Famous Birthdays on 13th February 711 BC - Jimmu, Japanese emperor (d. 585 DC) 1440 - Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian 1457 - Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Charles the Bold and wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482) 1480 - Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1542) 1599 - Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67) 1610 - Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists 1622 - Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized 1658 - Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter 1660 - Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer 1672 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (d. 1731) 1682 - Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venice, painter (Fortune Teller) 1713 - Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer 1721 - John Reid, composer 1728 - John Hunter, Scottish surgeon (d. 1793) 1743 - Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist (d. 1820) 1754 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838) 1755 - Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer 1756 - Joannes van der Linden, lawyer/judge (Ware Pleiter) 1757 - John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician 1764 - Talleyrand, France/Napoleans foreign minster Economist and Demographer Thomas Robert Malthus (1766) 1766 - Thomas Malthus, Rookery Surrey UK, economist and demographer (Law of Malthus) 1768 - Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, French marshal (d. 1835) 1769 - Ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (d. 1844) 1778 - Fernando Sor, composer 1787 - James P Carrell, composer 1805 - David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier 1805 - Peter G L Dirichlet, Germany, number theorist/analysist 1807 - Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder (Liefdezusters) 1813 - Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname (1855-59) 1820 - Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer 1822 - Lev A Mej, Russian nobleman/poet 1829 - Gerard Keller, writer (Netherlands Spectator) 1831 - John Aaron Rawlins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1869 1833 - William Whedbee Kirkland, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1915 1835 - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (d. 1908) 1837 - Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer 1840 - Georg Jacobi, composer 1849 - Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winstons father 1852 - Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer (New gen catalogue of nebulae) 1855 - Paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922) 1859 - Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist 1859 - William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver 1861 - Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian) 1862 - Karel Weis, composer 1870 - Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer 1874 - Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic) 1876 - Fritz Buelow, German-born American baseball player (d. 1933) 1877 - Jazeps Medins, composer 1879 - Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1949) 1881 - Eleanor Farjeon, English writer (Martin Pippin) 1883 - Bainbridge Crist, composer 1883 - Harold Hal Chase, baseball player/manager 1884 - Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American athlete, inventor, and businessman (d. 1961) US First Lady Elizabeth Truman (1885) 1885 - Elizabeth Virginia [Bess] Truman, US 1st lady (1945-52) 1887 - Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I 1888 - Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier 1888 - Heintje Davids, [Hendrika], Dutch revue star 1891 - Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (d. 1985) 1892 - Grant Wood, US, painter (American Gothic) 1892 - Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice (1941-54) 1893 - Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister (1945-52) 1895 - Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk) 1898 - Neville Pearson, English publisher 1902 - Blair Moody, New Haven Ct, (Sen-Mich) 1902 - Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician (theory of dimension) 1903 - Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer (Snow Was Black) 1906 - Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1994) 1907 - Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (d. 2004) 1908 - Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer 1908 - Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent (UN, NBC TV) 1908 - Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 X 100K relay skier (Olympic-gold-1936) Physicist William Shockley (1910) 1910 - William Shockley, London, US physicist (Nobel 1956), racist 1911 - Jean Muir Fullarton, actress 1912 - French J Van den Brande, Flemish actor 1912 - Jose de Capriles, US, fencer (Olympic-1936, 48, 52) 1912 - Margaretta Scott, actress (Crescendo, Wheres Charley, Counterblast) 1913 - Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant 1913 - Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest 1914 - Earl Cadogan, British large landowner (Military Cross) 1914 - George Kleinsinger, San Bernardino CA, composer (Tubby the Tuba) 1915 - Lyle Betther, Phila, actor (Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger) 1915 - Aung San, Burmese general and politician (d. 1947) 1916 - James Griffith, Los Angeles California, actor (Sheriff of Cochise) 1917 - Polly Rose, actress (Myrtle-Love That Jill) 1918 - Patty Berg, Minneapolis MN, LPGA golfer (1938 US Amateur) 1919 - Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach (Grambling) 1919 - Joan Edwards, NYC, vocalist (Joan Edwards Show) 1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol Tn, country vocalist/actor (pea picker) 1920 - Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman Ga, rock writer (Bye Bye Love) 1920 - Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano (Interrupted Melody) 1921 - Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist 1921 - Zao-Wou-Ki, Chinese/French painter/graphic artist 1922 - Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs 1922 - Gordon Tullock, American economist 1922 - Tristram Coffin, San Marino, California, folklorist (The Book of Christmas Folklore, The Old Ball Game), (d. 2012) 1923 - Chuck Yeagar, US test pilot (1st man to break sound barrier) 1923 - Michael Anthony Bilandic, American politician (d. 2002) 1923 - Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese violinist (d. 2003) 1924 - Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economist/politician 1925 - Gene Ames, singer 1925 - Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author 1926 - Barney Childs, composer 1927 - Harry Wich, Dutch set designer 1929 - Omar Torrijos Herrera, president Panama 1930 - Dotty McGuire, Middletown Oh, vocalist (McGuire Sisters) 1930 - Ernst Fuchs, Austrian artist 1932 - Susan Oliver, American actress (d. 1990) 1933 - Caroline Blakiston, actress (At Bertrams Hotel) 1933 - Emanuel Ungaro, France, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1969) 1933 - Kim Novak, [Marilyn], Chicago Ill, actress (Vertigo, Of Human Bondage) 1933 - Paul Biya, president of Cameroon (1982- ) 1934 - George Segal, actor/banjo player (Carbon Copy, Fun with Dick & Jane) 1935 - Tommy Jacobs, golfer 1935 - Dr. Don Panoz, American entrepreneur and motorsports impresario (ALMS) 1936 - John Harris, British(?) cricket player 1936 - Leamon King, Tulare California, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1956) 1937 - Sigmund Jaehn, German DR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 31/29) 1937 - Susan Oliver, NYC, actress (Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage) 1937 - Ali El-Maak, Sudanese writer (d. 1992) 1938 - Oliver Reed, London England, actor (Big Sleep) 1939 - Valery Illych Rozhdestvensky, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23) 1939 - Beate Klarsfeld, German Nazi hunter 1941 - Bo Svenson, Goteborg Sweden, actor (North Dallas 40, Walking Tall) 1941 - Andrea Conte, First Lady of Tennessee 1941 - Sigmar Polke, German painter 1942 - Carol Lynley, NYC, actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal) 1942 - Donald E Williams, Lafayette Ind, Capt USN/astro (STS 51D, STS 34) 1942 - Peter Tork, American musician and actor (The Monkees) 1943 - F C Delius, writer 1943 - Leo Frankowski, US, sci-fi author (High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord) Talk Show Host Jerry Springer (1944) 1944 - Jerry Springer, London England, talk show host (Jerry Springer Show) 1944 - Sal Bando, baseball player (Oakland As) 1944 - Stockard Channing, NYC, actress (Grease, Big Bus, Without a Trace) 1944 - Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (d. 1983) 1944 - Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (d. 2006) 1945 - Keith Nichols, jazz pianist 1945 - King Floyd, rocker 1945 - Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer (Ashton, Gardner & Dyke) 1945 - David Tremlett, English Artist 1946 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director/actor (Ehe der Maria Braun) 1946 - Louis Kondos, Greek actor 1947 - Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach 1947 - Tony Butler, rock bassist (Big Country-Its a Big Country, Wonderland) 1948 - Allan Legere, Canadian serial killer (Monster of the Miramichi) 1950 - Leonard Pascoe, cricketer (dynamic Aussie quick 1977-82) 1950 - Peter Gabriel, Surrey England, rock vocalist (Genesis, In Your Eyes) 1951 - David Naughton, Hartford Ct, actor (My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations) 1951 - Greg Fulginiti, American mastering engineer 1952 - David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List) 1952 - Ed Gagliardi, NYC, rock bassist (Foreigner-Cold As Ice) 1952 - Freddy Maertens, Belgian cyclist 1953 - Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tenn, actress (Tiffany-General Hospital) 1953 - Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner (world record 5k indoor) 1953 - Rico J. Puno, Filipino pop singer 1955 - Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist (Ive Got the Bullets) 1955 - Scott Smith, rock bassist (Loverboy-Get Lucky) 1955 - Joe Birkett, American lawyer 1956 - Liam Brady, British soccer player 1956 - Peter Hook, English rock bassist (New Order-Round & Round, Run) 1956 - Richard Eden, actor (Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop) 1956 - Yiannis Kouros, Greek-Australian runner 1956 - Princess Alia bint Al Hussein, Jordanian Royal Family member 1957 - Doris King, Nashville Tenn, vocalist (Girls Next Door-Dont Be Cruel) 1957 - Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1986) 1957 - Denise Austin, American fitness expert 1958 - Mark Fox, congas/percussionist (Haircut 100-Nobodys Fool) 1958 - Pernilla August, Swedish actress 1958 - Marc Emery, Canadian cannabis activist 1958 - Derek Riggs, British artist 1958 - Tip Tipping, British actor and stuntman (d. 1993) 1959 - Gaston Gingras, National Hockey League defenceman 1959 - Gord Hampson, Canadian ice hockey player 1960 - Kelly McCormick, Anaheim California, diver (Olympic-silver-1984) 1960 - Matt Salinger, Windsor VT, actor (Capt America, Deadly Deception) 1960 - Michael Craig, rock bassist (Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me) 1960 - Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee 1960 - Gary Patterson, American football coach 1960 - Artur Yusupov, Russian-German chess player 1961 - Henry Rollins, US vocalist/poet (Big Ugly Mouth, Talking From the Box) 1961 - Kyi Hla Han, Yangon, Australasia golfer 1961 - Les Warner, rocker (Cult-Fire Woman) 1962 - Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer (Pan Am-Bronze) 1962 - Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, American politician 1963 - Penelope Ann Miller, actress (Awakenings, Chaplin, Freshman) [or 1/13] 1963 - Roberta Vasquez, Los Angeles California, playmate (November, 1984) 1964 - Evi Strasser, Bavaria German, equestrian (Olympics-96) 1964 - Mark Patton, American actor 1964 - Ylva Johansson, Swedish politician 1965 - Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee Wisc, triple jumper 1965 - Stephen Manley, Los Angeles California, actor (Donny-Married the 1st Year) 1966 - Freedom Williams, rock vocalist (C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now) 1966 - Tally Chanel, Tel Aviv Israel, actress (Warrior Queen) 1967 - Bas Roorda, soccer player (FC Groningen) [or Feb 21] 1967 - Eddie Pye, US baseball infielder (LA Dodgers) 1967 - Melanie Denise Bridges, Derry NH, Miss NH-America (1991) 1967 - Stanimir Stoilov, Bulgarian footballer and coach 1968 - Matt Mieske, US baseball outfielder (Milwaukee Brewers) 1969 - Ahlam, Bahraini singer 1970 - Kevin Stocker, US baseball infielder (Philadelphia Phillies) 1970 - Ruben Brown, NFL guard (Buffalo Bills) 1970 - Vernon Patao, 141 lbs (64 kg) US weightlifter (alt-Olympics-1996) 1970 - Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer 1971 - Jim Reid, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers) 1971 - Mats Sundin, Bromma SWE, NHL center (Team Sweden, Toronto Maple Leafs) 1971 - Shelly Hammonds, NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings) 1971 - Todd Williams, US baseball pitcher (LA Dodgers) 1971 - Sonia, British singer 1972 - Charlie Garner, NFL running back (Philadelphia Eagles) 1972 - Juha Ylonen, Helsinki FIN, NHL forward (Oly-Bronze-1998, Phoenix) 1973 - Willie Smith, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions) 1974 - Anthony Mortas, hockey forward (Team France 1998) 1974 - Gus Hansen, Danish professional poker player 1974 - Robbie Williams, English singer 1974 - Jeff Duran, American radio personality 1975 - Mark Gerald Keddell, Christchurch NZ, 200m (Olympics-96) 1975 - Iván González, Puerto Rican writer and musician 1975 - Ben Collins, English racing car driver (ASCAR-2003) 1976 - Martin Sastre, Uruguayan artist 1976 - Feist, Canadian singer and songwriter Singer Robbie Williams (1974) 1976 - Dave Padden, Canadian musician (Annihilator) 1977 - Randy Moss, American football player 1978 - Hamish Glencross, Scottish guitarist My Dying Bride 1978 - Mini Anden, Swedish model and actress 1979 - Julie Nagle, Miss North Dakota Teen USA (1997) 1979 - Rafael Márquez, Mexican footballer 1979 - Mena Suvari, American actress 1980 - Kristy Powell, Fla, gymnast (Olympics-96) 1980 - Sebastian Kehl, German footballer 1981 - Luisão, Brazilian footballer 1981 - Liam Miller, Irish footballer 1981 - Luke Ridnour, American basketball player 1982 - Michael Turner, Running Back for the San Diego Chargers 1982 - Lanisha Cole, American model 1985 - Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer 1985 - Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress 1985 - David Padgett, American basketball player 1986 - Luke Moore, English footballer 1986 - Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player 1989 - Rhys Palmer, Australian footballer 1989 - Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian Footballer 1989 - Carly McKillip, Canadian actress 1990 - Olivia Allison, British synchronized swimmer 1997 - Michael Jackson Jr, son of Michael Jackson
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