List of Famous people born on December 14th

José Toribio Merino Castro was a Chilean admiral who was one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, along with General Augusto Pinochet of the Army, General Gustavo Leigh of the Air Force, and General César Mendoza of the Carabineros. Together they established a military government that ruled Chile from 1973 until 1990.

William M. Jennings was an executive in the National Hockey League.

Lloyd Phillips was a South African-born New Zealand film producer. In 1980, he produced the movie The Dollar Bottom. The film received an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1981, making Phillips the first New Zealander to win an Academy Award in any category.

Norton Allan Schwartz is a retired United States Air Force General who served as the 19th Chief of Staff of the Air Force from August 12, 2008, until his retirement in 2012. He previously served as commander, United States Transportation Command from September 2005 to August 2008. He is currently the president and CEO of the Institute for Defense Analyses, serving since January 2, 2020.

Adolf Rott was a German theatre director, theatre artistic director, and theatre manager. From 1954 to 1959, he was director of the Vienna Burgtheater.

Bartolomeo "Meuccio" Ruini was an Italian politician.

Radosław Chruściński is a Polish pair skater. With partner Magdalena Klatka, he is a two-time (2011–2012) Polish national champion. His brother, Mateusz Chruściński, was also a pair skater.

Knut Henry Haraldsen is a retired Norwegian football defender.

John Christie was an English landowner and theatrical producer. He was the founder of the Glyndebourne Opera House and the Glyndebourne Festival Opera at his home at Glyndebourne, near Lewes in Sussex in 1934.