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Who was born on December 14
160 notable people were born on December 14. If it is your birthday too, you are in good company.
- 160births
- 54events
Best known
Best known
Shyam Benegal
Indian director and screenwriter
Lewis Arquette
American actor
Lee Remick
American actress
Leonardo Boff
Brazilian theologian, philosopher writer, and former Catholic priest (born 1938)
Ernie Davis
American football player
Karan Armstrong
American operatic soprano
Shyam Benegal — Indian director and screenwriter, born on December 14 1934.
Lewis Arquette — American actor, born on December 14 1935.
Lee Remick — American actress, born on December 14 1935.
Leonardo Boff — Brazilian theologian, philosopher writer, and former Catholic priest (born 1938), born on December 14 1938.
Ernie Davis — American football player, born on December 14 1939.
Karan Armstrong — American operatic soprano, born on December 14 1941.
All entries
- 1934CCharlie Hodge (guitarist)American singer, vocal coach and musician
- 1938CCharlie GriffithWest Indian cricketer (born 1938)
- 1939AAnn CryerBritish politician (born 1939)
- 1940LLex GoldScottish footballer and administrator
- 1941
Ellen WillisAmerican writer - 1942
Chris Harris (actor)Mime artist - 1942
Dick WagnerAmerican guitarist - 1943
Britt AllcroftBritish filmmaker - 1943
Tommy McAvoyBritish politician - 1943EEmmett Tyrrell20th-century American journalist
- 1944
Graham Kirkham, Baron KirkhamBritish businessman (born 1944)
- 1944DDenis ThwaitesEnglish footballer (1944–2015
- 1946
Antony BeevorEnglish military historian (born 1946) - 1946
Jane BirkinBritish actress and singer - 1946
John Du PrezBritish composer (born 1946) - 1946
Patty DukeAmerican actress
- 1946
Ruth FuchsEast German javelin thrower and politician - 1946PPeter LorimerScottish footballer
- 1946MMichael OvitzAmerican businessman (born 1946)
- 1946
Stan SmithAmerican tennis player (born 1946) - 1946
Lynne Marie StewartAmerican actress - 1946
Joyce Vincent WilsonAmerican singer (born 1946) - 1947
Christopher ParkeningAmerican classical guitarist (born 1947) - 1947
Dilma RousseffPresident of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 - 1948
Lester BangsAmerican music critic - 1948
Kim BeazleyAustralian politician (born 1948) - 1948
Boudewijn BüchDutch writer and television presenter - 1948
Peeter KreitzbergEstonian politician - 1948
Dee WallaceAmerican actress (born 1948) - 1949
Bill BucknerAmerican baseball player - 1949
David A. CherryAmerican artist - 1949
Cliff WilliamsEnglish musician (born 1949) - 1951
John Brown (basketball, born 1951)American basketball player (born 1951) - 1951
Jan TimmanDutch chess grandmaster - 1952
John LurieAmerican musician, painter and actor - 1953
Vijay AmritrajIndian sports commentator, actor, and tennis player - 1953
Wade Davis (anthropologist)Canadian anthropologist (born 1953) - 1953
René EespereEstonian composer - 1953
Vangelis MeimarakisGreek politician - 1953
Mikael OdenbergSwedish politician - 1954
Alan KulwickiAmerican racing driver - 1954
Steve MacLean (astronaut)Canadian astronaut (born 1953) - 1955JJane CrafterAustralian-American professional golfer and golf broadcaster (born 1955)
- 1955JJill PipherAmerican mathematician (born 1955)
- 1956
Linda FabianiScottish politician (born 1956) - 1956HHanni WenzelLiechtensteiner alpine skier (born 1956)
- 1958
Mike Scott (Scottish musician)Scottish songwriter and musician (born 1958) - 1958
Spider StacyBritish songwriter - 1959
Bob ParisAmerican and Canadian writer, actor, civil rights activist and retired pro athlete - 1959JJorge VacaMexican boxer (born 1959)
- 1960
James ComeyAmerican lawyer (born 1960) - 1960
Don FranklinAmerican actor (b. 1960) - 1960
Chris WaddleEnglish footballer (born 1960) - 1960DDiane Williams (sprinter)American sprinter (born 1960)
- 1961
Patrik SundströmSwedish ice hockey player - 1963GGreg Abbott (footballer)English footballer & coach (born 1963)
- 1963WWilliam Bedford (basketball)American basketball player (born 1963)
- 1963
Diana GanskyGerman track and field athlete (born 1963) - 1963
Cynthia GibbAmerican actress and model (born 1963) - 1964
Dino StamatopoulosAmerican actor and showrunner (born 1964) - 1965
Craig BiggioAmerican baseball player (born 1965) - 1965KKen Hill (baseball)American baseball player (born 1965)
- 1965
Ted RaimiAmerican actor (born 1965) - 1966
Fabrizio GiovanardiItalian racing driver (born 1966)
- 1966
Carl HerreraVenezuelan basketball player (born 1966) - 1966AAnthony Mason (basketball)American basketball player
- 1966
Bill RanfordCanadian ice hockey goaltender (born 1966) - 1966
Tim SkoldSwedish musician and producer (born 1966) - 1966
Helle Thorning-SchmidtPrime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015 - 1967
Ewa BiałołęckaPolish fantasy writer - 1967HHanne HauglandNorwegian high jumper (born 1967)
- 1968
Kelley ArmstrongCanadian writer (born 1968) - 1968MMohamed Saad (actor)Egyptian actor and comedian (born 1968)
- 1969
Scott HattebergAmerican baseball player (born 1969)
- 1969
Archie KaoAmerican actor - 1969
