April 13 - Births

Births

• 70 BC –Gaius Maecenas, Roman politician {d. 8 BC}
• 1506 – Peter Faber, French theologian (d. 1546)
• 1519 – Catherine de' Medici, wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)
• 1570 – Guy Fawkes, English conspirator, planned the failed Gunpowder Plot (d. 1606)
• 1573 – Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1625)
• 1593 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. 1641)
• 1618 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (d. 1693)
• 1648 – Jeanne Guyon, French mystic (d. 1717)
• 1713 – Pierre Jélyotte, French operatic tenor (d. 1797)
• 1715 – John Hanson, American politician, 9th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1783)
• 1729 – Thomas Percy, Bishop and magazine editor (d. 1811)
• 1732 – Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
• 1735 – Isaac Low, American merchan, founder and the first president of the New York Chamber of Commerce (d. 1791)
• 1743 – Thomas Jefferson, American politician, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)
• 1747 – Louis Philip II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1793)
• 1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, English musician and composer (d. 1830)
• 1764 – Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (d. 1830)
• 1769 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)
• 1771 – Richard Trevithick, English engineer and inventor (d. 1833)
• 1780 – Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer (d. 1868)
• 1784 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1877)
• 1787 – John Robertson, American politician (d. 1873)
• 1802 – Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (d. 1884)
• 1808 – Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (d. 1889)
• 1824 – William Alexander, Irish bishop (d. 1911)
• 1825 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868)
• 1828 – Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English theologian and Bishop (d. 1889)
• 1832 – Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (d. 1889)
• 1841 – Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (d. 1905)
• 1850 – Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British astronomer (d. 1917)
• 1851 – Robert Abbe, American surgeon (d. 1928)
• 1852 – F.W. Woolworth, American businessman, founder of the F.W. Woolworth Company (d. 1919)
• 1860 – James Ensor, Belgian painter (d. 1949)
• 1866 – Butch Cassidy, American outlaw (d. 1908)
• 1872 – Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer (d. 1945)
• 1873 – John W. Davis, American politician (d. 1955)
• 1875 – Ray Lyman Wilbur, American politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior and 3rd President of Stanford University (d. 1949)
• 1879 – Edward Bruce, American lawyer and entrepreneur (d. 1943)
• 1880 – Charles Christie, Canadian movie studio owner (d. 1955)
• 1885 – Georg Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic (d. 1971)
• 1885 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player (d. 1964)
• 1887 – Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and President of the Canadian Medical Association (d. 1995)
• 1887 – Peter Ratican, American soccer player (d. 1922)
• 1889 – Herbert Osborne Yardley, American cryptographer (d. 1958)
• 1890 – Frank Murphy, American politician, 35th Governor of Michigan, 56th United States Attorney General and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1949)
• 1890 – Dadasaheb Torne, Indian filmmaker, released first film in India (d. 1960)
• 1891 – Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1921)
• 1891 – Nella Larsen, African-American novelist (d. 1964)
• 1891 – Robert Scholl, German politician, father of Hans and Sophie Scholl (d. 1973)
• 1892 – Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, British Air Force commander (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish inventor, invented the Radar (d. 1973)
• 1894 – Arthur Fadden, Australian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973)
• 1897 – Werner Voss, German pilot (d. 1917)
• 1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and invented Scrabble (d. 1993)
• 1900 – Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976)
• 1901 – Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and semanticist (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Philippe de Rothschild, French race car driver and wine grower (d. 1988)
• 1902 – Marguerite Henry, American author (d. 1997)
• 1904 – David Robinson, British entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 1987)
• 1906 – Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1989)
• 1906 – Bud Freeman, American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Harold Stassen, American politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2001)
