Who Was Born Today – October 13 Birthdays

Who Was Born Today – October 13 Birthdays

Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day

Born on October 13
1784   Ferdinand VII, king of Spain.
1817   William Kirby, Canadian writer.
1853   Lillie Langtry, British actress.
1890   Conrad Richter, novelist and short story writer.
1907   Yves Allégret, French film director (Dédée d’Anvers, Une si jolie petite plage).
1909   Herblock (Herbert Lawrence Block), multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist.
1910   Ernest Kellogg Gann, pilot and adventure novelist (Island in the Sky, The High and Mighty).
1910   Art Tatum, American jazz pianist.
1925   Margaret Thatcher, the first female UK prime minister (1979-1990).
1926   Ray Brown, jazz bass player.
1930   Bruce Geller, screenwriter, producer, actor; won two Emmys as the writer, producer and director of the Mission Impossible TV series.
1939   Melinda Dillon, actress, best known for her role as Ralphie’s mother in the TV classic A Christmas Story (1983).
1941   Paul Simon, singer, songwriter, musician, producer; rose to fame as half of the Simon & Garfunkel duo; to date (2013) he has received 12 Grammys including a Lifetime Achievement Award (2001); Time magazine included him in its 2006 special “100 People Who Shaped the World.”
1947   Sammy Hagar, “The Red Rocker,” singer, songwriter, musician; replaced David Lee Roth as lead singer of the band Van Halen.
1959   Marie Osmond, singer (“Paper Roses”), songwriter, actress; co-hosted TV variety show Donny & Marie with her brother Donny (1976-79).
1960   Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary for Pres. George W. Bush (2001-03).
1967   Kate Walsh, actress (Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice TV series).
1969   Nancy Kerrigan, figure skater; won Olympic bronze (1992) and silver (1994) medals; US National Champion 1993; on Jan. 6, 1994, she was clubbed on the knee in an attack intended to aid one of her skating rivals.

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