March 14: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is March 14th your birthday? Was someone special to you born on March 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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March 14th was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

March 14th Birthdays: Famous Artists

Diane Arbus, American photographer, was born on March 14, 1923. Known for photographing unique or unusual individuals on society's fringes, Diane Arbus was sister to poet Howard Nemerov.

American Abstract Expressionist painter Adolph Gottlieb (Imaginary Landscape) was born on March 14, 1903.

Quincy Jones, American pop and soul composer, was born on March 14, 1933. Quincy Jones wrote the scores for Body Heat, The Color Purple, In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, The Wiz and many other motion pictures. Quincy Jones has played with Patti Austin, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Michael Jackson, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Washington and countless other artists.

French painter Jules Joseph Lefebvre (Boy Painting a Tragic Mask, A Daughter of Eve, The Death of Priam, Lady Godiva, Mary Magdalene in the Grotto, Mignon, Odalisque, Ophelia, Pandora, Roman Charity and La Verite) was born on March 14, 1836.

Johann Strauss, Austrian violinist and composer (Radetzky March), was born on March 14, 1804.

German Baroque composer and sacred musician Georg Philipp Telemann (The Day of Judgment) was born on March 14, 1681.

March 14th Birthdays: Famous Athletes

American professional baseball player Kevin Brown (Florida Marlins) was born on March 14, 1965.

New Zealand professional golfer Bob Charles was born on March 14, 1936.

Bob Goalby, American professional golfer, was born on March 14, 1936.

American professional basketball player Clyde Lee (Atlantic Hawks, Philadelphia 76ers and San Francisco Warriors) was born on March 14, 1944.

Fiorenzo Marini, Italian fencer and Olympic gold medalist (1960), was born on March 14, 1914.

American race car driver Bill Rexford was born on March 14, 1927.

Tessa Sanderson, Jamaican-British javelin thrower and Olympic gold medalist (1984), was born on March 14, 1956.

American professional basketball player Wes Unseld (Baltimore Bullets) was born on March 14, 1946.

March 14th Birthdays: Famous Authors and Journalists

French political scientist and journalist Raymond Aron was born on March 14, 1905. Raymond Aron wrote and edited for L'Express, Le Figaro and France Libre.

Algernon Blackwood, British mystery author (Incredible Adventures), was born on March 14, 1869.

American cartoonist Hank Ketchum (Dennis the Menace) was born on March 14, 1920.

Max Shulman, American playwright and author (I Was A Teenage Dwarf, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Rally Round The Flag Boys, Strictly for Laughs and The Tender Trap), was born on March 14, 1919.

American screenwriter Kevin Williamson (Dawson's Creek, I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream) was born on March 14, 1965.

March 14th Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

Frank Borman, II, American astronaut (Apollo 8 and Gemini 7) and airline executive (Eastern Airlines), was born on March 14, 1928.

American railroad engineer Casey Jones was born on March 14, 1864, Casey Jones was immortalized in the traditional American folk song known as "The Ballad of Casey Jones."

March 14th Birthdays: Famous Performers

Philip (Phil Phillips) Baptiste, American singer and songwriter ("Sea of Love"), was born on March 14, 1931.

American actor Raymond J. Barry (Born on the Fourth of July, Cool Runnings, Dead Man Walking, Flubber, Interview with the Assassin, Lost, The Ref, Training Day and Walk Hard) was born on March 14, 1939. Raymond Barry's mother was actress B. Constance Barry (Beatrice Constance Duffy).

Jamie Bell, British actor (Billy Elliot, Nicholas Nickleby and Undertow), was born on March 14, 1986.

American rock drummer Michael Bland (Prince and the New Power Generation and Soul Asylum) was born on March 14, 1969.

Jann Browne, American country music singer (Asleep at the Wheel), was born on March 14, 1954. Jann Browne's hit singles include "Mexican Wind" and "Tell Me Why."

American bandleader Les Brown (Les Brown and His Band of Renown) was born on March 14, 1912. Les Brown's son is bandleader Les Brown, Jr.

Kristian Bush, American country music guitarist and singer (Billy Pilgrim, Masada and Sugarland), was born on March 14, 1970.

