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February 13 Birthdays in History - February 13 Deaths - February 13 Events
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February 13, 1980 Kristy Powell, Florida, gymnast 1996 Olympics February 13, 1979 Julie Nagle, Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1997 February 13, 1977 Randy Moss, American Athlete February 13, 1975 Mark Gerald Keddell, Christchurch NZ, 200m 1996 Olympics February 13, 1974 Anthony Mortas, hockey forward, Team France 1998 February 13, 1974 Robbie Williams, British Musician February 13, 1973 Willie Smith, NFL linebacker, Detroit Lions February 13, 1972 Charlie Garner, NFL running back for the Philadelphia Eagles February 13, 1972 Juha Ylonen, Helsinki FIN, NHL forward, Oly-Bronze-1998, Phoenix February 13, 1971 Jim Reid, NFL tackle for the Houston Oilers February 13, 1971 Mats Sundin, Bromma SWE, NHL center, Team Sweden, Toronto Maple Leafs February 13, 1971 Shelly Hammonds, NFL safety for the Minnesota Vikings February 13, 1971 Todd Williams, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers February 13, 1970 Kevin Stocker, U.S. baseball infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies February 13, 1970 Ruben Brown, NFL guard for the Buffalo Bills February 13, 1970 Vernon Patao, 141 lbs, 64 kg, U.S. weightlifter, alt-Olympics-1996 February 13, 1969 Subroto Banerjee, cricketer, Indian quickie and Dennis Lillee protege February 13, 1968 Matt Mieske, U.S. baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers February 13, 1967 Eddie Pye, U.S. baseball infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers February 13, 1967 Melanie Denise Bridges, Derry NH, Miss NH-America 1991 February 13, 1966 Freedom Williams, rock vocalist, C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now February 13, 1966 Tally Chanel, Tel Aviv Israel, actress, Warrior Queen February 13, 1965 Kenny Harrison, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, triple jumper February 13, 1965 Stephen Manley, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Donny-Married the 1st Year February 13, 1964 Evi Strasser, Bavaria German, equestrian 1996 Olympics February 13, 1963 Roberta Vasquez, born in Los Angeles, California, playmate, November, 1984 February 13, 1962 Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer, Pan Am-Bronze February 13, 1961 Henry Rollins, U.S. vocalist/poet, Big Ugly Mouth, Talking From the Box February 13, 1961 Kyi Hla Han, Yangon, Australasia golfer February 13, 1961 Les Warner, rocker, Cult-Fire Woman February 13, 1960 Kelly McCormick, Anaheim California, diver 1984 Olympics silver February 13, 1960 Matt Salinger, Windsor VT, actor, Capt America, Deadly Deception February 13, 1960 Michael Craig, rock bassist, Culture Club-Do You Want to Hurt Me February 13, 1958 Mark Fox, congas/percussionist, Haircut 100-Nobody's Fool February 13, 1957 Doris King, born in Nashville, Tennessee, vocalist, Girls Next Door-Don't Be Cruel February 13, 1957 Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1986 February 13, 1956 Liam Brady, British soccer player February 13, 1956 Peter Hook, English rock bassist, New Order-Round and Round, Run February 13, 1956 Richard Eden, actor, Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop February 13, 1955 Jan de Ligt, Dutch saxophonist, I've Got the Bullets February 13, 1955 Scott Smith, rock bassist, Loverboy-Get Lucky February 13, 1953 Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tennessee, actress, Tiffany-General Hospital February 13, 1953 Suleiman Nyambui, Tanzanian runner, world record 5k indoor February 13, 1952 David Puilum Choi, Hong Kong, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List February 13, 1952 Ed Gagliardi, New York City, rock bassist, Foreigner-Cold As Ice February 13, 1951 David Naughton, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, My Sister Sam, Separate Vacations February 13, 1950 Leonard Pascoe, cricketer, dynamic Aussie quick 1977-82 February 13, 1950 Peter Gabriel, born in Surrey, England, rock vocalist, Genesis, In Your Eyes February 13, 1947 Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach February 13, 1947 Tony Butler, rock bassist, Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland