Famous Birthdays on this Day in History

May 13

• 1024 – Hugh of Cluny, French saint (d. 1109)
• 1254 – Maria of Brabant, queen of France (d. 1321)
• 1588 – Ole Worm, Danish physician (d. 1654)
• 1638 – Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (d. 1712)
• 1655 – Pope Innocent XIII (d. 1724)
• 1699 – Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
• 1712 – Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. 1772)
• 1717 – Queen Maria Theresa of Hungary and Bohemia, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1780)
• 1730 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1782)
• 1742 – Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
• 1753 – Lazare Carnot, French general, politician, and mathematician (d. 1823)
• 1792 – Blessed Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
• 1794 – Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
• 1795 – Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
• 1822 – Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
• 1830 – Zebulon Baird Vance, three-time governor of North Carolina (d. 1894)
• 1840 – Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. 1897)
• 1842 – Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. 1900)
• 1856 – Tom O'Rourke, American boxing manager (d. 1938)
• 1857 – Ronald Ross, English physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1932)
• 1881 – Lima Barreto, Brazilian author (d. 1922)
• 1882 – Georges Braque, French painter (d. 1963)
• 1883 – Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the pap smear (d. 1962)
• 1894 – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
• 1895 – Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-born psychologist and parapsychologist (d. 1964)
• 1898 – Justin/Giustino Tuveri, Italian World War I veteran (d. 2007)
• 1904 – Louis Duffus, South African cricketer (d. 1984)
• 1907 – Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Robert Middleton, American film and television actor (d. 1977)
• 1912 – Gil Evans, Canadian musician (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
• 1913 – William R. Tolbert, Jr., President of Liberia (d. 1980)
• 1914 – Joe Louis, American boxer (d. 1981)
• 1918 – T. Balasaraswati, Indian Bharatanatyam dancer (d. 1984)
• 1920 – Gareth Morris, British flautist (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
• 1922 – Beatrice Arthur, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Otl Aicher, German graphic designer (d. 1991)
• 1923 – Red Garland, American hard bop jazz pianist (d.1984)
• 1924 – Harry Schwarz, South African anti-apartheid politician, lawyer and diplomat (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director
• 1926 – Wallace Breem, British author (d. 1990)
• 1927 – Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (d. 1958)
• 1927 – Herbert Ross, American director (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Enrique Bolaños, Nicaraguan politician
• 1928 – Édouard Molinaro, French film actor, director and screenwriter
• 1928 – Jim Shoulders, American rodeo cowboy (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Mike Gravel, American politician
• 1930 – José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish writer
• 1930 – Vernon Shaw, President of Dominica
• 1931 – Jim Jones, American businessman, and cult leader of the Peoples Temple (d. 1978)
• 1934 – Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Leon Wagner, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1935 – Dominic Cossa, American baritone
• 1937 – Trevor Baylis, English inventor
• 1937 – Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist
• 1937 – Zohra Lampert, American actress
• 1937 – Roger Zelazny, American author (d. 1995)
• 1938 – Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
• 1938 – Laurent Beaudoin, French/Canadian businessman
• 1939 – Hildrun Claus, German athlete
• 1939 – Harvey Keitel, American actor
• 1940 – Bruce Chatwin, British writer (d. 1989)
• 1941 – Senta Berger, Austrian actress
• 1941 – Joe Brown, British singer
• 1941 – Jody Conradt, American basketball coach
• 1941 – Ritchie Valens, American singer (d. 1959)
• 1942 – Roger Young, American television director
• 1943 – Kurt Trampedach, Danish artist
• 1943 – Mary Wells, American singer (d. 1992)
• 1944 – Armistead Maupin, American author
• 1945 – Sam Anderson, American actor
• 1945 – Magic Dick, American musician (The J. Geils Band)
• 1946 – Waneta Hoyt, American convicted serial killer (d. 1998)
• 1947 – Edgar Burcksen, Dutch film editor
