February 13
February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 321 days remaining until the end of the year (322 in leap years).
Events
Up to 1900
- 721 - Chilperic II (b. 672)
- 858 – Kenneth I of Scotland
- 1130 - Pope Honorius II
- 1141 - Bela II of Hungary (b. 1110)
- 1199 - Stefan Nemanja, Serbian Grand Prince (b. 1113)
- 1219 - Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1192)
- 1332 - Andronik II Palaiologus, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire (b. 1250)
- 1539 - Isabella d'Este, Italian Renaissance figure (b. 1474)
- 1542 – Catherine Howard, fifth wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1521)
- 1571 – Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (b. 1500)
- 1592 - Jacopo Bassano, Italian painter (b. 1510)
- 1600 - Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter (b. 1538)
- 1608 - Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Lithuanian Prince (b. 1526)
- 1660 – Charles X, King of Sweden (b. 1622)
- 1662 – Elizabeth of Bohemia (b. 1596)
- 1693 - Johann Kaspar Kerli, German organist and composer (b. 1627)
- 1728 - Cotton Mather, American Puritan minister (b. 1663)
- 1741 - Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer (b. 1660)
- 1787 - Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat (b. 1717)
- 1787 - Roger Joseph Boscovich, Croat-Italian physicist (b. 1711)
- 1813 - Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (b. 1725)
- 1837 - Mariano Jose de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809)
- 1883 – Richard Wagner, German composer (b. 1813)
- 1888 - Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (b. 1814)
- 1889 - Joao Mauricio Wanderley, Brazilian magistrate and politician (b. 1815)
1901 – 2000
- 1905 - Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (b. 1844)
- 1906 - Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)
- 1909 - Hugo Egmont Horring, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1842)
- 1916 - Carlos Antonio Mendoza, 3rd President of Panama (b. 1856)
- 1934 - Jozsef Pusztai, Slovenian-Hungarian writer (b. 1864)
- 1942 - Epitacio Pessoa, President of Brazil (b. 1865)
- 1943 - Neyyire Neyir, Turkish actress (b. 1902)
- 1954 - Agnes MacPhail, Canadian politician (b. 1890)
- 1956 - Jan Lukasiewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1878)
- 1958 – Dame Christabel Pankhurst, British suffragette (b. 1880)
- 1958 - Georges Rouault, French painter (b. 1871)
- 1964 – Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (b. 1902)
- 1968 - Mae Marsh, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1974 - Ustad Amir Khan, Indian classical singer (b. 1912)
- 1975 - Andre Beaufre, French general (b. 1902)
- 1976 - Murtala Mohammed, Nigerian military leader (b. 1938)
- 1976 - Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (b. 1904)
- 1980 – Marian Rejewski, Polish mathematician (b. 1905)
- 1982 - Zeng Jinlian, tallest woman ever (b. 1964)
- 1988 - John Curulewski, American guitarist (Styx) (b. 1950)
- 1991 - Arno Breker, German sculptor (b. 1900)
- 1992 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician (b. 1909)
- 1993 - Willoughby Gray, British actor (b. 1916)
From 2001
- 2002 – Waylon Jennings, American musician (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev, Chechen politician (b. 1952)
- 2005 – Maurice Trintignant, French racing driver (b. 1917)
- 2006 – Peter Frederick Strawson, British philosopher (b. 1919)
- 2007 - Johanna Sallstrom, Swedish actress (b. 1974)
- 2008 – Kon Ichikawa, Japanese movie director and producer (b. 1915)
- 2008 – Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist (b. 1917)
- 2010 – John Reed, British singer of Gilbert and Sullivan (b. 1916)
- 2011 – Inese Jaunzeme, Latvian javelin thrower (b. 1932)
- 2013 - Pieter Kooijmans, Dutch politician (b. 1933)
- 2014 - Balu Mahendra, Indian moviemaker and screenwriter (b. 1939)
- 2014 - Richard Moller Nielsen, Danish footballer and coach (b. 1937)
