Famous Birthdays for April 14th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1126 – Averroes, Andalusian Arab physician and philosopher (d. 1198)^[26]
• 1204 – Henry I, king of Castile (d. 1217)^[27]
• 1331 – Jeanne-Marie de Maille, French Roman Catholic saint (d. 1414)^[28]
• 1527 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)^[29]
• 1572 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1632)
• 1578 – Philip III of Spain (d. 1621)^[30]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1629 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1695)^[31]
• 1669 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (d. 1741)^[32]
• 1678 – Abraham Darby I, English iron master (d. 1717)^[33]
• 1709 – Charles Collé, French playwright and songwriter (d. 1783)^[34]
• 1714 – Adam Gib, Scottish minister and author (d. 1788)^[35]
• 1738 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)^[36]
• 1769 – Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, French general (d. 1799)^[37]
• 1773 – Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1854)^[38]
• 1788 – David G. Burnet, American politician, 2nd Vice-President of Texas (d. 1870)
• 1800 – John Appold, English engineer (d. 1865)
• 1812 – George Grey, Portuguese-New Zealand soldier, explorer, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1898)
• 1814 – Dimitri Kipiani, Georgian publicist and author (d. 1887)
• 1819 – Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey, American educator, author, editor, and publisher (d. 1901)^[39]
• 1827 – Augustus Pitt Rivers, English general, ethnologist, and archaeologist (d. 1900)
• 1852 – Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (d. 1941)
• 1854 – Martin Lipp, Estonian pastor and poet (d. 1923)
• 1857 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (d. 1944)
• 1865 – Alfred Hoare Powell, English architect, and designer and painter of pottery (d. 1960)
• 1866 – Anne Sullivan, American educator (d. 1936)^[40]
• 1868 – Peter Behrens, German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory (d. 1940)
• 1870 – Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter and educator (d. 1905)
• 1870 – Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1929)
• 1872 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (d. 1953)
• 1876 – Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (d. 1934)
• 1881 – Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian poet and scholar (d. 1948)
• 1882 – Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1936)
• 1886 – Ernst Robert Curtius, German philologist and scholar (d. 1956)
• 1886 – Árpád Tóth, Hungarian poet and translator (d. 1928)
• 1889 – Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian and academic (d. 1975)^[41]
• 1891 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice (d. 1956)^[42]
• 1891 – Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1962)^[43]
• 1892 – V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist and philologist (d. 1957)^[44]
• 1892 – Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)^[45]
• 1900 – Shivrampant Damle, Indian educationist (d. 1977)^[46]

1901–present[edit]

• 1902 – Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (d. 1974)^[47]
• 1903 – Henry Corbin, French philosopher and academic (d. 1978)
• 1903 – Ruth Svedberg, Swedish discus thrower and triathlete (d. 2002)
• 1904 – John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2000)^[48]
• 1905 – Elizabeth Huckaby, American author and educator (d. 1999)
• 1905 – Georg Lammers, German sprinter (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Jean Pierre-Bloch, French author and activist (d. 1999)
• 1906 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (d. 1975)
• 1907 – François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (d. 1971)^[49]
• 1912 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978)
• 1913 – Jean Fournet, French conductor (d. 2008)
• 1916 – Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998)
• 1917 – Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Mary Healy, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1919 – Shamshad Begum, Pakistani-Indian singer (d. 2013)
• 1919 – K. Saraswathi Amma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1975)
• 1920 – Ivor Forbes Guest, English lawyer, historian, and author (d. 2018)
• 1921 – Thomas Schelling, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
• 1922 – Audrey Long, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Roberto De Vicenzo, Argentinian golfer (d. 2017)
• 1924 – Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, English philosopher, and academic (d. 2019)
• 1925 – Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (d. 2010)
• 1925 – Rod Steiger, American soldier and actor (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1926 – Gloria Jean, American actress and singer (d. 2018)
• 1926 – Liz Renay, American actress and author (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Dany Robin, French actress and singer (d. 1995)
• 1929 – Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Inez Andrews, African-American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Arnold Burns, American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (d. 2013)
• 1930 – René Desmaison, French mountaineer (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Bradford Dillman, American actor and author (d. 2018)
• 1931 – Geoffrey Dalton, English admiral (d. 2020)
• 1931 – Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1932 – Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2022)
• 1932 – Cameron Parker, Scottish businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire
• 1933 – Paddy Hopkirk, Northern Irish racing driver (d. 2022)
• 1933 – Boris Strugatsky, Russian author (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Yuri Oganessian, Armenian-Russian nuclear physicist
• 1934 – Fredric Jameson, American philosopher and theorist
• 1935 – Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, English table tennis player, swimmer, and politician^[50]
• 1935 – John Oliver, English bishop
• 1935 – Erich von Däniken, Swiss pseudohistorian and author
• 1936 – Arlene Martel, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Bobby Nichols, American golfer
• 1936 – Frank Serpico, American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer
• 1937 – Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Mahmud Esad Coşan, Turkish author and academic (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Julie Christie, English actress and activist
• 1940 – David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes, English archbishop and academic
• 1940 – Richard Thompson, English physician and academic
• 1941 – Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager
• 1942 – Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper (d. 2003)
• 1942 – Valentin Lebedev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1942 – Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Enterprise and Innovation
