On this day · Aquarius

February 13 birthdays

279 notable historical figures were born on February 13, and 207 died on this day. Everyone born on February 13 is a Aquarius.

18% of February 13 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (66) than any other country.

Born on February 13

• Anders Behring Breivik (born 1979. Norwegian terrorist (born 1979))
• Robbie Williams (born 1974. English singer (born 1974))
• Kim Novak (born 1933. American actress (born 1933))
• Stockard Channing (born 1944. American actress (born 1944))
• Paul Biya (born 1933. President and dictator of Cameroon since 1982)
• Sarojini Naidu (1879 to 1949. Indian political activist and poet (1879–1949))
• Chuck Yeager (1923 to 2020. American flying ace and test pilot (1923–2020))
• Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1911 to 1982. King of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982)
• Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835 to 1908. Indian religious leader and founder of the Ahmadiyya community (1835–1908))
• Thomas Robert Malthus (1766 to 1834. British political economist (1766–1834))
• William Shockley (1910 to 1989. American physicist (1910–1989))
• Hal Moore (1922 to 2017. United States Army general (1922–2017))
• Georges Simenon (1903 to 1989. Belgian writer (1903–1989))
• Mary of Burgundy (1457 to 1482. Duchess of Burgundy from 1477 to 1482)
• Aung San (1915 to 1947. Burmese independence activist (1915–1947))
• John Healey (born 1960. British politician (born 1960))
• Simon Schama (born 1945. English historian (born 1945))
• Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911 to 1984. Pakistani poet and author (1911-1984))
• Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (born 1959. Libyan politician and architect (born 1958))
• Omar Torrijos (1929 to 1981. Military leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981)
• Elaine Pagels (born 1943. American religious historian)
• Alexander VII (1599 to 1667. Head of the Catholic Church from 1655 to 1667)
• Lesya Ukrainka (1871 to 1913. Ukrainian poet and writer (1871–1913))
• Georgios Papandreou (1888 to 1968. Prime minister of Greece (1888–1968))
• Peter Gabriel (born 1950. British musician (born 1950))
• Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta (1904 to 1974. Duchess of Aosta (1904–1974))
• Princess Alia bint Hussein (born 1956. Jordanian royal)
• Paul Deschanel (1855 to 1922. President of France in 1920)
• Akiko Yano (born 1955. Japanese jazz and pop singer (born 1955))
• Gary Patterson (born 1960. American football player and coach (born 1960))
• Harold Lasswell (1902 to 1978. American political scientist (1902–1978))
• Peter O'Neill (born 1965. Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea from 2011 to 2019)
• Emperor Hui of Jin (259 to 307. Emperor of the Jin Dynasty from 290 to 307)
• François Achille Bazaine (1811 to 1888. French marshal (1811–1884))
• Rupiah Banda (1937 to 2022. Zambian politician (1937–2022))
• Fernando Sor (1778 to 1839. Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778–1839))
• Memphis Depay (born 1994. Dutch footballer (born 1994))
• Ion Luca Caragiale (1852 to 1912. Romanian writer, political commentator and journalist (1852–1912))
• Leopold Godowsky (1870 to 1938. Lithuanian-American pianist and composer (1870–1938))
• George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1719 to 1792. Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator (1718–1792))
• Eddie Robinson (American football coach) (1919 to 2007. American football coach (1919–2007))
• Marian Dawkins (born 1945. British biologist (born 1945))
• Li Yu (937 to 978. Chinese ruler of Southern Tang from 961 to 976)
• Sal Bando (1944 to 2023. American baseball player and executive (1944–2023))
• Muhammad Rian Ardianto (born 1996. Indonesian badminton player)
• Artemy Lebedev (born 1975. Russian designer and businessman (born 1975))
• Gordon Tullock (1922 to 2014. American economist (1922–2014))
• Édouard Mortier (1768 to 1835. French Marshal and diplomat)
• Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler (1852 to 1908. Imperial German general (1852–1908))
• Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquess of Osorno (1720 to 1801. Irish-Spanish colonial administrator)
• Hartmann Schedel (1440 to 1514. German historian, cartographer, physician and humanist (1440–1514))
• Jeanne Demessieux (1921 to 1968. Musical artist)
• Carole Boston Weatherford (born 1956. American author and critic (born 1956))
• Elsa Barraine (1910 to 1999. French composer (1910–1999))
• Alberto Otárola (born 1967. Prime Minister of Peru (2022–2024))
• Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734 to 1797. French Navy officer (1734–1797))
• Samuel Rosenman (1896 to 1973. American politician (1896–1973))
• Elia Levita (1469 to 1549. Renaissance Hebrew grammarian, scholar and poet (1469–1549))
• William Sleator (1945 to 2011. American science fiction author)
• Vazgen Manukyan (born 1946. Prime Minister of Armenia from 1990 to 1991)

Died on February 13

• Richard Wagner (1813 to 1883. German composer (1813–1883))
• Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596 to 1662. Electress Palatine from 1613 to 1623)
• Cotton Mather (1663 to 1728. Puritan clergyman (1663–1728))
• Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (985 to 1021. 6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam)
• Charles X Gustav (1622 to 1660. King of Sweden from 1654 to 1660)
• Benvenuto Cellini (1500 to 1571. Italian goldsmith and sculptor (1500–1571))
• George Rogers Clark (1752 to 1818. American military officer and surveyor (1752–1818))
• Murtala Muhammed (1938 to 1976. Military head of state of Nigeria from 1975 to 1976)
• Arno Breker (1900 to 1991. German sculptor, a favorite of Adolf Hitler)
• Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259 to 1332. Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328)
• Isabella d'Este (1474 to 1539. Italian noblewoman, patron of the arts and fashion leader (1474–1539))
• Henri de Laborde de Monpezat (1934 to 2018. Consort of Margrethe II from 1972 to 2018)
• Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (1952 to 2004. Chechen politician (1952–2004))
• Stephen Nemanja (1113 to 1199. Grand Prince of Serbia from 1166 to 1196)
• Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711 to 1787. Croat-Italian physicist and writer (1711–1787))
• Abelardo L. Rodríguez (1889 to 1967. President of Mexico from 1932 to 1934)
• María Orosa (1893 to 1945. Filipino chemist (1892–1945))
• Béla II of Hungary (1108 to 1141. King of Hungary and Croatia from 1131 to 1141)
• Lalita Lajmi (1932 to 2023. Indian painter (1932–2023))
• Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864 to 1916. Danish painter (1864–1916))
• Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (1719 to 1787. French statesman and diplomat (1719–1787))
• Chilperic II (670 to 721. King of the Franks from 715 to 721)
• O. N. V. Kurup (1931 to 2016. Indian writer)
• P. F. Strawson (1919 to 2006. English philosopher (1919–2006))
• Vernon Lee (1856 to 1935. French-born British writer (1856–1935))
• Johann Eck (1486 to 1543. German Catholic theologian (1486–1543))
• Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909 to 1992. Soviet mathematician and theoretical physicist (1909–1992))
• Juana Enríquez (1425 to 1468. Queen of Aragon from 1458 to 1468)
• Franz Jalics (1927 to 2021. Jesuit priest and author (1927–2021))
• Naomi Uemura (1941 to 1984. Japanese adventurer)

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