What happened on September 13 ?

1087 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1143)

1475 - Cesare Borgia, of France, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, Prince of Andria and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-General of Holy Church (d. 1507)

1502 - John Leland, English antiquarian (d. 1552)

1520 - William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman (d. 1598)

1604 - William Brereton, English soldier and politician (d. 1661)

1739 - Grigori Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791)

1766 - Samuel Wilson, Possible namesake of Uncle Sam (d. 1854)

1775 - Laura Secord, Canadian heroine of the War of 1812 (d. 1868)

1802 - Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and political writer (d. 1880)

1813 - John Sedgwick, American Civil War general (d. 1864)

1819 - Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)

1830 - Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (d. 1916)

1842 - John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator (d. 1920)

1851 - Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (d. 1902)

1857 - Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate entrepreneur (d. 1945)

1857 - Micha? Drzyma?a, Polish peasant rebel (d. 1937)

1860 - John J. Pershing, American general (d. 1948)

1863 - Arthur Henderson, British politician and union leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1935)

1873 - Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (d. 1950)

1874 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-born composer (d. 1951)

1876 - Sherwood Anderson, American writer (d. 1941)

1877 - Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (d. 1957)

1885 - Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian geometer (d. 1962)

1886 - Sir Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)

1887 - Lavoslav Ruzicka, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)

1893 - Larry Shields, American musician (d. 1953)

1894 - J.B. Priestley, English playwright and novelist (d. 1984)

1894 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (d. 1953)

1895 - Morris Kirksey, American athlete and rugby player (d. 1981)

1899 - Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, leader of the Iron Guard (d. 1938)

1903 - Claudette Colbert, French-born actress (d. 1996)

1911 - Bill Monroe, American singer (d. 1996)

1916 - Roald Dahl, Welsh writer (d. 1990)

1918 - Dick Haymes, Argentine vocalist (d. 1980)

1917 - Robert Ward, American composer (d. 1994)

1922 - Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)

1923 - Edouard Boubat, French photographer

1924 - Maurice Jarre, French composer

1925 - Mel Torme, American singer (d. 1999)

1929 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)

1932 - Barbara Bain, American actress

1936 - Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian neo-Nazi

1937 - Don Bluth, American animator

1938 - Judith Martin, American etiquette writer

1939 - Richard Kiel, American actor

1940 - ÿscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

1941 - Tadao Ando, Japanese architect

1941 - David Clayton-Thomas, singer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)

1944 - Jacqueline Bisset, British actress

1944 - Peter Cetera, American singer and bass guitarist (Chicago)

1945 - Noël Godin, Belgian humorist

1948 - Nell Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2003)

1950 - Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish politician

1951 - Linda Wong, Asian pornographic actress (d. 1987)

1952 - Randy Jones, American musician (The Village People)

1952 - Raymond O'Connor, American actor

1952 - Don Was, American singer and composer

1955 - Joe Morris, American jazz guitar player

1959 - Jean Smart, American actress

1961 - Dave Mustaine, American musician (Megadeth)

1961 - KK Null, Japanese musician

1965 - Zak Starkey, British drummer

1966 - Maria Furtwängler, German physician and television actress

1967 - Michael Johnson, American athlete

1967 - Tim Owens, American singer (Iced Earth, ex-Judas Priest)

1968 - Emma Sjöberg, Swedish model and actress

1969 - Shane Warne, Australian cricketer

1970 - Jason Scott Sadofsky, creator/owner of textfiles.com

1971 - Goran Ivanisevic, Croatian tennis player

1971 - Stella McCartney, British fashion designer

1973 - Christine Arron, French runner

1973 - Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer

1976 - Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer

1976 - Jose Theodore, Canadian NHL player

1977 - Fiona Apple, American singer

1978 - Darren Kenton, English footballer

1979 - Geike Arnaert, lead singer of Hooverphonic

1979 - Ivan Miljkovi?, Serbian volleyball player, Olympian

1980 - Viren Rasquinha, Indian hockey player

1980 - Ben Savage, American actor (Boy Meets World)

1982 - Nenê, Brazilian basketball player

1983 - James Bourne, English musician (Busted, Son Of Dork)