Did you know
Harry Dean Stanton had rare lead roles in Paris, Texas (1984) and Lucky (2017).
Famous Birthdays on July 14
1926 — Harry Dean Stanton
American actor, musician, and singer (died 2017)
July 14 has 128 recorded notable births across history, from 926 to 2004. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on July 14
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- 1933 In a decree called the Gleichschaltung, Adolf Hitler abolishes all German political parties except the Nazis. Source
- 1798 The Sedition Act of 1798 becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government. Source
- 1902 Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga discovers Machu Picchu, the "Lost City of the Incas". Source
- 1942 In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain. Source
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Gertrude Bell spent much of her life exploring and mapping the Middle East, and became influential in British imperial policy-making as an Arabist due to her knowledge of the region and the contacts built up during her extensive travels there.
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Described by Time magazine in 1959 as "probably the best horseman on television", for most of his career, Robertson played in Western films and television shows—well over 60 titles in all.
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Polly Bergen won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan in Helen Morgan .
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In 2021, Time magazine included her in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
More major people born on July 14
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1868
Gertrude Bell
English archaeologist and political officer (died 1926)
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell was an English writer, traveller, political officer, administrator, and archaeologist.
1923
Dale Robertson
American actor (died 2013)
Dayle Lymoine Robertson was an American actor best known for his starring roles on television.
1930
Polly Bergen
American actress and singer (died 2014)
Polly Bergen was an American actress and singer. She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan in Helen Morgan .
1960
Angélique Kidjo
Beninese singer-songwriter, activist and actress
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo is a Beninese musician, actress, and activist. Kidjo has won five Grammy Awards and a Polar Music Prize.
1897
Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Thai military officer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Thailand (died 1964)
Plaek Phibunsongkhram, commonly known in English language sources as Phibun and as Chomphon Por in Thai, was a Thai military officer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Thailand from 1938 to 1944…
1986
Dan Smith
British singer, songwriter and record producer
Daniel Campbell Smith is an English singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as the founder, lead singer and primary songwriter of the English pop rock band Bastille.
1825
Georgiana Hill
English cookery book writer (died 1903)
Georgina Hill was an English cookery book writer who wrote at least twenty-three works. She was born in Kingsdown, Bristol before moving to Tadley, Hampshire in the 1850s.
1918
Fred Baur
American chemist and founder of Pringles (died 2008)
Fredric John Baur Jr. was an American organic chemist and food storage scientist notable for designing the Pringles packaging.
1785
Mordecai Manuel Noah
American journalist, playwright, and diplomat (died 1851)
Mordecai Manuel Noah was an American sheriff, playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian. He was born in a family of mixed Ashkenazi and Portuguese Sephardic ancestry and was the grandson of Jonas Phillips.
1610
Ferdinando II de' Medici
Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1670)
Ferdinando II de' Medici was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria.
1936
Robert F. Overmyer
American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1996)
Robert Franklyn Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut.
1862
Gustav Klimt
Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1918)
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe.
1934
Lee Friedlander
American portrait, and 'social landscape' photographer, and album cover artist
Lee Friedlander is an American photographer and artist. In the 1960s and 1970s, Friedlander evolved an influential and often imitated visual language of urban "social landscape," with many of his photographs including…
1938
Jerry Rubin
American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994)
Jerry Clyde Rubin was an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon during the 1960s and early 1970s.
1961
Jackie Earle Haley
American actor and director
Jack Earle Haley is an American actor. His earliest roles included Moocher in Breaking Away (1979) and Kelly Leak in The Bad News Bears (1976), The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) and The Bad News Bears Go to…
1889
Ante Pavelić
Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (died 1959)
Ante Pavelić was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the Ustaše in 1929 and was dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a fascist puppet state built out of parts of occupied Yugoslavia by the…
1932
Del Reeves
American country singer-songwriter (died 2007)
Franklin Delano Reeves was an American country music singer, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty songs of the 1960s including "Girl on the Billboard" and "The Belles of Southern Bell".
1967
Robin Ventura
American baseball player
Robin Mark Ventura is an American former professional baseball third baseman and manager.
1874
Abbas II of Egypt (died 1944)
Abbas Helmy II was the last Khedive of Egypt and the Sudan, ruling from 8 January 1892 to 19 December 1914.