The Birthday Gazette

Born on September 14

September 14 birthdays & history

If you were born on September 14, you share a birthday with Pope Leo XIV, Alexander von Humboldt and Amy Winehouse. September 14 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 14 is the 258th day of the year in leap years (257th in other years).

Famous people born on September 14

  • 1955Pope Leo XIV, Head of the Catholic Church since 2025
  • 1769Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer
  • 1983Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriter, musician, and businesswoman
  • 1580Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician
  • 1947Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
  • 1937Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
  • 1879Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist
  • 1791Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic
  • 1486Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist
  • 1990Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer

What happened on September 14

  • 81Domitian, the last Flavian emperor of Rome, was confirmed by the Senate to succeed his brother Titus.
  • 1752Under the terms of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days of the month.
  • 1917The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
  • 1960The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
  • 1975The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
  • 1985Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
  • 1992The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be unconstitutional.
  • 1998Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
  • 1999Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
  • 2000Microsoft releases Windows Me.
  • 2003In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
  • 2015Physicists of the LIGO and Virgo projects first observed gravitational waves, the existence of which was predicted by Henri PoincarĂ© in 1905.

Also observed on September 14

  • Engineer's Day (Romania)
  • Hindi Day (Hindi-speaking states of India)
  • Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)
  • San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)

Questions, answered

What star sign is September 14?

People born on September 14 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.

Which famous people were born on September 14?

Pope Leo XIV (1955), Alexander von Humboldt (1769), Amy Winehouse (1983), Francisco de Quevedo (1580), Sam Neill (1947), Renzo Piano (1937) were all born on September 14.

What happened on September 14 in history?

Among other things: in 2000, Microsoft releases Windows Me; in 2003, In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union; in 2015, Physicists of the LIGO and Virgo projects first observed gravitational waves, the existence of which was predicted by Henri Poincaré in 1905.

Can I get a newspaper front page from September 14?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 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, “September 14”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.