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Happy Birthday To:
* 582 – Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
* 1311 – King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
* 1584 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
* 1625 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
* 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
* 1666 – William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
* 1700 – Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
* 1752 – Marie Caroline of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
* 1790 – William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
* 1792 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
* 1803 – Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
* 1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
* 1819 – George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist (d. 1903)
* 1820 – Sir George Grove, English music historian (d. 1900)
* 1823 – Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910)
* 1841 – Johnny Mullagh, Australian First Class cricketer (d. 1891)
* 1851 – Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. 1933)
* 1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. 1945)
* 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
* 1879 – John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962)
* 1884 – Harry Dean, England cricketer (d. 1957)
* 1887 – Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
* 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish television pioneer (d. 1946)
* 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
* 1889 – Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
* 1890 – Ellen Osiier, Danish Olympic champion fencer (d. 1962)
* 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor (d. 1967)
* 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (d. 1980)
* 1902 – Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (d. 1988)
* 1904 – Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, American actor (d. 1999)
* 1907 – Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
* 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor (d. 1998)
* 1911 – William Bernbach, Famous Advertiser (d. 1982)
* 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
* 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1991)
* 1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
* 1913 – Makarios III, Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
* 1914 – Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
* 1917 – Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
* 1918 – Frederick Sanger, English chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
* 1919 – Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (d. 2007)
* 1919 – Sir George Shearing, British jazz pianist
* 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
* 1930 – Don Ho, American musician (d. 2007)
* 1930 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
* 1930 – Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
* 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
* 1935 – Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
* 1935 – Rod Hull, British television entertainer (d. 1999)
* 1938 – Dave “Baby” Cortez, American pop keyboardist
* 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball head coach (d. 2000)
* 1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
* 1944 – Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
* 1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor
* 1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
* 1945 – Robin Jackman, England cricketer
* 1947 – John Stocker, Canadian actor
* 1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
* 1948 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano
* 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1949 – Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
* 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer/songwriter (d. 2007)
* 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004)
* 1952 – Hughie Thomasson, American musician (d. 2007)
* 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian musician (d. 2001)
* 1955 – Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
* 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
* 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English film director
* 1958 – David Feherty, golfer
* 1958 – Fergal Sharkey, musician
* 1958 – Randall Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
* 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor
* 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
* 1959 – Bruce French, England cricketer
* 1960 – Phil Taylor, English darts player
* 1960 – Kōji Kondō, Japanese composer
* 1961 – Dawnn Lewis, American actress
* 1961 – Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
* 1961 – Tom Perrotta, American novelist
* 1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian Actor, Producer
* 1961 – Neil Mallender, England cricketer
* 1962 – John Slattery, American actor
* 1963 – Sridevi, Indian actress
* 1964 – Jay Buhner, American baseball player
* 1964 – Hank Cheyne, American actor
* 1965 – Mark Lemke, American baseball player
* 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
* 1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1967 – Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
* 1967 – Quinn Cummings, American actress
* 1969 – Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
* 1970 – Will Clarke, American novelist
* 1970 – Elvis Grbac, American football player
* 1970 – Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
* 1970 – Alan Shearer, English footballer
* 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
* 1971 – Patrick Carpentier, Quebec racing driver
* 1971 – Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born actor
* 1972 – Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
* 1972 – John Safran, Australian television presenter.
* 1973 – Molly Henneberg, American journalist
* 1973 – Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
* 1974 – Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
* 1974 – Sam Endicott, American singer (The Bravery)
* 1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
* 1975 – James Carpinello, American actor
* 1975 – Joe Perry, English snooker player
* 1975 – Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1977 – Michael Klim, Australian swimmer
* 1978 – Benjani Mwaruwari, Zimbabwean footballer
* 1979 – Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
* 1979 – Corey Patterson, American baseball player
* 1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
* 1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
* 1982 – Gary McSheffrey, English footballer
* 1983 – Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
* 1983 – Ľubomír Michalík, Slovakian footballer
* 1983 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian/American actor
* 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
* 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player
* 1984 – Heath Pearce, American footballer
* 1986 – Joseph Lapira, American footballer
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_13
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