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History Births on December 14


Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist (d. 1601)

#Tycho_Brahe

Rebecca Jarvis
Rebecca Jarvis, American journalist

#Rebecca_Jarvis

Tim Sköld
Tim Sköld, Swedish bass player and producer

#Tim_Sköld

Alex Pennie
Alex Pennie, Welsh keyboard player

#Alex_Pennie

Ben Henry
Ben Henry, New Zealand rugby league player

#Ben_Henry

Ruth Fuchs
Ruth Fuchs, German javelin thrower and politician

#Ruth_Fuchs

Alan Kulwicki
Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (d. 1993)

#Alan_Kulwicki

Louis Marshall
Louis Marshall, American lawyer and activist (d. 1929)

#Louis_Marshall

Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham
Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham, English businessman, founded DFS

#Graham_Kirkham,_Baron_Kirkham

Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon
Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (d. 1839)

#Du_Pre_Alexander,_2nd_Earl_of_Caledon

Chris Brunt
Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer

#Chris_Brunt

Antonio Giovinazzi
Antonio Giovinazzi, Italian racing driver

#Antonio_Giovinazzi

Marcus Jensen
Marcus Jensen, American baseball player and coach

#Marcus_Jensen

Alexander Nelke
Alexander Nelke, Estonian-American painter and carpenter (d. 1974)

#Alexander_Nelke

Anne Conway (philosopher)
Anne Conway, English philosopher and author (d. 1679)

#Anne_Conway_(philosopher)

Kenneth Medwood
Kenneth Medwood, Belizean-American hurdler

#Kenneth_Medwood

Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1860)

#Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald

Ryo Miyaichi
Ryo Miyaichi, Japanese footballer

#Ryo_Miyaichi

Didier Zokora
Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer

#Didier_Zokora

Diana Gansky
Diana Gansky, German discus thrower

#Diana_Gansky

Paul of Greece
Paul of Greece (d. 1964)

#Paul_of_Greece

Steve MacLean (astronaut)
Steve MacLean, Canadian physicist and astronaut

#Steve_MacLean_(astronaut)

Justus Möser
Justus Möser, German jurist and theorist (d. 1794)

#Justus_Möser

Karl Renner
Karl Renner, Austrian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Austria (d. 1950)

#Karl_Renner

Offset (rapper)
Offset, American rapper

#Offset_(rapper)

Nikolay Basov
Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)

#Nikolay_Basov

Barthélemy d'Herbelot
Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (d. 1695)

#Barthélemy_d'Herbelot

Christopher Parkening
Christopher Parkening, American guitarist and educator

#Christopher_Parkening

Jeff Robinson (starting pitcher)
Jeff Robinson, American baseball player (d. 2014)

#Jeff_Robinson_(starting_pitcher)

Clark Terry
Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (d. 2015)

#Clark_Terry

Sam Burgess
Sam Burgess, English rugby league player

#Sam_Burgess

Katherine MacDonald
Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (d. 1956)

#Katherine_MacDonald

Patty Duke
Patty Duke, American actress (d. 2016)

#Patty_Duke

Mária Szepes
Mária Szepes, Hungarian journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2007)

#Mária_Szepes

Brendan Nash
Brendan Nash, Australian-Jamaican cricketer

#Brendan_Nash

Jimmy Doolittle
Jimmy Doolittle, American general and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)

#Jimmy_Doolittle

Liam Lawrence
Liam Lawrence, Irish footballer

#Liam_Lawrence

Sophie Monk
Sophie Monk, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress

#Sophie_Monk

Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong, Canadian author

#Kelley_Armstrong

Li Zijun
Li Zijun, Chinese figure skater

#Li_Zijun

Maria Szymanowska
Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1831)

#Maria_Szymanowska

Charles Wolfe
Charles Wolfe, Irish priest and poet (d. 1823)

#Charles_Wolfe

Boudewijn Büch
Boudewijn Büch, Dutch author, poet, and television host (d. 2002)

#Boudewijn_Büch

Erastus Corning
Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (d. 1872)

#Erastus_Corning

Antony Beevor
Antony Beevor, English historian and author

#Antony_Beevor

Thed Björk
Thed Björk, Swedish racing driver

#Thed_Björk

Justin Furstenfeld
Justin Furstenfeld, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Justin_Furstenfeld

