August 13 :: Historical Births Today

Famous Births

• 582 - Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)


• 1311 - King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)


• 1313 - Aradia de Toscano, Italian insurrectionist, teacher, and witch


• 1584 - Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)


• 1625 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)


• 1662 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)


• 1666 - William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)


• 1700 - Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)


• 1717 - Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)


• 1752 - Marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)


• 1764 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)


• 1790 - William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)


• 1792 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)


• 1803 - Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)


• 1814 - Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)


• 1818 - Lucy Stone, American suffragette (d. 1893)


• 1819 - George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (d. 1903)


• 1820 - Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)


• 1823 - Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910)


• 1851 - Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. 1933)


• 1860 - Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)


• 1866 - Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. 1945)


• 1872 - Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)


• 1879 - John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962)


• 1887 - Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)


• 1888 - John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)


• 1888 - Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)


• 1889 - Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)


• 1890 - Ellen Osiier, Danish Olympic champion fencer (d. 1962)


• 1895 - Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)


• 1899 - Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)


• 1902 - Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988)


• 1904 - Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)


• 1907 - Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)


• 1908 - Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)


• 1911 - William Bernbach, Famous Advertiser (d. 1982)


• 1912 - Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)


• 1912 - Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1991)


• 1913 - Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)


• 1913 - Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d.1977)


• 1914 - Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)


• 1917 - Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)


• 1918 - Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate


• 1919 - Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (d. 2007)


• 1919 - Sir George Shearing, British jazz pianist


• 1920 - Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)


• 1926 - Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician


• 1930 - Don Ho, American musician (d. 2007)


• 1930 - Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)


• 1930 - Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)


• 1933 - Doctor Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States


• 1935 - Mudcat Grant, American baseball player


• 1935 - Rod Hull, British television entertainer (d. 1999)


• 1938 - Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pop keyboardist


• 1940 - Tony Cloninger, American baseball player


• 1941 - Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)


• 1944 - Kevin Tighe, American actor


• 1944 - Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver


• 1945 - Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician


• 1947 - Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician


• 1948 - Kathleen Battle, American soprano


• 1949 - Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1951 - Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (d. 2007)


• 1952 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004)


• 1954 - Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)


• 1955 - Paul Greengrass, English film director


• 1955 - Keith Ahlers, British racing driver


• 1955 - Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver


• 1958 - Fergal Sharkey, musician


• 1958 - Sgt. First Class Randall Shughart, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)


• 1959 - Danny Bonaduce, American actor


• 1959 - Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player


• 1960 - Phil "The Power" Taylor, English darts player


• 1960 - Koji Kondo, Japanese composer


• 1961 - Dawnn Lewis, American actress


• 1961 - Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster


• 1961 - Tom Perrotta, American novelist


• 1963 - John Slattery, American actor


• 1963 - Sridevi, Indian actress


• 1964 - Jay Buhner, American baseball player


• 1964 - Hank Cheyne, American actor


• 1965 - Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer


• 1966 - Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1967 - Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer


• 1969 - Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater


• 1970 - Will Clarke, American novelist


• 1970 - Elvis Grbac, American football player


• 1970 - Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler


• 1970 - Alan Shearer, English footballer


• 1971 - Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor


• 1971 - Patrick Carpentier, Quebec race car driver


• 1971 - Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born actor


• 1972 - Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)


• 1973 - Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress


• 1973 - Molly Henneberg, American journalist


• 1973 - Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)


• 1974 - Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player


• 1975 - Joe Perry, English snooker player


• 1975 - Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player


• 1975 - Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer


• 1977 - Michael Klim, Australian swimmer


• 1978 - Benjani Mwaruwari, Zimbabwean footballer


• 1979 - Román Colón, Dominican baseball player


• 1979 - Corey Patterson, American baseball player


• 1979 - Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician


• 1982 - Shani Davis, American speed skater


• 1983 - Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player


• 1983 - Ľubomír Michalík, Slovakian footballer


• 1983 - Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born actor


• 1984 - Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer


• 1984 - Heath Pearce, American soccer player


• 1984 - Boone Logan, American baseball player


• 1984 - Baby Blue, American rapper (Pretty Ricky)


• 1986 - Joseph Lapira, American soccer player


• 1992 - Katharine Close, Scripps National Spelling Bee champion