More Notable Birthdays on August 14: 1968 - Halle Berry, born in Cleveland, Ohio, Miss World USA, 1986, actress, Boomerang 1950 - Gary Larson, born in Tacoma, Washington, cartoonist, created and published the single-panel comic strip, Far Side 1947 - Danielle Steel, American Novelist 1945 - Steve Martin, born in Waco, Texas, comedian, writer and actor, Parenthood, Jerk, Roxanne 1945 - Wim Wenders, West German director, American Friend, Hammett