Birthdays of important personalities on January 13

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1381 : St Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)
1505 : Joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg)
1596 : Jan J Goyen, Dutch landscape painter
1616 : Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic/French religious fanatic
1674 : Prosper Jolyot de Cr?billon, French poet (Atr?e et Thyeste)
1802 : Eduard von Bauernfeld, Vienna, comedic playwright
1807 : Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1808 : Salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)
1812 : Humphrey Marshall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1815 : William Henry French, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1835 : Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist/minister of the Interior
1859 : Kost?s Palam s, Greek poet/scholar (Flogera tou Bas?lia)
1864 : Wilhelm K W Wien, German phyicist (Nobel 1911)
1869 : Emanuele F, duke of Aosta, Italian general (WW I)/fascist
1874 : Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin
1884 : Sophie Tucker, [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas
1885 : Alfred Fuller, CEO (Fuller Brush Man)
1892 : Paul Smart, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948)
1895 : Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer
1898 : Pedro DE Teixeira de Mattos, Dutch diplomat
1905 : Percy Humphrey, musician
1907 : Sabine Zlatin, nurse
1909 : Danny Barker, jazz guitarist
1909 : Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist
1911 : Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, premier (Queensland)
1913 : Ralph Edwards, Merino Colo, TV host (This is Your Life)
1915 : Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer
1916 : Bella Lewitsky, choreographer
1919 : Army Archerd, Hollywood columnist/TV host (Movie Game)
1923 : Danil Shafran, cellist
1924 : Philip Rawson, artist/teacher
1929 : Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist
1930 : Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer
1933 : Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian/British hotel magnate (Buckingham Intl)
1934 : Rip Taylor, comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show)
1936 : Edward R Madigan, (Rep-R-IL, 1973- )
1937 : Haj? J Schartman, Dutch MP (CDA)
1941 : Meinhard Nehmer, German DR, 2 man bobsledder (Olympic-gold-1976)
1947 : John Lees, England, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man)
1947 : Peter Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
1949 : Brandon Tartikoff, TV exec (NBC)
1949 : Rakesh Sharma, India, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11)
1952 : Cornelius Bumpus, keyboardist (Doobie Bros-Minute by Minute)
1954 : Vicki McCarty, Los Angeles Ca, playmate (Sep, 1979)
1955 : Titus M Mafolo, S Afr journalist/ANC-leader
1956 : Malcolm Foster, rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement)
1957 : Christina Seufert, Sacraento Calif, diver (Olympic-bronze-1984)
1961 : Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Sussex, rock vocalist (Madness-Our House)
1961 : Julia Louis-Dreyfus, NYC, comedienne (SNL, Seinfeld, Soul Man, Troll)
1961 : Kelly Hrudey, Edmonton, NHL goalie (LA Kings)
1962 : Kevin Mitchell, US baseball outfielder (NY Met, SF Giants, Cin Reds)
1963 : Felita Carr, Ft Lauderdale Fl, dance skater (& Komarov-1995 Pac Champ)
1963 : Tim Patrick Kelly, Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1966 : Tabitha Stevens, fictional character (Bewitched)
1969 : Andre Cason, US runner (world record 50 indoor)
1969 : John Flannery, guard/corner (Dallas Cowboys)
1969 : Kevin Foster, US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1969 : Orlando Miller, Changionola Panama, infielder (Houston Astros)
1969 : Stephen Hendry, British(?) snookers player
1970 : Anne-Marie Goddard, Utrechtum Netherlands, playmate (Jan, 94)
1970 : Frank Kooiman, soccer player (Sparta)
1970 : Nachi Abe, WLAF tight end (Scotland Claymores)
1971 : Elmer Dessens, Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
1972 : Bryon Morris, running back (Baltimore Ravens)
1973 : Nikolai Khabibulin, Sverdlovsk Rus, NHL goalie (Winnipeg Jets)
1974 : Sergei Brylin, Moscow Rus, NHL center (NJ Devils)

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