On This Day — August 13
3961 noted people were born and 1842 died on August 13 in our archive, including Ronald T. Raines, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet and William Isaac Thomas.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on August 13
Ronald T. Raines
b. 1958
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
1819 – 1903
William Isaac Thomas
1863 – 1947
Anders Jonas Ångström
1814 – 1874
Andrew Constantinides Zenos
1855 – 1942
Antonio Salandra
1853 – 1931
Bert T. Combs
1911 – 1991
Cesare Burali-Forti
1861 – 1931
Francis Hyde Villiers
1852 – 1925
Freeman A. Hrabowski III
b. 1950
Friedrich Miescher
1844 – 1895
Gay McDougall
b. 1947
Goldwin Smith
1823 – 1910
Heinz Fassmann
b. 1955
Hermann von Nördlinger
1818 – 1897
Howard Drake
b. 1956
Janet Yellen
b. 1946
Joycelyn Elders
b. 1933
Karine Jean-Pierre
b. 1974
Karl Gustav Homeyer
1795 – 1874
Lars Aagaard
b. 1967
Lee Si-Chen
b. 1952
Leonidas Donskis
1962 – 2016
Loïc Merel
b. 1965
Marie Ekeland
b. 1975
Maximilian Hacman
1877 – 1961
Meir Shamgar
1925 – 2019
Michael Jan de Goeje
1836 – 1909
Minouche Shafik
b. 1962
Otmar Szafnauer
b. 1964
Paul Kalas
b. 1967
Piotr Kravchenko
b. 1950
Rasmus Bartholin
1625 – 1698
Richard Lenski
b. 1956
Richard Willstätter
1872 – 1942
Robert Hall
b. 1943
Rudolf von Gneist
1816 – 1895
Schelto Patijn
1936 – 2007
Steven H. Strogatz
b. 1959
Sławoj Leszek Głódź
b. 1945
Wilhelm Hauchecorne
1828 – 1900
Yuan Longping
1929 – 2021
Adam Grant
b. 1981
Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
1868 – 1927
Albert Sorel
1842 – 1906
Alexander Levitzki
b. 1940
Alexei Radzievsky
1911 – 1979
Andrea Carlo Ferrari
1850 – 1921
Andrea Gibson
1975 – 2025
Antoni Matuszkiewicz
b. 1945
Arthur Biram
1878 – 1967
Arthur Sherburne Hardy
1847 – 1930
Assar Gabrielsson
1891 – 1962
Astrid Panosyan
b. 1971
Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil, comte de Saint-Aulaire
1866 – 1954
Aurelio Saffi
1819 – 1890
Biagio Brugi
1855 – 1934
Blas Pérez González
1898 – 1978
Brandon Som
b. 1975
Brigitte Fouré
b. 1955
Campbell Dodgson
1867 – 1948
Carles Capdevila
1965 – 2017
Catherine McCammon
b. 1957
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
1662 – 1748
Chris van der Klaauw
1924 – 2005
Christian Krohg
1852 – 1925
Conrado F. Varotto
b. 1941
David Silverman
b. 1966
Debbie C. Crans
b. 1955
Detlev Bronk
1897 – 1975
Dirk Sager
1940 – 2014
Dmytro Bulatov
b. 1978
Eduard August von Regel
1815 – 1892
Fabio Conforto
1909 – 1954
Felix Adler
1851 – 1933
Fidel Castro
1926 – 2016
Frederick Sanger
1918 – 2013
Fyodor Iordan
1800 – 1883
G. L. Peiris
b. 1946
Galina Danchikova
b. 1954
Georgi Stranski
1847 – 1904
Graça Fonseca
b. 1971
Grzegorz Marek Michalski
b. 1972
Gérard Deprez
b. 1943
Hal Foster
b. 1955
Hans von Storch
b. 1949
Heike Makatsch
b. 1971
Henry Larcom Abbot
1831 – 1927
Henry Moore Jackson
1849 – 1908
Henry Tibbats Stainton
1822 – 1892
Hicran Hüseynova
b. 1955
Hipólito Unanue
1755 – 1833
Hissène Habré
1942 – 2021
Humphrey Waldock
1904 – 1981
Ibram X. Kendi
b. 1982
