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Today in HistoryApril 14
19 notable people were born on this day. Including Thomas C. Schelling, Sir Gregory P. Winter, B. R. Ambedkar and more.

B. R. Ambedkar
1891 – 1956
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)

François Duvalier
1907 – 1971
Haitian physician who became the brutal dictator known as 'Papa Doc,' ruling Haiti from 1957 to 1971. He established a repressive regime backed by the Tonton Macoutes secret police that killed thousands of political opponents.
Sir Gregory P. Winter
1951 – Present
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2018)
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