13 June Births

June 13 is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 201 days remaining until the end of the year.

Births

40 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general (d. 93)
823 – Charles the Bald, Roman emperor (d. 877)
839 – Charles the Fat, Roman emperor (d. 888)
1508 – Alessandro Piccolomini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (d. 1579)
1595 – Jan Marek Marci, Czech physician and scientist (d. 1667)
1561 – Anna Maria of Anhalt (d. 1605)
1649 – Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
1672 – Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1741)
1711 – Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1773)
1752 – Frances Burney, English novelist and playwright (d. 1840)
1761 – Antonín Vranický, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1820)
1763 – José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1838)
1773 – Thomas Young, English physicist and physiologist (d. 1829)
1775 – Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian composer and politician (d. 1833)
1786 – Winfield Scott, American general (d. 1866)
1790 – José Antonio Páez, Venezuelan general and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1873)
1809 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German psychiatrist and author (d. 1894)
1822 – Carl Schmidt, Latvian-German chemist and academic (d. 1894)
1827 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
1831 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (d. 1879)
1854 – Charles Algernon Parsons, English engineer, founded C. A. Parsons and Company (d. 1931)
1863 – Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (d. 1935)
1864 – Rudolf Kjellén, Swedish political scientist and academic (d. 1922)
1864 – Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (d. 1939)
1865 – Karl Blossfeldt. German photographer (d. 1932)
1865 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1939)
1868 – Wallace Clement Sabine, American physicist and academic (d. 1919)
1870 – Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1872 – Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1951)
1873 – Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer (d. 1942)
1875 – Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and physician (d. 1932)
1876 – William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician (d. 1937)
1877 – Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1946)
1879 – Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (d. 1941)
1879 – Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (d. 1929)
1884 – Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1944)
1884 – Anton Drexler, German politician (d. 1942)
1884 – Gerald Gardner, English religious leader, founded Gardnerian Wicca (d. 1964)
1884 – Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic (d. 1978)
1885 – Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author (d. 1969)
1887 – André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat (d. 1978)
1887 – Bruno Frank, German-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1945)
1888 – Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet and critic (d. 1935)
1892 – Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (d. 1967)
1893 – Alan Arnold Griffith, English engineer (d. 1963)
1893 – Dorothy L. Sayers, English author and poet (d. 1957)
1894 – Leo Kanner, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician (d. 1981)
1894 – Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer and painter (d. 1986)
1897 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner and coach (d. 1973)
1899 – Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer, conductor, and journalist, founded the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra (d. 1978)
1901 – Tage Erlander, Swedish lieutenant and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1985)
1903 – Willard Harrison Bennett, American physicist and chemist (d. 1987)
1903 – Red Grange, American football player and actor (d. 1991)
1905 – Doc Cheatham, American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader (McKinney's Cotton Pickers) (d. 1997)
1905 – James T. Rutnam, Sri Lankan historian and author (d. 1988)
1905 – Xian Xinghai, Chinese composer (d. 1945)
1906 – Bruno de Finetti, Austrian-Italian mathematician and statistician (d. 1985)
1909 – E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Indian theorist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Kerala (d. 1998)
1910 – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1999)
1910 – Mary Wickes, American actress and singer (d. 1995)
1910 – Mary Whitehouse, English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (d. 2001)
1911 – Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1911 – Maurice Copeland, American actor (d. 1985)
1911 – Erwin Wilhelm Müller, German physicist and academic (d. 1977)
