| Year |
Month & Date |
Day |
Name |
|---|
| 582 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Arnulf of Metz |
French bishop and saint (d. 640) |
| 1584 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Theophilus Howard‚ 2nd Earl of Suffolk |
English politician (d. 1640) |
| 1625 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Rasmus Bartholin |
Danish physician‚ mathematician‚ and physicist (d. 1698) |
| 1662 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Charles Seymour‚ 6th Duke of Somerset |
English politician (d. 1748) |
| 1666 |
August 13 |
Friday |
William Wotton |
English scholar (d. 1727) |
| 1700 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Heinrich‚ count von Brhl |
German statesman (d. 1763) |
| 1717 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Louis Francois I‚ Prince of Conti |
French military leader (d. 1776) |
| 1752 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Maria Carolina of Austria |
queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814) |
| 1764 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers |
French general (d. 1816) |
| 1790 |
August 13 |
Friday |
William Wentworth |
Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872) |
| 1792 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen |
queen consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1849) |
| 1803 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Vladimir Odoevsky |
Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869) |
| 1814 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Anders Jonas ?ngstrom |
Swedish physicist (d. 1874) |
| 1818 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Lucy Stone |
American suffragette (d. 1893) |
| 1819 |
August 13 |
Friday |
George Gabriel Stokes |
Irish physicist (d. 1903) |
| 1820 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Sir George Grove |
English music historian (d. 1900) |
| 1823 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Goldwin Smith |
English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910) |
| 1841 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Johnny Mullagh |
Australian First Class cricketer (d. 1891) |
| 1851 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Felix Adler |
German-born educator (d. 1933) |
| 1860 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Annie Oakley |
American sharpshooter (d. 1926) |
| 1866 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Giovanni Agnelli |
Italian industrialist (d. 1945) |
| 1872 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Richard Willstatter |
German chemist‚ Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942) |
| 1879 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
John Ireland |
English composer (d. 1962) |
| 1884 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Harry Dean |
England cricketer (d. 1957) |
| 1887 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Julius Freed |
American inventor and banker (d. 1952) |
| 1888 |
August 13 |
Monday |
John Logie Baird |
Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946) |
| 1888 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Gleb W. Derujinsky |
Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975) |
| 1889 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Camillien Houde |
Quebec politician‚ mayor of Montreal (d. 1958) |
| 1890 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Ellen Osiier |
Danish Olympic champion fencer (d. 1962) |
| 1895 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Bert Lahr |
American actor (d. 1967) |
| 1899 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Alfred Hitchcock |
English film director (d. 1980) |
| 1902 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Felix Wankel |
German engineer and inventor (d. 1988) |
| 1904 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers |
American actor (d. 1999) |
| 1907 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Sir Basil Spence |
Scottish architect (d. 1976) |
| 1908 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Gene Raymond |
American actor (d. 1998) |
| 1911 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
William Bernbach |
Famous Advertiser (d. 1982) |
| 1912 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Ben Hogan |
American golfer (d. 1997) |
| 1912 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Salvador Luria |
Italian-born biologist‚ Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1991) |
| 1913 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Fred Davis |
English snooker player (d. 1998) |
| 1913 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Makarios III |
Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d. 1977) |
| 1914 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Luis Mariano |
Basque operetta singer (d. 1970) |
| 1917 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Sid Gordon |
American baseball player (d. 1975) |
| 1918 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Frederick Sanger |
English chemist‚ Nobel Prize Laureate |
| 1919 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Rex Humbard |
American television evangelist (d. 2007) |
| 1919 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Sir George Shearing |
British jazz pianist |
| 1920 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Neville Brand |
American actor (d. 1992) |
| 1926 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Fidel Castro |
Cuban revolutionary and politician |
| 1929 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Pat Harrington‚ Jr. |
American actor |
| 1930 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Don Ho |
American musician (d. 2007) |
| 1930 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Bernard Manning |
English comedian (d. 2007) |
| 1930 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Wilmer David Mizell |
American baseball player (d. 1999) |
| 1933 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Joycelyn Elders |
American physician‚ 15th Surgeon General of the United States |
| 1935 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Mudcat Grant |
American baseball player |
| 1935 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Rod Hull |
British television entertainer (d. 1999) |
| 1938 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
"Dave ""Baby"" Cortez" |
American pop keyboardist |
| 1940 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Bill Musselman |
American basketball head coach (d. 2000) |
| 1941 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Erin Fleming |
Canadian actress (d. 2003) |
| 1943 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Michael Willetts |
English George Cross recipient (d. 1971) |
| 1944 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Divina Galica |
British athlete and racing driver |
| 1944 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Kevin Tighe |
American actor |
| 1945 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Lars Engqvist |
