Famous people born in the year 1914

ErnstGeorg Buchterkirch was a German officer in the Wehrmacht and recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded by Nazi Germany to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey, CM was a Canadian pharmacologist and physician. As a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration , she refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the drugs safety. Her concerns proved to be justified when it was shown that thalidomide caused serious birth defects. Kelseys career intersected with the passage of laws strengthening FDA oversight of pharmaceuticals. Kelsey was the second woman to be awarded the Presidents Award ....
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Nancy Harkness Love , born Hannah Lincoln Harkness, was an American pilot and commander during World War II.....
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Alastair Arthur Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn , was a member of the British Royal Family. He was the only child of Prince Arthur of Connaught and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife. He was a greatgrandson of Queen Victoria through his father and also her greatgreatgrandson through his mother.....
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Dixy Lee Ray was a scientist who served as the 17th Governor of the U.S. state of Washington. Variously described as idiosyncratic, and ridiculously smart, she was the states first female governor and was known for her leadership of the state during the devastating eruption of Mt. St. Helens, for her strident support of atomic energy, and for her personal eccentricities.....
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Earl William Madman Muntz was an American businessman and engineer who sold and promoted cars and consumer electronics in the United States from the 1930s until his death in 1987. He was a pioneer in television commercials with his oddball Madman persona an alter ego who generated publicity with his unusual costumes, stunts, and outrageous claims. Muntz also pioneered car stereos by creating the Muntz StereoPak, better known as the 4track cartridge, a predecessor to the 8track cartridge develo....
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Lawrence Larry Cecil Adler was an American musician, one of the worlds most skilled harmonica players. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Darius Milhaud and Arthur Benjamin composed for him. During his later career he collaborated with Sting, Elton John, Kate Bush and Cerys Matthews.....
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Dobri Dimitrov Dobrev , better known as Grandpa Dobri, Elder Dobri , or The Saint of Bailovo is a Bulgarian ascetic who walks several kilometers each day to sit or stand in front of the Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky in Sofia to collect money for charitable causes. Dobrev donates all the money he collects to charities, orphanages, churches and monasteries and he turned 100 in July 2014. In Bulgarian Language his name translates as good or kind.....
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Albert John Ajax Baumler was an American fighter ace during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.....
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Larry Parks was an American stage and movie actor. His career arced from bit player and supporting roles to top billing before his career was virtually ended when he admitted to having once been a member of a Communist party cell, which led to his blacklisting by all Hollywood studios. His best known role was Al Jolson, whom he portrayed in two films, The Jolson Story , and Jolson Sings Again .....
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Esther Etty Hillesum was a Jewish woman whose letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943, describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation. They were published posthumously in 1981.....
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Eino Ilmari Illu Juutilainen was a fighter pilot of the Ilmavoimat , and the top scoring nonGerman fighter pilot of all time. This makes him the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force, leading all Finnish pilots in score against Soviet aircraft in World War II , with 94 confirmed aerial combat victories in 437 sorties. He himself claimed 126 victories. He achieved 34 of his victories while flying the Brewster Buffalo fighter.....
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Frane Milinski was a Slovene poet, satirist, humorist and comedian, actor, childrens writer, and director. He is considered one of Slovenias foremost 20thcentury satirists and entertainers.....
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Colonel Hubert A. Hub Zemke was a career officer in the United States Air Force, a fighter pilot in World War II, and a leading USAAF ace. General Jimmy Doolittle praised Zemke as his greatest fighter group commander. He commanded the 56th Fighter Group in England, which came to be known as Zemkes Wolf Pack.....
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Francis Donald Nixon was the brother of former United States President Richard Nixon.....
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Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, he was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including The Ladykillers and Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He is also known for his six collaborations with David Lean Herbert Pocket in Great Expectations , Fagin in Oliver Twist , Col. Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai , Prince Faisal in Lawrence of Arabia , General Yevgraf Zhivago in Doctor Zhivago , and Prof....
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Pavle was the 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, from 1990 to his death. His full title was His Holiness the Archbishop of Pe, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch Pavle. Before his death, he was the oldest living leader of an Eastern Orthodox church. Because of poor health, he spent his last years in the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, while his duties were carried out by Metropolitan Amfilohije.....
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Charles Malcolm Wilson was the 50th Governor of New York from December 18, 1973 to December 31, 1974. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1939 to 1958. He also served in the Navy during World War II. In 1958, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York on the gubernatorial ticket with Nelson Rockefeller, and when they won, he served as lieutenant governor until succeeding to the governorship after Rockefeller resigned. Wilson lost the 1974 gubernatorial election to Hugh Carey....
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