September 14
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[edit] Births
- 1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)
- 1656 - Thomas Baker, English antiqurian (d. 1746)
- 1737 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
- 1760 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)
- 1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)
- 1804 - John Gould, English ornithologist
- 1804 - Louis Maigret, Roman Catholic prelate
- 1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
- 1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, artist (d. 1944)
- 1879 - Margaret Sanger, birth control advocate (d. 1966)
- 1880 - Archie Hahn, American athlete
- 1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat
- 1889 - Maria Esther de Capovilla, Worlds oldest woman (d. 2006)
- 1898 - Hal B. Wallis, film producer (d. 1986)
- 1899 - José Mojica, Mexican singer and film actor (d. 1974)
- 1909 - Peter Scott, naturalist, artist, and explorer (d. 1989)
- 1913 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
- 1914 - Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000)
- 1914 - Clayton Moore, actor (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Israel López (Cachao), Cuban musician
- 1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer
- 1921 - Ruth Brooks Flippen, television writer (d. 1981)
- 1923 - Bud Palmer, sports reporter
- 1926 - Alejandro Ulloa, Spanish cinematographer
- 1933 - Zoe Caldwell, actress
- 1933 - Harve Presnell, actor
- 1934 - Kate Millett, feminist writer
- 1936 - Walter Koenig, actor
- 1938 - Nicol Williamson, actor
- 1940 - Larry Brown, basketball coach
- 1941 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician
- 1947 - Sam Neill, actor
- 1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese rock singer
- 1950 - Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)
- 1951 - Arrigo Barnabé, Brazilian composer
- 1959 - Mary Frances, actress
- 1959 - Morten Harket, singer (a-ha)
- 1968 - Michelle Stafford, actress
- 1970 - Craig Montoya, musician (Everclear)
- 1971 - Kimberly Williams, actress
- 1973 - Nas, rapper
- 1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
[edit] Deaths
- 1982 - Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco and former actress