On This Day - April 13th

Born on this day- April 13th

Seamus Heaney winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for Literature is 70 today

1506 – Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)

1519 – Catherine de' Medici, wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)

1547 – Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568)

1570 – Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator (d. 1606)

1573 – Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, queen consort of Sweden (d. 1625)

1584 – Albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)

1593 – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. 1641)

1618 – Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (d. 1693)

1732 – Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)

1743 – Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)

1747 – Louis Philip II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1793)

1769 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)

1771 – Richard Trevithick, English engineer and inventor (d. 1833)

1780 – Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer (d. 1868)

1784 – Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1877)

1787 – John Robertson, U.S. politician (d. 1873)

1802 – Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (d. 1884)

1808 – Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (d. 1896)

1825 – Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868)

1828 – Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English theologian and Bishop (d. 1889)

1832 – Juan Montalvo, Ecuadoran author (d. 1889)

1850 – Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British astronomer (d. 1917)

1852 – F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. 1919)

1866 – Butch Cassidy, American outlaw (d. 1908)

1873 – John W. Davis, American politician (d. 1955)

1890 – Frank Murphy, American public servant (d. 1949)

1891 – Maurice Vincent Buckley, Australian winner of the Victoria Cross (d. 1921)

1891 – Nella Larsen, African-American novelist (d. 1964)

1892 – Arthur Travers 'Bomber' Harris, British Air Force commander (d. 1984)

1892 – Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1973)

1895 – Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973)

1897 – Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (d. 1917)

1899 – Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and Scrabble inventor (d. 1993)

1900 – Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976)

1901 – Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and semanticist (d. 1981)

1902 – Philippe de Rothschild, French race car driver and wine grower (d. 1988)

1904 – Sir David Robinson, British philanthropist and entrepreneur (d. 1987)

1906 – Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1989)

1906 – Bud Freeman, American musician (d. 1991)

1907 – Harold Stassen, American Presidential candidate (d. 2001)

1909 – Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, Polish mathematician (d. 1984)

1909 – Eudora Welty, American writer (d. 2001)

1911 – Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer (d. 1946)

1911 – Jean-Louis Lévesque, Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist (d. 1994)

1916 – Phyllis Fraser Cerf Wagner, American actress, journalist, and publisher (d. 2006)

1917 – Robert O. Anderson, American businessman (d. 2007)

1919 – Roland Gaucher, French journalist (d. 2007)

1919 – Howard Keel, American actor, singer, and president of the Screen Actors Guild (d. 2004)

1919 – Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist activist (d. 1995)

1919 – Phil Tonken, American radio and television announcer (d. 2000)

1920 – Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)

1920 – Claude Cheysson, French politician

1920 – Liam Cosgrave, fifth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland

1920 – John LaPorta, American musician (d. 2004)

1922 – John Braine, British novelist (d. 1986)

1922 – Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician (d. 1999)

1923 – Don Adams, American actor and comedian (d. 2005)

1924 – Jack Chick, American evangelist

1924 – Stanley Donen, American film director

1926 – John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough

1926 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (d. 1983)

1927 – Maurice Ronet, French film actor (d. 1983)

1928 – Alan Clark, English politician (d. 1999)

1931 – Robert Enrico, French film director and screenwriter (d. 2001)

1931 – Dan Gurney, American race car driver and team owner

1931 – Jon Stone, co-creator of Sesame Street (d. 1997)

1932 – Orlando Letelier, Chilean politician (d. 1976)

1933 – Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. politician

1935 – Lyle Waggoner, American actor

1937 – Edward Fox, English actor

1937 – Lanford Wilson, American playwright

1939 – Seamus Heaney, Irish writer, Nobel laureate

1939 – Paul Sorvino, American actor

1940 – Mike Beuttler, British racing driver (d. 1988)

1940 – J.M.G. Le Clézio, French novelist, Nobel laureate in Literature.

1940 – Jim McNab, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)

1941 – Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist, Nobel laureate

1942 – Bill Conti, American composer

1942 – Ataol Behramoglu Turkish poet and writer.

