Born on Wednesday, 14th January – Famous Birthdays
On this day, 255 notable people were born on 14th January — spanning from -83 to 2002. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.
Wednesday, 14th January 2026 marks the birth date of numerous notable figures across sports, entertainment and public service. Among those born on this date is Aron Szilagyi, the Hungarian fencer who was born in 1990 and became one of Europe’s most decorated Olympic athletes. The same day in 1919 saw the birth of Giulio Andreotti, the Italian journalist and politician who would serve as Prime Minister of Italy on multiple occasions, leaving a significant mark on European politics during the post-war period.
The date has also produced prominent figures in contemporary sports and entertainment. Francesco Bagnaia, the Italian motorcycle racer, was born on this day in 1997 and has since become a leading name in professional racing. Beyond athletes and politicians, the day has witnessed births spanning diverse fields, from television and cinema to music and journalism. Notable among these is Grant Gustin, born in 1990, who has achieved significant recognition as an American actor and singer, particularly through his television work.
On Wednesday, 14th January 2026, the weather conditions and celestial observations create a specific backdrop for the day. The moon is in its waning gibbous phase, whilst those born on this date fall under the zodiac sign of Capricorn. The weather forecast indicates overcast conditions with temperatures ranging between 3 and 8 degrees Celsius.
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14/01/2002
JJ Peterka, German ice hockey player
John-Jason Peterka is a German professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Utah Mammoth of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 34th overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2020 NHL entry draft, and made his NHL debut in 2021.
14/01/2001
Cora Jade, American wrestler
Brianna Coda is an American professional wrestler. She is signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where she performs under the ring name Elayna Black. She is best known for her tenure in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Cora Jade.
14/01/2000
Jonathan David, Canadian soccer player
Jonathan Christian David is a professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus. Born in the United States, he plays for the Canada national team.
14/01/1999
Declan Rice, English footballer
Declan Rice is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and the England national team. Known for his versatility, stamina, ball-carrying and tackling, he is considered one of the best midfielders in the world.
Emerson Royal, Brazilian footballer
Emerson Aparecido Leite de Souza Junior, known as Emerson Royal or simply Emerson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Flamengo and the Brazil national team.
D'Andre Swift, American football player
D'Andre Tiyon Swift is an American professional football running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs and was selected by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft. In 2023, he was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles, where he earned his first Pro Bowl selection, before signing with the Bears in 2024.
14/01/1998
Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player
Maddison Inglis is an Australian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 112, achieved on 2 March 2020. Inglis has won nine titles in singles and eight in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
14/01/1997
Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer
Francesco "Pecco" Bagnaia is an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing in MotoGP for the Ducati Lenovo Team. He is the 2022 and 2023 MotoGP World Riders' Champion.
14/01/1994
Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer
Kim Jong-in, known professionally as Kai (카이), is a South Korean singer, actor, and television personality. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Exo and South Korean supergroup SuperM. He debuted as a soloist on November 30, 2020, with his first extended play (EP) Kai and has since released three more EPs, Peaches, Rover and Wait On Me. He is recognized for his dancing in South Korea and K-pop.
14/01/1993
Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
Daniel Sartori Bessa is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Emirati club Al Bataeh. He was called up to the Italy national under-18 football team.
David Nwaba, American basketball player
David Ugochukwu Nwaba is an American professional basketball player for the San-en NeoPhoenix of the Japanese B.League. He played college basketball for Santa Monica College and Cal Poly.
14/01/1992
Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
Robert Brady is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a left winger, left-back or left wing-back for EFL Championship club Preston North End and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player
Hsu Chieh-yu is a Taiwanese-American tennis player.
Qiang Wang, Chinese tennis player
Wang Qiang is a Chinese former professional tennis player. On 9 September 2019, Wang achieved her highest singles ranking of world No. 12, becoming the third-highest ranked Chinese tennis player in history after Li Na and Zheng Qinwen.
14/01/1990
Kacy Catanzaro, American athlete and wrestler
Kacy Esther Catanzaro is an American professional wrestler and a former gymnast and obstacle racer. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name Katana Chance. Alongside Kayden Carter, she is a one-time NXT Women's Tag Team Champion, holding the record for the longest reign in the title's history, and a one-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion. Carter and Chance are also the first women's tag team to have won the WWE and NXT Women's Tag Team Championships.
Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner
Lelisa Desisa Benti is an Ethiopian former long-distance runner who specialised in road running competitions. Desisa gained his first international medal at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships, where he took the 10,000 metres gold medal.
Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
Thomas Grant Gustin is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Barry Allen / The Flash on The CW series The Flash (2014–2023) as part of the Arrowverse and as Sebastian Smythe on the Fox series Glee. Trained in musical theater, his first major credit was as part of the 2010 national tour of West Side Story; he returned to theater in the original Broadway production of Water for Elephants, originating the starring role of Jacob Jankowski.
Áron Szilágyi, Hungarian fencer
Áron Szilágyi is a Hungarian right-handed sabre fencer. A five-time Olympian, Szilágyi is a three-time individual Olympic champion, 2021 team Olympic bronze medalist, and 2024 team Olympic silver medalist.
14/01/1989
Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer
Francesca Bridge is an English singer, formerly a member of S Club Juniors and a member of girl group The Saturdays. Bridge began her career at 12 years old, when she auditioned for Simon Fuller's reality television competition S Club Search in 2001, broadcast on CBBC. She successfully auditioned and won a place in the pop group S Club Juniors. Bridge and the rest of the group then starred in their own reality TV show S Club Juniors: The Story. Together with the band, Bridge successfully released seven singles and two albums. Whilst in the group, she made an appearance in S Club 7's TV show Viva S Club. The group then began featuring in their own children's musical television programme I Dream. Bridge played a main role in the show and went onto release the duet single "Dreaming" along with fellow S Club 8 member Calvin Goldspink.
Emma Greenwell, American-English actress
Emma Greenwell is an American-born English actress. She made her acting debut as Mandy Milkovich in the second season of the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless (2012–2016), then appearing as a series regular in the third and fourth seasons, after taking over the role from Jane Levy. Greenwell also appeared as a series regular on the Hulu drama The Path (2016–2018) and headlined the Starz miniseries The Rook in 2019.
14/01/1988
Kacey Barnfield, English actress
Kacey Louisa Barnfield, also credited as Kacey Clarke, is an English actress. As a teenager she played Maddie Gilks in the long-running British television series Grange Hill, on which she was in six series. As an adult, her roles have included Crystal in the American action film Resident Evil: Afterlife, and Katie Sutherland in British comedy The Inbetweeners. In 2014, Clarke was listed as number 99 in FHM's 100 sexiest women in the world.
Hakeem Nicks, American football player
Hakeem Amir Nicks is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, and was selected by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft. Nicks has also played for the Indianapolis Colts.
Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
Jack Peter Shepherd is an English actor. He is best known for playing David Platt on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street since 2000. For his portrayal of David, he has won various awards, including the British Soap Award for Villain of the Year in 2008 and Best Actor in 2018. In 2025, he won the twenty-fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother.
14/01/1987
Jess Fishlock, Welsh footballer
Jessica Anne Fishlock is a Welsh professional footballer and coach who plays as a midfielder for Seattle Reign FC and the Wales national team. She is Wales's all-time record goal scorer. She previously played for Bristol Academy in England's FA Women's Super League, AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch Eredivisie, Glasgow City FC in the Scottish Women's Premier League, Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City in Australia's W-League, as well as Bundesliga club FFC Frankfurt in Germany.
Atsushi Hashimoto, Japanese actor
Atsushi Hashimoto is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Amuse, Inc. He played the role of Kai Ozu, the main character of the 2005 Super Sentai TV series Mahou Sentai Magiranger.
14/01/1986
Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
Yohan Cabaye is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
Alessio Cossu is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward. He played in Serie C1 for Ravenna and Manfredonia.
