14 October Births

October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 78 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).

Births

1257 – Przemysł II of Poland (d. 1296)
1404 – Marie of Anjou (d. 1463)
1425 – Alesso Baldovinetti, Italian painter (d. 1499)
1465 – Konrad Peutinger, German humanist and antiquarian (d. 1547)
1493 – Shimazu Tadayoshi, Japanese daimyo (d. 1568)
1542 – Philip IV, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1602)
1563 – Jodocus Hondius, Flemish engraver and cartographer (d. 1611)
1569 – Giambattista Marino, Italian poet (d. 1625)
1609 – Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1689)
1630 – Sophia of Hanover (d. 1714)
1633 – James II of England (d. 1701)
1639 – Simon van der Stel, Dutch commander and politician, 1st Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony (d. 1712)
1641 – Joachim Tielke German instrument maker (d. 1719)
1643 – Bahadur Shah I, Mughal emperor (d. 1712)
1644 – William Penn, English businessman who founded Pennsylvania (d. 1718)
1687 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (d. 1768)
1712 – George Grenville, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1770)
1726 – Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, Scottish-English admiral and politician (d. 1813)
1733 – François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (d. 1798)
1784 – Ferdinand VII of Spain (d. 1833)
1801 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic, created the Phenakistoscope (d. 1883)
1806 – Preston King, American lawyer and politician (d. 1865)
1824 – Adolphe Monticelli, French painter (d. 1886)
1840 – Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (d. 1868)
1842 – Joe Start, American baseball player and manager (d. 1927)
1844 – John See, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1907)
1848 – Byron Edmund Walker, Canadian banker and philanthropist (d. 1924)
1853 – John William Kendrick, American engineer and businessman (d. 1924)
1867 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (d. 1902)
1869 – Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer (d. 1939)
1872 – Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (d. 1910)
1882 – Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland (d. 1975)
1882 – Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 1959)
1888 – Katherine Mansfield, British novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 1923)
1888 – Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (d. 1947)
1890 – Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)
1892 – Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State (d. 1961)
1893 – Lillian Gish, American actress (d. 1993)
1894 – E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (d. 1962)
1894 – Victoria Drummond, British marine engineer (d. 1978)
1898 – Thomas William Holmes, Canadian sergeant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1950)
1900 – W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, author, and academic (d. 1993)
1902 – Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (d. 1963)
1904 – Christian Pineau, French politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1995)
1904 – Mikhail Pervukhin, Soviet politician, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1978)
1906 – Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian religious leader, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949)
1906 – Hannah Arendt, German-American philosopher and theorist (d. 1975)
1907 – Allan Jones, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1908 – Ruth Hale, American actress and playwright (d. 2003)
1909 – Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (d. 2000)
1909 – Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
1909 – Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (d. 1938)
1910 – John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
1911 – Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
1914 – Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
1914 – Raymond Davis Jr., American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
1914 – Alexis Rannit, Estonian poet and critic (d. 1985)
1915 – Loris Francesco Capovilla, Italian cardinal (d. 2016)
1916 – C. Everett Koop, American admiral and surgeon, 13th United States Surgeon General (d. 2013)
1918 – Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist, journalist, and politician (d. 1991)
1918 – Thelma Coyne Long, Australian tennis player and captain (d. 2015)
