In the year 1914, Charlie Chaplin makes his film debut in Making a Living (Feb 2), first international Criminal Police Congress begins in Monaco (Apr 14), assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria triggers the start of WWI (Jun 28), the Royal Naval Air Service - the forerunner of the RAF - is established in England (Jul 1), Babe Ruth makes his major league debut (Jul 11), Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (Jul 28), and the first shots are fired the next day in Belgrade (Jul 29), the German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire (Aug 1) and France (Aug 3), the first electric traffic lights are installed in Cleveland, Ohio (Aug 5), the Panama Canal is inaugurated (Aug 15), the first everyday items made of stainless steel come into public circulation, the World War I - now involving countries from all continents - rages on - and all these fine people were born:

1914-0105 George Reeves* actor (Superman) - Woolstock, IA USA (1959/45) 1914-0110 1914-0115 1914-0120 Gerald Holtom* artist/designer (☮️) - England (1985/71) 1914-0130 John Ireland* actor - Vancouver, BC Canada (1992/78) 1914-0131 Daya Mata* (b Rachel Wright) religious leader - Salt Lake City, UT USA (2010/96) 1914-0203 Mary Carlisle* actress/ singer/dancer - Boston, MA USA (2018/104) 1914-0208 Bill Finger* comic book writer/co-creator of Batman - Denver, CO USA (1974/59) 1914-0214 George Nissen* gymnast/inventor of trampoline - Blairstown, IA USA (2010/96) 1914-0215 Kevin McCarthy* actor - Seattle, WA USA (2010/96) 1914-0217 Arthur Kennedy* actor - Worcester, MA USA (1990/75) 1914-0222 Renato Dulbecco* Italian American virologist/N - Catanzaro, Italy (2012/97) 1914-0228 1914-0301 Ralph Ellison* writer/ literary critic - Oklahoma City, OK USA (1994/81) 1914-0304 Ward Kimball* animator - Minneapolis, MN USA (2002/88) 1914-0309 Katya Alpert Gilden* best-selling novelist - Bangor, ME USA (1991/77) 1914-0314 Hubert Zemke* WW2 fighter pilot (Zemke’s Wolf Pack)/career soldier - Missoula, MT USA (1994/80) 1914-0331 Octavio Paz*poet/N/diplomat - Mexico City, Mexico (1998/84) 1914-0401 1914-0402 Edwin Alonzo Boyd* bank robber/bus driver - Toronto, ON Canada (2002/88) 1914-0402 Alec Guinness* actor - Marylebone, London England (2000/86) 1914-0402 Hans Wegner* Danish furniture designer - Tønder, Prussia, German Empire (2007/92) 1914-0403 1914-0404 David Goodall* botanist/ecologist/for assisted suicide - Edmonton, London, England (10.5.2018/104) 1914-0411 Norman McLaren* Scottish-Canadian animator/director/producer - Stirling, Scotland (1987/72) 1914-0417 Dovey Johnson Roundtree* attorney/civil rights activist - Charlotte, NC USA (21.5.2018/104) 1914-0418 Veikko Sorsakivi* actor - Rauma, Finland (1982/68) 1914-0422 Michael Wittmann* tank commander - Vogelthal, Bavaria, German Empire (1944/30) 1914-0425 Hannes Häyrinen* actor - Jyväskylä, GD of Finland (1991/77) 1914-0430 Dorival Caymmi* singer/ songwriter/actor - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (2008/94) 1914-0501 1914-0505 Tyrone Power* actor - Cincinnati, OH USA (1958/44) 1914-0506 Whitney Bourne* actress - New York, NY USA (1988/74) 1914-0509 Hank Snow* country music singer - Brooklyn, NS Canada (1999/85) 1914-0513 Carl-Einar Borgström* sculptor/ painter/illustrator - Ystad, Sweden (1981/66) 1914-0513 Joe Louis* (b Barrow) boxer - LaFayette, AL USA (1981/66) 1914-0514 Irma Seikkula* actress - Helsinki, GD of Finland (2001/87) 1914-0515 Turk Broda* hockey goalie (NHL 100)/coach - Brandon, MB Canada (1972/58) 1914-0524 George Tabori* writer/ theater director/stepfather of Kristoffer Tabori - Budapest, Austria- Hungary (2007/93) 1914-0529 Tenzing Norgay* sherpa mountaineer who conquered Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary - Khumbu, Nepal (1986/71) 1914-0531 Akira Ifukube* 伊福部 昭 composer - Kushiro, Hokkaido, Empire of Japan (2006/91) 1914-0610 Joseph DePietro* weightlifter/OG - Paterson, NJ  USA (1999/84) 1914-0614 Gisèle Casadesus* actress - Paris, France (2017/104) 1914-0615 Yuri Andropov* Soviet leader - Stanitsa