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History Births on January 14


Carlos P. Romulo
Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1985)

#Carlos_P._Romulo

Paul Tisdale
Paul Tisdale, English footballer and manager

#Paul_Tisdale

Denzil Douglas
Denzil Douglas, Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis

#Denzil_Douglas

Zachris Topelius
Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1898)

#Zachris_Topelius

Mariss Jansons
Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor

#Mariss_Jansons

Thomas Longosiwa
Thomas Longosiwa, Kenyan runner

#Thomas_Longosiwa

Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (d. 2014)

#Kenny_Wheeler

Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney, American soldier, journalist, critic, and television personality (d. 2011)

#Andy_Rooney

Siegmund Nimsgern
Siegmund Nimsgern, German opera singer

#Siegmund_Nimsgern

Luca Longhi
Luca Longhi, Italian painter (d. 1580)

#Luca_Longhi

Sonny Siebert
Sonny Siebert, American baseball player

#Sonny_Siebert

Lawrence Kasdan
Lawrence Kasdan, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Lawrence_Kasdan

Georgios Diamantakos
Georgios Diamantakos, Greek basketball player

#Georgios_Diamantakos

Steven Soderbergh
Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Steven_Soderbergh

Marc Broussard
Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Marc_Broussard

T Bone Burnett
T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#T_Bone_Burnett

Emily Watson
Emily Watson, English actress

#Emily_Watson

C?lin Popescu-T?riceanu
C?lin Popescu-T?riceanu, Romanian engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania

#C?lin_Popescu-T?riceanu

Carl Weathers
Carl Weathers, American football player and actor

#Carl_Weathers

Dimitrie Bolintineanu
Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet and politician (d. 1872)

#Dimitrie_Bolintineanu

Alfred Tarski
Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983)

#Alfred_Tarski

Joan I of Navarre
Joan I of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre, queen consort of France (d. 1305)

#Joan_I_of_Navarre

Hasso von Manteuffel
Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)

#Hasso_von_Manteuffel

Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage, American director and producer (d. 2003)

#Stan_Brakhage

Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver

#Giancarlo_Fisichella

Bert Konterman
Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer and manager

#Bert_Konterman

Erick Aybar
Erick Aybar, American baseball player

#Erick_Aybar

Hans Westerhoff
Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic

#Hans_Westerhoff

Babe Siebert
Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1939)

#Babe_Siebert

Christian de Meza
Christian de Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)

#Christian_de_Meza

Daniel Bessa
Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer

#Daniel_Bessa

Dion Forster
Dion Forster, South African minister, theologian, and author

#Dion_Forster

Étienne Daho
Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer

#Étienne_Daho

Tom Tryon
Tom Tryon, American actor and author (d. 1991)

#Tom_Tryon

Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan
Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan

#Muhriz_of_Negeri_Sembilan

Clarence Carter
Clarence Carter, American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer

#Clarence_Carter

Hans Kornberg
Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic

#Hans_Kornberg

Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1872)

#Johan_Rudolph_Thorbecke

Emperor Nakamikado
Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)

#Emperor_Nakamikado

Concepción Montaner
Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper

#Concepción_Montaner

Valdemar I of Denmark
Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)

#Valdemar_I_of_Denmark

Hermann of Wied
Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (d. 1552)

#Hermann_of_Wied

Antonios Nikopolidis
Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer and manager

#Antonios_Nikopolidis

Slick Rick
Slick Rick, English-American rapper and producer

#Slick_Rick

O. Panneerselvam
O. Panneerselvam, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

#O._Panneerselvam

J. F. Archibald
J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (d. 1919)

#J._F._Archibald

George Pearce
George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician (d. 1952)

#George_Pearce

Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul, American lawyer and politician

#Michael_McCaul

Anchee Min
Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author

#Anchee_Min

Maria Theresa of Austria (1767-1827)
Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1827)

#Maria_Theresa_of_Austria_(1767-1827)

Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington
Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (d. 2010)

#Diana_Wellesley,_Duchess_of_Wellington

Ludwig Ritter von Köchel
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877)

#Ludwig_Ritter_von_Köchel

Selahattin Ülkümen
Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat (d. 2003)

#Selahattin_Ülkümen

Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer

#Faye_Dunaway

Lasse Kjus
Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier

#Lasse_Kjus

Lars Forssell
Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (d. 2007)

#Lars_Forssell

Ecaterina Teodoroiu
Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier and nurse (d. 1917)

#Ecaterina_Teodoroiu

Frank Aletter
Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)

#Frank_Aletter

Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold, American-British general (d. 1801)