1918 – Doug Ring, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2003)
1921 – José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (d. 2009)
1923 – Joel Barnett, English accountant and politician, Chief Secretary to the Treasury (d. 2014)
1925 – Clancy Lyall, American sergeant (d. 2012)
1926 – Willy Alberti, Dutch singer and actor (d. 1985)
1927 – Roger Moore, English actor and producer (d. 2017)
1928 – Frank E. Resnik, American chemist and businessman (d. 1995)
1929 – Yvon Durelle, Canadian boxer and wrestler (d. 2007)
1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
1930 – Robert Parker, American singer and saxophonist
1930 – Mobutu Sese Seko, Congolese soldier and politician, President of Zaire (d. 1997)
1930 – Alan Williams, Welsh journalist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales (d. 2014)
1932 – Enrico Di Giuseppe, American tenor and actor (d. 2005)
1932 – Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and academic (d. 2005)
1936 – Hans Kraay, Dutch footballer and manager
1936 – Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (d. 2014)
1938 – Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran
1938 – John Dean, American lawyer and author, 13th White House Counsel
1938 – Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, English curator and academic
1938 – Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2008)
1938 – Shula Marks, South African historian and academic
1938 – Melba Montgomery, American country music singer
1939 – Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation
1939 – Rocky Thompson, American golfer and politician
1940 – Perrie Mans, South African snooker player
1940 – Cliff Richard, Indian-English singer-songwriter and actor
1940 – J. C. Snead, American golfer
1940 – Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
1941 – Jerry Glanville, American football player and coach
1941 – Eddie Keher, Irish sportsman (hurling)
1941 – Laurie Lawrence, Australian rugby player and coach
1941 – Art Shamsky, American baseball player and manager
1941 – Roger Taylor, English tennis player
1942 – Bob Hiller, English rugby player
1942 – Evelio Javier, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1986)
1942 – Péter Nádas, Hungarian author and playwright
1942 – Suzzanna, Indonesian actress (d. 2008)
1944 – Udo Kier, German-American actor and director
1945 – Colin Hodgkinson, English bass player
1945 – Daan Jippes, Dutch author and illustrator
1945 – Lesley Joseph, English actress
1946 – François Bozizé, Gabonese general and politician, President of the Central African Republic
1946 – Joey de Leon, Filipino comedian, actor and television host
1946 – Justin Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Dan McCafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter
1946 – Al Oliver, American baseball player
1946 – Craig Venter, American biologist, geneticist, and academic
1947 – Norman Harris, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)
1947 – Charlie Joiner, American football player
1947 – Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-American wrestler
1948 – Marcia Barrett, Jamaican-English singer
1948 – Norman Ornstein, American political scientist and scholar
1949 – Damian Lau, Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
1949 – Katy Manning, English-Australian actress and production manager
1949 – Katha Pollitt, American poet and author
1949 – Dave Schultz, Canadian ice hockey player and referee
1950 – Joey Travolta, American actor, director, and producer
1951 – Aad van den Hoek, Dutch cyclist
1952 – Harry Anderson, American actor and screenwriter
1952 – Nikolai Andrianov, Russian gymnast and coach (d. 2011)
1952 – Rick Aviles, American comedian and actor (d. 1995)
1953 – Kazumi Watanabe, Japanese guitarist and composer
1954 – Carole Malone, English journalist
1954 – Mordechai Vanunu, Moroccan-Israeli technician and academic
1955 – Iwona Blazwick, English curator and critic
1956 – Ümit Besen, Turkish singer-songwriter
1956 – Beth Daniel, American golfer and sportscaster
1956 – Jennell Jaquays, American game designer
1956 – Arleen Sorkin, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Michel Després, Canadian lawyer and politician
1957 – Gen Nakatani, Japanese lawyer and politician, 13th Japanese Minister of Defense
1958 – Thomas Dolby, English singer-songwriter and producer
1959 – A. J. Pero, American drummer (d. 2015)
1960 – Steve Cram, English runner and coach
1960 – Zbigniew Kruszyński, Polish footballer and coach
1961 – Isaac Mizrahi, American fashion designer
