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April 13 birthdays

313 notable historical figures were born on April 13, and 184 died on this day. Everyone born on April 13 is a Aries.

18% of April 13 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (83) than any other country.

Born on April 13

• Garry Kasparov (born 1963. Russian chess grandmaster (born 1963))
• Thomas Jefferson (1743 to 1826. Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809)
• Catherine de' Medici (1519 to 1589. Queen of France from 1547 to 1559)
• Christopher Hitchens (1949 to 2011. British and American author and journalist (1949–2011))
• Samuel Beckett (1906 to 1989. Irish playwright and poet (1906–1989))
• Al Green (born 1946. American soul singer, songwriter and pastor (born 1946))
• Paul Sorvino (1939 to 2022. American actor (1939–2022))
• Seamus Heaney (1939 to 2013. Irish poet (1939–2013))
• Julius Nyerere (1922 to 1999. President of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985)
• Howard Keel (1919 to 2004. American actor and singer (1919–2004))
• Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747 to 1793. French royal and father of Louis Philippe I, King of the French (1747–1793))
• Antonio Meucci (1808 to 1889. Italian inventor (1808–1889))
• Stanisław Ulam (1909 to 1984. Polish mathematician and physicist (1909–1984))
• György Lukács (1885 to 1971. Hungarian philosopher and critic (1885–1971))
• Richard Trevithick (1771 to 1833. British inventor and mining engineer (1771–1833))
• Andy Nyman (born 1966. English actor, director and writer)
• Frederick North, Lord North (1732 to 1792. Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782)
• Dokka Umarov (1964 to 2013. Chechen warlord and first emir of the Caucasus Emirate (1964–2013))
• Jimmy Patronis (born 1972. American politician (born 1972))
• Thomas Lawrence (1769 to 1830. English painter (1769–1830))
• James Ensor (1860 to 1949. Belgian painter (1860–1949))
• Nella Larsen (1891 to 1964. American novelist (1891–1964))
• John W. Davis (1873 to 1955. American politician (1873–1955))
• Alan Clark (1928 to 1999. British politician and author (1928–1999))
• Robert Watson-Watt (1892 to 1973. Scottish physicist who pioneered radio direction-finding and radar (1892–1973))
• Arthur Fadden (1894 to 1973. Prime Minister of Australia in 1941)
• Sam Bush (born 1952. American mandolinist (born 1952))
• Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda (born 1955. King of Buganda Kingdom since 1993)
• Liam Cosgrave (1920 to 2017. Taoiseach from 1973 to 1977)
• Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1825 to 1868. Canadian Father of Confederation (1825–1868))
• Vladimir Cosma (born 1940. Romanian musician (born 1940))
• R. Venkataramani (born 1950. Indian lawyer and Attourney-General (born 1950))
• Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764 to 1830. French marshal (1764–1830))
• Alfred Schütz (1899 to 1959. Austrian philosopher (1899–1959))
• Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350 to 1405. Countess of Flanders from 1384 to 1405)
• Louis II the Strict (1229 to 1294. Duke of Upper Bavaria (1229–1294))
• Ira C. Eaker (1896 to 1987. US Air Force general (1896–1987))
• Yasuharu Takanashi (born 1964. Japanese composer (born 1963))
• Ritu Karidhal (born 1975. Indian scientist and aerospace engineer)
• Hassan Ali Mansur (1923 to 1965. Iranian politician (1923–1965))
• Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (1759 to 1838. Hereditary Prince of Saxony)
• Judy Nunn (born 1945. Australian actress and author (born 1945))
• James H. Howard (1913 to 1995. American fighter pilot in World War II)
• Frederic Rzewski (1938 to 2021. American composer and pianist (1938–2021))
• Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy (1885 to 1961. 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands)
• Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930 to 2013. Romanian film director, actor and politician (1930–2013))
• Louis Witten (born 1921. American theoretical physicist (b. 1921))
• Dany Laferrière (born 1953. Haitian-Canadian novelist and journalist (born 1954))
• William Sterndale Bennett (1816 to 1875. British composer (1816–1875))
• Al-Karaji (953 to 1029. Persian mathematician and engineer (c. 953 – c. 1029))
• Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach (1662 to 1696. Margravine consort of Brandenburg-Ansbach)
• Rennyo (1415 to 1499. 8th Monshu (head priest) of the Hongan-ji Temple of Jōdo-Shinshū Buddhism (1415-99))
• Mariano Melgarejo (1820 to 1871. 15th president of Bolivia)
• Archduke Leopold Johann of Austria (1716 to 1716. Last-born male of the House of Habsburg)
• Bruno Rossi (1905 to 1993. Italian-American experimental physicist (1905–1993))
• Michael Stuart Brown (born 1941. American geneticist and Nobel laureate (born 1941))
• Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937 to 2025. American astrophysicist (1937–2025))
• Gopi Shankar Madurai (born 1991. Indian activist and Indigenist (born 1991))
• Gabriel Ramanantsoa (1906 to 1979. Malagasy politician, second President of Madagascar from 1972 to 1975)
• Shu Lea Cheang (born 1954. Taiwanese-American artist and filmmaker)

Died on April 13

• Mario Vargas Llosa (1936 to 2025. Peruvian novelist and writer (1936–2025))
• Miloš Forman (1932 to 2018. Czech and American film director (1932–2018))
• Günter Grass (1927 to 2015. German author and artist (1927–2015))
• John Archibald Wheeler (1911 to 2008. American theoretical physicist (1911–2008))
• Henry Darger (1892 to 1973. American artist and writer (1892–1973))
• Balraj Sahni (1913 to 1973. Indian film and stage actor (1913–1973))
• Jean de La Fontaine (1621 to 1695. French fabulist and poet (1621–1695))
• Mary Quant (1934 to 2023. British fashion designer and fashion icon (1930–2023))
• Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900 to 1978. Nigerian activist (1900–1978))
• Julius I (Head of the Catholic Church from 337 to 352)
• Tewodros II (1818 to 1868. Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 to 1868)
• Grigory Orlov (1734 to 1783. Russian noble (1734–1783))
• Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (1772 to 1807. Habsburg empress from 1792 to 1807)
• Abdul Salam Arif (1921 to 1966. President of Iraq from 8 February 1963 to 13 April 1966)
• Annie Jump Cannon (1863 to 1941. American astronomer (1863–1941))
• Bruno Bauer (1809 to 1882. German philosopher and theologian (1809–1882))
• Faith Ringgold (1930 to 2024. American artist (1930–2024))
• Ernst Cassirer (1874 to 1945. German philosopher (1874–1945))
• Emil Nolde (1867 to 1956. German painter)
• Krum (755 to 814. Khan of Bulgaria from 803 to 814)
• John Humphrey Noyes (1811 to 1886. American utopian community founder (1811–1886))
• Stepan Makarov (1849 to 1904. Russian admiral and scientist (1849–1904))
• François Tombalbaye (1918 to 1975. President of Chad from 1960 to 1975)
• Ernesto Laclau (1935 to 2014. Argentine philosopher and political theorist)
• Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868 to 1956. English biographical writer (1868–1956))
• Luis Somoza Debayle (1922 to 1967. President of Nicaragua from 1956 to 1963)
• Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215 to 1275. 13th-century English princess and countess)
• Paciano Rizal (1851 to 1930. Filipino general and revolutionary)
• Asadollah Alam (1919 to 1978. Prime minister of Iran from 1962 to 1964)
• Jane Taylor (poet) (1783 to 1824. English poet and novelist (1783–1824))

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