Famous people born on 13 April

• Thomas JeffersonFounding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 · 1743–1826
  83 yrs
• Samuel BeckettIrish writer · 1906–1989
  83 yrs
• Seamus HeaneyIrish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer · 1939–2013
  74 yrs
• Julius NyerereTanzanian politician and writer, first Prime Minister and President of Tanzania · 1922–1999
  77 yrs
• Jacques LacanFrench psychoanalyst and writer · 1901–1981
  80 yrs
• Christopher HitchensEnglish American author and journalist · 1949–2011
  62 yrs
• Georg LukácsHungarian marxist philosopher and literary critic · 1885–1971
  86 yrs
• Stanisław Ulam ↗Polish-American mathematician · 1909–1984
  75 yrs
• Richard Trevithick ↗British inventor and mining engineer · 1771–1833
  62 yrs
• James Ensor ↗Belgian painter · 1860–1949
  89 yrs
• Antonio Meucci ↗Italian inventor and telephone pioneer · 1808–1889
  81 yrs
• Alexander Alexandrov ↗Russian composer · 1883–1946
  63 yrs
• Eudora Welty ↗American short story writer, novelist and photographer · 1909–2001
  92 yrs
• Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford ↗British statesman and Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782 · 1732–1792
  60 yrs
• Stanley Donen ↗American film director and choreographer · 1924–2019
  94 yrs
• Efim Bogoljubov ↗Russian chess player · 1889–1952
  63 yrs
• Josephine Butler ↗British feminist and social reformer fighting to end child prostitution · 1828–1906
  78 yrs
• Omar Dokka ↗Chechen warlord · 1964–2013
  49 yrs
• Paul Sorvino ↗American actor · 1939–2022
  83 yrs
• Alfred Schütz ↗American sociologist · 1899–1959
  60 yrs
• Edivaldo Martins Fonseca ↗Brazilian association football player · 1962–1993
  30 yrs
• Thomas Lawrence ↗English portrait painter · 1769–1830
  60 yrs
• Arthur Fadden ↗Australian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia · 1894–1973
  79 yrs
• Jonathan Brandis ↗American actor · 1976–2003
  27 yrs
• Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ↗French duke · 1747–1793
  46 yrs
• Stanisława Walasiewicz ↗Polish Olympic champion · 1911–1980
  69 yrs
• Howard Keel ↗American actor and singer · 1919–2004
  85 yrs
• Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr ↗Marshal of France · 1764–1830
  65 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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