Onew
Onew, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

#Onew

Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin, English-French actress and singer

#Jane_Birkin

George Furth
George Furth, American actor and playwright (d. 2008)

#George_Furth

Arthur Numan
Arthur Numan, Dutch footballer and manager

#Arthur_Numan

Nate Ebner
Nate Ebner, American football player

#Nate_Ebner

Errico Malatesta
Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and theorist (d. 1932)

#Errico_Malatesta

Jean-Alain Boumsong
Jean-Alain Boumsong, French footballer

#Jean-Alain_Boumsong

Gordon Greer
Gordon Greer, Scottish footballer

#Gordon_Greer

Miranda Hart
Miranda Hart, English actress

#Miranda_Hart

Vijay Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj, Indian tennis player and sportscaster

#Vijay_Amritraj

C.-H. Hermansson
C.-H. Hermansson, Swedish author and politician (d. 2016)

#C.-H._Hermansson

Ted Raimi
Ted Raimi, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Ted_Raimi

Jakub B?aszczykowski
Jakub B?aszczykowski, Polish footballer

#Jakub_B?aszczykowski

Koos Rietkerk
Koos Rietkerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (d. 1986)

#Koos_Rietkerk

Mikael Odenberg
Mikael Odenberg, Swedish soldier and politician, 29th Swedish Minister for Defence

#Mikael_Odenberg

Zden?k Posp?ch
Zden?k Posp?ch, Czech footballer

#Zden?k_Posp?ch

Gerard Reve
Gerard Reve, Dutch-Belgian author and poet (d. 2006)

#Gerard_Reve

Fabrizio Giovanardi
Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian race car driver

#Fabrizio_Giovanardi

June Taylor
June Taylor, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2004)

#June_Taylor

Morihei Ueshiba
Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido (d. 1969)

#Morihei_Ueshiba

Tommy McAvoy
Tommy McAvoy, Scottish politician

#Tommy_McAvoy

Steve Sidwell
Steve Sidwell, English footballer

#Steve_Sidwell

Andrei Makrov
Andrei Makrov, Estonian ice hockey player

#Andrei_Makrov

Vangelis Meimarakis
Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 4th Greek Minister for National Defence

#Vangelis_Meimarakis

Pat Burke
Pat Burke, Irish basketball player

#Pat_Burke

Mary Tappan Wright
Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1916)

#Mary_Tappan_Wright

Michaela Watkins
Michaela Watkins, American actor and comedian

#Michaela_Watkins

Abbe Lane
Abbe Lane, American actress, singer, and dancer

#Abbe_Lane

Archie Kao
Archie Kao, American actor and producer

#Archie_Kao

Chris Waddle
Chris Waddle, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster

#Chris_Waddle

Leonardo Boff
Leonardo Boff, Brazilian theologian and author

#Leonardo_Boff

Spike Jones
Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (d. 1965)

#Spike_Jones

Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)

#Charlie_Rich

André Couto
André Couto, Portuguese race car driver

#André_Couto

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (d. 1898)

#Pierre_Puvis_de_Chavannes

Kim Beazley
Kim Beazley, Australian politician and diplomat, 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

#Kim_Beazley

Tomasz Radzinski
Tomasz Radzinski, Polish-Canadian footballer

#Tomasz_Radzinski

Beth Orton
Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Beth_Orton

Elyse Knox
Elyse Knox, American actress and fashion designer (d. 2012)

#Elyse_Knox

Radu Beligan
Radu Beligan, Romanian actor and director (d. 2016)

#Radu_Beligan

Tori Kelly
Tori Kelly, American singer-songwriter

#Tori_Kelly

Johnny Jeter
Johnny Jeter, American wrestler

#Johnny_Jeter

Kim St-Pierre
Kim St-Pierre, Canadian ice hockey player

#Kim_St-Pierre

Kurt Schuschnigg
Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1977)

#Kurt_Schuschnigg

Wade Davis (anthropologist)
Wade Davis, Canadian anthropologist, author, and photographer

#Wade_Davis_(anthropologist)