Irina Berezhna
1980 – 2017
Jack Balkin
b. 1956
Jack L. Davis
b. 1950
James David Santini
1937 – 2015
Janice Min
b. 1969
Janusz Kurtyka
1960 – 2010
Jean Borotra
1898 – 1994
Jennifer N. Pritzker
b. 1950
Jesudasu Seelam
b. 1953
Johan Daniel Herholdt
1818 – 1902
Johannes Buxtorf II
1599 – 1664
John Crawfurd
1783 – 1868
John Ireland
1879 – 1962
John Logie Baird
1888 – 1946
Jose C. Mendoza
b. 1947
Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm
1820 – 1889
Joseph Gutheinz
b. 1955
Joseph Victor Adamec
1935 – 2019
José García-Margallo y Marfil
b. 1944
Kevin Plank
b. 1972
Kristalina Georgieva
b. 1953
Krzysztof Kolberger
1950 – 2011
Lella Vignelli
1934 – 2016
Lincoln Díaz-Balart
1954 – 2025
Louis François, Prince of Conti
1717 – 1776
Lucy Stone
1818 – 1893
Maciej Grabowski
b. 1959
Madhur Jaffrey
b. 1933
Makarios III
1913 – 1977
Manfred T. Reetz
1943 – 2026
Manuel Valls
b. 1962
Mary Callahan Erdoes
b. 1967
Michael Augustine Corrigan
1839 – 1902
Michael Marshall
b. 1983
Michael Ponsor
b. 1946
Miquel Calçada
b. 1965
Nikolay Zinin
1812 – 1880
Nils Hertzberg
1759 – 1841
Nurit Hirsh
b. 1942
Olesia Zhurakivska
b. 1973
Otto M. Nikodym
1887 – 1974
Otto Manninen
1872 – 1950
Paul Due
1835 – 1919
Philippe Bouchet
b. 1953
Philippe Lejeune
b. 1938
Philippe-Laurent Roland
1746 – 1816
Phulrenu Guha
1912 – 2006
Pieter Rink
1851 – 1941
Rasmus Rasmussen
1871 – 1962
Raúl Matas
1921 – 2004
Regis Toomey
1898 – 1991
Rina Dechter
b. 1950
Robert L. Stewart
b. 1942
Roger Nokes
b. 1958
Romesh Chunder Dutt
1848 – 1909
Ryan Wilcox
b. 1977
Said bin Taimur Al Said
1910 – 1972
Salvador Luria
1912 – 1991
Sergei Frank
b. 1960
Sergey Maksimenko
1954 – 2026
Serhiy Tulub
b. 1953
Seyi Akiwowo
b. 1991
Shien Biau Woo
b. 1937
Shin Goo
b. 1936
Spencer Stone
b. 1992
Stephen P. Long
1950 – 2025
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
1903 – 1981
Ted Janssen
1936 – 2017
Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk
1584 – 1640
Thornton Leigh Page
1913 – 1996
Tony Garnier
1869 – 1948
Torsten Renz
b. 1964
Trygve Bull
1905 – 1999
Vinod Joshi
b. 1955
Vladimir Kirsanov
1947 – 2021
Vram Dovlatyan
1923 – 2005
Vyjayanthimala
b. 1936
Werner Dankwort
1895 – 1986
William Berg
1938 – 2021
William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher
1815 – 1899
William Craigie
1867 – 1957
Witold Kosiński
1946 – 2014
Yehuda Lapidot
1928 – 2026
Yuri Orlov
1924 – 2020
Yury Kokov
b. 1955
Abbas Zaryab
1919 – 1995
Abdelwahab Bouhdiba
1932 – 2020
Ada Arnstad
b. 1992
Adriano Bernardini
1942 – 2025
Agnes Gund
1938 – 2025
Agustín Cotorruelo Sendagorta
1925 – 1989
Ahmet Akın
b. 1973
Alain Houpert
b. 1957
Alan Shearer
b. 1970
Alexander Matveyev
1878 – 1960
Alexander Oscar Gettler
1883 – 1968
Alfred Chupin
1916 – 2021
Alfred Hitchcock
1899 – 1980
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
1907 – 1967
Allie Long
b. 1987
Alva Woods
1794 – 1887
Ambrogio Fogar
1941 – 2005
Amy Stephens
b. 1957
Amélie Nothomb
b. 1967
Ander Barinaga-Rementeria
b. 1992
… and 3,761 more
Died on August 13
Ray Lankester
