On This Day — December 14
3832 noted people were born and 2016 died on December 14 in our archive, including Glenda Gray, Nikolay Basov and Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 14
Glenda Gray
b. 1962
Nikolay Basov
1922 – 2001
Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
1946 – 2022
Albrecht Schrauf
1837 – 1897
Andrzej Dzięga
b. 1952
Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor
b. 1941
Bikas Kanta Chakrabarti
b. 1952
C. T. C. Wall
b. 1936
Carlos Martínez Gorriarán
b. 1959
Don Hewitt
1922 – 2009
Ebrahim Raisi
1960 – 2024
Edward Ingram
1890 – 1941
Edward Janczewski
1846 – 1918
Edward Lawrie Tatum
1909 – 1975
Erik Olssen
1941 – 2026
Ernst Kuipers
b. 1959
Gunnar Hägg
1903 – 1986
Hedvig Gebhard
1867 – 1961
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
b. 1966
Iya Abubakar
b. 1934
Josef Kriehuber
1800 – 1876
José Bono
b. 1950
Karl Carstens
1914 – 1992
Karl Renner
1870 – 1950
Kazimierz Michałowski
1901 – 1981
Kim Beazley
b. 1948
Kurt Wünsche
1929 – 2023
Masahito Moriyama
b. 1953
Noel Sharkey
b. 1948
Peeter Kreitzberg
1948 – 2011
Per von Afzelius
1760 – 1843
Pierre Bellanger
b. 1958
Pietro Scoppola
1926 – 2007
René van der Linden
b. 1943
Samuel Cooper Thacher
1785 – 1818
Sol Spiegelman
1914 – 1983
Stephanie Lose
b. 1982
Stephen L. Hauser
b. 1949
Tycho Brahe
1546 – 1601
Victor Pinchuk
b. 1960
Vladimir Varyukhin
1921 – 2007
Vytautas Juozapaitis
b. 1963
Wade Davis
b. 1953
Adam Stegerwald
1874 – 1945
Alfred Lévy
1840 – 1919
Amy Hempel
b. 1951
Andrea Elliott
b. 1972
Andrew James Louis Brennan
1877 – 1956
Anne Mulder
b. 1969
Anton Giulio Barrili
1836 – 1908
Antoni Morell Mora
1941 – 2020
Antony Beevor
b. 1946
Arthur Sturgis Hardy
1837 – 1901
Artur Sandauer
1913 – 1989
Arvo Valton
1935 – 2024
Barry M. McCoy
b. 1940
Brigitte Grésy
b. 1947
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
1812 – 1862
Charles Otis Whitman
1842 – 1910
Chris Cheng
b. 1979
Clement A. Trott
1877 – 1950
Clifford Stein
b. 1965
Daniel De Leon
1852 – 1914
Danylo Apostol
1654 – 1734
David Alopaeus
1763 – 1831
David Froom
1951 – 2022
Deane Keller
1901 – 1992
Deok-Kyo Oh
b. 1952
Dilma Rousseff
b. 1947
Dmitri Trepov
1855 – 1906
Edward W. Hooper
1839 – 1901
Ellen Willis
1941 – 2006
Emil Huschke
1797 – 1858
Eugene Holiday
b. 1962
Evgeny Passek
1860 – 1912
Francesca Morvillo
1945 – 1992
Francis Hincks
1807 – 1885
François Zocchetto
b. 1958
Fred Watson
b. 1944
Geertrui Mieke De Ketelaere
b. 1970
Genrikh Graftio
1869 – 1949
George Hussey
1864 – 1950
George VI
1895 – 1952
Giwi Margwelaschwili
1927 – 2020
Gohar Gasparyan
1924 – 2007
Gordon Douglas Slade
b. 1955
Grant Sawyer
1918 – 1996
Greta Kuckhoff
1902 – 1981
Gurgen Askaryan
1928 – 1997
Hans von Ohain
1911 – 1998
Harald Hirschsprung
1830 – 1916
Henk van Rossum
