Who Was Born Today – April 13 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on April 13 | ||
1721 | John Hanson, first U.S. President under the Articles of Confederation. | |
1732 | Frederick Lord North, British prime minister (1770-82). | |
1743 | Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States (1801-09) | |
1852 | Frank W. Woolworth, American retailer. | |
1866 | Butch Cassidy [Robert LeRoy Parker], American outlaw and leader of the Wild Bunch. | |
1899 | Alfred Butts, inventor of the board game Scrabble. | |
1906 | Samuel Beckett, playwright, Nobel Prize winner (Waiting for Godot). | |
1909 | Eudora Welty, Southern writer (Delta Wedding, The Optimist’s Daughter). | |
1922 | John Gerard Braine, British novelist (Room at the Top). | |
1939 | Seamus Heaney, Irish poet, Nobel laureate. |