November 14 - Births

Births

• 1567 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (d. 1625)
• 1601 – Jean Eudes, French missionary (d. 1680)
• 1650 – King William III of England (d. 1702)
• 1719 – Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's father (d. 1787)
• 1740 – Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792)
• 1746 – Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal (d. 1822)
• 1765 – Robert Fulton, American inventor (d. 1815)
• 1771 – Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802)
• 1776 – Henri Dutrochet, French physiologist (d. 1847)
• 1777 – Nathaniel Claiborne, U.S. politician (d. 1859)
• 1778 – Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837)
• 1779 – Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
• 1797 – Charles Lyell, British geologist (d. 1875)
• 1803 – Jacob Abbott, American writer (d. 1879)
• 1805 – Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (d. 1847)
• 1812 – Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878)
• 1812 – Maria Christina of Savoy, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1836)
• 1816 – John Curwen, British music educator (d. 1880)
• 1828 – James B. McPherson, American Civil War general (d. 1864)
• 1838 – August Senoa, Croatian writer (d. 1881)
• 1840 – Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)
• 1863 – Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Flemish-American chemist and inventor of the first synthetic plastic, Bakelite (d. 1944)
• 1875 – Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (d. 1899)
• 1875 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (d. 1944)
• 1878 – Julie Manet, French painter, daughter of Berthe Morisot (d. 1966)
• 1878 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (d. 1957)
• 1889 – Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India (d. 1964)
• 1891 – Frederick Banting, Canadian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1941)
• 1895 – Louise Huff, American actress (d. 1973)
• 1895 – Walter Freeman, American physician (d. 1972)
• 1896 – Mamie Eisenhower, First Lady of the United States (d. 1979)
• 1898 – Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French writer and filmmaker (d. 1944)
• 1900 – Aaron Copland, American composer (d. 1990)
• 1904 – Harold Haley, American judge (d. 1970)
• 1904 – Harold Larwood, English cricketer (d. 1995)
• 1904 – Dick Powell, American actor (d. 1963)
• 1905 – John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
• 1906 – Louise Brooks, American dancer, actress, and movie historian (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish writer (d. 2002)
• 1907 – Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader (d. 1995)
• 1907 – William Steig, American children's book author (d. 2003)
• 1908 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (d. 1957)
• 1910 – Eric Malpass, English novelist (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Barbara Hutton, American socialite (d. 1979)
• 1912 – T. Y. Lin, Chinese-born civil engineer (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Martha Tilton, American singer (d. 2006)
• 1916 – Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer
• 1919 – Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985)
• 1919 – Lisa Otto, German soprano
• 1919 – Veronica Lake, American actress (d. 1973)
• 1921 – Brian Keith, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1922 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian UN Secretary-General
• 1924 – Leonid Borisovitch Kogan, Russian violinist (d. 1982)
• 1927 – Bart Cummings, Australian race horse trainer
• 1927 – McLean Stevenson, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1927 – Narciso Yepes, Spanish classical guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Shirley Crabtree, aka Big Daddy, professional wrestler (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player
• 1930 – Charles De Sorgher, Belgian bobsledder
• 1930 – Edward White, American astronaut (d. 1967)
• 1930 – Michael Robbins, British actor (d. 1992)
• 1930 – Monique Mercure, French Canadian actress
• 1932 – Gunter Sachs, German mathematician
• 1933 – Fred Haise, American astronaut
• 1934 – Catherine McGuinness, Irish Supreme Court Justice
• 1934 – Kurt Hamrin, Swedish football player
• 1935 – Michael Busselle, English photographer and writer (d. 2006)
• 1935 – King Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999)
