Famous people born on 14 May

• Charles IVHoly Roman Emperor · 1316–1378
  62 yrs
• Robert OwenWelsh textile manufacturer and social reformer · 1771–1858
  87 yrs
• Franjo TuđmanCroatian politician, soldier, president and historian · 1922–1999
  77 yrs
• Wilhelm SteinitzAustrian-American chess player · 1836–1900
  64 yrs
• Thomas GainsboroughEnglish portrait and landscape painter · 1727–1788
  61 yrs
• Ayub KhanPresident of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969 · 1907–1974
  66 yrs
• Magnus Hirschfeld ↗German physician and sexologist · 1868–1935
  67 yrs
• Victor Amadeus II of Savoy ↗Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia · 1666–1732
  66 yrs
• Adolf Fredrik of Sweden ↗King of Sweden · 1710–1771
  60 yrs
• Bobby Darin ↗American singer and actor · 1936–1973
  37 yrs
• Nikolay Aleksandrovich Tikhonov ↗Soviet prime minister 1980-1985, metallurgist · 1905–1997
  92 yrs
• John Charles Fields ↗Canadian mathematician · 1863–1932
  69 yrs
• Jack Bruce ↗British musician · 1943–2014
  71 yrs
• Wilhelm List ↗German field marshal · 1880–1971
  91 yrs
• Sidney Bechet ↗American jazz musician · 1897–1959
  62 yrs
• Kurt Eisner ↗German politician and journalist · 1867–1919
  51 yrs
• Vladislav Ardzinba ↗President of Abkhazia · 1945–2010
  64 yrs
• Mrinal Sen ↗Indian film director · 1923–2018
  95 yrs
• Otto Klemperer ↗German conductor and composer · 1885–1973
  88 yrs
• Mikhail Tsvet ↗Russian-Italian botanist · 1872–1919
  47 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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