Famous Births on 13 May

Famous Births on 13 May

1024 - Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)
1254 - Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)
1588 - Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)
1638 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
1655 - Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)
1699 - Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
1707 - Carl von Linné, Swedish scientist (d. 1778)
1712 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. 1772)
1717 - Empress Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1780)
1730 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1782)
1742 - Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
1753 - Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823)
1792 - Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
1794 - Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
1795 - Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
1822 - Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
1830 - Zebulon Baird Vance, three-time governor of North Carolina (d. 1894)
1840 - Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. 1897)
1842 - Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. 1900)
1856 - Tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938)
1857 - Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1932)
1882 - Georges Braque, French painter (d. 1963)
1883 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (d. 1962)
1894 - Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
1898 - Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. 2007)
1904 - Louis Duffus, South African cricketer (d. 1984)
1907 - Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
1911 - Robert Middleton, American film and television actor (d. 1977)
1912 - Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. 1988)
1912 - Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
1913 - William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian president (d. 1980)
1913 - Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (d. 1985)
1914 - Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
1918 - T. Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer (d.1984)
1920 - Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. 2007)
1922 - Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
1922 - Beatrice Arthur, American actress
1924 - Harry Schwarz, South African MP and Ambassador to the US
1924 - Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director
1926 - Wallace Breem, British author
1927 - Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (d. 1958)
1927 - Herbert Ross, American director (d. 2001)
1928 - Jim Shoulders, Champion rodeo cowboy (d. 2007)
1928 - Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
1928 - Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter
1930 - Mike Gravel, Former Democratic Senator of Alaska and 2008 Presidential Candidate
1930 - José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish writer
1930 - Vernon Shaw, former president of Dominica
1931 - Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
1934 - Leon Wagner, baseball player (d. 2004)
1935 - Dominic Cossa, American baritone
1937 - Zohra Lampert, American actress
1937 - Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio
1937 - Roger Zelazny, American author (d. 1995)
1937 - Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist
1938 - Laurent Beaudoin, French Canadian businessman (Bombardier)
1938 - Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
1939 - Harvey Keitel, American actor
1939 - Hildrun Claus, German athlete
1940 - Bruce Chatwin, British writer (d. 1989)
1941 - Jody Conradt, American college basketball coach
1941 - Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. 1959)
1941 - Joe Brown, British singer
1941 - Senta Berger, Austrian actress
1943 - Mary Wells, American singer (d. 1992)
1944 - Armistead Maupin, American author
1945 - Sam Anderson, American actor
1945 - Magic Dick, American musician (The J. Geils Band)
1947 - Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
1949 - Zoë Wanamaker, English-American actress
1950 - Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician
1950 - Danny Kirwan, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
1950 - Bobby Valentine, Major League baseball manager
1951 - Sharon Sayles Belton, Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
1951 - Jim Douglas, American politician, governor of Vermont
1951 - Paul Thompson, British rock drummer (Roxy Music)
1952 - John Kasich, U.S. Republican Congressman
1954 - Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter
1956 - Richard Madeley, Television presenter
1956 - Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Founder of the Art of Living Foundation
1957 - Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer
1957 - Koji Suzuki, Japanese writer (Ring, Dark Water)
1957 - Andrea Klump, German terrorist
1961 - Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
1962 - Paul McDermott, Australian comedian
1962 - Sean McDonough, American sports newscaster
1962 - Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
1962 - Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (d. 2003)
1963 - Wally Masur, Australian former tennis player
1964 - Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor
1964 - Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
1964 - Tom Verica, American actor
1965 - Lari White, American country music singer
1965 - Tasmin Little, English violinist
1965 - Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian
1965 - José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (d. 2006)
1966 - Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
1966 - Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
1966 - Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
1967 - Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (d. 2001)
1967 - Melanie Thornton, African American German pop singer, former member of La Bouche. (d. 2001)
1968 - PMD, American rapper
1968 - Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)
1968 - Buckethead, Guitarist
1968 - Alison Goldfrapp, English musician
1969 - André Schmechta, German musician (X Marks the Pedwalk)
1971 - Tom Nalen, American football player
1972 - Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer
1974 - Tim McMahon, American hardcore singer (Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Triple Threat)
1974 - Brian Geraghty, American actor
1976 - Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer
1977 - Robby Hammock, baseball player
1977 - Samantha Morton, English actress
1977 - Neil Hopkins, American actor
1977 - Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer
1978 - Mike Bibby, American basketball player
1978 - Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
1978 - Barry Zito, American baseball player
1978 - Steve Mildenhall, English football player
1978 - Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
1979 - Michael Madden, American musician (Maroon 5)
1979 - Prince Carl Philip of Sweden
1980 - Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress
1980 - Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer
1981 - Jimmy Yang, American wrestler
1981 - Sunny Leone, Canadian model
1981 - Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
1982 - Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol
1982 - Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
1983 - Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
1983 - Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007)
1983 - Casey Donovan, Australian singer
1984 - Caitlin Murphy, Australian actress and Model
1985 - Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Giuliana Marino, Playboy Playmate of the Year, Germany 2005
1986 - Robert Pattinson, English actor
1986 - Scott Sutter, Swiss footballer
1987 - Hunter Parrish, American actor