History Births on April 14

Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor

#Mikhail_Pletnev

Arlene Martel, American actress and singer (d. 2014)

#Arlene_Martel

Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist and songwriter

#Ritchie_Blackmore

Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist, conductor, and educator

#Julian_Lloyd_Webber

V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist and philologist (d. 1957)

#V._Gordon_Childe

Thomas Schelling, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)

#Thomas_Schelling

Roland Lessing, Estonian biathlete

#Roland_Lessing

Knut Kristiansen, Norwegian pianist and orchestra leader

#Knut_Kristiansen

Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Georgian basketball player

#Nikoloz_Tskitishvili

Joe Haden, American football player

#Joe_Haden

Frederik Sørensen, Danish footballer

#Frederik_Sørensen

Dimitri Kipiani, Georgian publicist and author (d. 1887)

#Dimitri_Kipiani

Graham Phillips, American actor

#Graham_Phillips_(actor)

Craig McDermott, Australian cricketer and coach

#Craig_McDermott

Win Butler, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Win_Butler

Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)

#Abraham_Ortelius

Paul Devlin, English-Scottish footballer and manager

#Paul_Devlin_(footballer)

Liz Renay, American actress and author (d. 2007)

#Liz_Renay

Adrien Brody, American actor

#Adrien_Brody

Nadine Faustin-Parker, Hatian hurdler

#Nadine_Faustin-Parker

Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (d. 2015)

#Bill_Bennett

Rob McElhenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

#Rob_McElhenney

Brad Sinopoli, Canadian football player

#Brad_Sinopoli

Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (d. 1741)

#Magnus_Julius_De_la_Gardie

Barrett Martin, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

#Barrett_Martin

Péter Esterházy, Hungarian author (d. 2016)

#Péter_Esterházy

Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1962)

#Juan_Belmonte

Brad Ausmus, American baseball player and manager

#Brad_Ausmus

Jean Fournet, French conductor (d. 2008)

#Jean_Fournet

Jeff Andretti, American race car driver

#Jeff_Andretti

Shamshad Begum, Pakistani-Indian singer (d. 2013)

#Shamshad_Begum

Gregg Zaun, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Gregg_Zaun

Da Brat, American rapper

#Da_Brat

Greg Maddux, American baseball player, coach, and manager

#Greg_Maddux

Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor

#Peter_Capaldi

Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer

#Anderson_Silva

Georg Lammers, German sprinter (d. 1987)

#Georg_Lammers

François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (d. 1971)

#François_Duvalier

DeAnne Julius, American-British economist and academic

#DeAnne_Julius

Patrick Somerville, American novelist and short story writer

#Patrick_Somerville

Valentin Lebedev, Russian engineer and astronaut

#Valentin_Lebedev

André Boisclair, Canadian lawyer and politician

#André_Boisclair

Dave Gibbons, English author and illustrator

#Dave_Gibbons

Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, French general (d. 1799)

#Barthélemy_Catherine_Joubert

Mireille Guiliano, French-American author

#Mireille_Guiliano

Ruth Svedberg, Swedish discus thrower and triathlete (d. 2002)

#Ruth_Svedberg

Mustafa Güngör, German rugby player

#Mustafa_Güngör

John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2000)

#John_Gielgud

David Miller, American tenor

#David_Miller_(tenor)

Daniel Clowes, American cartoonist and screenwriter

#Daniel_Clowes

Iain Balshaw, English rugby player

#Iain_Balshaw

Frank Serpico, American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer

#Frank_Serpico

Lita, American wrestler

#Lita_(wrestler)

Grant Clitsome, Canadian ice hockey player

#Grant_Clitsome

Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey, American educator, author, editor, and publisher (d. 1901)

#Harriett_Ellen_Grannis_Arey

Alexandre Jardin, French author

#Alexandre_Jardin

Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian and academic (d. 1975)

#Arnold_J._Toynbee

John Sergeant, English journalist

#John_Sergeant_(journalist)

Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (d. 2013)

#Efi_Arazi

Audrey Long, American actress (d. 2014)

#Audrey_Long

José Eduardo González Navas, Spanish politician

#José_Eduardo_González_Navas

John Shea, American actor and director

#John_Shea

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)

#William_Cavendish-Bentinck,_3rd_Duke_of_Portland

Dean Potter, American rock climber and BASE jumper (d. 2015)

#Dean_Potter

George Grey, Portuguese-New Zealand soldier, explorer, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1898)

#George_Grey

Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998)

#Valerie_Hobson

Stuart Duncan, American bluegrass musician

#Stuart_Duncan

Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)

#Gerry_Anderson

Richard Thompson, English physician and academic

#Richard_Thompson_(physician)

Mahmud Esad Co?an, Turkish author and academic (d. 2001)

