Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 14

Births

 * 1644 - William Penn, English founder of Pennsylvania (d. 1718) (pictured)
 * 1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th President of the United States (d. 1969)
 * 1893 - Lillian Gish, American actress (d. 1993)
 * 1894 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (d. 1962)
 * 1927 - Roger Moore, English actor (d. 2017)
 * 1939 - Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer
 * 1978 - Usher, American singer and actor

Deaths

 * 1066 - Harold Godwinson, King of England
 * 1944 - Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
 * 1959 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b. 1909)
 * 1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1903)