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December 14 birthdays

299 notable historical figures were born on December 14, and 199 died on this day. Everyone born on December 14 is a Sagittarius.

17% of December 14 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (76) than any other country.

Born on December 14

• George VI (1895 to 1952. King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952)
• Nostradamus (1503 to 1566. French apothecary, astrologer and seer (1503–1566))
• Patty Duke (1946 to 2016. American actress (1946–2016))
• Ebrahim Raisi (1960 to 2024. President of Iran from 2021 to 2024)
• Tycho Brahe (1546 to 1601. Danish astronomer (1546–1601))
• Dilma Rousseff (born 1947. President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016)
• Paul (1901 to 1964. King of Greece from 1947 to 1964)
• Shirley Jackson (1916 to 1965. American novelist, short-story writer (1916–1965))
• Jimmy Doolittle (1896 to 1993. American general and aviator (1896–1993))
• Vanessa Hudgens (born 1988. American actress and singer (born 1988))
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966. Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015)
• Michael Owen (born 1979. English footballer (born 1979))
• Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775 to 1860. British naval officer, politician and mercenary (1775–1860))
• Tammy Blanchard (born 1976. American actress (born 1976))
• Antony Beevor (born 1946. English military historian (born 1946))
• Jaun Elia (1931 to 2002. Pakistani poet (1931–2002))
• Paul Éluard (1895 to 1952. French poet (1895–1952))
• Karl Renner (1870 to 1950. Austrian statesman (1870–1950))
• Dan Dailey (1915 to 1978. American actor and dancer)
• Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812 to 1862. English statesman and Governor-General of India)
• Andrew Tate (born 1986. American and British internet personality (born 1986))
• Nissim Ezekiel (1924 to 2004. Indian poet (1924–2004))
• Tata Young (born 1980. Thai singer)
• Karl Carstens (1914 to 1992. German politician (1914–1992))
• Clark Terry (1920 to 2015. American swing and bebop trumpeter (1920–2015))
• Étienne Tshisekedi (1932 to 2017. Congolese politician (1932–2017))
• Raj Kapoor (1924 to 1988. Indian actor and filmmaker (1924–1988))
• Arayik Harutyunyan (born 1973. President of Artsakh from 2020 to 2023)
• Lucía Pinochet (born 1943. Daughter of Augustino Pinochet)
• Rosemary Sutcliff (1920 to 1992. English novelist (1920–1992))
• Stephen Cook (born 1939. American-Canadian computer scientist, contributor to complexity theory)
• Okakura Kakuzō (1863 to 1913. Japanese scholar and art critic (1863–1913))
• Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (1784 to 1806. First wife of Ferdinand VII (1784–1806))
• Leonardo Boff (born 1938. Brazilian theologian, philosopher writer, and former Catholic priest (born 1938))
• Richard Ravalomanana (born 1959. Malagasy politician (born 1959))
• Kelley Armstrong (born 1968. Canadian writer (born 1968))
• Emperor Go-Suzaku (1009 to 1045. Emperor of Japan from 1036 to 1045)
• Karey Kirkpatrick (born 1964. American screenwriter, director, and producer)
• Bella Rosenfeld (1889 to 1944. Russian Jewish writer (1889–1944))
• Nikolay Basov (1922 to 2001. Soviet physicist (1922–2001))
• Charles Seeger (1886 to 1979. American composer and musicologist (1886–1979))
• Joseph Lane (1801 to 1881. American politician and soldier (1801–1881))
• Anne Conway (philosopher) (1631 to 1679. English philosopher (1631–1679))
• Dirk Jan de Geer (1870 to 1960. Dutch politician (1870–1960))
• Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831 to 1900. Spanish general and politician (1831–1900))
• Kerryn Phelps (born 1957. Australian doctor and politician (born 1957))
• José Toribio Merino (1915 to 1996. Chilean politician and admiral)
• Jane Birkin (1946 to 2023. British actress and singer (1946–2023))
• Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland (1852 to 1854. Swedish prince (1852–54))
• Jamgon Kongtrul (1813 to 1899. Tibetan Buddhist scholar (1813–1899))
• Edward Tatum (1909 to 1975. American geneticist (1909–1975))
• Jurji Zaydan (1861 to 1914. Lebanese novelist, journalist, editor and teacher (1861–1914))
• Bui Tuong Phong (1942 to 1975. Vietnamese computer scientist (1942–1975))
• Vasily Margelov (1908 to 1990. Soviet general (1908–1990))
• Norton A. Schwartz (born 1951. US Air Force general)
• James Comey (born 1960. American lawyer (born 1960))
• Jigme Palden Dorji (1919 to 1964. 1st Prime Minister of Bhutan)
• Berthold Lubetkin (1901 to 1990. Georgian-British architect)
• M. R. D. Foot (1919 to 2012. British historian (1919–2012))
• Rajesh Gopakumar (born 1967. Indian physicist)

Died on December 14

• George Washington (1732 to 1799. U.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797)
• Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819 to 1861. Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840 to 1861)
• Fatima (604 to 632. Daughter of Muhammad (died 632))
• James V (1512 to 1542. King of Scotland from 1513 to 1542)
• Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843 to 1878. British princess (1843–1878)
• Stanley Baldwin (1867 to 1947. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923–1924; 1924–1929; 1935–1937))
• Charles III of Spain (1716 to 1788. King of Spain from 1759 to 1788)
• John of the Cross (1542 to 1591. Spanish Catholic priest and Christian mystic (1542–1591))
• Norman Fell (1924 to 1998. American actor (1924–1998))
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 to 1788. German composer (1714–1788))
• Louis Agassiz (1807 to 1873. Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873))
• George Hamilton-Gordon (1784 to 1860. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 to 1855)
• Cheryl Araujo (1961 to 1986. American rape victim (1961–1986))
• Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870 to 1956. President of Finland from 1946 to 1956)
• Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark (1876 to 1940. Grand Duchess Maria Georgievna of Russia (1876–1940))
• Rob Reiner (1947 to 2025. American filmmaker and actor (1947–2025))
• Adrian II (792 to 872. Head of the Catholic Church from 867 to 872)
• Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (1801 to 1873. Queen of Prussia from 1840 to 1861)
• Peter O'Toole (1932 to 2013. English and Irish actor (1932–2013))
• Rinchinbal Khan (1326 to 1332. Emperor of Yuan - Mongol Empire in 1332)
• Mikhail Miloradovich (1771 to 1825. Russian general (1771–1825))
• Murad Bakhsh (1624 to 1661. Mughal prince (1624–1661))
• Sidónio Pais (1872 to 1918. President of Portugal in 1918)
• Salah ad-Din Khalil (1263 to 1293. Sultan of Egypt and Syria (r. 1290–1293))
• Théo van Rysselberghe (1862 to 1926. Belgian painter (1862–1926))
• Empress Agnes (1025 to 1077. Holy Roman Empress from 1046 to 1056)
• Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921 to 2016. Brazilian cardinal (1921–2016))
• Donald Howard Menzel (1901 to 1976. American astronomer (1901–1976))
• Vicente Aleixandre (1898 to 1984. Spanish poet (1898–1984))
• Muhammad Sultan (Mughal prince) (1639 to 1676. Mughal prince (1639–1676))

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