January 13 - Births

Births

1434 – King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
1505 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
1562 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
1596 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
1610 – Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
1616 – Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
1635 – Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
1651 – Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
1683 – Christoph Graupner, German composer (d. 1760)
1698 – Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (d. 1782)
1720 – Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
1749 – Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)
1777 – Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1820)
1787 – John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
1804 – Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)
1805 – Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
1808 – Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
1812 – Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
1832 – Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899)
1845 – Félix Tisserand, French astronomer (d. 1896)
1858 – Oskar Minkowski, biologist (d. 1931)
1859 – Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (d. 1943)
1861 – Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
1864 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1865 – Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
1866 – Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
1869 – Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1931)
1870 – Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (d. 1959)
1878 – Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967)
1878 – Geert Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1959)
1881 – Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist (d. 1961)
1883 – Prince Arthur of Connaught (d. 1938)
1883 – Nathaniel Cartmell, American athlete (d. 1967)
1884 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966)
1885 – Alfred Fuller, Canadian businessman, The "Fuller Brush Man" (d. 1973)
1886 – Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
1887 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (d. 1946)
1887 – George Gurdjieff, Georgian-Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)
1890 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1945)
1893 – Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
1893 – Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
1898 – Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d. 1944)
1898 – Carlo Tagliabue, Italian baritone (d. 1978)
1901 – A. B. Guthrie, American novelist, historian (d. 1991)
1901 – Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978)
1904 – Richard Addinsell, British composer (Warsaw Concerto) (d. 1977)
1905 – Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
1906 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist
1909 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934)
1910 – Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter (d. 1989)
1911 – Sir Johannes "Joh" Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
1913 – Jeff Morrow, American actor (d. 1993)
1914 – Lord Ted Willis, British television dramatist (d. 1992)
1919 – Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
1921 – Dachine Rainer, British writer (d. 2000)
1922 – Albert Lamorisse, French film director and producer (d. 1970)
1923 – Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
1923 – Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch athlete (d. 2003)
1924 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
1924 – Roland Petit, French choreographer (d. 2011)
1925 – Georgi Kaloyanchev, Bulgarian actor
1925 – Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
1926 – Shakti Samanta, Indian film director and producer (d. 2009)
1926 – Michael Bond, British writer
1926 – Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)
1927 – Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
1927 – Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
1929 – Joe Pass, American jazz guitarist (d. 1994)
1930 – Liz Anderson, American singer (d. 2011)
1930 – Frances Sternhagen, American actress
1931 – Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)
1931 – Chris Wiggins, British actor
1932 – Barry Bishop, American mountaineer (d. 1994)
1934 – Rip Taylor, American actor
1935 – Mauro Forghieri, Italian automotive & mechanical engineer (Scuderia Ferrari)
1935 – Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress
1936 – Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone
1938 – William B. Davis, Canadian actor
1938 – Richard Anthony (French singer), French singer of Egyptian descent
1938 – Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
1938 – Shivkumar Sharma, santoor player, Indian music composer
1939 – Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
1939 – Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian writer and film director
1939 – Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
1940 – Edmund White, American author
1941 – Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician
1942 – Carol Cleveland, English actress
1943 – William Duckworth, American composer and author (d. 2012)
1943 – Richard Moll, American actor
1946 – Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
1947 – John Lees, English Musician (Barclay James Harvest)
1947 – Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków
1947 – Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
1948 – Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
1949 – Klaus Brandner, German politician
1949 – Rakesh Sharma, first Indian and 138th person to visit space
1949 – Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
1950 – Bob Forsch, American baseball player
1950 – John McNaughton, American film director
1951 – Frank E. Peretti, author of Christian fiction
1954 – Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
1955 – Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter
1955 – Jay McInerney, American writer
1956 – Janet Hubert-Whitten, American actress
1957 – Lorrie Moore, American writer
1957 – Mark O'Meara, American golfer
1958 – Ton du Chatinier, Dutch retired footballer and football manager
1959 – Ernie Irvan, retired NASCAR driver and Daytona 500 champion
1959 – James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth, White Lion and Black Label Society)
1960 – Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
1961 – Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips)
1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
1961 – Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player
1961 – Suggs, English singer (Madness)
1962 – Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1962 – Paul Higgins, Canadian hockey player
1962 – Kevin Mitchell, American baseball player
1963 – Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
1964 – Bill Bailey, British comedian
1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
1964 – Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer
1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor, Race car driver
1966 – Shelagh Fogarty, British radio presenter
1966 – Leo Visser, Dutch speed skate champion
1967 – Annie Jones, Australian actress
1968 – Traci Bingham, American actress
1968 – Chara, Japanese singer and actress
1968 – Mike Whitlow, English footballer
1968 – Antonio Tartaglia, Italian bobsledder
1969 – Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
1969 – Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
1970 – Keith Coogan, American actor
1970 – Frank Kooiman, Dutch football goalkeeper
1970 – Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
1970 – Shonda Rhimes, American screenwriter
1971 – John Mallory Asher, American film actor/director
1971 – Phil Whyman, English paranormal researcher, television personality, writer and musician
1972 – Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer
1972 – Nicole Eggert, American actress
1972 – James O'Brien, British radio presenter and journalist
1972 – Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor
1972 – Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
1972 – Park Jin-Young, Korean singer
1973 – Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player
1973 – Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actor
1974 – Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player
1976 – Michael Peña, American actor
1976 – Tania Vicent, Canadian short track speed skater
1976 – Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer
1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor
1977 – James Posey, American basketball player
1977 – William Ash (actor), British actor
1978 – Ashmit Patel, Indian actor
1978 – Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician
1979 – Katy Brand, English actress and comedian
1980 – Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
1980 – Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
1980 – Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
1980 – Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
1980 – Mirko Soltau, German footballer
1981 – Reggie Brown, American football player
1981 – Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor
1981 – Jason James, Welsh bassist (Bullet for My Valentine)
1981 – Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
1982 – Kamran Akmal, Pakistan cricketer
1982 – Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
1982 – Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot football player
1982 – Mason Ryan, Welsh wrestler
1983 – William Hung, Chinese-American singer
1983 – Imran Khan, Indian actor
1983 – Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
1983 – Julian Morris, English actor
1983 – Mauricio Martín Romero, Argentine footballer
1983 – Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
1984 – Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
1984 – Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter
1984 – Nathaniel Motte, American musician (3OH!3)
1984 – Lourdes Arévalos, Paraguayan beauty model
1985 – Qi Hui, Chinese swimmer
1986 – Laura Ludwig, German beach volleyball player
1986 – Josefine Preuß, German actress
1986 – Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
1987 – Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer
1987 – Lee Seung Gi, South Korean singer
1987 – Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist
1987 – Alexandre Pliuschin, Moldovan cyclist
1987 – Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Sven Wetzel, German rugby player
1988 – Josh Freeman, American football player
1988 – Daniel Scheinig, German footballer
1989 – Bryan Arguez, American footballer
1989 – James Berrett, English footballer
1989 – Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
1989 – Tim Matavž, Slovenian footballer
1989 – Beau Mirchoff, American-Canadian actor
1990 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
1990 – Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer
1991 – Goo Ha-ra, South Korean singer and actress (Kara)
1992 – Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
1992 – Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player
1993 – Xénia Krizsán, Hungarian heptathlete
1993 – Max Whitlock, British gymnast
1995 – Qaasim Middleton, American musician and actor (The Naked Brothers Band)