• 1944 – John Sergeant, English journalist
• 1945 – Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Samoan economist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa
• 1945 – Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1945 – Roger Frappier, Canadian producer, director and screenwriter
• 1946 – Mireille Guiliano, French-American author
• 1946 – Michael Sarris, Cypriot economist and politician, Cypriot Minister of Finance
• 1946 – Knut Kristiansen, Norwegian pianist and orchestra leader
• 1947 – Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Bob Massie, Australian cricketer
• 1948 – Berry Berenson, American model, actress, and photographer (d. 2001)
• 1948 – Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice
• 1949 – Dave Gibbons, English author and illustrator
• 1949 – DeAnne Julius, American-British economist and academic
• 1949 – Chris Langham, English actor and screenwriter
• 1949 – Chas Mortimer, English motorcycle racer
• 1949 – John Shea, American actor and director
• 1950 – Francis Collins, American physician and geneticist
• 1950 – Péter Esterházy, Hungarian author (d. 2016)
• 1951 – Milija Aleksic, English footballer (d. 2012)^[51]
• 1951 – José Eduardo González Navas, Spanish politician
• 1951 – Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist, conductor, and educator^[52]
• 1951 – Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, English politician
• 1952 – Kenny Aaronson, American bass player
• 1952 – Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish footballer and manager
• 1952 – David Urquhart, Scottish bishop
• 1954 – Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese director, screenwriter, and illustrator
• 1956 – Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Croatian Parliament (d. 2012)
• 1957 – Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor
• 1957 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1958 – Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor
• 1959 – Steve Byrnes, American sportscaster and producer (d. 2015)^[53]
• 1959 – Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Canadian actress
• 1960 – Brad Garrett, American actor and comedian
• 1960 – Myoma Myint Kywe, Burmese historian and journalist
• 1960 – Osamu Sato, Japanese graphic artist, programmer, and composer
• 1960 – Tina Rosenberg, American journalist and author^[54]
• 1960 – Pat Symcox, South African cricketer
• 1961 – Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor and director^[55]
• 1962 – Guillaume Leblanc, Canadian athlete
• 1964 – Brian Adams, American wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1964 – Jeff Andretti, American race car driver
• 1964 – Jim Grabb, American tennis player^[56]
• 1964 – Jeff Hopkins, Welsh international footballer and manager^[57]
• 1964 – Gina McKee, English actress
• 1965 – Tom Dey, American director and producer
• 1965 – Alexandre Jardin, French author
• 1965 – Craig McDermott, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1966 – André Boisclair, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1966 – Jan Boklöv, Swedish ski jumper^[58]
• 1966 – David Justice, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1966 – Greg Maddux, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1967 – Nicola Berti, Italian international footballer^[59]
• 1967 – Barrett Martin, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1967 – Julia Zemiro, French-Australian actress, comedian, singer and writer
• 1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor
• 1969 – Brad Ausmus, American baseball player and manager
• 1969 – Martyn LeNoble, Dutch-American bass player
• 1969 – Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist
• 1970 – Shizuka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress
• 1971 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1971 – Carlos Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1971 – Gregg Zaun, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Paul Devlin, English-Scottish footballer and manager
• 1972 – Roberto Mejía, Dominican baseball player
• 1972 – Dean Potter, American rock climber and BASE jumper (d. 2015)
• 1973 – Roberto Ayala, Argentinian footballer
• 1973 – Adrien Brody, American actor^[60]
• 1973 – Hidetaka Suehiro, Japanese video game director and writer
• 1973 – David Miller, American tenor
• 1974 – Da Brat, American rapper
• 1975 – Lita, American wrestler
• 1975 – Luciano Almeida, Brazilian footballer
• 1975 – Avner Dorman, Israeli-American composer and academic
• 1975 – Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer
• 1976 – Christian Älvestam, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Georgina Chapman, English model, actress, and fashion designer, co-founded Marchesa
• 1976 – Anna DeForge, American basketball player
• 1976 – Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player
• 1976 – Nadine Faustin-Parker, Haitian hurdler^[61]
• 1976 – Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Nate Fox, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 1977 – Martin Kaalma, Estonian footballer
• 1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress and producer
• 1977 – Rob McElhenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Roland Lessing, Estonian biathlete
• 1979 – Rebecca DiPietro, American wrestler and model
• 1979 – Marios Elia, Cypriot footballer
• 1979 – Ross Filipo, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 – Noé Pamarot, French footballer^[62]
• 1979 – Kerem Tunçeri, Turkish basketball player
• 1980 – Win Butler, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Jeremy Smith, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1981 – Mustafa Güngör, German rugby player
• 1981 – Amy Leach, English director and producer
• 1982 – Uğur Boral, Turkish footballer
• 1982 – Larissa França, Brazilian volleyball player
• 1983 – Simona La Mantia, Italian triple jumper
• 1983 – James McFadden, Scottish footballer
• 1983 – William Obeng, Ghanaian-American football player
• 1983 – Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Georgian basketball player
• 1984 – Blake Costanzo, American football player
• 1984 – Charles Hamelin, Canadian speed skater
• 1984 – Harumafuji Kōhei, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 70th Yokozuna
• 1984 – Tyler Thigpen, American football player
• 1986 – Matt Derbyshire, English footballer
• 1987 – Michael Baze, American jockey (d. 2011)
• 1987 – Erwin Hoffer, Austrian footballer
• 1987 – Wilson Kiprop, Kenyan runner^[63]
• 1988 – Eric Gryba, Canadian ice hockey player^[64]
• 1988 – Eliška Klučinová, Czech heptathlete^[65]
• 1988 – Brad Sinopoli, Canadian football player^[66]
• 1995 – Baker Mayfield, American football player^[67]
• 1995 – Georgie Friedrichs, Australian rugby sevens player^[68]
• 1996 – Abigail Breslin, American actress^[69]
• 1999 – Chase Young, American football player^[70]