Anniversaries 14 November

Birth

William III of England1

Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1650–1702

Marie François Xavier Bichat2

French anatomist and physiologist 1771–1802

Charles Lyell103

British lawyer and geologist 1797–1875

Claude Monet87

French impressionist painter 1840–1926

Jawaharlal Nehru110

Indian lawyer, statesman, and writer, first Prime Minister … 1889–1964

Aaron Copland13

American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conduct… 1900–1990

George L.K. Morris1

American painter and sculptor 1905–1975

Louise Brooks2

American dancer and actress 1906–1985

William Steig2

American cartoonist, children's illustrator and writer 1907–2003

Pedro Arrupe1

Twenty-eighth Superior General of the Society of Jesus 1907–1991

Joseph McCarthy4

Wisconsin politician 1908–1957

Brian Keith9

actor 1921–1997

Boutros Boutros-Ghali14

6th Secretary-General of the United Nations 1922–2016

Hussein of Jordan1

King of Jordan 1935–1999

Karen Armstrong56

author and comparative religion scholar from Great Britain 1944

Gary Provost1

American writer 1944–1995

P. J. O'Rourke185

American journalist 1947

Charles, Prince of Wales18

son of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 1948

Michael Dobbs2

British conservative politician and best-selling author 1948

Paul Dacre2

English journalist 1948

Carol Matas1

Canadian writer 1949

Yen Teh-fa1

Taiwanese politician 1952

Tim Bowler3

English children's writer 1953

Yanni39

Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer 1954

Eric Mazur1

Dutch physicist 1954

Condoleezza Rice45

American Republican politician; U.S. Secretary of State; po… 1954

Heidi Hautala2

Finnish politician 1955

John Anderson (Australian politician)2

Australian politician, 11th Deputy Prime Minister of Austra… 1956

Valerie Jarrett1

Chicago lawyer, businesswoman, civic leader; senior advisor… 1956

Lori Foster4

American writer 1958

Bryan Stevenson2

American lawyer, social reformer and academic 1959

Patrick Warburton5

American actor 1964

Daniel Abraham141

speculative fiction writer from the United States 1969

Edyta Górniak1

Polish singer 1972

Travis Barker1

American drummer and music producer 1975

Rebecca Dussault1

American cross-country skier 1980

Russell Tovey1

British actor 1981

Lil Boosie10

American rapper from Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1982

Death

Gregory Palamas13

Monk and archbishop 1296–1359

Giovanni della Casa10

Roman Catholic archbishop 1503–1556

Gottfried Leibniz29

German mathematician and philosopher 1646–1716

Jean Paul16

German novelist 1763–1825

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel106

German philosopher 1770–1831

Frances Fuller Victor5

American writer 1826–1902

Joshua Slocum1

American navigator and maritime writer 1844–1909

Booker T. Washington48

African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor 1856–1915

Harry J. Anslinger4

1st Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics 1892–1975

Dawn Powell2

American writer 1896–1965

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada54

Indian guru 1896–1977

Malcolm Muggeridge37

English journalist, author, media personality, and satirist 1903–1990

Jack Finney15

Novelist, short story writer 1911–1995

Peter Wildeblood1

British writer 1923–1999

Gwen Ifill1

American journalist, television newscaster and author 1955–2016