- 2014 - Piero D'Inzeo, Italian equestrian show jumper (b. 1923)
- 2014 - Ralph Waite, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2015 - Kesava Reddy, Indian writer (b. 1946)
- 2015 - Stan Chambers, American journalist (b. 1923)
- 2016 - Antonin Scalia, United States Supreme Court Justice (b. 1936)
- 2016 - O. N. V. Kurup, Indian poet, lyricist and politician (b. 1931)
- 2016 - Trifon Ivanov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1965)
- 2016 - Christopher Zeeman, British mathematician (b. 1925)
- 2017 - Sara Coward, British actress (b. 1948)
- 2017 - Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of Kim Jong-un (b. 1971)
- 2017 - Jan Grabowski, Polish speedway rider (b. 1950)
- 2017 - Lucky Pulpit, American-trained racehorse (b. 2001)
- 2017 - E-dubble, American rapper (b. 1982)
- 2017 - Harold Denton, American public servant (b. 1936)
- 2017 - Bruce Lansbury, English-American television producer (b. 1930)
- 2017 - Seijun Suzuki, Japanese director, screenwriter and actor (b. 1923)
- 2018 - Joseph Bonnel, French footballer (b. 1939)
- 2018 - Dobri Dobrev, Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist (b. 1914)
- 2018 - Tito Francona, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2018 - Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (b. 1934)
- 2018 - Josefina Samper, Spanish communist and feminist (b. 1927)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 - Paul Lazarsfeld, Austrian-American sociologist (d. 1976)
- 1901 - Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Scottish writer (d. 1935)
- 1902 - Harold Lasswell, American political scientist (d. 1978)
- 1903 - Georgy Beriev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1979)
- 1903 – Georges Simenon, Belgian writer (d. 1989)
- 1906 - Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1994)
- 1909 - Mario Casariego y Acevedo, Guatemalan cardinal (d. 1983)
- 1910 – William Shockley, British-American physicist (d. 1989)
- 1911 - Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani Urdu poet (d. 1984)
- 1911 - Jean Muir, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Khalid bin Abdul-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia (d. 1982)
- 1915 – Aung San, Burmese revolutionary, nationalist, general, and politician (d. 1947)
- 1915 - lyle Bettger, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1916 – John Reed, British singer of Gilbert and Sullivan (d. 2010)
- 1918 - Patty Berg, American golfer (d. 2006)
- 1919 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, American musician (d. 1991)
- 1919 - Eddie Robinson, American football coach (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Jeanne Demessieux, French organist, pianist and composer (d. 1968)
- 1922 - Francis Pym, British politician
- 1922 - Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (d. 2014)
- 1923 – Chuck Yeager, American pilot
- 1923 - Michael Anthony Bilandic, 49th Mayor of Chicago (d. 2002)
- 1923 - James Abdnor, American politician (d. 2012)
- 1925 - Stuart Wagstaff, English-Australian entertainer (d. 2015)
- 1928 - Gerald Regan, 19th Premier of Nova Scotia
- 1929 – Omar Torrijos, President of Panama (d. 1981)
- 1930 - Ernst Fuchs, Austrian painter, sculptor and illustrator (d. 2015)
- 1930 - Israel Kirzner, English-American economist, author and academic
- 1932 - Barbara Shelley, English actress
- 1932 - Sarah Oliver, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1933 – Paul Biya, President of Cameroon
- 1933 – Kim Novak, American actress
- 1933 - Peter L. Pond, American activist and philanthropist (d. 2000)
- 1933 - Emanuel Ungaro, French fashion designer
- 1934 - George Segal, American actor
- 1937 - Rupiah Banda, former President of Zambia
- 1937 - Sigmund Jaehn, German cosmonaut
- 1938 – Oliver Reed, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1939 - Valery Rozhdestvensky, Soviet-Russian cosmonaut (d. 2011)
