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June 13 birthdays

319 notable historical figures were born on June 13, and 156 died on this day. Everyone born on June 13 is a Gemini.

19% of June 13 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (64) than any other country.

Born on June 13

• Chris Evans (born 1981. American actor (born 1981))
• John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928 to 2015. American mathematician and Nobel Laureate (1928–2015))
• W. B. Yeats (1865 to 1939. Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939))
• James Clerk Maxwell (1831 to 1879. Scottish physicist and mathematician (1831–1879))
• Grigori Perelman (born 1966. Russian mathematician (born 1966))
• Ban Ki-moon (born 1944. UN Secretary-General from 2007 to 2016)
• Charles the Bald (823 to 877. King of West Francia from 843 to 877 and Carolingian Emperor from 875 to 877)
• Félix Tshisekedi (born 1963. President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2019)
• Fernando Pessoa (1888 to 1935. Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935))
• Klaus Iohannis (born 1959. President of Romania from 2014 to 2025)
• Anton Drexler (1884 to 1942. German far-right politician (1884–1942))
• Luis Walter Alvarez (1911 to 1988. American physicist and aeronaut (1911–1988))
• Yamandú Orsi (born 1967. President of Uruguay since 2025)
• Jeanine Áñez (born 1967. President of Bolivia from 2019 to 2020)
• Thomas Young (scientist) (1773 to 1829. English polymath (1773–1829))
• Robert M. La Follette (1855 to 1925. American lawyer and politician (1855–1925))
• Boyko Borisov (born 1959. Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2009–2013; 2014–2017; 2017–2021))
• José Raúl Mulino (born 1959. President of Panama since 2024)
• Infanta Cristina of Spain (born 1965. Spanish infanta (born 1965))
• E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1909 to 1998. Indian politician (1909–1998))
• Chen Yun (1905 to 1995. Chinese statesman (1905–1995))
• Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40 to 93. Roman governor and general (40–93))
• Frances Burney (1752 to 1840. English novelist, diarist and playwright (1752–1840))
• Amadeo Bordiga (1889 to 1970. Italian communist politician and Marxist theoretician (1889–1970))
• Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942. Military head of state of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999)
• Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871 to 1951. Duchess of Aosta (1871–1951))
• Tage Erlander (1901 to 1985. Prime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969)
• Student (mathematician) (1876 to 1937. British statistician (1876–1937))
• José Antonio Páez (1790 to 1873. President of Venezuela)
• Aby Warburg (1866 to 1929. German art historian (1866–1929))
• Charles Algernon Parsons (1854 to 1931. Anglo-Irish mechanical engineer and inventor (1854–1931))
• Les Préraphaélites : Un modernisme à l'anglaise (born 1966. French art historian (born 1966))
• John I the Steadfast (1468 to 1532. Elector of Saxony from 1525 to 1532)
• Joseph Bau (1920 to 2002. Polish and Israeli graphic artist and poet (1920–2002))
• Samak Sundaravej (1935 to 2009. Prime Minister of Thailand in 2008)
• Étienne Gilson (1884 to 1978. French historian and philosopher (1884–1978))
• Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 1950. French royal)
• Bob Crow (1961 to 2014. British trade union leader)
• Prince Henry of the Netherlands (1820–1879) (1820 to 1879. Dutch prince (1820–1879))
• Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778 to 1819. Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin)
• Antonio de Torres Jurado (1817 to 1892. Spanish guitarist and luthier (1817-1892))
• Augusto Roa Bastos (1917 to 2005. Paraguayan writer (1917–2005))
• Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908 to 1992. Portuguese-French artist (1908–1992))
• Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria (1747 to 1777. Duke of Calabria)
• Daniel Ingram (composer) (born 1975. Canadian composer)
• Joseph Stella (1877 to 1946. American painter)
• Antoni Radziwiłł (1775 to 1833. Polish and Prussian noble (1775–1833))
• Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673 to 1741. Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1723 to 1737)
• Abdur Rab Nishtar (1899 to 1958. Pakistani independence activist and politician (1899–1958))
• Paul L. Modrich (born 1946. American biochemist and Nobel laureate (born 1946))
• Malcolm McDowell (born 1943. British actor (born 1943))
• Jules Bordet (1870 to 1961. Belgian scientist and Nobel laureate (1870–1961))
• Felipe Ángeles (1868 to 1919. Mexican general and revolutionary)
• Hikari Ōe (born 1963. Japanese composer)
• Tim Allen (born 1953. American actor and comedian (born 1953))
• Alexander Beilinson (born 1957. Russian-American mathematician)
• Stellan Skarsgård (born 1951. Swedish actor (born 1951))
• Martha Washington (1731 to 1802. First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797)
• Dobri Bozhilov (1884 to 1945. Bulgarian politician)
• Lyudmila Chernykh (1935 to 2017. Ukrainian-Russian astronomer (1935–2017))

Died on June 13

• Anthony of Padua (1195 to 1231. Portuguese Catholic priest (1195–1231))
• Ludwig II (1845 to 1886. King of Bavaria from 1864 to 1886)
• Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1911 to 1982. King of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982)
• Michael Aleksandrovich (1878 to 1918. Son of Tsar Alexander III (1878–1918))
• Martin Buber (1878 to 1965. German-Israeli philosopher (1878–1965))
• Tippu Tip (1837 to 1905. Afro-Omani ivory and slave trader (c. 1837–1905))
• Charles Haughey (1925 to 2006. Taoiseach (1979–1981, 1982, 1987–1992))
• Ben Chifley (1885 to 1951. Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949)
• Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi (1965 to 2025. Iranian physicist (1965–2025))
• Jean Raspail (1925 to 2020. French author, traveler and explorer (1925–2020))
• Kitasato Shibasaburō (1853 to 1931. Japanese physician and bacteriologist (1853–1931))
• Sarah Hegazi (1989 to 2020. Egyptian LGBT activist)
• Cormac McCarthy (1933 to 2023. American writer (1933–2023))
• Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse (1806 to 1877. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1848 to 1877)
• Richard Lawrence (failed assassin) (1800 to 1861. Failed assassin of Andrew Jackson (c. 1800–1861))
• Shamsuddin Kayumars (1285 to 1290. Sultan of Delhi in 1290)
• Juan de Zumárraga (1468 to 1548. 15/16th-century Spanish Franciscan prelate; first bishop and Inquisitor of Mexico)
• Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833 to 1905. Austrian royal; Palatine of Hungary)
• Pralhad Keshav Atre (1898 to 1969. Indian writer and politician)
• Pierre-Étienne Flandin (1889 to 1958. French Prime Minister)
• Essad Toptani (1863 to 1920. Prime Minister of Albania from 1914 to 1916)
• José Miguel Gómez (1858 to 1921. President of Cuba from 1909 to 1913)
• Anne Hamilton-Byrne (1921 to 2019. Australian cult leader and yoga teacher (1921–2019))
• Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1827 to 1900. Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1853 to 1900)
• Santiago Rusiñol (1861 to 1931. Spanish painter, poet, journalist, collector and playwright)
• Henry Middleton (1717 to 1784. American politician ( (1717–1784))
• al-Zahir li-I'zaz Din Allah (1005 to 1036. Fatimid caliph and Isma'ili Imam from 1021 to 1036)
• Georg von Békésy (1899 to 1972. Hungarian-American biophysicist)
• David Diamond (composer) (1915 to 2005. American classical composer (1915–2005))
• Marvin Griffin (1907 to 1982. American politician (1907–1982))

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