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August 14 Births, Anniversaries, & Deaths


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1297 – Emperor Hanazono of Japan (d. 1348)
1473 – Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (d. 1541)
1479 – Catherine of York (d. 1527)
1575 – Robert Hayman, English-Canadian poet and politician (d. 1629)
1599 – Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar (d. 1671)
1625 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (d. 1695)
1642 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
1653 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician (d. 1688)
          Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica
1688 – Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
1714 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
1727 – Louise Élisabeth of France (d. 1759)
1727 – Princess Henriette of France (d. 1752)
1738 – Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer (d. 1793)
1740 – Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
          Pope of Rome, 1800-1823
1758 – Carle Vernet, French painter (d. 1835)
1777 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (d. 1851)
1802:  Letitia Elizabeth Landon  [English poet and novelist] (d. 15 Oct 1838)
1817 – Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1874)
1840 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author (d. 1902)
1847 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss politician (d. 1922)
1848 – Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Irish astronomer (d. 1915)
1851 – Yannoulis Chalepas, Greek sculptor (d. 1938)
1851 – Doc Holliday, American dentist (d. 1887)
1857 – Max Wagenknecht, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1922)
1860:  Ernest Thompson Seton  [English American author] (d. 23 Oct 1946)
          co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America
1863 – Ernest Thayer, American poet (d. 1940)
1865 – Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1952)
1866 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (d. 1962)
1867 – Cupid Childs, American baseball player (d. 1912)
1867 – John Galsworthy, English author and playwright (d. 1933)
          Nobel Prize laureate
1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China (d. 1908)
1876 – Alexander I of Serbia (d. 1903)
1881 – Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
1881 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast (d. 1942)
1887 – Marija Leiko, Latvian actress (d. 1937)
1889 – Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician (d. 1976)
          Prime Minister of Estonia, 1944
1890 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)
1892 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (d. 1988)
1893 – Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (d. 1975)
1895 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
1896 – Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1980)
1899 – Evelyn Kozak, American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1901 – Alice Rivaz, Swiss author (d. 1998)
1903 – Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (d. 1995)
1908 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (d. 1984)
1909 – Stuff Smith, American violinist (d. 1967)
1910 – Willy Ronis, French photographer (d. 2009)
1910 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer (d. 1995)
1911 – Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor (d.2006)
1911 – Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian spiritual leader (d. 2006)
1912 – Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985)
1913 – Hector Crawford, Australian television producer and director (d. 1991)
1913 – Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1915 – B. A. Santamaria, Australian journalist and activist (d. 1998)
1916 – Fumio Fujimura, Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 1992)
1916 – Wellington Mara, American businessman (d. 2005)
1922 – Leslie Marr, English race car driver
1923 – Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem (d. 2000)
1924 – Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect (d. 2009)
          designed the Hedmark Museum
1924 – Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor (d. 2013)
1924 – Georges Prêtre, French conductor
1924 – Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (d. 1981)
1925 – Russell Baker, American journalist and author
1926 – Alice Ghostley, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1926 – René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (d. 1977)
1926 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist
1926 – Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter
1927:  David Holt  [American actor] (d. 15 Nov 2003)
1929 – Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (d. 2013)
1929 – Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster (d. 2005)
1929:  Louise Slaughter  [American politician]
          U.S. Representative, D. NY, 1987-present
1929 – Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
1930 – Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
1931 – Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
1932 – Lee Hoffman, American author (d. 2007)
1933:  Bryce Courtenay  [South African/Australian novelist] (d. 22 Nov 2012)
1933 – Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic
          Nobel Prize laureate
1935 – John Brodie, American football player and golfer
1936 – Trevor Bannister, English actor (d. 2011)
1940 – Galen Hall, American football player and coach
1940:  Arthur Laffer  [American economist]
          Economic Policy Advisory Board, 1981–1989
1940 – Alexei Panshin, American author
1941 – Lynne Cheney, American wife of Dick Cheney
