Historical Birthdays

🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - June 14, 2026

1963 Laurel Kean, Portland ME, LPGA golfer (1994 JAL Big Apple-17th)

1835 Nikolay Rubinstein, composer

1968 Eric Murdock, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies, Miami Heat)

1844 Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist

1836 Thomas Wilberforce Egan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)

1975 A J Mleczko, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)

1943 W J [Billy] Tauzin, (Rep-D-LA, 1980- )

1925 David Bache, designer

1946 Ralph McAllister Ingersol II, NYC, newspaper publisher

1918 Carter Harman, composer

1972 Rick Brunson, NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers)

1967 Wendy Lian Williams, St Louis Mo, US diver (Olympic-bronze-88, 92)

1949 Alan White, English rock drummer (Yes, Ramshackled)

1973 Daniel Marsh, cricketer (son of Rod South Aust slow lefty since 1993)

1952 Eddie Mekka, Worcester Mass, actor (Carmine-Laverne & Shirley)

2160 Montgomery Edward Scott, Aberdeen Scotland, fictional eng (Star Trek)

1976 Rita Carvalho, Miss Universe-Portugal (1996)

1970 Simone Fleurice Eden, Arcadia Ca, playmate (Feb, 1989)

1943 F James Sensenbrenner, (Rep-R-Wisconsin)

1973 Michael Cade, NJ, actor (Sylvester Winkle-Calif Dreams)

1820 John Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations)

1923 Theodore Bloomfield, composer

1884 John McCormack, Irish/US singer (Irish folksongs)

1966 Ricky Siglar, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints)

1939 Steny H Hoyer, (Rep-D-MD, 1981- )

1769 Dominique Della-Maria, composer

1904 Benno Ammann, composer

1889 Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/palaeontologist

1929 Cy Coleman, [Seymour Kaufman], songwriter (Witchcraft, Sweet Charity)

1931 Marla Gibbs, Chicago Ill, actress (Florence-Jeffersons, Mary-227)

1966 Traylor Howard, Orlando Fla, actress (Joy Byrnes-Boston Common)

1961 Grace Jackson, St Ann Jamaica, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1988)

1935 Jan Nijland, cattle breeder/Dutch MP (CDA)

1929 Alan Davidson, cricketer (mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder)

1908 John Scott Trotter, Charlotte NC, orch leader (George Gobel Show)

1970 Willie Beamon, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)

1924 Solouchin, writer

1958 Eric Heiden, Wisc, «/1/1«/5/10K speed skater (Olympic-5 golds-1980)

1971 Bruce Bowen, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)

1865 Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer

1921 Gene Barry, NYC, actor (Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law)

1946 Donald Trump, billionaire/master builder (Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle)

1964 Jamie Dukes, NFL center (Arizona Cardinals)

1974 Rod Payne, corner (Cincinnati Bengals)

1966 Rod Stephens, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)

1973 Sam Shade, NFL strong safety (Cin Bengals)

1973 Stepfret Williams, wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)

1919 Sam Wanamaker, Chic Ill, actor (Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal)

1657 Cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral

1925 Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter

1967 Ante Mise, Yugoslav soccer player (Hajduk Split/Vitesse)

1854 Frederik Rung, composer

1969 Eugene Chung, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts)

1917 Al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp)

1864 Alois Alzheimer, Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease)

1955 Vince Evans, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders)

1928 Ernesto "Che" Guevara Serna, Arg/Cuba revolutionary (Cuba)

1856 Andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)

1955 Kim Lankford, Montebello Calif, actress (Gingers-Knots Landing)

1855 Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)

1940 Bill Baker, (Rep-R-California)

1940 John Mizelle, composer

1963 Chris DeGarmo, guitarist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)

1950 Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem)

1958 Carina Persson, Stockholm Sweden, playmate (August, 1983)

1529 Ferdinand, archduke (Austria)/mayor (Bohemia)

1874 Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour)

1961 Sam Perkins, NBA forward/center (Seattle Supersonics)

1899 Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)

1922 Arthur Jacobs, musicologist

1940 Jack Bannon, LA Calif, actor (Art-Lou Grant, Trauma Center)

1903 Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot

1926 Hermann Kant, writer

1960 Tonie Campbell, LA Calif, 100m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1988)

1969 Steffi Graf, Bruhl West Germany, tennis player (Grand Slam 1988)

1925 Pierre Salinger, newsman (ABC)/press secretary (John Kennedy)

1933 Jerzy Kosinski, novelist (Painted Bird, Being There)

1994 Nicholas Pietro Santopictro, son of Vanna White

1882 Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia

1906 Margaret Bourke-White, photographer/innovator/correspondent

1955 Larry Burrows, fictional character (Mr Destiny)

1906 Carl Esmond, Wien (Vienna) Austria, actor (Smash-Up)

1895 Cliff Edwards, Hannibal MO, singer (When You Wish Upon a Star)

1916 Geoffrey Goodwin, British professor of international relations

1952 Jimmy Lea, England, rock bassist (Slade)

1970 Todd Manning, fictional character (One Life to Live)

1967 Dedrick Dodge, NFL safety (SF 49ers, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)

1882 Michael Zadora, composer

1763 Johannes Simon Mayr, composer

1968 Tony Smith, NBA guard (Miami Heat)

1971 Fred Baxter, NFL tight end (NY Jets)

1920 Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo, composer

1945 Rod Argent, rocker (She's Not There-Zombies, Hold Your Head Up-Argent)

1907 Ren‚ Char, French poet/painter

1954 Will Patton, Charleston SC, actor (No Way Out, Ballzaire the Cajun)

1918 Leroy T Walker, Atlanta Ga, US Olympic consultant (1960, 68, 72)

1958 Brian David Willis, rock drummer (Quarterflash)

1736 Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law)

1949 Rochelle Firestone, Kansas City MO, actress (Hellhole)

1972 Jeff Kysar, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)

1916 Karl-Rudi Griesbach, composer

1760 Candido Jose Ruano, composer

1918 Dorothy McGuire, Omaha Neb, actress (Old Yeller, Summer Magic)

1923 Donald Smith, cricketer (uneventful England opening batsman 1957)

1963 James Patrick, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)

1953 David Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Pere Ubu)

1805 Robert Anderson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871

1900 June Walker, IL, actress (War Nurse, Unforgiven)

1973 Sami Kapanen, Vantaa Fin, NHL left wing (Whalers, Carolina, Oly-B-98)

1968 Yasmine Bleeth, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch)

1691 Jan Francisci, composer

1912 E Cuyler Hammond, scientist (1st to link smoking with lung cancer)

1968 Brian Wiggins, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)

1964 Randall Thompson, Halifax Nova Scotia, boxer (Olympics-96)

1821 Jozef Lies, Flemish painter

1906 Gil Lamb, Minneapolis, actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High)

1949 Bob Frankston, programmer (VisiCalc)

1961 "Boy George" O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist & druggie (Culture Club)

1730 Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer [or Jul 23 1734]

1932 Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, composer

1895 Louis Finkelstein, US historian/theologist (Pharizees)

1909 Burl Ives, Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)

1943 Muff [Mervyn] Winwood, singer (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)

1940 Ben Davidson, LA Calif, actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R)

1883 Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian bible expert

1962 Scott Radecic, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)

1910 Rudolf Kempe, Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72)

1923 Jack Hayward, Brit financier (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club)

1941 John Edgar Widerman, US writer

1868 Karl Landsteiner, Austria, immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930)

1956 Frederick Funk, Takoma Park MD, PGA golfer (1992 Shell Houston Open)

1969 Eric Desjardins, Rauyn Quebec, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Canada)

1811 Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

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