• 1949 – Zoë Wanamaker, English/American actress
• 1950 – Danny Kirwan, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1950 – Manning Marable, American academic and author (d. 2011)
• 1950 – Bobby Valentine, American singer and musician
• 1950 – Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician
• 1951 – Sharon Sayles Belton, American politician
• 1951 – Paul Thompson, British rock drummer (Roxy Music)
• 1951 – James Whale, English radio personality
• 1952 – John Kasich, American politician and political commentator
• 1952 – Mary Walsh, Canadian comedian and actress
• 1954 – Johnny Logan, Irish singer and songwriter
• 1956 – Richard Madeley, English television presenter
• 1956 – Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Indian spiritual figure
• 1957 – Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer
• 1957 – Andrea Klump, German Red Army Faction terrorist
• 1957 – Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II, Philippine politician
• 1957 – Koji Suzuki, Japanese writer
• 1958 – Frances Barber, British actress
• 1961 – Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
• 1962 – Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
• 1962 – Paul McDermott, Australian comedian
• 1962 – Sean McDonough, American sportscaster
• 1962 – Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (d. 2003)
• 1963 – Wally Masur, Australian tennis player
• 1964 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian and actor
• 1964 – Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
• 1964 – Tom Verica, American actor
• 1965 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (d. 2006)
• 1965 – Tasmin Little, English violinist
• 1965 – Hikari Ota, Japanese comedian
• 1965 – Lari White, American country music singer
• 1966 – Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
• 1966 – Alison Goldfrapp, English musician
• 1966 – Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish)
• 1966 – Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
• 1967 – Chuck Schuldiner, American musician (Death, Control Denied) (d. 2001)
• 1967 – Melanie Thornton, American pop singer (La Bouche) (d. 2001)
• 1968 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)
• 1968 – PMD, American rapper
• 1969 – Buckethead, American musician
• 1971 – Tom Nalen, American football player
• 1972 – Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer
• 1974 – Brian Geraghty, American actor
• 1975 – Cristian Bezzi, Italian rugby player
• 1976 – Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer
• 1976 – Trajan Langdon, American basketball player
• 1977 – Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer
• 1977 – Robby Hammock, American baseball player
• 1977 – Neil Hopkins, American actor
• 1977 – Samantha Morton, English actress
• 1978 – Mike Bibby, American basketball player
• 1978 – Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
• 1978 – Steve Mildenhall, English footballer
• 1978 – Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1978 – Barry Zito, American baseball player
• 1979 – Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland of Sweden
• 1979 – Michael Madden, American musician (Maroon 5)
• 1980 – Chris Barker, American bassist (Anti-Flag)
• 1980 – Waka Inoue, Japanese gravure idol and actress
• 1980 – Mau Marcelo, Filipino singer
• 1981 – Sunny Leone, Canadian/American pornographic actress
• 1981 – Rebecka Liljeberg, Swedish actress
• 1981 – Jimmy Wang Yang, American professional wrestler
• 1982 – Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol
• 1982 – Oguchi Onyewu, American footballer
• 1983 – Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player
• 1983 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007)
• 1983 – Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
• 1984 – Benny Dayal, Indian singer
• 1985 – Jaroslav Halak, Slovak hockey player
• 1985 – Iwan Rheon, Welsh stage/television actor and singer
• 1985 – Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Giuliana Marino, German glamour model
• 1986 – Robert Pattinson, English actor, musician and model
• 1986 – Alexander Rybak, Norwegian singer
• 1986 – Scott Sutter, English footballer
• 1987 – Candice Accola, American actress/singer
• 1987 – Matt Doyle, American broadway actor/singer
• 1987 – Hunter Parrish, American actor
• 1987 – Carrie Prejean, American beauty pageant contestant
• 1988 – Casey Donovan, Australian singer
• 1993 – Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer
• 1993 – Debby Ryan, American actress