December 14 - Births

Births

• 1009 – Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)
• 1503 – Nostradamus, French astrologer (d. 1566)
• 1546 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (d. 1601)
• 1607 – János Kemény, Hungarian aristocrat, writer and prince of Transylvania (d. 1662)
• 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 – Philander Chase, American founder of Kenyon College (d. 1852)
• 1775 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral (d. 1860)
• 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)
• 1852 – Daniel De Leon, South American socialist (d. 1914)
• 1853 – Errico Malatesta, Italian anarcho-communist (d. 1932)
• 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)
• 1883 – Manolis Kalomiris, Greek classical composer (d. 1962)
• 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)
• 1901 – Paul, king of Greece (d. 1964)
• 1902 – Frances Bavier, American actress (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Morey Amsterdam, American comedian and actor (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Claude Davey, Welsh rugby union footballer (d. 2001)
• 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 – C.-H. Hermansson, Swedish communist leader
• 1917 – June Taylor, American choreographer (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Elyse Knox, American actress
• 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 (d. 2009)
• 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 – Jane Birkin, English-born French actress and singer
• 1946 – Patty Duke, American actress
• 1946 – Ruth Fuchs, East German athlete
• 1946 – Michael Ovitz, American film producer
• 1946 – Stan Smith, American tennis player
• 1946 – Joyce Vincent Wilson, American singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn)
• 1947 – Christopher Parkening, American guitarist
• 1947 – Linda Sutton, English artist
• 1947 – Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian politician
• 1948 – Kim Beazley, Australian politician
• 1948 – Dee Wallace-Stone, American actress
• 1949 – Bill Buckner, American baseball player
• 1949 – Cliff Williams, English bassist (AC/DC)
• 1951 – Jan Timman, Dutch chess grandmaster
• 1951 – Paul Zaloom, American actor and puppeteer
• 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 – James Horan, American actor
• 1954 – Alan Kulwicki, American NASCAR driver (d. 1993)
• 1954 – Steven MacLean, Canadian astronaut
• 1956 – Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein skier
• 1958 – Mike Scott, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Waterboys)
• 1958 – Spider Stacy, English musician (The Pogues)
• 1958 – François Zocchetto, French politician
• 1959 – Bob Paris, American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate
• 1959 – Jorge Vaca, Mexican boxer
• 1960 – Don Franklin, American actor
• 1960 – Chris Waddle, English footballer
• 1962 – Ginger Lynn (Ginger Lynn Allen), American adult film actress
• 1963 – Alice Ripley American actress
• 1963 – Greg Abbott, English former football player
• 1963 – Cynthia Gibb, American actress
• 1963 – Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian baritone, pedagogue (professor) and TV host
• 1965 – Craig Biggio, American baseball player
• 1965 – Ken Hill, American baseball player
• 1965 – Ted Raimi, an American actor
• 1966 – Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian racecar driver
• 1966 – Anthony Mason, American basketball player
• 1966 – Bill Ranford, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Tim Sköld, Swedish/American musician
• 1967 – Ewa Białołęcka, Polish writer
• 1968 – Noelle Beck, American actress
• 1969 – Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player
• 1969 – Natascha McElhone, English actress
• 1970 – Nadine Garner, Australian actress
• 1970 – Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer
• 1970 – Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Brian Gay, professional golfer; three-time winner on the PGA Tour
• 1971 – Tia Texada, American actress and singer
• 1971 – Mario Yamasaki, Referee
• 1971 – Michaela Watkins, American comic actress (Saturday Night Live)
• 1972 – Eric Anderson, American musical theatre actor
• 1972 – Marcus Jensen, American baseball player
• 1972 – Miranda Hart, British comedienne
• 1973 – Tomasz Radzinski, Polish-born Canadian soccer player
• 1973 – Pat Burke, Irish basketball player
• 1973 – Thuy Trang, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1974 – Billy Koch, American baseball player
• 1975 – Justin Furstenfeld, American rock singer
• 1975 – KaDee Strickland, American actress
• 1976 – Tammy Blanchard, American actress
• 1976 – Leland Chapman, American bounty hunter
• 1976 – Sebastien Chaule, French-born German rugby player
• 1976 – André Couto, Portuguese racing driver
• 1976 – Santiago Ezquerro, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Dean Brogan, Australian rules footballer
• 1978 – Kim St-Pierre, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Radu Sârbu, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
• 1978 – Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis player
• 1979 – Sophie Monk, Australian actress, singer, and model
• 1979 – Michael Owen, English footballer
• 1980 – Tata Young, Thai-American singer
• 1980 – Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer
• 1981 – Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress
• 1981 – Émilie Heymans, Canadian diver
• 1981 – Johnny Jeter, American professional wrestler
• 1981 – Liam Lawrence, Irish footballer
• 1981 – Shaun Marcum, American baseball player
• 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 – Jakub Błaszczykowski, Polish footballer
• 1985 – Julio Pimentel, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 – Paul Rabil, Professional lacrosse player
• 1985 – Tom Smith, Welsh rugby union footballer
• 1985 – Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress
• 1987 – Alexander Gaskarth, American singer (All Time Low)
• 1988 – Nicolas Batum, French basketball player
• 1988 – Vanessa Hudgens, American singer and actress
• 1988 – Hayato Sakamoto, Japanese baseball player
• 1989 – Pedro Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 – Onew, South Korean singer
• 1992 – Tori Kelly, American singer