Hank Greenberg (1911-1986)
Jan 1 American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (5 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1935, 45; AL MVP 1935, 40; Detroit Tigers), born in NYC, NY
- Jan 3 John Sturges, American film director (Old Man & Sea, Magnificent 7), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 1992)
- Jan 5 Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor (Lili, Cat & Mouse, Happy Hooker), born in Paris, France (d. 2001)
- Jan 6 Billy Sands, American actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), born in Bergen, New York (d. 1984)
- Jan 6 Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean political leader (President 1964-70), born in Santiago, Chile (d. 1982)
- Jan 6 Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricket wicketkeeper (11 Tests; first West Indian Test century-maker in England), born in Morant Bay, Jamaica (d. 1979)
- Jan 6 Joey Adams [Joseph Abramowitz], American comedian, actor and columnist (ABC's Back That Fact), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1999)
- Jan 6 Nikolai Afanasyevich Kryuchkov, Soviet film actor (Telegram, Town People), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1994)
- Jan 6 Yannis Papaioannou, Greek composer & teacher, born in Kavala, Greece (d. 1989)
- Jan 7 (Thelma) "Butterfly" McQueen, American actress (Gone With The Wind; Flame of Barbary Coast), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1995)
- Jan 7 Mervyn Waite, Australian cricketer (S Australian all-rounder) and footballer, born in Kent Town, Australia (d. 1985)
- Jan 8 "Gypsy" Rose Lee [Hovick], American burlesque actress (Gypsy), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1970)
- Jan 8 Andrej Očenáš, Slovak composer, born in Selce, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
- Jan 9 Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, British professor of occupational health, born in Kessingland, Suffolk (d. 1997)
- Jan 9 Stafford WIlliam Somerfield, British newspaper editor, born in Barnstaple, Somerfield (d. 1995)
- Jan 10 Tjalie Robinson [Jan Boon], Dutch East Indies writer and journalist (Tong Tong), born in Nijmegen, Netherlands (d. 1974)
- Jan 11 Nora Heysen, Australian artist (d. 2003)
- Jan 11 Zenko Suzuki, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
- Jan 13 Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, Australian politician, Premier of Queensland (1968-87), born in Dannevirke, New Zealand (d. 2005)
- Jan 14 Anatoly Rybakov, Russian writer, born in Chernihiv, Ukraine (d. 1998)
- Jan 14 George Amadee Tremblay, Canadian pianist & composer, born in Ottawa, Canada (d. 1982)
- Jan 14 Helmut Degen, German composer, born in Aglasterhausen, Germany (d. 1995)
- Jan 14 J. Skelly Wright, American judge (anti-segregationist), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1988)
- Jan 15 Cy Feuer, Broadway producer (Feuer & Martin-Chorus Line), born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)
- Jan 15 Wim Kan, Dutch cabaret artist, born in South Holland, Netherlands (d. 1983)
- Jan 16 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar (Professor of French) and wartime resister (d. 1995)
- Jan 16 Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
- Jan 17 Hermann Pfrogner, Austrian musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus) (d. 1988)
- Jan 18 Charles Delaunay, French writer, magazine publisher (Le Jazz Hot), jazz musiclogist (Hot Discography), record label founder, and music promoter, born in Vineuil-Saint-Firmin, France (d. 1988)
- Jan 18 Danny Kaye [David Daniel Kaminski], American comedian and actor (Danny Kaye Show, White Christmas), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1987)
- Jan 18 Gabor Darvas, Hungarian composer, born in Satu Mare, Romania (d. 1985)
- Jan 22 Bruno Kreisky, Austrian politician (Chancellor, 1970-83; Foreign Minister, 1959-66), born in Margareten, Vienna, Austria (d. 1990)
- Jan 22 Roberto Garcia Morillo, Argentine composer and music critic, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 2003)
- Jan 22 Suzanne Danco, Belgian operatic soprano singer, born in Brussels (d. 2000)
- Jan 23 Dan J. Smith, English harmonica player and gospel singer-songwriter, born in London (d. 1994)
- Jan 24 C. L. Moore, American science fiction & fantasy writer (Judgment Night), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1987)
- Jan 26 Norbert Schultze, German composer, primarily of film scores, born in Brunswick, Saxony, Germany (d. 2002)
- Jan 26 Polykarp Kusch, American nuclear physicist (1955 Nobel Prize for Physics - for determining the magnetic moment of the electron), born in Blankenburg, Germany (d. 1993)
- Jan 27 Benay Venuta [Benvenuta Rose Crooke], American actress, singer and dancer (Annie Get Your Gun, Call Me Mister), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1995)
- Jan 28 Johan van Hulst, Dutch teacher who helped save 600 children from the Nazis, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2018)
- Jan 29 Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1986)
- Jan 30 Alexander George Ogston, British biochemist, and educator (professor at Australian National University, 1959-70; president of Trinity College - Oxford, 1970-78), born in Bombay, British India (d. 1996)
- Jan 30 Hugh Marlowe [Hipple], American actor (All About Eve; Ellery Queen), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1982)
- Jan 30 Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpet player (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1989)
- Jan 31 Christina Foyle, English book seller (Foyles), born in London, England (d. 1999) [1]
- Jan 31 Eddie Byrne, British actor (Star Wars, Island of Terror), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1981)
About January 1911
How Old? 112 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No