Famous Births on 13 Jan

Famous Births on 13 Jan

1334 - King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
1505 - Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
1562 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
1596 - Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
1610 - Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
1616 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
1635 - Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
1651 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
1683 - Christoph Graupner, German composer (d. 1760)
1720 - Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
1749 - Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)
1777 - Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1820)
1787 - John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
1804 - Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)
1805 - Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
1808 - Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
1812 - Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
1832 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899)
1845 - Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer (d. 1896)
1858 - Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)
1859 - Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)
1861 - Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
1864 - Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1865 - Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
1866 - Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
1869 - Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1931)
1870 - Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (d.1959)
1878 - Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967)
1881 - Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist (d. 1961)
1884 - Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966)
1885 - Alfred Fuller, Canadian businessman, The "Fuller Brush Man" (d. 1973)
1886 - Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
1887 - George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)
1890 - Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1945)
1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
1893 - Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
1898 - Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d. 1944)
1898 - Carlo Tagliabue, Italian baritone (d. 1978)
1899 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
1901 - A. B. Guthrie, American novelist, historian (d. 1991)
1901 - Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978)
1904 - Richard Addinsell, British composer (Warsaw Concerto) (d. 1977)
1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934)
1910 - Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter (d. 1989)
1911 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
1913 - Jeff Morrow, American actor (d. 1993)
1914 - Lord Ted Willis, British television dramatist (d. 1992)
1919 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
1921 - Dachine Rainer, British writer (d. 2000)
1922 - Albert Lamorisse, French film director and producer (d. 1970)
1923 - Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
1924 - Roland Petit, French choreographer
1924 - Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
1925 - Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
1926 - Michael Bond, British writer
1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)
1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
1927 - Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
1929 - Joe Pass, U.S. jazz guitarist (d. 1994)
1930 - Liz Anderson, American singer
1930 - Frances Sternhagen, American actress
1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)
1931 - Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor
1935 - Mauro Forghieri, Italian automotive & mechanical engineer (Scuderia Ferrari)
1935 - Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress
1936 - Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone
1938 - William B. Davis, Canadian actor
1938 - Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
1939 - Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
1939 - Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer
1940 - Edmund White, American author
1941 - Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician
1943 - Carol Cleveland, English actress
1943 - Richard Moll, American actor
1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
1947 - Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków
1947 - Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
1949 - Rakesh Sharma, first Indian and 138th man to visit space
1950 - Bob Forsch, American baseball player
1950 - John McNaughton, American film director
1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
1955 - Paul Kelly, Australian singer
1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer
1957 - Mark O'Meara, Major winning American Golfer
1957 - Lorrie Moore, American writer
1959 - James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth)
1960 - Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
1961 - Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips)
1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
1961 - Graham McPherson, English singer
1962 - Kevin Mitchell American baseball player
1962 - Paul Higgins, Canadian hockey player
1962 - Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1963 - Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
1964 - Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer
1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor
1967 - Annie Jones, Australian actress
1967 - George Paterson, Scottish singer/songwriter DMP
1968 - Chara, Japanese singer and actress
1968 - Mike Whitlow, English footballer
1968 - Traci Bingham, American actress
1969 - Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
1969 - Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
1970 - Keith Coogan, American actor
1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
1970 - Shonda Rhimes, American screenwriter/creator Grey's Anatomy
1971 - John Mallory Asher, American film actor/director
1972 - Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
1972 - Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor
1972 - Nicole Eggert, American actress
1972 - Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer
1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player
1973 - Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actor
1974 - Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player
1976 - Michael Peña, American actor
1976 - Tania Vicent, Canadian short track speed skater
1977 - James Posey, American basketball player
1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor
1979 - Jill Wagner, American Actor
1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
1980 - Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
1980 - Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
1980 - Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
1981 - Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
1981 - Jason James, Welsh musician (Bullet for My Valentine)
1981 - Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor
1981 - Reggie Brown, American football player
1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
1983 - Julian Morris, English actor
1983 - William Hung, American Idol contestant
1983 - Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
1986 - Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
1989 - Bryan Arguez, American soccer player
1989 - Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer