July 13 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on July 13, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♋︎ Cancer
Jun 21 – Jul 22
Birth stone
Ruby
Birth flower
Larkspur
How common
#183 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous July 13 birthdays
Otto Wagner · Austrian architect1841
John Jacob Astor IV · American businessman1864
Alberto Ascari · Italian racing driver1918
Simone Veil · French politician1927
Wole Soyinka · Nigerian writer1934
Patrick Stewart · British actor1940
Robert Forster · American actor1941
Harrison Ford · American actor1942
Ernő Rubik · Hungarian inventor1944
Cheech Marin · American actor1946
Ma Ying-jeou · 12th and 13th President of Republic of China1950
Sezen Aksu · Turkish singer-songwriter and record producer1954
John M. Martinis · American physicist1958
Tom Kenny · American actor and comedian1962
Ken Jeong · South Korean-American stand-up comedian and actor1969
Roberto Martínez · Spanish association football coach1973
Jarno Trulli · Italian racecar driver1974
Guillermo Ochoa · Mexican association football player1985
Colton Haynes · American actor and model1986
Lamine Yamal · Spanish association football player2007
On this day in history
1992Croatian War of Independence: The Croatian Army concluded Operation Tiger, advancing 17 kilometres (11 miles) into the Dubrovnik hinterland.
2003French Directorate General for External Security personnel aborted an operation to rescue Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt from FARC guerrillas, resulting in a political scandal.
2014Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against Argentina, with Mario Götze scoring the game's only goal in the extra time.
2020After a five-day search, the body of American actress and singer Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in California, where she had drowned.
1943World War II: Operation Fustian, an Allied operation to capture the Primosole Bridge in Sicily, was launched.
1962In an unprecedented reshuffle, British prime minister Harold Macmillan dismissed seven members of his cabinet.
1977Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil, New York City experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
1985Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
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