Famous Births on 14 Dec

Famous Births on 14 Dec

1009 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)
1503 - Nostradamus, French astrologer (d. 1566)
1546 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (d. 1601)
1625 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)
1631 - Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)
1640 - (baptism date) - Aphra Behn, English playwright and novelist (d. 1689)
1678 - Daniel Neal, English historian (d. 1743)
1720 - Justus Möser, German statesman (d. 1794)
1775 - Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral (d. 1860)
1775 - Philander Chase, American founder of Kenyon College (d. 1852)
1784 - Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Princess of Asturias (d. 1806)
1787 - Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1816)
1791 - Charles Wolfe, Irish poet (d. 1823)
1794 - Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (d. 1872)
1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (d. 1898)
1866 - Roger Fry, English artist and art critic (d. 1934)
1870 - Karl Renner, President of Austria (d. 1950)
1881 - Katherine MacDonald, American actress and film producer (d. 1956)
1884 - Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (d. 1950)
1895 - Paul Eluard, French poet (d. 1952)
1895 - King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952)
1896 - Jimmy Doolittle, American General (d. 1993)
1897 - Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (d. 1995)
1897 - Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (d. 1977)
1902 - Frances Bavier, American actress (d. 1989)
1908 - Morey Amsterdam, American comedian and actor (d. 1996)
1908 - Claude Davey, Welsh rugby union footballer
1908 - Mária Szepes, Hungarian authoress (d. 2007)
1909 - Edward Tatum, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
1911 - Spike Jones, American comedian and musician (d. 1965)
1911 - Hans von Ohain, German/American aerospace engineer (d. 1998)
1913 - Dan Dailey, American actor (d. 1978)
1914 - Karl Carstens, President of Germany (d. 1992)
1914 - Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (d. 1943)
1914 - Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003)
1916 - Shirley Jackson, American writer (d. 1965)
1917 - Elyse Knox, American Actress
1917 - June Taylor, American choreographer (d. 2004)
1917 - C.-H. Hermansson, Swedish communist leader
1918 - James T. Aubrey, American television executive (d. 1994)
1918 - B.K.S. Iyengar, Indian yoga advocate
1920 - Clark Terry, American trumpeter
1922 - Nikolay Basov, Soviet physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2001)
1922 - Don Hewitt, American creator of 60 Minutes
1923 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (d. 2006)
1924 - Raj Kapoor, Indian actor (d. 1988)
1925 - Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1971)
1927 - Richard Cassilly, American tenor (d.1998)
1931 - Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (d. 2002)
1932 - Abbe Lane, American singer and actress
1932 - Charlie Rich, American musician (d. 1995)
1935 - Lewis Arquette, American film actor, writer and producer (d. 2001)
1935 - Lee Remick, American actress (d. 1991)
1938 - Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian
1939 - Ernie Davis, American football player (d. 1963)
1940 - Lex Gold, Scottish football administrator
1941 - Karan Armstrong, American soprano
1941 - Ellen Willis, American journalist (d. 2006)
1942 - Zoe Laskari, Greek actress
1943 - R. Emmett Tyrrell, American magazine publisher
1946 - Joyce Vincent Wilson, American singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
1946 - Stan Smith, American tennis player
1946 - Michael Ovitz, American film producer
1946 - Ruth Fuchs, East German athlete
1946 - Patty Duke, American actress
1946 - Jane Birkin, English-born French actress and singer
1947 - Christopher Parkening, American guitarist
1947 - Linda Sutton, English artist
1948 - Lester Bangs, American music journalist (d. 1982)
1948 - Kim Beazley, Australian politician
1948 - Dee Wallace-Stone, American actress
1949 - Cliff Williams, English bassist (AC/DC)
1949 - Bill Buckner, American baseball player
1951 - Jan Timman, Dutch chess grandmaster
1952 - Germain Houde, French Canadian actor
1953 - Vijay Amritraj, Indian tennis player
1953 - René Eespere, Soviet-born Estonian composer
1953 - Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician
1953 - Mikael Odenberg, Swedish politician
1954 - Steven MacLean, Canadian astronaut
1954 - Alan Kulwicki, American NASCAR driver (d. 1993)
1954 - James Horan, American actor
1956 - Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein skier
1957 - Gary Ferris, American author
1958 - Mike Scott, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Waterboys)
1958 - Spider Stacy, English musician (The Pogues)
1959 - Jorge Vaca, Mexican boxer
1960 - Bob Paris, American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate
1960 - Chris Waddle, English footballer
1962 - Ginger Lynn (Ginger Lynn Allen), American adult film actress
1963 - Greg Abbott, English former football player
1963 - Cynthia Gibb, American actress
1965 - Craig Biggio, American baseball player
1965 - Ken Hill, American baseball player
1966 - Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian racecar driver
1966 - Bill Ranford, Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Tim Skold, Swedish/American musician
1967 - Ewa Białołęcka, Polish writer
1969 - Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player
1970 - Nadine Garner, Australian actress
1970 - Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer
1970 - Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter
1971 - Natascha McElhone, English actress
1972 - Eric Anderson, American musical theatre actor
1972 - Marcus Jensen, American baseball player
1973 - Thuy Trang, American actress (d. 2001)
1973 - Tia Texada, American actress and singer
1973 - Tomasz Radzinski, Polish-born Canadian soccer player
1974 - Billy Koch, American baseball player
1975 - Justin Furstenfeld, American rock singer
1976 - Leland Chapman, American bounty hunter
1976 - André Couto, Portuguese racing driver
1976 - Santiago Ezquerro, Spanish footballer
1977 - KaDee Strickland, American actress
1978 - Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis player
1978 - Radu Sârbu, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
1978 - Kim St-Pierre, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 - Sophie Monk, Australian actress, singer, and model
1979 - Michael Owen, English footballer
1980 - Frankie J, American singer
1980 - Tata Young, Thai-American singer
1980 - Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer
1981 - Liam Lawrence, English footballer
1981 - Shaun Marcum, American baseball player
1981 - Johnny Jeter, American professional wrestler
1981 - Emilie Heymans, Canadian diver
1981 - Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress
1982 - Josh Fields, American baseball player
1982 - Steve Sidwell, English footballer
1982 - Anthony Way, English singer and actor
1984 - Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer
1984 - Edward Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer
1985 - Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress
1985 - Tom Smith, Welsh rugby union footballer
1985 - Julio Pimentel, Dominican baseball player
1985 - Paul Rabil, professional lacrosse player
1985 - Jakub BÅ‚aszczykowski, Polish footballer
1988 - Nicolas Batum, French basketball player
1988 - Vanessa Hudgens, American singer and actress
1989 - Pedro Silva, Brazilian footballer
1992 - Tori Kelly, American singer
1995 - Princess Olimpia Preslavska of Bulgaria