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Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 14: Olympic alpine skier Lucille Wheeler is 90. Blues singer Clarence Carter is 89. Actress Faye Dunaway is 84. Actress Holland Taylor (``Two and a Half Men,'' ''The Practice``) is 82.

Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 14:

Olympic alpine skier Lucille Wheeler is 90.

Blues singer Clarence Carter is 89.

Actress Faye Dunaway is 84.

Actress Holland Taylor (``Two and a Half Men,'' ''The Practice``) is 82.

Singer-producer T-Bone Burnett is 77.

Movie writer-director Lawrence Kasdan is 76.

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Maureen Dowd is 73.

Pro wrestler ``Hacksaw'' Jim Duggan is 71.

Operatic tenor Ben Heppner is 69.

Singer Geoff Tate (Queensryche) is 66.

Singer Mike Tramp (White Lion) is 64.

Movie writer-director Steven Soderbergh is 62.

News anchor Shepard Smith is 61.

Actor Mark Addy is 61.

Rapper Slick Rick is 60.

Actor-producer Dan Schneider (``Head of the Class'') is 59.

Actress Emily Watson (``Breaking the Waves'') is 58.

Actor-comedian Tom Rhodes (``Mr. Rhodes'') is 58.

Guitarist Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society) is 58.

Rapper-actor LL Cool J (born James Todd Smith) is 57.

Actor Jason Bateman is 56.

Musician Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Nirvana is 56.

Actor Kevin Durand (``Lost,'' ''Fruitvale Station``) is 51.

Actress Jordan Ladd is 50.

Actor Ward Horton is 49.

Singer-guitarist Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon is 43.

Actor Zach Gilford (``The Family,'' ''Friday Night Lights``) is 43.

Retro-soul singer-songwriter Marc Broussard is 43.

Singer Mia Martina is 41.

Actor Jonathan Osser is 36.

Singer-actor Grant Gustin (``The Flash'') is 35.

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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1741, American traitor Benedict Arnold. (June 14, 1801)

In 1864, Canadian Olympic rower Joe Wright Sr. (Oct. 18, 1950)

In 1875, French theologian-missionary Dr. Albert Schweitzer. (Sept. 4, 1965)

In 1886, author Hugh Lofting (Doctor Dolittle). (Sept. 26, 1947)

In 1892, film and TV producer/director Hal Roach. (Nov. 2, 1992)

In 1908, singer Russ Colombo. (Sept. 2, 1934)

In 1914, Canadian-born actor Harold Russell. (Jan. 29, 2002)

In 1917, trumpeter Billy Butterfield. (March 18, 1988)

In 1919, ``60 Minutes'' commentator Andy Rooney. (Nov. 4, 2011)

In 1925 Canadian baritone Louis Quilico. (July 15, 2000)

In 1929, country singer Billy Walker. (May 21, 2006)

In 1930, Canadian avant-garde jazz trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler. (Sept. 18, 2014)

In 1931, Canadian jazz pianist Wray Downes. (March 19, 2020)

In 1931, singer Caterina Valente. (Sept. 9, 2024)

In 1937, country singer Billie Joe Spears. (Dec. 14, 2011)

In 1938, singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint. (Nov. 9, 2015)

In 1938, singer Jack Jones. (Oct. 23, 2024)

In 1943, Nobel Prize-winning Canadian scientist Ralph Steinman. (Sept. 30, 2011)

In 1948, Hockey Hall of Famer Valeri Kharlamov. (Aug. 27, 1981)

In 1948, actor Carl Weathers. (Feb. 2, 2024)

In 1966, Canadian Tennis Hall of Famer Rene Simpson. (Oct. 17, 2013)

The Canadian Press