Matt Riddle, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Matthew Frederick Riddle is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to Major League Wrestling (MLW) and also makes appearances on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenure in WWE.
14/01/1985
Aaron Brooks, American basketball player
Aaron Jamal Brooks is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He was selected 26th overall in the 2007 NBA draft. Brooks won the NBA Most Improved Player Award for the 2009–10 season.
Jake Choi, American actor
Jake Choi is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Miggy on the ABC comedy Single Parents. He previously starred in Front Cover, an LGBTQ independent film. Choi has also appeared in Younger, EastSiders, and The Sun Is Also a Star.
Joel Rosario, Dominican-American jockey
Joel Rosario is a Dominican jockey who mainly competes in American thoroughbred horse racing, originally from the Dominican Republic. In the space of five weeks in 2013 he rode the winners of the Dubai World Cup and the Kentucky Derby. In 2021 he rode Knicks Go to wins in the Pegasus World Cup, Whitney Stakes, and Breeders' Cup Classic.
Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
Shawn Sawyer is a Canadian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2011 Canadian national silver medallist and a three-time Canadian national bronze medallist. He represented Canada in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy finishing 12th overall. Unlike most skaters, Sawyer is a clockwise spinner.
14/01/1984
Erick Aybar, American baseball player
Erick Johan Aybar is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, and San Diego Padres.
Erika Matsuo, Japanese violinist
Erika Matsuo is a Japanese violinist.
Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
Michael Alan Pelfrey is an American college baseball coach and former professional baseball pitcher. He was the pitching coach at Wichita State University from 2019 to 2023, where he played from 2003 to 2005 for head coach Gene Stephenson. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox.
14/01/1983
Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
Cesare Bovo is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is currently in charge of the Under-17 team of Palermo.
Vincent Jackson, American football player (died 2021)
Vincent Terrell Jackson was an American professional football wide receiver who played for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Northern Colorado Bears and was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2005 NFL draft. Jackson also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was selected to the Pro Bowl thrice and exceeded 1,000 receiving yards six times in his career. Jackson died in 2021, with the official cause of his death reported as chronic alcohol abuse. An autopsy found Stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy in his brain.
Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
Jason John Krejza is a former Australian cricketer. He played for the Tasmanian Tigers and Leicestershire. Krejza's father was an association football player from Czechoslovakia and his mother was born in Poland. His nickname is "Krazy".
14/01/1982
Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Marc Broussard is an American singer-songwriter. His style is best described as "bayou soul", a mix of funk, blues, R&B, rock and pop, matched with distinct Southern roots. He has released twelve studio albums, one live album, and three EPs, and has charted twice on Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks.
Zach Gilford, American actor
Zachary Michael Gilford is an American actor, best known for his role as Matt Saracen on the NBC sports drama series Friday Night Lights. In 2021, he starred in the Netflix horror limited series Midnight Mass. In 2022, he appeared in the horror mystery-thriller series The Midnight Club, and in 2023, he had a main role in the horror drama miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher.
Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
Leonardo Lima da Silva is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He played for teams such as Vasco da Gama, CSKA Sofia, Marítimo, Porto, Flamengo and Al-Nasr (Dubai).
Thomas Longosiwa, Kenyan runner
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa is a Kenyan professional athlete who has competed at the two Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is also the Kenyan 5000 metres champion from 2007.
Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
Víctor Valdés Arribas is a Spanish football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper.
14/01/1981
Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
Abdelmalek Cherrad is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he made 18 appearances for the Algeria national team, scoring 7 goals.
Jadranka Đokić, Croatian actress
Jadranka Đokić is a Croatian actress. One of the top Croatian actresses, she has won critical approval for her theatre, film and television performances.
Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
Hyleas Fountain is an American heptathlete. She was the silver medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper
Concepción "Concha" Montaner Coll is a Spanish track and field athlete who specializes in long jump.
14/01/1980
Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
Clive Richard Luke Clarke is an Irish former footballer. He played primarily as a left back, but also as centre back, left midfielder or centre midfielder, notably for Stoke City and twice for the Ireland international team.
Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
Cory Gibbs is an American former soccer player. A defender, played professionally for clubs in Germany, the Netherlands and England. He also played 19 international matches for the U.S. national soccer team, including at the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Byron Leftwich, American football player and coach
Byron Antron Leftwich is an American football coach and former quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd, winning MAC Most Valuable Player twice and placing sixth in Heisman voting his senior season. Leftwich was selected seventh overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2003 NFL draft. Leftwich held a starting role with the Jaguars during his first four seasons and spent the remainder of his career as a backup for the Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With the Steelers, Leftwich was a member of the team that won Super Bowl XLIII.
14/01/1979
Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
Karen Jill Elson is an English model, singer, and songwriter.
Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
Evans Soligo is a retired Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, currently working as Filippo Inzaghi's technical collaborator at Serie B club Palermo. He spent his entire career at clubs in Italy's Serie B and Serie C.
14/01/1978
Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
Shawn Crawford is a retired American sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. In the 200 meter sprint, Crawford won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He originally finished 4th in the race but after the 2nd and 3rd-place winners were disqualified, he moved up to a silver. On April 17, 2013, Crawford was suspended for two years for missing out-of-competition drug tests. His coach, Bob Kersee claimed that Crawford retired after the 2012 United States Olympic Trials and USA Track & Field said he filed retirement papers in 2013.
14/01/1977
Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan is an Indian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 2005 and 2012.
Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player
Terrence William James Ryan is a Canadian professional ice hockey player and actor. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens eighth overall in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft and played eight games with the organization between 1996 and 1999.
14/01/1976
Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
Vincenzo Chianese is an Italian former footballer who spent most of his career in Serie B and Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Chianese had a scoring ratio of 0.4 goals per game in Lega Pro Prima Divisione where he scored more than 90 goals, but just a handful in Serie B.
14/01/1975
Georgina Cates, English actress
Georgina Elaine Cates is an English film and television actress.
Jordan Ladd, American actress
Jordan Elizabeth Ladd is an American actress. The daughter of actress Cheryl Ladd and producer David Ladd, she initially worked with her mother in several made-for-television films, before appearing at nineteen in the direct-to-video erotic film Embrace of the Vampire (1994). She subsequently appeared in the drama Nowhere (1997) and the comedy Never Been Kissed (1999). Ladd became known as a scream queen, having appeared in several successful horror films, including Cabin Fever (2002), Club Dread (2004), Death Proof (2007), and Grace (2009). Ladd is also known for work with director David Lynch appearing in his films Darkened Room (2002) and Inland Empire (2006).
14/01/1974
Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
Kevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work in numerous film and television roles, including portraying Vasiliy Fet in The Strain, Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Frederick Gideon in Locke & Key, Fred J. Dukes / The Blob in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Barry Burton in Resident Evil: Retribution, Gabriel in Legion, Little John in Robin Hood, Jeeves Tremor in Smokin' Aces, Carlos in The Butterfly Effect, and Proximus Caesar in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. He received a 2012 Best Supporting Actor Genie nomination for his portrayal of Lenny Jackson in Citizen Gangster and Zipacna in the series Stargate SG1.
David Flitcroft, English footballer and manager
David John Flitcroft is an English professional football manager and former player. His older brother is the former Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City player Garry Flitcroft.
14/01/1973
Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
Giancarlo "Giano" Fisichella, nicknamed Fisico and Fisi, is an Italian racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1996 to 2009. Fisichella won three Formula One Grands Prix across 14 seasons.
Paul Tisdale, English footballer and manager
Paul Robert Tisdale is an English professional football manager and former player.
14/01/1972
Kyle Brady, American football player and sportscaster
Kyle James Brady is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, and New England Patriots. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, earning first-team All-American honors in 1994. He was the Jets' first round draft choice in the 1995 NFL draft.
