Famous people born in the year 1914

Eduard Georg Hbner was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Fallschirmjger during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Charles Thurstan Shaw CBE FBA FSA was an English archaeologist, the first trained specialist to work in what was then British West Africa. He specialized in the ancient cultures of presentday Ghana and Nigeria. He helped establish academic institutions including the Ghana National Museum and the archaeology department at the University of Ghana. He began working with the University of Ibadan in 1960, where he later founded and developed its archeology department, which he led for more than 10 ....
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Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS , FRGS was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland. Ring of Bright Water sold more than a million copies and was made into a film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in 1969. The title Ring of Bright Water was taken from the poem The Marriage of Psyche by Kathleen Raine, who said in her autobiography that Maxwell had b....
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David Brian was an American actor and dancer. ....
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Harold John Avery Russell was a CanadianAmerican World War II veteran who became one of only two nonprofessional actors to win an Academy Award for acting . Russell also holds the unique honor of receiving two Academy Awards for the same role. Russell also has the distinction of being the only performer to sell his award Oscar at auction.....
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Edwin A. Doss was an American fighter pilot and commander in the U.S. Air Force during World War II and Korean War. Logging more than 4,500 flying hours, Doss flew 573 combat hours and accrued 280 combat missions during his leadership in the South West Pacific Theatre and Korean War. For his twoyear service as commander of the 35th Fighter Group during World War II, Doss was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit, and the Air Medal. He received his second Legion of Merit and th....
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Harry Caray, born Harry Christopher Carabina was an American sportscaster on radio and television. He covered four Major League Baseball teams, beginning with 25 years of calling the games of the St. Louis Cardinals. After a year working for the Oakland Athletics and eleven years with the Chicago White Sox, Caray spent the last sixteen years of his career as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs. He has won multiple Emmy Awards for baseball playbyplay and studio work for NBC Sports.....
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Edwin Honest Ed Mirvish, OC, CBE was a AmericanCanadian businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario who lived in Toronto, Ontario. He is known for his flagship business, Honest Eds, a landmark discount store in downtown Toronto, and as a patron of the arts, instrumental in revitalizing the theatre scene in Toronto.....
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Herman Arthur Harry Lauter was an American character actor. He is not to be confused with Harry Lauder.....
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Hartmann Grasser was a World War II German fighter ace. He was credited with shooting down 103 Allied aircraft while flying 700 missions on the Western Front , Eastern Front , and in North Africa He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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David Moore Crook DFC was a British fighter pilot born in Huddersfield, England.....
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David Rappaport was an American fashion manufacturer, designer and painter.....
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George Juskalian was a decorated member of the United States Army who served for over three decades and fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Following graduation from Boston University, Juskalian entered the army as a second lieutenant in June 1936. During World War II, he served with the infantry during the North African Campaign and took part in Operation Torch. At the Battle of the Kasserine Pass, he was captured by German troops and became a prisoner of war for twent....
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Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian and American film actress and inventor of a radio guidance technology. ....
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David Wayne was an American stage and screen actor with a career spanning nearly 50 years.....
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George Reeves was an American actor. He is bestknown for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman.....
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George Tabori was a Hungarian writer and theater director.....
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Elmer E. Fryar was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States militarys highest decorationthe Medal of Honorfor his actions in World War II.....
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Gerard Louis Frey was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia and the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana .....
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