          32nd Second Lady of the United States
1941 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
          (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and CPR)
1941 – Connie Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942 – Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
1942 – Lionel Morton, English singer, guitarist, and television host
          (The Four Pennies)
1942 – Jackie Oliver, English race car driver
1943 – Ronnie Campbell, English politician
1944 – John Dunt, English admiral
1945 – Heidi Hartmann, American feminist economist
1945:  Robin Hayes  [American politician]
          U.S. Representative, R. NC, 1999-2009
1945 – Steve Martin, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1945 – Wim Wenders, German director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Antonio Fargas, American actor
1946 – Larry Graham, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
          (Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station)
1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress
1946 – Bjørn Kruse, Norwegian contemporary composer, saxophonist and painter
1946 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver (d. 2010)
1947 – Peter Christian, English actor
1947 – Bruce Nash, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Maddy Prior, English singer and dancer
          (Steeleye Span, Silly Sisters, and The Carnival Band)
1947 – Danielle Steel, American author
1947 – Jiro Taniguchi, Japanese illustrator
1947 – Joop van Daele, Dutch footballer
1948 – Terry Adams, American pianist and composer (NRBQ)
1949 – Bob Backlund, American wrestler
1949 – Morten Olsen, Danish footballer and manager
1950 – Gary Larson, American cartoonist
1951 – Peter Blegvad, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and illustrator
          (Slapp Happy and The Lodge)
1951 – Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
          (The Replacements)
1951 – Norbert Hofmann, German footballer and manager
1951 – Carl Lumbly, American actor
1952 – Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
1952 – Alex van Warmerdam, Dutch actor, director, and screenwriter
1953 – James Horner, American composer and conductor (d. 2015)
1953 – Cliff Johnson, American game designer
1954 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
1954 – Stanley A. McChrystal, American general
1954 – Christian Gross, Swiss footballer and coach
1955 – Gillian Taylforth, English actress
1956 – Jackée Harry, American actress and director
1956 – Andy King, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
1956 – Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
1957 – Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician
          35th Treasurer of Australia
1957 – Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (d. 1986)
1957 – Alim Qasimov, Azerbaijani singer
1958 – Philip Dunne, English politician
          Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
1958 – Bobby Eaton, American wrestler
1959 – Frank Brickowski, American basketball player
1959 – Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
1959 – Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach
1960 – Sarah Brightman, English singer-songwriter and actress
1960 – Sharon Bryant, American singer (Atlantic Starr)
1960 – Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano and actress
1960 – Stet Howland, American drummer and songwriter
          (Blackfoot, Impellitteri)
1960 – Fred Roberts, American basketball player
1961 – Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (d. 1995)
1961:  Steven Heighton  [Canadian author]
1961 – Buddy Landel, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2015)
1961 – Susan Olsen, American actress and singer
1962 – Lady Bunny, American drag queen performer
1962 – Mark Gubicza, American baseball player and sportscaster
1962 – Kevin Harris, Canadian skateboarder
1962 – Andres Herkel, Estonian politician
1962 – Rameez Raja, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
1963 – David Aaron Baker, American actor
1964 – Neal Anderson, American football player and coach
1964 – Jason Dunstall, Australian footballer and sportscaster
1964:  Mark Pocan  [American politician and businessman]
          U.S. Representative, D. WI, 2013-present
1965 – Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
1965 – Brannon Braga, American screenwriter and producer
1965 – Mark Collins, English guitarist and songwriter
          (The Charlatans and The Waltones)
1965 – Terry Richardson, American photographer
1966 – Halle Berry, American model, actress, and producer
1966 – Karl Petter Løken, Swedish-Norwegian footballer and sportscaster
1967 – Erik Gandini, Italian-Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
1967 – Dirk Rehbein, German footballer
1968 – Pravin Amre, Indian cricketer and coach
1968:  Ben Bass  [American-Canadian actor]
1968 – Catherine Bell, American actress
1968 – Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer
1968:  Jennifer Flavin  [American model and businesswoman]
1968 – Jason Leonard, English rugby player
1968 – Adrian Lester, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1968 – Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
1968 – Medy van der Laan, Dutch politician
1969 – Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut
1969 – DJ Uncle Al, American rapper and DJ (d. 2001)
1969 – Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer and manager
1970 – Kevin Cadogan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
          (Third Eye Blind)
1971 – Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Mark Loretta, American baseball player
