January 11

Naomi Mitchison, prolific Scottish writer, died

January 11, 1999

David Wylie Bleakley, writer and Northern Ireland Labour Party politician, born

January 11, 1925

George Sigerson, a physician, professor and writer, born in County Tyrone

January 11, 1836

Daniel Silvan Evans, a Welsh clergyman, scholar and lexicographer, born

January 11, 1818

John A. MacDonald, Canadian Statesman, born in Glasgow

January 11, 1815