13 May Births

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May 13 is the 133rd day of the year (134th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.

Births

1024 – Hugh of Cluny, French abbot and saint (d. 1109)
1179 – Theobald III, Count of Champagne (d. 1201)
1221 – Alexander Nevsky, Russian prince and saint (d. 1263)[4]
1254 – Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (d. 1321)
1453 – Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, Scottish princess (d. 1488)
1588 – Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (d. 1654)
1597 – Cornelis Schut, Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver (d. 1655)
1638 – Richard Simon, French priest and scholar (d. 1712)
1699 – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1782)
1712 – Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician and diplomat (d. 1772)
1713 – Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1765)
1717 – Maria Theresa, Austrian wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1780)
1730 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1782)
1735 – Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer (d. 1821)
1742 – Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
1753 – Lazare Carnot, French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1823)
1792 – Pope Pius IX (d. 1878)
1794 – Louis Léopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
1795 – Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist and chronologist (d. 1875)
1822 – Francis, Duke of Cádiz (d. 1902)
1830 – Zebulon Baird Vance, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of North Carolina (d. 1894)
1832 – Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and author (d. 1864)
1840 – Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (d. 1897)
1842 – Arthur Sullivan, English composer (d. 1900)
1853 – Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (d. 1908)
1856 – Tom O'Rourke, American boxer and manager (d. 1938)
1857 – Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
1859 – Kate Marsden, British nurse and explorer who travelled to Siberia to find a cure for leprosy. (d. 1931)
1868 – Sumner Paine, American target shooter (d. 1904)
1869 – Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish writer (d. 1944)
1881 – Lima Barreto, Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1922)
1881 – Joe Forshaw, American runner (d. 1964)
1882 – Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (d. 1963)
1883 – Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek-American pathologist, invented the pap smear (d. 1962)
1884 – Oskar Rosenfeld, Jewish-Austrian writer and Holocaust victim (d.1944)
1885 – Mikiel Gonzi, Maltese archbishop (d. 1984)
1887 – Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (d. 1951)
1888 – Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
1894 – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Icelandic politician, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
1895 – Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist, parapsychologist, and author (d. 1964)
1901 – Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (d. 1975)
1904 – Louis Duffus, Australian-South African cricketer and journalist (d. 1984)
1905 – Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th President of India (d. 1977)
1907 – Daphne du Maurier, English novelist and playwright (d. 1989)
1908 – Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (d. 1996)
1909 – Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (d. 1992)
1911 – Robert Middleton, American actor (d. 1977)
1911 – Maxine Sullivan, American singer and actress (d. 1987)
1912 – Gil Evans, Canadian-American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1988)
1912 – Judah Nadich, American colonel and rabbi (d. 2007)
1913 – Robert Dorning, English actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1989)
1913 – Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (d. 1978)
1913 – William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (d. 1980)
1914 – Joe Louis, American boxer, wrestler, and actor (d. 1981)
1914 – Johnnie Wright, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
1914 – Antonia Ferrín Moreiras, Spanish mathematician, academic, and astronomer (d. 2009)
1916 – Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (d. 2004)
1918 – Balasaraswati, Indian dancer and instructor (d. 1984)
1918 – Gwyn Howells, Australian public servant (d. 1997)
1920 – Gareth Morris, English flute player (d. 2007)
1922 – Michael Ainsworth, English cricketer (d. 1978)
1922 – Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (d. 1991)
1922 – Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (d. 2009)
1923 – Ruth Adler Schnee, German-American textile designer and interior designer
1924 – Theodore Mann, American director and producer (d. 2012)
1924 – Harry Schwarz, German-South African lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 13th South African Ambassador to the United States (d. 2010)
1927 – Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (d. 1958)
1927 – Fred Hellerman, American folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Weavers) (d. 2016)
1927 – Herbert Ross, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)
1928 – Enrique Bolaños, Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua
1928 – Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1929 – John Galvin, American general (d. 2015)
1929 – Angela Maria, Brazilian singer (d. 2018)
1930 – Mike Gravel, American lieutenant and politician
1930 – José Jiménez Lozano, Spanish journalist and author
1930 – Vernon Shaw, Dominican politician, 5th President of Dominica (d. 2013)
1931 – Jim Jones, American cult leader, founder of the Peoples Temple (d. 1978)
1931 – Sydney Lipworth, South African-English lawyer, businessman, and philanthropist