1912 – Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (d. 1943)
1913 – Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (d. 2005)
1913 – Yitzhak Pundak, Israeli general, diplomat and politician
1914 – Frederic Franklin, English-American ballet dancer and director (d. 2013)
1914 – Barbara Reynolds, English lexicographer and author (d. 2015)
1915 – Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (d. 2000)
1916 – Wu Zhengyi, Chinese botanist and academic (d. 2013)
1917 – Teddy Turner, English actor (d. 1992)
1918 – Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (d. 1996)
1918 – Helmut Lent, German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)
1918 – Percy Rodriguez, Canadian-American actor (d. 2007)
1920 – Rolf Huisgen, German chemist and academic
1920 – Iosif Vorovich, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 2001)
1921 – Ralph Anstruther, Scottish courtier (d. 2002)
1921 – Lennart Strand, Swedish runner (d. 2004)
1922 – Etienne Leroux, South African author (d. 1989)
1925 – Kristine Miller, Argentinian-American actress (d. 2015)
1926 – Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (d. 1994)
1926 – Paul Lynde, American actor and singer (d. 1982)
1927 – Alan Reiher, Australian public servant (d. 2003)
1927 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2003)
1927 – Friedrich Katz, Austrian-born historian of Mexico, especially the Mexican Revolution (d. 2010)
1928 – Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (d. 2015)
1928 – Renée Morisset, Canadian pianist (d. 2009)
1928 – John Forbes Nash, Jr., American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
1929 – Alan Civil, English horn player (d. 1989)
1929 – Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator (d. 2012)
1929 – Robert W. Scott, American farmer and politician, 67th Governor of North Carolina (d. 2009)
1930 – Gotthard Graubner, German painter and educator (d. 2013)
1930 – Ryszard Kukliński, Polish colonel and spy (d. 2004)
1930 – Paul Veyne, French archaeologist, historian, and academic
1931 – Nora Kovach, Hungarian-American ballerina (d. 2009)
1931 – Reed Scowen, Canadian politician
1931 – Irvin D. Yalom, American psychotherapist and academic
1932 – Raymond Jolliffe, 5th Baron Hylton, English politician
1932 – Bob McGrath, American actor and singer
1932 – Billy Williams, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1933 – Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
1933 – Norman Lloyd-Edwards, Welsh lawyer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of South Glamorgan
1934 – Bill Blakeley, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010)
1934 – Lucjan Brychczy, Polsh footballer and coach
1934 – Manuel Clouthier, Mexican businessman and politician (d. 1989)
1934 – James Anthony Griffin, American bishop
1934 – Uriel Jones, American drummer (The Funk Brothers) (d. 2009)
1934 – Janet Pilgrim, American model
1934 – Leonard Kleinrock, American computer scientist and engineer
1935 – Christo, Bulgarian-French sculptor and painter
1935 – Jeanne-Claude, Moroccan sculptor and painter (d. 2009)
1935 – Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2009)
1936 – Michel Jazy, French runner
1936 – Michael H. Jordan, American businessman (d. 2010)
1937 – Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician
1937 – Erich Ribbeck, German footballer and manager
1937 – Andreas Whittam Smith, English journalist and publisher, co-founded The Independent
1939 – Tom Cheek, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
1939 – Siegfried Fischbacher, German-American magician and actor
1940 – Bobby Freeman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1940 – Dallas Long, American shot putter and physician
1941 – Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1941 – Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (d. 1998)
1941 – Esther Ofarim, Israeli singer-songwriter
1941 – Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (The Miracles) (d. 2011)
1942 – Yiannis Boutaris, Greek businessman and politician, Mayor of Thessaloniki
1942 – James Carr, American singer (d. 2001)
1942 – Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (d. 1980)
1942 – Viktor Suslin, Russian-German composer (d. 2012)
1943 – Harry Collins, English sociologist, author, and academic
1943 – Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer
1943 – Jim Guy Tucker, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Arkansas
1944 – Christine Beasley, English nurse
1944 – David Curry, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
1944 – Ban Ki-moon, South Korean politician and diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
1945 – Whitley Strieber, American author
1946 – Gonzalo Aja, Spanish cyclist
1946 – Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepalese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Nepal
