Famous Birthdays for February 13th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 1440 – Hartmann Schedel, German physician (d. 1514)
• 1457 – Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)
• 1469 – Elia Levita, Renaissance Hebrew grammarian (d. 1549)
• 1480 – Girolamo Aleandro, Italian cardinal (d. 1542)
• 1523 – Valentin Naboth, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1593)
• 1539 – Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine (d. 1582)
• 1569 – Johann Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1625)
• 1599 – Pope Alexander VII (d. 1667)

1601–1900[edit]

• 1602 – William V, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1637)
• 1672 – Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (d. 1731)
• 1683 – Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian painter (d. 1754)
• 1719 – George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral and politician (d. 1792)
• 1721 – John Reid, Scottish general (d. 1807)
• 1728 – John Hunter, Scottish surgeon and anatomist (d. 1793)
• 1766 – Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and scholar (d. 1834)
• 1768 – Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (d. 1835)
• 1769 – Ivan Krylov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1844)
• 1805 – Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (d. 1859)
• 1811 – François Achille Bazaine, French general (d. 1888)
• 1815 – Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American anthologist, editor, poet and critic (d. 1857)
• 1831 – John Aaron Rawlins, American general and politician, 29th United States Secretary of War (d. 1869)
• 1834 – Heinrich Caro, Sephardic Jewish Polish-German chemist and academic (d. 1910)
• 1835 – Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader (d. 1908)
• 1849 – Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1895)
• 1855 – Paul Deschanel, Belgian-French politician, 11th President of France (d. 1922)
• 1863 – Hugo Becker, German cellist and composer (d. 1941)
• 1867 – Harold Mahony, Scottish-Irish tennis player (d. 1905)
• 1870 – Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (d. 1938)
• 1876 – Fritz Buelow, German-American baseball player and umpire (d. 1933)
• 1879 – Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (d. 1949)
• 1880 – Dimitrie Gusti, Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Eleanor Farjeon, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1965)^[16]
• 1883 – Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (d. 1947)
• 1883 – Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian-Armenian actor and director (d. 1922)
• 1884 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (d. 1961)
• 1885 – Bess Truman, 35th First Lady of the United States (d. 1982)
• 1887 – Géza Csáth, Hungarian playwright and critic (d. 1919)
• 1888 – Georgios Papandreou, Greek lawyer, economist, and politician, 162nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)
• 1889 – Leontine Sagan, Austrian actress and director (d. 1974)
• 1891 – Kate Roberts, Welsh author and activist (d. 1985)
• 1891 – Grant Wood, American painter and academic (d. 1942)
• 1892 – Robert H. Jackson, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 57th United States Attorney General (d. 1954)
• 1898 – Hubert Ashton, English cricketer and politician (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Barbara von Annenkoff, Russian-born German film and stage actress (d. 1979)

1901–present[edit]

