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January 13 birthdays

308 notable historical figures were born on January 13, and 209 died on this day. Everyone born on January 13 is a Capricorn.

19% of January 13 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (72) than any other country.

Born on January 13

• Shonda Rhimes (born 1970. American television producer and screenwriter (born 1970))
• Gwen Verdon (1925 to 2000. American actress and dancer (1925–2000))
• Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883 to 1938. British prince (1883–1938))
• Taye Atske Selassie (born 1956. President of Ethiopia since 2024)
• Nga wai hono i te po (born 1997. Māori Queen since 2024)
• Ivan Shishkin (1831 to 1898. Russian landscape painter (1832–1898))
• Chaïm Soutine (1893 to 1943. French, Jewish Belarusian painter (1893–1943))
• Raif Badawi (born 1984. Saudi Arabian writer and activist (born 1984))
• Sydney Brenner (1927 to 2019. South African biologist and Nobel prize winner (1927–2019))
• Orlando Bloom (born 1977. English actor (born 1977))
• Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia (born 1963. English historian and journalist (born 1963))
• Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria (born 1933. Bulgarian princess (born 1933))
• Hasan Kwame Jeffries (born 1973. American writer and professor (born 1973))
• Daevid Allen (1938 to 2015. Australian musician (1938–2015))
• Wilhelm Wien (1864 to 1928. German physicist (1864–1928))
• Lucius Aelius Caesar (101 to 138. Adopted son and heir of Emperor Hadrian (101–138))
• Al-Hakam II (915 to 976. Caliph of Córdoba from 961 to 976)
• Bud Anderson (1922 to 2024. American World War II flying ace (1922–2024))
• Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869 to 1931. Prince of Asturias, 2nd Duke of Aosta (1869 –1931))
• Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843 to 1918. Indian Odia author)
• Lucy Moss (born 1994. British writer-director-composer)
• Neville Chamberlain (police officer) (1856 to 1944. British army officer and head of the Irish police force (1856–1944))
• Eric Betzig (born 1960. American physicist (born 1960))
• John, Constable of Portugal (1400 to 1442. Portuguese prince and Constable of Portugal (1400–1442))
• Hedd Wyn (1887 to 1917. Welsh poet (1887–1917))
• Bruno Coulais (born 1954. French composer)
• Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809 to 1886. German and Austrian statesman)
• Jan van Goyen (1596 to 1656. Dutch landscape painter (1596–1656))
• Richard Addinsell (1904 to 1977. English composer (1904–1977))
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus (born 1961. American actress and comedian (born 1961))
• Ananda Samarakoon (1911 to 1962. Sri Lankan musician (1911–1962))
• Guruh Sukarnoputra (born 1953. Indonesian musician, choreographer, and politician)
• Catherine Breshkovsky (1844 to 1934. Russian revolutionary (1844–1934))
• Karl Menger (1902 to 1985. Austrian–American mathematician)
• Joseph Rock (1884 to 1962. Austrian-American explorer)
• Patrick Dempsey (born 1966. American actor and racecar driver (born 1966))
• Sibyl Hathaway (1884 to 1974. Dame of Sark from 1927 to 1974)
• Christoph Graupner (1683 to 1760. German Baroque composer (1683–1760))
• Erhard Schmidt (1876 to 1959. Baltic German mathematician)
• Pasqual Maragall (born 1941. Catalan politician)
• Lilla Cabot Perry (1848 to 1933. American painter)
• Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally (1702 to 1766. French army officer)
• Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel (1724 to 1802. Duchess consort of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld from 1764 to 1800)
• Konstantin Leontiev (1831 to 1891. Russian philosopher (1831–1891))
• Jüri Uluots (1890 to 1945. Estonian politician (1890–1945))
• Elizabeth-Ann de Massy (1947 to 2020. Monegasque noble (1947–2020))
• Joachim II Hector (1505 to 1571. Elector of Brandenburg from 1535 to 1571)
• Luis Díaz (born 1997. Colombian footballer)
• Princess Shova Shahi of Nepal (born 1949. Princess of Nepal)
• Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1610) (1610 to 1665. Electress consort of Bavaria)
• Carolyn See (1934 to 2016. American novelist and journalist (1934–2016))
• Serge Letchimy (born 1953. French politician)
• David Dean Shulman (born 1949. American poet)
• Yannis Tsarouchis (1910 to 1989. Greek painter)
• Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (1892 to 1997. Iranian writer (1892–1997))
• Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (1926 to 2003. American writer and professor)
• Jeanne Toussaint (1887 to 1976. Belgian-born French jeweler (1887–1976))
• Ahmed Gaid Salah (1940 to 2019. Algerian military officer (1940–2019))
• Stephen Hendry (born 1969. Scottish snooker player (born 1969))
• Andrew Yang (born 1975. American businessman and politician (born 1975))

Died on January 13

• James Joyce (1882 to 1941. Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941))
• Chiang Ching-kuo Memorial Song (1910 to 1988. President of the Republic of China from 1978 to 1988)
• Charles the Fat (839 to 888. Carolingian emperor from 881 to 887)
• Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795 to 858. King of Wessex from 839 to 858)
• Stephen Foster (1826 to 1864. American composer and songwriter (1826–1864))
• Edmund Spenser (1552 to 1599. English poet (c. 1552–1599))
• Sophia of Prussia (1870 to 1932. Queen of Greece (1913–1917; 1920–1922))
• Victoriano Huerta (1850 to 1916. President and Dictator of Mexico from 1913 to 1914)
• Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (62 BC to 47 BC. Pharaoh of Egypt from 51 to 47 BC)
• Hubert Humphrey (1911 to 1978. Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969)
• Brian Bedford (1935 to 2016. English actor (1935–2016))
• Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778 to 1852. Russian Navy officer, cartographer, and explorer (1778–1852))
• Empress Jitō (645 to 703. Empress of Japan from 686 to 697)
• Sylvanus Olympio (1902 to 1963. President of Togo from 1960 to 1963)
• Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark (1771 to 1843. Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg)
• Peter Duesberg (1936 to 2026. German-American molecular biologist (1936–2026))
• J. F. R. Jacob (1923 to 2016. Indian Army officer and statesman (1923–2016))
• George Vassiliou (1931 to 2026. President of Cyprus from 1988 to 1993)
• Suger (1080 to 1151. 12th-century French abbot, statesman and historian)
• Bertrand Barère (1755 to 1841. French politician, freemason and journalist (1755–1841))
• Archduke Joseph (1776 to 1847. Palatine of Hungary from 1796 to 1847)
• Lyonel Feininger (1871 to 1956. German-American painter)
• Frederick the Fair (1289 to 1330. King of Germany from 1314 to 1330)
• Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889 to 1943. Swiss artist (1889–1943))
• Sibilla Aleramo (1876 to 1960. Italian feminist writer and poet (1876–1960))
• Johnny Podres (1932 to 2008. American baseball player (1932–2008))
• Jacob Ruppert (1867 to 1939. American businessman, politician (1867–1939))
• Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro (1883 to 1973. Duke of Castro)
• Henry II Jasomirgott (1107 to 1177. Margrave/Duke of Austria)
• Ferdinand Ries (1784 to 1838. German composer (1784–1838))

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