Famous people born on 14 April

• CharlemagneKing of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor · AD 742–814
  71 yrs
• Christiaan HuygensDutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer · 1629–1695
  66 yrs
• Arnold J. ToynbeeBritish historian · 1889–1975
  86 yrs
• King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al SaudKing of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975 · 1906–1975
  68 yrs
• Mani3rd century prophet and founder of Manichaeism · AD 216–274
  57 yrs
• Pyotr StolypinRussian politician · 1862–1911
  49 yrs
• Abraham Ortelius ↗Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer · 1527–1598
  71 yrs
• Nguyễn Phú Trọng ↗General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (top leader) from 2011 to 2024 · 1944–2024
  80 yrs
• Thomas Schelling ↗American economist · 1921–2016
  95 yrs
• François Duvalier ↗40th President of the Republic of Haiti · 1907–1971
  64 yrs
• Alan MacDiarmid ↗New Zealand chemist · 1927–2007
  79 yrs
• John Gielgud ↗British actor and theatre director · 1904–2000
  96 yrs
• Rod Steiger ↗American actor · 1925–2002
  77 yrs
• Denis Fonvizin ↗Russian writer · 1745–1792
  47 yrs
• Moritz Schlick ↗German philosopher · 1882–1936
  54 yrs
• Peter Behrens ↗German architect and designer · 1868–1940
  71 yrs
• Robert Doisneau ↗French photographer · 1912–1994
  81 yrs
• Vere Gordon Childe ↗British prehistorian archaeologist · 1892–1957
  65 yrs
• Fredric Jameson ↗American academic and literary critic · 1934–2024
  90 yrs
• Loretta Lynn ↗American country singer · 1932–2022
  90 yrs
• Mary I of Hungary ↗Queen of Hungary · 1371–1395
  24 yrs
• Abdul Rahman Arif ↗President of Iraq from 1966 to 1968 · 1916–2007
  91 yrs
• William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ↗British politician and prime minister · 1738–1809
  71 yrs
• Chadli Bendjedid ↗President of Algeria from 1979 to 1992 · 1929–2012
  83 yrs
• Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo ↗Spanish politician · 1926–2008
  82 yrs
• Péter Esterházy ↗Hungarian writer · 1950–2016
  66 yrs
• Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom ↗Youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert · 1857–1944
  87 yrs
• Momozono ↗Emperor of Japan · 1741–1762
  21 yrs
• Bianca Maria Sforza ↗Holy Roman Empress, Presumptive crown princess of Hungary · 1472–1511
  38 yrs
• Ekaterina Svanidze ↗First wife of Josef Stalin · 1885–1907
  22 yrs
• Ibn al-Khattab ↗Saudi Arabian militant · 1969–2002
  32 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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