Famous Births on 13 Aug

Famous Births on 13 Aug

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 - Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d.1977)
1913 - Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
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 - Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
1944 - Kevin Tighe, American actor
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 - Sridevi, Indian actress
1963 - John Slattery, American actor
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 - Alan Shearer, English footballer
1970 - Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
1970 - Elvis Grbac, American football player
1970 - Will Clarke, American novelist
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 - Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
1973 - Molly Henneberg, American journalist
1973 - Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
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 - Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born actor
1983 - Ľubomír Michalík, Slovakian footballer
1983 - Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
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
582 - Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)