July 13 - Births

Births

• 1527 – John Dee, English mathematician and scientist (d. 1609)
• 1579 – Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)
• 1590 – Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
• 1607 – Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian-English etcher (d. 1677)
• 1608 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
• 1745 – Robert Calder, English navy admiral (d. 1818)
• 1760 – István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovene priest and writer (d. 1829)
• 1770 – Alexander Balashov, Russian general (d. 1837)
• 1776 – Caroline of Baden (d. 1841)
• 1793 – John Clare, English poet (d. 1864)
• 1798 – Alexandra Feodorovna, German-Russian wife of Nicholas I of Russia (d. 1860)
• 1821 – Nathan Bedford Forrest, American army officer (d. 1877)
• 1841 – Otto Wagner, Austrian architect, designed the Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station (d. 1918)
• 1858 – Stewart Culin, American ethnographer and author (d. 1929)
• 1859 – Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, English economist, co-founded the London School of Economics (d. 1947)
• 1864 – John Jacob Astor IV, American businessman, investor, and writer, victim of the Titanic sinking (d. 1912)
• 1876 – William Michaels, American heavyweight boxer (d. 1934)
• 1889 – Louise Mountbatten, German wife of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (d. 1965)
• 1894 – Isaak Babel, Soviet writer (d. 1940)
• 1895 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1896 – Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (d. 1992)
• 1898 – Julius Schreck, German SS commander (d. 1936)
• 1900 – George Lewis, American clarinet player and songwriter (d. 1969)
• 1901 – Eric Portman, English actor (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Kenneth Clark, English historian (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino military leader (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Loren Pope, American writer (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Dave Garroway, American journalist (d. 1982)
• 1913 – Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
• 1918 – Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator
• 1920 – William C. Friday, American academic (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Friedrich Peter, Austrian politician (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Leslie Brooks, American actress (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, 16th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1922 – Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Carlo Bergonzi, Italian tenor
• 1924 – Michel Constantin, French actor (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Johnny Gilbert, American game show host and announcer
• 1927 – Simone Veil, French politician
• 1928 – Tommaso Buscetta, Italian mobster (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Bob Crane, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1928 – Sven Davidson, Swedish tennis player (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Leroy Vinnegar, American bassist (d. 1999)
• 1929 – Sofia Muratova, Soviet gymnast (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Frank Ramsey, American basketball player and coach
• 1932 – Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist
• 1933 – Patsy Byrne, English actress
• 1934 – Gordon Lee, English footballer and manager
• 1934 – Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934 – Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet astronaut
• 1935 – Jack Kemp, American football player and politician (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Kurt Westergaard, Danish cartoonist
• 1936 – Albert Ayler, American saxophonist, singer, and composer (d. 1970)
• 1940 – Patrick Stewart, English actor
• 1941 – Robert Forster, American actor
• 1941 – Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter and translator (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Jacques Perrin, French actor and director
• 1942 – Harrison Ford, American actor
• 1942 – Roger McGuinn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds)
• 1944 – Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor, architect, and educator, invented the Rubik's Cube
• 1946 – Cheech Marin, American actor
• 1948 – Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter
• 1948 – Tony Kornheiser, American sportscaster
• 1948 – Daphne Maxwell Reid, American actress
• 1950 – George Nelson, American astronaut
• 1950 – Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwanese politician
• 1951 – Rob Bishop, American politician
• 1951 – Didi Conn, American actress
• 1953 – Gil Birmingham, American actor
• 1953 – Mila Mulroney, Yugoslavian-Canadian wife of Brian Mulroney
• 1954 – Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Rick Chartraw, American ice hockey player
• 1954 – Louise Mandrell, American singer
• 1954 – David Thompson, American basketball player
• 1956 – Claude Giroux, Canadian wrestler
• 1956 – Michael Spinks, American boxer
• 1956 – Frank Dux, American martial artist and choreographer
• 1957 – Thierry Boutsen, Belgian race car driver
• 1957 – Cameron Crowe, American director
• 1957 – Jane Hamilton, American novelist
• 1957 – Phil Margera, American television personality
• 1959 – Richard Leman, English field hockey player
• 1960 – Robert Abraham, American football player
• 1960 – Ian Hislop, English writer and editor
• 1961 – Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
• 1961 – Tim Watson, Australian footballer
• 1962 – Tom Kenny, American comedian and actor
• 1962 – Rhonda Vincent, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1963 – Neal Foulds, English snooker player
• 1963 – Kenneth Johnson, American actor
• 1963 – Spud Webb, American basketball player
• 1964 – Paul Thorn, American singer-songwriter
• 1965 – Lesli Kay, American actress
• 1965 – Eileen Ivers, Irish-American fiddler (Cherish the Ladies)
• 1966 – Gil Birmingham, American actor
• 1966 – Gerald Levert, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (LeVert and LSG) (d. 2006)
• 1966 – Natalia Luis-Bassa, Venezuelan conductor
• 1967 – Dean Barnett, American columnist (d. 2008)
• 1967 – Benny Benassi, Italian DJ and producer (Benassi Bros.)
