Birthdays in History on May 13

1730 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1765-66, 1782), born in Wentworth, Yorkshire, England (d. 1782)

1742 Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (d. 1798)
1753 Lazare Carnot, French politician, engineer and mathematician known as the Organizer of Victory in the French Revolutionary Wars, born in Nolay, Côte-d'Or (d. 1823)
1761 Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer (Mauritius Lijnslager)
1792 Pius IX "Pio Nono" [Giovanni-Maria Mastai-Ferretti], Pope (1846-78)

1794 Louis-Leopold Robert, French painter (d. 1835)
1795 Joshua Ratoon Sands, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1883)
1795 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
1822 Francis of Assisi of Bourbon, King Consort of Spain (d. 1902)
1828 Josephine Elizabeth Butler, social reformer
1830 Zebulon Baird Vance, Governor (Confederacy), (d. 1894)
1831 Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, Dutch minister of Colonies
1840 Alphonse Daudet, French writer (Tartarin of Tarascon), born in Nîmes, France (d. 1897)
1843 Count Paul J Smet de Naeyer, Belgian politician
1856 Peter Henry Emerson, 1st to promote photography as an independent art
1857 Ronald Ross, British pathologist (Nobel Prize 1902), born in Almora, North-Western Provinces, British India (d. 1932)
1867 Frank Brangwyn, Wales, painter/muralist/cartoonist (Willam Morris)
1882 Georges Braque, French cubist painter and sculptor (My bicycle) who helped develop Cubism with Pablo Picasso, born in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise (d. 1963)
1883 Henk JFM Sneevliet, leader RSAP/editor Spartacus (Dutch-Indies)
1883 Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (d. 1962)
1888 Inge Lehmann, Danish geophysicist and seismologist, born in Østerbro, Denmark (d. 1993)
1894 Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, 2nd President of Iceland (d. 1972)
1898 Justin Tuveri, Italian veteran of the First World War (d. 2007)
1900 Jos Panhuysen, author (Pornographer)

1901 Witold Pilecki, Polish WWII resistance fighter (volunteered to go to Auschwitz, Witold's Report), born in Olonets, Russian Empire

1903 Alfred Pugsley, civil engineer
1904 Earle Birney, Canadian poet and novelist who twice won the Governor General's Award, born in Calgary, Northwest Territories (d. 1995)
1905 Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Indian leader and 5th President of India (1974-77), born in Delhi, British India (d. 1977)
1906 Thomas Mitchell, architect and engineer, born (d. 1996)
1907 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist
1907 Daphne du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Parasites)
1907 Laurence Kirwan, archaeologist
1908 Michael Richardson, commandant (Home for Disabled Sailors)
1912 Judah Nadich, American rabbi (d. 2007)
1913 William R Tolbert, president Liberia (1971-80)
1915 John Habakkuk, principal (Jesus College in Oxford)
1917 Paul Osmond, British senior civil servant
1917 Wilhelmus C Wijen [Broeder Pius], social worker (Curacao)
1918 John Johnston, British diplomat (Rhodesia, Malaysia)
1920 Ratu Kasmisere Mara, Prime Minister of Fiji (1960-70, 70- )/pres (1994- )
1921 Syd[ney G] Vincent, British mine workers leader
1924 Harry Schwarz, South African MP and Ambassador to the US
1924 Theodore Mann, American theatre producer and director
1926 Wallace Breem, British author (Eagle in the Snow), born in Kingston, England (d. 1990)
1926 Dewey Philip "Daddy-O", American pioneering DJ, born in Crump, Tennessee (d. 1968)

1927 Clive Barnes, drama critic (NY Times, NY Post)
1928 Enrique Bolaños, President of Nicaragua
1928 Jim Shoulders, Champion rodeo cowboy (d. 2007)
1930 (Maurice) "Mike" Gravel, American politician (US Senator (D) - Alaska, 1969-81), and peace activist (Pentagon Papers), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
1930 Vernon Shaw, former president of Dominica
1931 Eileen Diss, theatrical designer (August, Secret Places, Betrayal)

1931 Jim Jones, American Leader of Peoples Temple cult (Jonestown Massacre), born in Randolph County, Indiana (d. 1978)

1937 Roch Carrier, Canadian novelist (The Hockey Sweater), born in Sainte-Justine, Quebec

1937 Trevor Baylis, English inventor of the wind-up radio, born in Kilburn, London (d. 2018)
1938 Laurent Beaudoin, French Canadian businessman (Bombardier)
1938 Giuliano Amato, Italian politician
1939 William W Cobey Jr, (Rep-R-NC, 1985-87)
1940 Bruce Chatwin, England, writer (On the Black Hill)
1942 Vladimir A Dzhanibekov, USSR, cosmo (Soyuz 27, 39, T-6, T-12, T-13)
1944 Betsy Finley Ashton, broadcast journalist/author/lecturer
1944 Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw, British explorer/genealogist
1944 Armistead Maupin, American author
1947 Stephen R Donaldson, American sci-fi author (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Lord Foul's Bane), born in Cleveland, Ohio

1948 Jeffrey Evans, Lord Mayor of London (2015-16), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
1951 Jim Douglas, American politician, Governor of Vermont (2003-11), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
1952 John Kasich, US politician (Governor of Ohio (R), 2011-), born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
1952 Manfred Langer, Austrian/Dutch disco builder
1956 Aleksandr Yuriyevich Kaleri, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
1956 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Indian spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, born in Papanasam, India
1957 Claudie Andre-Deshays, French cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-24)
1957 Andrea Klump, German terrorist
1957 Carrie Lam, Chinese politician, Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2017-), born in Hong Kong
1962 Kathleen Jamie, Scottish poet
1964 Ronnie Coleman, American bodybuilder
1965 José Antonio Delgado, Venezuelan mountain climber (d. 2006)
1965 Natalie Massenet, entrepreneur and founder of Net-a-Porter, born in Los Angeles, California
1966 Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
1966 Nikos Aliagas, Greek TV show host
1968 Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (d. 1997)

1968 Scott Morrison, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia (2018-), born in Waverley, Australia