List of Famous people born on August 14th

Uchter John Mark Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly, was a British politician and colonial governor. He was Governor of New Zealand from 1897 to 1904.

Teodoro Paleologo di Montferrato (1425–1484) was a Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.

William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1st Earl of Essex, 1st Baron Parr, was the only brother of Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. He was a "sincere, plain, direct man, not crafty nor involved", whose "delight was music and poetry and his exercise war" who co-authored a treatise on hare coursing. He was in favour with the first two successive Protestant Tudor monarchs, Henry VIII and his son Edward VI, under whom he was the leader of the Protestant party, but having supported the desire of the latter to be succeeded by the Protestant Lady Jane Grey, was attainted by the Catholic Queen Mary, but was restored by her half-sister and Protestant successor Queen Elizabeth I. He married thrice but died without issue.

Shūgorō Nakazato was an Okinawan martial artist. Described as a "one punch artist" by some of his American students, Nakazato developed his karate sparring into "a fine fighting art". He gave many demonstrations in Japan as well as abroad and had "many well-known students in the USA", Nakazato was designated as an "intangible cultural asset holder" by Okinawa Prefecture in 2000. He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 5th Class with Gold and Silver Rays on November 4, 2007.

Vernon Dobtcheff is a British actor, born in France. Although best known for his roles on television and film, he has acted numerously in stage productions.

François d'Orléans, prince de Joinville was the third son of Louis Philippe, king of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. An admiral of the French Navy, François was famous for bringing the remains of Napoleon from Saint Helena to France, as well as a talented artist, with 35 known watercolours. He married Princess Francisca of Brazil, daughter of emperor Pedro I and sister of emperor Pedro II. The dowry received by François upon the marriage became the Brazilian city of Joinville.

Pierre Robin was a French aeroplane designer. He was best known for founding the aircraft company Avions Robin with designer Jean Délémontez.

Júlia da Silva Bruhns was a German-Brazilian writer. She was the wife of the Lübeck senator and grain merchant Johann Heinrich Mann, and also mother of writers Thomas Mann and Heinrich Mann.

Jacques Plumain, known as The Ghost of Kehl, is a French serial killer who claimed four victims in France and Germany between October 1999 and May 2000. Plumain was sentenced in France on June 3, 2005 to 30 years of imprisonment; however, there was an appeal of the decision and Plumain was sentenced a second time to life imprisonment with a security sentence of 20 years.