Billy Crystal, American comedian, actor (Analyze This, City Slickers, Deconstructing Harry, Soap, Throw Mama from the Train and When Harry Met Sally) and television personality (The Academy Awards and Saturday Night Live), was born on March 14, 1947.

Derrick Dorsey, American alternative rock bassist (Jimmie's Chicken Shack), was born on March 14, 1972.

Jake Fogelnest, American television personality (VH-1'sI Love the . . . ), was born on March 14, 1979.

Canadian-American actress Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables, The Baxters, The Chase, Domestic Life, Hockey Night and Second Chances) was born on March 14, 1968. Megan Follows married actor Stuart Hughes.

British jazz and funk guitar player Rowland Charles (Boon) Gould (Level 42) was born on March 14, 1955.

Taylor Hanson, American pop singer (The Hansons), was born on March 14, 1983. Taylor Hanson, with his brothers Isaac and Zac Hanson, may be best known for their hit single "MMMBop."

American actress Penny Johnson Jerald (24, Do the Right Thing, General Hospital, The Larry Sanders Show, The Paper Chase and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) was born on March 14, 1961.

Steve Kanaly, American actor (Dallas and Fleshburn), was born on March 14, 1946.

American actor Chris Klein (American Pie, Rollerball and We Were Soldiers) was born on March 14, 1979.

Kate Maberly, British actress (The Audition, Finding Neverland, Friendship's Field, Gulliver's Travels, The Langoliers, Like Minds, Mothertime, Mysteries of Egypt, Popcorn and The Secret Garden), was born on March 14, 1982.

Maurice (Michael Caine) Micklewhite, British actor (Alfie, California Suite, The Cider House Rules, Educating Rita, Hannah and Her Sisters, The Ipcress File, Jack the Ripper, Little Voice, On Deadly Ground and Sleuth) and Academy Award winner (1986 and 1999), was born on March 14, 1933.

American country singer Michael Martin Murphey ("Wildfire") was born on March 14, 1945.

Walt Parazaider, American rock saxophonist (Chicago), was born on March 14, 1945.

American actor Dennis Patrick (The Air Up There, Choices, Dallas, Dear Dead Delilah, Rituals and The Time Travelers) was born on March 14, 1918.

Wolfgang Petersen, German actor (Enemy Mine and Shattered), was born on March 14, 1941.

American blues organist Shirley Scott was born on March 14, 1934. Shirley Scott was married to saxophonist Stanley Turrentine.

Tamarie Tunie, American actress (24, As the World Turns, The Devil's Advocate, Eve's Bayou, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NYPD Blue, Snake Eyes, Sweet Lorraine and Wall Street), was born on March 14, 1959.

British actress Rita Tushingham (Dr. Zhivago, Green Eyes, A Taste of Honey and Trap) was born on March 14, 1942.

Gary Anthony Williams, American actor (Boston Legal and Malcolm in the Middle), voice-over artist (The Boondocks and Stroker and Hoop) and television personality (Saul of the Mole Men), was born on March 14, 1966.

Adrian Zmed, American actor (T.J. Hooker) and television personality (Dance Fever), was born on March 14, 1954.

March 14th Birthdays: Famous Scientists

American astronaut Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17 and Gemini 9) was born on March 14, 1934.

Paul Ehrlich, German bacteriologist, immunologist and Nobel Prize winner (1908), was born on March 14, 1854. Paul Ehrlich has been called "The Father of Chemotherapy."

Albert Einstein, American physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1921) and author (About Zionism, Einstein on Peace, Ideas and Opinions, Out of My Later Years, Relativity: The Special and the General Theory and The World as I See It), was born on March 14, 1879. Albert Einstein developed the Theory of Relativity.

Italian astronomer Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli was born on March 14, 1835. Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli has been credited with the discovery of the asteroid Hesperia.

American dentist Lucy Hobbs Taylor was born on March 14, 1833. Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the first licensed female dentist in the United States.

March 14th Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

Prince Albert of Monaco was born on March 14, 1958.
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Italian King Umberto I was born on March 14, 1844.

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy and Sardinia, was born on March 14, 1820.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on March 14th?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on March 14th, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, March 14th.

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