January 14: Today's Notable Birthdays

With Whom Do You Share Your Birthday?

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

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

January 14th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 14th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, British fashion photographer (Vanity Fair and Vogue), costume designer (Gigi, My Fair Lady and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) and Academy Award winner (1958 and 1964), was born on January 14, 1904.

American screenwriter (The Bodyguard, Continental Divide, The Empire Strikes Back, Grand Canyon, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, Robotech and Wyatt Earp) and film director (The Accidental Tourist, The Big Chill, Body Heat, Dreamcatcher, French Kiss, I Love You to Death, Mumford, Silverado and Time Share) Lawrence Kasdan was born on January 14, 1949.

French painter Berthe Morisot was born on January 14, 1841. Berthe Morisot was married to painter Eugene Manet. (CTRL-click here to view samples of this artist's work in a new window online.)

Harold Eugene (Hal) Roach, American movie producer and film director (The Devil's Brother, One Million B.C. and Road Show), was born on January 14, 1892.

American film director (Bubble, Erin Brockovich, Full Frontal, The Girlfriend Experience, The Good German, Guerrilla, The Informant, Kafka, King of the Hill, Life Interrupted, The Limey, Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Thirteen, Ocean's Twelve, Out of Sight, Sex Lies and Videotape, Solaris, Traffic and Underneath) and Academy Award winner (2000) Steven Andrew (Steve) Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963.

January 14th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

C. L. (Gibby) Gilbert, American professional golfer, was born on January 14, 1941.

Reiner Klimke, German equestrian and Olympic gold medalist (1984 ), was born on January 14, 1936.

Graham Vivian Marsh, Australian professional golfer, was born on January 14, 1944.

Ludmila Pinayeva, Russian kayaker and Olympic gold medalist (1964, 1968 and 1972), was born on January 14, 1936.