What happened on April 13 ?

1506 - Peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (d. 1546)

1519 - Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II of France (d. 1589)

1570 - Guy Fawkes, English conspirator (d. 1606)

1584 - Albert VI of Bavaria (d. 1666)

1593 - Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English statesman (d. 1641)

1618 - Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, French writer (d. 1693)

1648 - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French (d. 1717)

1713 - Frederick (Lord) North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)

1715 - John Hanson, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (d. 1783)

1729 - Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore and magazine editor (d. 1811)

1735 - Isaac Low, New York delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1791)

1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (d. 1826)

1747 - Louis Philip II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1793)

1764 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (d. 1830)

1769 - Thomas Lawrence, English painter (d. 1830)

1771 - Richard Trevithick, English engineer and inventor (d. 1833)

1780 - Alexander Mitchell, Irish engineer (d. 1868)

1784 - Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1877)

1787 - John Robertson, U.S. congressman (d. 1873)

1802 - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (d. 1884)

1808 - Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (d. 1896)

1825 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1868)

1828 - Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English theologian and Bishop of Durham (d. 1889)

1832 - Juan Montalvo, Ecuadoran author (d. 1889)

1841 - Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (d. 1905)

1850 - Arthur Matthew Weld Downing, British astronomer (d. 1917)

1852 - F.W. Woolworth, American businessman (d. 1919)

1860 - James Ensor, Belgian painter (d. 1949)

1866 - Butch Cassidy, American outlaw (d. 1908)

1872 - Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian writer (d. 1945)

1873 - John W. Davis, American politician (d. 1955)

1875 - Ray Lyman Wilbur, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (d. 1949)

1880 - Charles Christie, Canadian film studio owner (d. 1955)

1881 - Ludwig Binswanger, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1966)

1885 - Georg Lukács, Hungarian-born philosopher and literary critic (d. 1971)

1887 - Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician and President of the Canadian Medical Association (d. 1995)

1889 - Herbert Osborne Yardley, American cryptographer (d. 1958)

1890 - Frank Murphy, American public servant (d. 1949)

1891 - Nella Larsen, African-American novelist (d. 1964)

1892 - Arthur Travers 'Bomber' Harris, British Air Force commander in World War II (d. 1984)

1892 - Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, Scottish inventor (d. 1973)

1894 - Arthur Fadden, thirteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1973)

1897 - Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (d. 1917)

1900 - Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer (d. 1976)

1901 - Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and semanticist (d. 1981)

1902 - Philippe de Rothschild, French race car driver and wine grower (d. 1988)

1904 - Sir David Robinson, British philanthropist and entrepreneur (d. 1987)

1906 - Samuel Beckett, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)

1907 - Harold Stassen, American Presidential candidate (d. 2001)

1909 - Stanislaw Marcin Ulam, Polish mathematician (d. 1984)

1909 - Eudora Welty, American writer (d. 2001)

1911 - Ico Hitrec, Croatian footballer (d.1946)

1919 - Roland Gaucher, French journalist

1919 - Howard Keel, American actor, singer, and president of the Screen Actors Guild (d. 2004)

1919 - Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist (disappeared 1995)

1920 - Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (d. 1982)

1920 - Claude Cheysson, French politician

1920 - Liam Cosgrave, fifth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland

1920 - John LaPorta, American musician (d. 2004)

1922 - John Braine, British novelist (d. 1986)

1922 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician (d. 1999)

1923 - Don Adams, American actor and comedian (d. 2005)

1924 - Jack Chick, American evangelist

1924 - Stanley Donen, American film director

1926 - John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough

1928 - Alan Clark, English politician (d. 1999)

1931 - Dan Gurney, American race car driver

1932 - Orlando Letelier, Chilean politician (d. 1976)

1933 - Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. Senator

1935 - Lyle Waggoner, American actor

1937 - Edward Fox, English actor

1937 - Lanford Wilson, American playwright

1939 - Seamus Heaney, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate

1939 - Paul Sorvino, American actor

1941 - Michael Stuart Brown, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1943 - Bill Conti, American musician

1944 - Jack Casady, American musician (Jefferson Airplane)

1944 - Susan Davis, American politician

1945 - Tony Dow, American actor

1945 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. 1970)

1945 - Lowell George, American country/rock singer/guitarist (Little Feat) (d. 1979)

1946 - Al Green, American singer and pastor

1948 - Nam Hae-il, Chief of Naval Operations of Republic of Korea Navy

1948 - Sue Doughty, British politician

1949 - Frank Doran, Scottish politician

1949 - Christopher Hitchens, English-born journalist, critic, and author

1950 - Terry Lester, American actor (d. 2003)

1950 - Ron Perlman, American actor

1950 - William Sadler, American actor

1951 - Peabo Bryson, American singer

1951 - Peter Davison, English actor

1951 - Max Weinberg, American drummer

1951 - Joachim Streich, East German footballer

1952 - Ron Dittemore, American space administrator

1952 - David Drew, British politician

1953 - Stephen Byers, British politician

1954 - Niels Olsen, Danish singer and Eurovision Song Contest winner

1955 - Ole von Beust, Mayor of Hamburg

1955 - Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer

1956 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand rally driver (d. 2003)

1956 - Alison Wheeler, British activist

1957 - Saundra Santiago, American actress

1960 - Rudi Völler, German football coach

1962 - Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (d. 1988)

1962 - Jennifer Rubin, American actress

1963 - Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player

1964 - Caroline Rhea, Canadian actress

1966 - Marc Ford, American musician (The Black Crowes)

1970 - Rebecca Cummings, American porn star

1970 - Rick Schroder, American actor

1970 - Gerry Creaney, Scottish footballer

1971 - Bo Outlaw, American basketball player

1972 - Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish hockey player

1972 - Aaron Lewis, American singer

1974 - Sergei Gonchar, Russian hockey player

1975 - Lou Bega, German-born musician and artist

1976 - Jonathan Brandis, American actor (d. 2003)

1976 - Patrik Elias, Czech hockey player

1978 - Arron Asham, Canadian hockey player

1978 - Carles Puyol, FC Barcelona player [And Spain]

1979 - Baron Davis, American basketball player

1980 - Jana Cova, Czech pornographic actress

1980 - Quentin Richardson, American basketball player

1983 - Schalk Burger, South African rugby player

1997 - Sloane Momsen, American child actress