Who Was Born Today – December 13 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on December 13 | ||
1585 | William Drummond, Scottish poet. | |
1797 | Heinrich Heine, German poet, satirist and journalist. | |
1818 | Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln. | |
1835 | Phillips Brooks, Episcopal clergyman who wrote the lyrics for “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” | |
1838 | Alexis Millardet, botanist who developed the first successful fungicide. | |
1890 | Marc Connelly, playwright, actor, director and journalist (The Green Pastures). | |
1911 | Kenneth Patchen, American poet and author (Before the Brave, Hurrah for Anything). | |
1923 | Sir Terence Beckett, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (1980–1987). | |
1923 | Phillip Anderson, physicist. | |
1925 | Dick Van Dyke, actor, singer, producer; (The Dick Van Dyke TV series, Mary Poppins). | |
1934 | Richard D. Zanuck, film producer; won Academy Award for Best Picture in 1989 (Driving Miss Daisy). | |
1948 | Jeff Baxter, musician with Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers bands. | |
1948 | Ted Nugent, singer, songwriter, musician, actor. | |
1954 | John Anderson, country singer, musician. | |
1967 | Jamie Foxx, actor, singer. | |
1989 | Taylor Swift, multiple award-winning crossover country singer, actress; youngest-ever Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year and youngest artist ever to win an Album of the Year Grammy. |
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