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Who was born on April 13
160 notable people were born on April 13. If it is your birthday too, you are in good company.
- 160births
- 45events
Best known
Best known
Vean Gregg
American baseball player
György Lukács
Hungarian philosopher and critic
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Herbert Yardley
American cryptologist
Frank Murphy
American judge
Dadasaheb Torne
Indian director and producer
Vean Gregg — American baseball player, born on April 13 1885.
György Lukács — Hungarian philosopher and critic, born on April 13 1885.
Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy — 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands, born on April 13 1885.
Herbert Yardley — American cryptologist, born on April 13 1889.
Frank Murphy — American judge, born on April 13 1890.
Dadasaheb Torne — Indian director and producer, born on April 13 1890.
All entries
- 1885
Juhan KukkEstonian politician - 1887GGordon S. FahrniCanadian physician
- 1891
Maurice BuckleyAustralian soldier
- 1891
Nella LarsenAmerican novelist - 1891
Robert SchollFather of Hans and Sophie Scholl and critic of the Nazi party - 1892
Arthur HarrisMarshal of the Royal Air Force - 1892
Robert Watson-WattScottish physicist who pioneered radio direction-finding and radar - 1894
Arthur FaddenPrime Minister of Australia in 1941 - 1894MMay Brodney
- 1896FFred Barnett (English footballer)English footballer
- 1897
Werner VossGerman flying ace in WWI - 1899
Alfred Mosher ButtsAmerican architect who invented Scrabble - 1899
Harold OsbornAmerican athletics competitor - 1900SSorcha Boru
- 1900
Pierre MolinierFrench painter and photographer - 1901
Jacques LacanFrench psychoanalyst and writer - 1901
Alan Watt (diplomat)Australian diplomat - 1902
Philippe de RothschildWine grower and auto racer - 1902
Marguerite HenryAmerican novelist - 1904
David Robinson (philanthropist)English businessman - 1905
Rae JohnstoneAustralian jockey - 1906
Samuel BeckettIrish writer - 1906
Bud FreemanAmerican jazz musician - 1907
Harold StassenAmerican politician - 1909
Eudora WeltyAmerican writer and photographer - 1911IIco HitrecYugoslavian footballer
- 1911JJean-Louis LévesqueCanadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner and philanthropist
- 1911
Nino Sanzogno - 1913
Dave AlbrittonAmerican high jumper - 1913
Kermit TylerRecipient of the Legion of Merit - 1914
Orhan Veli KanıkTurkish poet - 1916
Phyllis FraserAmerican socialite, writer, publisher, and actress - 1917
Robert Orville AndersonAmerican businessman and philanthropist - 1917
Bill ClementsAmerican businessman and politician - 1919RRoland GaucherFrench far-right politician and journalist
- 1919
Howard KeelAmerican actor and singer - 1919
Madalyn Murray O'HairAmerican atheist activist - 1920
Roberto CalviItalian banker - 1920
Claude CheyssonFrench politician - 1920
Liam CosgraveTaoiseach from 1973 to 1977 - 1920TTheodore L. ThomasAmerican novelist
- 1922HHeinz BaasGerman footballer and manager
- 1922
John BraineEnglish writer - 1922
Julius NyererePresident of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985 - 1922VValve PormeisterEstonian architect
- 1923
Don AdamsAmerican actor - 1923AA. H. HalseyBritish sociologist
- 1924
John T. BiggersAfrican-American muralist - 1924
Jack ChickAmerican cartoonist - 1924
Stanley DonenAmerican film director and choreographer - 1926
Ellie LambetiGreek actress - 1926
John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of MarlboroughBritish peer - 1927RRosemary HaughtonBritish Catholic lay theologian
- 1927
Maurice RonetFrench actor - 1928
Alan ClarkBritish politician and author - 1928
Gianni MarzottoItalian racing driver and entrepreneur - 1929
Marilynn SmithAmerican professional golfer - 1931
Anita CerquettiItalian singer - 1931RRobert EnricoFrench film director and screenwriter
- 1931
Dan GurneyAmerican racing driver, engineer and motorsport executive - 1931
Jon StoneAmerican writer, television producer and director - 1932
Orlando LetelierChilean economist, politician and diplomat - 1934
John MucklerCanadian ice hockey coach - 1937
Col JoyeAustralian pop singer-songwriter, musician - 1937
Edward Fox (actor)British actor (born 1937) - 1937
Lanford WilsonAmerican playwright - 1938
Klaus LehnertzGerman pole vaulter - 1939
Seamus HeaneyIrish poet - 1939
Paul SorvinoAmerican actor - 1940
J. M. G. Le ClézioFrench writer and professor (born 1940) - 1940
Vladimir CosmaRomanian musician (born 1940) - 1940
Max MosleyRace car driver and FIA President - 1940
Ruby Puryear HearnAmerican biophysicist (born 1940) - 1941
Michael Stuart BrownAmerican geneticist and Nobel laureate (born 1941) - 1941
Jean-Marc ReiserFrench comics creator - 1942
Bill ContiAmerican composer and conductor - 1943
Alan Jones (talkback host)Australian right-wing commentator and former talkback host - 1943
Tim KrabbéDutch journalist and novelist - 1944
