Birthdays of Personalities on March 13
1548 : Sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole
1599 : Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint
1615 : Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700)
1696 : Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal
1733 : Joseph Priestly, England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen)
1741 : Jozef II, arch duke of Austria/RC German emperor (1765-90)
1744 : David Allan, Scottish painter
1764 : Charles Earl Grey, (Whig), British PM (1830-34)
1768 : Charles Louis WJ van Keverberg, Dutch civil servant
1770 : Daniel Lambert, England, giant (weighed 739 lbs (334 kg) at death)
1798 : Abigail Powers Fillmore, 1st lady (1850-53)
1818 : Albion Parris Howe, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
1820 : Louis Herbert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1822 : Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet
1855 : Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)
1858 : Maximilien Luce, French painter
1872 : Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist
1875 : Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)
1884 : Hugh S Walpole, NZ, novelist/playwright (Jeremy, Maradick at 40)
1886 : Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist
1886 : John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer (hit 2 HR in 1911 world series)
1892 : Janet Flanner, journalist (New Yorker)
1897 : Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)
xxxx : [Linnea] Bunny Yeager, Wilkinsburg PA, playboy photographer
1904 : Henry Iliffe Cozens, pilot
1907 : Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian
1907 : Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to the Portuguese throne
1907 : Oscar Brink, latinist
1908 : Helen Sinclair Glatz, musician
1908 : Walter Annenberg, Milwaukee, publisher (Triangle-TV Guide)/Amb to GB
1909 : Gilbert Inglefield, Mayor of London (1967-68)
1910 : Sammy Kaye, Rocky River Ohio, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
1912 : Igor Youskevitch, dancer
1912 : James Friell, political cartoonist
1913 : Sammy Kaye, saxophonist (Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye)
1913 : William J Casey, headed CIA during Iran-contra scandal (1981-87)
1914 : Tessie O'Shea, entertainer
1916 : Corinne Boggs, political administrator
1916 : Lindy Boggs, (Rep-D-LA, 1973- )
1917 : Ina Ray Hutton, Chicago Ill, orch leader (Ina Ray Hutton Show)
1917 : Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author
1918 : Faye Glenn Abdellan, US government official (health services)
1920 : Frans van der Elst, Flemish attorney/MP (Volksunie)
1921 : Allan Jaffee, comic strip cartoonist/illustrator (MAD Magazine)
1925 : Roy Haynes, US jazz drummer (Trio Music with Chick Corea)
1926 : Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist
1926 : Ra£l Alfons”n, Argentine pres (1983-89) (or 3/12/1927)
1927 : Charles Sickman Corsen, Dutch Antillean poet
1931 : Marc Dessauvage, Flemish architect
1931 : Rosalind Elias, Lowell Mass, mezzo-soprano (Grimgerde-Die Walkuere)
1933 : Frank H Murkowski, (Sen-R-AK, 1981- )
1936 : Clarence Nash, animation voice (Donald Duck)
1937 : Fofo I F Sunia, (Rep-D-Amer Samoa, 1981- )
1938 : Joseph Bellino, footballer (1960 Heisman Trophy)
1938 : Patricia W Amicone, educator/midwife
1947 : Lesley Collier, British ballet dancer
1947 : Tomas Hinojosa, jockey
1950 : Danny Kirwan, London, rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
1950 : Joe Bugner, Hungarian/British/Australian boxer (European Champ 1971)
1950 : Steve Hill, country vocalist (A Winning Hand)
1954 : Robin Duke, Toronto Canada, comedienne (SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise)
1955 : Patricia J Engfer, general manager (Hyatt Regency-Orlando)
1958 : Rick A Lazio, (Rep-R-NY)
1959 : Ronnie Rogers, guitarist (T'Pau-Heart & Soul)
1960 : Adam Clayton, Oxfordshire, rock bassist (U2-I Will Follow)
1966 : Akira Nogami, wrestler (NJPW)
1971 : Ryan Hayden, Indianapolis Indiana, 400m hurdler