Dion Forster, South African minister, theologian, and author
Dion Angus Forster is a South African academic and clergyman. He serves as University Research Professor of Public Theology and Ethics in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, in the School of Religion and Theology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
James Key, English engineer
James Key is a British Formula One engineer. He is currently the technical director of the Audi F1 Team.
14/01/1971
Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
Lasse Kjus is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway. He won the overall World Cup title twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships. His combined career total of 16 Olympic and World Championship medals ranks second all-time behind fellow Norwegian Kjetil André Aamodt.
Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer and manager
Bert Konterman is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer and manager
Antonis Nikopolidis is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
14/01/1969
Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer
Jason Kent Bateman is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Michael Bluth in the Fox / Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2019) and Marty Byrde in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), as well as for his work in numerous comedy films. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Martin Bicknell, English cricketer
Martin Paul Bicknell is a former English cricketer. He played in four Test matches, with the last two, against South Africa in 2003, coming ten years after the first two in the 1993 Ashes series. England had played 114 matches between his appearances, a record. He was considered most unlucky to be constantly overlooked for selection in home Test matches when constantly proving himself a prolific wicket taker in county cricket.
Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
David Eric Grohl is an American musician. He founded the rock band Foo Fighters, of which he is the lead singer, guitarist, principal songwriter, and only consistent member. From 1990 to 1994, he was the drummer of the grunge band Nirvana.
14/01/1968
Ruel Fox, English-Montserratian footballer, manager and chairman
Ruel Adrian Fox is a former professional footballer and the club chairman of Whitton United.
LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
James Todd Smith, known professionally as LL Cool J, is an American rapper and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow new-school hip-hop acts like Run-DMC.
14/01/1967
Leonardo Ortolani, Italian author and illustrator, created Rat-Man
Leonardo Ortolani, better known as Leo, is an Italian comics author, creator of the comic book series Rat-Man.
Emily Watson, English actress
Emily Margaret Watson is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse, and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as a newlywed in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her portrayal of Jacqueline du Pré in Anand Tucker's Hilary and Jackie (1998).
Zakk Wylde, American guitarist and singer
Zachary Phillip Wylde is an American musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and as the founder, lead guitarist, lead singer, songwriter and producer of the heavy metal band Black Label Society.
14/01/1966
Terry Angus, English footballer
Terence Norman Angus is an English retired professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Marko Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish. He is also the vocalist and bassist as well as composer and lyricist for the heavy metal band Tarot.
Nadia Maftouni, Iranian philosopher
Nadia Maftouni is an Iranian academic, philosophical author and artist. She is best known as a leading Researcher on Farabian, Avicennian and Suhrawardian philosophy with her modern reading of their works. She is also an established researcher in Jurisprudence and Islamic History. She is a professor at the University of Tehran, where she is an alumna and a member of the department of Philosophy and Islamic Theology. She is a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School and she is on the board of History of Philosophy Quarterly. She is also famous for proposing to Iranian artist Hossein Nuri when he was already in a wheelchair.
Dan Schneider, American TV producer
Daniel James Schneider is an American television producer, screenwriter, and actor. He created and produced a string of children's shows on Nickelodeon from 1994 to 2019. In the years since 2018, he has faced significant media coverage and controversy regarding allegations of inappropriate behavior.
14/01/1965
Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player, coach, and lawyer
Marcus Johannes Elisabeth Leopold "Marc" Delissen is a former field hockey player for the Netherlands.
Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Robert Earle Essensa is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former goaltender who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Since 2003, he has served as the goaltending coach for the Boston Bruins.
Jemma Redgrave, English actress
Jemima Rebecca "Jemma" Redgrave is an English actress, and a member of the Redgrave family. She is best known for playing Dr Eleanor Bramwell in Bramwell (1995–1998), Kate Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who and its spin-off The War Between the Land and the Sea (2025), and Bernie Wolfe in Holby City. As well as television, she has appeared on stage and film, starring as Evie Wilcox in Howards End.
Slick Rick, English-American rapper and producer
Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters, better known as Slick Rick, is a British-American rapper and record producer. He rose to prominence as part of Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew in the mid-1980s. His songs "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" are considered early hip-hop classics. "La Di Da Di" is one of the most sampled songs in history.
14/01/1964
Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter
Beverly "Bev" Kinch is an English former long jumper and sprinter. She held the UK long jump record for 29 years (1983–2012) with 6.90 metres. She is the 1983 Universiade Champion at 100 metres and the 1984 European Indoor Champion at 60 metres. She also represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
Sergei Nemchinov, Russian ice hockey player
Sergei Lvovich Nemchinov is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders and the New Jersey Devils for twelve seasons, bookended by ten seasons in the Soviet Championship League with PHC Krylya Sovetov and HC CSKA Moscow, and two in the Russian Superleague with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Nemchinov works in the Admiral Vladivostok.
Shepard Smith, American television journalist
David Shepard Smith Jr. is an American former broadcast journalist. He served as chief general news anchor and host of The News with Shepard Smith on CNBC, a daily evening newscast launched in late September 2020; but his program was canceled in November 2022. Smith is best known for his 23-year career at the Fox News Channel, which he joined at its 1996 inception and where he served as chief anchor and managing editor of the breaking news division. Smith hosted several programs in his tenure at Fox, including Fox Report, Studio B and Shepard Smith Reporting.
14/01/1963
Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Steven Andrew Soderbergh is an American filmmaker, cinematographer, and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh later drew acclaim for formally inventive films made within the studio system.
14/01/1961
Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (died 1996)
Robert Edwin Hall was a New Zealand mountaineer. He was the head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition during which he, a fellow guide, and two clients died. A best-selling account of the expedition was given in Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air and the expedition was dramatised in the 2015 film Everest. At the time of his death, Hall had just completed his fifth ascent to the summit of Everest, more at that time than any other non-Sherpa mountaineer.
14/01/1959
Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter and musician
Geoff Tate is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime and 1990 album Empire. Tate is ranked fourteenth on Hit Parader's list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. He was voted No. 2 on That Metal Show's top 5 hard rock vocalists of the 1980s. In 2012, he won the Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Award for "Voice in Progressive Heavy Metal". In 2015, he placed ninth on OC Weekly's list of the 10 Best High-Pitched Metal Singers. After his farewell tour as Queensrÿche, he renamed his band Operation: Mindcrime, after the Queensrÿche album of the same name.
14/01/1957
Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
Anchee Min is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China.
14/01/1956
Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
Étienne Daho is a French singer-songwriter. He has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.
14/01/1954
Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler
James Edward Duggan Jr., better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American retired professional wrestler currently signed with the WWE under a Legends contract. He is best known for his time in World Wrestling Federation, where he won the first Royal Rumble match in 1988. In 2011 he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
14/01/1953
David Clary, English chemist and academic
Sir David Charles Clary, FRS is a British theoretical chemist. He was president of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 2005 to 2020. He was the first chief scientific adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2009 to 2013. He is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford.
Denzil Douglas, Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Right Hon. Denzil Llewellyn Douglas is a Saint Kittitian and Nevisian politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in office from 1995 to 2015. He was the leader of the Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) from 1989 to 2021. He was the leader of the parliamentary opposition from 1989 to 1995 and from 2015 to 2022. A medical doctor by training, he has been the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Industry, Commerce, and Consumer Affairs since 15 August 2022.
Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic
Hans Victor Westerhoff is a Dutch biologist and biochemist who is professor of synthetic systems biology at the University of Amsterdam and AstraZeneca professor of systems biology at the University of Manchester. Currently he is a Chair of AstraZeneca and a director of the Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology.
14/01/1952
Sydney Biddle Barrows, American businesswoman and author
Sydney Biddle Barrows is an American businesswoman and socialite who became known as an escort agency owner under the name Sheila Devin; she later became known as "The Mayflower Madam". She has since become a management consultant and writer.
Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
Maureen Brigid Dowd is an American columnist for The New York Times and an author.
Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
Konstantinos Iosifidis is a former Greek international footballer who played as a left back and spent his entire career from 1971 to 1985 at PAOK.
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu is a Romanian politician who served as prime minister of Romania from 2004 to 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR), two positions he assumed in 2004.
14/01/1951
Ron Behagen, American basketball player
Ronald Michael Behagen is an American former professional basketball player.
O. Panneerselvam, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam, popularly known as O. Panneerselvam or OPS, is an Indian politician who was the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu in December 2016 and previously from 2001 to 2002 and from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the deputy chief minister from 2017 to 2021 in the Edappadi K. Palaniswami-led government. As a finance minister, he has presented the state budget of Tamil Nadu 11 times.
14/01/1950
Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter
Arthur Byron Cover is an American science fiction author.
Swen Nater, Dutch-American basketball player
Swen Erick Nater is a Dutch former professional basketball player. He played primarily in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA), and is the only player to have led both the NBA and ABA in rebounding. Nater was a two-time ABA All-Star and was the 1974 ABA Rookie of the Year. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, winning two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) titles.
Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author
Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya is an Indian Hindu spiritual leader, educator, Sanskrit scholar, polyglot, poet, author, textual commentator, philosopher, composer, singer, playwright and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. He is one of four incumbent Jagadguru Ramanandacharyas, and has held this title since 1988.
14/01/1949
Lawrence Kasdan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Lawrence Edward Kasdan is an American filmmaker. He wrote and directed Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), Silverado (1985), The Accidental Tourist (1988), and Dreamcatcher (2003). Kasdan also wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and The Bodyguard (1992). Kasdan co-wrote four Star Wars films: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Force Awakens (2015), and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
Mary Robison, American short story writer and novelist
Mary Cennamo Robison is an American short story writer and novelist. She has published four collections of stories, and four novels, including her 2001 novel Why Did I Ever, winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction. Her most recent novel, released in 2009, is One D.O.A., One on the Way. She has been categorized as a founding "minimalist" writer along with authors such as Amy Hempel, Frederick Barthelme, and Raymond Carver. In 2009, she won the Rea Award for the Short Story.
İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
İlyas Salman is a Turkish actor, film director, author, screenwriter and musician.
Lamar Williams, American bass player (died 1983)
Lamar Williams was an American musician best known for serving as the bassist of The Allman Brothers Band (1972–1976) and Sea Level (1976–1980).
14/01/1948
T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film soundtracks, namely O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Cold Mountain (2004), Walk the Line (2005), and Crazy Heart (2010). He won another Grammy for producing the album Raising Sand (2007), in which he united the contemporary bluegrass of Alison Krauss with the blues rock of Led Zeppelin lead vocalist Robert Plant.
Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir is the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He is the only son out of six siblings of royal spouse, the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Munawir and his spouse, Tunku Ampuan Durah.
Nasrollah Mardani, Iranian poet, (died 2004)
Nasrollah Mardani, was a prominent Iranian poet. He was one of the influential poets in the years after the iranian revolution and one of the Ever-lasting Names of Iran in the field of literature and culture. Mardani, under the influence of the new Ghazals of her fellow citizen poet, Mohsen Pezeshkian, turned to this style. He is mentioned as the inventor of the epic lyric style. The book Khoonnameh Khak from Mardani's books was selected as the selected book of the year in Iran in 1985. Mardani can be considered one of the most prominent poets after the revolution in Iran. His tomb is located in Mardani Park complex in Kazerun city.
Carl Weathers, American football player and actor (died 2024)
Carl Weathers was an American actor, director and gridiron football player. His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise. He also starred in the 1988 film Action Jackson and portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice (1991–1993) and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development, and voiced Omnitraxus Prime in Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2017–2019). He had a recurring role as Greef Karga in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.
14/01/1947
Taylor Branch, American historian and author
Taylor Branch is an American author and historian who wrote a Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and much of the history of the American civil rights movement. The final volume of the 2,912-page trilogy, collectively called America in the King Years, was released in January 2006, and an abridgment, The King Years: Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement, was published in 2013.
Bev Perdue, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina
Beverly Marlene Eaves Perdue is an American businesswoman, politician, and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 73rd governor of North Carolina from 2009 to 2013. She was the first woman to serve as governor of North Carolina.
Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (died 2003)
William Alexander Werbeniuk was a Canadian professional snooker and pool player. Recognisable for his girth, he was nicknamed "Big Bill". Werbeniuk was a four-time World Championship quarter-finalist and also a UK Championship semi-finalist, reaching a career high world ranking of #8 for the 1983–84 season.
14/01/1945
Kathleen Chalfant, American actress
Kathleen Ann Chalfant is an American actress. She has appeared in many stage plays, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, as well as making guest appearances on television series, including the Law & Order franchise.
Maina Gielgud, English ballerina and director
Maina Gielgud is a British former ballet dancer and a veteran ballet administrator. She was artistic director of The Australian Ballet from 1983 to 1996. She had a twenty-year career as a dancer in Europe and the United Kingdom. Gielgud directed the Royal Danish Ballet between 1997 and 1999. Until 2005, she held the artistic associate position at the Houston Ballet. She is a daughter of Lewis Gielgud and actress Zita Gordon and niece of actor Sir John Gielgud.
14/01/1944
Marjoe Gortner, American actor and evangelist
Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner is an American former evangelist preacher and actor. He first gained public attention during the late 1940s when his parents arranged for him to be ordained as a preacher at age four due to his extraordinary speaking ability, making him the youngest known in that position to this day. As a young man, he preached on the revival circuit and brought celebrity to the revival movement.
Graham Marsh, Australian golfer and architect
Graham Vivian Marsh MBE is an Australian golfer. In 1968, Marsh turned pro and won several tournaments on the Australasian circuits early in his career. He joined the PGA Tour in the mid-1970s and won the 1977 Heritage Classic. However, he elected to focus the remainder of his career overseas, ultimately winning ten times on the European Tour and twenty times on the Japan Golf Tour. As a senior, he continued with much success on the Champions Tour, winning two senior majors, including the U.S. Senior Open.
Nina Totenberg, American journalist
Nina Totenberg is an American legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR) focusing primarily on the Supreme Court of the United States. Her reports air regularly on NPR's news magazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition. From 1992 to 2013, she was also a panelist on the syndicated TV political commentary show Inside Washington.
14/01/1943
Angelo Bagnasco, Italian cardinal
Angelo Bagnasco is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Genoa from 2006 to 2020. He was President of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI) from 2007 to 2017 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2007. He was President of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE) from 2016 to 2021.
Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor (died 2019)
Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons was a Latvian conductor, best known for his interpretations of Mahler, Strauss, and Russian composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich. During his lifetime he was often cited as among the world's leading conductors; in a 2015 Bachtrack poll, he was ranked by music critics as the world's third best living conductor. Jansons was long associated with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as music director.
Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and astronaut
Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut. She has flown in space five times, including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1996, and is the only American woman to have stayed on Mir. From 1996 to 2007, Lucid held the record for the longest duration spent in space by an American and by a woman. She was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in December 1996, making her the tenth person and the first woman to be accorded the honor.
Holland Taylor, American actress and playwright
Holland Taylor is an American actress. She won the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Judge Roberta Kittleson on ABC's The Practice (1998–2003) and she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her role as Evelyn Harper on Two and a Half Men (2003–15).
14/01/1942
Dave Campbell, American baseball player and sportscaster
David Wilson Campbell is an American former baseball player and sportscaster. He played parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily as an infielder for the San Diego Padres. He was nicknamed "Soup", a reference to the brand name Campbell's Soup.
Gerben Karstens, Dutch cyclist (died 2022)
Gerben Karstens was a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who won the gold medal in the 100 km team trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, alongside Bart Zoet, Evert Dolman, and Jan Pieterse. At the same Olympics he finished 27th in the individual road race. Karstens ranks 6th in all-time stage wins in Vuelta a España history.
