Famous People Born In 1914

Discover the most famous people born in 1914. The list includes people like Hedy Lamarr, Alec Guinness, Joe Louis, Joe DiMaggio, William S. Burroughs and many more. This list of celebrities is loosely sorted by popularity. People featured on this list, include soldiers, directors, novelists and political leaders born in 1914. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & India and many more countries.
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Hedy Lamarr
(Actress Best Known for Her Films 'Algiers', 'Lady of the Tropics' & 'Boom Town')
Hedy Lamarr
32
Birthdate: 9th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: January 19, 2000
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Joe DiMaggio
(One of the Greatest Baseball Players of All Time)
Joe DiMaggio
10
Listed In: Baseball Players
Birthdate: 25th November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Martinez, California, United States
Died: March 8, 1999
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Alec Guinness
18
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 2nd April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Died: August 5, 2000
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Joe Louis
(One of the Greatest and Most Influential Boxers of All Time.)
Joe Louis
16
Listed In: Boxers
Birthdate: 13th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chambers County, Alabama, United States
Died: April 12, 1981
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Peter Townsend
(aviator, writer)
Peter Townsend
8
Listed In: Soldiers
Birthdate: 22nd November
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Yangon
Died: June 19, 1995
 6 
Jonas Salk
(Medical researcher)
Jonas Salk
6
Listed In: Virologists
Birthdate: 28th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: June 23, 1995
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George Reeves
22
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 5th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Woolstock, Iowa
Died: June 16, 1959
 8 
Dylan Thomas
(Poet & Writer)
Dylan Thomas
11
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 27th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Swansea
Died: November 9, 1953
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Jackie Coogan
(Actor)
Jackie Coogan
4
Birthdate: 26th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: March 1, 1984
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Tyrone Power
(Actor)
Tyrone Power
13
Birthdate: 5th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died: November 15, 1958
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William S. Burroughs
(Best Known for His Third Novel 'Naked Lunch')
William S. Burroughs
11
Birthdate: 5th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: August 2, 1997
 12 
Richard Widmark
(Villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film, Kiss of Death)
Richard Widmark
10
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 26th December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Sunrise Township, Minnesota, United States
Died: March 24, 2008
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Viola Desmond
(Businesswoman)
Viola Desmond
9
Birthdate: 6th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died: February 7, 1965
 14 
Ray Walston
(Actor & Comedian)
Ray Walston
4
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 2nd November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.
Died: January 1, 2001
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Jonathan Harris
3
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 6th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Died: November 3, 2002
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Jack LaLanne
(Fitness & Nutrition Expert, TV presenter)
Jack LaLanne
1
Birthdate: 26th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: January 23, 2011
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Norman Borlaug
(American Agronomist and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1970)
Norman Borlaug
12
Birthdate: 25th March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cresco, Iowa, United States
Died: September 12, 2009
 18 
Harry Caray
(Sports commentator)
Harry Caray
10
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died: February 18, 1998
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Noor Inayat Khan
(British Resistance Agent in France in World War II)
Noor Inayat Khan
14
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: September 13, 1944
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Desmond Llewelyn
(Welsh Actor Best Known for His Role as ‘Q’ in James Bond Films)
Desmond Llewelyn
8
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 12th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Newport, Wales Newport, Wales
Died: December 19, 1999
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Norman Lloyd
(American Actor, Producer, Director and Centenarian)
Norman Lloyd
3
Birthdate: 8th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Died: May 11, 2021
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Thor Heyerdahl
(Norwegian Adventurer and Ethnographer Known for His ‘Kon-Tiki’ and ‘Ra’ Transoceanic Scientific Expeditions)
Thor Heyerdahl
6
Listed In: Ethnologists
Birthdate: 6th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Larvik, Norway
Died: April 18, 2002
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Sarah Churchill
(English Actress & Dancer and the Daughter of Winston Churchill)
Sarah Churchill
8
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 7th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: London, England
Died: September 24, 1982
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Louis de Funès
(Actor)
Louis de Funès
1
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 31st July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Courbevoie, France
Died: January 27, 1983
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Mohammed Zahir Shah
(King of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973)
Mohammed Zahir Shah
18
