Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 14

Births

• 1316 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
• 1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (d. 1788) (pictured)
• 1885 – Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (d. 1973)
• 1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)
• 1944 – George Lucas, American film director
• 1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress

Deaths

• 1940 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. 1869)
• 1970 – Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884)
• 1987 – Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)
• 1988 – Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1886)
• 1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)