Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 14
Births
edit- 1860 - Owen Wister, American author (d. 1938)
- 1862 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and graphic artist (d. 1918)
- 1868 - Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist, writer, spy, and administrator (d. 1926)
- 1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish Yiddish author (d. 1991)
- 1912 - Northrop Frye, Canadian literary critic (d. 1991)
- 1912 - Woody Guthrie, American folk musician (d. 1967)
- 1913 - Gerald Ford, President of the United States (d. 2006)
- 1918 - Ingmar Bergman, Swedish film and theatre director (d. 2007)
- 1936 - Robert F. Overmyer, American astronaut (d. 1996)
- 1966 - Matthew Fox, American actor
Deaths
edit- 1223 - King Philip II of France (b. 1165)
- 1274 - Saint Bonaventure (b. 1221)
- 1881 - Billy the Kid, (pictured) American outlaw (b. 1860)
- 1965 - Adlai Stevenson, U.S. Presidential candidate (b. 1900)
- 2002 - Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1906)