#Mahmud_Esad_Co?an

Eric Gryba, Canadian ice hockey defenseman

#Eric_Gryba

James McFadden, Scottish footballer

#James_McFadden

Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, English table tennis player, swimmer, and politician

#Susan_Cunliffe-Lister,_Baroness_Masham_of_Ilton

Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager

#Pete_Rose

Markus Smarzoch, German footballer

#Markus_Smarzoch

Simona La Mantia, Italian triple jumper

#Simona_La_Mantia

Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, English politician

#Elizabeth_Symons,_Baroness_Symons_of_Vernham_Dean

Erwin Hoffer, Austrian footballer

#Erwin_Hoffer

Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter and educator (d. 1905)

#Victor_Borisov-Musatov

Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1695)

#Christiaan_Huygens

René Desmaison, French mountaineer (d. 2007)

#René_Desmaison

Georgina Chapman, English model, actress, and fashion designer, co-founded Marchesa

#Georgina_Chapman

Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter and musician

#Loretta_Lynn

Tyler Thigpen, American football player

#Tyler_Thigpen

Fredric Jameson, American philosopher and theorist

#Fredric_Jameson

Mary Healy, American actress and singer (d. 2015)

#Mary_Healy_(entertainer)

Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor

#Lothaire_Bluteau

B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice (d. 1956)

#B._R._Ambedkar

Charles Collé, French playwright and songwriter (d. 1783)

#Charles_Collé

Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (d. 1975)

#Faisal_of_Saudi_Arabia

Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor and director

#Robert_Carlyle

Abigail Breslin, American actress

#Abigail_Breslin

Anthony Michael Hall, American actor

#Anthony_Michael_Hall

Charles Hamelin, Canadian speed skater

#Charles_Hamelin

Michael Baze, American jockey (d. 2011)

#Michael_Baze

Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer (d. 2013)

#Joseph_Ruskin

Adam Gib, Scottish minister and author (d. 1788)

#Adam_Gib

Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Samoan economist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa

#Tuilaepa_Aiono_Sailele_Malielegaoi

Francis Collins, American physician and geneticist

#Francis_Collins

Henry I, king of Castile (d. 1217)

#Henry_I_of_Castile

Roberto Ayala, Argentinian footballer

#Roberto_Ayala

John Appold, English engineer (d. 1865)

#John_Appold

Roberto De Vicenzo, Argentinian golfer (d. 2017)

#Roberto_De_Vicenzo

Abraham Darby I, English iron master (d. 1717)

#Abraham_Darby_I

Jean Pierre-Bloch, French author and activist (d. 1999)

#Jean_Pierre-Bloch

Myoma Myint Kywe, Burmese historian and journalist

#Myoma_Myint_Kywe

Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player

#Kyle_Farnsworth

Blake Costanzo, American football player

#Blake_Costanzo

Peter Behrens, German architect, designed the AEG turbine factory (d. 1940)

#Peter_Behrens

Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (d. 2012)

#Miguel_Calero

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress and producer

#Sarah_Michelle_Gellar

Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)

#Claire_Windsor

Erich von Däniken, Swiss historian and author

#Erich_von_Däniken

Averroes, Spanish physician and philosopher (d. 1198)

#Averroes

Julie Christie, English actress and activist

#Julie_Christie

Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (d. 2014)

#Dominique_Baudis

Roberto Bautista Agut, Spanish tennis player

#Roberto_Bautista_Agut

Eliška Klu?inová, Czech heptathlete

#Eliška_Klu?inová

Harumafuji K?hei, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 70th Yokozuna

#Harumafuji_K?hei

Kerem Tunçeri, Turkish basketball player

#Kerem_Tunçeri

Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Enterprise and Innovation

#Björn_Rosengren

David G. Burnet, American politician, 2nd Vice-President of Texas (d. 1870)

#David_G._Burnet

Brad Garrett, American actor and comedian

#Brad_Garrett

Ivor Forbes Guest, English lawyer, historian, and author (d. 2018)

#Ivor_Forbes_Guest

Augustus Pitt Rivers, English general, ethnologist, and archaeologist (d. 1900)

#Augustus_Pitt_Rivers

Yuri Oganessian, Armenian-Russian nuclear physicist

#Yuri_Oganessian

Philip III of Spain (d. 1621)

#Philip_III_of_Spain

Robert Doisneau, French photographer and journalist (d. 1994)

#Robert_Doisneau

Paddy Hopkirk, Northern Irish racing driver

#Paddy_Hopkirk

U?ur Boral, Turkish footballer

#U?ur_Boral

Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (d. 1944)

#Princess_Beatrice_of_the_United_Kingdom

Bradford Dillman, American actor and author (d. 2018)

#Bradford_Dillman

Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper (d. 2003)