1946 – Paul L. Modrich, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1946 – Gabriel of Komana, Belgian-Dutch archbishop (d. 2013)
1946 – Igor Starygin, Russian actor (d. 2009)
1947 – A.G. Lafley, American businessman
1947 – Željko Franulović, Croatian tennis player and manager
1948 – Garnet Bailey, Canadian-American ice hockey player and scout (d. 2001)
1948 – Joe Roth, American director and producer, co-founded Morgan Creek Productions
1949 – Dennis Locorriere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
1949 – Ulla Schmidt, German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Health
1949 – Red Symons, English-Australian guitarist, actor, and radio host (Skyhooks)
1950 – Belinda Bauer, Australian-American actress and psychologist
1950 – Nick Brown, English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1950 – Gerd Zewe, German footballer and manager
1951 – Howard Leese, American guitarist and producer (Bad Company and Heart)
1951 – Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer
1951 – Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor and producer
1951 – Robert P. Young, Jr., American lawyer and jurist
1952 – Jean-Marie Dedecker, Belgian martial artist and politician
1953 – Tim Allen, American actor and producer
1954 – Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 2011)
1954 – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria
1955 – Alan Hansen, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
1955 – Leah Ward Sears, German-American lawyer and jurist
1956 – Blair Chapman, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 – Pedro Larraquy, Argentinian footballer and manager
1956 – Sal Paolantonio, American lieutenant and journalist
1957 – Ronald Ardoin, American jockey and agent
1957 – Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player
1957 – Mossie Carroll, Irish hurler and manager
1957 – Roy Cooper, American lawyer and politician, 48th North Carolina Attorney General
1957 – Bruce Flowers, American basketball player
1957 – Andrzej Morozowski, Polish journalist and author
1957 – Dicky Thompson, American golfer
1959 – Boyko Borissov, Bulgarian footballer and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1959 – Steve Georganas, Australian politician
1959 – Klaus Iohannis, Romanian educator and politician, 5th President of Romania
1959 – Lance Kinsey, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter
1960 – Jacques Rougeau, Canadian wrestler
1961 – Bob Crow, English union leader (d. 2014)
1961 – Kaire Indrikson, Estonian swimmer and coach
1961 – Anders Järryd, Swedish tennis player
1962 – Davey Hamilton, American race car driver
1962 – Glenn Michibata, Canadian-American tennis player and coach
1962 – Rudolf Povarnitsyn, Ukrainian high jumper
1962 – Ally Sheedy, American actress and author
1962 – Hannah Storm, American journalist and author
1963 – Bettina Bunge, Swiss-German tennis player
1963 – Sarah Connolly, English soprano and actress
1963 – Paul De Lisle, American bass player and songwriter (Smash Mouth)
1963 – Catarina Lindqvist, Swedish-American tennis player
1963 – Audrey Niffenegger, American author and academic
1964 – Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian organist, composer, and educator
1964 – Kathy Burke, English actress, director, and playwright
1964 – Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
1965 – Infanta Cristina Federica of Spain
1965 – Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer
1965 – Lukas Ligeti, Austrian-American drummer and composer
1965 – Maninder Singh, Indian cricketer
1966 – Henry Bond, English photographer and curator
1966 – Naoki Hattori, Japanese race car driver
1966 – Grigori Perelman, Russian mathematician and academic
1967 – Taşkın Aksoy, German-Turkish footballer and manager
1967 – Elmo Tiisvald, Estonian conductor
1968 – Fabio Baldato, Italian cyclist
1968 – Peter DeBoer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Darren Dreger, Canadian sportscaster
1968 – David Gray, English-Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1968 – Tim Leveque, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Denise Pearson, English singer-songwriter (Five Star)
1968 – Marcel Theroux, Ugandan-English journalist and author
1969 – Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Spanish actress, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Virginie Despentes, French author, screenwriter, and director
1969 – Joseph Keter, Kenyan runner
1969 – Laura Kightlinger, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Svetlana Krivelyova, Russian shot putter
1969 – Søren Rasted, Danish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Aqua, Hej Matematik, and Lazyboy)
1969 – Jamie Walters, American actor and singer
1970 – Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1970 – Rivers Cuomo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Weezer, Avant Garde, and Homie)