1962 – Jaan Ehlvest, Estonian chess player
1962 – Trevor Goddard, English-American actor (d. 2003)
1962 – Chris Thomas King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1963 – Lori Petty, American actress
1964 – Joe Girardi, American baseball player and manager
1965 – Steve Coogan, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower and politician
1965 – Constantine Koukias, Greek-Australian flute player and composer
1965 – Karyn White, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Pat Kelly, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1967 – Sylvain Lefebvre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Jason Plato, English race car driver and television host
1967 – Werner Daehn, German actor
1968 – Jay Ferguson, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
1968 – Johnny Goudie, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1968 – Matthew Le Tissier, English footballer and journalist
1968 – Timothy Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer
1968 – Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
1969 – P. J. Brown, American basketball player
1969 – David Strickland, American actor (d. 1999)
1970 – Martin Barbarič, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2013)
1970 – Jim Jackson, American basketball player and sportscaster
1970 – Meelis Lindmaa, Estonian footballer
1970 – Hiromi Nagasaku, Japanese actress and singer
1970 – Pär Zetterberg, Swedish footballer
1971 – Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer and manager
1971 – Robert Jaworski Jr., Filipino basketball player and politician
1972 – Erika de Lone, American tennis player
1972 – Julian O'Neill, Australian rugby league player
1973 – Thom Brooks, American-British political philosopher and legal scholar
1973 – Lasha Zhvania, Georgian businessman and politician
1974 – Jessica Drake, American porn actress and director
1974 – Samuel José da Silva Vieira, Brazilian footballer
1974 – Natalie Maines, American singer-songwriter
1974 – Viktor Röthlin, Swiss runner
1974 – Shaggy 2 Dope, American rapper and producer
1974 – Tümer Metin, Turkish footballer
1975 – Michael Duberry, English footballer
1975 – Floyd Landis, American cyclist
1975 – Shaznay Lewis, English singer-songwriter
1975 – Carlos Spencer, New Zealand rugby player
1976 – Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricketer
1977 – Saeed Ajmal, Pakistani cricketer
1977 – Barry Ditewig, Dutch footballer
1977 – Carl Johan Grimmark, Swedish guitarist
1977 – Kelly Schumacher, American-Canadian basketball and volleyball player
1978 – Justin Lee Brannan, American guitarist and songwriter
1978 – Ryan Church, American baseball player
1978 – Paul Hunter, English snooker player (d. 2006)
1978 – Jana Macurová, Czech tennis player
1978 – Steven Thompson, Scottish footballer
1978 – Usher, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1978 – Javon Walker, American football player
1979 – Stacy Keibler, American wrestler and actress
1979 – Liina-Grete Lilender, Estonian figure skater and coach
1980 – Paúl Ambrosi, Ecuadorian footballer
1980 – Amjad Khan, Danish-English cricketer
1980 – Scott Kooistra, American football player
1980 – Niels Lodberg, Danish footballer
1980 – Terrence McGee, American football player
1980 – Ben Whishaw, English actor
1981 – Boof Bonser, American baseball player
1981 – Gautam Gambhir, Indian cricketer
1982 – Ryan Hall, American runner
1982 – Matt Roth, American football player
1983 – Betty Heidler, German hammer thrower
1983 – Abdelaziz Khourdifi, Moroccan short story writer
1983 – David Oakes, English Actor
1984 – LaRon Landry, American football player
1984 – Alex Scott, English footballer
1985 – Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian race car driver
1985 – Ivan Pernar, Croatian Member of Parliament
1986 – Tom Craddock, English footballer
1986 – Skyler Shaye, American actress
1988 – Will Atkinson, English footballer
1988 – Glenn Maxwell, Australian cricketer
1988 – Mario Titone, Italian footballer
1988 – Ocean Vuong, Vietnamese-American poet
1989 – Mia Wasikowska, Australian actress
1990 – Jordan Clark, English cricketer
1992 – Ahmed Musa, Nigerian footballer
1992 – Savannah Outen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1993 – Ashton Agar, Australian cricketer
1994 – Joe Burgess, English rugby league player
1994 – Jaelen Feeney, Australian rugby league player
1999 – Laura Zeng, American rhythmic gymnast
2001 – Rowan Blanchard, American actress

Source: wikipedia