#Valeriy_Brumel

David Justice, American baseball player and sportscaster

#David_Justice

Otto Lasanen, Finnish wrestler (d. 1958)

#Otto_Lasanen

Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 1929)

#Syd_Gregory

Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)

#Alan_MacDiarmid

Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 2003)

#Don_Willesee

Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)

#Emperor_Momozono

Matt Derbyshire, English footballer

#Matt_Derbyshire

Rod Steiger, American soldier and actor (d. 2002)

#Rod_Steiger

Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (d. 2010)

#Abel_Muzorewa

Julia Zemiro, French-Australian actress, comedian, singer and writer

#Julia_Zemiro

Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Croatian Parliament (d. 2012)

#Boris_Šprem

David Urquhart, Scottish bishop

#David_Urquhart_(bishop)

Árpád Tóth, Hungarian poet and translator (d. 1928)

#Árpád_Tóth

Sue Hill, English pathologist and civil servant

#Sue_Hill

Noé Pamarot, French footballer

#Noé_Pamarot

Jeremy Smith, New Zealand rugby league player

#Jeremy_Smith_(rugby_league,_born_1980)

Larissa França, Brazilian volleyball player

#Larissa_França

Wilson Kiprop, Kenyan runner

#Wilson_Kiprop

Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese director, screenwriter, and illustrator

#Katsuhiro_Otomo

Kenny Aaronson, American bass player

#Kenny_Aaronson

Anne Sullivan, American educator (d. 1936)

#Anne_Sullivan

Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. 1936)

#Moritz_Schlick

Kent Jones, American rapper

Aleksei Olegovich Alekseyev, Russian footballer

Vasileios Pliatsikas, Greek footballer

Korina Perkovic, German tennis player

Goran Gogi?, Serbian footballer (d. 2015)

Adán Sánchez, American-Mexican musician (d. 2004)

William Obeng, Ghanaian-American football player

Amy Leach, English director and producer

Ross Filipo, New Zealand rugby player

Marios Elia, Cypriot footballer

Rebecca DiPietro, American wrestler and model

Martin Kaalma, Estonian footballer

Nate Fox, American basketball player (d. 2014)

Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player

Anna DeForge, American basketball player

Christian Älvestam, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer

Avner Dorman, Israeli-American composer and academic

Luciano Almeida, Brazilian footballer

Hidetaka Suehiro, Japanese video game director and writer

Roberto Mejía, Dominican baseball player

Carlos Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player

Shizuka Kud?, Japanese singer and actress

Steve Avery, American baseball player

Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist

Martyn LeNoble, Dutch-American bass player

Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player

Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)

Nicola Berti, Italian footballer

Jan Boklöv, Swedish ski jumper

Tom Dey, American director and producer

Gina McKee, English actress

Greg Battle, American-Canadian football player

Brian Adams, American wrestler (d. 2007)

Guillaume Leblanc, Canadian athlete

Pat Symcox, South African cricketer

Tina Rosenberg, American journalist and author

Osamu Sato, Japanese graphic artist, programmer, and composer

Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Canadian actress

Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish footballer and manager

Chas Mortimer, English motorcycle racer

Chris Langham, English actor and screenwriter

Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice

Berry Berenson, American model, actress, and photographer (d. 2001)

Bob Massie, Australian cricketer

Michael Sarris, Cypriot economist and politician, Cypriot Minister of Finance

Roger Frappier, Canadian producer, director and screenwriter

David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes, English archbishop and academic

Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2012)

Bobby Nichols, American golfer

John Oliver, English bishop

Boris Strugatsky, Russian author (d. 2012)

Cameron Parker, Scottish businessman and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire

Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2014)

Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player

Geoffrey Dalton, English admiral

Arnold Burns, American lawyer and politician, 21st United States Deputy Attorney General (d. 2013)

Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (d. 2013)

Inez Andrews, African-American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)

Dany Robin, French actress and singer (d. 1995)

Gloria Jean, American actress and singer (d. 2018)

Frank Daniel, Czech director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)

Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author (d. 2013)

Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, English philosopher, and academic (d. 2019)

Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1994)

K. Saraswathi Amma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1975)

Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (d. 2012)

Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (d. 1978)

Elizabeth Huckaby, American author and educator (d. 1999)

Henry Corbin, French philosopher and academic (d. 1978)

Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and referee (d. 1974)

Ernst Robert Curtius, German philologist and scholar (d. 1956)

Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian poet and scholar (d. 1948)

Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (d. 1953)

Alfred Hoare Powell, English architect, and designer and painter of pottery (d. 1960)

Martin Lipp, Estonian pastor and poet (d. 1923)

Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (d. 1941)

Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (d. 1854)

Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1632)

Jeanne-Marie de Maille, French Roman Catholic saint (d. 1414)