1970 – Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler and manager (d. 2004)
1971 – Shannon Fill, American actress and figure skater
1971 – Nóra Köves, Hungarian tennis player
1972 – Meelis Aasmäe, Estonian skier
1972 – Kristjan Järvi, Estonian-American conductor
1972 – Natalie MacMaster, Canadian fiddler
1973 – Sam Adams, American football player
1973 – Tanner Foust, American race car driver and television host
1973 – Mattias Hellberg, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Hellacopters, Nationalteatern, and The Solution)
1973 – Stuart Karppinen, Australian cricketer and coach
1973 – Kasia Kowalska, Polish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1973 – Ville Laihiala, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sentenced and Poisonblack)
1973 – Anna Mosenkova, Estonian ice dancer
1974 – Coko, American singer (SWV)
1974 – Steve-O, American stuntman and actor
1974 – Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress
1974 – Valeri Bure, Russian-American ice hockey player
1974 – Mathew Goggin, Australian golfer
1975 – Ante Covic, Australian footballer
1975 – Jeff Davis, American screenwriter and producer
1975 – Jennifer Nicole Lee, American model, actress, and author
1975 – Jaan Pehk, Estonian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Ruffus)
1975 – Toni Ribas, Spanish pornographic actor and director
1975 – Riccardo Scimeca, English footballer
1976 – Jason "J" Brown, English singer (Five)
1976 – Kym Marsh, English singer-songwriter and actress (Hear'Say)
1976 – Tygh Runyan, Canadian-American actor and guitarist (The Awkward Stage)
1977 – Dragoș Bucur, Romanian actor and producer
1977 – Tarmo Kikerpill, Estonian basketball player
1977 – Romain Mesnil, French pole vaulter
1977 – Earthwind Moreland, American football player
1977 – Rainer Schönfelder, Austrian skier and singer
1977 – Erin Toughill, American mixed martial artist and boxer
1978 – Jason Michael Carroll, American singer-songwriter
1978 – Ethan Embry, American actor
1979 – Esther Anderson, Australian actress
1979 – Nila Håkedal, Norwegian volleyball player
1979 – Miguel Pate, American long jumper
1979 – Ryan Pickett, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1979 – Ágnes Csomor, Hungarian actress
1980 – Sarah Connor, German singer-songwriter and dancer
1980 – Florent Malouda, French footballer
1980 – Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (d. 2012)
1980 – Jamario Moon, American basketball player
1980 – Juan Carlos Navarro, Spanish basketball player
1980 – Maho Nonami, Japanese actress
1980 – Darius Vassell, English footballer
1980 – Markus Winkelhock, German race car driver
1981 – Daryl Blonder, American actor and author (d. 2012)
1981 – Chris Evans, American actor and producer
1981 – Mick Fanning, Australian surfer
1981 – Blake Judd, American actor, director, and producer
1981 – Radim Vrbata, Czech-American ice hockey player
1982 – Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian runner
1982 – Krzysztof Bosak, Polish politician
1982 – Jessica Caban, American model and actress
1982 – Nate Jones, American football player
1982 – Jess Manafort, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Steve Novak, American basketball player
1983 – Jason Spezza, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Nery Castillo, Mexican-Uruguayan footballer
1984 – Kaori Icho, Japanese wrestler
1984 – Antje Möldner-Schmidt, German runner
1985 – Raz-B, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (B2K)
1985 – Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese race car driver
1985 – Silvio Bankert, German footballer
1985 – Lela Star, American porn actress
1985 – Danny Syvret, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Kat Dennings, American actress
1986 – Keisuke Honda, Japanese footballer
1986 – Tracy Horgan, Canadian curler
1986 – Ayanna Oliva, Filipino model, singer, dancer (Kitty Girls)
1986 – Ashley Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
1986 – Mary-Kate Olsen, American child actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman
1986 – Lea Verou, Greek computer scientist and author
1987 – Marko Grgić, Croatian footballer
1988 – Gabe Carimi, American football player
1988 – Cody Walker, American actor
1989 – Ben Barba, Australian rugby league player
1989 – Irene Gorovaia, Russian-American actress
1989 – Daniel Mortimer, Australian rugby league player
1989 – Tommy Searle, English motocross racer
1989 – Lisa Tucker, American singer and actress
1990 – Nicole Riner, Swiss tennis player
1990 – Aaron Taylor-Johnson, English actor
1991 – Will Claye, American jumper
1991 – Ryan Mason, English footballer
1992 – Semi Radradra, Fijian rugby league player
1993 – Simona Senoner, Italian ski jumper (d. 2011)
1993 – Denis Ten, Kazakhstani figure skater
1995 – Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
1995 – Laura Ucrós, Colombian tennis playe