14/01/1941
Nicholas Brooks, English historian (died 2014)
Nicholas Peter Brooks, was an English medieval historian.
Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
Dorothy Faye Dunaway is an American actress. She is the recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award.
Gibby Gilbert, American golfer
C. L. "Gibby" Gilbert II is an American professional golfer. He played on the PGA Tour and Champions Tour.
Barry Jenner, American actor (died 2016)
Barry Francis Jenner was an American actor, known for his roles as Dr. Jerry Kenderson in Dallas and as Admiral William Ross in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
Milan Kučan is a Slovenian former politician who served as the first President of Slovenia from 1991 to 2002. Before being president of Slovenia, he was the 13th President of the Presidency of SR Slovenia from 1990 to 1991.
14/01/1940
Julian Bond, American academic and politician (died 2015)
Horace Julian Bond was an American social activist, leader of the civil rights movement, politician, professor, and writer. While he was a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, during the early 1960s, he helped establish the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In 1971, he co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, and served as its first president for nearly a decade.
Ron Kostelnik, American football player (died 1993)
Ronald Michael Kostelnik was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Green Bay Packers and one with the Baltimore Colts. He played college football for the Cincinnati Bearcats. He won two Super Bowls with the Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
Siegmund Nimsgern, German opera singer (died 2025)
Siegmund Nimsgern was a German bass-baritone who made an international career. His signature roles were "evil, dark, ambiguous figures" such as Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio and Telramund in Wagner's Lohengrin. Other dark roles he performed include Kaspar in Weber's Der Freischütz, Ruthven in Marschner's Der Vampyr, Klingsor in Wagner's Parsifal, Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca, Bartók's Bluebeard and Hindemith's Cardillac. He performed at La Scala in Milan and the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and portrayed Wotan in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Bayreuth Festival from 1983 to 1986. He was also known for performing works by Bach in concert and in recordings, including cantata cycles and major works with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Helmuth Rilling. He recorded Schoenberg's Die Jakobsleiter and Gurre-Lieder conducted by Pierre Boulez and took part in a 1989 recording of Lohengrin that won a Grammy Award.
Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
Sir Trevor Robert Nunn is an English theatre director and lyricist. He has been the artistic director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal Haymarket. He has directed dramas for the stage, including Macbeth, as well as opera and musicals, such as Cats (1981) and Les Misérables (1985).
Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
Vasilka Rafailova Stoeva is a Bulgarian athlete who competed mainly in the women's discus throw event during her career.
14/01/1939
Kurt Moylan, Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
Kurt Scott Kaleo Moylan is a Guamanian politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of Guam from January 4, 1971, to January 6, 1975, and the seventh and last Secretary of Guam from July 20, 1969, to January 4, 1971, in the administration of Governor of Guam Carlos Camacho.
14/01/1938
Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
Morihiro Hosokawa is a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994. He led an eight-party coalition government which was the first Japanese government not headed by a Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) premier since 1955.
Jack Jones, American singer and actor (died 2024)
John Allan Jones was an American singer and actor. He was primarily a straight-pop singer whose forays into jazz were mostly of the big-band/swing music variety. He won two Grammy Awards and received five additional nominations. Notably, he sang the opening theme song for the television series The Love Boat.
Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2015)
Allen Richard Toussaint was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, described as "one of popular music's great backroom figures." Many musicians recorded Toussaint's compositions. He was a producer for hundreds of recordings: the best known are "Right Place, Wrong Time", by longtime friend Dr. John, and "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle.
14/01/1937
J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (died 2012)
Hendrik Jan Marsman, better known by his pen name, J. Bernlef, was a Dutch writer, poet, novelist and translator, much of whose work centres on mental perception of reality and its expression. He won numerous literary awards, including the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1984 and the P. C. Hooft Award in 1994, both of which were for his work as a whole. His book Hersenschimmen features on the list of NRC's Best Dutch novels.
Ken Higgs, English cricketer and coach (died 2016)
Kenneth Higgs was an English fast-medium bowler, who was most successful as the opening partner to Brian Statham with Lancashire in the 1960s. He later played with success for Leicestershire.
Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (died 2015)
Leo Philip Kadanoff was an American physicist. He was a professor of physics at the University of Chicago and a former president of the American Physical Society (APS). He contributed to the fields of statistical physics, chaos theory, and theoretical condensed matter physics.
Rao Gopal Rao, Indian actor, producer, and politician (died 1994)
Rao Gopal Rao was an Indian actor and producer known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. In a film career spanning more than 25 years, Rao starred in over 400 feature films in a variety of characters. He was known for his gruesome portrayals of antagonist roles with a touch of humor. He was presented with Kala Prapoorna in 1990 by Andhra University and was honored with "Natavirat" and "Chittoor Nagayya Award" in 1987.
Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
Wilfred Charles "Sonny" Siebert is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher from 1964 to 1975. He finished with a record of 140-114 and a 3.21 ERA. He threw a no-hitter on June 10, 1966, against the Washington Senators. He was drafted simultaneously by the Cleveland Indians and the St. Louis Hawks of the NBA.
Billie Jo Spears, American country singer (died 2011)
Billie Jo Spears was an American country music singer. She was known for a series of singles whose characters often represented women in assertive positions. Among these recordings was a song about sexual harassment, and a song about rekindling sexual desire ".
14/01/1936
Clarence Carter, American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
Clarence George Carter is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. His most successful songs include "Slip Away", "Back Door Santa", "Patches" (1970) and "Strokin'" (1986).
14/01/1934
Richard Briers, English actor (died 2013)
Richard David Briers was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television.
Pierre Darmon, French tennis player
Pierre Darmon is a French former tennis player. He was ranked No.8 in the world in 1963, and also reached the top ten in 1958 and 1964.
Alberto Rodríguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (died 1977)
Alberto Rodríguez Larreta was a racing driver from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He participated in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix on 7 February 1960. Driving a Lotus 16 for Team Lotus, he qualified 15th and finished in ninth place. Larreta was reportedly offered a drive by Colin Chapman, but turned it down and continued competing in a wide variety of other motorsports until 1970. He died from a heart attack in 1977.
14/01/1933
Stan Brakhage, American director and producer (died 2003)
James Stanley Brakhage was an American experimental filmmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film.
14/01/1932
Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer
Donald Glenn Garlits is an American race car driver and automotive engineer. Born in Tampa, Florida, Garlits is considered the godfather of drag racing, he is known as "Big Daddy" to drag racing fans around the world. A pioneer in the field of drag racing, he perfected the rear-engine Top Fuel dragster, an innovation motivated by the loss of part of his foot in a dragster accident. This design was notably safer since it put most of the fuel processing and rotating parts of the dragster behind the driver. The driver was placed in front of nearly all the mechanical components, thus protecting him and allowing him to activate a variety of safety equipment in the event of catastrophic mechanical failure or a fire. Garlits was an early promoter of the full-body, fire-resistant Nomex driving suit, complete with socks, gloves, and balaclava.
14/01/1931
Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician (died 2009)
Francis Xavier Costigan,, was an Australian lawyer, Royal Commissioner and social justice activist. Costigan is renowned for presiding over the Costigan Commission into organised crime.
Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
Sir Martin Wyatt Holdgate is an English biologist and environmental scientist.
Caterina Valente, Italian-French singer and dancer (died 2024)
Caterina Germaine Maria Valente was an Italian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, and dancer. She spoke six languages and sang in thirteen. While she was best known as a performer in Europe, Valente spent part of her career in the United States, where she performed alongside Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Perry Como, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.
14/01/1930
Johnny Grande, American pianist and accordion player (died 2006)
John Andrew Grande was a member of Bill Haley's backing band, The Comets.
Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (died 2014)
Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards.
