History Births on August 13

Koji Kondo, Japanese composer and sound director

#Koji_Kondo

Gary Gregor, American basketball player

#Gary_Gregor

Alona Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player

#Alona_Bondarenko

Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1997)

#Ben_Hogan

Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (d. 1999)

#Wilmer_Mizell

Jay Buhner, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Jay_Buhner

Jimmy McCracklin, American blues/R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d 2012)

#Jimmy_McCracklin

Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1869)

#Vladimir_Odoyevsky

Corey Patterson, American baseball player

#Corey_Patterson

Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba (d. 2016)

#Fidel_Castro

Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

#Margareta_Winberg

Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour

#Kevin_Plank

Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter

#Tom_Perrotta

Paul Greengrass, English director and screenwriter

#Paul_Greengrass

Keith Benson, American basketball player

#Keith_Benson

Gene Raymond, American actor and pilot (d. 1998)

#Gene_Raymond

John Slattery, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#John_Slattery

Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player

#Shayne_Corson

Will Clarke, American author

#Will_Clarke_(novelist)

Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)

#Alfred_Hitchcock

Niklas Sundin, Swedish musician and artist

#Niklas_Sundin

Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)

#Frederick_Sanger

Dave Days, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Dave_Days

Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891)

#Johnny_Mullagh

Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer

#Lucas_Moura

Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (d. 1874)

#Anders_Jonas_Ångström

?ubomír Michalík, Slovak footballer

#?ubomír_Michalík

George Grove, English musicologist and historian (d. 1900)

#George_Grove

Brandon Workman, American baseball player

#Brandon_Workman

Margaret Tafoya, Native American Pueblo potter (d. 2001)

#Margaret_Tafoya

Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver

#Patrick_Carpentier

Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

#Salvador_Luria

Dalma Gálfi, Hungarian tennis player

#Dalma_Gálfi

Aleš Hemský, Czech ice hockey player

#Aleš_Hemský

Niko Kranj?ar, Croatian footballer

#Niko_Kranj?ar

Louis François, Prince of Conti (d. 1776)

#Louis_François,_Prince_of_Conti

DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player

#DeMarcus_Cousins

Adam Housley, American baseball player and journalist

#Adam_Housley

Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)

#Rasmus_Bartholin

Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager

#Fred_Stanley_(baseball)

Devin McCourty, American football player

#Devin_McCourty

Elvis Grbac, American football player and coach

#Elvis_Grbac

Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)

#Richard_Willstätter

Murtz Jaffer, Canadian journalist

#Murtz_Jaffer

Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)

#Neville_Brand

Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)

#Dan_Fogelberg

Regis Toomey, American actor (d. 1991)

#Regis_Toomey

Lucy Stone, American abolitionist and suffragist (d. 1893)

#Lucy_Stone

Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)

#Sid_Gordon

Dallas Braden, American baseball player

#Dallas_Braden

Heinrich von Brühl, Polish-German politician (d. 1763)

#Heinrich_von_Brühl

Ertha Pascal-Trouillot, President of Haiti

#Ertha_Pascal-Trouillot

Katrina Gorry, Australian football player

#Katrina_Gorry

James Gillray, English caricaturist and printmaker (d.1815)

#James_Gillray

Dina and Arina Averina, Russian rhythmic gymnasts

#Dina_Averina

Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer

#Shoaib_Akhtar

Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist (d. 1903)

#Sir_George_Stokes,_1st_Baronet

Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)

#Hughie_Thomasson

Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)

#Bernard_Manning

Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)

#Camillien_Houde

Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author

#Valerie_Plame

Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)

#Goldwin_Smith

Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

#Bobby_Clarke

Debi Mazar, American actress

#Debi_Mazar

Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager

#Alan_Shearer

George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 2011)

#George_Shearing

Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1902)

#Salomon_Jadassohn

Louis Frémaux, French conductor (d. 2017)

#Louis_Frémaux

Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (d. 2016)

#Howard_Marks

Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2005)

#Benny_Bailey

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1748)

#Charles_Seymour,_6th_Duke_of_Somerset

Boone Logan, American baseball player

#Boone_Logan

José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker (d. 2013)

#José_Alfredo_Martínez_de_Hoz

Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (d. 1977)

#Makarios_III

Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A (d. 1945)

#Giovanni_Agnelli

Nicolás Lapentti, Ecuadorian tennis player

#Nicolás_Lapentti

Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden

#Lars_Engqvist

Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish singer-songwriter

#Feargal_Sharkey

Benjamin Stambouli, French footballer

#Benjamin_Stambouli

Suzanne Muldowney, American performance artist

#Suzanne_Muldowney

Felix Wankel, German engineer (d. 1988)