#Benedict_Arnold

Fred Beckey
Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author (d. 2017)

#Fred_Beckey

Carrie Derick
Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (d. 1941)

#Carrie_Derick

Harold Russell
Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (d. 2002)

#Harold_Russell

Jess Fishlock
Jess Fishlock, Welsh footballer

#Jess_Fishlock

Frankie Bridge
Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer

#Frankie_Bridge

Jean-Claude Beton
Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (d. 2013)

#Jean-Claude_Beton

Joel Rosario
Joel Rosario, Dominican-American jockey

#Joel_Rosario

Grant Gustin
Grant Gustin, American actor and singer

#Grant_Gustin

Morihiro Hosokawa
Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan

#Morihiro_Hosokawa

Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)

#Yukio_Mishima

Hugh Lofting
Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (d. 1947)

#Hugh_Lofting

David Clary
David Clary, English chemist and academic

#David_Clary

Kai (entertainer, born 1994)
Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer

#Kai_(entertainer,_born_1994)

Bertus de Harder
Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1982)

#Bertus_de_Harder

Picander
Picander, German poet and playwright (d. 1764)

#Picander

Kyle Brady
Kyle Brady, American football player and sportscaster

#Kyle_Brady

Taylor Branch
Taylor Branch, American historian and author

#Taylor_Branch

John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)

#John_Dos_Passos

Rambhadracharya
Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author

#Rambhadracharya

Henry Baldwin (judge)
Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician (d. 1844)

#Henry_Baldwin_(judge)

Shannon Lucid
Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and astronaut

#Shannon_Lucid

Johnny Grande
Johnny Grande, American pianist and accordion player (Bill Haley & His Comets) (d. 2006)

#Johnny_Grande

Hal Roach
Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992)

#Hal_Roach

Holland Taylor
Holland Taylor, American actress and playwright

#Holland_Taylor

Hendrik Willem van Loon
Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)

#Hendrik_Willem_van_Loon

Abi Phillips
Abi Phillips, English singer-songwriter and actress

#Abi_Phillips

Léo Lima
Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer

#Léo_Lima

Georges-Émile Lapalme
Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1985)

#Georges-Émile_Lapalme

Russ Columbo
Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934)

#Russ_Columbo

Pierre Loti
Pierre Loti, French captain and author (d. 1923)

#Pierre_Loti

Lelisa Desisa
Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner

#Lelisa_Desisa

Yohan Cabaye
Yohan Cabaye, French footballer

#Yohan_Cabaye

Leonardo Ortolani
Leonardo Ortolani, Italian author and illustrator, created Rat-Man

#Leonardo_Ortolani

Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician (d. 1786)

#Jean-Baptiste_Charles_Bouvet_de_Lozier

J. Bernlef
J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (d. 2012)

#J._Bernlef

Angelo Bagnasco
Angelo Bagnasco, Italian cardinal

#Angelo_Bagnasco

Tillie Olsen
Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (d. 2007)

#Tillie_Olsen

Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

#Albert_Schweitzer

Milan Ku?an
Milan Ku?an, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia

#Milan_Ku?an

Adam Clayton (footballer)
Adam Clayton, English footballer

#Adam_Clayton_(footballer)

Alex Johnston (rugby league)
Alex Johnston, Australian rugby league player

#Alex_Johnston_(rugby_league)

Matthew Fontaine Maury
Matthew Fontaine Maury, American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (d. 1873)

#Matthew_Fontaine_Maury

Allen Toussaint
Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2015)

#Allen_Toussaint

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer

#Jason_Bateman

Chris Heighington
Chris Heighington, Australian-English rugby league player

#Chris_Heighington

Shepard Smith
Shepard Smith, American television journalist

#Shepard_Smith

Patricia Morrison
Patricia Morrison, American singer-songwriter and bass player

#Patricia_Morrison

Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Grand vizier of emperor Akbar (d. 1602)

#Abu'l-Fazl_ibn_Mubarak

Frank Costigan
Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)

#Frank_Costigan

Gerben Karstens
Gerben Karstens, Dutch cyclist

#Gerben_Karstens

Áron Szilágyi
Áron Szilágyi, Hungarian fencer

#Áron_Szilágyi

Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer

#Dave_Grohl

Don Garlits
Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer

#Don_Garlits

Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter and musician

#Geoff_Tate

Cory Gibbs
Cory Gibbs, American soccer player

#Cory_Gibbs

Dan Schneider (TV producer)
Dan Schneider, American TV-producer

#Dan_Schneider_(TV_producer)

Alberico Gentili
Alberico Gentili, Italian-English academic and jurist (d. 1608)

