January 14 - Births

Births

• 47 BC – Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier and eldest son of Marc Antony (d. 30 BC)
• 38 BC – Nero Claudius Drusus, Roman politician and military commander (d. 9 BC)
• 1131 – King Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
• 1451 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music theorist (d. 1522)
• 1477 – Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
• 1507 – Catherine of Habsburg, Infanta of Spain and queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
• 1551 – Alberico Gentili, Italian jurist (d. 1608)
• 1615 – John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662)
• 1683 – Gottfried Silbermann, German keyboard instrument maker (d. 1753)
• 1684 – Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (d. 1742)
• 1684 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
• 1699 – Jakob Adlung, German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, and music theorist (d. 1762)
• 1700 – Picander, German poet and librettist for many of the cantatas which Johann Sebastian Bach composed in Leipzig (d. 1764)
• 1705 – Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French governor (d. 1786)
• 1741 – Benedict Arnold, American/British general (d. 1801)
• 1767 – Maria Theresa of Tuscany, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1827)
• 1780 – Henry Baldwin, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1844)
• 1792 – Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
• 1793 – John C. Clark, American politician (d. 1852)
• 1798 – Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Dutch politician (d. 1872)
• 1800 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877)
• 1806 – Sir Charles Hotham, Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
• 1806 – Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer (d. 1873)
• 1818 – Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (d. 1898)
• 1824 – Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906)
• 1836 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
• 1841 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
• 1845 – 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, Viceroy of India (d. 1927)
• 1850 – Pierre Loti, French writer (d. 1923)
• 1850 – Jean de Reszke, Polish operatic tenor (d. 1925)
• 1856 – J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher (d. 1919)
• 1861 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1926)
• 1863 – Manuel Gomes da Costa, 96th Prime Minister of Portugal and 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
• 1869 – Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French politician and polo player (d. 1937)
• 1870 – Sir George Pearce, Australian politician (d. 1952)
• 1875 – Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Nina Ricci, Italian-born French fashion designer (d. 1970)
• 1886 – Hugh Lofting, English author (d. 1947)
• 1887 – Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and educator (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Martin Niemöller, German theologian (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Hal Roach, American film producer (d. 1992)
• 1896 – John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Carlos Romulo, Filipino diplomat and author (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Alfred Tarski, Polish logician and mathematician (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Sir Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Emily Hahn, American writer (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Babe Siebert, National Hockey League player (d. 1939)
• 1905 – Takeo Fukuda, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
• 1906 – William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1907 – Georges-Émile Lapalme, French-Canadian politician (d. 1985)
• 1908 – Russ Columbo, American singer (d. 1934)
• 1909 – Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Norman 'Sailor Jerry' Collins, Tattoo artist (d. 1973)
• 1911 – Anatoly Rybakov, Russian writer (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Tillie Olsen, American writer (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1988)
• 1919 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician
• 1919 – Andy Rooney, American journalist (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer (d. 1982)
• 1921 – Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Guy Williams, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1925 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d. 1970)
• 1925 – Louis Quilico, Canadian baritone (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Warren Mitchell, English actor
• 1926 – Tom Tryon, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist
• 1928 – Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Lars Forssell, Swedish writer (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Garry Winogrand, American photographer (d. 1984)
• 1931 – Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Caterina Valente, French-born singer
• 1932 – Don Garlits, American race car driver
• 1933 – Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Richard Briers, English actor
• 1934 – Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (d. 1977)
• 1935 – Lucille Wheeler, Canadian alpine skier
• 1937 – Shoban Babu, Indian actor
• 1937 – J. Bernlef, Dutch writer
• 1937 – Ken Higgs, English cricketer
• 1937 – Erland Kops, Danish badminton player
• 1937 – Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
• 1938 – Morihiro Hosokawa, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1938 – Jack Jones, American singer
• 1938 – Allen Toussaint, American singer
• 1940 – Julian Bond, American civil rights activist
• 1940 – Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Sir Trevor Nunn, English theatre director and film director
• 1941 – Faye Dunaway, American actress
• 1941 – Barry Jenner, American actor
• 1941 – Milan Kučan, Slovenian statesman
• 1942 – Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
• 1942 – Dave Campbell, American baseball player
• 1942 – Gerben Karstens, Dutch racing cyclist
• 1943 – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
