–1927

Dwight Morrow3

American politician 1873–1931

Aldo Leopold130

American writer and scientist 1887–1948

Alan Paton14

South African writer and activist 1903–1988

Albert Hofmann42

Swiss chemist 1906–2008

Abraham Joshua Heschel130

Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi 1907–1972

Pierre Mendès-France1

French politician 1907–1982

Jimmy Quillen2

American politician 1916–2003

James D. Thompson11

American sociologist 1920–1973

Valentine Telegdi3

American physicist 1922–2006

Carroll Shelby1

American automotive designer, racing driver, and entreprene… 1923–2012

Ernst Nolte8

German historian and philosopher 1923–2016

C. A. R. Hoare16

British computer scientist 1934

Jean Chrétien34

20th Prime Minister of Canada 1934

Eva Hesse2

German-born American sculptor 1936–1970

Arthur Scargill14

British trade unionist 1938

Richard A. Posner11

United States federal judge 1939

Jill Churchill1

American writer of historical, mystery, and romantic novels… 1943

Jim Hightower8

Texas author and liberal political activist 1943

John Piper40

American writer 1946

Larry Harvey6

Founder of Burning Man 1948–2018

M.J. Akbar4

journalist, author 1951

Lee Ritenour1

American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer 1952

Diana Gabaldon158

American author 1952

Kailash Satyarthi18

Indian children's rights activist 1954

Max Lucado78

American clergyman and writer 1955

Sakshi Maharaj4

Indian politician 1956

Luciano Suriani2

Vatican archbishop and diplomat 1957

Bryan Robson1

English footballer and manager 1957

Jasper Fforde75

British novelist 1961

Brian Moore1

British rugby player, referee, commentator 1962

Stacy McGaugh10

American astronomer 1964

Marc Acito1

American novelist, humorist, screenwriter 1966

Marcus Buckingham13

British writer 1966

Rahul Dravid12

Indian cricketer 1973

Alethea Kontis13

American writer 1976

Maureen Shea2

American boxer 1981

Matt Mullenweg10

American entrepreneur 1984

Rachel Riley5

television presenter 1986

Death

Wu Jingzi1

Chinese scholar-writer 1701–1754

William Williams Pantycelyn1

Welsh hymnwriter 1717–1791

Prithvi Narayan Shah1

far-sighted king/unifier of Nepal 1722–1775

Timothy Dwight IV3

American historian 1752–1817

Francis Scott Key8

American lawyer and poet 1779–1843

James Martineau13

English religious philosopher 1805–1900

Benjamin Butler (politician)3

Union Army general, lawyer, politician 1818–1893

Thomas Hardy171

English novelist and poet 1840–1928

Emilio De Bono5

Italian General 1866–1944

Emanuel Lasker8

German World Chess Champion and grandmaster, contract bridg… 1868–1941

Arthur Guiterman6

United States writer 1871–1943

Rodolfo Graziani5

Italian general 1882–1955

LeGrand Richards1

American Mormon leader 1886–1983

Isidor Isaac Rabi3

American physicist 1898–1988

Galeazzo Ciano1

Italian politician 1903–1944

Lal Bahadur Shastri24

The second Prime Minister of the Republic of India and a le… 1904–1966

Carl David Anderson2

American scientist 1905–1991

Miep Gies4

Dutch citizen who hid Anne Frank 1909–2010

Barbara Pym7

British writer 1913–1980

Edmund Hillary25

New Zealand mountaineer 1919–2008

Rafiq Nishonov2

Soviet politician 1926–2023

Nguyen Khanh20

South Vietnamese soldier 1927–2013

Ariel Sharon15

prime minister of Israel and Israeli general 1928–2014

Michael Atiyah5

British mathematician 1929–2019

Robert Anton Wilson110

American author and polymath 1932–2007

Spalding Gray1

actor, dramatist, playwright, screenwriter 1941–2004

Elizabeth Aston1

English writer 1948–2016

Aaron Swartz16

computer programmer and internet-political activist 1986–2013