Birthdays of important personalities on January 14

1467: Henry van Stolberg & Wernigerode, German gov/viceroy of Frisia
1592: Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India
1615: John Biddle, English minister (Unitarian)
1618: Jan Six, Dutch mayor of Amsterdam
1664: Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36)
1684: Jean-Baptiste Vanloo, French painter
1705: Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet, governor (Reunion Is)
1730: William Whipple, merchant/judge (Declaration of Independence signer)
1741: Benedict Arnold, US general turn traitor (Revolutionary War)
1791: Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male (67 cm; 2' 2")
1798: Johan R Thorbecke, Premier of Netherlands (Lib-1849..72)
1800: Ludwig A F Ritter von K?chel, Austrian musicologist (Mozart, Fux)
1806: Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander (Confederacy)
1817: Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna)
1818: Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist (Surgeon's Stories)
1819: Frederick Steele, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1831: John Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
1836: [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1841: Berthe M P Morisot, French painter/aquarellist
1845: Henry C K Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th marquess of Landsdowne/gov-gen Canada
1850: Jean de Reszke, [Jan Mieczyslaw], Polish tenor
1851: Th?ophile EA de Bock, Dutch painter/etcher/drawer
1863: Pieter Oosterlee, Dutch educator
1875: Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)
1892: Martin Niem?ller, clergyman (German Protestant); imprisoned by Hitler
1896: John dos Passos, novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel)
1899: Fritz Bayerlein, German lt-general (WW I, Poland, Libya, St-Lo)
1901: Carlos P Romulo, Philippine general/diplomat/jurist
1902: Alfred Tarski, Warsaw, mathematician/logician
1904: Cecil Beaton, England, royal family photographer
1907: Derek Richter, British neuro chemist (Aspects of learning & memory)
1907: Sophie Redmond, Suriname's 1st female physician
1915: Andre Frossard, Catholic columnist
1916: John Oliver Killens, novelist
1919: Andy Rooney, Albany NY, CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes)
1919: Giulio Andreotti, 7 x premier (Italy)
1920: Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux)
1920: George Herman, newsman (CBS-TV)
1921: Charles Gaupp, German/Dutch painter
1921: Mark Lawrence, Wash DC, pianist (Alice Pearce)
1925: Yukio Mishima, Japan, novelist (Temple of Golden Pavilion)
1926: Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/Soth African activist
1927: Ivan Kalita, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-silver-1968)
1928: Gerald Arpino, Staten Island NY, choreographer
1929: Billy Walker, Ralls Tx, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1930: Ernest Just, Black biologist, served as VP of American Zoologists
1932: Caterina Valente, Paris France, singer (Entertainers)
1936: Clarence Carter, US singer (Thread the Needle)
1936: Ludmila Pinayeva, USSR, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1964, 1968, 1972)
1936: Reiner Klimke, German FR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1984)
1937: Billie Jo Spears, country singer
1938: Jack Jones, LA Calif, singer (Love Boat Theme)
1940: Julian Bond, Nashville Tenn, (D-Ga) civil rights leader
1942: Amichand Rajbansi, South African politician
1942: Carol Bellamy, Planfield NJ, (City Council Pres-D-NYC, 1978-85)
1943: Jos? Luis Rodriguez, Caracas Venezuala, singer (Dueno De Nada)
1943: Shannon Lucid, Shanghai China, astronaut (STS 51G, 34, 43, 58, 76/79)
1947: Bill Weberniuk, Canadian snookers player
1951: Gil Pak Jong, Korea PR, judo (Olympic-1976)
1952: Sydney Biddle Barrow, madam/autohr (Mayflower Madam)
1958: Colin Ferguson, murderer (6 people on the LIRR on Dec 7, 1993)
1959: Carl Chas Smash Smyth, rock bassist (Madness-Our House)
1959: Geoff Tate, vocalist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
1959: Susan Smith, Beloit WISC, playmate (Sept, 1981)
1961: Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman
1964: Sergei Nemchinov, Moscow Rus, NHL center (NY Islanders, Oly-Silver-98)
1965: Dave Lowry, Sudbury, NHL left wing (Florida Panthers)
1968: L L Cool J, [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer)
1969: Dave Grohl, drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
1969: David Webb, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970: Eric Charron, Verdun, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1970: Steve Cooke, Kanai Hawaii, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
1973: Rod Myers, Conroe TX, outfielder (KC Royals)
1974: Michael Dritlein, WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire)
1975: Marcel Koning, soccer player (FC The Hague/NEC)
1977: Terry Ryan, St Johns, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens)
1988: Jamie Altman, son of Lynda Carter & Robert Altman
1988: Jordy, French singer
1989: Sextuplets, Paris France, (to a 29-year-old woman)

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