• 1968 – Robert Gant, American actor
• 1968 – Christian Taylor, English screenwriter
• 1969 – Barney Greenway, English singer-songwriter (Napalm Death and Benediction)
• 1969 – Ken Jeong, American actor
• 1969 – Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-Greek weightlifter
• 1969 – Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan politician
• 1970 – Barry Pinches, English snooker player
• 1971 – Craig Elliott, American illustrator
• 1972 – Sean Waltman, American wrestler
• 1973 – Mohamed Atiq Awayd Al Harbi, Saudi Arabian terrorist
• 1973 – Ariel Zárate, Argentine footballer
• 1974 – Deborah Cox, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1974 – Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver
• 1975 – Danni Boatwright, American model and sportscaster, Miss Kansas USA 1996
• 1975 – Mariada Pieridi, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Al Santos, American model, actor, and producer
• 1976 – Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Chris Horn, American football player
• 1977 – Ashley Scott, American actress
• 1978 – Eva Jinek, Dutch-American journalist
• 1978 – Ryan Ludwick, American baseball player
• 1978 – Kate More, American porn actress
• 1978 – Prodromos Nikolaidis, Greek basketball player
• 1978 – Ryan Reaves, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer
• 1979 – Jonathan Goulet, Canadian mixed martial artist
• 1979 – Libuše Průšová, Czech tennis player
• 1979 – Daniel Díaz, Argentine footballer
• 1979 – Lucinda Ruh, Swiss figure skater
• 1979 – Fernando Salazar, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Corey Clark, American singer
• 1980 – Karolina Gruszka, Polish actress
• 1980 – Becky O'Donohue, American actress
• 1980 – Jessie O'Donohue, American actress
• 1980 – Master Saleem, Indian singer
• 1981 – Ágnes Kovács, Hungarian swimmer
• 1981 – Fran Kranz, American actor
• 1981 – Mirco Lorenzetto, Italian cyclist
• 1981 – Ineta Radēviča, Latvian athlete
• 1982 – Brooke Ballentyne, American porn actress
• 1982 – Christopher Bauman, American wrestler (d. 2005)
• 1982 – Aya Cash, American actress
• 1982 – Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player
• 1982 – Simon Clist, English footballer
• 1982 – Dominic Isaacs, South African footballer
• 1982 – Nick Kenny, Australian rugby player
• 1982 – Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1982 – Samia Smith, English actress
• 1982 – Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever, Sun Caged, and Star One)
• 1983 – Kristof Beyens, Belgian sprinter
• 1983 – Marco Pomante, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Carmen Villalobos, Colombian actress and dancer
• 1983 – Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler
• 1984 – Scott Gerbacia, American actor
• 1984 – Ida Maria, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1984 – Urvashi Sharma, Indian actress and model
• 1985 – Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
• 1986 – Pierrick Lilliu, French singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Neil Denis, Canadian actor
• 1988 – Tulisa Contostavlos, English singer-songwriter and actress (N-Dubz)
• 1988 – Marcos Paulo Gelmini Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 – Colton Haynes, American actor and model
• 1988 – Steven R. McQueen, American actor
• 1988 – He Pingping, Chinese world's shortest man (d. 2010)
• 1989 – Charis Giannopoulos, Greek basketball player
• 1989 – Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume and Ecomoni)
• 1990 – Ross Little, English actor
• 1990 – Eduardo Salvio, Argentine footballer
• 1990 – Matt Weinberg, American actor
• 1991 – Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha, Thai actress and model
• 1992 – Dylan Patton, American actor
• 1992 – Elise Matthysen, Belgian swimmer
• 1994 – Ridge Canipe, American actor
• 1994 – Hayley Erin, American actress
• 1994 – Jolean Wejbe, American actress
• 1997 – Leo Howard, American actor and martial artist