• 1901 – Paul Lazarsfeld, Austrian-American sociologist and academic (d. 1976)
• 1902 – Harold Lasswell, American political scientist and theorist (d. 1978)
• 1903 – Georgy Beriev, Georgian-Russian engineer, founded the Beriev Aircraft Company (d. 1979)
• 1903 – Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (d. 1989)
• 1906 – Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher and author (d. 1994)
• 1907 – Katy de la Cruz, Filipino-American singer and actress (d. 2004)
• 1910 – William Shockley, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Indian-Pakistani poet and journalist (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Jean Muir, American actress and educator (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Harald Riipalu, Russian-Estonian commander (d. 1961)
• 1912 – Margaretta Scott, English actress (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Khalid of Saudi Arabia (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Lyle Bettger, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Aung San, Burmese general and politician, 5th Premier of British Crown Colony of Burma (d. 1947)
• 1916 – Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist (d. 1987)
• 1919 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (d. 1991)
• 1919 – Eddie Robinson, American football player and coach (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Boudleaux Bryant, American songwriter (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Eileen Farrell, American soprano and educator (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Jeanne Demessieux, French pianist and composer (d. 1968)^[17]
• 1921 – Aung Khin, Burmese painter (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Francis Pym, Baron Pym, Welsh soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (d. 2008)
• 1922 – Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Michael Anthony Bilandic, American soldier, judge, and politician, 49th Mayor of Chicago (d. 2002)
• 1923 – Chuck Yeager, American general and pilot; first test pilot to break the sound barrier (d. 2020)
• 1924 – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, American nuclear physicist (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Gerald Regan, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2019)
• 1929 – Omar Torrijos, Panamanian commander and politician, Military Leader of Panama (d. 1981)
• 1930 – Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Israel Kirzner, English-American economist, author, and academic
• 1932 – Susan Oliver, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1933 – Paul Biya, Cameroon politician, 2nd President of Cameroon
• 1933 – Kim Novak, American actress
• 1933 – Emanuel Ungaro, French fashion designer (d. 2019)
• 1934 – George Segal, American actor (d. 2021)
• 1937 – Ali El-Maak, Sudanese author and academic (d. 1992)
• 1937 – Angelo Mosca, American-Canadian football player and wrestler
• 1938 – Oliver Reed, English actor (d. 1999)
• 1940 – Bram Peper, Dutch sociologist and politician, Mayor of Rotterdam
• 1941 – Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer (d. 2010)
• 1941 – Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor, director, and producer
• 1942 – Carol Lynley, American model and actress (d. 2019)
• 1942 – Peter Tork, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (d. 2019)
• 1942 – Donald E. Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2016)
• 1943 – Elaine Pagels, American theologian and academic
• 1944 – Stockard Channing, American actress
• 1944 – Jerry Springer, English-American television host, actor, and politician, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati
• 1945 – Marian Dawkins, English biologist and academic
• 1945 – King Floyd, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1945 – Simon Schama, English historian and author
• 1945 – William Sleator, American author and composer (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Richard Blumenthal, American sergeant and politician, 23rd Attorney General of Connecticut
• 1946 – Janet Finch, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 – Colin Matthews, English composer and educator
• 1947 – Stephen Hadley, American soldier and diplomat, 21st United States National Security Advisor
• 1947 – Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach
• 1947 – Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin-Bosnian professional basketball coach
• 1947 – Kevin Bloody Wilson, Australian comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
• 1949 – Peter Kern, Austrian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1950 – Vera Baird, English lawyer and politician
• 1950 – Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1952 – Ed Gagliardi, American bass player (d. 2014)
• 1953 – Akio Sato, Japanese wrestler and manager
• 1954 – Donnie Moore, American baseball player (d. 1989)
• 1955 – Joe Birkett, American lawyer, judge, and politician
• 1956 – Peter Hook, English singer, songwriter, bass player, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer
• 1957 – Denise Austin, American fitness trainer and author
• 1958 – Pernilla August, Swedish actress
• 1958 – Marc Emery, Canadian publisher and activist
• 1958 – Jean-François Lisée, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1958 – Derek Riggs, English painter and illustrator
• 1958 – Øivind Elgenes, Norwegian vocalist, guitarist, and composer
• 1959 – Gaston Gingras, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 – Pierluigi Collina, Italian footballer and referee
• 1960 – John Healey, English journalist and politician
• 1960 – Gary Patterson, American football player and coach
• 1960 – Artur Yusupov, Russian-German chess player and author
• 1961 – Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – cEvin Key, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboard player, and producer
• 1961 – Henry Rollins, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1962 – Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Baby Doll, American wrestler and manager
• 1962 – Michele Greene, American actress
• 1964 – Stephen Bowen, American engineer, captain, and astronaut
• 1964 – Ylva Johansson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Employment
• 1965 – Peter O'Neill, Papua New Guinean accountant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
• 1966 – Neal McDonough, American actor and producer
• 1966 – Jeff Waters, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Freedom Williams, American rapper and singer
• 1967 – Stanimir Stoilov, Bulgarian footballer and coach
• 1968 – Kelly Hu, American actress
• 1969 – Joyce DiDonato, American soprano and actress
• 1969 – Bryan Thomas Schmidt, American science fiction author and editor^[18]
• 1970 – Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1971 – Sonia Evans, English singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1971 – Todd Williams, American baseball player
• 1972 – Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuanian discus thrower^[19]
• 1972 – Charlie Garner, American football player
• 1974 – Fonzworth Bentley, American rapper and actor
• 1974 – Robbie Williams, English singer-songwriter
• 1975 – Ben Collins, English race car driver
• 1975 – Katie Hopkins, English media personality and columnist
• 1976 – Jörg Bergmeister, German race car driver
• 1976 – Shannon Nevin, Australian rugby league player
• 1977 – Randy Moss, American football player and coach
• 1978 – Niklas Bäckström, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1978 – Philippe Jaroussky, French countertenor
• 1979 – Anders Behring Breivik, Norwegian murderer
• 1979 – Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer
• 1979 – Rachel Reeves, English economist and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions^[20]
• 1979 – Mena Suvari, American actress and fashion designer^[21]
• 1980 – Carlos Cotto, Puerto Rican-American wrestler and boxer
• 1981 – Luisão, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Even Helte Hermansen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
• 1982 – Michael Turner, American football player
• 1983 – Mike Nickeas, Canadian baseball player
• 1983 – Anna Watkins, English rower
• 1984 – Hinkelien Schreuder, Dutch swimmer
• 1985 – Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress
• 1986 – Luke Moore, English footballer
• 1986 – Aqib Talib, American football player^[22]
• 1987 – Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer
• 1988 – Ryan Goins, American baseball player
• 1988 – Eddy Pettybourne, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
• 1989 – Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 – Eliaquim Mangala, French footballer^[23]
• 1991 – Junior Roqica, Australian-Fijian rugby league player^[24]
• 1991 – Vianney, French singer
• 1994 – Memphis Depay, Dutch footballer
• 2001 – Kaapo Kakko, Finnish ice hockey player^[25]