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This Week’s Birthdays – Week of January 16

January 16, 1908 – Ehtel Merman, American actress.

Ethel Merman's birthplace and childhood home

January 17, 1863 – David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British Liberal politician and statesman.

David Lloyd George (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945)

January 18, 1904 – Archibald Alexander Leach, better known by his stage name Cary Grant, was an English actor.

Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman (Notorious 1946)

January 19, 1917 – John Emmett Raitt, an American actor and singer best known for his performances in musical theater.

John Raitt

January 20, 1716 – Charles III of Spain, king of Spain 1759–1788.

Statue of King Charles the 3rd

January 21, 1988 – Vanessa Hessler, an American model and actress.

Vanessa Hessler

January 22, 1853 – Charles Gore, a British theologian and Anglican bishop.

Statue of Charles Gore