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 15th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Kabul, Afghanistan
Died: July 23, 2007
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Clayton Moore
(American actor)
Clayton Moore
2
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 14th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: December 28, 1999
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Robert Alda
(Actor)
Robert Alda
6
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 23rd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: May 3, 1986
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Woody Strode
(One of the First Black American Players in the National Football League in the Postwar Era)
Woody Strode
4
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: 25th July
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: December 31, 1994
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E. G. Marshall
7
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 18th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Owatonna, Minnesota, United States
Died: August 24, 1998
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Richard Basehart
(Actor)
Richard Basehart
2
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 31st August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Died: September 17, 1984
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Dorothy Lamour
(American Actress Known for Her Role in the 'Road To...' Movies)
Dorothy Lamour
4
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 10th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: September 22, 1996
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Thurl Ravenscroft
(American Actor and Bass Singer)
Thurl Ravenscroft
6
Birthdate: 6th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Norfolk
Died: May 22, 2005
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Ralph Waldo Ellison
6
Listed In: Novelists
Birthdate: 1st March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Died: April 16, 1994
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Julio Cortazar
(Novelist & Translator)
Julio Cortazar
9
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 26th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ixelles, Belgium
Died: February 12, 1984
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Tove Jansson
(Finnish Penwoman and the Author of the Children’s Book Series 'Moomin')
Tove Jansson
6
Birthdate: 9th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Died: June 27, 2001
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Octavio Paz
(Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate)
Octavio Paz
7
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 31st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mexico City, Mexico
Died: April 19, 1998
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Kevin McCarthy
(Actor)
Kevin McCarthy
4
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 15th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Died: September 11, 2010
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Jack Parsons
(Researcher)
Jack Parsons
3
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: 2nd October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: June 17, 1952
 39 
Tenzing Norgay
(Nepali-Indian Sherpa Mountaineer One of the First People to Set Foot on the Summit of Mount Everest)
Tenzing Norgay
24
Listed In: Mountaineers
Birthdate: 29th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Khumbu, Nepal
Died: May 9, 1986
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Hank Snow
(Country Singer Best Known for Songs: 'I’m Moving On' and 'The Golden Rocket')
Hank Snow
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: 9th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died: December 20, 1999
 41 
Paul Rand
(Art Director)
Paul Rand
2
Listed In: Art Directors
Birthdate: 5th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: November 26, 1996
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Sun Ra
(American composer)
Sun Ra
4
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 22nd May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died: May 30, 1993
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María Félix
(Film icon throughout the '40s and '50s for her role in movies such as Doña Bárbara and The Devil is a Woman)
María Félix
6
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 8th April
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Álamos, Mexico
Died: April 8, 2002
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David Wayne
(Actor)
David Wayne
2
Listed In: Actors
Birthdate: 30th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Died: February 9, 1995
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Robert Wise
(Film Director)
Robert Wise
1
Birthdate: 10th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Winchester, Indiana, United States
Died: September 14, 2005
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Lilli Palmer
(Actress)
Lilli Palmer
2
Listed In: Actresses
Birthdate: 24th May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Poznań, Poland
Died: January 27, 1986
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Jack Dunphy
(Novelist)
Jack Dunphy
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 22nd August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 26, 1992
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Ernest Tubb
(Singer-songwriter)
Ernest Tubb
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: 9th February
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Crisp, Texas, United States
Died: September 6, 1984
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Romain Gary
(French Diplomat & Novelist)
Romain Gary
7
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 21st May
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vilnius, Republic Of Lithuania
Died: December 2, 1980
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Jerry Siegel
(Co-Creator of the DC Comics Superhero 'Superman')
Jerry Siegel
0
Listed In: Publishers
Birthdate: 17th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cleveland
Died: January 28, 1996