Anniversaries 13 February
Birth
![Li Yu (Southern Tang) photo]()
ruler of the Southern Tang Kingdom in ancient China
937–978
![George Jessel (jurist) photo]()
British politician
1824–1883
![Joshua Girling Fitch photo]()
British educationalist
1824–1903
![Mirza Ghulam Ahmad photo]()
religious figure
1835–1908
![Lord Randolph Churchill photo]()
British politician
1849–1895
![Sarojini Naidu photo]()
Indian politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra…
1879–1949
![Eleanor Farjeon photo]()
English children's writer
1881–1965
![Georgios Papandreou photo]()
Greek politician - former prime minister of Greece
1888–1968
![Paul Lazarsfeld photo]()
American sociologist
1901–1976
![William Shockley photo]()
American physicist and inventor
1910–1989
![Aung San photo]()
Burmese revolutionary leader
1915–1947
![Gordon Tullock photo]()
American economist
1922–2014
![Chuck Yeager photo]()
US World War II flying ace and test pilot; first pilot to f…
1923
![Jerry Springer photo]()
American television presenter, former lawyer, politician, n…
1944
![William Sleator photo]()
Young adult science fiction novelist
1945–2011
![Mike Krzyzewski photo]()
American basketball player and coach
1947
![Peter Gabriel photo]()
English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian
1950
![Linah Mohohlo photo]()
Botswana banker
1952–2021
![Lung Ying-tai photo]()
Taiwanese politician
1952
![Howie Rose photo]()
American sports announcer
1954
![Henry Rollins photo]()
American singer-songwriter
1961
![Jean-Marc Jancovici photo]()
French engineer and energy climate specialist
1962
![Lin Chia-lung photo]()
Taiwanese politician
1964
![Robbie Williams photo]()
British singer and entertainer
1974
![Katie Hopkins photo]()
English media personality and newspaper columnist
1975
![Anders Behring Breivik photo]()
Norwegian mass murderer
1979
![Gyaincain Norbu photo]()
Tibetan religious leader, Tibetan Lama, recognized as the 1…
1990
Death
![Benvenuto Cellini photo]()
Florentine sculptor and goldsmith
1500–1571
![Cotton Mather photo]()
American religious minister and scientific writer
1663–1728
![Roger Joseph Boscovich photo]()
Croat-Italian physicist
1711–1787
![George Rogers Clark photo]()
American general
1752–1818
![David Dixon Porter photo]()
United States Navy admiral
1813–1891
![Richard Wagner photo]()
German composer, conductor
1813–1883
![Georgi Pulevski photo]()
Macedonian writer
1817–1893
![Herbert Giles photo]()
British sinologist and diplomat
1845–1935
![Brooks Adams photo]()
American political writer
1848–1927
![Lev Mekhlis photo]()
Soviet politician
1889–1953
![Frederick Lewis Allen photo]()
American historian and editor of Harper's Magazine
1890–1954
![Josephine Tey photo]()
Scottish author, mystery writer
1896–1952
![René Taupin photo]()
French academic
1905–1981
![P. F. Strawson photo]()
British philosopher
1919–2006
![Edward E. David Jr. photo]()
American engineer
1925–2017
![Antonin Scalia photo]()
former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United…
1936–2016
![Waylon Jennings photo]()
American country music singer, songwriter, and musician
1937–2002
![Rajendra K. Pachauri photo]()
Indian academic
1940–2020