14/01/1929
Peter Barkworth, English actor (died 2006)
Peter Wynn Barkworth was an English actor. He twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor; for Crown Matrimonial in 1975 and for Professional Foul and The Country Party in 1978. He also starred in the ITV series Manhunt (1970) and the BBC series Telford's Change (1979). His film appearances included Where Eagles Dare (1968), Patton (1970), International Velvet (1978) and Champions (1984).
14/01/1928
Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (died 2007)
Lars Hans Carl Abraham Forssell was a Swedish writer and member of the Swedish Academy. Forssell was a versatile writer who worked within many genres, including poetry, drama and songwriting. He was awarded the Bellman Prize in both 1968 and 1981
Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic (died 2019)
Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, FRS was a British-American biochemist. He was Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry in the University of Cambridge from 1975 to 1995, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1982 to 1995.
Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author (died 1984)
Garry Winogrand was an American street photographer, who portrayed U.S. life and its social issues in the mid-20th century. Photography curator, historian, and critic John Szarkowski called Winogrand the central photographer of his generation.
14/01/1927
Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player (died 2017)
Zuzana Růžičková was a Czech harpsichordist. An interpreter of classical and baroque music, Růžičková was the first harpsichordist to record Johann Sebastian Bach's complete works for keyboard, in recordings made in the 1960s and 1970s for Erato Records.
14/01/1926
Frank Aletter, American actor (died 2009)
Frank George Aletter was an American actor.
Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (died 2015)
Warren Mitchell was an English actor best known for playing bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in television, film and stage productions from the 1960s to the 1990s. He was a BAFTA TV Award winner and twice a Laurence Olivier Award winner.
Tom Tryon, American actor and author (died 1991)
Thomas Lester Tryon was an American actor and novelist. As an actor, he was billed as Tom Tryon and is best known for playing the title role in the film The Cardinal (1963), featured roles in the war films The Longest Day (1962) and In Harm's Way (1965), acting with John Wayne in both movies, and especially the Walt Disney television character Texas John Slaughter (1958–1961). Tryon later turned to the writing of prose fiction and screenplays, and wrote several successful science fiction, horror and mystery novels as Thomas Tryon.
14/01/1925
Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (died 2013)
Jean-Claude Beton was a French businessman and entrepreneur. He was a key figure in the rise of the French soft drink maker Orangina, being credited with transforming the drink from a little-known citrus soda first manufactured by his father, Léon Beton, into a major global brand. Beton launched Orangina's iconic, signature 8-ounce bottle in 1951, which became a symbol of the brand. The bottle is shaped like an orange, with a glass texture designed to mimic the fruit. In 2009, Beton called Orangina the "champagne of soft drinks", saying that "It doesn't contain added colorants. It was and still is slightly sparkling. It had a little bulby bottle."
Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina (died 2012)
Edna Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski was an American ballerina and one of the "Five Moons", Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century. After dancing with the Original Ballet Russe and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, she and her husband settled in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where in 1956 they founded the Tulsa Ballet and its associated school. It became a major regional company in the American Southwest and made its New York City debut in 1983. She is portrayed in the mural Flight of Spirit displayed in the Rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol building.
Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (died 1970)
Kimitake Hiraoka, known by his pen name Yukio Mishima, was a Japanese writer, playwright, actor, martial artist, model, and the leader of an attempted coup d'état that culminated in his seppuku.
14/01/1924
Carole Cook, American actress and singer (died 2023)
Mildred Frances Cook, known professionally as Carole Cook, was an American actress, active on screen and stage, best known for appearances on Lucille Ball's comedy television series The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.
Guy Williams, American actor (died 1989)
Armando Joseph Catalano, better known as Guy Williams, was an American actor. He played swashbuckling action heroes in the 1950s and 1960s.
14/01/1923
Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (died 2008)
Gerald Arpino was an American dancer and choreographer. He was the co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet and succeeded Robert Joffrey as its artistic director in 1988.
Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author (died 2017)
Friedrich Wolfgang Beckey, known as Fred Beckey, was an American rock climber, mountaineer and book author, who in seven decades of climbing achieved hundreds of first ascents of some of the tallest peaks and most important routes throughout Alaska, the Canadian Rockies and the Pacific Northwest. Among the Fifty Classic Climbs of North America, seven were established by Beckey, often climbing with some of the best known climbers of each generation.
14/01/1922
Hank Biasatti, Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player (died 1996)
Henry Arcado Biasatti was an Italian-Canadian National Basketball Association (NBA) player and a Major League Baseball first baseman. He is the only Canadian to play at the top professional level in both sports. He was also the first international player to appear in a game in NBA history, doing so with the Toronto Huskies on November 1, 1946, against the New York Knicks; he shares this distinction with German teammate Charlie Hoefer, who played for the Huskies in the same game.
Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (died 2010)
Diana Ruth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, was the wife of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and a British intelligence officer during World War II.
14/01/1921
Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (died 2006)
Murray Bookchin was an American social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. Influenced by the works of G. W. F. Hegel, Karl Marx, and Peter Kropotkin, he was a pioneer in the environmental movement. Bookchin formulated and developed the theory of social ecology and urban planning within anarchist, libertarian socialist, and ecological thought. He was the author of two dozen books covering topics in politics, philosophy, history, urban affairs, and social ecology. Among the most important were Our Synthetic Environment (1962), Post-Scarcity Anarchism (1971), The Ecology of Freedom (1982), and Urbanization Without Cities (1987). In the late 1990s, he became disenchanted with what he saw as an increasingly apolitical "lifestylism" of the contemporary anarchist movement, stopped referring to himself as an anarchist, and founded his own libertarian socialist ideology called "communalism", which seeks to reconcile and expand Marxist, syndicalist, and anarchist thought.
Kenneth Bulmer, American author (died 2005)
Henry Kenneth Bulmer was a British writer, primarily of science fiction.
Ken Sailors, American basketball player (died 2016)
Kenneth Lloyd Sailors was an American professional basketball player and played in the 1940s and early 1950s. A 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) point guard, he is regarded as being one of the players who developed the jump shot as an alternative to the two-handed, flat-footed set shot. After being named All-American in college basketball for Wyoming in 1942 and 1943, Sailors served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II and returned to play for the Cowboys after the war again winning All-American honors in 1946. Sailors played pro basketball for several teams, then moved to Alaska with his wife and became a high school basketball coach in Glennallen, Alaska north of Valdez.
14/01/1920
Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer and manager (died 1982)
Johannes Lambertus (Bertus) de Harder was a Dutch footballer who played as a striker. He scored 3 goals in 11 games for the Netherlands national team. He represented the Netherlands at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
14/01/1919
Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (died 2013)
Giulio Andreotti was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the 41st prime minister of Italy in seven governments. He was leader of the Christian Democracy party and its conservative faction; he was the sixth-longest-serving prime minister since the Italian unification and the second-longest-serving post-war prime minister. Andreotti is widely considered the most powerful and prominent politician of the First Republic.
Andy Rooney, American soldier, journalist, critic, and television personality (died 2011)
Andrew Aitken Rooney was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011. His final regular appearance on 60 Minutes aired on October 2, 2011; he died a month later at the age of 92.
14/01/1915
Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (died 1992)
Mark Leo Goodson was an American television producer who specialized in game shows, most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman, with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
14/01/1914
Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (died 2002)
Harold John Avery Russell was an American World War II veteran and actor. After losing his hands during his military service, Russell was cast in the epic drama film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was the first non-professional actor to win an Academy Award for acting and the first Oscar recipient to sell his award.
Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat (died 2003)
Selahattin Ülkümen was a Turkish diplomat who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1989, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem. During World War II, he was serving as a consul-general of Turkey on the island of Rhodes, Greece, which had been invaded and occupied by Nazi Germany. Ülkümen assisted the island's Jews by personally intervening to prevent as many of them as possible from being deported by the Germans amidst the Holocaust. In total, he managed to save around 50 Jews—13 on the basis of their Turkish citizenship, and the remainder through his own initiatives.
