What happened on September 14 ?

1388 - Claudius Claussön Swart, Danish geographer

1486 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d. 1535)

1543 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)

1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)

1656 - Thomas Baker, British antiqurian (d. 1746)

1721 - Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d. 1807)

1737 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)

1760 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)

1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)

1771 - Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (d. 1829)

1804 - John Gould, British ornithologist (d. 1881)

1804 - Louis Maigret, French Catholic prelate (d. 1882)

1837 - Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (d. 1903)

1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)

1864 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British politician and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1958)

1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, American artist (d. 1944)

1879 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966)

1880 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)

1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d. 1948)

1898 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)

1909 - Peter Scott, British naturalist, artist, and explorer (d. 1989)

1910 - Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)

1913 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)

1914 - Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000)

1914 - Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)

1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer

1920 - Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1926 - Michel Butor, French novelist

1933 - Harve Presnell, American actor

1934 - Kate Millett, American feminist writer

1936 - Walter Koenig, American actor

1936 - Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1936 - Harry Danielsen, Norwegian politician

1938 - Nicol Williamson, Scottish-born actor

1940 - Larry Brown, American basketball coach

1941 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician

1942 - Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer

1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor

1949 - Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)

1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer

1950 - Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)

1950 - Masami Kuwashima, Japanese Formula One driver

1959 - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)

1960 - Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor

1968 - Michelle Stafford, American actress

1970 - Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)

1971 - Kimberly Williams, American actress

1973 - Nas, American rapper

1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete

1978 - Carmen Kass, Estonian model

1980 - Phillip Tobias, American illustrator and musician

1981 - Miyavi, Japanese singer

1985 - Paolo Gregoletto, American Bassist (Trivium)

1985 - Aya Ueto, Japanese actress idol and singer

1986 - Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

1986 - Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer

1989 - Jesse James, American actor