August 13
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August 13 is the 225th day of the year (226th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 140 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 586 – Radegund, Queen consort of Clotaire I
- 604 – Emperor Wen of Sui of China (b. 541)
- 612 – Eudokia, Byzantine Empress (b. 580)
- 900 – Zwentibold, last King of Lotharingia (b. 870)
- 1134 – Irene of Hungary (b. 1088)
- 1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, queen of John I of Castile (b. 1358)
- 1447 – Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1392)
- 1667 – Jeremy Taylor, Irish writer and bishop (b. 1613)
- 1686 – Louis Maimbourg, historian (b. 1610)
- 1744 – John Cruger, Dutch-born American politician and 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
- 1749 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (b. 1719)
- 1826 – René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)
- 1863 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
- 1865 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Austrian-Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
- 1884 – Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (b. 1807)
1901 – 2000
- 1910 – Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. 1820)
- 1912 – Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
- 1913 – August Bebel, German politician (b. 1840)
- 1917 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist (b. 1860)
- 1933 – Hasan Prishtina, Albanian politician (b. 1873)
- 1934 – Mary Hunter Austin, American writer (b. 1868)
- 1946 – H. G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)
- 1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1958 – Francis J. McCormick, American football player, basketball player and coach (b. 1903)
- 1958 – Otto Witte, German acrobat and claimant to the throne of Albania (b. 1868)
- 1965 – Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
- 1977 – Henry Williamson, English writer (b. 1895)
- 1982 – Joe Tex, American musician (b. 1933)
- 1984 – Tigran Petrosian, Armenian chess player (b. 1929).
- 1989 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
- 1991 – James Roosevelt, American politician (b. 1907)
- 1994 – Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-born writer (b. 1905)
- 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (b. 1963)
- 1995 – Mickey Mantle, American Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1931)
- 1995 – Jan Křesadlo, Czech-born writer (b. 1926)
- 1996 – David Tudor, pianist and composer (b. 1926).
- 1996 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (b. 1910)
- 1998 – Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer and composer (b. 1934)
- 1998 – Waneta Hoyt, American serial killer (b. 1946)
- 1999 – Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish leader (b. 1927)
From 2001
- 2003 – Lothar Emmerich, German footballer (b. 1941)
- 2004 – Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
- 2005 – David Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
- 2007 – Yone Minegawa, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1893)
- 2007 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player (b. 1917)
- 2008 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904)
- 2008 – Sandy Allen, American, world's tallest woman (b. 1953)
- 2009 – Les Paul, American musician (b. 1915)
- 2010 – Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (b. 1981)
- 2012 – Helen Gurley Brown, American writer, publisher and businesswoman (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and coach (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Lothar Bisky, German politician (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Jean Vincent, French footballer (b. 1930)
- 2014 – Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician (b. 1965)
- 2014 – Robert Bruce Smith, IV, American music expert, writer, historian and poet (b. 1945)
- 2015 – Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
- 2016 – Kenny Baker, British actor (b. 1934)
- 2016 – Joyce Carol Thomas, American poet and playwright (b. 1938)
- 2016 – Françoise Mallet-Joris, Belgian writer (b. 1930)
- 2017 – Aung Shwe, Burmese politician and general (b. 1918)
- 2017 – Joseph Bologna, American actor (b. 1934)
- 2018 – Somnath Chatterjee, Indian politician (b. 1929)
- 2018 – Jim Neidhart, American professional wrestler (b. 1955)
- 2018 – Powell A. Moore, American politician (b. 1938)
- 2019 – Cecilia Caballero Blanco, First Lady of Colombia (b. 1913)
- 2019 – Nadia Toffa, Italian journalist and television presenter (b. 1979)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1904 – Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988)
- 1904 – Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1907 – Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
- 1907 – William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, English politician (d. 1966)
- 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1911 – Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (d. 2003)
- 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist (d. 1991)
- 1913 – Makarios III, Archbishop and President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
