History Births on January 13

Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)

#Joh_Bjelke-Petersen

Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Paul_Kelly_(Australian_musician)

Clive Betts, English economist and politician

#Clive_Betts

Rosemary Murphy, American actress (d. 2014)

#Rosemary_Murphy

Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter and illustrator (d. 1989)

#Yannis_Tsarouchis

Mark O'Meara, American golfer

#Mark_O'Meara

Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)

#Daniil_Shafran

Guy Dodson, New Zealand-English biochemist and academic (d. 2012)

#Guy_Dodson

Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player

#Cesare_Maniago

Richard Hurd, English bishop (d. 1808)

#Richard_Hurd_(bishop)

Sydney Brenner, South African biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)

#Sydney_Brenner

Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011)

#Roland_Petit

Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver

#Patrick_Dempsey

Necati Cumal?, Greek-Turkish author and poet (d. 2001)

#Necati_Cumal?

Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian

#Rip_Taylor

Anne Pringle, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia

#Anne_Pringle

Jeong Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (d. 1392)

#Jeong_Mong-ju

Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)

#Brandon_Tartikoff

Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author

#Gordon_McVie

Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

#Marc_Staal

Henry II, king of Castile and León (d. 1379)

#Henry_II_of_Castile

Ernestine Rose, American suffragist, abolitionist, and freethinker (d. 1892)

#Ernestine_Rose

Max Nonne, German neurologist and academic (d. 1959)

#Max_Nonne

Frances Sternhagen, American actress

#Frances_Sternhagen

Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

#Kelly_Hrudey

Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast

#Vitaly_Scherbo

Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2014)

#Gholam_Hossein_Mazloumi

Pasqual Maragall, Spanish academic and politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya

#Pasqual_Maragall

Gigi Galli, Italian race driver

#Gigi_Galli

Jacek Majchrowski, Polish historian, lawyer, and politician

#Jacek_Majchrowski

Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater

#Joannie_Rochette

Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (d. 2014)

#Claudia_Emerson

Doug Martin, American football player

#Doug_Martin_(running_back)

Wayne Coyne, American singer-songwriter and musician

#Wayne_Coyne

Matthew Bourne, English choreographer and director

#Matthew_Bourne

Joe Pass, American guitarist and composer (d. 1994)

#Joe_Pass

Jay McInerney, American novelist and critic

#Jay_McInerney

Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier

#Stefania_Belmondo

Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player

#Guillermo_Coria

Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player and journalist

#Stephen_Hendry

Eric Betzig, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

#Eric_Betzig

Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (d. 1985)

#Karl_Menger

Nicole Eggert, American actress

#Nicole_Eggert

Darrell Rasner, American baseball player

#Darrell_Rasner

Paul Gavarni, French illustrator (d. 1866)

#Paul_Gavarni

Reggie Brown, American football player

#Reggie_Brown_(wide_receiver)

Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player

#Nikolai_Khabibulin

Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer

#Mario_Yepes

Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer and actress (d. 1966)

#Sophie_Tucker

Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1760)

#Christoph_Graupner

Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1694)

#Henry_Booth,_1st_Earl_of_Warrington

Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist, sinologist, and academic (d. 2017)

#Zhou_Youguang

Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1994)

#Paul_Feyerabend

Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

#Richard_Anthony_(singer)

Ender Arslan, Turkish basketball player

#Ender_Arslan

Guangwu of Han, Chinese emperor (d. 57)

#Emperor_Guangwu_of_Han

Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor

#Liam_Hemsworth

Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer

#Nils-Eric_Johansson

Krzysztof Czerwi?ski, Polish organist and conductor

#Krzysztof_Czerwi?ski

Francisco Buyo, Spanish footballer and manager

#Francisco_Buyo

Renato Bruson, Italian opera singer

#Renato_Bruson

Wolfgang Loitzl, Austrian ski jumper

#Wolfgang_Loitzl

Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director

#Edgardo_Cozarinsky

Félix Tisserand, French astronomer and academic (d. 1896)

#Félix_Tisserand

Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)

#Marco_Pantani

Richard Moll, American actor

#Richard_Moll

George Gurdjieff, Russian-French mystic and philosopher (d. 1949)

#George_Gurdjieff

Mi-Hyun Kim, South Korean golfer

#Mi-Hyun_Kim

Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1963)

#Roy_Cazaly

Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 2004)

#Brock_Adams

Micah Hart, Canadian ice hockey player

#Micah_Hart

Max Whitlock, English artistic gymnast

#Max_Whitlock

Connor McDavid, Canadian ice hockey player

#Connor_McDavid

Shimizugawa Motokichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1967)

#Shimizugawa_Motokichi

Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman (d. 1961)

#Essington_Lewis

Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1945)

#Jüri_Uluots

Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)

#Salmon_P._Chase

Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)

#Gwen_Verdon

Rakesh Sharma, Indian commander, pilot, and astronaut

#Rakesh_Sharma

Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)

#Victor_de_Laprade

Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager

#Tord_Grip

Andrew Yang, American entrepreneur, founder of Venture for America, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate

#Andrew_Yang

Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer (d. 1901)

#Vasily_Kalinnikov

Carles Rexach, Spanish footballer and coach

#Carles_Rexach

Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter

#Kamghe_Gaba

Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (d. 1967)

#Nathaniel_Cartmell

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedian, and producer

#Julia_Louis-Dreyfus

Mailis Reps, Estonian academic and politician, 31st Estonian Minister of Education and Research

