Famous Birthdays for May 14th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1316 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
• 1553 – Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (d. 1615)^[28]
• 1574 – Francesco Rasi, Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (d. 1621)
• 1592 – Alice Barnham, wife of statesman Francis Bacon (d. 1650)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1630 – Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (d. 1681)
• 1652 – Johann Philipp Förtsch, German composer (d. 1732)
• 1657 – Sambhaji, Indian emperor (d. 1689)
• 1666 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
• 1679 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
• 1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (d. 1786)
• 1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)
• 1710 – Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (d. 1771)
• 1725 – Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
• 1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)
• 1737 – George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
• 1752 – Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (d. 1817)
• 1752 – Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (d. 1828)
• 1761 – Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1816)
• 1771 – Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer (d. 1858)
• 1771 – Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer (d. 1805)
• 1781 – Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic (d. 1873)
• 1794 – Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (d. 1816)
• 1814 – Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock & Company (d. 1876)
• 1817 – Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (d. 1893)
• 1820 – James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1886)
• 1830 – Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (d. 1905)
• 1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)
• 1851 – Anna Laurens Dawes, American author and suffragist (d. 1938)^[29]
• 1852 – Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (d. 1908)
• 1863 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932)
• 1867 – Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (d. 1919)
• 1868 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (d. 1935)
• 1869 – Arthur Rostron, English captain (d. 1940)
• 1872 – Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (d. 1961)
• 1878 – J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
• 1879 – Fred Englehardt, American jumper (d. 1942)
• 1880 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
• 1881 – Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia (d. 1963)
• 1881 – George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (d. 1950)
• 1885 – Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (d. 1973)
• 1887 – Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
• 1888 – Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1958)
• 1893 – Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright (d. 1952)
• 1897 – Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1959)
• 1897 – Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (d. 1948)
• 1899 – Charlotte Auerbach, German-Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (d. 1994)^[30]
• 1899 – Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
• 1899 – Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Hal Borland, American journalist and author (d. 1978)
• 1900 – Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1957)
• 1900 – Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation (d. 1990)
• 1900 – Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1943)
• 1900 – Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (d. 1951)
• 1903 – Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (d. 1973)
• 1904 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (d. 1961)
• 1905 – Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian (d. 1974)
• 1905 – Herbert Morrison, American soldier and journalist (d. 1989)
• 1905 – Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
• 1907 – Hans von der Groeben, German journalist and diplomat (d. 2005)
• 1908 – Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse and author (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Godfrey Rampling, English sprinter and colonel (d. 2009)
• 1910 – Ken Viljoen, South African cricketer (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Ne Win, Prime Minister and President of Burma (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1983)
• 1914 – William Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician (d. 2002) ^[31]
• 1916 – Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
• 1916 – Lance Dossor, English-Australian pianist and educator (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Norman Luboff, American composer and conductor (d. 1987)
• 1919 – Solange Chaput-Rolland, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
• 1919 – John Hope, American soldier and meteorologist (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1922 – Franjo Tuđman, Yugoslav historian; later 1st President of Croatia (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2019)
• 1923 – Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
• 1925 – Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress (d. 2016)
• 1925 – Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Al Porcino, American trumpet player (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Ninian Sanderson, Scottish race car driver (d. 1985)
• 1926 – Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (d. 1984)
• 1927 – Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author
• 1928 – Dub Jones, American R&B bass singer (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1928 – Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer and choreographer (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Henry McGee, English actor and singer (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 1930 – William James, Australian general and physician (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic (d. 2021)
• 1932 – Robert Bechtle, American lithographer and painter (d. 2020)
• 1933 – Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer
• 1935 – Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (d. 2018)^[32]
• 1935 – Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian playwright and politician (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Harvey Wollman, American politician, 26th Governor of South Dakota (d. 2022)^[33]
• 1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1973)
• 1936 – Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1987)
• 1938 – Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic
• 1939 – Rupert Neudeck, German journalist and humanitarian (d. 2016)
• 1939 – Troy Shondell, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
• 1940 – Chay Blyth, Scottish sailor and rower
• 1940 – H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
• 1940 – George Mathewson, Scottish banker and businessman
• 1941 – Ada den Haan, Dutch swimmer
• 1942 – Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (d. 2003)
• 1942 – Byron Dorgan, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 – Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager
• 1942 – Malise Ruthven, Irish author and academic
• 1943 – Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2014)^[34]
• 1943 – L. Denis Desautels, Canadian accountant and civil servant
• 1943 – Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 5th President of Iceland
• 1943 – Derek Leckenby, English pop-rock guitarist (d. 1994)
• 1943 – Richard Peto, English statistician and epidemiologist
• 1944 – Gene Cornish, Canadian-American guitarist
• 1944 – George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
• 1944 – David Kelly, Welsh scientist (d. 2003)
• 1945 – Francesca Annis, English actress
• 1945 – George Nicholls, English rugby player
• 1945 – Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer
• 1946 – Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham, English economist and journalist
• 1947 – Al Ciner, American pop-rock guitarist
• 1947 – Ana Martín, Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model (Miss Mexico 1963)^[35]
• 1948 – Timothy Stevenson, English lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire
• 1948 – Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer and coach (d. 2007)
• 1949 – Sverre Årnes, Norwegian author, screenwriter, and director
• 1949 – Walter Day, American game designer and businessman, founded Twin Galaxies
• 1949 – Johan Schans, Dutch swimmer
• 1949 – Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
• 1951 – Jay Beckenstein, American saxophonist
• 1952 – David Byrne, Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1952 – Michael Fallon, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1952 – Orna Grumberg, Israeli computer scientist and academic
• 1952 – Raul Mälk, Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1952 – Wim Mertens, Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist.