• 1943 – Shannon Lucid, American astronaut
• 1943 – José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer
• 1944 – Marjoe Gortner, American evangelist
• 1944 – Graham Marsh, Australian golfer
• 1944 – Nina Totenberg, American journalist
• 1945 – Maina Gielgud, British ballet dancer and administrator
• 1945 – Einar Hakonarson, Icelandic painter
• 1946 – Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Taylor Branch, American author and historian
• 1947 – Beverly Perdue, American politician
• 1947 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
• 1948 – T-Bone Burnett, American producer
• 1948 – Valeri Kharlamov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• 1948 – John Lescroart, American author
• 1948 – Carl Weathers, American actor
• 1949 – Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002)
• 1949 – Lawrence Kasdan, American director
• 1949 – Mary Robison, American writer
• 1950 – Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, Indian religious leader
• 1952 – Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
• 1952 – Maureen Dowd, American writer
• 1952 – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Prime Minister of Romania
• 1952 – Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1954 – Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler
• 1954 – Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1954 – Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
• 1956 – Étienne Daho, French singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor
• 1956 – Rosina Lippi, American writer
• 1957 – Suzanne Danielle, English actress
• 1957 – Anchee Min, Chinese writer
• 1958 – Colin Ferguson, American mass murderer
• 1959 – Geoff Tate, American musician (Queensrÿche)
• 1961 – Rob Hall, New Zealan mountaineer (d. 1996)
• 1961 – Mike Tramp, Danish singer (White Lion and Freak of Nature)
• 1962 – Michael McCaul, American politician
• 1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director
• 1963 – Gert-Jan Theunisse, Dutch cyclist
• 1964 – Mark Addy, British actor
• 1964 – Ernest Miller, American wrestler
• 1964 – Shepard Smith, American news anchor
• 1965 – Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
• 1965 – Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
• 1965 – Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British chef
• 1965 – Ellis Paul, American singer-songwriter and folk musician
• 1966 – DJ Paul Elstak, Dutch hardcore/gabber and happy hardcore DJ and record producer
• 1966 – Marco Hietala, Finnish vocalist and bassist (Nightwish and Tarot)
• 1967 – Kerri Green, American actress
• 1967 – Leonardo "Leo" Ortolani, Italian comic book author
• 1967 – Emily Watson, English actress
• 1967 – Saskia Wickham, British actress
• 1967 – Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society)
• 1968 – Efthimis Bakatsias, Greek basketball player
• 1968 – Ruel Fox, English footballer
• 1968 – Veikka Gustafsson, Finnish mountaineer
• 1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
• 1969 – Jason Bateman, American actor
• 1969 – David Grohl, American drummer and composer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures)
• 1970 – Imam Samudra, Indonesian terrorist, 2002 Bali Bombings (d. 2008)
• 1970 – Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler
• 1970 – Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist and composer
• 1971 – Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
• 1971 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer
• 1971 – Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer
• 1972 – Kyle Brady, American football player
• 1972 – Dion Forster, South African theologian
• 1972 – James Key, British engineer
• 1972 – Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
• 1973 – Eva Bes, Spanish tennis player
• 1973 – Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
• 1974 – Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
• 1974 – Brent Hinds, American musician (Mastodon)
• 1976 – Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Narain Karthikeyan, Indian racecar driver
• 1978 – Just Blaze, American hip hop producer
• 1978 – Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
• 1979 – Karen Elson, British supermodel
• 1979 – Angela Lindvall, American supermodel
• 1979 – John Reuben, American hip hop artist
• 1979 – Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1980 – Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
• 1980 – Ossama Haidar, Lebanese soccer player
• 1980 – Byron Leftwich, American football player
• 1980 – Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
• 1980 – Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
• 1980 – Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and model
• 1981 – Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian football player
• 1981 – Rosa López, Spanish singer
• 1982 – Caleb Followill, American singer (Kings of Leon)
• 1982 – Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
• 1983 – Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
• 1983 – Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Erick Aybar, American baseball player
• 1984 – Fred Matua, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1984 – Brandon Meriweather, American football player
• 1984 – Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
• 1985 – Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
• 1986 – Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
• 1986 – Gary Brolsma, American internet personality
• 1986 – Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
• 1988 – Farshad Bashir, Dutch politician
• 1988 – Mikalah Gordon, American singer
• 1988 – Hakeem Nicks, American football player
• 1988 – Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
• 1989 – Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Frankie Sandford, English singer (S Club 8 and The Saturdays)
• 1989 – Adam Clayton, English footballer
• 1989 – Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer
• 1990 – Grant Gustin, American actor
• 1991 – Diva Montelaba, Filipina actress, singer and dancer
• 1992 – Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
• 1992 – Nimue Smit, Dutch fashion model