Did you know
Arnold was planning to surrender the fort to British forces, but the plot was discovered in September 1780, whereupon he fled to the British lines.
Famous Birthdays on January 14
1741 — Benedict Arnold
American-British general (died 1801)
January 14 has 255 recorded notable births across history, from 83 BC to 2002. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on January 14
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- 1953 Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia. Source
- 1784 American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain. Source
- 1899 RMS Oceanic, the largest ship afloat since SS Great Eastern, is launched. Source
- 1814 Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania. Source
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Carl Weathers's prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise.
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Kevin Durand received a 2012 Best Supporting Actor Genie nomination for his portrayal of Lenny Jackson in Citizen Gangster and Zipacna in the series Stargate SG-1.
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Jordan Ladd subsequently appeared in the drama Nowhere (1997) and the comedy Never Been Kissed (1999).
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Geoff Tate rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime and 1990 album Empire.
More major people born on January 14
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1948
Carl Weathers
American football player and actor (died 2024)
Carl Weathers was an American actor, director and football player.
1974
Kevin Durand
Canadian actor
Kevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work in numerous film and television roles, including portraying Vasiliy Fet in The Strain, Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Frederick Gideon in…
1975
Jordan Ladd
American actress
Jordan Elizabeth Ladd is an American actress. The daughter of actress Cheryl Ladd and producer David Ladd, she initially worked with her mother in several made-for-television films, before appearing at nineteen in the…
1959
Geoff Tate
German-American singer-songwriter and musician
Geoff Tate is an American singer and songwriter. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album Operation: Mindcrime and 1990 album Empire.
1921
Murray Bookchin
American author and philosopher (died 2006)
Murray Bookchin was an American social theorist, author, orator, historian, and political philosopher. Influenced by the works of G. W. F.
1932
Don Garlits
American race car driver and engineer
Donald Glenn Garlits is an American race car driver and automotive engineer. Born in Tampa, Florida, Garlits is considered the godfather of drag racing, he is known as "Big Daddy" to drag racing fans around the world.
1940
Siegmund Nimsgern
German opera singer (died 2025)
Siegmund Nimsgern was a German bass-baritone who made an international career. His signature roles were "evil, dark, ambiguous figures" such as Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio and Telramund in Wagner's Lohengrin.
1921
Ken Sailors
American basketball player (died 2016)
Kenneth Lloyd Sailors was an American professional basketball player and played in the 1940s and early 1950s.
1914
Selahattin Ülkümen
Turkish diplomat (died 2003)
Selahattin Ülkümen was a Turkish diplomat who was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations in 1989, with his name being listed at Yad Vashem in the city of Jerusalem.
1966
Nadia Maftouni
Iranian philosopher
Nadia Maftouni is an Iranian academic, philosophical author and artist. She is best known as a leading Researcher on Farabian, Avicennian and Suhrawardian philosophy with her modern reading of their works.
1978
Shawn Crawford
American sprinter
Shawn Crawford is a retired American sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. In the 200 meter sprint, Crawford won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
1887
Hugo Steinhaus
Polish mathematician and academic (died 1972)
Hugo Dyonizy Steinhaus was a Polish mathematician and educator.
1983
Vincent Jackson
American football player (died 2021)
Vincent Terrell Jackson was an American professional football wide receiver who played for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
1925
Moscelyne Larkin
American ballerina (died 2012)
Edna Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski was a Native American ballerina and one of the Five Moons", Indigenous ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century.
1980
Byron Leftwich
American football player and coach
Byron Antron Leftwich is an American football coach and former quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons.
1906
William Bendix
American actor (died 1964)
William Bendix was an American film, radio, and television actor, known for his portrayals of rough, blue-collar characters.
1964
Shepard Smith
American television journalist
David Shepard Smith Jr. is an American former broadcast journalist.
1904
Cecil Beaton
English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980)
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton was a British photographer, designer, and diarist. Renowned for his elegant and often theatrical style, Beaton's work appeared in leading publications such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar.
1967
Emily Watson
English actress
Emily Margaret Watson is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992.