14 March Births

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March 14 is the 73rd day of the year (74th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 292 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
Births

1415 – Wilhelm II, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen (d. 1444)
1418 – Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1492)
1473 – Reinhard IV, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1512)
1638 – Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic (d. 1710)
1681 – Georg Philipp Telemann, German composer and theorist (d. 1767)
1790 – Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (d. 1863)
1800 – James Bogardus, American inventor and architect (d. 1874)
1801 – Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet (d. 1822)
1804 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1849)
1807 – Josephine of Leuchtenberg (d. 1876)
1813 – Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1892)
1820 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (d. 1878)
1822 – Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies (d. 1889)
1823 – Théodore de Banville, French poet and critic (d. 1891)
1833 – Frederic Shields, English painter and illustrator (d. 1911)
1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, American dentist and educator (d. 1910)
1835 – Giovanni Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer and historian (d. 1910)
1836 - Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (d. 1865)
1837 – Charles Ammi Cutter, American librarian (d. 1903)
1844 – Umberto I of Italy, (d. 1900)
1844 – Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (d. 1881)
1853 – Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter (d. 1918)
1854 – Paul Ehrlich, German physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1915)
1854 – John Lane, English publisher, co-founded The Bodley Head (d. 1925)
1854 – Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (d. 1920)
1854 – Thomas R. Marshall, American lawyer and politician, 28th Vice President of the United States of America (d. 1925)
1862 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (d. 1951)
1863 – Casey Jones, American engineer (d. 1900)
1866 – Alexey Troitsky, Russian composer and author (d. 1942)
1868 – Emily Murphy, Canadian jurist, author, and activist (d. 1933)
1869 – Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (d. 1951)
1874 – Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips Electronics (d. 1951)
1879 – Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
1880 – Princess Thyra of Denmark (d. 1945)
1882 – Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1969)
1885 – Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (d. 1918)
1886 – Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (d. 1964)
1887 – Sylvia Beach, American-French publisher, founded Shakespeare and Company (d. 1962)
1887 – Charles Reisner, American actor and director (d. 1962)
1894 – Osa Johnson, American director and explorer (d. 1953)
1898 – Arnold Chikobava, Georgian linguist and philologist (d. 1985)
1898 – Reginald Marsh, French-American painter and illustrator (d. 1954)
1899 – K. C. Irving, Canadian businessman, founded Irving Oil (d. 1992)
1901 – Sid Atkinson, South African hurdler and long jumper (d. 1977)
1903 – Adolph Gottlieb, American painter and sculptor (d. 1974)
1904 – Doris Eaton Travis, American actress and dancer (d. 2010)
1905 – Raymond Aron, French journalist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1983)
1906 – Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (d. 1972)
1906 – Fazıl Küçük, Cypriot journalist and politician (d. 1984)
1908 – Ed Heinemann, American engineer (d. 1991)
1908 – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher and academic (d. 1961)
1908 – Philip Conrad Vincent, English engineer and businessman, founded Vincent Motorcycles (d. 1979)
1911 – Akira Yoshizawa, Japanese origamist (d. 2005)
1912 – Cliff Bastin, English footballer (d. 1991)
1912 – Les Brown, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2001)
1912 – W. Graham Claytor, Jr. American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1994)
1912 – W. Willard Wirtz, American lawyer and politician, 10th United States Secretary of Labor (d. 2010)
1914 – Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers and Almanac Singers) (d. 1981)
1914 – Bill Owen, English actor and songwriter (d. 1999)
1914 – Lee Petty, American race car driver and businessman, founded Petty Enterprises (d. 2000)
1915 – Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
1916 – Horton Foote, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1917 – Alan Smith, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 2013)
1918 – John McCallum, Australian actor and producer (d. 2010)
1918 – Dennis Patrick, American actor and director (d. 2002)
1919 – Max Shulman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1988)
1920 – Hank Ketcham, American author and cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace (d. 2001)
1920 – Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (d. 2014)
1921 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (d. 2014)
1921 – Ada Louise Huxtable, American author and critic (d. 2013)
1922 – Les Baxter, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1922 – China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1923 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (d. 1971)
1925 – William Clay Ford, Sr., American businessman (d. 2014)
1925 – Joseph A. Unanue, American sergeant and businessman (d. 2013)
1926 – François Morel, Canadian pianist, composer, conductor, and educator
1926 – Phil Phillips, American singer-songwriter
1928 – Frank Borman, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1928 – Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish environmentalist (d. 1980)
1932 – Mark Murphy, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2015)
1932 – Naina Yeltsina, Russian wife of Boris Yeltsin, First Lady of Russia
1933 – Michael Caine, English actor and author
1933 – Quincy Jones, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer
1934 – Eugene Cernan, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2017)
1934 – Paul Rader, American 15th General of The Salvation Army
1936 – Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
1937 – Peter van der Merwe, South African cricketer and referee (d. 2013)