February 13, 1947 Stephen Hadley, American Politician February 13, 1946 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director/actor, Ehe der Maria Braun February 13, 1945 Keith Nichols, jazz pianist February 13, 1945 King Floyd, rocker February 13, 1945 Roy Dyke, Liverpool, rock drummer, Ashton, Gardner and Dyke February 13, 1944 Jerry Springer, born in London, England, talk show host, Jerry Springer Show February 13, 1944 Peter Tork, Washington D.C., singer and actor, Monkees-Last Train to Clarksville February 13, 1944 Sal Bando, baseball player for the Oakland A's February 13, 1944 Stockard Channing, born in New York City, actress, Grease, Big Bus, Without a Trace February 13, 1943 F C Delius, writer February 13, 1943 Leo Frankowski, U.S., sci-fi author, High Tech Knight, Flying Warlord February 13, 1942 Carol Lynley, New York City, actress, Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal February 13, 1942 Donald E Williams, Lafayette, Indiana, Capt USN/astro, STS 51D, STS 34 February 13, 1941 Bo Svenson, Goteborg Sweden, actor, North Dallas 40, Walking Tall February 13, 1939 Valery Illych Rozhdestvensky, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 23 February 13, 1938 Oliver Reed, born in London, England, actor, Big Sleep February 13, 1937 Sigmund Jaehn, German DR, cosmonaut, Soyuz 31/29 February 13, 1937 Susan Oliver, New York City, actress, Ann-Peyton Place, Star Trek-Cage February 13, 1936 John Harris, British cricket player February 13, 1936 Leamon King, Tulare California, 4X100m relayer 1956 Olympics gold February 13, 1935 Tommy Jacobs, golfer February 13, 1933 Caroline Blakiston, actress, At Bertram's Hotel February 13, 1933 Emanuel Ungaro, France, fashion designer, Neiman-Marcus Award-1969 February 13, 1933 Kim Novak, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Vertigo, Of Human Bondage February 13, 1933 Paul Biya, president of Cameroon, 1982- February 13, 1930 Dotty McGuire, born in Middletown, Ohio, vocalist, McGuire Sisters February 13, 1929 Omar Torrijos Herrera, president Panama February 13, 1927 Harry Wich, Dutch set designer February 13, 1926 Barney Childs, composer February 13, 1925 Gene Ames, singer February 13, 1925 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author February 13, 1924 Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French economist/politician February 13, 1923 Chuck Yeager, U.S. test pilot, 1st man to break sound barrier February 13, 1922 Lord Pym of Sandy, British minister of foreign affairs February 13, 1921 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist February 13, 1921 Zao-Wou-Ki, Chinese/French painter/graphic artist February 13, 1920 Bryant Boudleaux, Shellman, Georgia, rock writer, Bye Bye Love February 13, 1920 Eileen Farrell, Willimantic Conn, opera soprano, Interrupted Melody February 13, 1919 Eddie Robinson, winningest college football coach, Grambling February 13, 1919 Joan Edwards, New York City, vocalist, Joan Edwards Show February 13, 1919 Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol, Tennessee, country vocalist/actor, pea picker February 13, 1918 Helen Stephens, Fulton, Missouri, 100m runner 1936 Olympics gold February 13, 1918 Patty Berg, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, LPGA golfer, 1938 U.S. Amateur February 13, 1917 Polly Rose, actress, Myrtle-Love That Jill February 13, 1916 James Griffith, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Sheriff of Cochise February 13, 1915 Lyle Betther, Philadelphia, actor, Harry-Grand Jury, Lone Ranger February 13, 1914 Earl Cadogan, British large landowner, Military Cross February 13, 1914 George Kleinsinger, San Bernardino California, composer, Tubby the Tuba February 13, 1913 Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant February 13, 1913 Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest February 13, 1912 French J Van den Brande, Flemish actor February 13, 1912 Jose de Capriles, U.S., fencer, Olympic-1936, 48, 52 February 13, 1912 Margaretta Scott, actress, Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast February 13, 1911 Jean Muir Fullarton, actress February 13, 1910 William B Shockley, London, U.S. physicist, Nobel 1956, racist February 13, 1910 William