Jan Timman
Jan Timman, Dutch chess player and author

#Jan_Timman

Roger Fry
Roger Fry, English painter and critic (d. 1934)

#Roger_Fry

Chris Harris (actor)
Chris Harris, English actor and director (d. 2014)

#Chris_Harris_(actor)

Patty Schnyder
Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis player

#Patty_Schnyder

Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer

#Vanessa_Hudgens

Dean Brogan
Dean Brogan, Australian footballer and coach

#Dean_Brogan

Karan Armstrong
Karan Armstrong, American soprano and actress

#Karan_Armstrong

Ewa Bia?o??cka
Ewa Bia?o??cka, Polish author

#Ewa_Bia?o??cka

Stan Smith
Stan Smith, American tennis player and coach

#Stan_Smith

Daniel De Leon
Daniel De Leon, Curaçaoan-American journalist and politician (d. 1914)

#Daniel_De_Leon

Hayato Sakamoto
Hayato Sakamoto, Japanese baseball player

#Hayato_Sakamoto

Pedro Roberto Silva Botelho
Pedro Roberto Silva Botelho, Brazilian footballer

#Pedro_Roberto_Silva_Botelho

James Comey
James Comey, 7th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

#James_Comey

Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
Frederick III, German nobleman (d. 1381)

#Frederick_III,_Landgrave_of_Thuringia

John Kemény (prince)
János Kemény, Hungarian prince (d. 1662)

#John_Kemény_(prince)

Karl Carstens
Karl Carstens, German lieutenant and politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1992)

#Karl_Carstens

DeFord Bailey
DeFord Bailey, American Hall of Fame country and blues musician (d. 1982)

#DeFord_Bailey

Jane Cowl
Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (d. 1950)

#Jane_Cowl

Anna Maria Jopek
Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

#Anna_Maria_Jopek

Daniel Neal
Daniel Neal, English historian and author (d. 1743)

#Daniel_Neal

Henri Cochet
Henri Cochet, French tennis player (d. 1987)

#Henri_Cochet

Cliff Williams
Cliff Williams, Australian bass player

#Cliff_Williams

Peeter Kreitzberg
Peeter Kreitzberg, Estonian lawyer and politician (d. 2011)

#Peeter_Kreitzberg

Ron Jarden
Ron Jarden, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1977)

#Ron_Jarden

George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952)

#George_VI

Nicolas Batum
Nicolas Batum, French basketball player

#Nicolas_Batum

Craig Biggio
Craig Biggio, American baseball player and coach

#Craig_Biggio

John Lurie
John Lurie, American actor, saxophonist, painter, director, and producer

#John_Lurie

Sam Jones (baseball)
Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1971)

#Sam_Jones_(baseball)

B. K. S. Iyengar
B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (d. 2014)

#B._K._S._Iyengar

Hans von Ohain
Hans von Ohain, German-American physicist and engineer (d. 1998)

#Hans_von_Ohain

Josh Fields (infielder)
Josh Fields, American baseball player

#Josh_Fields_(infielder)

Shaun Marcum
Shaun Marcum, American baseball player

#Shaun_Marcum

Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazil

#Dilma_Rousseff

Linda Fabiani
Linda Fabiani, Scottish politician

#Linda_Fabiani

Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard, French poet and author (d. 1952)

#Paul_Éluard

Ellen Willis
Ellen Willis, American journalist, critic, and academic (d. 2006)

#Ellen_Willis

Michael Owen
Michael Owen, English footballer and sportscaster

#Michael_Owen

Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn, English playwright and author (d. 1689)

#Aphra_Behn

Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily
Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (d. 1806)

#Princess_Maria_Antonia_of_Naples_and_Sicily

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Danish academic and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Denmark

#Helle_Thorning-Schmidt

Jamie Peacock
Jamie Peacock, English rugby player and manager

#Jamie_Peacock

Saulius Štombergas
Saulius Štombergas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach

#Saulius_Štombergas

Dan Dailey
Dan Dailey, American dancer and actor (d. 1978)

#Dan_Dailey

Xul Solar
Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1963)

#Xul_Solar

Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal, Indian director and screenwriter

#Shyam_Benegal

Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 1988)