• 1952 – Donald R. McMonagle, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1952 – Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 – Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Hywel Williams, Welsh politician
• 1955 – Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1955 – Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler
• 1955 – Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer and rugby player
• 1955 – Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
• 1955 – Jens Sparschuh, German author and playwright
• 1956 – Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• 1956 – Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist
• 1958 – Christine Brennan, American journalist and author
• 1958 – Chris Evans, English-Australian politician, 26th Australian Minister for Employment
• 1958 – Rudy Pérez, Cuban-born American composer and music producer ^[36]
• 1958 – Wilma Rusman, Dutch runner
• 1959 – Carlisle Best, Barbadian cricketer
• 1959 – Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player
• 1959 – Markus Büchel, Liechtensteiner politician, 9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (d. 2013)
• 1959 – Robert Greene, American author and translator
• 1959 – John Holt, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1959 – Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 – Heather Wheeler, English politician
• 1960 – Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet
• 1960 – Alec Dankworth, English bassist and composer
• 1960 – Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer
• 1960 – Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor
• 1961 – David Quantick, English journalist and critic
• 1961 – Tommy Rogers, American wrestler (d. 2015)
• 1961 – Tim Roth, English actor and director
• 1961 – Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1962 – Ian Astbury, English-Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1962 – C.C. DeVille, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor
• 1962 – Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director
• 1963 – Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach
• 1963 – David Yelland, English journalist and author
• 1964 – James M. Kelly, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1964 – Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster and producer
• 1964 – Alan McIndoe, Australian rugby league player
• 1964 – Eric Peterson, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1965 – Eoin Colfer, Irish author
• 1966 – Marianne Denicourt, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Mike Inez, American rock bass player and songwriter
• 1966 – Fab Morvan, French singer-songwriter, dancer and model
• 1966 – Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1967 – Natasha Kaiser-Brown, American sprinter and coach
• 1967 – Tony Siragusa, American football player and journalist (d. 2022)
• 1968 – Mary DePiero, Canadian diver^[37]
• 1969 – Stéphane Adam, French footballer
• 1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress^[38]
• 1969 – Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2021)
• 1969 – Henry Smith, English politician
• 1969 – Danny Wood, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and choreographer
• 1971 – Deanne Bray, American actress
• 1971 – Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
• 1972 – Kirstjen Nielsen, American attorney, 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security^[39]
• 1973 – Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer and actress
• 1973 – Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
• 1973 – Fraser Nelson, Scottish journalist
• 1973 – Hakan Ünsal, Turkish footballer and sportscaster
• 1973 – Julian White, English rugby player
• 1974 – Anu Välba, Estonian journalist
• 1975 – Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist
• 1976 – Hunter Burgan, American bass player
• 1976 – Brian Lawrence, American baseball player and coach
• 1976 – Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer
• 1977 – Sophie Anderton, English model and actress
• 1977 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player (d. 2017)
• 1977 – Ada Nicodemou, Cypriot-Australian actress
• 1978 – Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Eddie House, American basketball player
• 1978 – André Macanga, Angolan footballer and manager
• 1978 – Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
• 1979 – Dan Auerbach, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1979 – Edwige Lawson-Wade, French basketball player
• 1979 – Clinton Morrison, English-Irish footballer
• 1979 – Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1980 – Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
• 1980 – Pavel Londak, Estonian footballer
• 1980 – Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
• 1980 – Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
• 1980 – Hugo Southwell, English-Scottish rugby player
• 1980 – Joe van Niekerk, South African rugby player
• 1981 – Pranav Mistry, Indian computer scientist, invented SixthSense
• 1983 – Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1983 – Keeley Donovan, English journalist
• 1983 – Frank Gore, American football player
• 1983 – Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
• 1983 – Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1983 – Amber Tamblyn, American actress, author, model, director
• 1984 – Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian footballer
• 1984 – Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
• 1984 – Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Michael Rensing, German footballer
• 1984 – Indrek Siska, Estonian footballer
• 1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Facebook
• 1985 – Dustin Lynch, American singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Sam Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1985 – Simona Peycheva, Bulgarian gymnast
• 1985 – Zack Ryder, American wrestler
• 1986 – Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Clay Matthews III, American football player
• 1986 – Marco Motta, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Jeong Min-hyeong, South Korean footballer (d. 2012)
• 1987 – Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
• 1987 – François Steyn, South African rugby player
• 1988 – Jayne Appel, American basketball player
• 1989 – Rob Gronkowski, American football player
• 1989 – Alina Talay, Belorussian hurdler
• 1993 – Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
• 1993 – Bence Rakaczki, Hungarian footballer (d. 2014)
• 1994 – Marcos Aoás Corrêa, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 – Pernille Blume, Danish swimmer^[40]
• 1994 – Bronte Campbell, Australian swimmer^[41]
• 1994 – Dennis Praet, Belgian footballer
• 1995 – Bernardo Fernandes da Silva Junior, Brazilian footballer
• 1995 – Rose Lavelle, American soccer player^[42]
• 1995 – Jonah Placid, Australian rugby player
• 1996 – Blake Brockington, American trans man and activist (d. 2015)
• 1996 – Pokimane, Canadian online streamer^[43]
• 1996 – Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ
• 1996 – TheOdd1sOut, American YouTuber and animator
• 2001 – Jack Hughes, American hockey player^[44]