January 11
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Art and culture
Births
- 1906 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist
- 1916 - Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989)
- 1961 - Jasper Fforde, British author
- 1971 - Mary J. Blige, American singer
Deaths
- 1771 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (b. 1704)
- 1928 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840)
- 1966 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
- 2002 - Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)
- 2007 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
Notes
- 2007 - Baron Haussmann (March 27, 1809 – January 11, 1891) was a French urbanist
- 2007 - Gordon Rattray Taylor (January 11, 1911 - December 7 1981) is a British author and broadcaster best remembered for his Freudian interpretation of history: Sex in History
- 2007 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (June 25, 1884 - January 11, 1979) was an art dealer and promoter
- 2007 - Monte Blue
- 2007 - Antoine-Augustin Préault
- 2007 - Johann Nepomuk Geiger
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