April 14 - Births

Births

1126 – Averroes Arab Spanish physician, philosopher and polymath (d. 1198)
1336 – Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374)
1572 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)
1578 – Philip III of Spain (d. 1621)
1629 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician (d. 1695)
1668 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general (d. 1741)
1709 – Charles Collé, French dramatist and songwriter (d. 1783)
1714 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (d. 1788)
1738 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)
1741 – Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)
1773 – Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French statesman (d. 1854)
1788 – David G. Burnet, American politician, president of the Republic of Texas (d. 1870)
1800 – John Appold, British fur dyer and engineer (d. 1865)
1814 – Dimitri Kipiani, Georgian politician and writer (d. 1887)
1818 – Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1909)
1827 – Augustus Pitt Rivers, English archaeologist (d. 1900)
1857 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (d. 1944)
1866 – Anne Sullivan, American teacher, instructor and companion of Helen Keller (d. 1936)
1868 – Peter Behrens, German architect and designer (d. 1940)
1870 – Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (d. 1905)
1870 – Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1929)
1872 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953)
1881 – Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian writer (d. 1948)
1882 – Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher, (d. 1936)
1886 – Ernst Robert Curtius, Alsatian philologist (d. 1956)
1886 – Árpád Tóth, Hungarian poet (d. 1928)
1889 – Arnold Joseph Toynbee, English historian (d. 1975)
1891 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist, maker of Indian Constitution (d. 1956)
1892 – Vere Gordon Childe, Australian philologist (d. 1957)
1892 – Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1962)
1897 – Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)
1902 – Sylvio Mantha, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974)
1903 – Henry Corbin, French philosopher and iranologist (d. 1978)
1904 – Sir John Gielgud, English actor (d. 2000)
1905 – Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (d. 1999)
1907 – François Duvalier, Haitian dictator (d. 1971)
1912 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer (d. 1994)
1913 – Jean Fournet, French conductor (d. 2008)
1916 – Don Willesee, Australian politician (d. 2003)
1917 – Marvin Miller, American labor activist
1917 – Valerie Hobson, British actress (d. 1998)
1918 – Mary Healy, American actress
1921 – Thomas Schelling, American economist, Nobel laureate
1923 – Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golfer
1924 – Shorty Rogers, American jazz musician and arranger (d. 1994)
1925 – Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1974)
1925 – Abel Muzorewa, African politician, Prime Minister of Republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (d. 2010)
1925 – Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002)
1926 – Frank Daniel, Czech writer, director, and teacher (d. 1996)
1926 – Liz Renay, American actress (d. 2007)
1927 – Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2007)
1927 – Dany Robin, French actress (d. 1995)
1928 – Ezra Fleischer, Romanian-Israeli writer (d. 2006)
1929 – Gerry Anderson, English publisher, producer, director, and writer
1930 – René Desmaison, French mountaineer (d. 2007)
1930 – Bradford Dillman, American actor
1931 – Paul Masnick, Canadian hockey player
1932 – Bob Grant, English actor (d. 2003)
1932 – Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter, author, and philanthropist
1933 – Boris Strugatsky, Russian author (d. 2012)
1934 – Fredric Jameson, American philosopher and theorist
1935 – Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer
1936 – Bobby Nichols, American golfer
1936 – Frank Serpico, American police officer
1937 – Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2012)
1941 – Julie Christie, British actress
1941 – Pete Rose, American baseball player
1942 – Valentin Lebedev, Russian cosmonaut
1942 – Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician
1943 – Fuad Siniora, Lebanese politician
1944 – John Sergeant, English journalist
1945 – Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist and songwriter (The Outlaws, Deep Purple, Rainbow, and Blackmore's Night)
1945 – Roger Frappier, Canadian producer, director, actor, and editor
1945 – Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Samoan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa
1946 – Mireille Guiliano, French-American author
1948 – Berry Berenson, American photographer, actress, and model (d. 2001)
1948 – Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician
1949 – DeAnne Julius, American-English economist
1949 – Chris Langham, British actor, writer, producer, director