1933 – John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
1934 – Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and academic (d. 2010)
1934 – Leon Wagner, American baseball player and actor (d. 2004)
1935 – Dominic Cossa, American opera singer
1935 – Teddy Randazzo, American singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2003)
1935 – Jan Saudek, Czech photographer and painter
1935 – Kája Saudek, Czech author and illustrator (d. 2015)
1936 – Bill Rompkey, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2017)
1937 – Trevor Baylis, English inventor, invented the wind-up radio (d. 2018)
1937 – Roch Carrier, Canadian librarian and author
1937 – John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, English accountant and politician, Treasurer of the Household
1937 – Zohra Lampert, American actress
1937 – Beverley Owen, American actress (d. 2019)
1937 – Roger Zelazny, American author and poet (d. 1995)
1938 – Giuliano Amato, Italian academic and politician, 48th Prime Minister of Italy
1938 – Laurent Beaudoin, Canadian businessman
1938 – Anna Cropper, British actress (d. 2007)
1938 – Francine Pascal, American author and playwright
1938 – Buck Taylor, American actor
1939 – Hildrun Claus, German long jumper
1939 – Peter Frenkel, German race walker and coach
1939 – Harvey Keitel, American actor
1940 – Bruce Chatwin, English author (d. 1989)
1940 – Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Japanese runner (d. 1968)
1941 – Senta Berger, Austrian actress
1941 – Joe Brown, English singer and musician
1941 – Jody Conradt, American basketball player and coach
1941 – Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
1942 – Leighton Gage, American author (d. 2013)
1942 – Roger Young, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1943 – Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, English lawyer and judge
1943 – Kurt Trampedach, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
1943 – Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
1944 – Sir Crispin Agnew, 11th Baronet, Scottish explorer, lawyer, and judge
1944 – Robert L. Crawford Jr., American actor
1944 – Carolyn Franklin, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
1944 – Armistead Maupin, American author, screenwriter, and actor
1945 – Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1945 – Magic Dick, American blues-rock harmonica, trumpet, and saxophone player (The J. Geils Band)
1945 – Lou Marini, American saxophonist and composer
1946 – Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor and author (d. 2017)
1946 – Jean Rondeau, French race car driver and constructor (d. 1985)
1946 – Marv Wolfman, American author
1947 – Charles Baxter, American novelist, essayist, and poet
1947 – Edgar Burcksen, Dutch-American film editor
1948 – Sheila Jeffreys, English-Australian political scientist, author, and academic
1948 – Dean Meminger, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
1949 – Jane Glover, English conductor and scholar
1949 – Zoë Wanamaker, American-British actress
1949 – Philip Kruse, Norwegian trumpeter and orchestra leader
1950 – Andy Cunningham, English actor (d. 2011)
1950 – Danny Kirwan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)
1950 – Joe Johnston, American film director and effects artist
1950 – Manning Marable, American author and academic (d. 2011)
1950 – Bobby Valentine, American baseball player and manager
1950 – Stevie Wonder, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1951 – Rosie Boycott, English journalist and author
1951 – Sharon Sayles Belton, American politician, 45th Mayor of Minneapolis
1951 – Anand Modak, Indian composer and director (d. 2014)
1951 – Herman Philipse, Dutch philosopher and academic
1951 – Selina Scott, English journalist, producer, and author
1951 – Paul Thompson, English drummer
1952 – John Kasich, American politician, 69th Governor of Ohio
1952 – Mary Walsh, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Londa Schiebinger, American academic and author
1953 – Zlatko Burić, Croat-Danish actor
1953 – Gerry Sutcliffe, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1953 – David Voelker, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1953 – Harm Wiersma, Dutch draughts player and politician
1953 – Ruth A. David, American electrical engineer
1954 – Johnny Logan, Australian-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Richard Madeley, English journalist and author
1956 – Fred Melamed, American actor
1956 – Kailash Vijayvargiya, National General Secretary of Bhartiya Janta Party
1957 – Alan Ball, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1957 – Frances Barber, English actress
1957 – Mark Heap, English actor
1957 – David Hill, English organist and conductor
1957 – Mar Roxas, Filipino economist and politician, 24th Filipino Secretary of the Interior
1957 – Koji Suzuki, Japanese author and screenwriter
1958 – Anthony Ray Parker, American actor
1961 – Siobhan Fallon Hogan, American actress
1961 – Dennis Rodman, American basketball player, wrestler, and actor
1962 – Paul Burstow, English politician
1962 – Nick Hurd, English businessman and politician, Minister for Civil Society
1963 – Andrea Leadsom, English politician
1963 – Wally Masur, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
1964 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian and talk show host
1964 – Chris Maitland, English drummer
1964 – Tom Verica, American actor, television director, and producer
1965 – José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountaineer (d. 2006)
1965 – Tasmin Little, English violinist and educator
1965 – János Marozsán, Hungarian footballer
1965 – Hikari Ōta, Japanese comedian and actor
1965 – José Rijo, Dominican baseball player
1965 – Lari White, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (d. 2018)
