July 14

July 14 – Famous Birthdays

1486 Andrea del Sarto Italy, painter (Recollets)
1602 Jules Mazarin France, cardinal, French 1st Minister (1642-61)
1834 James Abbott McNeill Whistler artist (Whistler’s Mother)
1857 Maytag invented washing machine
1858 Emmeline Pankhurst England, found (Women’s Social & Political Union)
1862 Florence Bascom US, 1st American woman PhD
1862 Gustav Klimt Austria, Art Nouveau painter
1865 Annie Jones Virginia, bearded lady
1869 Owen Wister US, novelist (The Virginian)
1874 ‘Abbas II last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914)
1880 Donald Meek Glasgow Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach)
1890 Ossip Zadkine sculptor (The Destroyed City)
1893 Spencer Williams Vidalia La, actor (Andy-Amos ‘n’ Andy)
1895 Cliff Edwards “Ukulele Ike”, Hannibal Mo, singer (54th Street Revue)
1895 Frank Raymond Leavis British literary critic (Culture & Environment)
19– William Gay Espy actor (Mitch Blake-Another World)
1901 George Tobias NYC, actor (Abner Kravitz-Bewitched)
1903 Irving Stone US, author (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life)
1903 Ken Murray NYC, comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show)
1904 Isaac Bashevis Singer Yiddish novelist (Enemies-Nobel 1978)
1906 Tom Carvel ice cream mogul (Carvels)
1909 Annabella [Suzanne G Charpentier], Paris, actress (Dinner at Ritz)
1910 William Hanna animator (Hanna-Barbera)
1911 Terry-Thomas England, actor (It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World)
1912 Woodrow Wilson “Woodie” Guthrie folk singer (This Land Is Your Land)
1913 Gerald R Ford [Leslie King], 41st VP (1973-74), 38th pres (R-1974-77)
1917 Douglas Edwards Alda Okla, newscaster (CBS Evening News, FYI)
1918 Arthur Laurents NYC, playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy)
1918 Ingmar Bergman Uppsala Sweden, director (Cries & Whispers)
1918 Jay Wright Forrester invented random-access magnetic core memory
1919 Lino Ventura Italy, actor (Happy New Year, Pain in the A–)
1923 Dale Robertson Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty)
1923 Frances Lear Larchmont NY, Woman’s magazine publisher (Lears)
1926 Harry Dean Stanton actor (Alien, Cool Hand Luke, Alien)
1927 John Chancellor Chicago Ill, news anchor (NBC, VOA)
1928 Nancy Olson Milwaukee, actress (Absent-Minded Professor, Pollyanna)
1928 Pierre Olaf Cauderan France, actor (Kraft Music Hall)
1930 Polly Bergen Knoxville Tn, actress (Rhoda-Winds of War, Baby Talk)
1931 Donald Eugene Webb Okla City, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1931 Robert Stephens Bristol England, actor (Uncle Kurt-Holocaust)
1932 Roosevelt Grier Cuthbert Ga, NFLer (NY Giants)/actor (Movin’ On)
1933 Robert Bourassa Montr‚al, premier of Qu‚bec (1970-76, 1985- )
1934 Leo Joseph Koury Pitts, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1936 Gloria Lambert Worcester Mass, singer (Sing Along With Mitch)
1936 Robert F Overmyer Lorain Ohio, Col USMC/astronaut (STS 5, STS 51B)
1943 Lynn Loring NYC, actress (Patty-Fair Exchange, Barbara-FBI)
1947 Steve Stone Cleveland Ohio, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
1948 Tommy Matola rock manager/CEO (CBS records)
1952 Chris Cross rock singer (Arthur)
1952 Eric Laneuville New Orleans La, actor (Larry-Room 222, St Elsewhere)
1952 Jerry Houser LA Calif, actor (Slapshot, Summer of ’42, Class of ’44)
1952 Stan Shaw Chic Ill, actor (Mississippi, Roots Next Generation)
1961 Jackie Earle Haley Northridge Calif, actor (Breaking Away)
1970 Missy Gold Great Falls Mont, actress (Katie-Benson)
1977 Princess Victoria Ingrid Alic‚a D‚sir‚e, heir apparent of Sweden