Famous Birthdays for January 13th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 5 BC – Guangwu of Han, Chinese emperor (d. 57)
• 101 – Lucius Aelius, Roman adopted son of Hadrian (d. 138)
• 915 – Al-Hakam II, Umayyad caliph (d. 976)
• 1334 – Henry II, king of Castile and León (d. 1379)
• 1338 – Jeong Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (d. 1392)
• 1381 – Colette of Corbie, French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (d. 1447)^[15]
• 1400 – Infante John, Constable of Portugal (d. 1442)
• 1477 – Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (d. 1527)
• 1505 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
• 1562 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier (d. 1601)
• 1596 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 1656)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1610 – Maria Anna of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria (d. 1665)
• 1616 – Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author (d. 1680)
• 1651 – Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1694)
• 1672 – Lucy Filippini, Italian teacher and saint (d. 1732)^[16]
• 1683 – Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1760)
• 1720 – Richard Hurd, English bishop (d. 1808)
• 1749 – Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright (d. 1825)
• 1787 – John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
• 1804 – Paul Gavarni, French illustrator (d. 1866)
• 1805 – Thomas Dyer, American lawyer and politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
• 1808 – Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
• 1810 – Ernestine Rose, American suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker (d. 1892)^[17]
• 1812 – Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
• 1832 – Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist (d. 1899)
• 1845 – Félix Tisserand, French astronomer and academic (d. 1896)
• 1858 – Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian-German biologist and academic (d. 1931)
• 1859 – Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1943)
• 1861 – Max Nonne, German neurologist and academic (d. 1959)
• 1864 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
• 1865 – Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
• 1866 – Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer (d. 1901)
• 1869 – Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (d. 1931)
• 1870 – Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist and anatomist (d. 1959)
• 1878 – Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)
• 1881 – Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman (d. 1961)
• 1883 – Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (d. 1967)
• 1885 – Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company (d. 1973)
• 1886 – Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1964)
• 1886 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress (d. 1966)
• 1890 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1945)
• 1892 – Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer (d. 1976)
• 1893 – Charles Arnison, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1963)
• 1893 – Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (d. 1961)
• 1893 – Chaïm Soutine, Belarusian-French painter (d. 1943)
• 1900 – Shimizugawa Motokichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1967)
• 1900 – Gertrude Mary Cox, American mathematician (d. 1978)^[18]

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian (d. 1991)
• 1901 – Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian (d. 1978)
• 1902 – Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (d. 1985)
• 1904 – Richard Addinsell, English composer (d. 1977)
• 1904 – Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer (d. 1992)
• 1904 – Dick Rowley, Irish footballer (d. 1984)^[19]
• 1905 – Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1905 – Jack London, English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966)
• 1906 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic (d. 2017)
• 1909 – Helm Glöckler, German race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter and illustrator (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Necati Cumalı, Greek-Turkish author and poet (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Dachine Rainer, American-English author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Arthur Stevens, English footballer (d. 2007)^[20]
• 1922 – Albert Lamorisse, French director and producer (d. 1970)
• 1923 – Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Rosemary Murphy, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Vanita Smythe, American singer and actress (d. 1994)
• 1925 – Ron Tauranac, Australian engineer and businessman (d. 2020)
• 1925 – Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Michael Bond, English author, created Paddington Bear (d. 2017)
• 1926 – Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (d. 1999)
• 1927 – Brock Adams, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Liz Anderson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Sydney Brenner, South African biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
• 1929 – Joe Pass, American guitarist and composer (d. 1994)
• 1930 – Frances Sternhagen, American actress
• 1931 – Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, director, game show panelist, and television personality (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (d. 2019)^[21]
• 1932 – Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (d. 1994)
• 1933 – Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Renato Bruson, Italian opera singer
• 1937 – Guy Dodson, New Zealand-English biochemist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Cabu, French cartoonist (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Daevid Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Dave Edwards, American captain and politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1938 – Anna Home, English children's television executive and producer
• 1939 – Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
• 1939 – Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
