Mon 11 Jan 1999

Naomi Mitchison, prolific Scottish writer, died

Sun 11 Jan 1925

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

Mon 11 Jan 1836

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

Sun 11 Jan 1818

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

Wed 11 Jan 1815

John A. MacDonald, Canadian Statesman, born in Glasgow