1943 – Billy Kidd, American skier

1944 – Jack Casady, American musician

1944 – Susan Davis, American politician

1944 – Brian Pendleton, musician (d. 2001)

1945 – Tony Dow, American actor

1945 – Lowell George, American singer/guitarist (d. 1979)

1945 – Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. 1970)

1945 – Judy Nunn, Australian actress

1945 – Charles Robinson, American actor

1946 – Al Green, American singer and pastor

1947 – Thanos Mikroutsikos, Greek composer & former minister

1948 – Sue Doughty, British politician

1948 – Nam Hae-il, Chief of Naval Operations of Republic of Korea Navy

1949 – Frank Doran, Scottish politician

1949 – Christopher Hitchens, English-born journalist, critic, and author

1949 – Ricardo Zuniño, Argentine racing driver

1950 – Terry Lester, American actor (d. 2003)

1950 – Ron Perlman, American actor

1950 – William Sadler, American actor

1951 – Peabo Bryson, American singer

1951 – Peter Davison, English actor

1951 – Joachim Streich, East German footballer

1951 – Max Weinberg, American drummer

1952 – Ron Dittemore, American space administrator

1952 – David Drew, British politician

1952 – Erick Avari, British-Indian actor

1953 – Stephen Byers, British politician

1954 – Niels Olsen, Danish singer

1955 – Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg

1955 – Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer

1956 – Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand rally driver (d. 2003)

1957 – Saundra Santiago, American actress

1957 – Dallas Moir, Scottish cricketer

1957 – Amy Goodman, American activist, host of Democracy Now

1960 – Rudi Völler, German football coach

1960 – Bob Casey, Jr., Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania

1960 – Olaf Ludwig, German cyclist

1961 – Hiro Yamamoto, American rock bassist

1962 – Dave Miley, former baseball player and manager

1962 – Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (d. 1988)

1962 – Jennifer Rubin, American actress

1963 – Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player

1964 – Davis Love III, Professional Golfer

1964 – Caroline Rhea, Canadian actress

1965 – Patricio Pouchulu, Argentine architect

1966 – Ali Boumnijel, Tunisian football player

1966 – Marc Ford, American musician

1967 – Olga Tañón, Puerto Rican singer

1970 – Monty Brown, American professional wrestler

1970 – Gerry Creaney, Scottish footballer

1970 – Rick Schroder, American actor

1970 – Szilveszter Csollány, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic gold medalist

1970 – Ricardo Rincon, Mexican baseball player

1971 – Dina Korzun, Russian actress

1971 – Bo Outlaw, American basketball player

1971 – Valensia, Dutch singer

1972 – Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish ice hockey player

1972 – Aaron Lewis, American singer (Staind)

1974 – Darren Turner , British Race Driver

1974 – Sergei Gonchar, Russian ice hockey player

1974 – David Zdrilić, Australian soccer player

1975 – Lou Bega, German-born musician and artist

1975 – Bruce Dyer, English footballer

1976 – Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)

1976 – Valentina Cervi, Italian actress

1976 – Patrik Eliáš, Czech ice hockey player

1976 – Yu Ji-tae, South Korean actor

1978 – Arron Asham, Canadian ice hockey player

1978 – Kyle Howard, American actor

1978 – Carles Puyol, Spanish footballer

1978 – Chris Sligh, American Idol finalist

1979 – Baron Davis, American basketball player

1979 – Meghann Shaughnessy, American tennis player

1980 – Jana Cova, Czech pornographic actress

1980 – Quentin Richardson, American basketball player

1980 – Colleen Clinkenbeard, American voice actress

1981 – Courtney Peldon, American actress

1981 – Nat Borchers, American soccer player

1982 – Nellie McKay, American singer

1982 – Janice Vidal, Hong Kong singer

1982 – Jill Vidal, Hong Kong singer

1983 – Schalk Burger, South African rugby player

1983 – Hunter Pence, American baseball player

1984 – Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor

1987 – Brandon Hardesty, American internet entertainer

1988 – Anderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira, Brazilian footballer

