January 11th Birthdays

Mary J. Blige, Grammy-winning American singer and actress, was born on this day in 1971 in the Bronx, New York.

Also born on January 11th:

• 1935
  Melvyn Hayes, British actor
• 1946
  Tony Kaye, British piano and organ player
• 1949
  Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer
• 1949
  Chris Ford, American basketball player, coach
• 1956
  Robert Earl Keen, American singer
• 1957
  Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player
• 1958
  Vicki Peterson, American musician
• 1961
  Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, Austrian politician, head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
• 1962
  Kim Coles, American actress
• 1969
  Kyle Richards, American actress
• 1970
  Chris Jent, American basketball player, coach
• 1971
  Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter, musician
• 1972
  Marc Blucas, American actor
  Christian Jacobs, American singer
  Amanda Peet, American actress
• 1973
  Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
• 1977
  Shomari Buchanan, American football player
  Nadia Turner, American singer
• 1978
  Holly Brisley, Australian actress
• 1980
  Mike Williams, American football player
  Deanna Wright, American actress
• 1981
  Jamelia, English singer
  Tom Meighan, British singer
• 1982
  Tony Allen, American basketball player
  Ashley Taylor Dawson, English actor, singer

1985
Aja Naomi King, American actress

January Birthday Calendar

Died on January 11th:

• 1843
  Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, songwriter (age 63)
• 1923
  Constantine I of Greece (age 54)
• 1928
  Thomas Hardy, English novelist, poet (age 87)
• 1958
  Edna Purviance, American actress (age 62)
• 1981
  Beulah Bondi, American actress (age 91)
• 1985
  Edward Buzzell, American actor, director (age 89)
• 2008
  Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer (age 88)
• 2010
  Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (age 100)
• 2011
  David Nelson, American actor, director (age 74)
• 2014
  Ariel Sharon, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (age 85)
• 2015
  Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model, actress (age 83)
• 2016
  David Margulies, American actor (age 79)
• 2019
  Stan Kirsch, American actor
• 2023
  Charles Kimbrough, American actor (aged 86)