Famous Birthdays for April 14Christian Huygens 1629 Antole France 1844 Anne Mansfield Sullivan 1866 - "The Miracle Worker", famous for teaching Helen Keller to read, write and speak Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee 1889 - Historian, author Harold Stephen Black 1898 John Gielgud 1904 - Actor (Movies: "Arthur") Mary Healy 1918 Roberto DeVicenzo 1923 - Golfer Shorty Rogers (Milton Rajonsky) 1924 - Musician, bandleader, songwriter, composer, arranger Rod Steiger (Rodney Stephen Steiger) 1925 - Actor ("Dr. Zhivago", "The Longest Day") Gloria Jean (Schoonover) 1926 - Actress ("Copacabana", "The Ladies Man") Jay Robinson 1930 - Actor Bradford Dillman 1930 - Actor ("Compulsion", "Falcon Crest") Buddy Knox 1933 Frank Serpico 1934 Loretta Lynn 1935 - Country singer, first woman to earn the CMA's Entertainer of the Year award Joan Darling 1935 - Actress Marty Keough 1935 - Baseball player Bobby Nichols 1936 - Golfer Julie Christie 1941 - Actress ("Dr. Zhivago", "Shampoo") Pete Rose (Peter Edward Rose) 1941 - Baseball player Dick Brooks 1942 - Auto racer Ritchie Blackmore 1945 - Musician (Deep Purple) Larry Ferguson 1948 - Musician (Hot Chocolate) John Shea 1949 - Actor ("Lois & Clark", "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid") Dennis Bryon 1949 - Musician (Amen Corner) Matimaa Kinuani Mpiosso 1951 Brad Garrett 1960 - Actor ("Everybody Loves Raymond") Robert Carlyle 1961 - Actor John Bell 1962 - Musician (Widespread Panic) Greg Maddux 1966 - Baseball player Barrett Martin 1967 - Musician (Screaming Trees) Anthony Michael Hall 1968 - Actor (Movies:"Sixteen Candles", "The Breakfast Club", TV:"The Dead Zone") Brad Ausmus 1969 - Baseball player DaBrat 1974 - Rapper Adrien Brody 1973 - Actor Sarah Michelle Gellar 1977 - Actress ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") Vivien Cardone 1993 - Actress ("Everwood") Abigail Breslin 1996 - Actress ("Little Miss Sunshine") |
