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March 13 birthdays

292 notable historical figures were born on March 13, and 224 died on this day. Everyone born on March 13 is a Pisces.

19% of March 13 birthdays work in Literature, more than any other field. More come from United States (71) than any other country.

Born on March 13

• Joseph (Emperor Joseph II) (1741 to 1790. Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790)
• Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764 to 1845. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834)
• Joseph Priestley (1733 to 1804. English chemist and polymath (1733–1804))
• Joe Ranft (1960 to 2005. American screenwriter (1960–2005))
• Choi Sang-mok (born 1960. South Korean politician (born 1963))
• Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372 to 1407. French prince and nobleman (1372–1407))
• Percival Lowell (1855 to 1916. American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer (1855–1916))
• Georges de La Tour (1593 to 1652. French painter (1593–1652))
• Anatoly Fomenko (born 1945. Russian mathematician)
• Innocent XII (1615 to 1700. Head of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700)
• Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781 to 1841. Prussian architect, city planner and painter (1781–1841))
• Sālote Tupou III (1900 to 1965. Queen of Tonga from 1918 to 1965)
• John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916 to 1981. American businessman (1916–1981))
• Giorgos Seferis (1900 to 1971. Greek poet and diplomat (1900–1971))
• Paul Grice (1913 to 1988. British philosopher of language (1913–1988))
• Gitta Sereny (1921 to 2012. Austrian-British writer and historian (1921–2012))
• Donella Meadows (1941 to 2001. American environmental scientist, teacher, and writer)
• Dimitrios Ioannidis (1923 to 2010. Greek military dictator (1923–2010))
• Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753 to 1821. Mother of Louis Philippe I, King of the French)
• John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899 to 1980. American physicist and mathematician (1899–1980))
• Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857 to 1932. British Army general (1857–1932))
• Guillaume Brune (1763 to 1815. French Marshal)
• Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716 to 1801. Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel)
• S. K. Pottekkatt (1913 to 1982. Indian writer and traveler)
• Josephine Siao (born 1947. Hong Kong actress (born 1947))
• Janet Flanner (1892 to 1978. American writer and journalist (1892–1978))
• Sudiksha (Sant Nirankari mission) (born 1985. Indian spiritual leader (born 1985))
• Robert Brandom (born 1950. American philosopher (born 1950))
• Prince Arisugawa Taruhito (1835 to 1895. Japanese prince and general (1835–1895))
• Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley (1859 to 1927. English cricketer)
• Charles Bonnet (1720 to 1793. Genevan botanist (1720–1793))
• Alberto Manguel (born 1948. Argentine-Canadian writer and translator (born 1948))
• Hans Gude (1825 to 1903. Norwegian painter (1825–1903))
• L. Ron Hubbard (1911 to 1986. American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986))
• Wolfgang Rihm (1952 to 2024. German composer and teacher (1952–2024))
• Anne Henriette of Bavaria (1648 to 1723. Princess of Condé)
• Judith of Habsburg (1271 to 1297. Queen of Bohemia from 1285 to 1297)
• B. H. Roberts (1857 to 1933. American Mormon politician (1857–1933))
• Caryl Phillips (born 1958. Kittitian-British novelist (b. 1958))
• Jan Baudouin de Courtenay (1845 to 1929. Polish linguist (1845–1929))
• Louis Chauvin (1881 to 1908. American pianist and composer (1881-1908))
• Gabriel Andrew Dirac (1925 to 1984. Hungarian-British mathematician (1925-1984))
• Doug Harvey (1930 to 2018. American baseball umpire (1930–2018))
• Coco Gauff (born 2004. American tennis player (born 2004))
• Mikaela Shiffrin (born 1995. American alpine skier (born 1995))
• Karl Dietrich Bracher (1922 to 2016. German historian and political scientist (1922–2016))
• Myrtle Allen (1924 to 2018. Irish chef (1924–2018))
• Oswald Garrison Villard (1872 to 1949. American journalist and editor (1872–1949))
• Joan Roughgarden (born 1946. American ecologist (born 1946))
• Emily Young (born 1951. English sculptor, born 1951)
• Saber Rebai (born 1967. Tunisian actor and singer (born 1967))
• Igor Grabar (1871 to 1960. Russian post-impressionist painter, publisher, restorer and historian of art (1871-1960))
• Dana Delany (born 1956. American actress (born 1956))
• William A. Niskanen (1933 to 2011. American economist (1933–2011))
• Grahame Morris (born 1961. British Labour politician (born 1961))
• Sergei Sidorsky (born 1954. 6th Prime Minister of Belarus From 2004 to 2010)
• Joseph Valentin Boussinesq (1842 to 1929. French mathematician and physicist (1842–1929))
• William H. Macy (born 1950. American actor (born 1950))
• Chin Kung (1927 to 2022. Chinese monk (1927–2022))
• Zulfikar Ghose (1935 to 2022. American novelist, poet and essayist (1935–2022))

Died on March 13

• Benjamin Harrison (1833 to 1901. President of the United States from 1889 to 1893)
• Susan B. Anthony (1820 to 1906. American women's rights activist (1820–1906))
• Belisarius (505 to 565. 6th-century Byzantine general)
• Jim Gordon (1945 to 2023. American musician and convicted murderer (1945–2023))
• Paul R. Ehrlich (1932 to 2026. American biologist (1932–2026))
• Ivo Andrić (1892 to 1975. Yugoslav writer and Nobel laureate (1892–1975))
• Amr ibn Hisham (570 to 624. Arab polytheist leader (c. 570–624))
• Sergei Witte (1849 to 1915. Prime Minister of the Russian Empire from 1905 to 1906)
• Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837 to 1892. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1892)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (1931 to 2025. Soviet and Russian composer (1931–2025))
• Shah Rukh (1377 to 1447. Ruler of the Timurid Empire from 1405 to 1447)
• Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900 to 2002. German philosopher (1900–2002))
• Tribhuvan of Nepal (1906 to 1955. King of Nepal (1911–1950, 1951–1955))
• Christian VII (1749 to 1808. King of Denmark and Norway from 1766 to 1808)
• Hilary Putnam (1926 to 2016. American mathematician and philosopher (1926–2016))
• Philippe de Gaulle (1921 to 2024. French admiral and son of Charles de Gaulle (1921–2024))
• Vladislaus II, King of Bohemia and Hungary (1456 to 1516. King of Bohemia and Hungary (1456–1516))
• Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731 to 1767. Princess of Poland & Dauphine of France)
• Louis I, Prince of Condé (1530 to 1569. 1st Prince of Condé (1530–1569))
• César Cui (1835 to 1918. Russian composer and army officer (1835–1918))
• Daevid Allen (1938 to 2015. Australian musician (1938–2015))
• Henry Scott Tuke (1858 to 1929. English painter and photographer)
• Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel (1789 to 1867. Princess of Hesse-Kassel)
• Fan Noli (1882 to 1965. Prime Minister of Albania in 1924 and writer (1882–1965))
• Helena Dragaš (1372 to 1450. Byzantine empress consort)
• Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria (1878 to 1960. Princess Elisabeth of Liechtenstein (1878–1960))
• Vallathol Narayana Menon (1878 to 1958. Indian poet (1878–1958))
• Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932 to 2014. 3rd President of Sierra Leone (1996–97, 1998–2007))
• Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934 to 2017. German landowner (1934–2017))
• Johan Nygaardsvold (1879 to 1952. Norwegian politician (1879–1952))

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