Who are famous people born on August 13?

Famous people born on August 13 include John Logie Baird (1888), Alfred Hitchcock (1899), Frederick Sanger (1918), Fidel Castro (1926), Manuel Valls (1962).

What star sign is someone born on August 13?

Someone born on August 13 is a Leo.

What is the birthstone for August 13?

The birthstone for August is peridot.

How common is a birthday on August 13?

In the US, August 13 is the No. 99 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,672 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).

Famous birthdays on August 13

Famous people born on August 13, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.

♌ Star sign
Leo
💎 Birthstone
Peridot
👶 How common
No. 99 of 366

Born on August 13

August 13 in history

2020Israel–United Arab Emirates relations are formally established.
1997The animated TV comedy South Park airs its very first episode.
1973Aviaco Flight 118 crashes on approach to A Coruña Airport in A Coruña, Spain, killing all 85 people on the plane and one other one the ground.
1961Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. The day is known as Barbed Wire Sunday.
1942Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
1918Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1905Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
1889William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
1806Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle ends two days later with a Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
1704War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim: English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
1553Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
1516The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
871Emperor Louis II of Italy and Empress Engelberga are captured by Prince Adelchis of Benevento.
-29Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Benedetto Sinigardi
Christian feast day: Benildus Romançon
Christian feast day: Cassian of Imola
Christian feast day: Clara Maass (Lutheran Church)
Christian feast day: Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill (Lutheran Church)
Christian feast day: Blessed Gertrude of Aldenberg
Christian feast day: Hippolytus of Rome
Christian feast day: Blessed Jakob Gapp
Christian feast day: Jeremy Taylor (Anglican Communion)
Christian feast day: John Berchmans

August 13 in every year

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Questions about August 13 birthdays

Who are famous people born on August 13?: Famous people born on August 13 include John Logie Baird (1888), Alfred Hitchcock (1899), Frederick Sanger (1918), Fidel Castro (1926), Manuel Valls (1962).
What star sign is someone born on August 13?: Someone born on August 13 is a Leo.
What is the birthstone for August 13?: The birthstone for August is peridot.
How common is a birthday on August 13?: In the US, August 13 is the No. 99 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,672 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).