• 1939 – Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist, and essayist
• 1941 – Pasqual Maragall, Spanish academic and politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• 1941 – Meinhard Nehmer, German bobsledder
• 1943 – William Duckworth, American composer and author (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Richard Moll, American actor
• 1945 – Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author (d. 2021)
• 1945 – Peter Simpson, English footballer
• 1946 – Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor
• 1947 – Jacek Majchrowski, Polish historian, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 – Carles Rexach, Spanish footballer and coach
• 1948 – Gaj Singh, Indian lawyer and politician
• 1949 – Rakesh Sharma, Indian commander, pilot, and astronaut

• 1949 – Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
• 1950 – Clive Betts, English economist and politician
• 1950 – Bob Forsch, American baseball player (d. 2011)
• 1950 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1952 – Stephen Glover, English journalist, co-founded The Independent
• 1953 – Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Richard Blackford, English composer
• 1954 – Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 – Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 – Jay McInerney, American novelist and critic
• 1955 – Anne Pringle, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
• 1957 – Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
• 1957 – Mary Glindon, English lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Mark O'Meara, American golfer
• 1957 – Lorrie Moore, American short story writer
• 1958 – Francisco Buyo, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1958 – Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (d. 2016)
• 1959 – Winnie Byanyima, Ugandan engineer, politician, and diplomat
• 1960 – Eric Betzig, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 – Matthew Bourne, English choreographer and director
• 1961 – Wayne Coyne, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1961 – Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedian, and producer
• 1962 – Trace Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Paul Higgins, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
• 1965 – Bill Bailey, British musician and comedian^[22]
• 1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver
• 1966 – Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater and pilot
• 1968 – Mike Whitlow, English footballer and coach
• 1969 – Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier
• 1969 – Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player and journalist
• 1970 – Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1970 – Shonda Rhimes, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1972 – Nicole Eggert, American actress
• 1972 – Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
• 1973 – Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Gigi Galli, Italian race driver
• 1974 – Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 – Rune Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
• 1975 – Mailis Reps, Estonian academic and politician, 31st Estonian Minister of Education and Research
• 1975 – Andrew Yang, American entrepreneur, founder of Venture for America, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate^[23]
• 1976 – Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer
• 1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor^[24]
• 1977 – Mi-Hyun Kim, South Korean golfer
• 1977 – Elliot Mason, English trombonist and keyboard player
• 1977 – James Posey, American basketball player and coach
• 1978 – Mohit Sharma, Indian Army Officer (d. 2009)^[25][26]
• 1978 – Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician, developed PECOTA
• 1979 – Katy Brand, English actress and screenwriter
• 1980 – Krzysztof Czerwiński, Polish organist and conductor
• 1980 – Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
• 1980 – Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
• 1980 – Wolfgang Loitzl, Austrian ski jumper
• 1980 – Mirko Soltau, German footballer
• 1981 – Reggie Brown, American football player
• 1981 – Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
• 1981 – Yujiro Takahashi, Japanese wrestler
• 1982 – Kamran Akmal, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 – Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player
• 1982 – Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot footballer
• 1982 – Ruth Wilson, English actress
• 1983 – Ender Arslan, Turkish basketball player
• 1983 – Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
• 1983 – Mauricio Martín Romero, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 – Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter
• 1984 – Nick Mangold, American football player
• 1985 – Luke Robinson, American wrestler
• 1986 – Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
• 1987 – Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Jack Johnson, American ice hockey player
• 1987 – Florica Leonida, Romanian gymnast
• 1987 – Steven Michaels, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 – Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist
• 1987 – Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Josh Freeman, American football player
• 1989 – Morgan Burnett, American football player
• 1989 – Doug Martin, American football player
• 1990 – Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
• 1991 – Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer
• 1992 – Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
• 1992 – Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player^[27]
• 1993 – Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast
• 1997 – Micah Hart, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1997 – Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1997 – Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1997 – Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist, winner of the 2019 Tour de France^[28]
• 1997 – Luis Díaz, Colombian footballer, left winger for English club Liverpool F.C.^[29]
• 2003 – Oksana Selekhmeteva, Russian tennis player^[30]