List of Famous people born on October 11st

Heinrich Julius Klaproth was a German linguist, historian, ethnographer, author, orientalist and explorer. As a scholar, he is credited along with Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, with being instrumental in turning East Asian Studies into scientific disciplines with critical methods.

Arthur Guy Zajonc is a physicist and the author of several books related to science, mind, and spirit; one of these is based on dialogues about quantum mechanics with the Dalai Lama. Zajonc, professor emeritus at Amherst College as of 2012, has been teaching there since 1978. He has served as the General Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America. From January 2012 to June 2015 he was president of the Mind and Life Institute.

Hon. Sir John Duncan Bligh KCB, DL was a British diplomat.

Michael Howard Kay Ph.D FBCS is the editor of the W3C XSLT 2.0 and 3.0 language specifications for performing XML transformations, and the developer of the Saxon XSLT and XQuery processing software.

Suzy Prim was a French actress.

Stephen Spinella is an American stage, television, and film actor.

Catlin Adams is an American actress and film director. Her main roles include The Jazz Singer and Toothless. She is also well known for her performance as promiscuous carnival worker Patty Bernstein in The Jerk. As a director, she shared a Directors Guild of America Award for an afterschool special.