- 1939 - Beate Klarsfeld, German activist
- 1940 - Bram Peper, Dutch sociologist and politician, former Mayor of Rotterdam
- 1941 – Sigmar Polke, German painter (d. 2010)
- 1941 - Bo Svenson, Swedish-American actor
- 1942 - Katsuaki Watanabe, CEO of Toyota
- 1942 – Peter Tork, American musician (Member of The Monkees)
- 1942 - Carol Lynley, American actress
- 1944 – Jerry Springer, American television host
- 1944 – Stockard Channing, American actress
- 1944 - Bo Svenson, American actor
- 1945 - Wallis Grahn, Swedish actress (d. 2018)
- 1945 - King Floyd, American musician (d. 2006)
- 1945 - Simon Schama, British historian
- 1945 - Marian Dawkins, British biologist
- 1946 – Artur Jorge, Portuguese football coach
- 1947 – Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball coach
- 1947 - Kevin Bloody Wilson, Australian comedian, singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1948 - Kitten Natividad, Mexican-American actress and dancer
- 1949 - Peter Kern, Austrian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
- 1950 – Peter Gabriel, English musician
- 1950 - Bob Daisley, Australian musician
1951 – 1975
- 1952 - Freddy Maertens, Belgian cyclist
- 1956 - Liam Brady, Irish footballer
- 1956 - Peter Hook, English musician
- 1956 - Princess Alia bint Al Hussein of Jordan
- 1958 - Pernilla August, Swedish actress
- 1958 - Tip Tipping, English actor and stuntman (d. 1993)
- 1959 - Gaston Gingras, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 – Pierluigi Collina, Italian football referee
- 1960 - Pia Sundhage, Swedish soccer player and coach
- 1960 - Artur Yusupov, Russian-German chess player
- 1961 - Marc Crawford, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1961 - Henry Rollins, American singer, actor and writer
- 1961 - Richard Tyson, American actor
- 1962 - Anibal Acevedo Vila, former Governor of Puerto Rico
- 1962 - Hugh Dennis, English actor and comedian
- 1964 - Stephen Bowen, American engineer, captain and astronaut
- 1964 - Ylva Johansson, Swedish politician
- 1965 - Peter O'Neill, 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea
- 1967 - Stanimir Stoilov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1967 - Johnny Tapia, American boxer (d. 2012)
- 1968 - Daisuke Ikeda, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1968 – Niamh Kavanagh, Irish singer
- 1969 - Joyce DiDonato, American mezzo-soprano
- 1970 - Elmer Bennett, American basketball player
- 1970 - Karoline Krüger, Norwegian singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1971 – Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1971 - Todd Williams, American baseball player
- 1974 – Robbie Williams, English singer
- 1974 - Ana Patricia Rojo, Mexican actress
- 1975 – Ben Collins, English racing driver
- 1975 - Tony Dalton, American-born actor
From 1976
- 1976 - Suzanne Maddock, British actress
- 1978 - Philippe Jaroussky, French tenor
- 1979 – Rafael Marquez, Mexican footballer
- 1979 - Rachel Reeves, English politician
- 1979 – Mena Suvari, American actress
- 1979 - Anders Behring Breivik, Norwegian mass murderer (2011 Norway attacks)
- 1980 – Sebastian Kehl, German footballer
- 1981 - Sam Burley, American athlete
- 1981 - Liam Miller, Irish footballer (d. 2018)
- 1983 - Anna Watkins, British rower
- 1984 - Eveli Saue, Estonian orienteer and athlete
- 1985 - Hedwiges Maduro, Dutch footballer
- 1985 – Alexandros Tziolis, Greek footballer
- 1986 – Jamie Murray, Scottish tennis player
- 1987 – Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer
- 1988 - Aston Merrygold, British singer (JLS)
- 1989 - Carly McKillip, Canadian singer and actress
- 1989 - Rodrigo Possebon, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 - Gyaincain Norbu, 11th Panchen Lama
- 1990 - Mamadou Sakho, French footballer
- 1993 - Alex Sawyer, British actor, director and singer
- 1994 - Memphis Depay, Dutch footballer
- 1995 - Ayame Koike, Japanese actress
Deaths
Observances
- World Radio Day