Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 14:
Classical pianist Gary Graffman is 96.
Movie director Carroll Ballard is 87.
Country singer Melba Montgomery is 86.
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren is 85.
Singer Sir Cliff Richard is 84.
Actor Udo Kier is 80.
Singer Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues is 78.
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Beth Daniel is 68.
Singer-musician Thomas Dolby is 66.
MLB manager Joe Girardi is 60.
Actor Steve Coogan ("Night at the Museum", "I'm Alan Partridge") is 59.
Singer Karyn White is 59.
Canadian guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Jay Ferguson (Sloan) is 56.
Actor Jon Seda ("Chicago P.D.," ''Homicide: Life On The Street") is 54.
Country singer Natalie Maines of the (Dixie) Chicks is 50.
Singer Usher is 46.
British actor Ben Whishaw is 44.
Actor-comedian Jay Pharoah ("Saturday Night Live") is 37.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1644, Quaker leader William Penn. (July 30, 1718)
In 1848, Sir Edmund Walker, founder of Royal Ontario Museum. (March 27, 1924)
In 1890, former U.S president Dwight Eisenhower. (March 28, 1969)
In 1893, silent film actress Lillian Gish. (Feb. 27, 1993)
In 1894, poet E.E. Cummings. (Sept. 3, 1962)
In 1907, show singer Allan Jones. (June 27, 1992)
In 1910, legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. (June 4, 2010)
In 1927, actor Roger Moore. (May 23, 2017)
In 1927, Canadian choral conductor Elmer Iseler. (April 3, 1998)
In 1927, musician-arranger Bill Justis. (July 17, 1982)
In 1928, CTV News anchor Harvey Kirck. (Feb. 18, 2002)
In 1929, Canadian boxer Yvon Durelle. (Jan. 6, 2007)
In 1932, tenor Enrico Di Giuseppe. (Dec. 31, 2005)
In 1938, CFL Hall of Fame quarterback Ron Lancaster. (Sept. 18, 2008)
In 1952, actor Harry Anderson ("Dave's World," ''Night Court"). (April 16, 2018)
In 1955, TV personality Arleen Sorkin. (Aug. 24, 2023)
In 1973, police brutality victim George Floyd. (May 25, 2020)
In 1984, Baby Fae, the month-old baby who received a baboon heart transplant. (Nov. 15, 1984)
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