1847 – 1929
Øystein Ore
1899 – 1968
André-Jean Festugière
1898 – 1982
Carl Størmer
1874 – 1957
Carolyn S. Shoemaker
1929 – 2021
Domenico Morelli
1823 – 1901
Eduard Buchner
1860 – 1917
Eric Phipps
1875 – 1945
Frederik Carl Gram Schrøder
1866 – 1936
Hayato Ikeda
1899 – 1965
Henri Cartan
1904 – 2008
Hermann Carl Vogel
1841 – 1907
Imre Simon
1943 – 2009
Ivan Mashkov
1867 – 1945
Jules Massenet
1842 – 1912
Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker
1822 – 1899
Manchanahalli Rangaswamy Satyanarayana Rao
1948 – 2023
Manfred Wörner
1934 – 1994
Philipp Ludwig von Seidel
1821 – 1896
René Laennec
1781 – 1826
Sisir Kumar Mitra
1890 – 1963
Vladimir Gribov
1930 – 1997
William Stanley Jevons
1835 – 1882
Yakub Kolas
1882 – 1956
Adolphe Niel
1802 – 1869
Adrien Barthe
1828 – 1898
Albino González y Menéndez Reigada
1881 – 1958
Andrzej Borodzik
1930 – 2021
Anna Macleod
1917 – 2004
António de Spínola
1910 – 1996
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
1807 – 1884
Avraham Katz
1931 – 1986
Bernd Fischer
1936 – 2020
Bertha Bouroncle
1919 – 2013
Charis Eng
1962 – 2024
Clemente Palma
1872 – 1946
David Lange
1942 – 2005
Dimitri Arakishvili
1873 – 1953
Ebbe Gustaf Bring
1814 – 1884
Ed Nather
1926 – 2014
Edgar Odell Lovett
1871 – 1957
Eduardo Campos
1965 – 2014
Ethel McMillan
1904 – 1987
Frans Brüggen
1934 – 2014
Geoffrey Street
1894 – 1940
George Barbu Știrbei
1832 – 1925
George Frederic Verdon
1834 – 1896
Georgi Vazov
1860 – 1934
Gilbert Cesbron
1913 – 1979
Gino Strada
1948 – 2021
Gustav von Mevissen
1815 – 1899
H. G. Wells
1866 – 1946
Hedley Donovan
1914 – 1990
Helmut Lethen
1939 – 2026
Henryk Hoser
1942 – 2021
Hilmar Meincke Krohg
1776 – 1851
Ignaz Semmelweis
1818 – 1865
Ioan Axente Sever
1821 – 1906
Jack Duncan-Hughes
1882 – 1962
Jack Shallcrass
1922 – 2014
James Harvey Rogers
1886 – 1939
James Lindsay
1815 – 1874
James Roosevelt
1907 – 1991
Jean Baechler
1937 – 2022
Jens Lieblein
1827 – 1911
John Everett Millais
1829 – 1896
John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
1835 – 1910
John Ulric Nef
1862 – 1915
Johnny Munkhammar
1974 – 2012
Joseph Naudet
1786 – 1878
José Mira Mira
1944 – 2008
José Murilo de Carvalho
1939 – 2023
Julia Child
1912 – 2004
Julien Green
1900 – 1998
Julius Carl Raschdorff
1823 – 1914
Kazuo Yamada
1912 – 1991
Keith Hancock
1898 – 1988
Laurel van der Wal
1924 – 2009
Lothar Bisky
1941 – 2013
Louis Hubert Farabeuf
1841 – 1910
Magdalena Avietėnaitė
1892 – 1984
Mark O. Robbins
Michael Stoker
1918 – 2013
Miguel Arraes
1916 – 2005
Mishuk Munier
1959 – 2011
Peer de Silva
1917 – 1978
Pehr Hilleström
1732 – 1816
Pierre de Ségur
1853 – 1916
Richard Alatorre
1943 – 2024
Samuel Braden
1914 – 2003
Sergiu Celibidache
1912 – 1996
Somnath Chatterjee
1929 – 2018
Takio Izawa
1869 – 1949
Tareque Masud
1956 – 2011
Thomas Horder, 1st Baron Horder
1871 – 1955
Thomas Tomlin, Baron Tomlin
1867 – 1935
Vladimir Govorov
1924 – 2006
Volodymyr Levytskyi
1872 – 1956
W. Michael Mathes
1936 – 2012
Wilhelm Kreis
1873 – 1955
William H. Phelps Jr.