14/01/1912
Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (died 2007)
Tillie Lerner Olsen was an American writer who was associated with the political turmoil of the 1930s and the first generation of American feminists.
14/01/1911
Anatoly Rybakov, Russian-American author (died 1998)
Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov was a Soviet and Russian writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist Children of the Arbat trilogy, the novel Heavy Sand, and many popular children books including Adventures of Krosh, Dirk and Bronze Bird. One of the last of his works was his memoir The Novel of Memoirs (Роман-Воспоминание) telling about all the different people he met during his long life. Writer Maria Rybakova is his granddaughter.
14/01/1909
Brenda Forbes, English-American actress (died 1996)
Brenda Forbes was a British-born American actress of stage and screen.
Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1984)
Joseph Walton Losey III was an American film and theatre director, producer, and screenwriter. Born in Wisconsin, he studied in Germany with Bertolt Brecht and then returned to the United States. Blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s, he moved to Europe where he made the remainder of his films, mostly in the United Kingdom.
14/01/1908
Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (died 1934)
Ruggiero Eugenio di Rodolfo Colombo, known as Russ Columbo, was an American baritone, songwriter, violinist, and actor. He is famous for romantic ballads such as his signature tune "You Call It Madness, But I Call It Love" and his own compositions "Prisoner of Love" and "Too Beautiful for Words".
14/01/1907
Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1985)
Georges-Émile Lapalme was a Quebec, Canada, politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.
14/01/1906
William Bendix, American actor (died 1964)
William Bendix was an American film, radio, and television actor, known for his portrayals of rough, blue-collar characters. He gained significant recognition for his role in Wake Island, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Bendix is also remembered for playing Chester A. Riley, the earnest and clumsy aircraft plant worker, in both the radio and television versions of The Life of Riley. Additionally, he portrayed baseball legend Babe Ruth in The Babe Ruth Story. Bendix frequently co-starred with Alan Ladd, appearing in ten films together; both actors died in 1964.
14/01/1905
Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (died 1991)
Mildred Elizabeth Albert was an American fashion commentator, modeling agency director, fashion show producer, radio and television personality, and society columnist. Known as the "Mighty Atom" and Boston's "First Lady of Fashion", she produced thousands of fashion shows during her career. She founded the Academie Moderne finishing school in 1936 and co-founded the Hart Model Agency in 1944. After selling both concerns in 1981, she remained active on the Boston fashion scene, covering fashion shows and hosting charity benefits, which earned her the title of "official grande dame" of Boston.
Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1995)
Takeo Fukuda was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1976 to 1978.
Sterling Holloway, American actor (died 1992)
Sterling Price Holloway Jr. was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He did voice acting for The Walt Disney Company, playing Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Adult Flower in Bambi, the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Kaa in The Jungle Book, Roquefort the Mouse in The Aristocats, and the title character in Winnie the Pooh, among many others.
14/01/1904
Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980)
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a British photographer, designer, and diarist. Renowned for his elegant and often theatrical style, Beaton's work appeared in leading publications such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. He gained international acclaim for his portraits of celebrities, royalty, and socialites, as well as his work in fashion, theatre, and film. Though he is best known for his celebrity portraits, Beaton was also one of the most prolific photographers of life during World War II, taking over 7,000 photographs between 1940 and 1945 in Britain as well as in China and Africa.
Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (died 1997)
Emily "Mickey" Hahn was an American journalist and writer. Considered an early feminist and called "a forgotten American literary treasure" by The New Yorker magazine, she was the author of over 50 books and more than 200 articles and short stories.
Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1939)
Charles Albert "Babe" Siebert was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger and defenceman who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Maroons, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens. He won the 1926 Stanley Cup championship with the Maroons, and was a member of the famous "S Line", and another with the Rangers in 1933.
14/01/1901
Bebe Daniels, American actress (died 1971)
Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (died 1983)
Alfred Tarski was a Polish-American logician and mathematician. A prolific author best known for his work on model theory, metamathematics, and algebraic logic, he also contributed to abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, type theory, and analytic philosophy.
14/01/1899
Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (died 1985)
Carlos Peña Romulo Sr. was a Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author. He was a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and the Philippine Army, university president, and president of the United Nations General Assembly.
14/01/1897
Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (died 1978)
Hasso Eccard Freiherr von Manteuffel was a German baron born to the Prussian noble von Manteuffel family and was a general during World War II who commanded the 5th Panzer Army in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds of Nazi Germany.
14/01/1896
John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, and playwright (died 1970)
John Roderigo Dos Passos was an American novelist, most notable for his U.S.A. trilogy. He was a descendant of the Lee Family of Virginia.
14/01/1894
Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier and nurse (died 1917)
Ecaterina Teodoroiu was a Romanian woman who fought on the front and died in World War I, and is regarded as a heroine of Romania.
14/01/1892
Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (died 1984)
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He opposed the Nazi regime during the late 1930s, and was sent to a concentration camp for his affiliation with the Confessing Church and his opposition to state involvement in Church. After the war, he went on tour around the world to condemn the Nazi cause and educate people about the importance of human rights. In 1946 he published the confessional piece "First They Came".
Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (died 1992)
Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr. was an American film and television producer, director and screenwriter, who was the founder of the namesake Hal Roach Studios.
George Wilson, English footballer (died 1961)
George Wilson was an English footballer who played in his club career at Blackpool and Sheffield Wednesday between 1912 and 1925. He made twelve appearances for England, seven as captain.
14/01/1887
Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1972)
Hugo Dyonizy Steinhaus was a Polish mathematician and educator. Steinhaus obtained his PhD under David Hilbert at Göttingen University in 1911 and later became a professor at the Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów, where he helped establish what later became known as the Lwów School of Mathematics. He is credited with "discovering" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he gave a notable contribution to functional analysis through the Banach–Steinhaus theorem. After World War II Steinhaus played an important part in the establishment of the mathematics department at Wrocław University and in the revival of Polish mathematics from the destruction of the war.
14/01/1886
Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (died 1947)
Hugh John Lofting was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talking to animals, based in an English village, first appeared in illustrated letters to his children which Lofting sent from British Army trenches in the First World War. Lofting settled in the United States soon after the war and before his first book was published.
14/01/1883
Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (died 1970)
Nina Ricci was an Italian-born French fashion designer.
14/01/1882
Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (died 1944)
Hendrik Willem van Loon was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author.
14/01/1875
Albert Schweitzer, French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. As a Lutheran minister, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of the historical Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view. His contributions to the interpretation of Pauline Christianity concern the role of Paul's mysticism of "being in Christ" as primary and the doctrine of justification by faith as secondary.
14/01/1870
George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician (died 1952)
Sir George Foster Pearce KCVO was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1901 to 1938. He began his career in the Labor Party but later joined the National Labor Party, the Nationalist Party, and the United Australia Party; he served as a cabinet minister under prime ministers from all four parties.
14/01/1869
Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (died 1937)
Mortimer Henri-Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze was a French politician and polo player in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was born in Paris and died in Compiègne. In 1900 he was part of the Bagatelle Polo Club de Paris polo team which won the bronze medal.
14/01/1863
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (died 1929)
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa was a Portuguese army officer and politician who served as president of Portugal in 1926. He was the second president of the Ditadura Nacional.
Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator (died 1928)
Richard Felton Outcault was an American cartoonist. He was the creator of the series The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown and is considered a key pioneer of the modern comic strip.
14/01/1862
Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (died 1941)
Carrie Matilda Derick was a Canadian botanist and geneticist, the first woman professor in a Canadian university, and the founder of McGill University's genetics department.
14/01/1861
Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (died 1926)
Mehmed VI Vahideddin, also known as Şahbaba among the Osmanoğlu family, was the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the penultimate Ottoman caliph, reigning from 4 July 1918 until 1 November 1922, when the Ottoman Sultanate was abolished and replaced by the Republic of Turkey on 29 October 1923.