1938 – Eleanor Bron, English actress and screenwriter
1938 – Jan Crouch, American televangelist, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (d. 2016)
1938 – John Gleeson, Australian cricketer (d. 2016)
1939 – Pilar Bardem, Spanish actress
1939 – Raymond J. Barry, American actor
1939 – Bertrand Blier, French director and screenwriter
1939 – Yves Boisset, French director and screenwriter
1941 – Wolfgang Petersen, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1942 – Rita Tushingham, English actress
1942 – Jerry Jeff Walker, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
1943 – Anita Morris, American actress and singer (d. 1994)
1944 – Boris Brott, Canadian composer and conductor
1944 – Václav Nedomanský, Czech ice hockey player and manager
1944 – Bobby Smith, English footballer and manager
1944 – Tom Stannage, Australian historian and academic (d. 2012)
1945 – Jasper Carrott, English comedian, actor, and game show host
1945 – Michael Martin Murphey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Walter Parazaider, American saxophonist
1946 – Wes Unseld, American basketball player, coach, and manager
1947 – Roy Budd, English pianist and composer (d. 1993)
1947 – William J. Jefferson, American lawyer and politician
1947 – Jona Lewie, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1947 – Peter Skellern, English singer-songwriter and pianist
1948 – Tom Coburn, American physician and politician
1948 – Billy Crystal, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1948 – Theo Jansen, Dutch sculptor
1950 – Rick Dees, American actor and radio host
1951 – Jerry Greenfield, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Ben & Jerry's
1953 – Nick Keir, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1954 – Brian Smith, Australian rugby player and coach
1955 – Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1956 – Sean Mathias, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter
1956 – Tessa Sanderson, Jamaican-English javelin thrower and heptathlete
1956 – Butch Wynegar, American baseball player and coach
1957 – Jean van de Velde, Dutch director and screenwriter
1957 – Tad Williams, American author
1958 – Albert II, Prince of Monaco
1958 – Francine Stock, English journalist and author
1959 – Steve Byrnes, American sportscaster and producer (d. 2015)
1959 – Laila Robins, American actress
1959 – Tamara Tunie, American actress
1960 – Heidi Hammel, American astronomer and academic
1960 – Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1961 – Gary Dell'Abate, American actor and producer
1961 – Garry Jack, Australian rugby league player and coach
1961 – Penny Johnson Jerald, American actress
1961 – Mike Lazaridis, Turkish–Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded BlackBerry Limited
1961 – Hiro Matsushita, Japanese race car driver
1963 – Andrew Fleming, American director and screenwriter
1963 – Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer and coach
1964 – Dario Bisso Sabàdin, Italian conductor and composer
1965 – Kevin Brown, American baseball player and coach
1965 – Billy Sherwood, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1965 – Kevin Williamson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Jonas Elmer, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter
1966 – Elise Neal, American actress and producer
1966 – Gary Anthony Williams, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Megan Follows, Canadian-American actress
1968 – James Frain, English actor
1968 – Serena Rees, English businesswoman, co-founded Agent Provocateur
1969 – Michael Bland, American drummer and producer
1969 – Des Coleman, English actor
1969 – Larry Johnson, American basketball player and actor
1970 – Kristian Bush, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Charlie Elphicke, English lawyer and politician
1972 – Irom Chanu Sharmila, Indian poet and activist
1974 – Ben Kennedy, Australian rugby player
1974 – Rohit Shetty, Indian actor, director, and cinematographer
1974 – Santino Marella, Canadian-American wrestler and actor
1974 – Patrick Traverse, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Rushanara Ali, Bangladeshi-English politician
1975 – Steve Harper, English footballer and referee
1975 – Dmitri Markov, Belorussian-Australian pole vaulter
1976 – Daniel Gillies, Canadian-New Zealand actor, director, and screenwriter
1976 – Phil Vickery, English rugby player and sportscaster
1977 – Zé António, Portuguese footballer
1977 – Vadims Fjodorovs, Latvian footballer and coach
1977 – Aki Hoshino, Japanese model and author
1977 – Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (d. 2011)
1978 – Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dutch swimmer
1979 – Nicolas Anelka, French footballer and manager
1979 – Chris Klein, American actor
1979 – Sead Ramović, German-Bosnian footballer
1979 – Yoko Shibui, Japanese runner
1980 – Aaron Brown, English footballer and coach
1980 – Ben Herring, New Zealand rugby player
1981 – Bobby Jenks, American baseball player
1981 – George Wilson, American football player
1982 – Carlos Marinelli, Argentinian footballer
1982 – François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
1983 – Bakhtiyar Artayev, Kazakh boxer
1983 – Taylor Hanson, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1983 – Anas Sarwar, Scottish dentist and politician
1984 – Aric Almirola, American race car driver
1984 – Liesel Pritzker Simmons, American actress and philanthropist
1986 – Jamie Bell, English actor and dancer
1986 – Elton Chigumbura, Zimbabwean cricketer
1986 – Jessica Gallagher, Australian skier and cyclist
1986 – Andy Taylor, English footballer
1987 – Robert Clark, American actor
1988 – Stephen Curry, American basketball player
1988 – Rico Freimuth, German decathlete
1988 – Sasha Grey, American porn actress and singer
1989 – Kevin Lacroix, Canadian race car driver
1989 – Colby O'Donis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1990 – Joe Allen, Welsh footballer
1990 – Tamás Kádár, Hungarian footballer
1990 – Haru Kuroki, Japanese actress
1990 – Kolbeinn Sigþórsson, Icelandic footballer
1991 – Emir Bekrić, Serbian hurdler
1991 – László Szűcs, Hungarian footballer
1991 – Steven Zellner, German footballer
1993 – Philipp Ziereis, German footballer
1994 – Ansel Elgort, American actor and DJ
1996 – Batuhan Altıntaş, Turkish footballer
1997 – Simone Biles, American gymnast

Source: Wikipedia