1949 – John Shea, American actor
1950 – Francis Collins, American physician-geneticist
1950 – Péter Esterházy, Hungarian writer
1951 – Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
1951 – José Eduardo González Navas, Spanish politician
1952 – Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish footballer and manager
1953 – David Buss, Evolutionary psychologist
1954 – Bruce Sterling, American author
1956 – Boris Šprem, Croatian politician (d. 2012)
1957 – Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor
1957 – Richard Jeni, American comedian (d. 2007)
1957 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor, and composer
1958 – Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor and director
1958 – John D'Aquino, American actor
1960 – Brad Garrett, American actor
1961 – Robert Carlyle, British actor
1961 – Daniel Clowes, American cartoonist and screenwriter
1962 – Scott Boman, American politician
1962 – Guillaume LeBlanc, Canadian athlete
1964 – Greg Battle, Canadian football player
1964 – Gina McKee, British actress
1965 – Tom Dey, American director
1965 – Alexandre Jardin, French novelist
1965 – Kirk Windstein, English-American singer and guitarist (Crowbar, Down, Valume Nob, and Kingdom of Sorrow)
1966 – André Boisclair, Canadian politician
1966 – David Justice, American baseball player
1966 – Greg Maddux, American baseball player
1967 – Barrett Martin, American musician, producer, and composer (Mad Season, Screaming Trees, Skin Yard, and Tuatara)
1967 – Nicola Berti, Italian footballer
1967 – Steve Chiasson, Canadian hockey player (d. 1999)
1967 – Alain Côté, French-Canadian hockey player
1967 – Julia Zemiro, Australian actor and television presenter
1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor
1969 – Brad Ausmus, American baseball player
1969 – Martyn LeNoble, Dutch bassist (Porno for Pyros)
1969 – Mark Macon, American basketball player
1969 – Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist
1970 – Emre Altuğ, Turkish singer and actor
1970 – Shizuka Kudō, Japanese singer and actress (Onyanko Club)
1970 – Steve Avery, American baseball player
1971 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer
1971 – Carlos Pérez, Dominican baseball player
1971 – Gregg Zaun, American baseball player
1972 – Paul Devlin, England-Scottish footballer
1972 – Roberto Mejia, Dominican baseball player
1973 – Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
1973 – Adrien Brody, American actor
1973 – David Miller, American tenor (Il Divo)
1974 – Da Brat, American rapper and actress
1975 – Luciano Almeida, Brazilian footballer
1975 – Amy Birnbaum, American voice actress
1975 – Amy Dumas, American wrestler
1975 – Avner Dorman, Israeli composer
1975 – Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer
1975 – Rajeshwari Sachdev, Indian actress
1975 – Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1976 – Christian Älvestam, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician (Scar Symmetry, Miseration, and Solution .45)
1976 – Georgina Chapman, English fashion designer
1976 – Anna DeForge, American basketball player
1976 – Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player
1976 – Jason Wiemer, Canadian hockey player
1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress
1977 – Chandra Levy, American intern and murder victim (d. 2001)
1977 – Rob McElhenney, American actor
1978 – Paul O'Brien, Australian actor
1979 – Rebecca DiPietro, American model
1979 – Marios Elia, Greek-Cypriot footballer
1979 – Ross Filipo, New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Noé Pamarot, French footballer
1980 – Win Butler, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and musician (Arcade Fire)
1980 – Claire Coffee, American actress
1980 – Kieran Mahon, English musician (The Cooper Temple Clause)
1981 – Mustafa Güngör, German rugby player
1981 – Amy Leach, British director
1982 – Mahii Vij, Indian actress
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, 70th Yokozuna
1984 – Adán Sánchez, American singer (d. 2004)
1984 – Tyler Thigpen, American football player
1985 – Grant Clitsome, Canadian ice hockey Player
1986 – Matt Derbyshire, English footballer
1986 – Anne Watanabe, Japanese model
1986 – Todd Gilles, American ice dancer
1987 – Michael Baze, American horse racing jockey (d. 2011)
1987 – Erwin Hoffer, Austrian footballer
1987 – Korina Perkovic, German tennis player
1988 – Eliška Klučinová, Czech heptathlete
1988 – Vasileios Pliatsikas, Greek footballer
1988 – Hannah Steffenburg, Swedish singer (Bubbles)
1989 – Joe Haden, American football player
1989 – Dafina Zeqiri, Kosovan-Swedish singer and dancer
1990 – Christian Alexander, American actor
1990 – Markus Smarzoch, German footballer
1992 – Frederik Sørensen, Danish footballer
1993 – Vivien Cardone, American actress
1993 – Graham Phillips, American actor and singer
1994 – Skyler Samuels, American actress
1995 – Catherine Grace Youngdale IV, American Royalty
1996 – Abigail Breslin, American actress
1998 – Brandon Ratcliff, American actor