Anniversaries 13 February

Birth

Li Yu (Southern Tang)1

ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom in ancient China 937–978

Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon3

French writer 1707–1777

George Jessel (jurist)8

British politician 1824–1883

Joshua Girling Fitch6

British educationalist 1824–1903

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad3

religious figure 1835–1908

Lord Randolph Churchill5

British politician 1849–1895

Sarojini Naidu20

Indian politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra… 1879–1949

Eleanor Farjeon32

English children's writer 1881–1965

Susan Ertz3

British writer 1887–1985

Georgios Papandreou2

Greek politician - former prime minister of Greece 1888–1968

Robert H. Jackson96

American judge 1892–1954

Paul Lazarsfeld5

American sociologist 1901–1976

Georges Simenon7

Belgian writer 1903–1989

William Shockley5

American physicist and inventor 1910–1989

Faiz Ahmad Faiz3

Punjabi poet 1911–1984

Aung San5

Burmese revolutionary leader 1915–1947

Gordon Tullock6

American economist 1922–2014

Chuck Yeager1

US World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to f… 1923

Israel Kirzner1

American economist 1930

Robert Fulford (journalist)4

Canadian journalist 1932

Kim Novak4

American actress 1933

Jerry Springer17

American television presenter, former lawyer, politician, n… 1944

William Sleator1

Young adult science fiction novelist 1945–2011

Simon Schama1

British historian 1945

Mike Krzyzewski8

American basketball player and coach 1947

Peter Gabriel56

English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian 1950

Linah Mohohlo5

Botswana banker 1952–2021

Lung Ying-tai2

Taiwanese politician 1952

Howie Rose11

American sports announcer 1954

Henry Rollins103

American singer-songwriter 1961

Aníbal Acevedo Vilá1

American politician 1962

Jean-Marc Jancovici2

French engineer and energy climate specialist 1962

Lin Chia-lung1

Taiwanese politician 1964

Neal McDonough1

American actor 1966

Cody McFadyen1

Cody McFadyen 1968

Robbie Williams17

British singer and entertainer 1974

Katie Hopkins5

English media personality and newspaper columnist 1975

Leslie Feist22

Canadian musician 1976

Anders Behring Breivik8

Norwegian mass murderer 1979

Gyaincain Norbu1

Tibetan religious leader, Tibetan Lama, recognized as the 1… 1990

Death

Benvenuto Cellini7

Florentine sculptor and goldsmith 1500–1571

Cotton Mather6

American religious minister and scientific writer 1663–1728

Roger Joseph Boscovich5

Croat-Italian physicist 1711–1787

George Rogers Clark7

American general 1752–1818

Eliza Acton3

Poet, cook 1799–1859

David Dixon Porter45

United States Navy admiral 1813–1891

Richard Wagner39

German composer, conductor 1813–1883

Georgi Pulevski1

Macedonian writer 1817–1893

Herbert Giles7

British sinologist and diplomat 1845–1935

Brooks Adams5

American political writer 1848–1927

Georges Rouault11

French painter 1871–1958

Rafael Sabatini19

Italian writer 1875–1950

Lev Mekhlis6

Soviet politician 1889–1953

Frederick Lewis Allen2

American historian and editor of Harper's Magazine 1890–1954

Josephine Tey3

Scottish author, mystery writer 1896–1952

René Taupin3

French academic 1905–1981

Hans Hellmut Kirst1

German writer 1914–1989

P. F. Strawson8

British philosopher 1919–2006

Edward E. David Jr.1

American engineer 1925–2017

Gary Jennings2

Novelist 1928–1999

Antonin Scalia100

former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United… 1936–2016

Lucille Clifton10

American poet 1936–2010

Waylon Jennings13

American country music singer, songwriter, and musician 1937–2002

Rajendra K. Pachauri2

Indian academic 1940–2020