Shockley, American Physicist February 13, 1908 Gerald Strang, Claresholm Canada, composer February 13, 1908 Pauline Frederick, journalist/correspondent, UN, NBC TV February 13, 1908 Sulo Nurmela, Finland, 4 x 100K relay skier 1936 Olympics gold February 13, 1903 Georges Simenon, Belgium, mystery writer, Snow Was Black February 13, 1902 Blair Moody, New Haven, Connecticut, Sen-Mich February 13, 1902 Karl Menger, Austria/US mathematician, theory of dimension February 13, 1898 Neville Pearson, English publisher February 13, 1895 Fred Essler, Austria, actor, Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk February 13, 1893 Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romania, communist/foreign minister, 1945-52 February 13, 1892 Grant Wood, U.S., painter, American Gothic February 13, 1892 Robert Houghwout Jackson, 84th Supreme Court justice, 1941-54 February 13, 1892 Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman February 13, 1888 Georgios Papandreou, Greek prefect of Lesbos/minister/premier February 13, 1888 Heintje Davids, [Hendrika], Dutch revue star February 13, 1887 Alvin York, famed U.S. soldier with 25 kills in WW I February 13, 1886 Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentina, novelist/poet, Don Segundo Sombra February 13, 1885 Elizabeth Virginia "Bess" Truman, 1st lady, 1945-52 February 13, 1883 Bainbridge Crist, composer February 13, 1883 Harold "Hal" Chase, baseball player/manager February 13, 1881 Eleanor Farjeon, English writer, Martin Pippin February 13, 1877 Jazeps Medins, composer February 13, 1875 ? Kanouse, Watertown Wisconsin, 1st quintuplets in U.S., born to Edna Kanouse February 13, 1874 Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician, social-democratic February 13, 1870 Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer February 13, 1862 Karel Weis, composer February 13, 1861 Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer, How I Became a Christian February 13, 1859 Frank van de Goes, Dutch writer/marxist theorist February 13, 1859 William Strang, Scottish painter/engraver February 13, 1852 Johan L E Dreyer, Danish astronomer, New gen catalogue of nebulae February 13, 1849 Lord Randolph Churchill, England, politician, Winston's father February 13, 1840 Georg Jacobi, composer February 13, 1837 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer February 13, 1833 William Whedbee Kirkland, Brig Gen Confederate Army, died in 1915 February 13, 1831 John Aaron Rawlins, Bvt Major General Union Army, died in 1869 February 13, 1829 Gerard Keller, writer, Netherlands Spectator February 13, 1822 Lev A. Mej, Russian nobleman/poet February 13, 1820 Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer February 13, 1813 Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname, 1855-59 February 13, 1807 Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder, Liefdezusters February 13, 1805 David Dudley Field, lawyer/law codifier February 13, 1805 Peter G L Dirichlet, Germany, number theorist/analysist February 13, 1787 James P Carrell, composer February 13, 1778 Fernando Sor, composer February 13, 1768 Edouard Mortier, French general, duke, prime minister, 1834-35 February 13, 1764 Talleyrand, France/Napolean's foreign minster February 13, 1757 John C Hespe, Dutch journalist/politician February 13, 1756 Joannes van der Linden, lawyer/judge, Ware Pleiter February 13, 1755 Francois Alexander Sallantin, composer February 13, 1754 Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Perigord, Fr bishop/premier, 1815 February 13, 1721 John Reid, composer February 13, 1713 Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer February 13, 1682 Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venice, painter, Fortune Teller February 13, 1660 Johann Sigismund Kusser, composer February 13, 1658 Jan B Wellekens, Dutch poet/painter February 13, 1622 Adam Pijnacker, landscape painter/etcher, baptized February 13, 1610 Jean de la Badie, French divine, founder of Lagardists February 13, 1599 Alexander VII, [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope, 1655-67 February 13, 1480 Hieronymus Aleander, [Girolamo Aleandro], Italian diplomat/cardinal February 13, 1440 Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian |