Discover the most famous people who died on May 14. The list includes people like Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, B.B. King, Henry IV of France, Louis XIII of France. Famous personalities featured on this list, include actresses, emperors & kings, actors and philosophers and from other domains of life. This list includes people from United States, United Kingdom, Germany & France and many more countries.

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Frank Sinatra

(One of The World's Best-selling Music Artists of All Time)

Birthdate: December 12, 1915

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

Died: 1998

Amongst the most popular singers of the 20th century and one of the bestselling artists of all time, Frank Sinatra began his musical career singing with bands and later established his successful solo career with albums like The Voice of Frank Sinatra. Also an award winning actor, he featured in movies like From Here to Eternity and The Manchurian Candidate.

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Rita Hayworth

(American Actress, Dancer, Producer and One of the Most Glamorous Screen Idols of the 1940s)

Birthdate: October 17, 1918

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: 1987

Rita Hayworth was one of the most glamorous Hollywood actresses of the 1930s and 1940s. Her filmography includes 61 films among which the most notable ones are The Strawberry Blonde, Gilda and Cover Girl. The personal life of the actress, who was also known as the Love Goddess, was marked by a series of failed marriages.

Birthdate: September 16, 1925

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Berclair, Mississippi

Died: 2015

Known as “The King of the Blues,” legendary musician B. B. King introduced a signature style of soloing using string bending and vibrato. His song The Thrill is Gone won him a Grammy Hall of Fame Award. He was featured on Rolling Stone’s “100 greatest guitarists of all time” list.

 4 

Tim Conway

(Actor)

Birthdate: December 15, 1933

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Willoughby, Ohio, USA

Died: 2019

Height: 5'6" (168 cm)

Birthdate: December 13, 1553

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Pau, France

Died: 1610

Henry IV of France reigned as the King of France from 2 August 1589 until his death on 14 May 1610. Remembered for his concern about the welfare of the people of France, Henry worked to eliminate corruption, promote agriculture, encourage education, and regularize state finance. The character of Ferdinand in Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost was loosely based on Henry.

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Robert Stack

(Actor)

Birthdate: January 13, 1919

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 2003

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

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Powers Boothe

(Best Known for His Role in the TV Miniseries 'Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones')

Birthdate: June 1, 1948

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Snyder, Texas, United States

Died: 2017

Powers Boothe is best known for his Emmy-winning performance as real-life cult leader Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones. He started as a Shakespearean actor and later played significant roles in Deadwood, Tombstone, 24, and Nashville. He has also voiced characters in video games.

Birthdate: September 27, 1601

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Château de Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau, France

Died: 1643

Louis XIII of France reigned as the King of France between 1610 and 1643. He is best remembered for saving the kingdom from the mismanagement of his mother Marie de' Medici, who was exiled by a 16-year-old Louis XIII. He is also credited with popularizing wigs among men, which had not been fashionable since antiquity.

Birthdate: February 16, 1909

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Eudora, Kansas, United States

Died: 1982

Height: 6'0" (183 cm)

Birthdate: November 23, 1805

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Kingston, Jamaica

Died: 1881

Mary Seacole was a British-Jamaican nurse, businesswoman, and healer. She played a major role during theCrimean War, providing aid for wounded servicemen and nursing them back to health. In 1991, Seacole was posthumously honored with the Jamaican Order of Merit. In 2004, she was named the greatest black Briton for her contribution during the war.

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Billie Burke

(Actress)

Birthdate: August 7, 1884

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died: 1970

Height: 5'3" (160 cm)

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Phyllis George

(Businesswoman and Sportscaster, Co-Host of the CBS Show ‘The NFL Today’ and Winner of ‘Miss America 1971’)

Birthdate: June 25, 1949

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Denton, Texas, United States

Died: 2020

Sportscaster Phyllis George initially soared to fame as the winner of Miss Texas 1970 and Miss America 1971. She then became a reporter and co-presenter of The NFL Today. As the wife of KFC owner and Kentucky governor John Y. Brown Jr., she was also the First Lady of Kentucky.

