Famous people born on July 14 — and what else happened that day
If your birthday is July 14, you share it with Gerald Ford, Woody Guthrie, Jane Lynch — and you were born under Cancer, the sign of the caring, intuitive, and fiercely protective of loved ones.
Birthday basics for July 14
Cancer ♋
Zodiac sign
Ruby
Birthstone
Larkspur
Birth flower
195th
Day of the year
July 14 is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years), with 170 days still to come.
Famous people born on July 14
Gerald Ford — 38th president of the United States (born 1913).
Woody Guthrie — American folk singer who wrote This Land Is Your Land (born 1912).
Jane Lynch — American actress and comedian of Glee fame (born 1960).
Also sharing the day:
Gustav Klimt (b. 1862) — Austrian painter famous for shimmering gold-leaf works like The Kiss.
Ingmar Bergman (b. 1918) — Swedish film director behind classics such as The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.
Conor McGregor (b. 1988) — Irish mixed martial artist and two-division UFC champion.
July 14 in history
1789 — Parisian revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, an event still celebrated as France's national day.
1965 — NASA's Mariner 4 flew past Mars and took the first close-up photographs of another planet.
2015 — NASA's New Horizons probe performed the first-ever flyby of Pluto.
1865 — Edward Whymper's party completed the first ascent of the Matterhorn in the Alps.
1902 — The thousand-year-old Campanile bell tower in Venice's St. Mark's Square suddenly collapsed; no one was hurt, and it was rebuilt.
1960 — Jane Goodall arrived at Gombe Stream in Tanzania to begin her landmark study of wild chimpanzees.
July 14 birthday questions
What zodiac sign is July 14?
Anyone born on July 14 is a Cancer — caring, intuitive, and fiercely protective of loved ones.
What is the birthstone for July 14?
The birthstone for a July 14 birthday is Ruby, and the birth flower is the Larkspur.
Who is the most famous person born on July 14?
Gerald Ford is among the best known — 38th president of the United States (born 1913).
What happened on July 14?
In 1789, Parisian revolutionaries stormed the Bastille, an event still celebrated as France's national day.
What day of the year is July 14?
July 14 is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years), with 170 days still to come.
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