Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/September 14

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[edit] Births

• 1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)
• 1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)
• 1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d. 1948)
• 1898 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)
• 1909 - Peter Scott, British naturalist, artist, and explorer (d. 1989)
• 1920 - Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 - Walter Koenig, American actor
• 1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
• 1956 - Kostas Karamanlis, Greek prime-minister
• 1983 - Amy Winehouse, English singer

[edit] Deaths

• 1321 - Dante Alighieri, (pictured) Italian author (b. 1265)
• 1638 - John Harvard, American clergyman (b. 1607)
• 1712 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-born astronomer (b. 1625)
• 1852 - Augustus Pugin, English architect (b. 1812)
• 1901 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
• 1982 - Grace Kelly, American actress, Princess of Monaco (b. 1929)