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.
Hedy Lamarr9th November, Austrian, American
Actress, Co-inventor of technology for spread
Joe DiMaggio25th November, American
American Baseball Star
Alec Guinness2nd April, British
Actor
Sam Manekshaw3rd April, Indian
Joe Louis13th May, American
Former Heavyweight Champion
Norman Borlaug25th March, American
Father of the Green Revolution
Yuri Andropov15th June, Russian
Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of
William S. Burroughs5th February, American
Novelist, Short Story Writer
Tenzing Norgay29th May, Nepalese
Mountaineer
Dylan Thomas27th October, Welsh
Poet & Writer
George Reeves5th January, American
Actor
Viola Desmond6th July, Canadian, American
Businesswoman
Thor Heyerdahl6th October, Norwegian
Adventurer
Jonas Salk28th October, American
Medical researcher
Jack LaLanne26th September, American
Fitness & Nutrition Expert
Harry Caray1st March, American
Norman Lloyd8th November, American
Actor
Ray Walston2nd November, American
Actor & Comedian
Jonathan Harris6th November, American
Actor
Desmond Llewelyn12th September, Welsh
Actor
Tove Jansson9th August, Finnish
Novelist
Baba Amte26th December, Indian
Mohammed Zahir Shah15th October, Afghan
Former King of Afghanistan
Robert Wise10th September, American
Film Director
E. G. Marshall18th June, American
Actor
Romain Gary21st May, French
Diplomat
Paul Rand15th August, American
Graphic Designer & Art Director
Octavio Paz31st March, Mexican
Writer, Poet, Diplomat and Noble Prize Laureate
Alan Cranston19th June, American
Former United States Senator
Allen Funt16th September, American
Television Host
John Hersey17th June, American
American writer
Bernard Malamud26th April, American
American novelist
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Begum Akhtar7th October, Indian
Singer
Martin Ritt2nd March, American
Film Director
Jack Cardiff18th September, British
Cinematographer, Film Director
Max Perutz19th May, British
Molecular Biologist
Marjorie Lee Browne9th September, American
Mathematics Educator
Renato Dulbecco22nd February, Italian, American
Virologist
William Vickrey21st June, American
Nobel Prize Winner in Economics
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin5th February, British
Biophysicist & Physiologist
Frank Fenner21st December, Australian
Played a vital role in eradication of smallpox
Julio Cortazar26th August, Argentinian
Novelist
Richard Laurence Millington Synge28th October, British
Biochemist
Sarah Churchill7th October, British
Actress
Tyrone Power5th May, American
Actor
Jackie Coogan30th November, American
Film Actor, Television Actor
Richard Widmark26th December, American
film actor, stage actor, television actor
Paul Vario9th July, American
Mobster
William Westmoreland26th March, American
Officer, Politician
Louis de Funès31st July, French
Actor, Film actor, Film director, Film producer,
Sun Ra22nd May, American
American composer
Jiang Qing19th March, Chinese
Actress
Clayton Moore14th September, American
American actor
Noor Inayat Khan1st January, British
poet, writer, children's writer
Robert Alda23rd February, American
Actor
Michael Wittmann22nd April, German
Soldier
Aniello Dellacroce15th March, American
Woody Strode25th July, American
American athlete
Bill Finger8th February, American
Comics artist, Screenwriter
Jack Dunphy22nd August, American
Author, Dancer, Playwright
Ralph Ellison1st March, American
American novelist
Creighton Abrams15th September, American
Officer
Henry Wade11th November, American
Jurist, Lawyer
Richard Basehart31st August, American
Actor
Jerry Siegel17th October, American
Comics artist, Writer
Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck17th December, American
Serial killer
George Dantzig8th November, American
Mathematician, Computer scientist, Statistician
Lída Baarová14th September, Austrian, Czech
Actress
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr1st July, Iraqi
Politician, Military personnel
Marguerite Duras4th April, French, Vietnamese
Writer, Film director, Screenwriter, Publisher,
Lilli Palmer24th May, German
Actor, Writer, Table tennis player, Autobiographer
Joe Shuster10th July, American
Comics artist, Designer, Screenwriter
Thurl Ravenscroft6th February, American
Singer, Dub actor, Opera singer, Actor
Martin Gardner21st October, American
Mathematician, Writer, Journalist, Literary
Ernest Tubb30th November
Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, Disc Jockey
Aribert Heim28th June, Austrian, German
Military physician, Ice hockey player, Torturer,
Billy Eckstine8th July, American
Singer, Bandleader, Conductor, Jazz musician, Jazz
Abd al-Karim Qasim21st November, Iraqi
Military personnel
Emilio Pucci20th November, Italian
Politician
John Berryman25th October, American
Poet, Writer, University teacher
Lester Flatt30th November
Guitarist
V. R. Krishna Iyer15th November, Indian
Judge, Autobiographer, Politician
Mario Bava31st July, Italian
Film director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer,
Gino Bartali18th July, Italian
Cyclist
Laurie Lee26th June, British
Screenwriter, Poet, Autobiographer, Journalist
Jan Karski24th June, Polish
jurist, writer, teacher
Pierre Balmain18th May, French
Grand couturier, Costume designer
Billy Tipton29th December, American
Pianist, Jazz musician, Saxophonist
John Kluge21st September, German, American
Entrepreneur
Trammell Crow10th June, American
Art collector, Rancher
Jan Nisar Akhtar14th February, Indian
author, poet, lyricist, songwriter
Everett Ruess28th March, American
Artist
Lee Petty14th March, American
Racecar driver
Etty Hillesum15th January
Writer, Diarist, Teacher, Biographer
J. Lee Thompson1st August, British
Film director, Stage actor, Screenwriter
Kurt Franz17th January, German
torturer