#Alberico_Gentili

Murray Bookchin
Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)

#Murray_Bookchin

Shawn Sawyer
Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater

#Shawn_Sawyer

Richard Briers
Richard Briers, English actor (d. 2013)

#Richard_Briers

Franchinus Gaffurius
Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1522)

#Franchinus_Gaffurius

LL Cool J
LL Cool J, American rapper and actor

#LL_Cool_J

Mehmed VI
Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (d. 1926)

#Mehmed_VI

Mark Antony
Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE)

#Mark_Antony

Carole Cook
Carole Cook, American actress and singer

#Carole_Cook

Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)

#Berthe_Morisot

Richard F. Outcault
Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator (d. 1928)

#Richard_F._Outcault

Cecil Beaton
Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer (d. 1980)

#Cecil_Beaton

Víctor Valdés
Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer

#Víctor_Valdés

Martin Niemöller
Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (d. 1984)

#Martin_Niemöller

Marco Hietala
Marco Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

#Marco_Hietala

Kane Elgey
Kane Elgey, Australian rugby league player

#Kane_Elgey

Narain Karthikeyan
Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver

#Narain_Karthikeyan

Joseph Losey
Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)

#Joseph_Losey

Robbie Brady
Robbie Brady, Irish footballer

#Robbie_Brady

William Bendix
William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)

#William_Bendix

Karen Elson
Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model

#Karen_Elson

Warren Mitchell
Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)

#Warren_Mitchell

Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)

#Bebe_Daniels

Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal
Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (d. 1578)

#Catherine_of_Austria,_Queen_of_Portugal

Henri Fantin-Latour
Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (d. 1904)

#Henri_Fantin-Latour

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (d. 1927)

#Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_5th_Marquess_of_Lansdowne

Alberto Rodriguez Larreta
Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977)

#Alberto_Rodriguez_Larreta

Nina Totenberg
Nina Totenberg, American journalist

#Nina_Totenberg

Julian Bond
Julian Bond, American academic and politician (d. 2015)

#Julian_Bond

Charles Hotham
Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)

#Charles_Hotham

Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)

#Giulio_Andreotti

Mike Pelfrey
Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player

#Mike_Pelfrey

Takeo Fukuda
Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)

#Takeo_Fukuda

Hugo Steinhaus
Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1972)

#Hugo_Steinhaus

Vladimir Stasov
Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (d. 1906)

#Vladimir_Stasov

Cesare Bovo
Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer

#Cesare_Bovo

Bev Perdue
Bev Perdue, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina

#Bev_Perdue

Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author

#Maureen_Dowd

Jean-Baptiste van Loo
Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)

#Jean-Baptiste_van_Loo

Braith Anasta
Braith Anasta, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

#Braith_Anasta

Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player
Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer
Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer
Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
Kacey Barnfield, English actress
Atsushi Hashimoto, Japanese actor
Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
Erika Matsuo, Japanese violinist
Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
Chiharu Niiyama, Japanese actress and model
Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player
Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
Georgina Cates, English actress
David Flitcroft, English footballer and manager
James Key, English engineer
Martin Bicknell, English cricketer
Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (d. 2013)
Rob Flello, English lawyer and politician
Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player, coach, and lawyer
Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter
Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996)
Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
Sydney Biddle Barrows, American businesswoman and author
Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter
Lamar Williams, American bass player (d. 1983)
?lyas Salman, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
Mary Robison, American short story writer and novelist
John Lescroart, American author and screenwriter
Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
Maina Gielgud, English ballerina and director
Kathleen Chalfant, American actress
Graham Marsh, Australian golfer and architect
Marjoe Gortner, American actor and evangelist
Dave Campbell, American baseball player and sportscaster
Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
Gibby Gilbert, American golfer
Nicholas Brooks, English historian (d. 2014)
Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
Kurt Moylan, Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
Jack Jones, American singer and actor
Billie Jo Spears, American country singer (d. 2011)
Rao Gopal Rao, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 1994)
Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (d. 2015)
Ken Higgs, English cricketer and coach (d. 2016)
Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author (d. 1984)
Zuzana R?ži?ková, Czech harpsichord player (d. 2017)
Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina (d. 2012)
Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
Kenneth Bulmer, American author (d. 2005)
Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992)
Anatoly Rybakov, Russian-American author (d. 1998)
Brenda Forbes, English-American actress (d. 1996)
Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (d. 1991)
Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
George Wilson, English footballer (d. 1961)
Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970)
Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (d. 1937)
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (d. 1852)
Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (d. 1762)
Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742)
Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (d. 1753)
John Biddle, English minister and theologian (d. 1662)
Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros, English baroness (d. 1526)