August 13

2024 Calendar

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)