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October 13 birthdays

281 notable historical figures were born on October 13, and 198 died on this day. Everyone born on October 13 is a Libra.

20% of October 13 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (78) than any other country.

Born on October 13

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born 1989. American politician and activist (born 1989))
• Admiral General Aladeen (born 1971. English actor and comedian (born 1971))
• Margaret Thatcher (1925 to 2013. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990)
• Kelly Preston (1962 to 2020. American actress (1962–2020))
• Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948 to 1997. Pakistani singer, songwriter and music director (1948–1997))
• Jamal Khashoggi (1958 to 2018. Saudi journalist and dissident (1958–2018))
• Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (1453 to 1471. Heir apparent of Henry VI of England (1453–1471))
• Gad Saad (born 1964. Canadian professor of evolutionary psychology (born 1964))
• Jozef Tiso (1887 to 1947. President of the Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945)
• Bogd Khan (1869 to 1924. 1911–1924 ruler of the Bogd Khanate of Mongolia)
• Art Tatum (1909 to 1956. American jazz pianist (1909–1956))
• Rudolf Virchow (1821 to 1902. German doctor and polymath (1821–1902))
• Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (born 1967. Disputed head of the house of Savoy since 2021)
• Dési Bouterse (1945 to 2024. Leader of Suriname (1980–1987; 1990–1991; 2010–2020))
• Bill Odenkirk (born 1965. Comedy writer (born 1965))
• Claude of France (1499 to 1524. Queen of France (1515–1524) and Duchess of Brittany (1514–1524))
• Cemal Gürsel (1895 to 1966. President of Turkey from 1960 to 1966)
• Shirley Caesar (born 1938. American gospel singer (born 1938))
• Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832 to 1909. Russian noble (1832–1909))
• Mary Williams (activist) (born 1967. American social activist and author (born 1967))
• Katia Winter (born 1983. Swedish actress)
• Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924 to 1994. President of Argentina in 1981)
• Paul Simon (born 1941. American singer-songwriter (born 1941))
• Mary Lambert (director) (born 1951. American director (born 1951))
• Mary Kingsley (1862 to 1900. English ethnographer, scientific writer and explorer (1862–1900))
• Robert McKimson (1910 to 1977. American animator (1910–1977))
• Steven Nordhaus (born 1966. U.S. Air Force general)
• Nigel Huddleston (born 1970. British politician (born 1970))
• Luisa de Guzmán (1613 to 1666. Queen of Portugal from 1640 to 1656)
• Albert Hague (1920 to 2001. American songwriter (1920–2001))
• Catherine Opalińska (1680 to 1747. Queen of Poland (1704–1709, 1733–1736))
• Jimin (born 1995. South Korean singer (born 1995))
• John G. Thompson (born 1932. American mathematician)
• Aloha Wanderwell (1907 to 1996. Canadian adventurer (1906–1996))
• Princess Tsehai (1919 to 1942. Child of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie)
• Sipihr Shikoh (1644 to 1708. Mughal prince (1644–1708))
• Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst (1679 to 1740. Duchess consort of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
• Ghislaine Dommanget (1900 to 1991. Princess of Monaco from 1946 to 1949)
• Tod D. Wolters (born 1960. US Air Force general)
• Jeremy Waldron (born 1953. New Zealand lawyer (born 1953))
• Pooja Hegde (born 1990. Indian actress (born 1990))
• Punita Arora (born 1932. Indian military officer)
• Conrad Richter (1890 to 1968. American novelist)
• Richard Howard (1929 to 2022. American poet (1929–2022))
• Migjeni (1911 to 1938. Albanian poet and writer (1911–1938))
• John R. Commons (1862 to 1945. American economist and historian (1862–1945))
• Alexander Gretchaninov (1864 to 1956. Russian Romantic composer ( 1864 to 1956))
• Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg (1785 to 1846. Princess Wilhelm of Prussia)
• Biyi Bandele (1967 to 2022. Nigerian writer and filmmaker (1967–2022))
• Bhulabhai Desai (1877 to 1946. Indian independence activist and acclaimed lawyer)
• Dritëro Agolli (1931 to 2017. Albanian poet, writer, and politician)
• Take Ionescu (1858 to 1922. Romanian politician, journalist, lawyer and diplomat (1858–1922))
• Loris Tjeknavorian (born 1937. Iranian Armenian composer and conductor (born 1937))
• Eli Sharvit (born 1966. Commander of the Israeli Navy and a general in the Israel Defense Forces)
• Christine Nöstlinger (1936 to 2018. Austrian children's writer (1936–2018))
• Bakhytjan Sagintayev (born 1963. Kazakh politician (born 1963))
• Nie Haisheng (born 1964. Chinese taikonaut and fighter pilot (born 1964))
• Armand Marc, comte de Montmorin (1745 to 1792. French diplomat (1745–1792))
• Gaëtan Roussel (born 1972. French singer, songwriter and composer (born 1972))
• Karol Ferdynand Vasa (1613 to 1655. Bishop of Wrocław)

Died on October 13

• Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927 to 2016. King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016)
• Claudius (10 BC to 54. Roman emperor from AD 41 to 54)
• Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) (1847 to 1928. Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894)
• Joachim Murat (1767 to 1815. French military officer and statesman (1767–1815))
• Louise Glück (1943 to 2023. American poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023))
• Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756 to 1825. King of Bavaria from 1806 to 1825)
• Le Duc Tho (1911 to 1990. Vietnamese revolutionary, diplomat, and politician (1911–1990))
• Arthur de Gobineau (1816 to 1882. French diplomat and writer (1816–1882))
• Sister Nivedita (1867 to 1911. Irish social activist and disciple of Swami Vivekananda)
• Antonio Canova (1757 to 1822. Italian Neoclassical sculptor (1757–1822))
• James McDivitt (1929 to 2022. American astronaut (1929–2022))
• Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897 to 1955. President of Mexico from 1940 to 1946)
• Gus Hall (1910 to 2000. American communist activist (1910–2000))
• Nicolas Malebranche (1638 to 1715. French priest and rationalist philosopher (1638–1715))
• Miguel Malvar (1865 to 1911. Filipino general (1865–1911))
• Walter Brattain (1902 to 1987. American physicist (1902–1987))
• Theodore Beza (1519 to 1605. French Calvinist theologian, reformer and scholar (1519–1605))
• Erich Auerbach (1892 to 1957. German philologist (1892–1957))
• Andrea Haugen (1969 to 2021. German singer (died 2021))
• Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804 to 1869. French literary critic (1804–1869))
• Charles Jencks (1939 to 2019. American architect)
• Takashi Yanase (1919 to 2013. Japanese manga artist (1919–2013))
• Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859 to 1947. English socialist economist (1859–1947))
• Rebecca Clarke (composer) (1886 to 1979. English composer and violist (1886–1979))
• Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah (1717 to 1795. Nawab of the Carnatic from 1749 to 1795)
• Karl Edward Wagner (1945 to 1994. American writer (1945–1994))
• Albert Mandler (1929 to 1973. Israeli general (1929–1973))
• Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (1890 to 1973. Cretan Turkish author, essayist, ethnographer and travel writer (1890–1973))
• Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (1060 to 1119. Duke of Brittany from 1072 to 1112)
• Clementia of Hungary (1293 to 1328. Queen of France and Navarre from 1315 to 1316)

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