Celebrating Today’s Famous Birthdays: 13th November – A Tribute to Remarkable Individuals
Welcome, dear readers! It brings me great joy to present a heartfelt tribute to the remarkable individuals born on this significant date. Today, we commemorate the birth anniversary of a diverse array of extraordinary personalities who have left an indelible mark on the world.
| Year | Person |
|---|---|
| 1449 | Sidonie of Poděbrady, daughter of King of Bohemia (d. 1510) |
| 1487 | John III of Pernstein, Bohemian land-owner, Governor of Moravia and Count of Kladsko (d. 1548) |
| 1501 | Anna of Oldenburg, Regent of East Frisia (d. 1575) |
| 1531 | Richard Topcliffe, English torturer (died 1604) |
| 1567 | Maurice, Prince of Orange (d. 1625) |
| 1601 | John Eudes, French priest and missionary (d. 1680) |
| 1650 | William III of England, Prince of Orange, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1702) |
| 1663 | Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German organist and composer (d. 1712) |
| 1719 | Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1787) |
| 1765 | Robert Fulton, American engineer, invented the steamboat (d. 1815) |
| 1771 | Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (d. 1802) |
| 1776 | Henri Dutrochet, French physician, botanist, and physiologist (d. 1847) |
| 1777 | Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (d. 1859) |
| 1778 | Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1837) |
| 1779 | Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet and playwright (d. 1850) |
| 1797 | Charles Lyell, Scottish geologist and lawyer (d. 1875) |
| 1803 | Jacob Abbott, American author (d. 1879) |
| 1805 | Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1847) |
| 1812 | Aleardo Aleardi, Italian poet (d. 1878) |
| 1812 | Maria Cristina of Savoy (d. 1836) |
| 1816 | John Curwen, English minister and educator (d. 1880) |
| 1828 | James B. McPherson, American general (d. 1864) |
| 1838 | August Šenoa, Croatian author, poet, and critic (d. 1881) |
| 1840 | Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926) |
| 1856 | Madeleine Lemoyne Ellicott, American activist (d. 1945) |
| 1861 | Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian and author (d. 1932) |
| 1863 | Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (d. 1944) |
| 1869 | John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (d. 1944) |
| 1875 | Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician (d. 1899) |
| 1875 | Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist (d. 1944) |
| 1877 | Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player (d. 1968) |
| 1878 | Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (d. 1966) |
| 1878 | Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic (d. 1957) |
| 1883 | Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1942) |
| 1889 | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (d. 1964) |
| 1891 | Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1941) |
| 1895 | Walter Jackson Freeman II, American physician and psychiatrist (d. 1972) |
| 1897 | John Steuart Curry, American painter and academic (d. 1946) |
| 1898 | Benjamin Fondane, Romanian-French philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1944) |
| 1900 | Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990) |
| 1904 | Harold Haley, American lawyer and judge (d. 1970) |
| 1904 | Harold Larwood, English-Australian cricketer (d. 1995) |
| 1904 | Dick Powell, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1963) |
| 1905 | John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (d. 1964) |
| 1906 | Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (d. 1985) |
| 1907 | Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader, 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995) |
| 1907 | Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1907 | William Steig, American author, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 2003) |
| 1908 | Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957) |
| 1910 | Rosemary DeCamp, American actress and singer (d. 2001) |
| 1910 | Eric Malpass, English author (d. 1996) |
| 1912 | Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979) |
| 1912 | Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003) |
| 1915 | Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (d. 2001) |
| 1915 | Martha Tilton, American singer and actress (d. 2006) |
| 1916 | Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1994) |
| 1916 | Sherwood Schwartz, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2011) |
| 1917 | Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and politician, 3rd President of South Korea (d. 1979) |
| 1918 | John Bromwich, Australian tennis player (d. 1999) |
| 1919 | Johnny Desmond, American singer (d. 1985) |
| 1919 | Lisa Otto, German soprano and actress (d. 2013) |
| 1921 | Ea Jansen, Estonian historian and academic (d. 2005) |
| 1921 | Brian Keith, American actor and director (d. 1997) |
