Monday, April 13, 2009

Famous Births on 14 Apr

Famous Births on 14 Apr

1336 - Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374)
1572 - Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)
1578 - King Philip III of Spain (d. 1621)
1629 - Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician (d. 1695)
1668 - Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741)
1714 - Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (d. 1788)
1738 - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)
1741 - Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)
1773 - Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French statesman (d. 1854)
1788 - David G. Burnet, interim president of the Republic of Texas (d. 1870)
1818 - Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, queen of Hanover (d. 1909)
1827 - Augustus Pitt Rivers, English archaeologist (d. 1900)
1857 - Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (d. 1944)
1866 - Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936)
1868 - Peter Behrens, German architect (d. 1940)
1870 - Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (d. 1905)
1870 - Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1929)
1872 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Islamic scholar (d. 1953)
1882 - Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher, (d. 1936)
1886 - Ernst Robert Curtius, Alsatian philologist (d. 1956)
1891 - B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956)
1892 - Vere Gordon Childe, Australian philologist (d. 1957)
1897 - Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)
1902 - Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1974)
1904 - Sir John Gielgud, English actor (d. 2000)
1905 - Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (d. 1999)
1907 - François Duvalier, Haitian politician (d. 1971)
1917 - Marvin Miller, American labor activist
1917 - Valerie Hobson, British actress (d. 1998)
1921 - Thomas Schelling, American economist, Nobel laureate
1923 - Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golf player
1924 - Shorty Rogers, American jazz musician (d. 1994)
1925 - Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1974)
1925 - Abel Muzorewa, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
1925 - Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002)
1926 - Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer, director and teacher (d. 1996)
1926 - Liz Renay, American actress (d. 2007)
1927 - Dany Robin, French actress (d. 1995)
1927 - Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2007)
1929 - Gerry Anderson, English television producer
1930 - Bradford Dillman, American actor
1931 - Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player
1932 - Bob Grant, English actor (d. 2003)
1934 - Fredric Jameson, American philosopher, cultural theorist
1935 - Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer
1935 - Loretta Lynn, American singer/songwriter
1936 - Kenneth Mars, American actor
1936 - Frank Serpico, American policeman
1936 - Bobby Nichols, American professional golfer
1941 - Julie Christie, British actress
1941 - Pete Rose, American baseball player
1942 - Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician
1942 - Valentin Lebedev, Russian cosmonaut
1945 - Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist
1945 - Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa
1948 - Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician
1949 - DeAnne Julius, American/English economist
1949 - John Shea, American actor
1950 - Francis Collins, American scientist
1951 - Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
1952 - Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish sportsman
1953 - David Buss, Evolutionary psychologist
1954 - Bruce Sterling, American science fiction author
1957 - Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
1957 - Richard Jeni, American comedian (d. 2007)
1957 - Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor
1958 - John D'Aquino, American actor
1960 - Brad Garrett, American actor
1961 - Robert Carlyle, British actor
1964 - Greg Battle, Canadian Football League player
1965 - Tom Dey, American film director
1966 - André Boisclair, Quebec politician (Parti Québécois)
1966 - Greg Maddux, American baseball player
1966 - David Justice, American baseball player
1967 - Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
1967 - Nicola Berti, Italian International footballer
1967 - Alain Côté, French Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Anthony Michael Hall, American actor
1969 - Mark Macon, American basketball player
1969 - Martyn LeNoble, Dutch musician
1969 - Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist
1969 - Brad Ausmus, American baseball player
1970 - Shizuka Kudō, Japanese singer
1970 - Emre AltuÄŸ, Turkish singer
1971 - Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer
1971 - Peter Gibson, American writer
1971 - Gregg Zaun, American baseball player
1972 - Roberto Mejia, Dominican baseball player
1972 - Paul Devlin, England-born Scottish footballer
1973 - Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
1973 - Adrien Brody, American actor
1973 - David Miller, American tenor (Il Divo)
1974 - Shawntae Harris, American rapper
1975 - Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1975 - Avner Dorman, Israeli composer
1975 - Veronika Zemanová, Czech model
1975 - Amy Dumas, American professional wrestler
1976 - Anna DeForge, American basketball player
1976 - Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player
1976 - Christian Älvestam, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
1977 - Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress
1979 - Noé Pamarot, French footballer
1979 - Randal McCloy, Survivor of the Sago Mine Disaster
1979 - Rebecca DiPietro, American model
1980 - Ben Wells, American actor
1980 - Win Butler, American/Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
1983 - James McFadden, Scottish footballer
1983 - William Yaw Obeng, Arena Football League lineman
1983 - Nikoloz Tskitishvili, American basketball player
1984 - Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (d. 2004)
1986 - Matt Derbyshire, English footballer
1986 - Anne Watanabe, Japanese model
1993 - Vivien Cardone, an American actress
1993 - Graham Phillips (actor), American actor
1996 - Abigail Breslin, American child actress

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