Swedish politician |
| 1945 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Robin Jackman |
England cricketer |
| 1947 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
John Stocker |
Canadian actor |
| 1947 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Margareta Winberg |
Swedish politician |
| 1948 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Kathleen Battle |
American soprano |
| 1949 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Bobby Clarke |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1949 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Philippe Petit |
French high wire artist |
| 1951 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Dan Fogelberg |
American singer/songwriter (d. 2007) |
| 1952 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Herb Ritts |
American photographer (d. 2004) |
| 1952 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Hughie Thomasson |
American musician (d. 2007) |
| 1954 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Nico Assumpcao |
Brazilian musician (d. 2001) |
| 1955 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Keith Ahlers |
British racing driver |
| 1955 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Hideo Fukuyama |
Japanese racing driver |
| 1955 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Paul Greengrass |
English film director |
| 1958 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
David Feherty |
golfer |
| 1958 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Fergal Sharkey |
musician |
| 1958 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Randall Shughart |
American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993) |
| 1959 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Danny Bonaduce |
American actor |
| 1959 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Tom Niedenfuer |
American baseball player |
| 1959 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Bruce French |
England cricketer |
| 1960 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Phil Taylor |
English darts player |
| 1960 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Koji Kondo |
Japanese composer |
| 1961 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Christos Christodoulou |
Greek basketball player |
| 1961 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Dawnn Lewis |
American actress |
| 1961 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Neil Mallender |
England cricketer |
| 1961 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Stuart Maconie |
English music writer and broadcaster |
| 1961 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Tom Perrotta |
American novelist |
| 1961 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Sunil Shetty |
Indian Actor‚ Producer |
| 1962 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Thanos Kalliris |
Greek singer |
| 1962 |
August 13 |
Monday |
John Slattery |
American actor |
| 1963 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Sridevi |
Indian actress |
| 1964 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Jay Buhner |
American baseball player |
| 1964 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Hank Cheyne |
American actor |
| 1965 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Mark Lemke |
American baseball player |
| 1965 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Hayato Matsuo |
Japanese composer |
| 1966 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Shayne Corson |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1966 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Sean Hood |
American screenwriter |
| 1967 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Amelie Nothomb |
Belgian writer |
| 1967 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Quinn Cummings |
American actress |
| 1969 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Midori Ito |
Japanese figure skater |
| 1970 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Will Clarke |
American novelist |
| 1970 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Elvis Grbac |
American football player |
| 1970 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Matt Hyson |
American professional wrestler |
| 1970 |
August 13 |
Thursday |
Alan Shearer |
English footballer |
| 1971 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Moritz Bleibtreu |
German actor |
| 1971 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Patrick Carpentier |
Quebec racing driver |
| 1971 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Rolando Molina |
Salvadoran-born actor |
| 1972 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Kevin Plank |
American entrepreneur (Under Armour) |
| 1972 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
John Safran |
Australian television presenter. |
| 1973 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Brittany Andrews |
American pornographic actress |
| 1973 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Molly Henneberg |
American journalist |
| 1973 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Eric Medlen |
American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007) |
| 1974 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Jarrod Washburn |
American baseball player |
| 1974 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Sam Endicott |
American singer (The Bravery) |
| 1975 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Shoaib Akhtar |
Pakistani cricketer |
| 1975 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
James Carpinello |
American actor |
| 1975 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Joe Perry |
English snooker player |
| 1975 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Marty Turco |
Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1976 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Jody Thompson |
Canadian actress |
| 1977 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Michael Klim |
Australian swimmer |
| 1979 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Roman Coln |
Dominican baseball player |
| 1979 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Corey Patterson |
American baseball player |
| 1979 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Taiz? Sugimura |
Japanese politician |
| 1980 |
August 13 |
Wednesday |
Panagiotis Markouizos |
Greek figure skater |
| 1982 |
August 13 |
Friday |
Shani Davis |
American speed skater |
| 1983 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Ales Hemsky |
Czech ice hockey player |
| 1983 |
August 13 |
Saturday |
Sebastian Stan |
Romanian/American actor |
| 1984 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Niko Kranj?ar |
Croatian footballer |
| 1984 |
August 13 |
Monday |
Boone Logan |
American baseball player |
| 1985 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Gerrit van Look |
German rugby player and coach |
| 1985 |
August 13 |
Tuesday |
Grega Bole |
Slovenian cyclist |
| 2000 |
August 13 |
Sunday |
Piper Reese |
American child reporter |