14/01/1856
J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (died 1919)
Jules François Archibald was an Australian journalist and publisher, best known for co-founding and editing The Bulletin, Australia's most popular magazine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also the founder and namesake of the annual Archibald Prize, Australia's most prestigious art prize for portraiture.
14/01/1850
Pierre Loti, French captain and author (died 1923)
Pierre Loti was a French naval officer and novelist, known for his exotic novels and short stories.
14/01/1849
Frank Cowper, English yachtsman, author and illustrator (died 1930)
1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.
14/01/1845
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (died 1927)
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KG GCSI GCMG GCIE PC, was a British statesman who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
14/01/1841
Berthe Morisot, French painter (died 1895)
Berthe Marie Pauline Morisot was a French painter, printmaker and a member of the circle of painters in Paris who became known as the Impressionists.
14/01/1836
Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (died 1904)
Ignace Henri Jean Theodore Fantin-Latour was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.
14/01/1834
Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (died 1903)
Duncan Gillies, was an Australian colonial politician who served as the 14th Premier of Victoria.
14/01/1824
Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (died 1906)
Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov was a Russian critic of music and art.
14/01/1820
Bezalel HaKohen, Russian rabbi (died 1878)
Bezalel Ben Moses HaKohen was a rabbi and Talmudist at Vilnius, then in the Russian Empire.
14/01/1819
Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet and politician (died 1872)
Dimitrie Bolintineanu was a Romanian poet, though he wrote in many other styles as well, diplomat, politician, and a participant in the revolution of 1848. He was of Aromanian origin. His poems of nationalist overtone fueled emotions during the unification of Wallachia and Moldavia.
14/01/1818
Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist (died 1898)
Zacharias Topelius was a Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history. He wrote his works exclusively in Swedish, although they were translated early on into Finnish. In Finland Topelius emerged as one of the foremost heirs to Sir Walter Scott’s legacy of exploring the nation through the historical novel.
14/01/1806
Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (died 1855)
Captain Sir Charles Hotham KCB was Lieutenant-Governor and, later, Governor of Victoria, Australia from 22 June 1854 to 10 November 1855.
Matthew Fontaine Maury, American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (died 1873)
Matthew Fontaine Maury was an American oceanographer and naval officer, serving the United States and then joining the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
14/01/1800
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (died 1877)
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel was an Austrian musicologist, writer, composer, botanist, and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the 'KV-numbers' by which they are known.
14/01/1798
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1872)
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke was a Dutch liberal statesman, one of the most important Dutch politicians of the 19th century. Thorbecke is best known for heading the commission that drafted the revision of the Constitution of the Netherlands in 1848, amidst the liberal democratic revolutions of 1848. The new constitution transformed the country from an absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy, with the States General and the Council of Ministers becoming more powerful than the king. The amended constitution also granted individual rights to residents and citizens of the kingdom. This made the constitution one of the more progressive at the time. Thorbecke is generally considered a founding father of the modern political system of the Netherlands.
14/01/1793
John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (died 1852)
John Chamberlain Clark was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a United States representative from New York from 1827 to 1829 and from 1837 to 1843.
14/01/1792
Christian de Meza, Danish general (died 1865)
Christian Julius de Meza was the commander of the Danish Army during the 1864 Second Schleswig War. De Meza was responsible for the withdrawal of the Danish army from the Danevirke, an event which shocked the Danish public and resulted in the loss of his command.
14/01/1780
Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician (died 1844)
Henry Baldwin was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from January 6, 1830, to April 21, 1844.
14/01/1767
Maria Theresa of Austria (died 1827)
Maria Theresa of Austria was born an Archduchess of Austria and a Princess of Tuscany. She was later Queen of Saxony as the second wife and consort of King Anthony of Saxony.
14/01/1749
James Garrard, American farmer, Baptist minister and politician (died 1822)
James Garrard was an American farmer, Baptist minister and politician who served as the second governor of Kentucky from 1796 to 1804. Because of term limits imposed by the state constitution adopted in 1799, he was the last Kentucky governor elected to two consecutive terms until the restriction was eased by a 1992 amendment, allowing Paul E. Patton's re-election in 1999.
14/01/1741
Benedict Arnold, American-British general (died 1801)
Benedict Arnold was an American-born British military officer who served during the American Revolutionary War. He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army and rose to the rank of major general before defecting to the British in 1780. General George Washington had given him his fullest trust and had placed him in command of West Point in New York. Arnold was planning to surrender the fort to British forces, but the plot was discovered in September 1780, whereupon he fled to the British lines. In the later part of the war, Arnold was commissioned as a brigadier general in the British Army and placed in command of the American Legion. He led British forces in battle against the army which he had once commanded, and his name became synonymous with treason and betrayal in the United States.
14/01/1705
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician (died 1786)
Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier was a French explorer and colonial administrator of the Mascarene Islands to the east of Madagascar.
14/01/1702
Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (died 1737)
Yasuhito , posthumously honored as Emperor Nakamikado , was the 114th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He was enthroned as Emperor in 1709, a reign that would last until 1735 with his abdication.
14/01/1700
Picander, German poet and playwright (died 1764)
Christian Friedrich Henrici, writing under the pen name Picander, was a German poet and librettist for many works by Johann Sebastian Bach, notably the St Matthew Passion of 1727.
14/01/1699
Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (died 1762)
Jakob Adlung, or Adelung, was a German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, composer and music theorist.
14/01/1684
Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (died 1742)
Johann Matthias (Matyhias) Hase was a German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer.
Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (died 1745)
Jean-Baptiste van Loo was a French portrait painter.
14/01/1683
Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (died 1753)
Gottfried Silbermann was a German builder of keyboard instruments. He built harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and fortepianos; his modern reputation rests mainly on the latter two.
14/01/1552
Alberico Gentili, Italian-English academic and jurist (died 1608)
Alberico Gentili was an Italian jurist, a tutor of Queen Elizabeth I, and a standing advocate to the Spanish Embassy in London, who served as the Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford for 21 years. He is regarded as the co-founder of the field of international law, and thus is known as the "Father of international law".
14/01/1551
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Grand vizier of emperor Akbar (died 1602)
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, also known as Abul Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami, was an Indian writer, historian, and politician who served as the grand vizier of the Mughal Empire from his appointment in 1579, until his death in 1602. His notable works include the Akbarnama, Ain-i-Akbari, and a Persian translation of the Bible.
14/01/1507
Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (died 1578)
Catherine of Austria or Catherine of Spain was a Queen of Portugal as the wife of King John III, and a regent during the minority of her grandson, King Sebastian, from 1557 until 1562.
Luca Longhi, Italian painter (died 1580)
Luca Longhi was an Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, active in and near Ravenna, where he mainly produced religious paintings and portraits.
14/01/1477
Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (died 1552)
Hermann of Wied was the Archbishop-Elector of Cologne from 1515 to 1546.
14/01/1476
Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros, English baroness (died 1526)
Anne St Leger was a niece of two kings of England, Edward IV and Richard III. Before she was eight years old, she had inherited a vast fortune and been disinherited of it. Married at 14, she had eleven children and is a link in the maternal line that was used to identify the remains of Richard III.
14/01/1451
Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (died 1522)
Franchinus Gaffurius was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance.
14/01/1273
Joan I of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre, queen consort of France (died 1305)
Joan I was ruling Queen of Navarre and Countess of Champagne from 1274 until 1305. She was also Queen of France by marriage to King Philip IV. She founded the College of Navarre in Paris in 1305.
14/01/1131
Valdemar I of Denmark (died 1182)
Valdemar I Knudsen, also known as Valdemar the Great, was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zenith under his son King Valdemar II.
01/01/1970
Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (died 30 BC)
Marcus Antonius, commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autocratic Roman Empire.