Susan Davis (politician)American politician (born 1944) - 1945
Judy NunnAustralian actress and author (born 1945) - 1945
Lowell GeorgeAmerican musician and founder of Little Feat - 1946
Al GreenAmerican soul singer, songwriter and pastor (born 1946) - 1947
Rae ArmantroutAmerican poet (born 1947) - 1947MMike ChapmanAustralian record producer and songwriter (born 1947)
- 1947JJean-Jacques LaffontFrench economist
- 1947
Thanos MikroutsikosGreek composer and politician - 1948NNam Hae-il
- 1948
Drago JančarSlovenian writer and playwright - 1948
Mikhail ShufutinskyRussian singer (born 1948) - 1949LLen CookNew Zealand statistician
- 1949
Christopher HitchensBritish and American author and journalist - 1950
Ron PerlmanAmerican actor (born 1950) - 1950
Tommy RaudonikisAustralian rugby league footballer and coach - 1950
William Sadler (actor)American actor (born 1950) - 1951
Leszek BorysiewiczBritish immunologist - 1951
Peabo BrysonAmerican singer - 1951
Peter DavisonEnglish actor (born 1951) - 1951
Joachim StreichGerman footballer - 1951
Max WeinbergAmerican drummer, member of the E Street Band (born 1951) - 1952GGabrielle GourdeauCanadian writer
- 1952
Sam BushAmerican mandolinist (born 1952) - 1952
Jonjo O'Neill (horse racing)Irish horseracing trainer and former jockey (born 1952) - 1955SSteve CampAmerican music artist and pastor
- 1955
Muwenda Mutebi II of BugandaKing of Buganda Kingdom since 1993 - 1955
Safet SušićBosnian football manager (born 1955) - 1956CCésar (footballer, born 1956)Brazilian footballer
- 1958JJean-Marc PilorgetFrench football player and manager (born 1958)
- 1959
John MiddendorfAmerican mountain climber and inventor - 1960
Rudi VöllerGerman footballer and manager - 1963
Garry KasparovRussian chess grandmaster (born 1963) - 1964
Davis Love IIIAmerican professional golfer (born 1964) - 1965
Patricio PouchuluArgentine architect - 1966MMando (singer)Musical artist
- 1967
Dana BarrosAmerican basketball player and coach - 1967
Olga TañónPuerto Rican singer (born 1967) - 1970
Ricky SchroderAmerican actor (born 1970) - 1971FFranck EspositoFrench swimmer (born 1971)
- 1971DDanie MellorAustralian artist (born 1971)
- 1971
Bo OutlawAmerican basketball player (born 1971) - 1972
Aaron LewisAmerican rock musician (born 1972) - 1973
Bokeem WoodbineAmerican actor (born 1973) - 1975
Lou BegaGerman singer (born 1975) - 1976
Jonathan BrandisAmerican actor - 1976
Dan CampbellAmerican football player and coach (born 1976) - 1976
Glenn HowertonAmerican actor, comedian and producer (born 1976) - 1977
Margus TsahknaEstonian politician (born 1977) - 1978
Carles PuyolSpanish footballer (born 1978) - 1979
Baron DavisAmerican basketball player (born 1979) - 1980
Kelli GiddishAmerican actress (born 1980) - 1980
Quentin RichardsonAmerican basketball player (born 1980) - 1982
Nellie McKayAmerican singer and songwriter - 1982
Ty Dolla SignAmerican rapper and singer (born 1982) - 1983
Claudio BravoChilean footballer (born 1983) - 1983
Hunter PenceAmerican baseball player (born 1983) - 1984
Anders LindegaardDanish footballer (born 1984) - 1986
Lorenzo CainAmerican baseball player (born 1986) - 1987
Steven De VuystBelgian politician (born 1987) - 1988
Allison WilliamsAmerican actress (born 1988) - 1988
Anderson (footballer, born 1988)Brazilian footballer (born 1988) - 1989
Josh Reynolds (rugby league)Australian rugby league footballer - 1991
Josh GordonAmerican football player (born 1991) - 1992JJordan SilkAustralian cricketer
- 1993
Melvin GordonAmerican football player (born 1993)
- 1993
Darrun HilliardAmerican basketball player (born 1993) - 1994
Kahraba (footballer)Egyptian footballer (born 1994) - 1996
Marko GrujićSerbian footballer (born 1996) - 1997
Mateo CassierraColombian footballer (born 1997) - 1997
Kyle Walker-PetersEnglish footballer (born 1997) - 1999
Alessandro BastoniItalian footballer (born 1999) - 1999
András SchäferHungarian footballer (born 1999) - 2000
Rasmus DahlinSwedish ice hockey player (born 2000) - 2000
Facundo TorresUruguayan footballer (born 2000) - 2001
Neco WilliamsWelsh footballer (born 2001) - 2002
Karl Hein (footballer)Estonian footballer (born 2002)
Frequently asked questions
Who was born on April 13?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on April 13, including Vean Gregg, György Lukács, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
What happened on April 13?
45 documented historical events happened on April 13, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The first performance of the oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel (pictured) took place in Dublin. On the same day, in another year: American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian forces conducted a surprise attack against a Continental Army outpost at Bound Brook, New Jersey. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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