1919 – 2017
Hermann Dietrich
1879 – 1954
Housni Benslimane
b. 1935
Ion Valeriu Emilian
1906 – 1985
Irma Björck
1898 – 1993
James Comey
b. 1960
Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz
1738 – 1781
Janusz Kijowski
b. 1948
Javad Tabatabai
1945 – 2023
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
1791 – 1860
John Mercer Langston
1829 – 1897
John Newman
1936 – 2023
Josef Abrhám
1939 – 2022
Joseph Jongen
1873 – 1953
Joseph-Alexis Stoltz
1803 – 1896
José Pérez
1946 – 2021
Karl Heinrich Emil Becker
1879 – 1940
Karl Kraepelin
1848 – 1915
Kelly Lange
b. 1937
Kerryn Phelps
b. 1957
Kintarō Yokoyama
1868 – 1945
Kirsi Kunnas
1924 – 2021
Koji Omi
1932 – 2022
Koos Rietkerk
1927 – 1986
Leon Botstein
b. 1946
Leonardo Boff
b. 1938
Linda Fabiani
b. 1956
Luciano Bianciardi
1922 – 1971
M. R. D. Foot
1919 – 2012
Marcela Ríos
b. 1966
Margaret Chase Smith
1897 – 1995
Margaret Harding
b. 1960
Marian Simms
1951 – 2021
Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin
1863 – 1952
Marie-Claude Gaudel
b. 1946
Mario Baccini
b. 1957
Martin Hengel
1926 – 2009
Matvey Ganapolsky
b. 1953
Meuccio Ruini
1877 – 1970
Michael Weiss
b. 1955
Michał Szczerba
b. 1977
Michel Bernard
b. 1958
Michèle Flournoy
b. 1960
Mike McCormack
1921 – 2020
Miriam Bernstein-Cohen
1895 – 1991
Mohammad Qayoumi
b. 1952
Neil Primrose
1882 – 1917
Nicholas Roe
b. 1955
Noah Porter
1811 – 1892
Norton A. Schwartz
b. 1951
Okakura Kakuzō
1863 – 1913
Paul Thureau-Dangin
1837 – 1913
Rachel Blau DuPlessis
1941 – 2026
Rana Daggubati
b. 1984
Rebeca Grynspan
b. 1955
Robert Evander McNair
1923 – 2007
Roger Fry
1866 – 1934
Seiei Tōyama
1906 – 2004
Shalva Nutsubidze
1888 – 1969
Shyam Benegal
1934 – 2024
Silvana Santos
b. 1959
St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton
1856 – 1942
Stephen Cook
b. 1939
Steve MacLean
b. 1954
Stewart Brand
b. 1938
Thomas Dehler
1897 – 1967
Thomas E. White
1943 – 2024
Tom Macdonald
1898 – 1980
Vijay Amritraj
b. 1953
Virgil Madgearu
1887 – 1940
Watson Cheyne
1852 – 1932
William L. Hungate
1922 – 2007
William Lowther
1821 – 1912
William Wells
1837 – 1892
Wolf Haas
b. 1960
Wäinö Wuolijoki
1872 – 1947
Yana Lantratova
b. 1988
Yuri Fedotov
1947 – 2022
Yuriy Lutsenko
b. 1964
Íñigo Errejón
b. 1983
Ödön Széchenyi
1839 – 1922
Aaron Lucas
b. 1979
Abduljalil Khalil
b. 1961
Adefemi Kila
b. 1945
Adna R. Johnson
1860 – 1938
Adrian Moss
b. 1981
Adrian Veștea
b. 1973
Adrien Alexandre Adolphe de Carrey de Bellemare
1824 – 1905
Ahmad Mostofa Kamal
b. 1969
Ahtem Çiygoz
b. 1964
Aino Bach
1901 – 1980
Ajith Nivard Cabraal
b. 1954
Alan Kulwicki
1954 – 1993
Albert E. Mead
1861 – 1913
Albert G. Noble
1895 – 1980
Alexandre Luba Ntambo
b. 1947
Alfred Elisha Ames
1814 – 1874
Alfredo Cerda Jaraquemada
1900 – 1984
Alfredo Romano Jr.