Birthdate: April 3, 1949

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Died: 1992

Height: 6'3" (190 cm)

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Emma Goldman

(American Anarchist Political Activist and Writer)

Birthdate: June 27, 1869

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania

Died: 1940

Emma Goldman was a writer and anarchist political activist. She played an important role in popularizing the anarchist political philosophy in Europe and North America in the early and mid-20th century. Her lectures and writing spanned a wide variety of subjects, such as atheism, militarism, freedom of speech, homosexuality, capitalism, and free love.

Birthdate: November 14, 1805

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany

Died: 1847

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel was a German pianist and composer of the early Romantic era. Many of her works were published under her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn's name due to the social conventions about the roles of women at that time and the reservations of her family. However, she has been getting the recognition that she deserves since the 1990s.

Birthdate: January 2, 1913

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Ightham, Kent, England

Died: 2004

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Peter Griffith

(Actor)

Birthdate: October 23, 1933

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Died: 2001

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Henry J. Heinz

(Businessperson)

Birthdate: October 11, 1844

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: South Side (Pittsburgh) Birmingham, Pennsylvania, United States

Died: 1919

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Jiang Qing

(Chinese Political Figure Who Played an Important Role During 'The Cultural Revolution')

Birthdate: March 19, 1914

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Zhucheng, Weifang, China

Died: 1991

Jiang Qing was a Chinese actress, communist revolutionary and major political figure who played an important role during the Cultural Revolution in China. She is also remembered for forming a Maoist political faction called the Gang of Four. Jiang Qing married Mao Zedong and played a prominent role in propagating Mao's brand of Communist ideology.

Birthdate: January 22, 1849

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden

Died: 1912

August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, painter, essayist, novelist, and poet. He wrote over 30 works of fiction and more than 60 plays in an illustrious career that spanned 40 years. Widely regarded as the father of modern Swedish literature, Strindberg is best remembered for his work The Red Room, which is considered the first modern Swedish novel.

Birthdate: August 15, 1912

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Bramhall, Cheshire, England

Died: 2003

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Frederick VIII of Denmark

(King)

Birthdate: June 3, 1843

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark

Died: 1912

Birthdate: April 7, 1890

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Died: 1998

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Dave DeBusschere

(Basketball player)

Birthdate: October 16, 1940

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Died: 2003

Height: 6'6" (198 cm)

Birthdate: June 22, 1856

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Bradenham, England

Died: 1925

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Hugh Griffith

(Actor)

Birthdate: May 30, 1912

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Marian-glas, Wales

Died: 1980

Birthdate: April 10, 1880

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1965

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Andrew Symonds

(Australian International Cricketer Who Played All Three Formats as a Batting All-Rounder)

Birthdate: June 9, 1975

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Birmingham, United Kingdom

Died: 2022

Height: 6'2" (188 cm)

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Ronald J. Shurer

(Military personnel)

Birthdate: December 7, 1978

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Died: 2020

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Tahmasp I

(Second Shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 to 1576)

Birthdate: February 22, 1514

Sun Sign: Pisces

Birthplace: Shahabad, Iran

Died: 1576

Tahmasp I ruled as the Shah of Safavid Iran from 23 May 1524 to 25 May 1576. At the age of 14, Tahmasp faced the Uzbeks in the Battle of Jam where he defeated the Uzbeks after surprising them with artillery. Tahmasp I also had a longstanding conflict with the Ottoman Empire over Baghdad, Kurdistan, and Georgia.

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Jean Rhys

(British Novelist Best Known for Her Novel 'Wide Sargasso Sea')

Birthdate: August 24, 1890

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Roseau, Dominica

Died: 1979

Born in Dominica, to a Welsh father and a Creole mother, Jean Rhys grew up to be a celebrated author. She soared to fame with her novel Wide Sargasso Sea, which was inspired by the tale of Jane Eyre’s “madwoman in the attic.” She died before completing her memoir.

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Jorge Santana

(Former guitarist, brother of musician Carlos Santana)

Birthdate: June 13, 1951

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Autlán, Mexico

Died: 2020

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Keith Relf

(Singer, Singer-songwriter)

Birthdate: March 22, 1943

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Richmond

Died: 1976

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William Marshal, 1st earl of Pembroke

(English regent)

Birthdate: 1146 AD

Birthplace: Caversham, United Kingdom

Died: 1219

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, was an Anglo-Norman statesman and soldier. Knighted in 1166, William Marshal was widely regarded as the best knight of his generation. William Marshal, who served five English kings, is now considered a cultural icon. 

