October 14: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is October 14th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on October 14th? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

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October 14th was the birth date of several notable individuals. Here they are:

October 14th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Italian Renaissance painter Alesso Baldovinetti (Annunciation and Portrait of a Lady in Yellow) was born on October 14, 1425.

Jean Canneel, Flemish sculptor (Africaine, Femme Agenouillee and Le Roi des Belges Leopold), was born on October 14, 1889.

William G. Fischer, American hymnist ("I Love to Tell the Story," "The Rock That is Higher Than I" and "Whiter Than Snow"), was born on October 14, 1835.

Sir Peter Lely, British-Dutch Baroque portrait artist (The Earl of Arlington, James II, Loiuse de Keroualle, Portrait of Queen Catherine of Braganza, Knight of the Order of the Garter, Two Canons from a Procession of Knights of the Order of the Garter, Trial by Fire, Sir Edward Hyde and Miss Constance Weston), was born on October 14, 1618.

October 14th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

Nikolai Adrianov, Russian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist (1976), was born on October 14, 1952.

Ray Ewry, American track jumper and Olympic gold medalist (1900, 1904, 1906 and 1908), was born on October 14,1873.

Sheila Young Ochowicz, American speed skater and Olympic gold medalist (1976), was born on October 14, 1950.

Alan Washbond, American bobsledder and Olympic gold medalist (1932), was born on October 14, 1899.

October 14th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

German-American political philosopher, educator and author Hannah Arendt (Crises of the Republic, Eichmann in Jerusalem, The Human Condition, Men in Dark Times, On Revolution, On Violence and Origins of Totalitarianism) was born on October 14, 1906.