August 13 - Births

Births

• 582 – Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
• 1311 – King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
• 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 – Maria Carolina of Austria, Austrian-born queen consort of Naples and of the Two Sicilies, wife of King Ferdinand I 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, German-born queen consort of the United Kingdom, wife of King 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 Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
• 1841 – Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
• 1851 – Felix Adler, German-born American educator (d. 1933)
• 1860 – Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter (d. 1926)
• 1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist, founder of Fiat (d. 1945)
• 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1942)
• 1879 – John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962)
• 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer (d. 1957)
• 1887 – Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
• 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)
• 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
• 1890 – Ellen Osiier, Danish 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, American advertiser, co-founder of Dyle, Dane, and Bernbach (now DDB) (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-born American microbiologist, Nobel 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 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
• 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor
• 1930 – Don Ho, American vocalist and pianist (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 1933 – 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 – Bill Musselman, American basketball head coach (d. 2000)
• 1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
• 1943 – Michael Willetts, English George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
• 1944 – Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
• 1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor
• 1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
• 1945 – Robin Jackman, England cricketer
• 1947 – Fred Stanley, American baseball player
• 1947 – John Stocker, Canadian voice actor
• 1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
• 1948 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano
• 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
• 1949 – Jim Brunzell, American professional wrestler
• 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Hughie Thomasson, American guitarist (Outlaws, Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)
• 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
• 1955 – Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
• 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
• 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English film director
• 1958 – David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer
• 1958 – Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish vocalist (The Undertones)
• 1958 – Randall Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
• 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor
• 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
• 1959 – Bruce French, England cricketer
• 1960 – Phil Taylor, English darts player
• 1960 – Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
• 1961 – Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player
• 1961 – Dawnn Lewis, American actress
• 1961 – Neil Mallender, England cricketer
• 1961 – Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
• 1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist
• 1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer
• 1962 – Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer
• 1962 – John Slattery, American actor
• 1963 – Sridevi, Indian actress
• 1964 – Jay Buhner, American baseball player
• 1964 – Hank Cheyne, American actor
• 1964 – Debi Mazar, American actress
• 1965 – Mark Lemke, American baseball player
• 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
• 1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Sean Hood, American screenwriter
• 1967 – Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
• 1967 – Quinn Cummings, American actress
• 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 racing driver
• 1971 – Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born American actor
• 1972 – Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
• 1972 – John Safran, Australian television presenter
• 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
• 1974 – Sam Endicott, American singer (The Bravery)
• 1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1975 – James Carpinello, American actor
• 1975 – Joe Perry, English snooker player
• 1975 – Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Jody Thompson, Canadian actress
• 1977 – Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
• 1979 – Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 – Corey Patterson, American baseball player
• 1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
• 1980 – Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater
• 1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
• 1983 – Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
• 1983 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born American actor
• 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
• 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player
• 1984 – James Morrison, British singer
• 1985 – Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach
• 1985 – Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
• 2000 – Piper Reese, American child reporter