1966 – Alison Goldfrapp, English singer-songwriter and producer
1966 – Darius Rucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 – Tish Cyrus, American actress and film producer
1967 – Shon Greenblatt, American actor
1967 – Tommy Gunn, pornographic actor
1967 – Chuck Schuldiner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2001)
1967 – Melanie Thornton, American-German singer (d. 2001)
1968 – Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)
1968 – Susan Floyd, American actress
1968 – Scott Morrison, Australian politician, 30th Prime Minister of Australia
1968 – PMD, American rapper
1968 – Dmitriy Shevchenko, Russian discus thrower and coach
1969 – Buckethead, American guitarist and songwriter
1969 – Nikos Aliagas, French-Greek journalist and television host
1970 – Doug Evans, American football player
1970 – Robert Maćkowiak, Polish sprinter
1971 – Imogen Boorman, English actress and martial artist
1971 – Rob Fredrickson, American football player
1971 – Espen Lind, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1971 – Tom Nalen, American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Stefaan Maene, Belgian swimmer
1972 – Darryl Sydor, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1972 – Pieta van Dishoeck, Dutch rower
1973 – Eric Lewis, American pianist
1973 – Bridgett Riley, American boxer and stuntwoman
1975 – Jamie Allison, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Cristian Bezzi, Italian rugby player and coach
1975 – Brian Geraghty, American actor
1976 – Mark Delaney, Welsh footballer and manager
1976 – Trajan Langdon, American basketball player and scout
1976 – Ana Popović, Serbian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Magdalena Walach, Polish actress
1977 – Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer-songwriter
1977 – Anthony Q. Farrell, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
1977 – Robby Hammock, American baseball player and coach
1977 – Neil Hopkins, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – James Middlebrook, English cricketer
1977 – Samantha Morton, English actress and director
1977 – Brian Thomas Smith, American actor and producer
1977 – Pusha T, American rapper
1978 – Brooke Anderson, American journalist
1978 – Mike Bibby, American basketball player and coach
1978 – Ryan Bukvich, American baseball player
1978 – Germán Magariños, Argentinian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1978 – Dilshan Vitharana, Sri Lankan cricketer
1978 – Barry Zito, American baseball player
1978 – Nuwan Zoysa, Sri Lankan cricketer
1979 – Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
1979 – Steve Mildenhall, English footballer
1979 – Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Ukrainian footballer
1980 – L. J. Smith, American football player
1981 – Luciana Berger, English politician
1981 – Nicolas Jeanjean, French rugby player
1981 – Sunny Leone, Canadian American actress, model, and pornstar
1981 – Michael Mantenuto, American actor, college ice hockey player, and non-commissioned officer of the United States Army (d. 2017)
1981 – Shaun Phillips, American football player
1981 – Ryan Piers Williams, American actor and film director
1982 – Albert Crusat, Spanish footballer
1982 – Larry Fonacier, Filipino basketball player
1982 – Oguchi Onyewu, American soccer player
1983 – Natalie Cassidy, English actress and singer
1983 – Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player
1983 – Johnny Hoogerland, Dutch cyclist
1983 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007)
1983 – Jacob Reynolds, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
1984 – J. B. Cox, American baseball player
1984 – Benny Dayal, Indian singer
1984 – Dawn Harper, American hurdler
1984 – Caroline Rotich, Kenyan runner
1985 – Javier Balboa, Spanish-Equatoguinean footballer
1985 – Jaroslav Halák, Slovak ice hockey player
1985 – David Hernandez, American baseball player
1985 – Carolina Luján, Argentine chess player
1985 – Iwan Rheon, Welsh actor and singer
1985 – Travis Zajac, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Lena Dunham, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1986 – Eun-Hee Ji, South Korean golfer
1986 – Robert Pattinson, English actor
1986 – Alexander Rybak, Belarusian-Norwegian singer-songwriter, violinist, and actor
1986 – Scott Sutter, English footballer
1986 – Nino Schurter, Swiss cyclist
1986 – Kris Versteeg, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Antonio Adán, Spanish footballer
1987 – Hugo Becker, French actor
1987 – Matt Doyle, American actor and singer
1987 – Laura Izibor, Irish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1987 – Candice King, American singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Sandro Mareco, Argentine chess player
1987 – Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer
1987 – Marianne Vos, Dutch cyclist
1987 – Charlotte Wessels, Dutch singer-songwriter
1987 – Bobby Shuttleworth, American soccer player
1988 – Paulo Avelino, Filipino actor and singer
1988 – Didier Cohen, Australian DJ, producer and media personality
1988 – Casey Donovan, Australian singer-songwriter
1989 – P. K. Subban, Canadian ice hockey player
1990 – Mychal Givens, American baseball player
1991 – Anders Fannemel, Norwegian ski jumper
1991 – Francisco Lachowski, Brazilian model
1992 – Bill Arnold, American ice hockey player
1992 – Willson Contreras, Venezuelan baseball player
1992 – Josh Papalii, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player
1992 – Georgina García Pérez, Spanish tennis player
1993 – Stefan Kraft, Austrian ski jumper
1993 – Debby Ryan, American actress and singer
1993 – Romelu Lukaku, Belgian footballer
1993 – Siim-Tanel Sammelselg, Estonian ski jumper
1994 – Łukasz Moneta, Polish footballer
1997 – Reimis Smith, Australian rugby league player

Source: wikipedia