b. 1988
Alice Ripley
b. 1963
Allen W. Gullion
1880 – 1946
Amal Ziv
b. 1964
Amath M'Baye
b. 1989
Andrew Thomas Gage
1871 – 1945
Andrey Medvedev
b. 1975
Andrii Demchuk
b. 1987
Andrés Amado Reygondaud
1886 – 1946
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
b. 1977
Anton Žebrak
1901 – 1965
… and 3,632 more
Died on December 14
Andrei Sakharov
1921 – 1989
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
1928 – 1998
Felix G. Rohatyn
1928 – 2019
Ferdinand von Roemer
1818 – 1891
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
1784 – 1860
Halfdan T. Mahler
1923 – 2016
Isaak Pomeranchuk
1913 – 1966
Johan Georg Forchhammer
1794 – 1865
John Hughes
1930 – 2022
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
1870 – 1956
Salvador de Madariaga
1886 – 1978
Sidónio Pais
1872 – 1918
Sōtarō Yasui
1888 – 1955
Theo Colborn
1927 – 2014
Víctor Andrés Belaúnde
1883 – 1966
Édouard Bureau
1830 – 1918
Adelina Kondrátieva
1917 – 2012
Agustí Querol Subirats
1860 – 1909
Alexander Burns Wallace
1906 – 1974
Andreas Arntzen
1777 – 1837
Annette Strauss
1924 – 1998
Ardito Desio
1897 – 2001
Aristides Azevedo Pacheco Leão
1914 – 1993
Arthur Purves Phayre
1812 – 1885
Boris Chertok
1912 – 2011
Carlo Bon Compagni di Mombello
1804 – 1880
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
1536 – 1624
Donald Howard Menzel
1901 – 1976
Enrique Tarigo
1927 – 2002
Eugen Petersen
1836 – 1919
Eva Giberti
1929 – 2025
Fartein Valen
1887 – 1952
Franco Venturi
1914 – 1994
Frank J. Shakespeare
1925 – 2022
Franz Schlegelberger
1876 – 1970
Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton
1883 – 1964
Fritz Julius Kuhn
1896 – 1951
George Lloyd Hodges
1790 – 1862
Ghislain de Diesbach
1931 – 2023
Grigori Perederi
1871 – 1953
Gyula Németh
1890 – 1976
Hamilton Harris
1820 – 1900
Hanna Stankówna
1938 – 2020
Henri Martin
1810 – 1883
Henrik Koppel
1863 – 1944
Henry Aldrich
1647 – 1710
Henry Belasyse
1648 – 1717
Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
1535 – 1595
Henry Jackson
1855 – 1929
Herbert Morris
1928 – 2022
Hugh Beadle
1905 – 1980
Isak Andic
1953 – 2024
Jacques Dewatre
1936 – 2021
James Alexander Lindsay
1856 – 1931
Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans
1827 – 1906
Jean Antoine Letronne
1787 – 1848
Jean-Paul Pier
1933 – 2016
Jerome L. Singer
1924 – 2019
Joe Simon
1913 – 2011
John Ramsbottom
1885 – 1974
John Spratt
1942 – 2024
Judy Yung
1946 – 2020
Julian Sochocki
1842 – 1927
Karel Husa
1921 – 2016
Karol Wiktor Zawodziński
1890 – 1949
Kevin Andrews
1955 – 2024
Kingo Machimura
1900 – 1992
Leander J. Shaw, Jr.
1930 – 2015
Marguerite Lehr
1898 – 1987
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1896 – 1953
Maurice Emmanuel
1862 – 1938
Michael F. Land
1942 – 2020
Mircea Diaconu
1949 – 2024
Munier Choudhury
1925 – 1971
Myrna Loy
1905 – 1993
Newton B. Drury
1889 – 1978
Nichita Smochină
1894 – 1980
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Karinsky
1873 – 1935
Nikolay Muraviev
1850 – 1908
Paul Mantoux
1877 – 1956
Paulo Evaristo Arns
1921 – 2016
Pedro Sainz Rodríguez
1898 – 1986
Piotr Machalica
1955 – 2020
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1819 – 1861
Riccardo Giovanelli
1946 – 2022
Riyad Nassan Agha
1947 – 2025
Roddam Narasimha
1933 – 2020
Roger Manwood
1525 – 1593
Sadatoshi Ozato
1930 – 2016
Salim Zanoun
1933 – 2022
Seiichi Katsumata
1908 – 1989
Silas Chapman
1813 – 1899
Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys, 2nd Baronet
