March 14 - Births

Births

• 1638 – Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)
• 1681 – Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer (d. 1767)
• 1790 – Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
• 1801 – Kristjan Jaak Peterson, first Estonian poet (d. 1822)
• 1804 – Johann Strauss, Senior, Austrian composer (d. 1849)
• 1807 – Josephine of Leuchtenberg, queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1876)
• 1813 – Joseph Philo Bradley, American jurist (d. 1892)
• 1820 – Victor Emanuel II, first king of united Italy (d. 1878)
• 1822 – Teresa of the Two Sicilies, Empress of Brazil (d. 1889)
• 1823 – Théodore de Banville, French writer (d. 1891)
• 1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first female dentist in the United States (d. 1910)
• 1835 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (d. 1910)
• 1837 – Charles Ammi Cutter, American librarian (d. 1903)
• 1844 – Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, British poet
• 1844 – King Umberto I of Italy, (d. 1900)
• 1851 – John Sebastian Little, American politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (d. 1916)
• 1853 – Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (d. 1918)
• 1854 – Paul Ehrlich, German scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1915)
• 1854 – John Lane, British publisher (d. 1925)
• 1854 – Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian writer (d. 1920)
• 1854 – Thomas R. Marshall, American politician, 28th Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1925)
• 1862 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist (d. 1951)
• 1863 – Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (d. 1900)
• 1866 – Alexey Troitsky, Russian chess problemist (d. 1942)
• 1868 – Emily Murphy, Canadian women's rights activist, first female magistrate in the British Empire (d. 1933)
• 1869 – Algernon Blackwood, British writer (d. 1951)
• 1874 – Anton Philips, Dutch co-founder of Royal Philips Electronics N.V. (d. 1951)
• 1879 – Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1880 – Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (d. 1945)
• 1882 – Waclaw Sierpinski, Polish mathematician (d. 1969)
• 1885 – Raoul Lufbery, American World War I pilot (d. 1918)
• 1886 – Edward Dierkes, American soccer player (d. 1955)
• 1886 – Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (d. 1964)
• 1887 – Sylvia Beach, American publisher (d. 1962)
• 1887 – Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (d. 1962)
• 1888 – Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Canadian painter (d. 1970)
• 1894 – Osa Johnson, American explorer (d. 1953)
• 1898 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist (d. 1985)
• 1899 – K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (d. 1992)
• 1899 – Ada Kramm, Norwegian actress (d. 1981)
• 1903 – Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish politician (d. 1979)
• 1903 – Adolph Gottlieb, American painter (d. 1974)
• 1904 – Doris Eaton Travis, American actress, (d. 2010)
• 1905 – Raymond Aron, French philosopher (d. 1983)
• 1908 – Ed Heinemann, American aircraft designer (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French phenomenological philosopher (d. 1961)
• 1908 – Philip Conrad Vincent, British motorcycle pioneer (d. 1979)
• 1911 – Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist (d. 2005)
• 1912 – Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Les Brown, American bandleader (d. 2001)
• 1912 – W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lawyer, naval officer, and railroad, transportation, and defense administrator (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Charles Van Acker, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998)
• 1912 – W. Willard Wirtz, American administrator (d. 2010)
• 1914 – Lee Elhardt Hays, American folk singer (The Weavers) (d. 1981)
• 1914 – Bill Owen, British actor (d. 1999)
• 1914 – Lee Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000)
• 1915 – Alexander Brott, Canadian conductor and composer (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Horton Foote, American author, playwright and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1918 – Dennis Patrick, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1919 – Max Shulman, American comedic writer (d. 1988)
• 1920 – Hank Ketcham, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
• 1921 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founder of Chick-fil-A
• 1922 – Les Baxter, American musician and composer (d. 1996)
• 1923 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (d. 1971)
• 1924 – Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (d. 2012)
• 1925 – William Clay Ford, Sr., American Football owner of the Detroit Lions
• 1925 – Francis A. Marzen, American Catholic prelate (d. 2004)
• 1926 – François Morel, Canadian pianist, conductor and music educator
• 1928 – Frank Borman, American astronaut
• 1928 – Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish populariser environmentalist (d. 1980)
• 1931 – Phil Phillips, American singer and songwriter
• 1932 – Naina Yeltsina, Russian First Lady
• 1933 – Michael Caine, British actor
• 1933 – René Felber, Swiss politician, former member of the Swiss Federal Council
• 1933 – Quincy Jones, American musician and composer
• 1934 – Eugene Cernan, American astronaut
• 1934 – Paul Rader, 15th General of The Salvation Army
• 1936 – Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
• 1939 – Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress
• 1939 – Raymond J. Barry, American actor
• 1939 – Bertrand Blier, French film director and screenwriter
• 1939 – Yves Boisset, French film director and screenwriter
• 1939 – Stavros Xarhakos, Greek composer
• 1941 – Wolfgang Petersen, German director
• 1942 – Rita Tushingham, British actress
• 1943 – Anita Morris, American actress (d. 1994)
• 1944 – Boris Brott, Canadian musician and conductor
• 1944 – Vaclav Nedomansky, Czech ice hockey player
• 1944 – Bobby Smith, English footballer and manager
• 1944 – Tom Stannage, Australian historian and academic (d. 2012)
• 1945 – Jasper Carrott, British comedian
• 1945 – Michael Martin Murphey, American singer
• 1945 – Walter Parazaider, American saxophonist (Chicago)
• 1945 – Herman Van Veen, Dutch singer and actor
• 1946 – Steve Kanaly, American actor
• 1946 – Wes Unseld, American basketball player
• 1947 – Pam Ayres, British poet
• 1947 – Roy Budd, British jazz musician and composer (d.1993)
• 1947 – William J. Jefferson, American politician
• 1947 – Jona Lewie, English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
• 1948 – Tom Coburn, American politician, junior Senator from Oklahoma
• 1948 – Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
• 1948 – Theo Jansen, Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor.