Natascha McElhoneEnglish actress and producer (born 1971) - 1969
Dave NilssonAustralian baseball player (born 1969) - 1969
Arthur NumanDutch footballer (born 1969) - 1970
Anna Maria JopekPolish musician (born 1970) - 1970
Beth OrtonEnglish musician (born 1970) - 1971
Michaela WatkinsAmerican actress (born 1971) - 1972
Miranda HartEnglish actress, comedian and writer (born 1972) - 1972
Marcus JensenAmerican baseball player and coach (born 1972) - 1973
Falk BalzerGerman hurdler (born 1973) - 1973
Pat BurkeIrish basketball player - 1973
Tomasz RadzinskiPolish-born soccer player (born 1973) - 1973
Saulius ŠtombergasLithuanian basketball player - 1974BBilly KochAmerican baseball pitcher (born 1974)
- 1975
Justin FurstenfeldAmerican musician (born 1975) - 1975
Ben KayEnglish and British & Irish Lions rugby union footballer - 1975
KaDee StricklandAmerican actress (born 1975) - 1976TTammy BlanchardAmerican actress
- 1976LLeland ChapmanAmerican bail bondsman and bounty hunter (born 1976)
- 1976SSebastien ChauleGermany international rugby union player
- 1976
André CoutoMacanese racing driver
- 1976
Santiago EzquerroSpanish footballer - 1977
Brendan NashJamaican-Australian cricketer - 1977
Jamie PeacockGreat Britain and England international rugby league player - 1978
Dean BroganAustralian rules footballer
- 1978SShedrack Kibet KorirKenyan runner (born 1978)
- 1978
Zdeněk PospěchCzech footballer (born 1978) - 1978
Patty SchnyderSwiss tennis player (born 1978) - 1978
Kim St-PierreCanadian ice hockey player (born 1978) - 1979
Autumn Durald ArkapawAmerican cinematographer (born 1979) - 1979
Jean-Alain BoumsongFrench footballer (born 1979)
- 1979
Andrei MakrovEstonian ice hockey player - 1979
Kyle ShanahanAmerican football coach (born 1979) - 1979
Sophie MonkAustralian TV presenter (born 1979) - 1979
Michael OwenEnglish footballer (born 1979) - 1980
Thed BjörkSwedish racing driver (born 1980) - 1980
Gordon GreerScottish footballer - 1980
Didier ZokoraIvorian footballer (born 1980)
- 1981
Amber ChiaMalaysian model, actress and TV host - 1981
Johnny JeterAmerican professional wrestler (born 1981) - 1981
Liam LawrenceEnglish-born Irish footballer (born 1981) - 1981
Shaun MarcumAmerican baseball player (born 1981) - 1982
Josh Fields (infielder)American baseball player (born 1982) - 1982
Steve SidwellEnglish footballer (born 1982) - 1982AAnthony WayEnglish chorister and classical singer
- 1983LLeanne MitchellEnglish singer
- 1984
Chris BruntNorthern Irish footballer (born 1984) - 1984
Rana DaggubatiIndian actor (born 1984) - 1984EEd RainsfordZimbabwean Zimbabwean cricket commentator (born 1984)
- 1984
Jackson RathboneAmerican actor and musician - 1985
Jakub BłaszczykowskiPolish footballer (born 1985) - 1985
Alex PennieMusical artist - 1985TTom Smith (rugby union, born 1985)Welsh rugby union footballer
- 1985NNonami TakizawaJapanese gravure idol (born 1985)
- 1987
Kenneth MedwoodBelizean athlete - 1988
Nicolas BatumFrench basketball player (born 1988) - 1988
Nate EbnerAmerican football and rugby sevens player (born 1988)
- 1988
Vanessa HudgensAmerican actress and singer (born 1988) - 1988
Hayato SakamotoJapanese baseball player (born 1988)
- 1989
Pedro Botelho (footballer, born 1989)Brazilian footballer - 1989
Sam BurgessEngland international dual-code rugby footballer & rugby league coach - 1989
OnewSouth Korean singer and actor (born 1989) - 1990
Robert CovingtonAmerican basketball player (born 1990) - 1991
Ben HenryNew Zealand rugby league footballer - 1991
Offset (rapper)American rapper (born 1991) - 1992
Tori KellyAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1992) - 1992
Ryō MiyaichiJapanese footballer (born 1992) - 1993
Antonio GiovinazziItalian racing driver (born 1993) - 1994
Kuldeep YadavIndian cricketer (born 1994) - 1995
Ivan BarbashevRussian ice hockey player (born 1995) - 1995CCalvyn JustusSouth African swimmer (born 1995)
- 1995
Álvaro OdriozolaSpanish footballer (born 1995) - 1996
Barbie FerreiraAmerican actress and model (born 1996) - 1996
RaphinhaBrazilian footballer (born 1996) - 1996
Li ZijunChinese figure skater - 1997
DK MetcalfAmerican football player (born 1997) - 1998
Lonnie Walker IVAmerican basketball player (born 1998) - 1998
Kim Ji-woongSouth Korean singer and actor (born 1998) - 2001JJoshua RushAmerican actor (born 2001)
- 2002
Francisco ConceiçãoPortuguese footballer (born 2002)
Frequently asked questions
Who was born on December 14?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on December 14, including Shyam Benegal, Lewis Arquette, Lee Remick. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
What happened on December 14?
54 documented historical events happened on December 14, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: In the Sweet Dew incident, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspired to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot was foiled. On the same day, in another year: English domestic servant Anne Greene survived being hanged for infanticide. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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