1902 – 1988
Åse Gruda Skard
1905 – 1985
Al Vande Weghe
1916 – 2002
Albert Sherman Christensen
1905 – 1996
Aleksei Gutor
1868 – 1938
Alette Engelhart
1896 – 1984
Alexander Kapitokhin
1892 – 1958
Ali Dastmalchian
1954 – 2020
Anders Wiman
1865 – 1959
Andrew Dasburg
1887 – 1979
Antoni Baraniak
1904 – 1977
Antoni Kocjan
1902 – 1944
Antony Duff
1920 – 2000
Argentina Díaz Lozano
1912 – 1999
Armin Henry Meyer
1914 – 2006
Arnold Förster
1810 – 1884
Arthur Louis Aaron
1922 – 1943
Barry Domvile
1878 – 1971
Basilio Martín Patino
1930 – 2017
Bogislaw von Bonin
1908 – 1980
Bohdan Szyszkowski
1873 – 1931
Brick Breeden
1904 – 1977
Brooke Astor
1902 – 2007
Brudenell White
1876 – 1940
Carl H. Dorner
1837 – 1911
Carole Satyamurti
1939 – 2019
Cecil Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth
1869 – 1948
Charles Dawson Booker
1897 – 1918
Charles Ewan Law
1792 – 1850
Charles Jacob
1878 – 1962
Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough
1818 – 1881
Charles Walters
1911 – 1982
Chen Po-sheng
1891 – 1957
Chuck Strahl
1957 – 2024
Clayton P. Kerr
1900 – 1977
Collis Potter Huntington
1821 – 1900
Cuthbert Bromley
1878 – 1915
Daniel J. Ronan
1914 – 1969
Darío Vivas
1950 – 2020
David Rowland
1924 – 2010
Desanka Kovačević-Kojić
1925 – 2022
Dieter Puppe
1930 – 2005
Edgar Claxton
1910 – 2000
Edward Bennett Williams
1920 – 1988
Edward Hayward
1903 – 1983
Edwin Newman
1919 – 2010
Ekaterina Petrova Yosifova
1941 – 2022
Emily Arnesen
1867 – 1928
Enrico Tivaroni
1841 – 1925
Ernst Friedrich Gurlt
1794 – 1882
Ernst Martin
1841 – 1910
Essam el-Erian
1954 – 2020
Ettore Bernabei
1921 – 2016
Eugène Delacroix
1798 – 1863
Federico Puga Borne
1855 – 1935
Francesco Selmi
1817 – 1881
Frank M. Pixley
1825 – 1895
Frank Selvy
1932 – 2024
Françoise Mallet-Joris
1930 – 2016
Frederick Banbury, 1st Baron Banbury of Southam
1850 – 1936
Frederick H. Michaelis
1917 – 1992
Fritz Steinbach
1855 – 1916
Geerhardus Vos
1862 – 1949
George F. Shafer
1888 – 1948
George H. Cross
1854 – 1946
George P. Larrick
1901 – 1968
George R. Dennis
1822 – 1882
George Turner
1851 – 1916
George Yardley
1928 – 2004
Georges Séguy
1927 – 2016
Giovanni Battista Pallavicino
1480 – 1524
Giuseppe Sirianni
1874 – 1955
Golam Sarwar
1943 – 2018
Gordon H. Scherer
1906 – 1988
Gulnazar Keldi
1945 – 2020
Gustaf Ljunggren
1823 – 1905
Gustavo Loyola Vásquez
1904 – 1994
Hal Easterwood
1932 – 2005
Hans Unger
1872 – 1936
Hasan Prishtina
1873 – 1933
Heinrich Bütefisch
1894 – 1969
Helen Gurley Brown
1922 – 2012
Henry Gullett
1878 – 1940
Hermann Abert
1871 – 1927
Herschell Turner
1938 – 2024
Horace Howard Furness
1833 – 1912
Howard Butler
1872 – 1922
Ignatz Bubis
1927 – 1999
Iha Fuyū
1876 – 1947
Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain
1794 – 1865
Infante Gonzalo of Spain
1914 – 1934
Inés Mendoza
1908 – 1990
Ivan Samarin
1817 – 1885
J. Stuart Blackton
1875 – 1941
J. Willard Marriott
1900 – 1985
Jaanus Orgulas
1927 – 2011
Jack Ryan
1926 – 1991
Jackson Edward Betts
1904 – 1993
Jacob Aall Bonnevie
1838 – 1904
Jacques-François Menou
1750 – 1810
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