Famous people died in 11 January

Isidor Isaac Rabi was a Poland-born American physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1944

Theodor Schwann was a German physiologist who discovered the Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system

Carl David Anderson was an American physicist known for the discovery of positron

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of free India and was also a prominent leader of the Indian National Congress

Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer who along with Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Alberto Giacometti was a prominent painter and sculptor of Swiss origin

Thomas Hardy was an English poet and novelist, who is mainly known for his contribution in the naturalist movement

Aaron Swartz was an American computer programmer and entrepreneur

Pappy Boyington was an American combat pilot who was active during World War II

Ariel Sharon was an Israeli general and politician who later on served as the eleventh Prime Minister of Israel