1892 – 1980
Stanley Baldwin
1867 – 1947
Tadeusz Ross
1938 – 2021
Thomas Joseph Campbell
1848 – 1925
Thomas W. Hyde
1841 – 1899
Vicente Aleixandre
1898 – 1984
Vyacheslav Stepin
1934 – 2018
William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
1891 – 1970
William Trumbull
1639 – 1716
Wolfgang Golther
1863 – 1945
Ye Zhengda
1927 – 2017
Yoshikazu Uchida
1885 – 1972
Yu Kwang-chung
1928 – 2017
Zhang Qun
1889 – 1990
Adams George Archibald
1814 – 1892
Adrienne Jouclard
1882 – 1972
Ahmet Ertegün
1923 – 2006
Alexander Keith
1795 – 1873
Alexander Mackonochie
1825 – 1887
Aleš Veselý
1935 – 2015
Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Pontypridd
1840 – 1927
Alfredo Kindelán
1879 – 1962
Allan Howe
1927 – 2000
Allan La Fontaine
1910 – 1999
Alois von Waldburg-Zeil
1933 – 2014
Amod Prasad Upadhyay
1936 – 2025
André Hekking
1866 – 1925
Anthony Geary
1947 – 2025
Anton Korošec
1872 – 1940
Antonio Tovar Llorente
1911 – 1985
Arthur Garfield Hays
1881 – 1954
Arthur P. Fairfield
1877 – 1946
Arthur Treacher
1894 – 1975
Belgrave Edward Sutton Ninnis
1887 – 1912
Bert L. Stafford
1877 – 1941
Bess Myerson
1924 – 2014
Betty Cooper Hearnes
1927 – 2023
Bill McCann
1892 – 1957
Billie Moore
1943 – 2022
Blas Ople
1927 – 2003
Bruno Jalander
1872 – 1966
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
1714 – 1788
Catherine Filene Shouse
1896 – 1994
Charles Christian Erdmann, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
1716 – 1792
Charles E. Mitchell
1877 – 1955
Charles Esterly Severn
1872 – 1929
Charles Frederick II
1690 – 1761
Charles III of Spain
1716 – 1788
Charles McBurney
1914 – 1979
Chen Wen-hui
1943 – 2023
Chuck Kleinhans
1942 – 2017
Chukwuemeka Ezeife
1937 – 2023
Chuy Bravo
1956 – 2019
Conradin Kreutzer
1780 – 1849
Cyrus Griffin
1749 – 1810
Cölestin Josef Ganglbauer
1817 – 1889
Daniel Arasse
1944 – 2003
Daniel Widlöcher
1929 – 2021
Darold A. Treffert
1932 – 2020
Darwin Phelps
1807 – 1879
Decimus Burton
1800 – 1882
Dennis Lindley
1923 – 2013
Dick Mehen
1922 – 1986
Dinah Washington
1924 – 1963
Earl Dewitt Hutto
1926 – 2020
Edith Farnadi
1911 – 1973
Edmond Tarbé des Sablons
1838 – 1900
Edna F. Kelly
1906 – 1997
Edward Doubleday
1810 – 1849
Edward Jones
1950 – 2012
Edward McPherson
1830 – 1895
Edwin Alderson
1859 – 1927
Ekaterina Vazem
1848 – 1937
Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria
1801 – 1873
Elizabeth Evelyn Wright
1872 – 1906
Elston Howard
1929 – 1980
Emil Belluš
1899 – 1979
Emil Szanto
1857 – 1904
Emily Cheney Neville
1919 – 1997
Ephraim Porter Felt
1868 – 1943
Felix Hebert
1874 – 1969
Fernando Poe Jr.
1939 – 2004
François Caron
1931 – 2014
François Fortunat Rouleau
1849 – 1907
François Péron
1775 – 1810
Frederick C. Hicks
1872 – 1925
Frederick George Beaumont-Nesbitt
1893 – 1971
Frederick Nolting
1911 – 1989
Frederick of Saxony
1474 – 1510
Friedrich Dürrenmatt
1921 – 1990
Friedrich Foertsch
1900 – 1976
Friedrich Münch
1799 – 1881
Frédéric-Auguste Laguillermie
1841 – 1934
Gaston Miron
1928 – 1996
Gene Fitzgerald
1932 – 2007
Georg Endress
1924 – 2008
George McGinnis
1950 – 2023
George Ramsey Clark
1857 – 1945
George Rodrigue
1944 – 2013
George Smith
1815 – 1871
George Washington
1732 – 1799
Georges Parent
1879 – 1942
Giovanni Sgambati
1841 – 1914
Gustav Schnürer
1860 – 1941
Gustave Chaix d'Est-Ange
1800 – 1876
Guy S. Meloy Jr.
1903 – 1964
Hans Klumbach
1904 – 1992
Hanzala Malik
1956 – 2023
… and 1,816 more