March 13 - Births

Births

• 1372 – Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)
• 1615 – Pope Innocent XII (d. 1700)
• 1683 – John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744)
• 1700 – Michel Blavet, French flutist (d. 1768)
• 1719 – John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (d. 1797)
• 1720 – Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793)
• 1733 – Joseph Priestley, English scientist and minister (d. 1804)
• 1741 – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1790)
• 1753 – Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, great heiress and wife of Philippe Égalité (d. 1821)
• 1763 – Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, French marshal (d. 1815)
• 1764 – Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)
• 1770 – Daniel Lambert, Englishman famous for his obesity (d. 1809)
• 1777 – Charles Lot Church, Nova Scotia politician (d. 1864)
• 1781 – Karl Friedrich Schinkel, German architect (d. 1841)
• 1782 – Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish nobility (d.1863)
• 1798 – Abigail Fillmore, First Lady of the United States (d. 1853)
• 1815 – James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (d. 1911)
• 1825 – Hans Gude, Norwegian romanticist landscape painter (d. 1903)
• 1855 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer (d. 1916)
• 1855 – B. H. Roberts, Mormon leader, historian, and politician (d. 1933)
• 1860 – Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (d. 1903)
• 1864 – Alexej von Jawlensky, Russian painter (d. 1941)
• 1870 – Albert Meyer, member of the Swiss Federal Council in the 1930s (d. 1953)
• 1883 – Enrico Toselli, Italian (Florentine) composer and pianist(d. 1926)
• 1884 – Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist (d. 1941)
• 1886 – Home Run Baker, Hall of Fame third baseman (d.1963)
• 1890 – Fritz Busch, German conductor (d. 1951)
• 1897 – Dan Gordon, American animator (d. 1969)
• 1898 – Henry Hathaway, American film director and producer (d. 1985)
• 1899 – John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Jan Lechoń, Polish poet (d. 1956)
• 1900 – Béla Guttman, Hungarian footballer (d. 1981)
• 1900 – Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
• 1907 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. 1986)
• 1908 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
• 1910 – Sammy Kaye, American musician (d. 1987)
• 1911 – L. Ron Hubbard, American science fiction author and founder of Scientology (d. 1986)
• 1913 – William Casey, American CIA director (d. 1987)
• 1913 – Lambros Konstantaras, Greek actor (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Sergey Mikhalkov, Russian writer (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Edward O'Hare, American pilot (d. 1943)
• 1914 – W.O. Mitchell, Canadian writer (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Al Jaffee, American cartoonist
• 1923 – William F. Bolger, 65th Postmaster General of the United States (d. 1989)
• 1923 – Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek military officer who was involved in the Greek military junta
• 1925 – Roy Haynes, American jazz drummer
• 1926 – Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Robert Denning, American interior designer (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Peter Breck, American actor
• 1929 – Joseph Mascolo, American actor
• 1930 – Jan Howard, American singer
• 1933 – Mike Stoller, American songwriter
• 1934 – Barry Hughart, American author
• 1935 – Leslie Parrish, American actress
• 1935 – Michael Walzer, American philosopher
• 1936 – Nana Meskhidze, Georgian artist-painter (d. 1997)
• 1938 – Erma Franklin, American singer (d. 2002)
• 1938 – Tochinoumi Teruyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 49^th Yokozuna
• 1939 – Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter
• 1941 – Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian prominent poet and writer of prose (d. 2008)
• 1941 – Donella Meadows, American scientist (d. 2001)
• 1942 – Dave Cutler, American software engineer
• 1942 – Geoffrey Hayes, English television presenter and actor
• 1942 – Scatman John, (real name John Larkin) American singer (d. 1999)
• 1943 – André Téchiné, French film director and screenwriter
• 1945 – Anatoly Timofeevich Fomenko, Russian mathematician
• 1946 – Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli soldier (d. 1976)
• 1947 – Beat Richner, Swiss physician and cellist
• 1948 – Robert S. Woods, American actor
• 1949 – Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese racing driver (d. 1974)
• 1949 – Julia Migenes, American soprano
• 1950 – Charles Krauthammer, American political commentator
• 1950 – William H. Macy, American actor
• 1951 – Fred Berry, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1952 – Wolfgang Rihm, German composer
• 1953 – Deborah Raffin, American actress
• 1955 – Bruno Conti, Italian footballer
• 1955 – Glenne Headly, American actress
• 1956 – Dana Delany, American actress
• 1957 – John Hoeven, American politician, 31st governor and senator-elect from North Dakota
• 1957 – Steve Lake, American baseball player
• 1958 – Linda Robson, English actress
• 1959 – Kathy Hilton, socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nicky Hilton and Paris Hilton
• 1960 – Yuri Andrukhovych, Ukrainian writer, poet and political essayist
• 1960 – Adam Clayton, Irish bassist (U2)
• 1960 – Joe Ranft, American animator (d. 2005)
• 1963 – Fito Páez, Argentine musician and songwriter
• 1964 – Will Clark, American baseball player
• 1964 – João Gordo, American musician (Ratos de Porão)
• 1967 – Andrés Escobar, Colombian footballer (d. 1994)
• 1968 – Akira Nogami, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1970 – Tim Story, American film director
• 1971 – Annabeth Gish, American actress
• 1971 – Robert Lanham, American author and satirist
• 1972 – Common, American rapper
• 1973 – Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
• 1973 – David Draiman, American musician and songwriter (Disturbed)
• 1973 – Bobby Jackson, American basketballer
• 1974 – Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player
• 1974 – Vampeta, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – James Dewees, American musician
• 1976 – Troy Hudson, American basketball player
• 1976 – Danny Masterson, American actor
• 1977 – Momo Sylla, Guinean footballer
• 1977 – Kay Tse, Hong Kong singer
• 1978 – Tom Danielson, American cyclist
• 1978 – Kenny Watson, American football player
• 1979 – Johan Santana, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1979 – Spanky G, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
• 1979 – Cedric Van Branteghem, Belgian athlete
• 1980 – Caron Butler, American basketballer
• 1980 – Molly Stanton, American actress
• 1981 – Stephen Maguire, Scottish snooker player
• 1981 – April Matson, American actress and singer
• 1982 – Jeremy Curl, British explorer
• 1982 – Nicole Ohlde, WNBA basketball player
• 1982 – Adam Thomson, New Zealand All Black rugby player
• 1983 – Kaitlin Sandeno, American swimmer
• 1984 – Rachael Bella, actress
• 1984 – Pieter Custers, Dutch athlete
• 1984 – Steve Darcis, Belgian tennis player
• 1984 – Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
• 1984 – Yuuka Nanri, Japanese seiyū
• 1984 – Marc Zwiebler, German badminton player
• 1985 – Emile Hirsch, American actor
• 1985 – Austin Scott, American football player
• 1985 – Alcides, Brazilian football player
• 1986 – Chiaki Kyan, Japanese gravure idol
• 1987 – Marco Andretti, American racecar driver (grandson of Mario Andretti, son of Michael Andretti)
• 1989 – Holger Badstuber, German footballer
• 1989 – Harry Melling, British actor
• 1999 – Wiktoria Gąsiewska, Polish actress