Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/April 14
Births
[edit]- 1866 - Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936) (pictured)
- 1891 - B. R. Ambedkar, Indian politician
- 1904 - Sir John Gielgud, English actor (d. 2000)
- 1907 - François Duvalier, Haitian politician (d. 1971)
- 1934 - Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter (d. 2022)
- 1941 - Julie Christie, British actress
- 1941 - Pete Rose, American baseball player
- 1973 - Adrien Brody, American actor
Deaths
[edit]- 1759 - George Frideric Handel, German composer (b. 1685)
- 1964 - Rachel Carson, American environmentalist (b. 1907)
- 1975 - Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897)
- 1986 - Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist writer (b. 1908)
- 1995 - Burl Ives, American singer and actor (b. 1909)