June 13 - Births

Births

• 823 – Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (d. 877)
• 1584 – Miyamoto Musashi, Legendary Samurai warrior, artist, and author of The Book of Five Rings (d. 1645)
• 1595 – Jan Marek Marci, Bohemian doctor and scientist (d. 1667)
• 1649 – Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
• 1752 – Fanny Burney, English novelist and diarist (d. 1840)
• 1763 – José Bonifácio de Andrade e Silva, Brazilian statesman (d. 1838)
• 1773 – Thomas Young, English scientist (d. 1829)
• 1775 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish politician (d. 1833)
• 1786 – Winfield Scott, U.S. general (d. 1866)
• 1809 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German painter, author of Struwwelpeter (d. 1894)
• 1822 – Carl Schmidt, German chemist (d. 1884)
• 1827 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
• 1831 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (d. 1879)
• 1864 – Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist (d. 1922)
• 1864 – Dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (d. 1939)
• 1863 – Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (d. 1935)
• 1865 – William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
• 1870 – Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
• 1876 – William Sealey Gosset, English chemist, statistician (d. 1937)
• 1884 – Anton Drexler, German political figure (d. 1942)
• 1884 – Gerald Gardner, British occultist (d. 1964)
• 1884 – Étienne Gilson, French philosopher (d. 1978)
• 1885 – Henry George Lamond, Australian novelist (d. 1969)
• 1887 – Bruno Frank, German author (d. 1945)
• 1888 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet (d. 1935)
• 1892 – Basil Rathbone, English actor (d. 1967)
• 1893 – Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (d. 1957)
• 1894 – Dr. Leo Kanner, Austrian-American physician (d. 1981)
• 1894 – Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer (d. 1986)
• 1897 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (d. 1978)
• 1901 – Tage Erlander, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1985)
• 1903 – Red Grange, American football player (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer (d. 1945)
• 1906 – Bruno de Finetti, Italian mathematician (d. 1985)
• 1909 – E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian politician (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Mary Whitehouse, British campaigner (d. 2001)
• 1910 – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Galician writer (d. 1999)
• 1910 – Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
• 1911 – Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German-born physicist (d. 1977)
• 1912 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet (d. 1943)
• 1915 – Don Budge, American tennis player (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Teddy Turner, comedian (d. 1992)
• 1918 – Ben Johnson, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Helmut Lent, German night fighter pilot (d. 1944)
• 1920 – Rolf Huisgen, German chemist
• 1922 – Etienne Leroux, Afrikaans author, (d. 1989)
• 1924 – Percy Rodriguez, Canadian actor (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Paul Lynde, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1928 – John Forbes Nash, American mathematician, Nobel laureate
• 1929 – Alan Civil, English French horn player (d. 1989)
• 1929 – Robert W. Scott, American politician, governor of North Carolina (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist
• 1931 – Nora Kovach, Hungarian-born American ballerina (d. 2009)
• 1933 – Tom King, British politician
• 1935 – Christo, Bulgarian artist
• 1935 – Jeanne-Claude, French artist (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Samak Sundaravej, Thai 25th Prime Minister (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Michael H. Jordan, American businessman and Chief Executive Officer (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Erich Ribbeck, German football player/manager
• 1939 – Tom Cheek, American baseball broadcaster (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Bobby Freeman, American soul singer
• 1941 – Esther Ofarim, Israeli singer
• 1941 – Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player
• 1943 – Malcolm McDowell, English actor
• 1943 – Jim Guy Tucker, American politician, governor of Arkansas
• 1944 – Ban Ki-moon, South Korean United Nations Secretary-General
• 1945 – Whitley Strieber, American author
• 1947 – A. G. Lafley, American executive director
• 1948 – Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 2001)
• 1948 – Joe Roth, American executive, producer and film director
