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January 14 birthdays

296 notable historical figures were born on January 14, and 199 died on this day. Everyone born on January 14 is a Capricorn.

18% of January 14 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (69) than any other country.

Born on January 14

• Benedict Arnold (1741 to 1801. British military officer (1741–1801))
• Yukio Mishima (1925 to 1970. Japanese author and coup attempt leader (1925–1970))
• Mehmed VI (1861 to 1926. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1918 to 1922)
• Albert Schweitzer (1875 to 1965. German polymath (1875–1965))
• Martin Niemöller (1892 to 1984. German theologian (1892–1984))
• Giulio Andreotti (1919 to 2013. Prime Minister of Italy (1972-73; 1976-79; 1989-1992))
• Rambhadracharya (born 1950. Indian Hindu religious leader since 1988)
• Cecil Beaton (1904 to 1980. British photographer and designer (1904–1980))
• John Dos Passos (1896 to 1970. American novelist (1896–1970))
• Murray Bookchin (1921 to 2006. American social theorist (1921–2006))
• Steven Soderbergh (born 1963. American filmmaker (born 1963))
• Tom Tryon (1926 to 1991. American actor and novelist (1926–1991))
• Joan I (1273 to 1305. Queen of Navarre from 1274 to 1305)
• Kaifi Azmi (1919 to 2002. Indian Urdu poet (1919–2002))
• Ilya Ehrenburg (1891 to 1967. Soviet writer (1891–1967))
• Dave Grohl (born 1969. American rock musician and songwriter (born 1969))
• Constantine VI (771 to 798. Byzantine emperor from 780 to 797)
• Alfred Tarski (1901 to 1983. Polish–American mathematician (1901–1983))
• Faye Dunaway (born 1941. American actress (born 1941))
• Joseph Losey (1909 to 1984. American theatre and film director (1909–1984))
• Kiki Rice (born 2004. American basketball player (born 2004))
• Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507 to 1578. Queen of Portugal from 1525 to 1557)
• Abul Fazl (1551 to 1602. Mughal grand vizier from 1579 to 1602)
• Carlos P. Romulo (1899 to 1985. Filipino politician & diplomat (1899–1985))
• Dimitri Tsafendas (1918 to 1999. Assassin of South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd)
• Valdemar I of Denmark (1131 to 1182. King of Denmark from 1154 to 1182)
• Milan Kučan (born 1941. First President of Slovenia (1991–2002))
• Vissarion (born 1961. Russian cult leader (born 1961))
• Nakamikado (1702 to 1737. Emperor of Japan from 1709 to 1735)
• Melina Matsoukas (born 1981. American Director)
• Matthew Fontaine Maury (1807 to 1873. American oceanographer and naval officer (1806–1873))
• Charles III, Duke of Parma (1823 to 1854. Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1849 to 1854)
• Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845 to 1927. Viceroy of India from 1888 to 1895)
• Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry (1951 to 2001. Indian film director, screenwriter, playwright)
• Carlos Alvarado Quesada (born 1980. President of Costa Rica from 2018 to 2022)
• Fazıl Say (born 1970. Turkish pianist and composer)
• George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831 to 1893. Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1845 to 1893)
• Shlomo Carlebach (1925 to 1994. American rabbi and musician (1925–1994))
• Ralph M. Steinman (1943 to 2011. Canadian immunologist and cell biologist)
• Elke Büdenbender (born 1962. German jurist (born 1962))
• Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (born 1952. Prime Minister of Romania from 2004 to 2008)
• Constantin Sănătescu (1885 to 1947. 44th Prime Minister of Romania (1885–1947))
• Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (1798 to 1872. Dutch politician (1798–1872))
• William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773 to 1857. British diplomat and colonial administrator (1773–1857))
• Djuanda Kartawidjaja (1911 to 1963. Indonesian politician and technocrat (1911–1963))
• Salim Saleh (born 1960. Ugandan military officer (born 1960))
• John P. Lucas (1890 to 1949. US Army general (1890–1949))
• Surjit Patar (1945 to 2024. Indian Punjabi language poet and writer (1945–2024))
• Erick Aybar (born 1984. Dominican baseball player (born 1984))
• Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882 to 1944. Dutch-American historian, journalist and author)
• Prince Dhirendra of Nepal (1950 to 2001. Prince of Nepal)
• Joachim Yhombi-Opango (1939 to 2020. Congolese politician (1939–2020))
• Gomes da Costa (1863 to 1929. Portuguese president and politician)
• Hafeez Jalandhari (1900 to 1982. Pakistani poet (1900–1982))
• Jean Reynier (1771 to 1814. Swiss-French military officer (1771–1814))
• Tillie Olsen (1912 to 2007. American writer (1912–2007))
• Declan Rice (born 1999. English footballer (born 1999))
• Tetsuzan Nagata (1884 to 1935. Japanese general (1884–1935))
• Narine Abgaryan (born 1971. Armenian prosaist, blogger and writer)
• Denzil Douglas (born 1953. 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Died on January 14

• Humphrey Bogart (1899 to 1957. American actor (1899–1957))
• Lewis Carroll (1832 to 1898. British author and scholar (1832–1898))
• Anthony Eden (1897 to 1977. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957)
• Kurt Gödel (1906 to 1978. Mathematical logician and philosopher)
• Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864 to 1892. British prince (1864–1892))
• Anaïs Nin (1903 to 1977. French-born American author (1903–1977))
• Peter Finch (1916 to 1977. English and Australian actor (1916–1977))
• George Berkeley (1685 to 1753. Anglo-Irish philosopher and bishop (1685–1753))
• Sergei Korolev (1906 to 1966. Soviet aerospace engineer (1907–1966))
• Frederik IX (1899 to 1972. King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972)
• Edmond Halley (1656 to 1742. English astronomer (1656–1742))
• Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 to 1867. French painter (1780–1867))
• Alan Rickman (1946 to 2016. English actor (1946–2016))
• Frederick V of Denmark (1723 to 1766. King of Denmark and Norway from 1746 to 1766)
• Abdul Razak Hussein (1922 to 1976. Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1970 to 1976)
• Saint Sava (1169 to 1235. Serbian Orthodox monk (c. 1174 – 1235))
• Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858 to 1939. Danish prince (1858–1939))
• Andrew III of Hungary (1265 to 1301. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1290 to 1301)
• Mandell Creighton (1843 to 1901. British historian and bishop (1843–1901))
• Henry Edward Manning (1808 to 1892. English Catholic archbishop and cardinal (1808–1892))
• Charles Hermite (1822 to 1901. French mathematician (1822–1901))
• Jaishankar Prasad (1889 to 1937. Indian (Hindi) litterateur and writer (1889–1937))
• Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723 to 1772. Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel from 1760 to 1772)
• Angela Morley (1924 to 2009. English composer and conductor (1924–2009))
• Ricardo Bofill (1939 to 2022. Spanish architect (1939–2022))
• Odoric of Pordenone (1286 to 1331. Franciscan friar and missionary (c. 1280 – 1331))
• Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1031 to 1092. Duke of Bohemia from 1061 to 1085)
• Jan Kaplický (1937 to 2009. Czech architect)
• Alma Karlin (1889 to 1950. Slovenian travel writer and poet)
• Muhammad Kam Bakhsh (1667 to 1709. Mughal prince (1667–1709))

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