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Birthdays of Personalities on December 13

1521 : Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)
1533 : Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)
1553 : Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)
1724 : Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist
1797 : Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)
1810 : Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)
1816 : Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882
1816 : E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor
1818 : Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65)
1863 : Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar
1871 : Herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian
1871 : Russell W Porter, Vermont, explorer (Alaska)
1874 : Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst)
1886 : Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer (martial law)
1890 : Marc Connelly, McKeesport Pa, playwright (One Minute Please)
1892 : Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder (Polygoon)
1897 : Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson)
1899 : Harold Guinzburg, publisher (founder of Literary Guild)
xxxx : Berton Averre, rocker
xxxx : Lenny Schultz, Bronx NY, comedian (Ball Four, Laugh-in Revival)
1901 : Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS]
1901 : John Wijga, painter/illustrator
1902 : Talcott Parsons, US sociologist
1903 : Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)
1903 : Jewgeni Petrow, writer
1903 : John Piper, British writer (US Churches in WW I)/official war painter
1906 : Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist
1910 : Lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)
1911 : Kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest)
1913 : Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60)
1913 : Jimmy Carroll, NYC, pianist (Most Important People)
1913 : John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian
1914 : Alan L Bullock, British historian
1914 : George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor)
1915 : Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77)
1915 : Ross MacDonald, detective novelist (Goodbye Look)
1920 : Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Signifier & the Signified
1920 : George P Schultz, US Secretary of State (1982-89)
1920 : Kaysone Phomvihane,/premier/president Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92)
1922 : Halina Czerny-Stef nska, Polish pianist (Chopin)
1923 : Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP)
1925 : Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar)
1928 : W Gordon Smith, playwright
1934 : Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive
1935 : Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
1935 : Karim Aga Khan, prince/billionaire/husband of Rita Hayworth
1935 : Thomas Wakefield, writer
1937 : Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor (OK, Professor Columbus)
1938 : Tony Gomez, rocker (Foundations)
1939 : Clive Brain, educationalist
1941 : John Davidson, Pitts, TV host (Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible)
1943 : Arturo Ripstein, director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot)
1948 : Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist (Steely Dan-Deacon Blues)
1948 : Ted Nugent, Detroit, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees)
1949 : Nana Alexandria, USSR, International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976)
1949 : R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, US, sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael)
1949 : Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music)
1949 : Tom Verlaine, [Miller], Mt Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television)
1949 : Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker
1950 : Davey O'List, rocker (Roxy Music)
1952 : John Francome, English jockey
1953 : Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman (Living Daylights)
1954 : John Anderson, Apopka Fla, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade)
1954 : Steve Forbert, rocker
1958 : Dana Strum, Wash DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1959 : Marianne Gravatte, Hollywood CA, playmate of year (Oct, 1982)
1960 : Richard Dent, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1965 : Stacy Sunny, San Bernadino Ca, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
1967 : Deborah Driggs, Oakland Ca, playmate (Mar, 1990)
1967 : Jamie Foxx, comedian (In Living Color)
1967 : Mike Mordecai, Birmingham AL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
1970 : Elizabeth Patricia Reilly, North Providence RI, Miss America-RI (1996)
1970 : George Van Os Jr, Houston TX, team handball left back (Oly-1996)
1970 : Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey, Dayton OH, 400m hurdler (Oly-bronze-96)
1971 : Johnny Dixon, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 : Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi
1972 : GiGi Gordon, Butler PA, Miss America-Pennsylvania (1997)
1974 : Chris Lewis, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
1975 : Sarah Brady, Miss Universe-New Zealand (1996)
1979 : Christina Todd, Miss Ohio Teen USA (Miss Congeniality-1997)

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