Who Was Born Today – November 13 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on November 13 | ||
354 | Saint Augustine, Christian theologian and philosopher. | |
1312 | Edward III, King of England who won victories against such renowned foes as Baybars, Llewellyn and Wallace. | |
1850 | Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and poet (Treasure Island, Kidnapped). | |
1856 | Louis Brandeis, the first Jew to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. | |
1909 | Eugene Ionesco, Romanian-born dramatist; a leading playwright of the Theater of the Absurd genre (The Bald Soprano, Rhinoceros). | |
1911 | John Jordan “Buck” O’Neill, first African American coach in Major League Baseball; previously, he was a first baseman and manager in the Negro League. | |
1924 | Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist who introduced the neutral theory of molecular evolution (1968). | |
1934 | Garry Marshall, actor, director, producer; created Happy Days TV series and its spinoffs. | |
1940 | William Taubman, political scientist, author; won Pulitzer Prize for biography (2004) for his biography of Nikita Khrushchev. | |
1947 | Joe Mantegna, actor, producer, director, voice actor (The Godfather Part III; Criminal Minds TV series; voice of mob boss Fat Tony on The Simpsons). | |
1955 | Whoopi Goldberg,comedian, actress (The Color Purple; Ghost), singer, talk show host (The View); second African American woman to win an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress, Ghost, 1990); one of few entertainers to have won an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy. |
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