#Mailis_Reps

Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (d. 2006)

#Osa_Massen

Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)

#Robert_Stack

Orlando Bloom, English actor and producer

#Orlando_Bloom

John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)

#John_Davis_(Massachusetts_governor)

Rune Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

#Rune_Eriksen

Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician, developed PECOTA

#Nate_Silver

Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer

#Akira_Kaji

Michael Bond, English soldier and author, created Paddington Bear (d. 2017)

#Michael_Bond

Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (d. 2003)

#Willem_Slijkhuis

Shonda Rhimes, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Shonda_Rhimes

Luke Robinson, American wrestler

#Luke_Robinson_(wrestler)

James Posey, American basketball player and coach

#James_Posey

Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer and sportscaster

#Mark_Bosnich

Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1964)

#Art_Ross

Gaj Singh, Indian lawyer and politician

#Gaj_Singh

Thomas Dyer, American lawyer and politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)

#Thomas_Dyer

Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist and anatomist (d. 1959)

#Ross_Granville_Harrison

Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)

#Joachim_II_Hector,_Elector_of_Brandenburg

Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach

#Jacek_Gmoch

Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (d. 1961)

#Clark_Ashton_Smith

Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)

#Lionel_Groulx

Nick Mangold, American football player

#Nick_Mangold

Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater and pilot

#Leo_Visser

Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian-German biologist and academic (d. 1931)

#Oskar_Minkowski

Kamran Akmal, Pakistan cricketer

#Kamran_Akmal

Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author (d. 1680)

#Antoinette_Bourignon

Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot footballer

#Constantinos_Makrides

Trace Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Trace_Adkins

Lorrie Moore, American short story writer

#Lorrie_Moore

Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player

#Dinah_Pfizenmaier

Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player and coach

#Sergei_Brylin

Albert Lamorisse, French director and producer (d. 1970)

#Albert_Lamorisse

John Lees, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_Lees_(musician)

Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (d. 2014)

#Tom_Gola

Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist, and essayist

#Edmund_White

Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist

#Daniel_Oss

Jack London, English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966)

#Jack_London_(athlete)

Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)

#Wilhelm_Wien

Steven Michaels, Australian rugby league player

#Steven_Michaels

Daevid Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)

#Daevid_Allen

Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)

#Kay_Francis

Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Trevor_Rabin

Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 1656)

#Jan_van_Goyen

Penelope Ann Miller, American actress

#Penelope_Ann_Miller

Cabu, French cartoonist (d. 2015)

#Cabu

Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer

#Adam_Matthews

Al-Hakam II, Umayyad caliph (d. 976)

#Al-Hakam_II

Mary Glindon, English lawyer and politician

#Mary_Glindon

Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer (d. 1976)

#Ermanno_Aebi

Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (d. 1527)

#Henry_Percy,_5th_Earl_of_Northumberland

Ivan Provorov, Russian ice hockey player

#Ivan_Provorov

Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright (d. 1825)

#Maler_Müller

Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)

#Princess_Marie_of_Orléans_(1865-1909)

Katy Brand, English actress and screenwriter

#Katy_Brand

Josh Freeman, American football player

#Josh_Freeman

Yujiro Takahashi, Japanese wrestler

#Yujiro_Takahashi

Ruth Wilson, English actress

#Ruth_Wilson

Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer

#Vincenzo_Fiorillo

Winnie Byanyima, Ugandan engineer, politician, and diplomat

#Winnie_Byanyima

Shivkumar Sharma, Indian santoor player, Padma Vibhushan winner

#Shivkumar_Sharma

Liz Anderson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)

#Liz_Anderson

Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian, director, game show panelist, and television personality (d. 2007)

#Charles_Nelson_Reilly

Bob Forsch, American baseball player (d. 2011)

#Bob_Forsch

Ron Tauranac, Australian engineer and businessman

#Ron_Tauranac

Morgan Burnett, American football player

#Morgan_Burnett

Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer

Sven Wetzel, German rugby player

Florica Leonida, Romanian gymnast

Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer

Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer

Mauricio Martín Romero, Argentinian footballer

Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer

Mirko Soltau, German footballer

Elliot Mason, English trombonist and keyboard player

Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer

Mike Whitlow, English footballer and coach

Paul Higgins, Canadian ice hockey player

Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (d. 2016)

Richard Blackford, English composer

Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (d. 2012)

Stephen Glover, English journalist, co-founded The Independent

Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor

Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (d. 2004)

Peter Simpson, English footballer

William Duckworth, American composer and author (d. 2012)

Meinhard Nehmer, German bobsledder

Anna Home, English screenwriter and producer

Dave Edwards, American captain and politician (d. 2013)

Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (d. 1994)

Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)

Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (d. 1999)

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (d. 2003)

Vanita Smythe, American singer and actress (d. 1994)

Dachine Rainer, American-English author and poet (d. 2000)

Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1992)

Helm Glöckler, German race car driver (d. 1993)

Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer (d. 1992)

Richard Addinsell, English composer (d. 1977)

Mieczys?aw ?ywczy?ski, Polish priest and historian (d. 1978)

A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist, screenwriter, historian (d. 1991)

Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter (d. 1943)

Charles Arnison, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1974)

Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company (d. 1973)

Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (d. 1931)

Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1943)

Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist (d. 1899)

Maria Anna of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria (d. 1665)

Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier (d. 1601)

Infante John, Constable of Portugal (d. 1442)

Lucius Aelius, Roman adopted son of Hadrian (d. 138)