What famous people were doing at 14

At 14, here is where people from history were and what they were doing. Here are 60 of the 73 moments on the site. Pick anyone to see their whole life lined up with yours.

1. Leonardo da Vinci ~1466 · Florence, Italy
   Apprenticed to the sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio
2. Elizabeth I ~1547 · London, England
   Her father Henry VIII dies
3. Akbar November 1556 · Panipat, India
   His army wins the Second Battle of Panipat
4. Rembrandt ~1620 · Leiden, Netherlands
   Briefly enrolls at Leiden University, then leaves to train as a painter
5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ~1770 · Rome, Italy
   Writes down a secret choral work from memory after hearing it once
6. Marie Antoinette May 1770 · Versailles, France
   Marries the future Louis XVI at 14
7. Andrew Jackson ~1781 · South Carolina, USA
   Taken prisoner at 14 in the Revolutionary War
8. J.M.W. Turner ~1789 · London, England
   Enters the Royal Academy school at 14
9. Michael Faraday ~1805 · London, England
   Apprenticed to a bookbinder at 14, he reads the science books he binds
10. Hans Christian Andersen ~1819 · Copenhagen, Denmark
    Moves to Copenhagen alone at 14
11. Ada Lovelace ~1829 · London, England
    A severe illness leaves her bedridden for about a year
12. Rani Lakshmibai ~1842 · Jhansi, India
    Marries the Maharaja of Jhansi
13. Sitting Bull ~1845 · Great Plains, USA
    Counts his first coup in battle at 14
14. Emmeline Pankhurst ~1872 · Manchester, England
    Attends her first women's suffrage meeting at 14
15. Edvard Munch ~1877 · Oslo, Norway
    His sister dies, an event that haunts his work
16. Qi Baishi ~1878 · Hunan, China
    Works as a carpenter
17. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec ~1878 · Albi, France
    Breaks his legs, which stop growing
18. Mahatma Gandhi ~1883 · Porbandar, India
    Married at 13 to Kasturba
19. Pablo Casals ~1890 · Barcelona, Spain
    Discovers Bach's cello suites in a secondhand shop
20. Pablo Picasso ~1895 · Barcelona, Spain
    Admitted to Barcelona's art school at 13
21. René Magritte ~1912 · Châtelet, Belgium
    His mother drowns herself in a river when he is 13
22. Golda Meir ~1912 · Denver, USA
    Runs away to Denver at 14 to keep going to school
23. Ansel Adams ~1916 · Yosemite, California, USA
    Visits Yosemite at 14 with his first camera
24. George Orwell ~1917 · Eton, England
    Wins a scholarship to Eton
25. Cary Grant ~1918 · Bristol, England
    Joins a troupe of acrobats at 14
26. Anna May Wong ~1919 · Los Angeles, USA
    Works as a film extra at 14
27. Samuel Barber ~1924 · Philadelphia, USA
    Enters the new Curtis Institute of Music at 14
28. Billie Holiday ~1929 · New York City, USA
    Begins singing in Harlem clubs as a teenager
29. Katherine Johnson ~1932 · Institute, West Virginia, USA
    Starts college at 14 after finishing high school early
30. Hank Williams ~1937 · Montgomery, Alabama, USA
    Gets his own radio show at 13
31. Malcolm X ~1939 · Lansing, Michigan, USA
    His mother is committed to a hospital; he is placed in foster homes
32. Pope Benedict XVI ~1941 · Germany
    Enrolled in the Hitler Youth, as required
33. Oriana Fallaci ~1943 · Italy
    Joins the anti-fascist resistance as a teenager
34. George Soros ~1944 · Budapest, Hungary
    Survives the Nazi occupation of Hungary under a false identity
35. Anne Frank March 1944 · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Starts rewriting her diary for publication after a radio appeal
36. Aretha Franklin ~1956 · Detroit, USA
    Records a gospel album at 14 in her father's church
37. Bobby Fischer January 1958 · New York City, USA
    Wins the U.S. championship at 14
38. Teresa Teng ~1967 · Taiwan
    Releases her first album at 14
39. Nadia Comăneci July 1976 · Montreal, Canada
    Scores the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics at 14
40. Marjane Satrapi ~1983 · Vienna, Austria
    Sent by her parents to finish school in Vienna
41. Wil Wheaton August 1986 · Los Angeles, USA
    Stars in Stand by Me at 14
42. Dave Chappelle ~1987 · Washington, D.C., USA
    Begins doing stand-up at 14
43. Alyson Hannigan ~1988 · Los Angeles, USA
    Makes her film debut in My Stepmother Is an Alien
44. Shakira ~1991 · Bogotá, Colombia
    Releases her first album at 13
45. Cirroc Lofton January 1993 · Los Angeles, USA
    Plays Jake Sisko on Deep Space Nine at 14
46. Venus Williams ~1994 · Oakland, California, USA
    Turns pro at 14
47. Justin Timberlake ~1995 · Orlando, Florida, USA
    NSYNC forms
48. Serena Williams ~1995 · USA
    Turns pro at 14
49. Marta ~2000 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Rides a bus for three days at 14 to try out in Rio
50. Michelle Trachtenberg September 2000 · Los Angeles, USA
    Joins Buffy as Dawn Summers
51. Jennifer Lawrence ~2004 · New York City, USA
    Discovered on a street in Manhattan at 14
52. Bethany Hamilton July 2004 · Los Angeles, USA
    Receives an ESPY for her comeback
53. Mohamed Salah ~2006 · Cairo, Egypt
    Travels hours each way to training in Cairo at 14
54. Hou Yifan ~2008 · China
    Becomes a grandmaster at 14
55. Zendaya ~2010 · Los Angeles, USA
    Stars in Disney Channel's Shake It Up at 14
56. Malala Yousafzai ~2011 · Islamabad, Pakistan
    Wins Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize
57. Coco Gauff June 2018 · Paris, France
    Wins the junior French Open at 14
58. Philip II of Macedon ~368 BC · Thebes, Greece
    Held hostage in Thebes, where he learns military tactics
59. Ramesses II ~1289 BC · Egypt
    Named co-ruler by his father as a teenager
60. Hatshepsut ~1493 BC · Thebes, Egypt
    Marries her half-brother Thutmose II