Who Was Born Today – September 14 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on September 14 | ||
1769 | Baron Freidrich von Humbolt, German naturalist and explorer who made the first isothermic and isobaric maps. | |
1849 | Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist who studied dogs’ responsiveness. | |
1860 | Hamlin Garland, author who wrote about the Midwest in novles such as A Son of the Middle Border and The Book of the American Indian. | |
1864 | Lord Robert Cecil, one of the founders of the League of Nations and its president from 1923 to 1945. | |
1867 | Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, creator of the ‘Gibson Girl.’ | |
1879 | Margaret Sanger, birth-control advocate and founder of Planned Parenthood. | |
1898 | Hal B. Wallis, film producer (The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca). | |
1921 | Constance Baker Motley, first African-American woman to be appointed a federal judge. | |
1930 | Allan Bloom, writer (The Closing of the American Mind). | |
1934 | Kate Millet, feminist writer, author of Sexual Politics. | |
1936 | Ferid Murad, Albanian-American physician and pharmacologist, is co-winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on nitroglycerin’s effects the cardiovascular system. | |
1948 | Marc Reisner, author and environmentalist best known for his book Cadillac Desert, a history of water management in the Western portion of the US. | |
1955 | Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American journalist and author; her novel March won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2005). | |
1961 | Wendy Thomas (Melinda “Wendy” Thomas Morse), namesake, mascot and spokesperson for the Wendy’s chain of fast-food restaurants. | |
1983 | Amy Winehouse, singer-songwriter; her five Grammy wins (out of six nominations) for her Back to Black album (2006) tied the existing record for most wins by a female artist in a single night; won Brit Award for Best British Female Artist (2007). |
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