Historical Birthdays for Yesterday

🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - Dec 13

1521 Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)

1533 Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)

1553 Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)

1724 Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist

1732 Jean-Claude Trial, composer

1740 Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer

1770 John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer

1797 Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)

1810 Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)

1816 Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882

1816 E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor

1818 Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65)

1819 Edwin George Monk, composer

1835 Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem)

1838 Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer

1843 George Stephanescu, composer

1850 G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )

1850 Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer

1853 Joseph Sickman Corsen, Cura‡ao, musician/composer/screenwriter

1858 Jakab Gyula Major, composer

1860 Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theatre director (l'Od‚on)

1863 Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar

1865 Gustav Luders, composer

1871 Herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian

1871 Russell W Porter, Vermont, explorer (Alaska)

1874 Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst)

1877 Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer

1886 Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer (martial law)

1889 Clarence Loomis, composer

1890 Marc Connelly, McKeesport Pa, playwright (One Minute Please)

1892 Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder (Polygoon)

1893 Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day)

1897 Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson)

1898 Daniel Lazarus, composer

1899 Harold Guinzburg, publisher (founder of Literary Guild)

1899 Yusef Greiss, composer

1900 Jonel Perlea, composer

1900 Norman Foster, Richmond IN, actor (Skyscraper Souls)

1901 Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS]

1901 John Wijga, painter/illustrator

1902 Paul Kurzbach, composer

1902 Talcott Parsons, US sociologist

1903 Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)

1903 Jewgeni Petrow, writer

1903 John Piper, British writer (US Churches in WW I)/official war painter

1906 Ingemar Liljefors, composer

1906 Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist

1908 Victor Babin, composer

1910 Lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)

1910 Van Heflin, Walters Okla, actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary)

1911 Kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest)

1912 Max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13]

1913 Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60)

1913 Jimmy Carroll, NYC, pianist (Most Important People)

1913 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian

1914 Alan L Bullock, British historian

1914 George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor)

1914 Samuel "Larry" K Parks, Olathe KS, actor (Jolson-Jolson Story)

1915 Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77)

1915 Mark Stevens, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Big Town, Martin Kane)

1915 Ross MacDonald, detective novelist (Goodbye Look)

1917 Dave Street, LA Calif, actor/singer (Broadway Open House)

1920 Don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Father's Little Dividend)

1920 Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Signifier & the Signified

1920 George P Schultz, US Secretary of State (1982-89)

1920 Kaysone Phomvihane,/premier/president Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92)

1922 Halina Czerny-Stef nska, Polish pianist (Chopin)

1923 Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP)

1924 Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)

1925 Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show)

1925 Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar)

1926 Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)

1928 W Gordon Smith, playwright

1929 Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor (Doctors' Hospital)

1929 Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor (Sound of Music, Doll's House)

1930 Genevieve Page, actress (Day & the Hour)

1930 Robert Prosky, Phila, actor (Christine, Sgt Jablonski-Hill St Blues)

1934 Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive

1935 Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)

1935 Karim Aga Khan, prince/billionaire/husband of Rita Hayworth

1935 Thomas Wakefield, writer

1937 Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor (OK, Professor Columbus)

1938 Alvin Curran, composer

1938 Tom Shaw, Wichita KS, PGA golfer (1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic)

1938 Tony Gomez, rocker (Foundations)

1939 Clive Brain, educationalist

1940 Edith Clever, Wuppertal Germany, actress (Parsifal, L'Adolescente)

1940 Steve Harmon, Bkln NY, actor (Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts)

1941 Anouska Hempel, Forbes NZ, actress (Tiffany Jones)

1941 John Davidson, Pitts, TV host (Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible)

1943 Arturo Ripstein, director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot)

1943 Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher (Red Sox)

1947 Les Joslin, cricketer (Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 & 2)

1948 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist (Steely Dan-Deacon Blues)

1948 Kathy Garver, Long Beach Calif, actress (Cissy-Family Affair)

1948 Lillian Board, England, 400m (Olympic-silver-1968)

1948 Ted Nugent, Detroit, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees)

1949 Nana Alexandria, USSR, International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976)

1949 R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, US, sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael)

1949 Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music)

1949 Tom Verlaine, [Miller], Mt Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television)

1949 Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker

1950 Davey O'List, rocker (Roxy Music)

1950 Heather North, Pasadena Calif, actress (Barefoot Executive)

1950 Wendie Malick, actress (Just Shoot Me)

1951 Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor (Strike it Rich, King Lear)

1952 John Francome, English jockey

1953 Ray Stewart, Matsqui BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Dunhill Cup)

1953 Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman (Living Daylights)

1953 Zoltan Magyar, Hungary, side horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)

1954 John Anderson, Apopka Fla, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade)

1954 Steve Forbert, rocker

1956 Dale Berra, baseball infeilder (Pitts Pirates, NY Yankees)

1956 Phillip Gregory Hubbard, Canton Oh, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)

1957 Steve Buscemi, actor (Fargo)

1958 Clark Brandon, NYC, actor (Fast Food)

1958 Dana Strum, Wash DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)

1958 Lynn-Holly Johnson, Chicago IL, actress (Ice Castles)

1959 John Whitaker, Van Nuys Calif, actor (Family Affair, Snowball Expr)

1959 Marianne Gravatte, Hollywood CA, playmate of year (Oct, 1982)

1960 Randy Stoklos, Pacific Palisades Ca, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)

1960 Richard Dent, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)

1961 Gary Zimmerman, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)

1962 Karen Witter, CA, actress (Tina-One Life to Live)/playmate (Mar, 1982)

1965 Stacy Sunny, San Bernadino Ca, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)

1967 Chris O'Loughlin, LA Calif, fencer (Olympics-96)

1967 Deborah Driggs, Oakland Ca, playmate (Mar, 1990)

1967 Jamie Foxx, comedian (In Living Color)

1967 Jenn Thompson, NYC, actor (Dee-Harper Valley PTA)

1967 Mike Mordecai, Birmingham AL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)

1967 Scott Zolak, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots)

1968 Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player (VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem)

1968 Shaun Stafford, Ocala Florida, tennis star (1992 Taipei)

1969 Norm Krumpschmd, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)

1969 Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward (Detroit, Oly-S-1998)

1970 Basit Ali, cricketer (exciting Pakistani batsman 1993-)

1970 Elizabeth Patricia Reilly, North Providence RI, Miss America-RI (1996)

1970 George Van Os Jr, Houston TX, team handball left back (Oly-1996)

1970 Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey, Dayton OH, 400m hurdler (Oly-bronze-96)

1971 Johnny Dixon, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)

1971 Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi

1971 Mike Pelton, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)

1972 Craig Sauer, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)

1972 GiGi Gordon, Butler PA, Miss America-Pennsylvania (1997)

1973 Christie Clark, LA, actress (Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life)

1973 Shandon Anderson, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)

1974 Chris Lewis, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)

1975 Matt LeCroy, Anderson SC, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)

1975 Sarah Brady, Miss Universe-New Zealand (1996)

1979 Christina Todd, Miss Ohio Teen USA (Miss Congeniality-1997)

1981 Chelsea Hertford, actress (Major Dad)

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