April 14 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on April 14, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♈︎ Aries
Mar 21 – Apr 19
Birth stone
Diamond
Birth flower
Daisy
How common
#318 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous April 14 birthdays
Pyotr Stolypin · Russian politician1862
Peter Behrens · German architect and designer1868
Moritz Schlick · German philosopher1882
Arnold J. Toynbee · British historian1889
B. R. Ambedkar · Indian jurist, economist, and social reformer1891
John Gielgud · British actor and theatre director1904
Faisal of Saudi Arabia · King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 19751906
François Duvalier · 40th President of the Republic of Haiti1907
Robert Doisneau · French photographer1912
Thomas Schelling · American economist1921
Rod Steiger · American actor1925
Alan MacDiarmid · New Zealand chemist1927
Fredric Jameson · American academic and literary critic1934
Erich von Däniken · Swiss pseudoscientific writer and ufologist1935
Nguyễn Phú Trọng · General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam1944
Ritchie Blackmore · British guitarist1945
Francis Collins · American geneticist and director of the National1950
Adrien Brody · American actor1973
Sarah Michelle Gellar · American actress1977
Abigail Breslin · American actress1996
On this day in history
1828Lexicographer Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary of American English
1908The first Hauser Dam in the U.S. state of Montana failed, causing severe flooding and damage downstream.
1967After leading a military coup three months earlier, Gnassingbé Eyadéma installed himself as President of Togo, a post that he held until 2005.
2015Western Kentucky University announced a five-year suspension of their swimming and diving programs as a result of a hazing scandal.
1983Let's Dance, English musician David Bowie's best-selling album, was released.
1991The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
2005The Oregon Supreme Court nullified marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
2010Plumes of ash from a major eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland led to widespread disruption of air travel throughout Europe for several days.
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