The Birthday Gazette

Born on July 14

July 14 birthdays & history

If you were born on July 14, you share a birthday with Gerald Ford, Ingmar Bergman and Gustav Klimt. July 14 babies are Cancer, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 14 is the 196th day of the year in leap years (195th in other years).

Famous people born on July 14

  • 1913Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States
  • 1918Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1862Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator
  • 1988Conor McGregor, Irish mixed martial artist
  • 1935Ei-ichi Negishi, Japanese chemist (palladium-catalyzed cross couplings) and Nobel Prize winner
  • 1960Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter, activist and actress
  • 1912Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1816Arthur de Gobineau, French writer who founded Gobinism to promote development of racism
  • 1966Matthew Fox, American actor
  • 1960Jane Lynch, American actress (Glee), comedian, author, and game show host

What happened on July 14

  • 1223Louis VIII began his three-year reign as King of France.
  • 1853Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
  • 1865A seven-man mountaineering team made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, marking the end of the golden age of alpinism.
  • 1902An expedition led by Peruvian explorer and farmer Agustín Lizárraga discovered the Incan city of Machu Picchu.
  • 1911Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright brothers, is greeted by president William Howard Taft after he lands his aeroplane on the South Lawn of the White House, having flown from Boston.
  • 1942In the Wardha session of Congress, the "Quit India" resolution is approved, authorising Mahatma Gandhi to campaign for India's independence from Britain.
  • 1943In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument in honor of an African American.
  • 1951Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
  • 1957Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world.
  • 1960Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild.
  • 1965Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth.
  • 1983Mario Bros. is released in Japan, beginning the popular Super Mario Bros franchise.

Also observed on July 14

  • Bastille Day (France and dependencies)
  • International Non-Binary People's Day
  • Republic Day (Iraq)
  • Victoria Day (Sweden). The birthday of Crown Princess Victoria is an official flag flying day in Sweden.
  • North Korean Defectors' Day (in South Korea)

Questions, answered

What star sign is July 14?

People born on July 14 are Cancer. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.

Which famous people were born on July 14?

Gerald Ford (1913), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Gustav Klimt (1862), Conor McGregor (1988), Ei-ichi Negishi (1935), Angélique Kidjo (1960) were all born on July 14.

What happened on July 14 in history?

Among other things: in 1960, Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild; in 1965, Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth; in 1983, Mario Bros. is released in Japan, beginning the popular Super Mario Bros franchise.

Can I get a newspaper front page from July 14?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 14 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “July 14”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.