Nagutskaya, Russian Empire (1984/69) 1914-0615 Saul Steinberg* Romanian-American artist (The New Yorker)/to U.S. at age 28 - Râmnicu Sărat, Kingdom of Romania (1999/84) 1914-0618 E. G. Marshall* actor - Owatonna, MN USA (1998/84) 1914-0626 Laurie Lee* poet/ novelist/screenwriter - Stroud, Gloucestershire, England (1997/82) 1914-0627 Margaret Ekpo* women’s rights activist/social mobilizer/politician - Creek Town, Nigeria Protectorate (2006/92) 1914-0630 Francisco da Costa Gomes* military officer/politician/P - Chaves, Portugal (2001/87) 1914-0701 Stephen Juba* politician - Winnipeg, MB Canada (1993/78) 1914-0705 George de Godzinsky* Finnish pianist/composer/conductor - Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (1994/80) 1914-0710 1914-0714 Joe Shuster* comic book artist - Toronto, ON Canada (1992/78) 1914-0720 Dobry Dobrev*  ascetic - Bailovo, Kingdom of Bulgaria (2018/103) 1914-0720 Masa Niemi* actor - Viipuri, GD of Finland (1960/45) 1914-0726 C. Farris Bryant* politician/ Governor of Florida - Marion County, FL USA (2002/87) 1914-0801 1914-0808 Unity Mitford* British socialite/ known for her relationship with Adolf Hitler - London, England (1948/33) 1914-0809 Tove Jansson* painter/writer/creator of Moomin - Helsinki, GD of Finland (2001/86) 1914-0815 Paul Rand* graphic designer/art director - Brooklyn, NY USA (1996/82) 1914-0817 Gabrielle Weidner* Dutch resistance fighter/WW2 heroine - Brussels, Belgium (1945/30) 1914-0820 1914-0831 Richard Basehart* actor - Zanesville, OH USA (1984/70) 1914-0901 1914-0907 James Van Allen* space physicist - Mount Pleasant, IA USA (2006/91) 1914-0910 Robert Wise* film director/producer/editor - Winchester, IN USA (2005/91) 1914-0915 Will Quadflieg* actor/father of Christian Quadflieg - Oberhausen, German Empire (2003/89) 1914-0920 Kenneth More* actor - Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England (1982/67) 1914-0926 Achille Compagnoni* mountaineer/skier - Santa Caterina di Valfurva, Italy (2009/94) 1914-0930 1914-1001 Daniel J. Boorstin* historian - Atlanta, GA USA (2004/89) 1914-1006 Thor Heyerdahl* explorer (Kon-Tiki expedition)/ethnographer - Larvik, Norway (2002/87) 1914-1009 Guy Charmot* French resistance fighter/physician/supercentenarian - Toulon, France (2019/104) 1914-1011 Edmond Haapaniemi* father of Lisa Niemi – Virginia, MN USA (1984/69) Find a Grave 1914-1017 Jerry Siegel* comic book author/co-creator of Superman - Cleveland, OH (1996/81) 1914-1020 James C. Floyd* British-Canadian aeronautical engineer/to Canada at age 31 - Manchester, England 1914-1026 Jackie Coogan* actor/Chaplin’s “The Kid” - Los Angeles, CA USA (1984/79) 1914-1027 Dylan Thomas* poet/writer - Swansea, Wales (1953/39) 1914-1028 Jonas Salk* virologist/medical researcher (polio vaccine) - New York, NY USA (1995/80) 1914-1030 1914-1102 Ray Walston* actor/ comedian (My Favorite Martian) - Laurel, MS USA (2001/86) 1914-1106 Jonathan Harris* actor - the Bronx, NY USA (2002/87) 1914-1108 Norman Lloyd* actor/ producer/director - Jersey City, NJ USA (2021/106) 1914-1109 Thomas Berry* priest/cultural historian/Earth scholar - Greensboro, NC USA (2009/94) 1914-1109 Hedy Lamarr* actress/ inventor - Vienna, Austria-Hungary (2000/85) 1914-1115 Santo Trafficante Jr.* Mafia boss (the Trafficante crime family) - Tampa, FL USA (1987/72) 1914-1130 1914-1201 1914-1203 Kaisa Parviainen* athlete (javelin/OS)/baseball player - Muuruvesi, GD of Finland (2002/87) 1914-1209 Frances Reid* actress - Wichita Falls, TX USA (2010/95) 1914-1210 Dorothy Lamour* (b Slaton) actress/ singer - New Orleans, LA USA (1996/81) 1914-1214 George Thomas Sullivan* Gunner’s Mate Second Class/one of the Sullivan quintet whose deaths led way to the Sole Survivor Policy – Waterloo, IA USA (1942/27) 1914-1226 Richard Widmark* actor - Sunrise, MN USA (2008/93) 1914-1226 Olle Wiklund* cross-country skier (Vasaloppet) - Bergvik, Sweden (1999/85) 1914-1231 Yrjö Nikkanen* athlete/javelin - Kanneljärvi, GD of Finland (1985/70) 1914-0 1914-0 1914-0 Updated 2025-0501 Helsinki-Munich-Stockholm Search for more years here