What happened on May 14 ?

1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)

1553 - Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV of France (d. 1615)

1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)

1699 - Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)

1701 - William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)

1703 - David Brearly, delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (d. 1785)

1710 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771)

1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (d. 1788)

1771 - Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)

1832 - Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)

1867 - Kurt Eisner, German politician and publicist (d. 1919)

1880 - Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)

1885 - Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (d. 1973)

1897 - Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)

1899 - Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)

1904 - Hans Albert Einstein, American professor (d. 1973)

1904 - Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)

1907 - Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1974)

1917 - Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003)

1921 - Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)

1922 - Franjo Tu?man, President of Croatia (d. 1999)

1926 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (d. 1984)

1928 - Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna, (Che) Argentine-born revolutionary (despite popular belief that he was born June 14) (d. 1967)

1929 - Gump Worsley, Canadian hockey player

1931 - Alvin Lucier, American composer

1934 - Siân Phillips, Welsh actress

1936 - Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)

1936 - Charlie Gracie, American singer

1940 - Troy Shondell, American singer

1942 - Byron Dorgan, U.S. Senator

1942 - Tony Pérez, Major League baseball player

1942 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet athlete (d. 2003)

1943 - ÿlafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland

1943 - Jack Bruce, bassist (Cream)

1943 - Derek Leckenby, Lead guitar (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)

1944 - George Lucas, American film director and producer

1946 - Eric Peterson, Canadian actor

1948 - Bob Woolmer, Indian-born cricket coach

1952 - David Byrne, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Talking Heads)

1952 - Robert Zemeckis, American film director

1953 - Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia

1953 - Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Red Rider)

1955 - Dennis Martinez, Major League baseball player

1957 - Leon White, professional wrestler

1959 - Patrick Bruel, French singer

1959 - Steve Hogarth, British singer (Marillion)

1959 - Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player

1960 - Steve Williams, American professional wrestler

1961 - Tim Roth, English actor

1962 - Ian Astbury, English singer (The Cult)

1965 - Eoin Colfer, Irish writer

1966 - Raphael Saadiq, American music artist

1967 - Tony Siragusa, American football player

1969 - Cate Blanchett, Australian actress

1971 - Sofia Coppola, American actress and director

1976 - Martine McCutcheon, British actress

1976 - Hunter Burgan, AFI Bassist

1977 - Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress

1981 - Sarbel, Greek-born singer

1983 - Amber Tamblyn, American actress

1993 - Miranda Cosgrove, American actress