1971 – Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972 – Tamer El Said, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Yoo Jae-suk, South Korean comedian and actor
1972 – Laurent Lamothe, Haitian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Haiti
1972 – Jay Manuel, American make-up artist
1973 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
1973 – Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer, voice actor, and composer
          created Guilty Gear
1973 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
1973 – Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer
1974 – Chucky Atkins, American basketball player
1974 – Martin Bulloch, Scottish drummer (Mogwai)
1974 – Christopher Gorham, American actor
1974 – Ana Matronic, American singer-songwriter
          (Scissor Sisters)
1975:  Jill Bennett  [American actress]
1975 – Mike Vrabel, American football player and coach
1976 – Alex Albrecht, American television host, actor, and producer
1976 – Steve Braun, Canadian actor
1976 – Fabrizio Donato, Italian triple jumper
1977 – Ed Harcourt, English singer-songwriter and producer
1977 – Elisavet Mystakidou, Greek martial artist
1977 – Juan Pierre, American baseball player
1978 – Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
1978 – Greg Rawlinson, South African-New Zealand rugby player
1978 – Kate Ritchie, Australian actress
1979 – Jérémie Bréchet, French footballer
1979 – Paul Burgess, Australian pole vaulter
1979 – Yōichirō Morikawa, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter
1980 – Estrella Morente, Spanish singer
1980 – Roy Williams, American football player
1981 – Earl Barron, American basketball player
1981 – Matthew Etherington, English footballer
1981 – Paul Gallen, Australian rugby league player
1981 – Ray William Johnson, American video blogger
1981 – Julius Jones, American football player
1981 – Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian-American wrestler
1982:  David Call  [American actor]
1982:  Benjamin Cohen  [English journalist]
1983 – Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (d. 2014)
1983:  Sunidhi Chauhan  [Indian musician]
1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress
1983 – Black Milk, American rapper and producer
1983 – Lamorne Morris, American actor and game show host
1983 – Juan Oviedo, Dominican baseball player
1983 – Spencer Pratt, American television personality
1984 – Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
1984 – Eva Birnerová, Czech tennis player
1984 – Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
1984 – Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer
1984 – Kunzang Choden, Bhutanese target shooter
1984 – Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Nick Grimshaw, English radio and television host
1984 – Nicola Slater, Scottish tennis player
1984 – Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player
1984 – Nicolette van Dam, Dutch actress
1985 – Ashlynn Brooke, American porn actress, dancer, and model
1985 – Christian Gentner, German footballer
1985 – Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
1986 – Cameron Jerome, English footballer
1986 – Mihkel Poll, Estonian pianist
1986 – Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
1987 – James Buckley, English actor
1987 – Cate Harrington, English porn actress
1987 – Sinem Kobal, Turkish actress
1987 – Tim Tebow, American football player
1988 – Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer
1988 – Kayla Mueller, American humanitarian and activist (d. 2015)
1989 – Florian Abel, German footballer
1989 – Artyom Bogucharsky, Russian actor
1989 – Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Jaydee Bixby, Canadian singer-songwriter
1992 – Sarah Correa, Brazilian swimmer (d. 2015)
1993 – Gongchan, South Korean singer and actor (B1A4)
1993 – Cassi Thomson, Australian-American actress and singer
1994 – Kim Rodriguez, Filipino actress
1999 – Garrett Ryan, American actor


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582 – Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine emperor (b. 535)
1040 – Duncan I of Scotland (b. 1001)
1167 – Rainald of Dassel, Italian archbishop (b. 1120)
1204 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)
1390 – John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
1433 – John I of Portugal (b. 1357)
1464 – Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
1573 – Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyo (b. 1548)
1691 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1630)
          Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1704 – Roland Laporte, French religious leader (b. 1675)
1727 – William Croft, English organist and composer (b. 1678)
1774 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (b. 1716)
1784 – Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter (b. 1718)
1856 – Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
1860 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
1870 – David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
1874 – Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
1890 – Michael J. McGivney, American priest
          founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
1891 – Sarah Childress Polk, American wife of James K. Polk (b. 1803)
          12th First Lady of the United States
1905 – Simeon Solomon, English painter (b. 1840)
1909 – William Stanley, American engineer (b. 1829)
1926 – John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician (b. 1843)
          Medal of Honor recipient
1928 – Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)
1938 – Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (b. 1876)
1941 – Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)