• 1909 – Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, Polish mathematician (d. 1984)
• 1909 – Eudora Welty, American writer (d. 2001)
• 1911 – Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer (d. 1946)
• 1911 – Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 1994)
• 1913 – Kermit Tyler, American air force officer (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner, American actress, journalist, and publisher (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Roland Gaucher, French journalist (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Howard Keel, American actor and singer (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist, founder of the organization American Atheists (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)
• 1920 – Claude Cheysson, French politician
• 1920 – Liam Cosgrave, Irish politician
• 1920 – John LaPorta, American jazz musician (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Heinz Baas, German footballer (d. 1994)
• 1922 – John Braine, English novelist (d. 1986)
• 1922 – Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian president (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Don Adams, American actor and comedian (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Jack Chick, American evangelist
• 1924 – Stanley Donen, American director
• 1926 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough
• 1926 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (d. 1983)
• 1927 – Maurice Ronet, French actor (d. 1983)
• 1928 – Alan Clark, English politician (d. 1999)
• 1931 – Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1931 – Dan Gurney, American race car driver
• 1931 – Arturo Rodenak, Argentinian-Chilean footballer (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Jon Stone, American writer and producer, co-creator of Sesame Street (d. 1997)
• 1932 – Orlando Letelier, Chilean politician (d. 1976)
• 1933 – Ben Nighthorse Campbell, American politician
• 1935 – Lyle Waggoner, American actor
• 1936 – Pierre Rosenberg, French historian
• 1937 – Edward Fox, English actor
• 1937 – Lanford Wilson, American playwright (d. 2011)
• 1939 – Seamus Heaney, Irish writer, Nobel laureate
• 1939 – Paul Sorvino, American actor
• 1940 – Mike Beuttler, British race car driver (d. 1988)
• 1940 – Vladimir Cosma, Romanian composer
• 1940 – J.M.G. Le Clézio, French novelist, Nobel laureate.
• 1940 – Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
• 1940 – Max Mosley, British race car driver and engineer
• 1941 – Jean-Marc Reiser, French artist and writer (d. 1983)
• 1941 – Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist, Nobel laureate
• 1942 – Ataol Behramoglu Turkish poet and writer
• 1942 – Bill Conti, American composer
• 1943 – Billy Kidd, American skier
• 1944 – Charles Burnett, American director
• 1944 – Jack Casady, American musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, and Jefferson Starship)
• 1944 – Susan Davis, American politician
• 1944 – Brian Pendleton, English musician (The Pretty Things) (d. 2001)
• 1945 – Tony Dow, American actor
• 1945 – Lowell George, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Little Feat and Mothers of Invention) (d. 1979)
• 1945 – Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. 1970)
• 1945 – Judy Nunn, Australian actress
• 1945 – Charles Robinson, American actor
• 1946 – Al Green, American singer and pastor
• 1947 – Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer and minister
• 1948 – Sue Doughty, British politician
• 1948 – Nam Hae-il, Korean chief of Naval Operations of Republic of Korea Navy
• 1948 – Drago Jančar, Slovenian writer
• 1949 – Frank Doran, Scottish politician
• 1949 – Christopher Hitchens, English journalist, critic, and author (d. 2011)
• 1949 – Ricardo Zunino, Argentine race car driver
• 1950 – Terry Lester, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1950 – Ron Perlman, American actor
• 1950 – William Sadler, American actor
• 1951 – Peabo Bryson, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 – Peter Davison, English actor
• 1951 – Joachim Streich, German footballer
• 1951 – Max Weinberg, American drummer (E Street Band)
• 1952 – Ron Dittemore, American space administrator
• 1952 – David Drew, British politician
• 1952 – Erick Avari, British-Indian actor
• 1953 – Stephen Byers, British politician
• 1953 – Dany Laferrière, Canadian novelist
• 1954 – Jimmy Destri, American musician and songwriter (Blondie)
• 1954 – Niels "Noller" Olsen, Danish singer (Olsen Brothers)
• 1954 – Barbara Roche, British politician
• 1955 – Ole von Beust, German politician, 1st Mayor of Hamburg
• 1955 – Steve Camp, American singer and musician
• 1955 – Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer
• 1956 – Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2003)
• 1957 – Amy Goodman, American activist
• 1957 – Gary Kroeger, American actor
• 1957 – Dallas Moir, Scottish cricketer
• 1957 – Saundra Santiago, American actress
• 1960 – Bob Casey, Jr., American senator
• 1960 – Olaf Ludwig, German cyclist
• 1960 – Rudi Völler, German football manager
• 1961 – Hiro Yamamoto, American bassist (Soundgarden and Truly)
• 1962 – Dave Miley, former baseball player and manager
• 1962 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers and What Is This?) (d. 1988)
• 1963 – Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player
• 1964 – Davis Love III, American golfer
• 1964 – Caroline Rhea, Canadian actress
• 1965 – Patricio Pouchulu, Argentine architect
• 1966 – Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian football player
• 1966 – Mando, Greek singer
• 1966 – Marc Ford, American guitarist (The Black Crowes and Burning Tree)
• 1967 – Dana Barros, American basketball player
• 1967 – Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer (Chantelle)
• 1969 – Dirk Muschiol, German footballer
• 1970 – Monty Brown, American wrestler
• 1970 – Gerry Creaney, Scottish footballer
• 1970 – Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast
• 1970 – Ricardo Rincon, Mexican baseball player
• 1970 – Rick Schroder, American actor
• 1971 – Dina Korzun, Russian actress
• 1971 – Bo Outlaw, American basketball player
• 1971 – Valensia, Dutch singer, musician, composer, and producer
• 1972 – Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish hockey player
• 1972 – Aaron Lewis, American singer and guitarist (Staind)
• 1973 – Bokeem Woodbine, American actor
• 1974 – Sergei Gonchar, Russian hockey player
• 1974 – David Schurmann, Brazilian director
• 1974 – Darren Turner, British race car driver
• 1974 – David Zdrilić, Australian footballar
• 1975 – Jasey-Jay Anderson, Canadian snowboarder
• 1975 – Lou Bega, German singer
• 1975 – Bruce Dyer, English footballer
• 1975 – David Philip Hefti, Swiss composer and conductor
• 1976 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1976 – Valentina Cervi, Italian actress
• 1976 – Patrik Eliáš, Czech hockey player
• 1976 – Glenn Howerton, American actor
• 1976 – Yu Ji-tae, South Korean actor
• 1977 – Jeff Stearns, American actor
• 1978 – Arron Asham, Canadian hockey player
• 1978 – Nick Garrett, English singer (The Swingle Singers and Amici Forever)
• 1978 – Kyle Howard, American actor
• 1978 – James Jordan, English dancer
• 1978 – Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Chris Sligh, American singer, songwriter, and producer (Half Past Forever)
• 1978 – Raemon Sluiter, Dutch tennis player
• 1978 – Sylvie van der Vaart, Dutch model
• 1978 – Keydrick Vincent, American football player
• 1979 – Gréta Arn, Hungarian tennis player
• 1979 – Baron Davis, American basketball player
• 1979 – Tony Lundon, Irish singer-songwriter and dancer (Liberty X)
• 1979 – Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player
• 1979 – Murat Yıldırım, Turkish actor
• 1980 – Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress, producer, director, and writer
• 1980 – Jana Cova, Czech porn actress
• 1980 – Kelli Giddish, American actress
• 1980 – Alan Melikdjanian, Latvian-American actor, director, and producer
• 1980 – Quentin Richardson, American basketball player
• 1981 – Nat Borchers, American soccer player
• 1981 – Courtney Peldon, American actress
• 1981 – Bryan Scott, American football player
• 1982 – Tim Hamilton, Czech porn actor and model
• 1982 – Nellie McKay, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1982 – Janice Vidal, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1982 – Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1983 – Heidi Anderson, American voice actress
• 1983 – Claudio Bravo, Chilean footballer
• 1983 – Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
• 1983 – Derek Lee Nixon, American actor
• 1983 – Hunter Pence, American baseball player
• 1983 – Claudia Rossi, Slovak porn actress
• 1984 – Anders Lindegaard, Danish footballer
• 1984 – Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor
• 1984 – Matthew Needham, English actor
• 1985 – Anna Jennings-Edquist, Australian actress, playwright, and director
• 1987 – Brandon Hardesty, American comedian and actor
• 1987 – Massimiliano Pesenti, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Kallie Flynn Childress, American actress and singer
• 1988 – Sam Loeb, American writer (d. 2005)
• 1988 – Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 – Alyssa Mendonsa, Delhi singer
• 1991 – Ulises Dávila, Mexican footballer
• 1993 – Heather Cave, English actress
• 1993 – Hannah Marks, American actress
• 1994 – Ángelo Henríquez, Chilean footballer
• 1997 – Luke Gair, Canadian actor and dancer