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Sidney Bechet

(Musician)

Birthdate: May 14, 1897

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Died: 1959

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William Randolph Hearst Jr.

(Newspaper publisher)

Birthdate: January 27, 1908

Sun Sign: Aquarius

Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Died: 1993

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Keizo Obuchi

(Prime Minister)

Birthdate: June 25, 1937

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Gunma Prefecture

Died: 2000

After graduating in English literature, Keizo Obuchi stepped into his father’s shoes, becoming the youngest legislator in the Japanese parliament. His short-sighted policies are largely held responsible for Japan’s economic failure in his time. In his youth, he went on a world tour, taking up odd jobs, such as dishwashing.

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Jimmy Martin

(Musician)

Birthdate: August 10, 1927

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Sneedville, Tennessee, United States

Died: 2005

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Lysander Spooner

(American Lawyer, Journalist, Essayist and Philosopher)

Birthdate: January 19, 1808

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: Athol, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 1887

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David Belasco

(Theatrical Producer)

Birthdate: July 25, 1853

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Died: 1931

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Brad Grey

(Television producer)

Birthdate: December 29, 1957

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: New York City, New York (state) New York, U.S.

Died: 2017

Height: 5'5" (165 cm)

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Darwyn Cooke

(Canadian Comics Artist, Cartoonist and Animator)

Birthdate: November 16, 1962

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Toronto, Canada

Died: 2016

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Jacob L. Moreno

(Psychiatrist)

Birthdate: May 18, 1889

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Bucharest

Died: 1974

Romanian-American psychiatrist Jacob L. Moreno is best remembered for introducing the concept of psychodrama, consisting of role-play exercises and dramatizations by patients, as a therapeutic method to cure mental ailments. He also pioneered group psychotherapy, introduced the study of social networks, and coined the terms sociometry and sociatry.

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Heinz Guderian

(German General During World War II and Inspector of Motorized Troops)

Birthdate: June 17, 1888

Sun Sign: Gemini

Birthplace: Chełmno, Poland

Died: 1954

German military general Heinz Guderian was part of World War II and led the successful invasions of Poland and France. He was dismissed after the failed Operation Typhoon. He used the blitzkrieg approach and was in charge of training the panzer forces. He wrote a bestselling memoir, following the war.

 45 

Harry Blackstone Jr.

(American Magician, Television Performer, and Author)

Birthdate: June 30, 1934

Sun Sign: Cancer

Birthplace: Three Rivers, Michigan, United States

Died: 1997

Harry Blackstone Jr. was an American magician, television performer, and author. Apart from modernizing and developing the techniques and routines developed by his father, Harry Blackstone Jr. also created best-selling magic kits and appeared on popular TV shows like The Tonight Show. He was also one of the most decorated magicians at the time of his death in 1997.

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Geoffrey Kendal

(Actor-manager)

Birthdate: September 7, 1909

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Kendal, Westmorland, England

Died: 1998

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Ezio Bosso

(Composer)

Birthdate: September 13, 1971

Sun Sign: Virgo

Birthplace: Turin, Piedmont ,Italy

Died: 2020

Birthdate: April 22, 1854

Sun Sign: Taurus

Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium

Died: 1943

Henri La Fontaine was a Belgian lawyer who served as the president of the International Peace Bureau (IPB), one of the oldest international peace federations. In 1913, Henri La Fontaine was honored with the prestigious Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts to lead the peace movement in Europe.

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Stanley Kunitz

(American Poet)

Birthdate: July 29, 1905

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died: 2006

Birthdate: March 26, 1916

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Monessen, Pennsylvania

Died: 1995

Born to Norwegian immigrants in the U.S., Christian Anfinsen initially excelled in both chemistry and football. His research on the structure of complex proteins and their biological functions earned him a Nobel Prize. He was also associated with the NIH and taught at Johns Hopkins University.