1992 – Emma Degerstedt, American actress

Died on this day - April 13th
799 – Paul the Deacon, Italian monk and chronicler (b. c. 720)

814 – Krum of Bulgaria

1093 – Prince Vsevolod I of Kiev (b. 1030)

1279 – Boleslaw the Pious, Polish duke

1605 – Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (b. c. 1551)

1612 – Sasaki Kojirō, Japanese samurai

1635 – Fakhr-al-Din II, Druze Prince of Lebanon (b. 1572)

1638 – Henri, duc de Rohan, French Huguenot leader (b. 1579)

1641 – Richard Montagu, English clergyman (b. 1577)

1695 – Jean de la Fontaine, French author (b. 1621)

1722 – Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican theologian (b. 1650)

1793 – Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, French revolutionary (b. 1763)

1794 – Nicolas Chamfort, French writer (b. 1741)

1826 – Franz Danzi, German composer (b. 1763)

1853 – Leopold Gmelin, German chemist (b. 1788)

1853 – James Iredell, Jr., American politician (b. 1788)

1855 – Henry De la Beche, English geologist (b. 1796)

1868 – Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1818)

1880 – Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist (b. 1813)

1882 – Bruno Bauer, German theologian (b. 1809)

1890 – Samuel J. Randall, American politician (b. 1828)

1909 – Whitley Stokes, British lawyer (b. 1830)

1910 – William Quiller Orchardson, British painter (b. 1835)

1911 – George Washington Glick, American politician (b. 1827)

1911 – John McLane, American politician (b. 1852)

1912 – Ishikawa Takuboku, Japanese author (b. 1886)

1918 – Lavr Georgevich Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870)

1936 – Milton Brown, American swing bandleader (b. 1903)

1938 – Archibald Belaney, Canadian conservationist (b. 1888)

1941 – Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (b. 1863)

1944 – Cécile Chaminade, French composer and pianist (b. 1857)

1945 – Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher (b. 1874)

1954 – Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician (b. 1890)

1959 – Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (b. 1901)

1961 – John A. Bennett, American convicted rapist (b. 1935)

1962 – Culbert Olson, American politician (b. 1876)

1966 – Abdul Salam Arif, Iraqi politician (b. 1921)

1966 – Georges Duhamel, French writer (b. 1884)

1971 – Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949)

1971 – Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (b. 1921)

1975 – Larry Parks, American actor (b. 1914)

1975 – François (Ngarta) Tombalbaye, Chadian politician (b. 1918)

1978 – Jack Chambers, Canadian artist (b. 1931)

1980 – Markus Höttinger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1956)

1981 – Prince Asaka Yasuhiko of Japan (b. 1887)

1983 – Theodore Stephanides, Greek doctor and naturalist (b. 1896)

1984 – Richard Hurndall. British actor (b. 1910)

1984 – Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician (b. 1911)

1984 – Dionyssis Papayannopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1912)

1986 – Stephen Stucker. American actor (b. 1947)

1993 – Wallace Stegner, American writer (b. 1909)

1997 – Dorothy Frooks, American author and military figure (b. 1896)

1997 – Voldemar Väli, Estonian wrestler (b. 1903)

1998 – Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfer (b. 1960)

1999 – Ortvin Sarapu, New Zealand chess player (b. 1924)

1999 – Willi Stoph, German politician (b. 1914)

2000 – Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (b. 1916)

2001 – Robert Moon, American postal inspector (b. 1917)

2002 – Desmond Titterington, Northern Irish racecar driver (b. 1928)

2004 – Lou Berberet, American baseball player (b. 1929)

2004 – Caron Keating, British television presenter (b. 1962)

2005 – Don Blasingame, American baseball player (b. 1932)

2005 – Johnnie Johnson, American blues musician (b. 1924)

2005 – Johnny Loughrey, Irish singer (b. 1945)

2005 – Philippe Volter, Belgian actor (b. 1959)

2006 – Bill Baker, American baseball player (b. 1911)

2007 – Don Selwyn, Māori actor and film director (b. c. 1936)

2008 – John Wheeler, American physicist and educator (b. 1911)