Monday, July 13, 2009

Famous Births on 14 Jul

Famous Births on 14 Jul

1454 - Poliziano, Florentine humanist (d. 1494)
1602 - Jules Mazarin, French statesman and cardinal (d. 1661)
1608 - George Goring, Lord Goring, English royalist soldier (d. 1657)
1610 - Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1670)
1634 - Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (d. 1719)
1671 - Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)
1675 - Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (d. 1747)
1676 - Caspar Abel, German theologian, historian, and poet (d. 1763)
1696 - William Oldys, English antiquarian and bibliographer (d. 1761)
1721 - John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807)
1743 - Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, Russian poet (d. 1816)
1785 - Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer, journalist (d. 1851)
1801 - Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (d. 1858)
1816 - Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (d. 1882)
1829 - Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1896)
1834 - James McNeil Whistler, American painter (d. 1903)
1858 - Emmeline Pankhurst, English suffragette (d. 1928)
1859 - Willy Hess, German violinist (d. 1928)
1860 - Owen Wister, American author (d. 1938)
1862 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)
1865 - Arthur Capper, Newspaper publisher and politician (d. 1951)
1868 - Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (d. 1926)
1874 - Khedive Abbas II of Egypt (d. 1944)
1885 - King Sisavang Vong of Laos (d. 1959)
1891 - Alexander M. Volkov, Russian novelist and mathematician (d. 1977)
1893 - Clarence J. Brown, Newspaper publisher and politician (d. 1965)
1896 - Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (d. 1936)
1898 - A. B. "Happy" Chandler, American politician and baseball commissioner (d. 1991)
1901 - Gerald Finzi, British composer (d. 1956)
1903 - Irving Stone, American writer (d. 1989)
1906 - Tom Carvel, Greek-born businessman and inventor (d. 1990)
1910 - William Hanna, American animator (d. 2001)
1911 - Terry-Thomas, British actor (d. 1990)
1912 - Northrop Frye, Canadian literary critic (d. 1991)
1912 - Woody Guthrie, American folk musician (d. 1967)
1913 - Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (d. 2006)
1918 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film and theatre director (d. 2007)
1918 - Arthur Laurents, American playwright, novelist, and director
1919 - Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (d. 1987)
1921 - Leon Garfield, English children's author (d. 1996)
1921 - Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
1922 - Elfriede Rinkel, Nazi concentration camp guard
1922 - Robin Olds, American World War II and Vietnam War ace fighter pilot (d. 2007)
1923 - Dale Robertson, American actor
1924 - James W. Black, Scottish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate
1926 - Harry Dean Stanton, American actor
1927 - John Chancellor, American television commentator (d. 1996)
1928 - Nancy Olson, American actress
1930 - Polly Bergen, American actress
1932 - Roosevelt Grier, American football player and actor
1933 - Robert Bourassa, Quebec politician (d. 1996)
1937 - Yoshiro Mori, Japanese politician
1938 - Jerry Rubin, American activist (d. 1994)
1939 - George E. Slusser, American scholar and writer
1939 - Sid Haig, American actor
1939 - Karel Gott, Czech singer
1940 - Susan Howatch, English author
1941 - Maulana Karenga, American author and activist
1941 - Andreas Khol, Austrian politician
1942 - Javier Solana, Spanish European Union foreign policy chief
1943 - Christopher Priest, English novelist
1944 - Billy McCool, American baseball player
1946 - John Wood, Australian actor
1946 - Vincent Pastore, American actor
1947 - Claudia Kennedy, U.S. Army officer
1950 - Gwen Guthrie, American singer (d. 1999)
1951 - Erich Hallhuber, German actor (d. 2003)
1952 - Bob Casale, AKA Bob 2, American Musician (Devo)
1952 - Joel Silver, American film producer
1952 - Eric Laneuville, American director, Actor, Producer
1952 - Franklin Graham, American evangelist
1955 - L. Brent Bozell, American author and activist
1956 - Vladimir Kulich, Czech actor
1958 - Joe Keenan, American screenwriter, television producer and novelist.
1960 - Jane Lynch, American actress
1960 - Anna Bligh, Australian politician
1961 - Jackie Earle Haley, American actor
1962 - Jeff Olson, American musician
1963 - Phil Rosenthal, American newspaper columnist
1966 - Tanya Donelly, American musician (Belly)
1966 - Ellen Reid, Canadian musician (Crash Test Dummies)
1966 - Matthew Fox, American actor
1966 - Brian Selznick, American author and illustrator
1967 - Patrick J. Kennedy, politician
1967 - Robin Ventura, American baseball player
1968 - Kazushi Sakuraba, Japanese mixed martial artist/professional wrestler
1970 - Nina Siemaszko, American actress
1971 - Mark LoMonaco, American professional wrestler
1971 - Joey Styles, American wrestling commentator
1971 - Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian singer
1972 - Deborah Mailman, Australian actress
1973 - Candela Peña, Spanish actress
1973 - Adam Quinn, American bagpipe player
1973 - Halil Mutlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
1974 - David Mitchell, English comedian and actor
1975 - Taboo, American rapper
1975 - Tim Hudson, American baseball player
1976 - Kirsten Sheridan, Irish film director and screenwriter
1976 - Geraint Jones, English cricketer
1977 - Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
1979 - Bernie Castro, Dominican baseball player
1979 - Axel Teichmann, German cross-country skier
1980 - George Smith, Australian Rugby player
1981 - Yomi, Japanese vocalist (Nightmare)
1981 - Lee Mead, English actor
1982 - Dmitry Chaplin, So You Think You Can Dance finalist
1983 - Wesley Dening, Australian TV personality
1984 - Chris Steele, Canadian musician, (Alexisonfire)
1987 - Adam Johnson, English footballer
1988 - James Vaughan, English footballer
1989 - Sean Flynn-Amir, American actor

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