Birthdays in History on October 13

Jane Grey (1537-1554)

Queen of England in 1553 for 9 days, born in Bradgate, England

1563 Francesco Caracciolo, Italian priest and saint (Caracciolini), born in Villa Santa Maria, Abruzzo, Italy (d. 1608)
1566 Richard Boyle, Irish politician, 1st Earl of Cork, born in Canterbury, Kent, England (d. 1643)
1613 Luisa de Guzmán, Queen of Portugal (1640-56), born in Sanlúcar, Spain (d. 1666)
1696 John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (d. 1743)
1713 Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1784)
1759 Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian, old-Frisian), born in Wirdum, Netherlands (d. 1832)
1761 Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch minister of War, born in Heenvliet, Netherlands (d. 1822)
1769 Horace H. Hayden, 1st American licensed dentist and cofounds 1st dental college, born in Windsor, Connecticut (d. 1844)
1797 William Motherwell, Scottish civil servant and poet, born in Glasgow, Scotland
1810 James Shedden Palmer, American Commander (Union Navy), born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey (d. 1867)
1815 Jules Quicherat, French historian and archaeologist, born in Paris (d. 1882)
1820 John William Dawson, Canadian geologist, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia (d. 1899)

Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)

German politician, anthropologist and pathologist (cell pathology), born in Schivelbein, Prussia

1826 Charles Frederick Worth, British fashion designer (House of Worth - Paris), born in Bourne, Lincolnshire, England (d. 1895)
1826 Lafayette Curry Baker, American investigator spy and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Stafford, New York (d. 1868)
1862 Mary Kingsley, English ethnographer and explorer who became the first European to enter parts of Gabon, Africa, born in London (d. 1900)
1863 Auguste Rateau, French mining engineer and inventor (Rateau steam turbine), born in Royan, France (d. 1930)
1878 Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest, born in O'Connell Town, Yass, New South Wales (d. 1952)
1880 Sasha Chorny [Alexander Mikhailovich Glikberg], Russian poet, born in Odessa, Russian Empire (d. 1932)
1887 Jozef Tiso, Slovak politician (President of the First Slovak Republic), born in Bytča, Slovakia (d. 1947)
1890 Conrad Richter, American writer (Light in the Forest), born in Tremont, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
1891 Bernard IJzerdraat, Dutch resistance leader (De Geuzen), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1941)
1895 Kurt Schumacher, German political chairman (SPD), born in Kulm, Germany (d. 1952)
1901 Benjamin Merkelbach, Dutch architect and city builder of Amsterdam, born in Amsterdam (d. 1961)

Arna Bontemps (1902-1973)

American poet and novelist who was part of the Harlem Renaissance, born in Alexandria, Louisiana

1904 Jutta Hecker, German writer, born in Weimar (d. 2002)
1908 John Grant, British rear-admiral (Royal Navy) (d. 1996)
1908 Werner Reinowski, German writer, born in Bernburg, Germany (d. 1987)
1909 Herblock [Herbert Lawrence Block], American cartoonist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
1912 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolor painter, stained glass, tile, and monument artist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1992)
1915 Terry Frost, British artist, born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England (d. 2003)
1917 Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (Kukla, Fran & Ollie), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1985)
1923 Dorothy Bolden, American civil and women's rights activist, and founder of the National Domestic Worker's Union of America, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2005)
1925 Frank D. Gilroy, American writer (Subject Was Roses), born in NYC, New York (d. 2015)

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)

British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1979-90), born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England

1930 Piet Clase, South African politician (Minister of Education), born in Bothaville, South Africa
1931 Janice Elliott, English novelist, born in Derby, England (d. 1995)
1933 Raynald Fréchette, Quebec politician and judge, born in Asbestos, Quebec (d. 2007)
1936 Elizabeth Furse, American politician (first naturalized American born in Africa to win election to the United States Congress), born in Nairobi, Kenya
1936 John Menzies, Scottish publisher and multi-millionaire
1938 Hugo Young, British journalist (The Guardian), born in Sheffield, England (d. 2003)
1939 T. J. Cloutier, American poker player, born in Albany, California
1943 Mike Barnicle, American broadcast journalist and newspaper columnist, born in Worchester, Massachusetts
1945 Dési Bouterse, Surinamese politician (8th President of Suriname), born in Domburg, Surinam
1946 Edwina Currie, British politician (C), born in Liverpool, England
1948 Ted Poe, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), born in Temple, Texas
1952 Michael R. Clifford, American astronaut (STS 53, 59, 76), born in Norton AFB, California
1953 Bill Schuette, American lawyer and politician (53rd Attorney General of Michigan), born in Midland, Michigan
1954 Claude Ribbe, French historian and writer, born in Paris
1954 Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician and peace activist, born in Marrakesh, French Morocco

Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018)

Saudi Arabian progressive journalist, author, and editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel who was brutally murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, born in Medina, Saudi Arabia

1958 Maria Cantwell, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1960 Ari Fleischer, American media consultant and 21st White House Press Secretary, born in Pound Ridge, New York
1960 Peter Keisler, American lawyer and acting Attorney General of the United States (2007), born in Hempstead, New York
1963 Colin Channer, Jamaican writer (often referred as "Bob Marley" with a pen), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1964 Niè Hǎishèng, Chinese military pilot and CNSA astronaut, born in Zaoyang, Hubei, China
1970 Serena Altschul, American broadcast journalist, born in NYC, New York
1972 Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi, third child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
1972 Princess Margarita Maria Beatriz of Bourbon-Parma, Countess of Colorno, daughter of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
1973 Matt Hughes, American mixed martial artist, born in Hillsboro, Illinois