• 1935 – Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek lyricist and journalist
• 1936 – Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1990)
• 1936 – Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Carey Bell, American blues musician (d. 2007)
• 1937 – Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939 – Wendy Carlos, American composer
• 1943 – Peter Norton, American software engineer
• 1945 – Paul Hirsch, American film editor
• 1945 – Stella Obasanjo, Nigerian First Lady (d. 2005)
• 1947 – Bharathan, Malayalam film director (d. 1998)
• 1947 – P. J. O'Rourke, American writer
• 1948 – Charles, Prince of Wales
• 1949 – Raul Di Blasio Argentine pianist, composer, producer
• 1949 – James Young, American guitarist (Styx)
• 1949 – Gary Grubbs, American actor
• 1951 – Frankie Banali, American rock drummer
• 1951 – Alec John Such, American musician (Bon Jovi)
• 1951 – Stephen Bishop, American musician
• 1951 – Zhang Yimou, Chinese film director
• 1953 – Dominique de Villepin, former Prime Minister of France
• 1953 – Phil Baron, American voice actor
• 1954 – Bernard Hinault, French cyclist
• 1954 – Condoleezza Rice, American educator, diplomat and 66th United States Secretary of State
• 1954 – Yanni, Greek musician & composer
• 1955 – Jack Sikma, American basketball player
• 1956 – Peter R. de Vries, Dutch crime reporter
• 1957 – Michael J Fitzgerald, American writer
• 1959 – Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer
• 1959 – Paul McGann, British actor
• 1960 – Tom Judson, American actor and composer
• 1960 – Remi Moses, English footballer
• 1961 – Antonio Flores, Spanish singer and songwriter (d. 1995)
• 1961 – Elizabeth Keifer, American actress
• 1961 – D. B. Sweeney, American actor
• 1962 – Harland Williams, Canadian-born actor
• 1962 – Laura San Giacomo, American actress
• 1964 – Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter
• 1964 – Patrick Warburton, American actor
• 1964 – Rev Run, American rapper
• 1964 – Rockie Lynne, American musician
• 1966 – Curt Schilling, American baseball player
• 1966 – Petra Roßner, German cyclist
• 1967 – Letitia Dean, British actress
• 1967 – Nina Gordon, American singer
• 1968 – Janine Lindemulder, American porn actress
• 1968 – Serge Postigo, Canadian actor
• 1969 – Butch Walker, recording artist
• 1970 – Brendan Benson, American musician (The Raconteurs)
• 1970 – David Wesley, American basketball player
• 1971 – Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
• 1971 – Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor
• 1972 – Aaron Taylor, American football player
• 1972 – Edyta Górniak, Polish singer
• 1972 – Josh Duhamel, American actor
• 1972 – Martin Pike, Australian rules footballer
• 1972 – Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
• 1973 – Kareem Campbell, American skateboarder
• 1973 – Dana Snyder, American voice actor
• 1973 – Lawyer Milloy, American football player
• 1973 – Moka Only, Canadian musician
• 1974 – David Moscow, American actor
• 1974 – Matt Cedeño, Cuban-American actor
• 1975 – Nicolai Cleve Broch, Norwegian actor
• 1975 – Faye Tozer, British musician (Steps)
• 1975 – Travis Barker, American musician (Blink-182, +44)
• 1975 – Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian/American wine expert
• 1977 – Sara Jay, American pornographic actress
• 1977 – Obie Trice, American rapper
• 1978 – Chris Shar, American musician (Stiffed (band)), (Man Man), (Santigold)
• 1978 – Bobby Allen, American ice hockey player
• 1978 – Michala Banas, New Zealand actress
• 1978 – Xavier Nady, American baseball player
• 1978 – Delphine Chanéac, French model, actress, and DJ.
• 1979 – Mavie Hörbiger, German actress
• 1979 – Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian model and actress
• 1979 – Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Brock Pierce, American actor
• 1981 – Tom Ferrier, British racing driver
• 1982 – Kyle Orton, American football player
• 1982 – Laura Ramsey, American actress
• 1983 – Lil Boosie, American rapper
• 1984 – Courtney Johns, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 – Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer
• 1985 – Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer
• 1989 – Jake Livermore, English footballer
• 1990 – Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
• 1991 – Taylor Hall, Canadian hockey player
• 2002 – Ben Bowen, American brain cancer victim (d. 2005)