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Famous People Born in 1914

Born in 1914? Meet the well-known people who share your birth year, from the biggest names to the ones you might not expect, month by month.

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The most famous people born in 191436

1914–1998

Octavio Paz

Mexican poet and essayist of The Labyrinth of Solitude and Sunstone who won the Nobel Prize in Literature

Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican philosopher, poet, and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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1914–1984

Yuri Andropov

Soviet leader who headed the KGB for 15 years before leading the USSR from 1982 until his death in 1984

Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (15 June 1914 – 9 February 1984) was a Soviet politician who served as the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from late 1982 until his death in 1984. He previously served as the chairman of the KGB from 1967 until 1982.

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1914–2000

Hedy Lamarr

Hollywood actress who co-invented frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology

Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler; November 9, 1914 – January 19, 2000) was an Austrian and American actress and inventor. Regarded as a successful film star, she also co-invented a radio guidance system during World War II.

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1914–1983

Louis de Funès

Highly popular French comedy actor known for his energetic performances

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (French:; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions and tics.

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1914–1986

Tenzing Norgay

Sherpa mountaineer who was among the first to climb Mount Everest

Tenzing Norgay (Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.

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1914–1995

Jonas Salk

Medical researcher who developed the first successful polio vaccine

Jonas Edward Salk (born Jonas Salk; October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine.

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1914–1984

Julio Cortázar

Argentine author known for his experimental novel Hopscotch

Julio Florencio Cortázar (Latin American Spanish:; 26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984) was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator.

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1914–2002

Thor Heyerdahl

Norwegian adventurer who led the Kon-Tiki expedition across the Pacific

Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (Norwegian pronunciation:; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in biology with specialization in zoology, botany and geography.

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Born in 1914, month by month

February
- William S. Burroughs (February 5) · Influential Beat Generation author of Naked Lunch
- Alan Lloyd Hodgkin (February 5) · Nobel Prize-winning physiologist who discovered how nerve impulses are transmitted
- Renato Dulbecco (February 22) · Virologist and Nobel laureate who studied cancer-causing viruses
- Yakov Zeldovich (February 23) · Soviet physicist who made major contributions to cosmology and nuclear physics
March
- Ralph Ellison (March 1) · American writer best known for his novel Invisible Man
- Jiang Qing (March 5) · Influential Chinese political figure and wife of Mao Zedong
- Norman Borlaug (March 25) · American scientist who led the global Green Revolution
- Bohumil Hrabal (March 28) · Celebrated Czech writer of novels including Closely Watched Trains
- Octavio Paz (March 31) · Mexican poet and essayist of The Labyrinth of Solitude and Sunstone who won the Nobel Prize in Literature
April
- Alec Guinness (April 2) · Versatile English actor known for Star Wars and Ealing comedies
- Marguerite Duras (April 4) · French novelist and filmmaker known for her book The Lover
- Koichi Oita (April 9) · Japanese footballer who played for the national team
May
- Tyrone Power (May 5) · Hollywood film star of the 1930s and 40s swashbuckler movies
- Romain Gary (May 8) · French novelist and diplomat who won the Prix Goncourt twice
- Joe Louis (May 13) · World heavyweight boxing champion nicknamed the Brown Bomber
- Max Perutz (May 19) · Nobel Prize-winning molecular biologist who mapped the structure of haemoglobin
- Tenzing Norgay (May 29) · Sherpa mountaineer who was among the first to climb Mount Everest
June
- Yuri Andropov (June 15) · Soviet leader who headed the KGB for 15 years before leading the USSR from 1982 until his death in 1984
- William Vickrey (June 21) · Nobel Prize-winning economist known for his work on auctions
July
- Louis de Funès (July 31) · Highly popular French comedy actor known for his energetic performances
August
- Tove Jansson (August 9) · Author and illustrator who created the Moomin characters
- Julio Cortázar (August 26) · Argentine author known for his experimental novel Hopscotch
September
- James A. Van Allen (September 7) · Physicist who discovered the Earth's radiation belts
- Robert Wise (September 10) · Director of The Sound of Music and West Side Story
- Jack LaLanne (September 28) · Fitness expert who hosted the longest-running exercise show on television
October
- Thor Heyerdahl (October 6) · Norwegian adventurer who led the Kon-Tiki expedition across the Pacific
- Raymond Davis Jr. (October 14) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist who detected solar neutrinos
- Mohammed Zahir Shah (October 15) · Last King of Afghanistan who reigned from 1933 until 1973
- Martin Gardner (October 21) · American writer who popularised recreational mathematics and scientific scepticism
- Dylan Thomas (October 27) · Welsh poet who wrote Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
- Jonas Salk (October 28) · Medical researcher who developed the first successful polio vaccine
- Richard Laurence Millington Synge (October 28) · Nobel Prize-winning chemist who co-invented partition chromatography
November
- Hedy Lamarr (November 9) · Hollywood actress who co-invented frequency-hopping spread spectrum technology
- Abd al-Karim Qasim (November 21) · Iraqi military officer who led the 1958 revolution against the monarchy
- Joe DiMaggio (November 25) · American baseball star who played for the New York Yankees
December
- Karl Carstens (December 14) · President of West Germany from 1979 to 1984

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