Famous people born on 14 August

• John GalsworthyEnglish novelist and playwright · 1867–1933
  65 yrs
• Hans Christian ØrstedDanish physicist and chemist · 1777–1851
  73 yrs
• Pius VIIHead of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823 · 1742–1823
  81 yrs
• Urban VIIPope of the Catholic Church in September 1590 · 1521–1590
  69 yrs
• James Horner ↗American film composer and conductor · 1953–2015
  61 yrs
• Richard Ernst ↗Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate · 1933–2021
  87 yrs
• Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia ↗King of Prussia · 1688–1740
  51 yrs
• René Goscinny ↗French comic book artist and author · 1926–1977
  51 yrs
• Guangxu Emperor ↗Chinese emperor · 1871–1908
  37 yrs
• Lina Wertmüller ↗Italian film writer and director · 1928–2021
  93 yrs
• David Crosby ↗American singer, guitarist and songwriter · 1941–2023
  81 yrs
• Alexander I of Serbia ↗King of Serbia 1889-1903 · 1876–1903
  26 yrs
• Dmitry Merezhkovsky ↗Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic · 1865–1941
  76 yrs
• Alexander Jagiellon ↗King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania · 1461–1506
  45 yrs
• Jean Gaston Darboux ↗French mathematician · 1842–1917
  74 yrs
• Richard von Krafft-Ebing ↗Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and nobleman · 1840–1902
  62 yrs
• Ernest Thompson Seton ↗British/American author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement · 1860–1946
  86 yrs
• Joseph Vernet ↗French painter and engraver from Avignon · 1714–1789
  75 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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