#Felix_Wankel

Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach

#Todd_Hendricks

Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker

#Philippe_Petit

Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator (d. 1933)

#Felix_Adler_(professor)

Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1813)

#Louis_Baraguey_d'Hilliers

George Luks, American painter and illustrator (d. 1933)

#George_Luks

Eugenio Lopez III, Filipino businessperson, CEO and chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation

#Eugenio_Lopez_III

Christopher Raeburn, English fashion designer

#Christopher_Raeburn_(designer)

Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)

#Randy_Shughart

Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer (d. 1967)

#Art_Shires

Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter

#Tal_Bachman

Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (d. 2007)

#Rex_Humbard

Jean Borotra, French tennis player (d. 1994)

#Jean_Borotra

Alfonso XI, king of Castile and León (d. 1350)

#Alfonso_XI_of_Castile

Sridevi, Indian actress (d. 2018)

#Sridevi

John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television (d. 1946)

#John_Logie_Baird

William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician (d. 1872)

#William_Wentworth

Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player and coach

#Jarrod_Washburn

Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player

#Filip_Forsberg

Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater

#Midori_Ito

Jason McCourty, American football player

#Jason_McCourty

Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Marty_Turco

Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)

#Bert_Lahr

Antonia Lottner, German tennis player

#Antonia_Lottner

Chuck Gilmur, American basketball player, coach, and educator (d. 2011)

#Chuck_Gilmur

Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (d. 1640)

#Theophilus_Howard,_2nd_Earl_of_Suffolk

Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor

#Sebastian_Stan

Michael Klim, Polish-Australian swimmer

#Michael_Klim

Alicja Tchórz, Polish swimmer

#Alicja_Tchórz

Danny Bonaduce, American actor and wrestler

#Danny_Bonaduce

Annie Oakley, American target shooter (d. 1926)

#Annie_Oakley

Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph (d. 1021)

#Al-Hakim_bi-Amr_Allah

Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic

#Thomas_Pogge

James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#James_Morrison_(singer)

Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Mudcat_Grant

Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach (d. 1957)

#Harry_Dean_(cricketer)

Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States

#Joycelyn_Elders

Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)

#Gleb_W._Derujinsky

Charles Wells, English brewer, founded Charles Wells Ltd (d. 1914)

#Charles_Wells_(brewer)

Jamie Reed, Welsh footballer

#Jamie_Reed_(footballer)

Jim Brunzell, American wrestler

#Jim_Brunzell

Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano

#Kathleen_Battle

David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer and sportscaster

#David_Feherty

John Ireland, English composer and educator (d. 1962)

#John_Ireland_(composer)

Mark Lemke, American baseball player, coach, and radio host

#Mark_Lemke

Joe Perry, English snooker player

#Joe_Perry_(snooker_player)

Moses Mbye, Australian rugby league player

#Moses_Mbye

Román Colón, Dominican baseball player

#Román_Colón

Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer

Justin Greene, American basketball player

Greg Draper, New Zealand footballer

Jose Lorenzo Diokno, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter

Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach

Christian Müller, German footballer

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, American political consultant and press secretary

Taiz? Sugimura, Japanese politician

Dwight Smith, American football player

Kenyan Weaks, American basketball player and coach

Geno Carlisle, American basketball player

Scott MacRae, American baseball player and coach

Eric Medlen, American race car driver (d. 2007)

Molly Henneberg, American journalist

Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler

Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player

Dave Jamerson, American basketball player

Scooter Barry, American basketball player

Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer and conductor

Tom Prince, American baseball player and manager

Steve Higgins, American talk show co-host and announcer, writer, producer, comedian and impressionist

Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire

Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer

Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player

Bruce French, English cricketer and coach

Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver

Keith Ahlers, English race car driver

Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)

Peter Wright, English historian and author

Ron Hilditch, Australian rugby league player and coach

Tom Cohen, American philosopher, theorist, and academic

Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (d. 2002)

Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach

Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Jane Carr, English actress

Willy Rey, Dutch-Canadian model (d. 1973)

John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director

Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster

Michael Willetts, English sergeant; George Cross recipient (d. 1971)

Fred Hill, American football player

Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2000)

Dave "Baby" Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer

Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (d. 2001)

Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (d. 2014)

Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007)

Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee

Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor (d. 2016)

John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host (d. 2019)

Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2006)

Grace Bates, American mathematician and academic (d. 1996)

Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)

Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985)

William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide (d. 1982)

Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed Coventry Cathedral (d. 1976)

Chuck Carroll, American football player and lawyer (d. 2003)

Buddy Rogers, American actor and musician (d. 1999)

István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1948)

William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (d. 1727)