#Raj_Kapoor

Lee Remick
Lee Remick, American actress (d. 1991)

#Lee_Remick

Rana Daggubati
Rana Daggubati, Indian actor and producer

#Rana_Daggubati

Ben Kay
Ben Kay, English rugby player

#Ben_Kay

Mike Scott (musician)
Mike Scott, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Mike_Scott_(musician)

Jan Antonín Koželuh
Jan Antonín Koželuh, Czech composer and educator (d. 1814)

#Jan_Antonín_Koželuh

Santiago Ezquerro
Santiago Ezquerro, Spanish footballer

#Santiago_Ezquerro

René Eespere
René Eespere, Estonian composer

#René_Eespere

Bill Buckner
Bill Buckner, American baseball player and manager (d. 2019)

#Bill_Buckner

Daniel H. Reynolds
Daniel H. Reynolds, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1902)

#Daniel_H._Reynolds

Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith, American educator and politician (d. 1995)

#Margaret_Chase_Smith

Natascha McElhone
Natascha McElhone, English-Irish actress

#Natascha_McElhone

Morey Amsterdam
Morey Amsterdam, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)

#Morey_Amsterdam

Frances Bavier
Frances Bavier, American actress (d. 1989)

#Frances_Bavier

Spider Stacy
Spider Stacy, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Spider_Stacy

Philander Chase
Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (d. 1852)

#Philander_Chase

Bill Ranford
Bill Ranford, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Bill_Ranford

Calvyn Justus, South African swimmer
Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress and singer
Tom Smith, English-Welsh rugby player
Paul Rabil, American lacrosse player
Ed Rainsford, Zimbabwean cricketer
Leanne Mitchell, English singer-songwriter
Anthony Way, English singer and actor
Shedrack Kibet Korir, Kenyan runner
Sebastien Chaule, French-German rugby player
Leland Chapman, American bounty hunter
Tammy Blanchard, American actress and singer
Billy Koch, American baseball player
Falk Balzer, German hurdler
Scott Hatteberg, American baseball player and sportscaster
Hanne Haugland, Norwegian high jumper and coach
Anthony Mason, American basketball player (d. 2015)
Ken Hill, American baseball player
Greg Abbott, English footballer and manager
Patrik Sundström, Swedish ice hockey player
Diane Williams, American sprinter
Don Franklin, American actor
Jorge Vaca, Mexican boxer
Bob Paris, American-Canadian bodybuilder and actor
Hanni Wenzel, German skier
Jill Pipher, American mathematician and academic
Jane Crafter, Australian golfer
Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (d. 1982)
Joyce Vincent Wilson, American singer
Michael Ovitz, American talent agent, co-founded Creative Artists Agency
Peter Lorimer, Scottish footballer
John Du Prez, English conductor and composer
Emmett Tyrrell, American journalist, author, and publisher, founded The American Spectator
Dick Wagner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
Lex Gold, Scottish footballer and civil servant
Ernie Davis, American football player (d. 1963)
Ann Cryer, English academic and politician
Charlie Griffith, Barbadian cricketer
Lewis Arquette, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
Charlie Hodge, American guitarist and singer (d. 2006)
Vladimir-Georg Karassev-Orgusaar, Estonian director and politician (d. 2015)
Jon Elia, Pakistani philosopher, poet, and scholar (d. 2002)
Margaret Bakkes, South African author (d. 2016)
David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, and archaeologist (d. 2013)
Richard Cassilly, American tenor and actor (d. 1998)
Junior J. Spurrier, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1984)
Don Hewitt, American journalist and producer, created 60 Minutes (d. 2009)
James T. Aubrey, American broadcaster (d. 1994)
Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1965)
Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (d. 2003)
Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (d. 1943)
Edward Lawrie Tatum, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
Claude Davey, Welsh rugby player (d. 2001)
Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist (d. 2003)
Walter Rangeley, English sprinter (d. 1982)
Herbert Feigl, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1988)
Manolis Kalomiris, Greek pianist and composer (d. 1962)
Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi and educator (d. 1889)
Capel Bond, English organist and composer (d. 1790)
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (d. 1668)
Go-Suzaku, emperor of Japan (d. 1045)