| 1922 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Egyptian politician and diplomat, 6th Secretary General of the United Nations (d. 2016) |
| 1922 | Veronica Lake, American actress and singer (d. 1973) |
| 1924 | Leonid Kogan, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1982) |
| 1925 | Stirling Colgate, American physicist and academic (d. 2013) |
| 1925 | James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (d. 2012) |
| 1927 | Lawrie Barratt, English businessman, founded Barratt Developments (d. 2012) |
| 1927 | Bart Cummings, Australian horse trainer (d. 2015) |
| 1927 | McLean Stevenson, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996) |
| 1927 | Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1997) |
| 1928 | Kathleen Hughes, American actress |
| 1929 | Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (d. 1997) |
| 1929 | Jimmy Piersall, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2017) |
| 1930 | Peter Katin, English pianist and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1930 | Monique Mercure, Canadian actress |
| 1930 | Michael Robbins, English actor (d. 1992) |
| 1930 | Edward Higgins White, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967) |
| 1932 | Gunter Sachs, German astrologer and photographer (d. 2011) |
| 1933 | Fred Haise, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut |
| 1934 | Dave Mackay, Scottish-English footballer and manager (d. 2015) |
| 1934 | Ellis Marsalis, Jr., American pianist and educator |
| 1934 | Catherine McGuinness, Irish lawyer, judge, and politician |
| 1935 | Michael Busselle, English photographer and author (d. 2006) |
| 1935 | Hussein of Jordan (d. 1999) |
| 1935 | Lefteris Papadopoulos, Greek songwriter and journalist |
| 1936 | Carey Bell, American singer and harmonica player (d. 2007) |
| 1936 | Freddie Garrity, English singer and actor (d. 2006) |
| 1937 | Alan J. W. Bell, English director and producer |
| 1937 | Murray Oliver, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 1939 | Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer |
| 1942 | Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (d. 2011) |
| 1942 | Natalia Gutman, Russian cellist and educator |
| 1943 | Peter Norton, American programmer and author |
| 1944 | Karen Armstrong, English author and academic |
| 1944 | David Nash, English sculptor and academic |
| 1944 | Mike Katz, American bodybuilder and football player |
| 1945 | Louise Ellman, English academic and politician |
| 1945 | Brett Lunger, American race car driver |
| 1945 | Sue Williams, American actress and model (d. 1969) |
| 1946 | Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician |
| 1947 | Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1947 | P. J. O’Rourke, American political satirist and journalist |
| 1947 | Nat Young, Australian surfer and author |
| 1947 | Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordion player (d. 2016) |
| 1948 | Paul Dacre, English journalist |
| 1948 | Michael Dobbs, English author and politician |
| 1948 | Robert Ginty, American actor and producer (d. 2009) |
| 1948 | Charles, Prince of Wales |
| 1949 | Raúl di Blasio, Argentinian pianist, composer, and producer |
| 1949 | Enzo Cucchi, Italian painter |
| 1949 | Gary Grubbs, American actor |
| 1949 | Ryo Hayami, Japanese actor |
| 1949 | James Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1950 | Sarah Radclyffe, English production manager and producer |
| 1951 | Stephen Bishop, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor |
| 1951 | Leszek Cichy, Polish mountaineer |
| 1951 | Zhang Yimou, Chinese actor, director, producer, and cinematographer |
| 1952 | Dimitra Galani, Greek singer, composer and songwriter |
| 1952 | Johnny A., American guitarist and songwriter |
| 1952 | Maggie Roswell, American voice actress and singer |
| 1953 | Tim Bowler, English author |
| 1953 | Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th Prime Minister of France |
| 1954 | Willie Hernandez, Puerto Rican baseball player |
| 1954 | Bernard Hinault, French cyclist |
| 1954 | Condoleezza Rice, American political scientist, academic, and politician, 66th United States Secretary of State |
| 1954 | Eliseo Salazar, Chilean race car driver |
| 1954 | Yanni, Greek-American pianist, composer, and producer |
| 1955 | Philip Egan, English bishop |
| 1955 | Jack Sikma, American basketball player and coach |
| 1956 | Babette Babich, American philosopher, author, and scholar |
| 1956 | Avi Cohen, Israeli footballer and manager (d. 2010) |
| 1956 | Peter R. de Vries, Dutch journalist and producer |
| 1956 | Steve Stockman, American accountant and politician |
| 1956 | Valerie Jarrett, American government official |
| 1957 | Donald Canfield, American geologist and academic |
| 1957 | Michael J. Fitzgerald, American author |
| 1959 | Paul Attanasio, American screenwriter and producer |
| 1959 | Paul McGann, English actor |
| 1959 | Chris Woods, English footballer, coach, and manager |
| 1960 | Tom Judson, American actor and composer |
| 1960 | Remi Moses, English footballer and coach |