1941 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic (b. 1854)
          Nobel Prize laureate
1943 – Lore Berger, Swiss author (b. 1921)
1943 – Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
1951 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician (b. 1863)
          founded the Hearst Corporation
1954 – Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
1954 – Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek activist (b. 1901)
1955 – Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher (b. 1861)
          Librarian of Congress
1956 – Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
1958 – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist (b. 1900)
          Nobel Prize laureate
1958 – Konstantin von Neurath, German politician (b. 1873)
          Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs
1963 – Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1964 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
          (The Rock and Roll Trio)
1965 – Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (b. 1911)
1966 – Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
1967 – Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)
1970 – Bede Fanning, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
1972 – Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)
1972 – Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)
1973 – Fred Gipson, American author (b. 1908)
1978 – Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (b. 1907)
1980 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)
1981 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)
1981 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
1982 – Patrick Magee, Irish-English actor (b. 1922)
1982 – Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk (b. 1904)
1984 – Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1904)
1984 – J. B. Priestley, English author and playwright (b. 1894)
1985 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)
1988 – Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
          (The Snakestretchers)
1988 – Robert Calvert, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
          (Hawkwind)
1988 – Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)
          founded Ferrari
1989 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (b. 1964)
1991 – Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1920)
1992 – John Sirica, American judge (b. 1904)
1992 – Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (b. 1928)
1994 – Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss author (b. 1905)
1994 – Alice Childress, American actress, playwright, and author (b. 1912)
1996 – Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (b. 1912)
1996 – Tom Mees, American sportscaster (b. 1949)
1996 – Solomos Solomou, Cypriot refugee (b. 1970)
1999 – Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)
2000 – Alain Fournier, French-Canadian computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
2000 – Cuan McCarthy, South African cricketer (b. 1929)
2001 – Earl Anthony, American bowler (b. 1938)
2002 – Larry Rivers, American artist (b. 1923)
2002 – Dave Williams, American singer-songwriter (b. 1972)
          (Drowning Pool)
2003 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
2004 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish-American author and poet (b. 1911)
          Nobel Prize laureate
2004 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (b. 1918)
2005 – Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932)
2006 – Adriaan de Groot, Dutch psychologist and chess player (b. 1914)
2006 – Bruno Kirby, American actor and singer (b. 1949)
2007 – Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli politician (b. 1939)
2007 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
2007 – Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (b. 1940)
2008 – Percy Irausquin, Aruban-Dutch fashion designer (b. 1969)
2010 – Rallis Kopsidis, Greek painter (b. 1929)
2010 – Herman Leonard, American photographer (b. 1923)
2010 – Tahar Ouettar, Algerian author (b. 1936)
2011 – Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (b. 1931)
2011 – Fritz Korbach, German footballer and manager (b. 1945)
2012 – Maja Bošković-Stulli, Croatian historian and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian politician (b. 1945)
          14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
2012 – Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (b. 1923)
2012 – Sergey Kapitsa, English-Russian physicist and demographer (b. 1928)
2012 – Zhou Kehua, Chinese murderer (b. 1970)
2012 – Ron Palillo, American actor (b. 1949)
2012 – Rosemary Rice, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
2012 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (b. 1919)
2013 – Gia Allemand, American model (b. 1983)
2013 – Stephen Easley, American politician (b. 1952)
2013 – Jack Garfinkel, American basketball player and coach (b. 1918)
2013 – Jack Germond, American journalist and author (b. 1928)
2013 – Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress (b. 1970)
2013 – Allen Lanier, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1946)
          (Blue Öyster Cult)
2013 – Paddy Power, Irish politician (b. 1928)
          22nd Minister for Defence for Ireland
2014 – Jay Adams, American skateboarder (b. 1961)
2014 – Mariana Briski, Argentinian actress (b. 1965)
2014 – Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic (b. 1934)
          co-founded Moment Magazine
2014 – George V. Hansen, American soldier and politician (b. 1930)
2014 – Alan Landsburg, American director and producer (b. 1933)


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