• 1949 – Dennis Locorriere, American singer and guitarist (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
• 1949 – Ulla Schmidt, German politician
• 1950 – Belinda Bauer, Australian actress
• 1950 – Michael Stark, Australian actor
• 1950 – Gerd Zewe, German footballer
• 1951 – Richard Thomas, American actor
• 1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor
• 1951 – Robert P. Young, Jr., Michigan Supreme Court justice
• 1952 – Tony Bruno, American talkshow host
• 1952 – Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian politician and former judoka
• 1953 – Tim Allen, American comedian and actor
• 1954 – Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician
• 1954 – Rita Cadillac, Brazilian dancer
• 1955 – Leah Ward Sears, Chief Justice Georgia Supreme Court
• 1955 – Alan Hansen, Scottish football pundit
• 1959 – Boyko Borisov, Bulgarian politician
• 1959 – Steve Georganas, Australian politician
• 1959 – Lance Kinsey, Canadian actor
• 1961 – Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
• 1962 – Ally Sheedy, American actress
• 1962 – Glenn Michibata, Canadian professional tennis player
• 1962 – Davey Hamilton, American racing driver
• 1962 – Hannah Storm, American television personality
• 1963 – Bettina Bunge, German tennis player
• 1963 – Paul De Lisle, American musician (Smash Mouth)
• 1963 – Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish tennis player
• 1964 – Kathy Burke, English actress
• 1964 – Sarunas Marciulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1964 – Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian composer
• 1965 – Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca
• 1965 – Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer
• 1965 – Lukas Ligeti, Austrian composer and drummer
• 1965 – Lisa Vidal, American actress
• 1966 – Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician
• 1966 – Naoki Hattori, Japanese racing driver
• 1967 – Taşkın Aksoy, Turkish footballer
• 1968 – David Gray, British musician
• 1968 – Denise Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
• 1968 – Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
• 1968 – Spike Breakwell, British comedian
• 1968 – Marcel Theroux, British writer and broadcaster
• 1969 – Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian athlete
• 1969 – Søren Nystrøm Rasted
• 1970 – Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer
• 1970 – Rivers Cuomo, American musician (Weezer)
• 1970 – Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1972 – Natalie MacMaster, Canadian musician
• 1973 – Sam Adams, American football player
• 1973 – Mattias Hellberg, Swedish musician (The Hellacopters)
• 1973 – Ville Laihiala, Finnish musician (Sentenced, Poisonblack)
• 1973 – Kasia Kowalska, Polish pop rock singer
• 1973 – Leeann Tweeden, American model and television presenter
• 1974 – Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer
• 1974 – Brande Roderick, American actress
• 1974 – Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor
• 1974 – Valeri Bure, Russian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Steve-O, American stunt performer and television personality
• 1975 – Ante Covic, Australian footballer
• 1975 – Johannes Grenzfurthner, Austrian artist, writer, curator and director
• 1975 – Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer
• 1975 – Jennifer Nicole Lee, American model
• 1976 – Kym Marsh, English singer, actress and T.V. presenter
• 1976 – Jason 'J' Brown, English Singer
• 1978 – Ethan Embry, American actor
• 1978 – Mathis Künzler, Swiss actor
• 1978 – Jason Michael Carroll, country musician
• 1978 – Mikako Ichikawa, Japanese actress and model
• 1979 – Nila Håkedal, Norwegian beach volleyball player
• 1980 – Darius Vassell, English footballer
• 1980 – Florent Malouda, French footballer
• 1980 – Jamario Moon, American basketball player
• 1980 – Markus Winkelhock, German racing driver
• 1980 – Sarah Connor, German singer
• 1981 – Chris Evans, American actor
• 1982 – Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian athlete
• 1983 – Matt Allison, British racing driver
• 1983 – Jason Spezza, Canadian hockey player
• 1983 – Ryan Conferido, American dancer
• 1984 – Nery Castillo, Mexican-Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 – Danny Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese racing driver
• 1986 – Kat Dennings, American actress
• 1986 – Ashley Olsen, American actress
• 1986 – Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress
• 1986 – Keisuke Honda, Japanese footballer
• 1989 – Lisa Tucker, American singer
• 1989 – Tommy Searle, professional motocross racer