| 1961 | Antonio Flores, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1995) |
| 1961 | D. B. Sweeney, American actor |
| 1962 | Laura San Giacomo, American actress |
| 1962 | Josh Silver, American keyboard player and producer |
| 1962 | Harland Williams, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter |
| 1964 | Bill Hemmer, American journalist |
| 1964 | Joseph Simmons, American hip-hop artist |
| 1964 | Patrick Warburton, American actor and comedian |
| 1966 | Charles Hazlewood, English conductor |
| 1966 | Petra Rossner, German cyclist |
| 1966 | Curt Schilling, American baseball player and sportscaster |
| 1967 | Letitia Dean, English actress and singer |
| 1967 | Nina Gordon, American singer-songwriter |
| 1967 | Leo Kunnas, Estonian colonel and author |
| 1969 | Butch Walker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 1970 | Brendan Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1970 | David Wesley, American basketball player and sportscaster |
| 1971 | Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer and sportscaster |
| 1971 | Vikas Khanna, Indian chef and author |
| 1971 | Marco Leonardi, Australian-Italian actor |
| 1972 | Matt Bloom, American wrestler, trainer, and sportscaster |
| 1972 | Josh Duhamel, American model and actor |
| 1972 | Edyta Górniak, Polish singer |
| 1972 | Martin Pike, Australian footballer and coach |
| 1972 | Aaron Taylor, American football player and sportscaster |
| 1972 | Dariusz Żuraw, Polish footballer and manager |
| 1973 | Betsy Brandt, American actress |
| 1974 | Adina Howard, American singer-songwriter and chef |
| 1974 | David Moscow, American actor |
| 1974 | Joe Principe, American singer and bass player |
| 1975 | Travis Barker, American drummer, songwriter, and producer |
| 1975 | Luiz Bombonato Goulart, Brazilian footballer |
| 1975 | Stephen Guarino, American actor |
| 1975 | Gary Vaynerchuk, Russian-American businessman and critic |
| 1977 | Obie Trice, American rapper and producer |
| 1978 | Michala Banas, New Zealand actress and singer |
| 1978 | Delphine Chanéac, French model and actress |
| 1979 | Carl Hayman, New Zealand rugby player |
| 1979 | Mavie Hörbiger, German-Austrian actress |
| 1979 | Olga Kurylenko, Ukrainian-French model and actress |
| 1979 | Pushkar Lele, Indian singer |
| 1979 | Moitheri Ntobo, Lesothan footballer |
| 1979 | Miguel Sabah, Mexican footballer |
| 1980 | Brock Pierce, American actor and businessman |
| 1980 | Brooke Satchwell, Australian model and actress |
| 1981 | Vanessa Bayer, American actress |
| 1981 | Tom Ferrier, English race car driver |
| 1981 | Russell Tovey, English actor |
| 1982 | Boosie Badazz, American rapper |
| 1982 | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai |
| 1982 | Kyle Orton, American football player |
| 1983 | Guillermo Moscoso, American baseball player |
| 1983 | Naqqash Tahir, English cricketer |
| 1983 | Chelsea Wolfe, American singer-songwriter |
| 1984 | Lisa De Vanna, Australian footballer |
| 1984 | Courtney Johns, Australian footballer |
| 1984 | Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer |
| 1985 | Thomas Vermaelen, Belgian footballer |
| 1987 | Giorgos Georgiadis, Greek footballer |
| 1988 | Chiyotairyū Hidemasa, Japanese sumo wrestler |
| 1988 | Michael Cox, American football player |
| 1988 | Nanase Hoshii, Japanese singer and actress |
| 1988 | Takurō Ōno, Japanese actor |
| 1989 | Vlad Chiricheș, Romanian footballer |
| 1989 | T. Y. Hilton, American football player |
| 1989 | Jake Livermore, English footballer |
| 1989 | The Ready Set, American singer-songwriter |
| 1990 | Roman Bürki, Swiss footballer |
| 1990 | Jessica Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008) |
| 1990 | Tereza Mrdeža, Croatian tennis player |
| 1991 | Taylor Hall, Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1991 | Graham Patrick Martin, American actor |
| 1992 | Nathan Fox, English footballer |
| 1993 | Hymel Hunt, New Zealand rugby league player |
| 1993 | Francisco Lindor, Puerto Rican baseball player |
| 1993 | Shūhei Nomura, Japanese actor |
| 1993 | Samuel Umtiti, French footballer |
| 1996 | Borna Ćorić, Croatian tennis player |
As we come to the end of this tribute to today’s famous birthdays, let us carry forward the inspiration and lessons gleaned from these exceptional individuals. Their journeys remind us that with determination, passion, and resilience, we can leave our own unique imprint on the world. May their stories serve as a guiding light, igniting the spark within each of us to pursue greatness and make a positive impact.
Stay tuned for more insightful posts dedicated to celebrating the lives and contributions of notable personalities. Their stories continue to resonate and inspire, shaping the course of history and leaving an unforgettable legacy for generations to come. Until next time, may the spirit of these extraordinary individuals continue to guide and inspire you on your own remarkable journey.
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