| 140851 | December 14 | Birth | 1640 – Aphra Behn, English playwright and author (d. 1689) |
| 140852 | December 14 | Birth | 1678 – Daniel Neal, English historian and author (d. 1743) |
| 140853 | December 14 | Birth | 1720 – Justus Möser, German jurist and theorist (d. 1794) |
| 140854 | December 14 | Birth | 1730 – Capel Bond, English organist and composer (d. 1790) |
| 140855 | December 14 | Birth | 1738 – Jan Antonín Koželuh, Czech composer and educator (d. 1814) |
| 140856 | December 14 | Birth | 1775 – Philander Chase, American bishop and educator, founded Kenyon College (d. 1852) |
| 140857 | December 14 | Birth | 1775 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish admiral and adventurer (d. 1860) |
| 140858 | December 14 | Birth | 1777 – Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon (d. 1839) |
| 140859 | December 14 | Birth | 1784 – Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily (d. 1806) |
| 140860 | December 14 | Birth | 1787 – Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este (d. 1816) |
| 140861 | December 14 | Birth | 1791 – Charles Wolfe, Irish priest and poet (d. 1823) |
| 140862 | December 14 | Birth | 1794 – Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (d. 1872) |
| 140863 | December 14 | Birth | 1816 – Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi (d. 1889) |
| 140864 | December 14 | Birth | 1824 – Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (d. 1898) |
| 140865 | December 14 | Birth | 1852 – Daniel De Leon, Curaçaoan-American journalist and politician (d. 1914) |
| 140866 | December 14 | Birth | 1853 – Errico Malatesta, Italian activist (d. 1932) |
| 140867 | December 14 | Birth | 1866 – Roger Fry, English painter and critic (d. 1934) |
| 140868 | December 14 | Birth | 1870 – Karl Renner, Austrian politician, 4th President of Austria (d. 1950) |
| 140869 | December 14 | Birth | 1880 – Hjalmar Mellander, Swedish pentathlete (d. 1919) |
| 140870 | December 14 | Birth | 1881 – Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (d. 1956) |
| 140871 | December 14 | Birth | 1881 – Howard Valentine, American runner (d. 1932) |
| 140872 | December 14 | Birth | 1883 – Manolis Kalomiris, Greek pianist and composer (d. 1962) |
| 140873 | December 14 | Birth | 1883 – Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido (d. 1969) |
| 140874 | December 14 | Birth | 1884 – Jane Cowl, American actress and playwright (d. 1950) |
| 140875 | December 14 | Birth | 1887 – Xul Solar, Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1963) |
| 140876 | December 14 | Birth | 1894 – Alexander Nelke, Estonian-American painter and carpenter (d. 1974) |
| 140877 | December 14 | Birth | 1895 – George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952) |
| 140878 | December 14 | Birth | 1895 – Paul Éluard, French poet and author (d. 1952) |
| 140879 | December 14 | Birth | 1896 – Jimmy Doolittle, American pilot and general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993) |
| 140880 | December 14 | Birth | 1897 – Kurt Schuschnigg, Italian-Austrian lawyer and politician, 15th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1977) |