- 1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
- 1914 – Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
- 1918 – Frederick Sanger, English chemist and two-time Nobel Prize winner (d. 2013)
- 1918 – Noor Hassanali, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2006)
- 1919 – George Shearing, British jazz pianist (d. 2011)
- 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1921 – Jimmy McCracklin, American blues musician (d. 2012)
- 1925 – Benny Bailey, American jazz trumpeter
- 1925 – José Sazatornil, Spanish actor (d. 2015)
- 1926 – Fidel Castro, President of Cuba (d. 2016)
- 1928 – Pedro Pedrossian, Brazilian politician (d. 2017)
- 1930 – Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan politician (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
- 1930 – Eddie Marlin, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2019)
- 1931 – Norman Read, New Zealand athlete (d. 1994)
- 1933 – Madhur Jaffrey, Indian actress and cookery writer
- 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
- 1934 – Gyoji Matsumoto, Japanese footballer
- 1936 – Vyjayanthimala, Indian actress, dancer, singer and politician
- 1937 – James David Santini, American politician (d. 2015)
- 1938 – Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pianist
- 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
- 1940 – Dirk Sager, German journalist (d. 2014)
- 1941 – Ambrogio Fogar, Italian sailor, writer, rally driver and all-round adventurer and television presenter (d. 2005)
- 1941 – Henning Voscherau, German politician (d. 2016)
- 1941 – Susan Jameson, English actress
- 1942 – Sheila Armstrong, English soprano
- 1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor
- 1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
- 1945 – Howard Marks, Welsh drug smuggler (d. 2016)
- 1946 – Janet Yellen, American economist, 15th Chair of the Federal Reserve
- 1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
- 1948 – Roberto Micheletti, Honduran politician
- 1949 – Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
- 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American musician (d. 2007)
- 1952 – Hughie Thomasson, American guitarist
- 1953 – Carla Bodendorf, German athlete
- 1953 – Thomas Pogge, German philosopher
- 1955 – Mulgrew Miller, American pianist (d. 2013)
- 1955 – Paul Greengrass, American director
- 1958 – Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish singer
- 1959 – Andreas Ravelli, Swedish footballer
- 1959 – Thomas Ravelli, Swedish footballer
- 1959 – Michael Bradley, Irish musician
- 1960 – Phil Taylor, English darts player
- 1960 – Janusz Kurtyka, Polish historian (d. 2010)
- 1961 – Christos Christodolou, Greek basketball player
- 1961 – Cary Stayner, American serial killer
- 1961 – Chad Brown, American poker player and actor (d. 2014)
- 1962 – Manuel Valls, Spanish-born French politician, Prime Minister of France
- 1962 – John Slattery, American actor
- 1963 – Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author
- 1963 – Sridevi, Indian actress (d. 2018)
- 1964 – Debi Mazar, American actress
- 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer and conductor
- 1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966 – Scooter Barry, American basketball player
- 1969 – Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
- 1970 – Casiano Delvalle, Paraguayan footballer
- 1970 – Alan Shearer, English footballer
- 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
- 1972 – Michael Sinterniklaas, French-American actor, director and screenwriter
- 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2001)
- 1975 – Joe Perry, English snooker player
- 1975 – Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
From 1976
- 1978 – Benjani Mwaruwari, Zimbabwean footballer
- 1980 – Irina Berezhna, Ukrainian politician (d. 2017)
- 1982 – Sarah Huckabee Sanders, 29th White House Press Secretary
- 1982 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
- 1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
- 1982 – Kalenna Harper, American singer-songwriter
- 1983 – Thomas Schwall, American ski jumper
- 1984 – Niko Kranjcar, Croatian footballer
- 1984 – James Morrison, British singer
- 1984 – L'Aura, Italian singer-songwriter, composer, violinist and pianist
- 1984 – Alona Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1984 – Colin Fleming, Scottish tennis player
- 1985 – Olubayo Adefemi, Nigerian footballer
- 1985 – Lacey Brown, American singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Mattia Pasini, Italian motorcycle racer
- 1988 – Keith Benson, American basketball player
- 1989 – Justin Greene, American basketball player
- 1990 – Shila Amzah, Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1990 – Elise Christie, Scottish short-track speed skater
- 1990 – DeMarcus Collins, American basketball player
- 1990 – Sae Miyazawa, Japanese singer (AKB48)
- 1991 – Alexander Kacaniklic, Swedish footballer
- 1993 – Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player
- 1994 – Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
- 2000 – Piper Reese, American internet celebrity and actress
Deaths
Observances
- Independence Day (Central African Republic)
- International Lefthanders Day
- Lao Issara - Day of the Free Laos
- Women's Day (Tunisia)