• 1949 – Michael Stedman, British World War I historian and author
• 1950 – Rick Dees, American disc jockey
• 1951 – Jerry Greenfield, American businessman, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
• 1954 – Jann Browne, American country singer (Asleep at the Wheel)
• 1955 – Helen Atkinson-Wood, English actress and comedian
• 1956 – Colin Ayre, British football player
• 1956 – Johnny Dusbaba, Dutch footballer
• 1956 – Toine Manders, Dutch politician
• 1956 – Butch Wynegar, American baseball player
• 1957 – Andrew Robinson, British author
• 1957 – Jean van de Velde, Dutch film director and screenwriter
• 1957 – Tad Williams, American author
• 1958 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco
• 1959 – Laila Robins, American actress
• 1959 – Tamara Tunie, American actress
• 1959 – Brian Whitfield, former South African cricketer
• 1960 – Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1961 – Rey Washam, American musician (Scratch Acid)
• 1961 – Greg Anderson, American NHRA driver
• 1961 – Gary Dell'Abate, American radio producer
• 1961 – Penny Johnson Jerald, American actress
• 1961 – Hiro Matsushita, Japanese racing driver
• 1962 – Narumi Tsunoda, Japanese voice actress
• 1963 – Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer
• 1964 – Dario Bisso, Italian conductor
• 1965 – James Kevin Brown, American baseball player
• 1965 – Aamir Khan, Indian actor
• 1965 – Kiana Tom, American fitness guru and model
• 1965 – Kevin Williamson, American screenwriter
• 1966 – Elise Neal, American actress
• 1966 – Gary Anthony Williams, American actor
• 1967 – Melissa Reeves, American actress
• 1968 – Megan Follows, Canadian actress
• 1969 – Michael Bland, American drummer (The New Power Generation, Nick Jonas and the Administration, and Soul Asylum)
• 1969 – Des Coleman, English actor and presenter
• 1969 – Larry Johnson, American basketball player
• 1970 – Kristian Bush, American folk rock and country musician (Billy Pilgrim and Sugarland)
• 1970 – Ebru Kavaklıoğlu, Russian athlete
• 1970 – Meredith Salenger, American actress
• 1974 – Grace Park, Canadian actress
• 1974 – Patrick Traverse, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Stephen Harper, British/English footballer
• 1975 – Johan Paulik, Slovak porn star
• 1975 – Wendy Rice, American actress
• 1975 – Rico Yan, Filipino actor (d. 2002)
• 1976 – Daniel Gillies, Canadian born New Zealand actor
• 1976 – Merlin Santana, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1977 – Zé António, Portuguese footballer
• 1977 – Vadims Fjodorovs, Latvian footballer
• 1977 – Aki Hoshino, Japanese model
• 1977 – Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (d. 2011)
• 1978 – Carlo Giuliani, Italian anarchist (d. 2001)
• 1978 – Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
• 1979 – Nicolas Anelka, French footballer
• 1979 – Santino Marella, Italian-Canadian wrestler
• 1979 – Chris Klein, American actor
• 1979 – Love, Angolan footballer
• 1979 – Sead Ramović, German-born Bosnian footballer
• 1980 – Aaron Brown, English footballer
• 1980 – Matteo Grassotto, Italian racing driver
• 1980 – Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• 1980 – Mercedes McNab, Canadian actress
• 1981 – Bobby Jenks, American baseball player
• 1981 – Mei-Ting Sun, Chinese-born pianist
• 1981 – George Wilson, American football player
• 1982 – Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer
• 1982 – Kate Maberly, British actor and singer-songwriter
• 1982 – François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
• 1983 – Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer
• 1983 – Taylor Hanson, American musician (Hanson and Tinted Windows)
• 1984 – Liesel Matthews, American actress
• 1985 – Eva Angelina, American pornographic actress
• 1985 – Idaira, Spanish singer
• 1985 – Brianna Love, American pornographic actress
• 1985 – Ariel Rebel, Canadian pornographic actress
• 1986 – Jamie Bell, British actor
• 1986 – Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1986 – Andy Taylor, English footballer
• 1987 – Robert Clark, American actor
• 1988 – Stephen Curry, American basketball player
• 1988 – Rico Freimuth, German decathlete
• 1988 – Sasha Grey, American pornographic actress
• 1989 – Kevin Lacroix, Canadian racing car driver
• 1989 – Colby O'Donis, American singer and actor
• 1990 – Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1990 – Tamás Kádár, Hungarian footballer
• 1990 – Joe Allen, Welsh footballer
• 1991 – László Szűcs, Hungarian footballer
• 1991 – Steven Zellner, German footballer
• 1992 – Jasmine Murray, American singer
• 1993 – Philipp Ziereis, German footballer